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Gespenst is the ultimate Dark Tome. Wanna know what it translates to? Its German for "Ghost". So essentially, we're ghosting a person?

Luce is italian for light...just...


Even weirder is Armads, y'know, Hector's ultimate weapon? Turns out its named after a sword...weird...

Best: Ereshkigal. When you realize what this means, its the perfect fit for Nergal to use. Both Nergal and Ereshkigal were part of Mesopotamian mythology, and ruled over Irkalla as husband and wife respectively. Yes, this means that Nergal is using his wife to attack you. This is also a part of this mythology, as Nergal was said to have been an aggressive god (he was later used as the name for Mars in Babylon). This could possibly mean that he once had a wife, and he's using her spirit to attack people with.

Honorable mention: Nosferatu. It's derived from the word "Nosoforos" which means "Plague carrier". Fitting, isn't it, since it saps the life from enemies?

Worst: Reinfleche. At first, I thought it was a cool name...until I read what it meant. Reinfleche is literally "Nothing Arrow" in french. So...we're not shooting anything at anyone?

Dishonorable mention: Falchion. This is supposed to be a sacred sword. Because you can't find a falchion anywhere? A Falchion is literally a type of sword

Best: Durandal. Why you ask? Because it is the unbreakable sword of the primary protagonist in The Song of Roland which is an epic and gory medieval Frankish poem.

Worst:Ragnell. it has the word rag in it... 'nuff said.

I don't think he was talking about the actual in-game Durandal being unbreakable, rather the poem where the Durandal being unbreakable. Although it is indeed ironic that the Durandal is breakable. The fact still stands that he probably picked the Durandal in the context of the poem rather than the game itself. Then again, FE is known for their ironic twists of literature references (ie: Ishtar being a good, loyal lover, Ogma [as much as it pains me to spell his name without the U in it] definitely not being of high education a god of it alone, Kain being the red headed [assumed the more serious] Social Knight when he should be evil and downright twisted, Lachesis ending life rather than measuring it [xD], etc)

This is from last round, but omg, when I read this, I spat out my drink. ......Uh. Have you SEEN Vaida? Go look again and tell me with a straight face that she is somehow heavily outclassed. People may say Heath is better and he may be, but she is a flying tank and nowhere close to being worst prepromote.

Also, dishonorable mention to prepromoted assassins? Really? :/

Carry on.

....Well, the post I was quoting directly was only on the last page, and the first time I saw it, soooo....

Wait, are we bringing up every grievance we have with people’s choices now? I have SO much to say, from Eirika not being the worst Lord UNIT even if she has such a terrible character, to Nolan not winning best Fighter and one person going so far as to say he’s terrible (I’d write off him not getting it to not enough people playing FE10, but saying he sucks is just so wrong on so many levels), to Rebecca beating FE10 Shinon for Best Archer, to numerous specific posts that make me either facepalm or doubletake or cause some other sort of reaction of surprise or shock.

But if I were to address everything, I’d never be done, and it would be rather pointless, so I’ll just pick up on Rath’s and Maji’s posts! ;D

@Rath: Totally agree. I’d almost PREFER Vaida to Heath since he has as awkward joining time and Vaida doesn’t require a promotion item. Besides, being ‘outclassed’ doesn’t make you bad. Oujay is ‘outclassed’ by Dieck, but he’s still great. Erk is basically ‘outclassed’ by Pent, but he’s still a good Mage. Heck, picking Isadora as worst because she’s outclassed by every other Pally doesn’t make her the worst prepromote. Shouldn’t you be looking at the prepromotes against each other as prepromotes, rather than everyone against the other units of that class? But I digress.

@Maji: Some of the comments made about Radd were ignorant, I completely agree. And he’s certainly not the worst in the series. But your argument in favor of him is pretty biased and unfair to Navarre, too.

Navarre comes five chapters sooner than Radd. This can only be a good thing for Navarre and only be comparatively worse for Radd. Navarre having a C Rank (instant Might boost says hi) is something he has over Radd’s D Rank and always will (especially coupled with his five chapter lead in availability – quicker access to B and A ranks means quicker access to even better Might boosts). Additionally, looking at the averages, Radd will not have surpassed Navarre’s bases with two level ups. He’ll be a bit lucky to simply be HITTING them. He theoretically could surpass them, but he could also theoretically still be below them, so the chance that he might have them higher seems like a poor reason to promote his use. And 10% difference is not that enormous a different. Certainly not enough to say Navarre will be s**t later on and Radd will be kicking a**.

Don’t let Navarre touch a single enemy just for the sake of comparison? That’s going out of your way to tilt things in Radd’s favor because in reality, there’s plenty against him. If you plan on using Radd and not using Navarre, that makes sense, but if you plan on using Navarre you’re GOING to be using him for those chapters he’s there before Radd shows up. And he’ll only be getting better during that time, increasing the distance between him and Radd. Don’t use Navarre because you want to feed someone else like Draug? If you’re not using Navarre and are using Draug, okay. Otherwise, that’s not going to be the case. If someone plans on using Navarre, they’re going to use him, and when you’re comparing him against another character, it’s expected that you’ll compare him being used instead of doing absolutely nothing. So if Navarre is being compared to Radd, Navarre shouldn’t be neglected just to make Radd look better. Oh, and in comparing Radd and Navarre, because of Navarre’s level lead and availability lead, it’ll be a lot later in the game when Radd finally manages to catch up with a leveling Navarre and then actually surpass him. Meanwhile, Navarre is presumably yielding better results for at least the better portion of the game. Of course, if Navarre is 'tickling' enemies during the catch up game, that means Radd is, too, if not doing worse.

Radd is definitely not the worst in the series, but trashing Navarre isn't the reason why.

Of course, if you’re using Est in the first place, I guess availability means s**t and it’s just a ‘who has the biggest growths-p***s’ competition