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Oh Frederick, I like you better than most of your archtype, only Titania and Seth I view better. While he is great, he will fall behind very quickly, when it will happen will depend on the difficulty. Lunatic and Lunatic+ becomes Frederick Emblem because he has thing thing called defense.

His reclasses are not bad and he one of few people to get both Aegis and Pavise as well as Luna. This tells me that his role should be melee tank on a horse.

As a parent he can of course pass some of that defense love to his kid. He also is one of the few men that can marry Sumia and is a great alternate to Chrom.(Henry is also a great option if you want a more magical Cynthia, but we are talking about Frederick here.)

I haven't done many of his supports, but he has this extreme devotion to Chrom, like more than Seth does to Erikia in my mind. Sometimes it feels very...over the top. I'm not sure if it's good or bad. -shrugs-

If it actually was Freddy that lit the ships on fire I think I'd think better of everyone.

Frederick is pretty great. He even has his own Emblem named after him.

It's sort of interesting to hear people talk about him in the context of the Jeigen archetype argument since you get plenty of people who call him a Jeigan but acknowledge his utility especially in Lunatic and beyond. You can hear the archetype creaking and breaking as we speak.

I flipflop on whether or not I find Freddy funny. I think that his supports with Chrom are not all that funny, but I think that the little exchanges he has with Chrom and other characters in the DLC chapters are great. His pyromania gets some giggles too, I like that. He's still an adult though, and has some good adult moments in his supports... along with some not-so-adult ones.

I wonder how often he walks around in that suit under his armor? I have this image of Freddy after a battle just having his armor fall off all at once or just open up like a door, revealing the suit underneath as he just walks out in butler mode.

I like Frederick. He's not my favorite Jeigen or Oifey archetype in the series, but I generally like him okay. He certainly has his uses in the higher modes of Lunatic and Lunatic +(Not planning on attempting either mode btw)

Heck, everyone calls it Frederick Emblem for a reason. That's at least saying something right? As a unit he's by no means a bad unit in the slightest. He comes with a silver lance and a bronze sword. His starting class is the Great Knight class being able to use swords, axes, and lances and that's kinda cool. He does have discipline which helps him gain weapons quicker.

Eventually there's Luna and Dual Guard. Then at some point reclassing him to paladin gives him aegis, and defender. Griffon class would seem to be an interesting idea with Deliverer for that bonus +2 movement. And there's also Lancebreaker too... Generals have Pavise and rally defense both which are fine and good. And there's Wyvern Lords which pass over Swordbreaker and Quick burn. So as a father, he can pass over some decent skills to the kids. And if you plan on sticking with him he has potential to become a decent unit I think...

Especially early on in the game, he's pretty reliable with pairing up with weaker members of the team that need some help. Extra movement, some attack and defense bonuses... All that good stuff.

In terms of supports and as a character, he does have his moments and he can be funny. I haven't gotten that many of his myself truth be told. Although, I do find him to be a bit of an a** at times I do admit, but he's one of those it's too hard to hate kind of types. I like the Maribelle support and the whole butler training thing going on. His support with Chrom does bring in a good laugh here and there. And I guess why I find him funny is that he's obsessed with helping WAY too much. Those are the scenes that stick out the most to me anyways...

The Water Trick does exist, but everyone should play Lunatic Mode at least once without it, I think. And Lunatic Mode without the Water Trick in the Prologue does become much more Frederick Emblem.



Anyway, Frederick.


How about that ham-tastic, homoerotic support with Chrom? Love it. Definitely my favorite Frederick support. I'll take anything with even a hint of homoeroticism from whatever sanitized series. Not fond of too many others of his supports. Not one of my favorite characters by any stretch of the imagination. TRAINING.

I remember when the Demo just came out and Frederick giving me shady stank-eye made me instantly dislike him. You don't KNOW me. You don't know what I'VE BEEN THROUGH. STEP OFF, b***h. He's a good addition to Awakening as a character though and he certainly fits in with the cast being the caricatures come to life that he is.

And the creepy fact that he can fall in love with and marry Lissa in spite of an age gap that makes even Nino/Jaffar blush? ...Interesting. It's really not something worth making an issue of, though. It's just the game being the game and letting you pair up whomever. I'd sooner take Eirika's and Seth's betrothal. Just preference.

Playing JUST for the maingame, Frederick ranges from clutch for starting up on Lunatic/(+) Mode to usable if you feel like it on lower difficulties. You really have to PUSH to use him on Hard Mode all the way through, though, when enemy strength snowballs. Even if he's not going to be in your main party, he's a very useful Pair Up partner for a good stretch with his promoted boosts. And who doesn't like more movement? JUST for maingame, he makes a good physically oriented father for just about anybody, and most notably is great for efficiently playing with Sumia since he gives her big boosts to the stat she wants and needs very quickly. Part of the reason it's even worth mentioning at all is her limited number of partners. But if you're going to pair him while just playing through the maingame, slap him onto a female unit that wants the power boost and she'll generally start rolling quicker than she would otherwise. Which is good because later on she'll need to have the stats to back the pair up when Frederick is no longer so impressive.

Playing for Postgame, Luna IS one of the most awesome skills to offer, and I'm personally a really big fan of getting Dual Guard+ on every pair I can if there's space for it. If you're perma-back seat on Pair Up, you may as well bring as much to the table as you can. But the only kid I ever seriously consider him fathering is Yarne if you're going for power, as opposed to Lon'qu for speed. I REALLY don't like the negative speed modifier he passes. Yarne won't mind it as much since his mother more than makes up for it and he's destined to be a support pal without the GF anyway. He's not a bad option for a number of the kids, he's not their best option usually, either. You can do with him for a number of the kids and be perfectly fine in your Postgame even if it isn't THE most efficiently optimized setup.

Here we are, We Know it's Too Late.
Hoping only to find some closure..!
Silently waiting, Hear the calling..!
Look into the wanting eyes, my Cherished!

Now we are here, We know its too late!
Hoping only to find some closure,
Silently waiting, Hear the calling!
Look into the wanting eyes, My Cherished!

Thanks again to everyone who contributed to Frederick Week.

It's now Rody Week.