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FIRE EMBLEM: SOUEN NO KISEKI
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Character/Unit Guide FAQ
October 28th  2005 Version 0.5

For the Nintendo Gamecube (JPN)
Created by Shadowgar (c) 2005 (aussenseitertrombe@yahoo.co.uk )

Any of the work displayed in this document should not be used anywhere else 
except Gamefaqs without my consent, all information here is my own unless 
stated otherwise.

If there is anything you wish to contact me about, if I made some mistakes 
or if you've seen this FAQ somewhere else you can contact me with e-mail at.
aussenseitertrombe@yahoo.co.uk


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-:Table of Contents:-
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I) VERSION HISTORY

II) INTRODUCTION

III) BASIC INFORMATION
1. Skill System
2. Battle Formula's
3. Recruitments

IV) CHARACTERS
1. Lord [Lrd]
2. Paladin [Pln]
3. Warrior [Wrr]
4. Bishop [Bsp]
5. Sniper [Snr]
6. General [Gnl]
7. Sage [Sge]
8. Valkyrie [Vke]
9. Crimean Princess/Falcon Knight [Fkt]
10. Fanged Beasts (Cats/Tigers/Lions) [FgB]
11. Winged Beasts (Herons/Crows/Hawks) [WgB]
12. Halberdier [Hbr]
13. Dragonmaster [Dmr]
14. Thief/Assassin [TfA]
15. Scaly Dragons [SDr]
16. Bezerker [Bzr]
17. Swordmaster [Smr]

V) FAQ

VI) CREDITS AND THANKS


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I) VERSION HISTORY
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VERSION 0.5 (October 28th, 2005)
 - Making some more ammendments to names, (spellchecking sucks -_-;)
 - Went through and finally added all updated names
 - Added English names for skills
 - Fixed Marcia's recruitment requirement
 - Fixed a mistake with 'Steal' skill requirements
 - Fixed Nasir's recruitment requirement
 - Added stat averages for everyone
Size : 103 KB


VERSION 0.4 (October 19th, 2005)
 - Added a quick reference list of recruitments
 - Added the new NOA translated names for characters
 - Fixed a wrong battle formula
 - Fixed a recruitment screwup on Zihawk
Size : 94.1 KB

VERSION 0.3 (October 7th, 2005)
 - Added activation rates for skills
 - Changed some ratings and comments
 - Also changed some formatting
 - Added some battle formula's
 - Added a FAQ section
Size : 91.2 KB

VERSION 0.2 (August 15th, 2005)
 - Corrections to skill section
 - Minor changes to some comments.
Size : 88 KB


VERSION 0.1 (August 8th, 2005)
 - First FAQ version released
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II) INTRODUCTION
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Fire Emblem: Souen no Kiseki is the 9th in a series of S-RPG games created by 
Nintendo Intelligent Systems and released for the 15th anniversary of Fire 
Emblem series.  

FE9 as it is sometimes called has been released in US and is still to be 
in European states under the name of 'Path of Radiance.'
I've now recently added the new names to the right of the original names 
as I really can't be bothered going through and changing everything.
I've now added as well a quick reference list so you can find people easier.

The FAQ is intended as a in depth guide towards units within the game and 
written comments are generally my opinions and experiences of playing this 
game.

Its not meant to be a full FAQ/Walkthrough as I'm amazed I could even be 
bothered making this.  I'm pretty sure its clear enough written and 
formatted, (or I could simply be hoping that) and I hope there aren't any 
problems navigating.  

To make the navigation of the character section easier you can simply use
Crtl + F on your keyboard and insert the quick links to hop to the sections.


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III) BASIC INFORMATION
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#####1. Skill System#####

FE9 sees the return of the Skill system from Seisen no Keifu (FE4) and 
Thracia 776 (FE5).  It allows you to equip characters with personal skills 
helping them with various things in the game.  Some skills come with 
characters, while others may have to be taught through scrolls which can 
be used from within the intermission menu's that appears after Chapter 8 in 
between each chapter.

