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Enter Leonardo: THE NEXT RONAN! Coming soon to a theater near you!

But in all seriousness, I actually don't have a whole lot to say about him much as a unit. I do still like his character though. Well considering I really haven't used him a whole lot in RD before... Once I reached part 3, Shinon and Rolf were all I needed in bowmen. It's possible to promote Leo by the end of part 1, but it takes a lot of patience for that... He does have potential to become a pretty decent marksman if you give him the chance though. He gets a free Legendary bow weapon just like FD mentioned. And it certainly is useful for him. That +5 in spd boost will help since spd is something that he does lack in.

Hp: 60
Str: 40
Magic:15
Skill:75
Spd:35
Luck:65
Def:35
Resistance: 55

His growth rates are actually fairly decent. I mean 75% in skill is exceptionally high. His other stats aren't too bad either. It just depends if you're actually willing to baby him until he becomes good.

Plus there's the fact that Nolan or Boyd could use bowguns and crossbows just like archers so yeah... Leonardo is pretty inferior compared to the others.

I dunno... his Resistance growth IS higher than his Strength growth, just like Ronan's.

Of course, Leonardo is much better looking.

I've often found Leonardo's lower capability to be a critical asset when training the other members of the Dawn Brigade. I don't look to him for decisive killing power. Where he shines for me is in weakening the enemy enough that Edward or another fairly fragile frontline fighter can kill that target with a single hit. This keeps deadly but fragile characters like Edward, or even Aran early on, from being weakened at the start of the enemy's turn. Then again I might be using strategies that most would avoid. I tend to use all of my ranged attack specialised units first, then I move frontline and versatile characters up to protect them. An aggressive defense, if you will. It changes who shines and who is a burden.

I've never really been hindered by Leonardo but both Edward and Nolan have caused me extensive frustration.

I'm pretty sure just about everyone here agrees that the writing for RD was pretty bad, and really inconsistent and blah blah blah.... But the entire Dawn Brigade members wasted? Say what you want about RD and its writing, but the Dawn Brigade was probably one of the best things about the game. Though, that's just my personal opinion on that matter. Feel free to disagree with me. But hey, I personally liked the whole idea of the dawn brigade. And sure, I thought they were fairly likable characters. Hence the reason why part I and II of RD are my favorite parts of the game. Especially Part II in particular.

As for Edward and Nolan. Now, I can totally understand why someone wouldn't like Edward. I'm not a huge fan of Edward, but he's not a bad unit at all if you plan on using him, Though, expect him to take axes to the face much more often on the harder modes. I like Zihark more mostly for the fact that he's instantly usable the moment you get him. Plus, that glorious Earth Affinity~

BUT Nolan?? eek This is the same Nolan we're talking about right? The awesome leader of the Dawn Brigade. He's one of the best axe users in the game hands down. Not many FE fans I know are fans of the fighter class, but Nolan is a fantastic unit. He starts out great and turns out great. Though, this isn't Nolan week. So I'll save it till then. xp

Uhhhh.... isn't Nolan considered, like one of the best? He doesn't start high like Sothe or Zihark, just level 9. He still gets plenty from his kills and is one of the easiest to promote by part 1 endgame... I always focus on Nolan, Edward and Aran, personally. And while focusing on Meg, Vika, Tormod and Fiona is all fine if that's what you want to do and that's who you like, its not really the best use of your experience.

Anyway, LEONARDO WEEK.

I think it was FD who said this; his greatest asset is that he's not in the same group as the other archers until part 4. He does his thang for the DB and that's cool. I'll use him when I have him. His bow is pretty great.

Love the brotherhood between he and Edward, but I wish the game gave us more.

I LOVE his design.

Let me quickly add that it's always great to see new blood in here. Welcome to the fold, Haeo and AKB!


