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Best: Tharja. Going off the list, FD listed the reasons above. But then if we add her personality it fits the bill just like with Henry. This is why I say she is fitting for her role.

Worst: Most of us know about Sophia and what goes on with her. Need I say more? I don't think so. She gets my vote for this spot.

Best: FE:9 Rolf His stat is pretty well balance, even slightly better than Shinon in the Path of Radiance. Sure, he's not easy to train in the beginning, but he does become better when leveling up well. To tell you the truth, I kinda feel that Rolf is like in the version of "Trainer" level than just an Archer. I'm guessing it's because of his appearance that makes me think he's like that. sweatdrop

Worst: FE:11 Jeorge I will admit that I did play Shadow Dragon a bit once. However, I never get to finish (I believe it's nearly 3/4 of the year since I last played. sweatdrop ) due to how the story somehow didn't fascinate me. I had used Jeorge several times when I recruited him (due to restarting the chapters since members kept dying) and his stats felt too mediocre compare to other archers/snipers/markman in FE:11.

...Why have only two people voted...-sighs- More people vote please?

Best: I think I'll go with FE10 Shinon. The gameplay is something that FE10 really got right. I I really do like the fact that archers/snipers/marksman could use crossbows to defend themselves not only from a distance, but it could be used within close combat which is very handy in various situations. And of course Shinon's stats are fantastic too. And once he becomes a marksman he gets an extra attack range which is really nice. I also want to give out a couple of honorable mentions that I was considering for awhile. Rolf is great in both versions. Though, in FE9 he does require some bonus exp investment. Tanya is also very good in FE5. She ended up with 9 movement as a sniper and I didn't abuse the dain scroll to do that. She may have a little trouble with strength but I think she gets the job done. ( Dunno if I'm the odd one out on that?) Gotta give her credit for those supports with Dagda and the awesome othlin~

Worst: I was thinking of choosing Jeorge for this spot, but now that I think about it he can be kinda useful. Having a B rank in bows is actually not that bad. You'll probably have an easier time raising him to use the Parthia rather than the other archers in FE11.Though, I do prefer his FE3/12 version in all honestly. And in FE1 he is actually one of the better Snipers I've used in that game. Also in FE3 legendary weapons give crap loads of exp and they can deal some good damage. Also snipers have 7 movement in that game for some reason? I've been thinking about this for awhile so instead I will go with Ronan from FE5. I did find it interesting that he had some pretty good movement stars on him. But there's not much else to him besides that. His magic growth is kinda weird for an archer to have. >.>

Ooh, look at the things I missed. Luckily this is a topic I feel fairly confident about.

Best: FE11 Sheeda
With Awakening having been released and Pegasus Knights having access to the gamebreaking Galeforce skill, I wondered about how that would change the game, if at all. But then I thought about when a unit would end up having access to Galeforce. For the majority of the game, unless you really favor your peg knights by a fair margin or do a ton of grinding, Galeforce probably won't be a factor until lategame, if at all. I wondered if Cordelia would deserve the spot anyway, since she's pretty darn great and has the incentive of Galeforce, and even though Sumia comes in earlier, she isn't as good statistically as Cordelia.

But I think I will go with old champion FE11 Sheeda (Caeda...Shiida...whatever) in that light. She comes right in in the first chapter with great growths, support bonuses with Marth, Ogma, and a few others, and her exclusive Wing Spear, extras of which are about as common as rapiers are for Marth. Not everywhere, but enough that you can always have one on hand if you use them wisely. She'll also be your only flier for a good while unless you reclass another one of the ladies. She's one of my favorite FE ladies, and her gameplay strengths only add to how I love her.

Worst: FE12 Est. Because there she has to compete with the excellent earlygame fliers Palla and Catria, the not-as-good-but-better-than-in-FE3 Sheeda, and later Minerva. In Shadow Dragon, these four, with the exception of Sheeda, weren't as good for a few reasons. Est does come slightly earlier than in Shadow Dragon, but still too late to really do anything with her at her level.

Best: Going with Sumia. Yup. She can get GF shockingly soon if you know what you're doing. And Pair Up and such makes any stat deficits negligible enough.

I'm honestly very torn between Sumia, Cordelia, FE11 Caeda, FE9 Tanith, AND FE12 Paola.

Pegs/flyers Paola/Caeda rock the ******** out of FE12, and Paola has the edge just because of her higher base start to promote sooner; pretty awesome. FE11 Caeda is also pretty awesome with Wing Spear power to use and replace throughout the game. And FE9 Tanith got my vote last time for reasons you can find in the old thread.

But Galeforce. It really is THAT good.

And if you want it enough, you can get it pretty damned early. Cordelia has the edge stat-wise, but Sumia comes sooner which means she can access it sooner (and with things like Pair Up boosts and really frequent dual attacks, her lesser stats don't mean all too much). Cordelia has more support partners, but Sumia has access to Chrom who has his own unique benefits.

Worst: Est from 11.

Torn between FE11 Est and FE12 Est. In both instances, she's heavily outperformed by other flyers, and comes to late, but before discounting FE12 Est immediately, consider that she can get some levels in FE12's super extended prologue, which is very nifty for an... Est (good-ole archetype namers) and comes sooner. I also don't consider bringing Mercurius an accomplishment in FE11's favor. Especially since she doesn't have to be recruited and can drop the sword if killed as an enemy (and since FE11 has those ******** up gaiden requirements, there's a good chance you WILL want her dead).

I definitely find FE12 to have things in her favor that FE11 doesn't making the sequel's version easier to use.

And poor Est will never be able to rescue which you make her flier utility at least worth something. Even Yunno can ferry foot units around effectively.




@Tiki: Darnit, Tiki, you could've been a tie-breaker for last week. Who would you have voted for worst?

Not Jeorge. He can help out in a pinch with Parthia action.

Ronan actually doesn't sound like a bad idea. I still haven't finished FE5 at this point, but I've used him and the descriptions here seem accurate enough. And I've voted for characters I haven't devoted time to in here before.

This weeks topic is: Mage/Sage/Mage Knight

Also next week's topic won't be updated until Monday since I will be gone most of Sunday for a Japanese festival.