There is a limit though as skills use capacity, foot units have 25 capacity, 
mounted units have 20 capacity.  Some skills are exclusive to classes only or 
enemies.

After promotion it is possible to learn a skill unique to that class by using 
a Mastery scroll found throughout the game.  Also its possible to promote 
by raising a character to level 21, promotion items are only needed if you 
wish to promote them early.

This is a list of the available skills within the game, English names to right
and original japanese translated names on left:-

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****AWARENESS/NIHIL****
Capacity:- 
	15
Who has it:- 
	Calill, Nasir
Effect:-
	Negates enemy Battle Skills
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****AMBUSH/VANTAGE****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Mia
Effect:-
	Always attack first on counter attacks
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****CONTINUE/ADEPT****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Soren, Zihawk
Effect:-
	Occasionally activates a consecutive attack
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %
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****WRATH/WRATH****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Nephenee
Effect:-
	When HP is below half, the user receives a considerable critical boost
Activation:-
	Always Active, Activates at Half HP
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****PRAYER/MIRACLE****
Capacity:- 
	5
Who has it:- 
	Mist, Ena
Effect:-
	Activates when HP is under half, when a fatal attack is inflicted there is 
	a chance you'll survive with half your remaining HP.  If you have only 1 HP 
	left and it activates you'll receive 0 damage.
Activation:-
	Activates at Half HP, Luck = Activation %
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****HEROIC LEADER/RESOLVE****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Tauroneo
Effect:-
	When HP is below half, strength, skill and speed is boosted by 1.5x
Activation:-
	Always Active, Activates at Half HP
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****COUNTER/COUNTER****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Titania
Effect:-
	When hit you may occasionally return half the damage you received as damage 
	to your enemy.
Activation:-
	When you are hit, Skill/2 = Activation %
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****CANCEL/GUARD****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Haar
Effect:-
	Occasionally activates and leaves enemy unable to counterattack
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %
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****WEAPON BREAK/CORROSION****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Bastian
Effect:-
	Reduces enemy weapon usuage by 5 when enemy is hit
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %
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****ABILITY MATCH****
Capacity:- 
	5
Who has it:- 
	Lucia
Effect:-
	Negates enemy support and terrain bonuses
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****ONE SHOT GAMBLE/GAMBLE****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Kieran
Effect:-
	When you attack you can sacrifice half your accuracy for double critical rate
Activation:-
	Manual
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****HARD STRIKE/SHOVE****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Mordecai
Effect:-
	Increases the effect of the 'push' command to 2 spaces, only works when build
	is greater or equal to the targets build.
Activation:-
	Manual
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****TALENTED PERSON/CELERITY****
Capacity:- 
	15
Who has it:- 
	Tormod
Effect:-
	Movement +2
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****MOODY PERSON/TEMPEST****
Capacity:- 
	5
Who has it:- 
	Bole, Makalov
Effect:-
	Doubles the effect of Biorhythmn
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****EQUILIBRIUM/SERENITY****
Capacity:- 
	5
Who has it:- 
	Rhys
Effect:-
	Halves the effect of Biorhythmn
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****PROVOKE/PROVOKE****
Capacity:- 
	5
Who has it:- 
	Shinon
Effect:-
	Increases the chance of being attacked, has more effect if injured
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****SHADOW/SHADOW****
Capacity:- 
	5
Who has it:- 
	Ilyana, Volke
Effect:-
	Reduces the chance of being attacked, has less effect if injured.
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****LIFE/RENEWAL****
Capacity:- 
	15
Who has it:- 
	Elincia, Ena
Effect:-
	Recover a set ammount of HP at the start of each turn
Activation:-
	Beginning of every turn, Always Active
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****PROTECTING HAND/SAVIOUR****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Tibarn
Effect:-
	When carrying someone, your skill and speed stats aren't reduced
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****ELITE/PARAGON****
Capacity:- 
	15
Who has it:- 
	Geoffrey, Astrid
Effect:-
	Unit gains 2x experience
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****REINFORCEMENT/REINFORCE****
Capacity:- 
	15
Who has it:- 
	Tanith
Effect:-
	Can summon 3 NPC units to help, can only be used twice per battle.
Activation:-
	Manual
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****SLOW GROWER/BLOSSOM****
Capacity:- 
	15
Who has it:- 
	Sothe
Effect:-
	Growth rates are boosted by 10% at the cost of reduced experience
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****MOVE AGAIN/MOVE AGAIN****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Reyson
Effect:-
	Allows adjacent friendly units to regain their movement
Activation:-
	Manual
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****LONG DISTANCE VISION/INSIGHT****
Capacity:- 
	0
Who has it:- 
	Janaff
Effect:-
	Accuracy is increased
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****HEARING WITH THE WIND/VIGILANCE****
Capacity:- 
	0
Who has it:- 
	Ulki
Effect:-
	Evade is increased
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****HORRIFY/DAUNT****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Enemy only
Effect:-
	Reduces the accuracy and critical of enemy units within a 3 square radius
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****GODDESS PROTECTION/GODDESS PROTECTION****
Capacity:- 
	?
Who has it:- 
	None
Effect:-
	User receives reduced damage from enemy attacks
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****GOING EASY/DISCIPLINE****
Capacity:- 
	10
Who has it:- 
	Grail, Bole
Effect:-
	Does reduced damage during training
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****LIGHT MAGIC EQUIP/LUMINA****
Capacity:- 
	0
Who has it:- 
	Bishop
Effect:-
	User can equip Light magic
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****LIGHT TOOL EQUIP/KNIFE****
Capacity:- 
	0
Who has it:- 
	Calill, Bastian, Sothe, Volke, Theif, Sage
Effect:-
	User can equip light tools and knives
Activation:-
	Always Active
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****STEAL/STEAL****
Capacity:- 
	0
Who has it:- 
	Volke, Sothe, Theif class
Effect:-
	User can steal items and staves from enemy units if their strength is higher 
	than the item and speed is higher than the victim.
Activation:-
	Manual
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####MASTERY SKILLS####

