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My Unbiased FE7 Character Ratings
Lyn Mode Units:
- Lyn plays like your typical swordfighter. That is to
say, while she consistently doubles, she has issues damaging things and
her physical durability is among the worst in the game. Her saving grace
is the Mani Katti, which is basically a killing edge that has effective
bonuses on ponies and tin cans. This firmly puts her above Guy. (7/10)
- Kent is one of two mounted units you get in LHM.
Compared to Sain, he's faster and more skillful, but has worse attack.
Another point in his favor is that he can promote using Wallace's knight
crest, which can come in handy in HHM given that KC competition is
tight. (9.5/10)
- Sain is the other mounted unit you can obtain in LHM.
While he doubles less often than Kent, he makes up for it by having a
significant attack lead. Like Kent, he can also promote using the Ch9
knight crests, easing competition for knight crests in HHM. (9.5/10)
- Florina's combat is really shitty early on, and it
takes a while before she becomes competent. To make up for this, she can
cheese terrain, allowing her to easily complete non-combat objectives
faster than most units. (9/10)
- Wil sucks. His starting combat is absolutely
appalling, and he has no enemy phase due to being bowlocked. Use as
cheap chip damage in LHM and Chapter 16, then bench him. (1/10)
- Dorcas is decent early on, where he 2HKOs most enemy
types and is somewhat bulky. What kills any long term use is that his
speed growth is tied for worst in this game, and no speed gains on
promotion do not help. Another "early game only" unit. (5/10)
- Serra is your typical early game healbot. Nuff said.
She really doesn't have a future as anything else due to shoddy exp
gain. (7.5/10)
- Erk is useful early on as his magic is one of the
only effective ways of killing armors quickly, and he is somewhat fast
to boot. He faces heavy competition from Lucius and Canas, easily better
units, and Pent outclasses him in more ways than one. (6.5/10)
- Rath joins midway through LHM with more competent
bases than Wil and has a pony. His biggest problem is that he joins
somewhat late in HHM, but he joins during a wyvernfest, so he can gain
exp somewhat quickly. He can also use swords after promotion so he's not
totally useless on EP. (5/10)
- Matthew's combat isn't too hot since he's a thief,
but he is the only unit that can mug for a long time. Field him in swag
heavy maps, then replace with Legault ASAP. (7/10)
- Lucius is basically Erk if he had more magic and res,
but used a crappier magic type. He's still worth using because he
obtains C staves after promotion. Also, he looks like a transvestite.
(7.5/10)
- Nils and Ninian are refresher characters. Nuff said. I
put both in the same rating because they are FAIAP the same unit.
Ninian is special in the sense that in addition to the normal dance, she
can also give stat buffs to other units via special "lucky charms".
(9/10)
- Wallace sucks. He might be invincible in LHM, but
he's an ass to get in HHM due to being in the line of fire from an iron
ballista sniper that 3HKOs him in his joining map. Even once you do get
him, he's basically a shittier version of Oswin. Also, recruiting him
requires you to do the more difficult version of Chapter 24 and prevents
you from recruiting Geitz. (.5/10)
Hector Mode Units:
- Hector is awesome. Unlike the other two lords, he
uses axes and has impressive attack and physical durability. His only
real issues are his late promotion time and his mediocre speed. Still,
he's the best of the three lords by far. (8/10)
- Eliwood is mediocre. His combat is plain balls early
on, and it takes a lot of time and investment before he becomes
competent. One big advantage he has over his fellow lordlings is that he
gets a pony after promotion, granting him +2 movement. (6/10)
- Oswin is made of win. His high defense basically
makes him unkillable against physical enemies, and he has high attack to
boot. Unfortunately, 4 movement royally sucks, and he is damn near
impossible to carry thanks to his 16 con. Still, he's by far the best
recipient for the Chapter 17 knight crest. (8.5/10)
- Marcus is broken. While his growths scream "jeigan",
it doesn't matter because his bases allow him to tear through the first
half of the game and then some. He does start to lose steam as your
other units start becoming more competent, but until then, he basically
godmodes the game. (10/10)
- Lowen takes the worst aspects of Kent and Sain and
makes them worse. To make up for this, he has the highest durability of
all the available mounted units in this game. Overall, a balanced, if
slightly mediocre unit. (8/10)
- Bartre has one of the worst starts in the game,
starting with only 3 speed. While his growth is double that of what
Dorcas has, he still takes several levels before he's able to double
anything. He's also needed to recruit Karla, if that's your cup of tea.
(5.5/10)
- Rebecca sucks. See Wil, but she's available 5 maps
earlier and trades attack for speed. Another unit that hits the bench
really quickly. (1.5/10)
- Guy strikes me as unimpressive. While he caps speed
really quickly, his strength is balls, and unlike Lyn, he doesn't get a
pony/tin can effective prf to make up for it. He's invaluable early on
since he's basically the only unit besides Marcus that doubles
consistently, but after that, fuck him. (5/10)
- Priscilla is Serra if she bought a pony. Like Serra,
she has issues gaining exp to how shitty staff exp is. Hey, at least
she's cuter. (8/10)
- Raven is amazing. He has ridiculous offensive bases
(10 str/13 skl/15 spd) for a Lv5 merc joining in Chapter 17 and has
solid growths in all three. His only major flaw is that his durability
isn't all that great despite having high HP (29 base/85 growth). (9/10)
- Canas is the most overrated unit I've ever seen.
