Favorites
Non Promoted:
- Thief (I love their high dodge, fighting animations are usually well designed and their characters are usually good (Colm, Cath, etc)
- Mage (Basically just because I know sooner or later they will end up being a Sage and sages are fucking amazing)
- Cavalier (Pretty basic and they aren't exactly the strongest characters but they bring versatility early in the game as they are able to use swords and lances with high movement)
Promoted:
- Assassins/Rogues (same as Thief basically but with added strength and a ton of criticals)
- Sage (amazingly versatile and probably the strongest overall class in Fire Emblem, they can be your strongest damage dealer with the added bonus of being an off healer)
- Berserker (far and away my favorite class in Fire Emblem, they have insane enough stats, pair them with a good support that improves critical or hit chance and you will never lose a fight)
- Falcon Knight (I'm a sucker for well-made female characters on a Pegasus, and once you go through the tough grind of leveling them as a Pegasus Knight where any shot of a bow kills you, axes kill you and you do very low damage, it's so rewarding to finally get to level 20 and promote them into a Falcon Knight where they become extremely fast, more versatile with weapons and even have solid strength if you give them an Energy Ring or two, as long as you avoid bows you can basically kill anyone granted you have the right weapons)
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I don't particularly dislike any class, but the characters of Knights/Generals are usually pretty damn dull (I'm looking at you Gilliam)
I don't really like Archers either, immobile units that can't fight in melee range is usually a recipe for disaster