These skills are only learnable through Mastery scrolls after promotion.

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****HEAVENS/AETHER****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Lord, Hero
Effect:-
	Sun + Moonlight + Continue, 2 hit strike with a Moonlight hit following a 
	sun hit.
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %
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****IMPACT/STUN****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Dragonmaster, Falcon Knight
Effect:-
	Occasionally leaves enemy units without movement for one turn when hit
Activation:-
	Skill/2 = Activation %
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****SUNLIGHT/SOL****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Bishop, Sage
Effect:-
	Occasionally halves enemy magic defense
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %
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****SUN/FLARE****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Paladin, Valkyrie
Effect:-
	When it activates, user recovers ammount of HP equal to the damage dealt out
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %
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****RYUSEIKEN/ASTRA****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Swordmaster, Stefan
Effect:-
	Initiates a 5 hit attack where each hit does half damage
Activation:-
	Skill/2 = Activation %
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****MOONLIGHT/LUNA****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Halberdier, General
Effect:-
	Occasionally halves enemies defense
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %
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****RUMBLE/COLOSSUS****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Warrior, Bezerker
Effect:-
	If users build is greater than enemy, extra damage may be dealt to the enemy
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %
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****SNIPE/DEADEYE****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Sniper
Effect:-
	Accuracy is boosted added with a chance of sending the target to sleep
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %, Sleep effect activation % = Skill/2
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****ASSASSINATE/LETHALITY (wtf?)****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Assassin
Effect:-
	Occasionally activates a OHKO, may be ineffective against some enemies
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %
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****ROAR/ROAR****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Fanged Beast
Effect:-
	Leaves enemy units without movement for one turn when used
Activation:-
	Manual
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****WINGED PROTECTION/CANCEL****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Hawk, Tibarn
Effect:-
	Occasionally negates hits against you
Activation:-
	Skill = Activation %
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****GALE KNIFE/VORTEX****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Crow, Naesala
Effect:-
	Allows the user to perform a Elwind attack from one space away
Activation:-
	Manual
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****BLESSING OF THE SKY/BLESSING****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Heron, Reyson
Effect:-
	Units adjacent to the user restore HP at the beginning of each turn
Activation:-
	Always Active, Beginning of each turn
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****BLESSING OF THE EARTH/BOON (...wtf? no.2)****
Capacity:- 
	20
Who has it:- 
	Scaly Dragon, Ena
Effect:-
	Units adjacent to the user have their status restored at the beginning of 
	each turn
Activation:-
	Always Active, Beginning of each turn
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#####2. Battle Formula's#####

