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Dark Affinity is not a particularly great affinity for defense, as it only contributes +2.5 per support level (8 at Rank A) to dodge +0.5 attack per rank. Earth and Thunder, on the other hand, would give her a good defense. Sauren has a dark affinity. All magic has broken attack power and 1-2 range. It is impossible for high growths to be bad (you might say that the unit who has them has bad base stats, availability, etc., but these factors don't directly relate to their high growths).
Leonardo is rather bad, but he's very underrated, IMO. And yes, he does have high growths... but they are in the wrong places. I was referring to high growths that actually matter.
I honestly think Pelleas is the second best magic user, not because he is Soren good, but because he comes in on the most exp. rich path, he has exclusive use of Dark magic while Bastian has to compete with Soren for Rexcalibur and the others for the anima siege tomes, and he is not utterly impossible to use like most of the other Sages.
This is a somewhat agreeable statement. I do agree that Pelleas is the 2nd best magic user, thanks to having some of the best stats and use of Dark Magic. I argue with your opinion that Sages are not useful in the endgame. They are quite useful when they use a long-distance spell (blessed) and physic staves. Granted, you wouldn't want to have a large number of Sages... maybe 2 or 3, counting Micaiah. I have heard that Calill is a really good Sage... I just don't like her enough to give her a chance.
The problem with having Sages at endgame is that their damage output is particularly bad in the arguably easiest part of the game when practically every good unit (except ironically Haar and Gatrie who were gods in part 3) can clean house thanks to the ability to double things. I will note that they are useful in the dragon chapter since not even Tibarn can ORKO the red dragons there, the dragons are actually slow enough for the sages to double, and only them and Rolf/Shinon/Leonardo can attack Dheginsea without getting counterattacked. They are outclassed by the others when facing against every other type of enemy though.
, the only use she had after I made that mistake was rescuing Silver Hair ( Silver Hair I ended up not giving much exp to on my first play through)
That's what makes me so bitter.
Meg is the only character that I kill on purpose in every single playthrough. What's more fun than taking away her equipment and marching her into enemy lines? Or I could just use her sacrifice as a way to distract one enemy for a turn.
The only characters I killed were the Laguz, I just hate them >_>. I only keep the Raven and Heron Laguz alive ( the pretty ones basically). I always have the tiger and cat laguz to get killed by fire mages <_<, and those hawks or whatever to get killed by wind mages.Meg is the only character that I kill on purpose in every single playthrough. What's more fun than taking away her equipment and marching her into enemy lines? Or I could just use her sacrifice as a way to distract one enemy for a turn.
I could never purposely kill one as attractive and tomboyish as Lethe. And Ulki is far too cool to kill (and his dodge rate is quite incredible).
Yeah, most of the laguz units were better in PoR. The cats didn't completely fail at life and the tigers were available for long enough to level up. The Hawks really stayed about the same- Janaff is still meh and Ulki is still one of the few non-royals good enough to be worth using. The dragons remain unavailable, only being usable for endgame. IMO, Kurthnaga is the best of the playable dragons, closely followed by Nasir. Ena is rather meh and Gareth fails at everything, except dying. Perhaps the greatest hit to the laguz is the lack of demi and laguz bands. Sure, laguz items are pretty much common enough to be eaten like candy, but these things take up a turn that could be used to attack. Wildheart is worth considering, but it has an even greater detriment to the stats of a laguz than the demi band. Ulki with Wildheart is still a dodging beast though... basically a second Tibarn but without the killing power.
You misspelled Volug.
I didn't use Nephenee in PoR, which I know puts me in a minority of one, but I gave the Provoke and Vantage combo to Gatrie. Make sure everyone attacks the tank, who may still one-shot you before you actually attack.
Add in Volke. Baselard + Wrath + Gamble. His crit percentage will be very high that way.
Shinon is chuck norris <_<, and for some reason I always felt Rolf gets ***** by Shinon >_>. Shinon, you can have him solo most of the end-game, thats why I used Astrid once. She was kick *** on her horse and **** <_<
☆ **** I forgot about him, man he was very useful in PoR but didn't get much show time in RD. ☆
☆ I guess Rolf would always stays behind Shinon. I really haven't tried Astrid in RD, though she does level up fast. ☆
Ranulf is adorable.
Critical, that what makes you feel like turning off the game when you lose someone because of a low chance critical. I always find that for some reason a good amount of the time I have enmeys criticalling at like 20 or 15 percent at endgame >_>.
