If not anybody in Fates, what's the ideal example of a useful knight class in an FE game, and is the character still worth using overall? If not, what would they need to reach that point?
Personally I've always found FE7's Oswin to be a terror among his knightly peers. There's clearly something in the water in Ostia, considering how he and Hector (the ultimate life form) routinely hold whole fronts by themselves, basically ignoring the weapon triangle and the notion that other units are supposed to be faster than them - but aren't.
That said, I do agree that Fates' skills were a major boon to the class, so maybe the real exemplar of the type is Effie?