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This is a hard one for me because I generally do not use axe users PERIOD, with Hector being the one exception (and Boyd too, I suppose). Generally speaking. (Unless I'm going for supports or something.) I'd much rather have magic users, sword users, bow users, and even lance users and dancers/bards/herons than an army of axe users. Too much power, not enough speed, defense, accuracy, or dodge, but that's just my issue with the classes themselves, especially Fighters and Warriors.

Best: Boyd (since this is Fighter/Warrior) in FE 9, as I have not played 10.

Worst: There are SO MANY PEOPLE I COULD PICK FOR THIS. Bartre's pretty much only good for supports and/or getting Karla; Dorcas has little to no use after the chapter(s) you get him in; Ross starts out as a baby unit and is probably better as a Berserker or Hero; all those fighters in FE 11 who are better used as cannon fodder; even Geitz who has some of the worst overall stat averages; and I could go on. However, based on my experience, I'm going to have to go with Dorcas. Yes, I know there are others who are probably worse than him based off of average stats, but . . . he sucks. Cursed with little to no defense and not much more speed, he's not much use as a tank and will probably get killed several times as a Fighter before her gets enough strength to take out the enemies before they take him out, assuming he can hit them. I'd rather have a weak Mage than a strong Fighter, and Dorcas just isn't useful for anything but supports in my book.

Best: Boyd

Worst: Dorcas

I put poison in his mutton.

Best: Ray. Awesome.
Worst: Sophia. I love her as a character, but her accuracy is too sucky for me.

They count if dark magic is what their highest ranked magic when starting out. FE4 Shamans don't count in this since they can't even use dark magic. GBA Shamans do though.

E-eh?! Where did this come from?! (Lol@Sigurd holding four Holsety tomes, Nightmare hacks, FTW!) No, but seriously, if Dierdre doesn't count, then I've got nothin' for ya' for worst. xD Although she should as she can use it in theory, she just doesn't have access to any dark tomes..

Lolwut, your dependance on the SNES games is hurting you here. There's more to FE than Jugdral, you know.

Best: Rei Niime

Worst: Sophia

Dark Magic users are quite sparse in the series, so it's slimmer pickings than usual. And not to step on anybody's toes, but they're overrated. They have access to some fun tomes, yeah, but as units, they're generally not spectacular or anything. But Canas, Rei, and Ewan get hailed by people as fantastic, when the first two are rather average (you KNOW you can list plenty of units that are better than them) while Ewan is quite trashy from a debating standpoint.

For best, I really couldn't decide between Rei, Canas, and Niime. Yes, Niime. I suppose Salem could compete with them, too, but he's just… there. Nothing TOO special (you're going to want him to use Wind magic whenever possible like all your other magic units anyway). Rei and Canas are both good units (they're not terribly impressive, to be honest, but they're definitely reliable and can get the job done), while Niime is great for all sorts of things that other people aren't. I was originally giving it to Rei, who has better speed, avoid, and infinitely better and more reasonable support options in comparison with Canas having access to a somewhat better starting time and Luna (and Luna is nice, but it's so situational). But then it occured to me that Niime has utility that neither of them can match, and excellent weapon ranks (she's frail, but Nosferatu fixes any durability issues). You can actually warp skip chapters FE5-style with Niime which is something practically no one else can do (best Physic user, too) and almost guarantees you can take advantage of Apocalypse if you want to (sure Ray can, but you have to push for that weapon rank, and you might not use Rei in a certain runthrough, but you can always just decide to pick up Niime when she joins). Plus, she doesn't cost a Guiding Ring (which actually matters in FE6 than usual, since you only get two in a reasonable time frame that you don't have to buy yourself and they're probably going to a healer and Anima user.

For worst, Knoll and Pelleas might have unfortunate joining situations, but they've got NOTHING on the hole Sophia is in. Absolutely abysmal joining stats (TWO skl and the least accurate magic type? REALLY?, tragic defenses, and an attack spd of 1-2 depending on what tome she's using). Possibly the worst "Est-type" ever. Definitely among the worst of them, at least.

Best: hmm...I'm going to say Rei on this one

Worst: Sophia