Pretty self explanatory......for your reference.

===Attack Speed===

If Weapon weight is greater than your strength.
Attack Speed = Strength - Weapon Weight + Speed

If Weapon weight is less than your strength.
Attack Speed = Speed

If attack speed is 4 points greater than your enemy than you'll be able to 
perform a second attack.  If 4 points less you'll be double attacked.


===Damage===

Physical Damage = 
Strength + Weapon Might - Enemy Defense

Magical Damage = 
Magic + Weapon Might - Enemy Resistance

Critical hit damage = 
3*(Damage done to enemy)

Weapon Effectiveness = 
2*(Weapon Might) + Strength or Magic - Enemy Defense or Res


===Evasion===

Evasion % = 
2*(Speed) + Luck - Enemy's Accuracy


===Accuracy===

Accuracy % = 
2*(Skill) + Weapon Accuracy - Enemy's Evade


===Steal===

To steal, weapon being stolen must have a weight less than your theives 
strength and your theif must have a greater speed than the victim.



#####3. Recruitments#####



Prologue - Ike
Chapter 1- Oscar, Boyd, Titania
Chapter 2- Rhys
Chapter 3- Shinon, Gatrie
Chapter 4- Soren
Chapter 7- Mia
Chapter 8- Ilyana
Chapter 9- Mist, Rolf, Marcia
Chapter 10- Lethe, Mordecai, Volke, Nephenee, Brom, Kieran
Chapter 11- Zihark
Chapter 12- Sothe, Jill
Chapter 13- Astrid, Gatrie 
Chapter 14- Makalov
Chapter 15- Stefan, Muarim, Tormod
Chapter 16- Devdan
Chapter 18- Reyson, Janaff, Ulki, Tanith, Shinon 
Chapter 20- Calill
Chapter 21- Tauroneo
Chapter 23- Ranulf, Haar
Chapter 24- Lucia, Bastian, Geoffrey
Chapter 25- Largo
Chapter 26- Elincia
Chapter 28- Ena/Nasir
Chapter 29- Tibarn/Naesala/Giffca

CRTL+ F and than put in the name of the character you want.



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IV) CHARACTERS
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I have split each character into their respected promotion/class lines,
they will be rated on both 'usefulness' and 'power'.  I will also give skill 
suggestions that tend to work well with the character.  

These ratings are done on the assumption you are playing within the 'Maniac' 
difficulty of FE9.

Power ratings are done on the basis of all-round stats and also skills 
in consideration.  Usefulness is done on the ease of use of the character, 
whether they're helpful for certain parts of the game.

In order to promote you'll need to raise a character to level 21 or use a 
promotion item which can be found throughout the game.
To search for a class press crtl+F and type in the appropiate link for the 
class and you'll jump to the section.


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#####Ranger => Lord [Lrd]#####

Usuable Weapons:-  Swords
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Heavens
Class Skill:- Capture Throne

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +4	Spd: +2
	Str: +3	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +2	Def: +3
	Skl: +2	Res: +2

Stat Caps-
	HP: 60	Spd: 28
	Str: 26	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 24
	Skl: 27	Res: 22

======Ike/Ike (Ranger)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 1 automatic

Promotion: 
Automatic event after Chapter 17 Area 4

Base Stats (Lvl-1)
	HP: 19	Spd: 7
	Str: 5	Lck: 6
	Mgc: 1	Def: 5
	Skl: 6	Res: 0
	Bld: 9	Rescue: 9
Stat Growth
	HP: 75%		Spd: 55%
	Str: 50%	Lck: 35%
	Mgc: 20%	Def: 40%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 40%

Weapons
	Sword

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 52/60	Spd: 28/28
	Str: 25/26	Lck: 19/40
	Mgc: 11/20	Def: 22/24
	Skl: 26/26	Res: 17/22

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	Aether
	Resolve and Wrath

Comments:-

Well being the Lord you're more or less forced to use him, luckily Ike also 
happens to be one of the strongest Lords ever in a FE game since Sigurd.  

