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It's true. No one should give great units like Lakche or Shanan the shaft because they aren't mounted. We're not talking armor knights anymore. They're super good, and still able to move around, more worth the extra oomph. It's the choice that does make me leery of Johalva in addition to his horseless feet because of the game itself. Harken may be better than Karel, but in that case I'd say that the gap between them isn't as big. They're both fine, and can do similar jobs. Not to mention the choice isn't as conscious, unless you are trying to micromanage FE7 with behind-the-scenes things which I unfortunately did a while ago and was frustrated as hell doing it, but that's more opinion and I don't want my army and leveling choices to revolve around recruiting one guy. The choice between the two brothers in FE4 is right in front of you. No matter what you do before, during, or after, you have to put in a little extra to get a unit that won't serve you as well.

Because basically, you're choosing whether to get an axe fighter or an axe knight. They're both there on the map for you to recruit, but the game only lets you take one. And then makes the other look like a d**k...

I've been thinking about it for a pretty long while about this topic here so I thought I'd put my two cents on this week's topic.

Best: This is a really tough one for me. I've come between Othlin and Nolan. Both are great fighters in their own rights. Othlin is probably the best fighter imo you can get in FE5. He comes with the wrath skill and the special pugi axe which is pretty much a throwing killer axe of death to those that come in his way. xD Totally a great idea to give him Ambush to make him a monster. lol

And if for some reason you'd want to recruit Xavier(Which is extremely tedious to do), he's a pretty good candidate to use as a meatshield to keep those armors distracted. Due to that good build, speed, enough defense to take hits and all..

Nolan on the other hand is a great fighter too. And likewise one of the best fighters I've used in the game and one of the better members of the dawn brigade. But I'm going to have to give it to Othlin for this one. He's just a bloody murderer with that special Pugi axe of his. And FE5 is a game where having good build is a very good thing in so many situations. And of course it's also a game where capturing the enemies weapons is important, and he does it relatively well. He has a greater chance to capture because of the Pugi axe. Which has around 60 uses! His others stats are pretty darn solid too.


Worst: I think I might be the indifferent one in that I feel like Johalva isn't the worst here. He's not great, but I don't think he's that bad. Sure, I mean Johan might be the better one to choose because he has a mount. Though, Johalva does get bows upon promotion and he can at least fight somewhat with the hero axe. I think he at least has some merit to him, you do actually get Nosferatu for Julia if you choose him. And it's a nice tome to have instead of getting Aura in my personal opinion. -shrugs-

With that said, I'm gonna have to give the worst to Wade from FE6. You only get either Lot or Wade as fighters. I suppose like Dorcas and Barte in a sense.. Axes isn't very good in this game for starters. Probably as best axe users you might get is either Geese or Gonzales but that's really it. The problem with Wade is that he gets doubled very easily. Lot actually can get pretty decent speed even his bases is a heck of a lot better than wade. He only has good strength, luck, and okay skill. If you were going to use him, you'd need to give him some speedwings but that doesn't really help him all that much... He won't be able to double many enemies even with that extra boost.

Put me down for Nolan as Best as well

Best: Ashera

I don't think I've had more fun fighting a final boss than I did with Ashera, so it's a shame that I absolutely HATE the ideology that the game tries to push on us at the end with "we don't need a god" because all they do is hurt us. Really, Ike? You think you're so deep and wise for saying that? Way to insult nearly the entire world with just a few words. Go home. And nobody better even think of telling me that the game isn't trying to say that. Ashera wasn't even a villain, but the game paints her in this horrific image where apparently we need to kill her even though she didn't do anything wrong- and the game doesn't even admit that she didn't. It was ******** Sephiran lying and manipulating things without even a good reason. Well, at least we defeat him- DID THAT THING JUST RECRUIT HIMSELF ONTO OUR ENDGAME TEAM?? You think a last minute 'what have I done?' is going to make us squee and accept him and his awesome stave? I just. Hate. It.

That said, the battle itself is intensely fun. Every single one of my units had a purpose. Some were on spirit reinforcement duty, others on ridding the surrounding guardians, others on Ashera herself to make sure Ike can finish her. I absolutely love when I can utilize my team to the best of their ability.

With FD, it was basically the main lords and Athos that could do significant damage. And he doesn't move, and there's no other enemies that are really of any concern. You don't have to move.. just stay out of range and you're fine forever. Attack, rescue, drop, heal, dance, attack, rescue, drop, heal... repeat. It wasn't very fun for me, honestly.... but I did love the atmosphere and hype of it all. If FD had the power to lift his legs and walk (u fatty)... he'd be a horrifyingly fun boss. Because then... you'd actually have to MOVE down that long bridge passageway and deal with the enemies with the status staves. Like.... it just seems like common sense that FD should have been able to move.

Grima is an awesome idea, but I am not a fan of fighting my evil twin as the final boss....... I'd much rather fight the dragon form. And you don't get to keep the exp from the chapter, so there's that middle finger as well. I love the choice we get to make, of course, and fighting on a dragon's back is something cool that FE has never done before. (..how are we able to stay on? Beats me.) I just think that there's either too much tedious reinforcement killing work or it's too easy to use those little tricks that FD knows with staves and stuff in order to beat him fast.

Ashnard makes you piss your pants, but let's face it, only Ike and maybe your laguz royal can do s**t to him.

Julius reserves a special place of awesome in the FE history books, but doesn't allow me to utilize my units the same way Ashera does.

Worst: Idoun. And it still miffs me how much of a joke it is to fight her.

I don't know my FE5 yet, so idk who this Veld dude is, womp womp.

Best: Fire Dragon
I almost couldn't decide between the Fire Dragon from FE7 or Ashnard, but the Dragon won me over for a few reasons. One, the Fire Dragon has an attack range of 3, which ensures that anyone who attacks is going to get countered. It also makes it risky to have someone go up to heal the attacker, as the healer is also in danger of being attacked. Two, you don't even know how much HP the Fire Dragon has initially and it's a lot more than Ashnard has. I ended up chipping away at the Fire Dragon's health, hoping that the weapons I was using wouldn't break before I could kill it. Last, even with healers using physic, I spammed the rescue mechanic to get my characters out of range since I couldn't heal everyone in one round.
Ultimately, I just felt like the Fire Dragon was a bigger threat, where even one slip-up would result in a game over. (But I still think Ashnard's theme is more epic.)

Worst: Idoun
I just finished FE6, and it took me 3 rounds to beat the Final chapter. And that was just to get Roy close enough to strike. Idoun went down after Roy got a double attack on her with the Sword of Seals. It was so anti-climatic that I groaned when I saw the battle forecast.
It doesn't help that she has such low movement (though I don't know if she moves or not) and only a 1-range attack. Even if she had more HP, it would still be easy to use 2-range Divine Weapons to attack without incurring any risk of losing the attacking character. Ultimately, I didn't feel that Idoun was any threat whatsoever. I was more worried about the War Dragon reinforcements than I was about her.

Best: Ashera. She's a bit more involved than your average FE final boss. The fact that she comes with her counter-attacking auras and the need to be beaten down but not to zero (unless you are Ike), helps distinguish her more from the crowd and put in a little extra thinking.

Worst: Going with Idoun for now. I have yet to beat FE6, but I saw a friend of mine go through the final chapter a while back. Roy of all people should not be able to end her in one turn.

Well looks like a dragon can't beat a goddess...I'm not sure if you guys will get that.

This weeks topic is: Myrmidon/Swordmaster