While he hits quite hard with his dark magic, he has issues doubling for
most of his existence. While he gets some extra tools to play with,
such as life leeching or res negation, it's not enough to completely
blow Lucius out of the water. (7/10)
- Dart would be amazing if his promotion item didn't
cost so fucking much. The 25K gold you get from selling the ocean seal
can mean the difference between recruiting Farina and not being able to
do so. A shame too, seeing as his damage and speed are top tier if
trained. (4/10)
- Fiora is basically Florina if she joined slightly
later, but had more competent bases. Even so, her combat is pretty bad
early on, and her offensive growths are worse than her sister's. Also,
she flies. That helps. (7.5/10)
- Legault is basically Matthew if his combat didn't
completely suck. Like all thieves, I usually only deployed him if there
was swag to be had. But at least he isn't a total wuss like Matt is.
(6.5/10)
- Isadora is basically Marcus if he traded bulk for
speed (and a pair of tits) and joined 10 maps later. Her durability is
just atrocious for a --/1 paladin, and her speed is wasted by a crappy 6
con. Not worth using over Kent or Sain, but useful as filler. (6/10)
- Heath is really underrated. Unlike Flo and Fiora, he
isn't a total wuss at combat with 31 HP/14 str/12 def at base and good
growths in all three stats (80/50/30). This, unfortunately, comes at the
cost of speed, and even then, he still has a good growth in that. His
only real flaw is that he takes magic attacks like a little girl. (8/10)
- Hawkeye is what you'd get if Dorcas came prepromoted
and had +15 crit. While he's painfully sluggish, he hits like a truck
and is almost as hard to kill as Oswin. (7/10)
- Geitz is quite good. He doesn't have the crappy start
Bartre has, and comes with 19 str/14 spd bases and B rank bows. He's
easily your best choice for a bowman in this game, though, unlike
Hawkeye, his ability to take hits isn't nearly as good. (6.5/10)
- Farina's combat is the best out of her siblings, but
even so, she has issues killing anything before her growths kick in. She
also costs a ridiculous 20K to even recruit, which depending on whether
you sold the ocean seal or not, you might not have. (6/10)
- Pent is basically Erk if he was RNG proof, had an A
rank in staves, and had an A support with a MILF. Can't really go wrong
with him. (7.5/10)
- Louise is basically Rebecca if she joined with usable
bases and had an A support with a DILF. However, she has limited
utility outside of killing wyverns due to having no enemy phase.
(3.5/10)
- Harken is awesome. He starts off 2 away from capping
strength, alongside 18 speed and double B ranks. One huge advantage he
has over Raven is that he doesn't take magic attacks like a little girl.
He also comes with the brave sword, an easily better weapon than
Karel's wo dao. (8/10)
- Karel sucks. In exchange for having 2 more speed at
base over Harken, he loses HP, strength, and defense by 11, 7, and 3,
respectively, and has worse growths in all three. His only saving grace
is his wo dao, which is inferior to the brave sword Harken comes with.
Also, recruiting him requires you to open 4 doors (Germ) or kill 3
promoted enemies (Kenneth) and prevents you from recruiting Harken.
(2/10)
- Nino sucks. While she has godly growths, her bases
are atrocious relative to the enemies you're facing by her recruitment
date, and basically needs to be spoon fed to get anywhere in life. She
also has the audacity to join after Pent, which makes her even more of a
laughing stock. And while this has nothing to do with her rating,
Lightli has a sick obsession with her and other FE lolis. (1.5/10)
- Jaffar is basically Karel if he joined with higher
base stats, and traded +15 crit for Lethality. He's not bad per se, but
he's lacking in utility value outside of being able to OHKO things. And
the proc rate for Lethality isn't terribly great even with killing
edge's +30 crit. (2.5/10)
- Vaida has absolutely monstrous physical bulk and hits
like a truck, but like any unit that does so, she's slow. And like
Heath and the pegasus sisters, she flies. That's uber cool, though
Chapter 32 is the only chapter left after she joins with uneven terrain.
(4/10)
- Karla sucks. See Karel, but have him join 5 maps
later, with worse base stats, and a convoluted recruitment method that
involves raising Bartre to --/5 or higher and having both survive a
round of combat. Good lord. However, just imagine her completely naked, ball gagged, frogtied, reverse prayered, and crotch roped. You'll feel a lot better about her being among the worst units in the game after that. (0/10)
- Renault sucks. The only thing good to say about him
is that he comes with a fortify staff. Beyond that, I still can't fathom
the fact that he joins as a --/16 bishop with only 12 magic and 16
resistance. (1/10)
- Athos is only available for the finale, but he has very high stats and
can use any magic he damn well wants. Not even the dragon wants to eat a
Luna spell from this guy. (5/10)The Tier List
Top Tier:
Marcus
Sain
Kent
High Tier:
Florina
Ninian
Raven
Oswin
Harken
Heath
Upper Mid Tier:
Hector
Lowen
Priscilla
Pent
Fiora
Lucius
Serra
Canas
Matthew
Hawkeye
Lyn
Geitz
Lower Mid Tier:
Legault
Erk
Isadora
Farina
Eliwood
Bartre
Athos
Guy
Dorcas
Rath
Low Tier:
Dart
Vaida
Louise
Jaffar
Renault
Karel
Rebecca
Garbage Tier:
Nino
Wil
Wallace
Karla
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