Darros Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 So you know those units you always use? Which characters are on that list? Dont include Marth, Nagi, or Gotoh please. Mine are: Cain, Darros, Palla, and LENA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeraldfox Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Corn Queen, Draug, LENA, Athena, Palla, Est, and Tiki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solanum Tuberosum Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Catua, Hero Barst, Norne (if available), Lena, and one of Cain/Abel. (Whoever gets RnG blessed the most by level 15) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 (edited) Marth. 8D Abel. This man has helped me through so many situations. Ever since the first time I used him, he decides to be ridiculously blessed, while Cain and Frey only came out average. So I kept on using him, and he just becomes more ridiculous every time. On my H2 run, he solo'd a platoon of Paladins, while taking damage from two ballistas, with a +4 MT Javelin forge, the Starsphere, and a few Vulneraries. Then he proceeded to kill Camus and take his Gradivus. On H5, he and Caeda can take an entire front while the rest of my team takes the other. He has achieved permanent MVP status on my team. I never told him in the Let's Ask FE Characters thread, but I do call him GOD sometimes, which is a title normally reserved for Seth only. Others: Ogma and Navarre because they give me nosebleeds by their existence, Caeda for HAXSpear, Lena for guaranteed magic tank and 12 USE HAMMERNE, and Merric because he can actually take a hit (and for Levin Swordmaster LULZ) Edited August 12, 2010 by Luminescent Blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mercenary Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Oguma, Lena, Merric, Sedgar, and at least one cavalier - Frey on normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashpoint_1230 Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 (edited) Abel, Cain, Merric, Barst, Catria, and Palla are mainstays on my team. Linde and Est always turn out well, too, but training them is difficult on H5. And Frey is always on my team on Normal. Edited August 12, 2010 by Flashpoint_1230 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Jim Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 (edited) Of all the people I've incorporated into my posse, every single damn time, I've used Cain, Abel, Ogma, Navarre, Draug, Merric, Lena, Tiki, and Xane. Draug, in particular, has been the MVP of the posse for so long, I can't remember. In one playthrough, he: -was the only party member not to be 2RKO'd by Hyman(he was 3RKO'd) -capped his defense as an AK by 15/0 and as a gen by 20/11(it was like his def growth was 60% instead of 30%). -survived an entire battalion of cavaliers, armors, and horsemen in C10 -KO'd Camus with a crit(and dodged his Gradius) -managed to KO Medeus. I even gave him a +6 might/+10 hit/+20 crt javelin(I named it Bob, after Kiwi's lance in GhebFE) Here are his stats NAME LVL MHP STR MAG SKL SPD LCK DEF RES WEAPON RANK Doga 20 60 24 01 19 21 13 30 03 Lance A/Bow B I remember in my first playthrough, my Roger turned out almost as good. At 20/20, he had -5 HP, +3 Str, -4 Skl, -11 Spd, +17 Lck, same def over Draug. My other party members on that PT: NAME LVL MHP STR MAG SKL SPD LCK DEF RES WEAPON RANK Ogma 20 60 25 01 26 26 16 22 03 Sword A/Axe A Barst 20 53 25 01 30 26 17 17 03 Sword C/Axe A Navarre 20 57 24 01 29 30 24 18 03 Sword A Caeda 15 42 18 00 26 23 30 25 03 Lance A/Axe B Cain 18 54 25 01 25 23 18 23 06 Sword A/Lance B Abel 18 50 23 01 28 25 10 18 06 Sword B/Lance A Merric 18 53 03 27 23 25 19 10 25 Tome A/Staff A Lena 20 29 03 22 20 19 30 05 25 Tome B/Staff A Chiki 17 32 13 03 20 20 20 10 11 None Edited August 13, 2010 by DA125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Zelpher Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Lena, Merric, Caeda, and Tiki will be on every team I use. And Minerva, because she's sexy as all heck. Also, Ogma is right up there because he god modes the early game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekkah Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Most of my runs are challenge runs of some kind. Lowturn, solo, efficiency, etc. Because of that, there are a few units that nearly always reappear as necessary. Even in solo runs, it's often not possible to achieve certain goals without these units. - Shiida: Does flying tasks such as the Ch9 Wyrmslayer, kills 80% of the bosses in this game, catches thieves, stops hordes of cavaliers, etc. - Lena: Warp is key for everything where turn count matters. Even on my low turn run without Warp and on solo runs, I keep Lena alive for Physic utility, as she's the only one who can use that staff until Boah. Yeah, I realize that's not a 100% solo, but Vulneraries just suck too much in this game. Boah and Elice have similar roles, except later on. - Jeigan: Best combat unit early on, has some of Shiida's versatility thanks to flying. Great for runs with low turn counts because he stays useful forever with a forged Ridersbane. - Tiki/Nagi: I rarely if ever train up Marth, or a Starlight user, so at least one of these is often very clutch for Medeus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDaDude Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Ogma,Merric,Caeda,Cain,Julian,Lena thats about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Horace Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Ogma, Barts, Cord, Caeser, and oddly, Matthis. Horace on Gaiden playthroughs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LycopolisKing Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Maria and Caeda are my only all-timers. They never dissapoint. ...I definetly have a thing for princesses. Other than that, consistent ones are Catria, Est, Norne, and Athena. First three are cute as heck, and Athena's accent makes me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSH Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 I only have three playthroughs, but I already know the answer is Cain, Ogma, Barst, and Maria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charpig Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Cain, because he brings the pain Lena, because it's very easy to level staff users in this game, but I don't need the others Julian, he's a much better thief than Rickard (plus I like to keep lovebirds together) Caeda, because very simply, she kicks ass (and she lovebirds with Marth) Merric, he's very useful since most