Especially in Path of Radiance, Oscar is quite the fighter. He's great in Radiant Dawn too, but in Path of Radiance I think his availability and supports really shine.
I think I mentioned it in the old thread but for some reason he tends to be lacking in strength for me. It shouldn't be a problem, and it's never enough for me to stop using him in each respective Path of Radiance playthrough, but it's sort of annoying. Especially since Oscar's strength growth is 45, which is the same as Titania's. Even though he obviously lacks Titania's base strength, he can surpass her in the strength category if he gets all his levels and average stats. Though again that's not to say that either of their strength stats are bad at all.
Cavaliers in the Tellius games are pretty great all together. Paladins in Path of Radiance are prime candidates for one of the game's four occult scrolls, since Sol is great and they should feel great.
We know that the earth affinity is great. But how great is it that Oscar has an earth affinity and can be supported by two other characters that also have an earth affinity, those being Ike and Tanith? I can imagine those three all together are quite the boon during Japanese maniac mode, which I still wish made it into the English version of Path of Radiance. I'd be playing the game much more often nowadays if that were the case.

Oscar's a pretty mellow guy. He doesn't often deviate from his closed-eye mirth, and he's the responsible older brother of the green-haired siblings. His sense of duty to his family nets him definite props. He dropped out of the Crimean Royal Knights so that he could take care of his brothers when their father died. And even then they lived a hard life until Greil took the three of them into the mercenary company.
But when it comes to the deadbeat mom, we can see that Oscar and Boyd still harbor hard feelings.
I'm really happy that Radiant Dawn had the boys run into Rolf's mom. As lacking as that game was in character development for many characters, I think the addition of this conversation is great. I like that it isn't explicitly pointed out, and that you can unlock it through happenstance if you don't know to visit the house in question with one of the three brothers. Upon the woman recognizing Oscar, he quickly denies that she knows him, ends the conversation, and leaves.
In the base conversation that results from the interaction, Boyd is the one that yells at her as Boyd is want to do, but Oscar isn't free from resentment.



He is mature enough to allow the interaction to happen, but he doesn't forgive her for what she did. Don't let anyone think Oscar is incapable of being hurt, though. He was the parental figure of the brothers and struggled as such to keep the family afloat. He was the one who shouldered that responsibility.

Man's apparently a pretty great cook too.

Back when we had the character analysis thread, I'm fairly certain Oscar was first unit I joined in to talk about. (Not to mention a little embarrassment I made at the time in thinking that Rolf's mother was all the three brother's mother when that in fact isn't the case at all... sweatdrop ) But still, I do really like Oscar as a character(despite his expression which kind of creeped me out at first) and he's certainly a great unit in FE9. I used him and Titania consecutively my first time playing PoR. Though, I do feel that he's better in FE9 for his excellent early availability and not having to be screwed over by FE10's structure and the way it's set up there.

But still even in FE10 maybe he's not as great as before, but he's certainly usable. Paladins are just fantastic all around in FE9. Having the canto ability and being able to learn Sol once given an occult scroll. That skill is very good on them in that game.

I'm a pretty big fan of the Tanith and Kieran supports. I just love the rivalry between those two. Kieran being as fiery brash lovable oaf that he is, and while Oscar doesn't really see him as a rival. It just leads to great moments.

Oscar is the dedicated and the reliable one. He was not only discharged from the military, but he has brothers to take care of all by himself at a young age. Oscar is often a character I've always come to respect because having to take on so much responsibility is NO easy task at all. But he does hang in there and eventually both he and his brothers are taken in by Greil and in return to serve the Greil mercernaries.

He's also great cook and even tries to help Tanith out with teaching her how to cook in their supports.(Even though she's not exactly great at it. xD) He also shares a few sentimental moments with Ike. I really liked the line when he says that he didn't just shove the food in his mouth, but he enjoyed oscar's cooking.

FE10 didn't give the Greil mercenaries or Oscar enough screen time, and that's definitely a bit disappointing. But I do really find that scene with Rolf's mother coming to see Rolf. It's rather nice that they did at least add that moment here. Even though she abandoned Rolf, no matter what kind of person she was, Oscar ends up being the mature one in the situation here.