enemies have 0 Res. And by the way, I rarely reclass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 I vary my teams greatly, so I've never used one unit in every playthrough. Instead, I'll list those that are the most likely to get permanent positions. I'm trying to wean myself off of Normal, but Norne is too damn useful (even if I wind up killing her off half the time). Castor - Reclassing + Dynamic Growths = LULZ Julian - I pretend he's a slower, harder-hitting Matthew. He'd make a godly Assassin. Merric - Magic Cannon GO! Excalibur is super-useful, too. Roshea - Unless I'm bent on using another Sniper, he's usually it. Imagine Gordin traded his Luck for Strength. His nickname is Shotgun. Radd - By the time I'm done with him, he causes late game units to TINK. He's my version of a General. Tomas - He's the most frustrating thing I use, but it's really funny when he cooperates (almost as funny as Castor the Berserker taking out Chapter 18 by himself). I just started using Roger, and I swear I'll find a way to make Caesar really useful (besides as a Dark Mage). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEST TRYNDAMERE PLAYER Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Let's see: Abel John McCain Sheeda Ogma Barst the MAN Cord Sedgar(Although one of these days I'm going to do a playthrough not using him) Hardin Lena Merric Merric because he can actually take a hit (and for Levin Swordmaster LULZ) And here I thought I was the only person that liked the idea of making units who are originally casters into swordmasters specifically for the Levin Sword. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darros Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 And here I thought I was the only person that liked the idea of making units who are originally casters into swordmasters specifically for the Levin Sword. I do it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 And here I thought I was the only person that liked the idea of making units who are originally casters into swordmasters specifically for the Levin Sword. It works wonders against my friends in link battles. 8D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 It works even better if the unit in question is Lena, and she got Speed-screwed as a Mage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Lena generally has better RES but worse Mag than my Merrics, though. And Merric has a ton of HP so he'll be able to take a few hits and survive. Except this one run where my Merric completely outclassed Lena in every single way. owo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I've found that Lena's Magic is usually sufficient to pull this off (and gaining all of one point of Speed from base to level 20 really, really sucks). I prefer Merric to blow stuff up with Excalibur. Maybe I'll try this with a really insane Etzel or Caesar one day. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 (edited) Ouch. I've had Mag-screwed Lena's before. While she's still good enough to Starlightbomb the hell out of Gharnef, she kinda loses Mag by becoming an SM. The worst SPD I've had her at is 18, though. The best was in the 20s. Hero!Etzel sounds interesting. Edited August 14, 2010 by Luminescent Blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEST TRYNDAMERE PLAYER Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 (edited) It works even better if the unit in question is Lena, and she got Speed-screwed as a Mage. Nah, Merric is still the better choice as he beats Lena in Magic growth and not only that but speed growth. Yes, Lena has a better base magic growth but she's better off being a Cleric until she promotes which means worse magic growth than Merric seeing as she has 25% as a Curate while Merric has 40% as a mage. Sure, you might be able to have them switch roles once in a while but you can't really do it too frequently seeing as Lena doesn't have the tome rank to be an effective mage(Also due to being female she can never use Excalibur and needs a B for Aura) whereas Merric doesn't have the staff rank to be a really effective Curate(C+ staff rank is where it's at for Physics and such, not counting Warp). Maybe I'll try this with a really insane Etzel or Caesar one day. . . Hero!Etzel comes with D swords sadly so you'd need to use an Arms Scroll in order to make him effective as one. It's actually funny you mention this because for my next Lunatic PT in FE12 I was actually thinking of trying Swordmaster!Etzel when the reclass restrictions are off. Edited August 14, 2010 by Joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x14113 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Hmm...Let's see... Caeda Barst Lena Merric Wolf Sedgar BECK Palla Catria Est Elice Yeah, I've really constricted myself here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Nah, Merric is still the better choice as he beats Lena in Magic growth and not only that but speed growth. Yes, Lena has a better base magic growth but she's better off being a Cleric until she promotes which means worse magic growth than Merric seeing as she has 25% as a Curate while Merric has 40% as a mage. Sure, you might be able to have them switch roles once in a while but you can't really do it too frequently seeing as Lena doesn't have the tome rank to be an effective mage(Also due to being female she can never use Excalibur and needs a B for Aura) whereas Merric doesn't have the staff rank to be a really effective Curate(C+ staff rank is where it's at for Physics and such, not counting Warp). I wanted to use a Speed-screwed Lena, so I could make her more useful. Also, I've found that I can play just fine without a Curate (if I need healing in the earlier levels, I reclass Wolf or Sedgar to Sorcerer, to spot-Heal. After that, I can get away with Vulneraries and prayers until Maria shows up). Unless the modes above H2 feature early enemies with insane Resistance, she'll do enough damage for my purposes. If I am desperate to level her Tomes up, that's what the bosses of Chapters 4, 5, and 6 are for. I know Merric is awesome, but I'd rather keep him as a Sage, so he can truly exploit Excalibur. Hero!Etzel comes with D swords sadly so you'd need to use an Arms Scroll in order to make him effective as one. It's actually funny you mention this because for my next Lunatic PT in FE12 I was actually thinking of trying Swordmaster!Etzel when the reclass restrictions are off. I don't care if I have to burn an Arms Scroll, I wanna be funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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