He tends to start off well as one of your strongest units and packing a 
unusually high defense and res for a main character means he makes a rather
good wall.  High speed and skill helps too.  
Although his strength tends to be quite weak even with that growth till 
promotion, high HP makes Ike a rather good defensive unit.

Like Leaf from FE5 he gets a early promotion after Ch-17 which means you only
have to bare with him slightly weak for only 4 or 5 chapters. He'll also be 
your no.1 candidate for a mastery book getting the overpowered Aether skill 
and even more insane Ragnell sword with infinite uses.  

I'd give him a 9 for usefulness but hes not always needed to capture the 
throne in some chapters, but is definitely frontline material.  Resolve 
is only suggested if you want a easier time with the final boss but its not 
the best skill for Ike necessarily.
Now if only he'd stop screaming "OYAJI!" and say something else useful.

Usefulness- 8/10
Power Rating- 9/10


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#####Sword/Axe/Bow/Lance Knight => Paladin [Pln]#####

Usuable Weapons:-  Sword, Bow, Axe or Lance
Gained after promotion:- Can select Sword, Bow, Axe or Lance
Mastery Skill:- Flare
Class Skill:- None

Promotion Bonuses (M)-
	HP: +3	Spd: +2
	Str: +2	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +2	Def: +2
	Skl: +2	Res: +3

Stat Caps (M)-
	HP: 60	Spd: 27
	Str: 26	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 27
	Skl: 26	Res: 25

Promotion Bonuses (F)-
	HP: +5	Spd: +1
	Str: +2	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +2	Def: +3
	Skl: +2	Res: +2

Stat Caps (F)-
	HP: 60	Spd: 27
	Str: 25	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 27
	Skl: 26	Res: 26

======Oscar/Oscar (Lance Knight)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 1 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-3)
	HP: 19	Spd: 7
	Str: 5	Lck: 6
	Mgc: 1	Def: 5
	Skl: 6	Res: 0
	Bld: 10	Rescue: 33
Stat Growth
	HP: 55%		Spd: 50%
	Str: 45%	Lck: 45%
	Mgc: 20%	Def: 35%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 30%

Weapons
	Lance

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 49/60	Spd: 25/27
	Str: 24/26	Lck: 16/40
	Mgc: 10/20	Def: 23/27
	Skl: 25/26	Res: 14/25

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	Flare
	Adept and Saviour

Comments:-

The social knight duo is back minus one, Oscar is our green social knight of
this game.  I don't know why but this guy reminds me of that eternally smiling 
freak Wendolo from the SRW series, but I'm willing to bet he has a eye 
condition like Ishtorre of FE4....

Funny thing is you'd think with such good bases, mounted, coming in first 
chapter and using lances he'd be rather 'omg pwnage'.  Unfortunately he gets 
rather easily knocked around early on with all the axe users.  He only tends 
to start showing his worth around mid game once around level 13 or so.
After promotion is where he begins to shine with good bonuses and he tends to 
work well with a bow or sword.

Sword is better if you want a more well rounded Oscar but you'll need a bow 
if you wish to use his triangle attack with Bole and Rolf.

Having no skills hurts him abit though, you can give him a Sun Hit but there 
are better candidates for a Mastery book.  Adept + Saviour I find 
can work quite well since mounted units are now back with FE4 after turn 
movement.

A nice well rounded unit who can be good or bad, but will more likely turn out
 mediocre.  Although he can prove helpful with his movement in early chapters 
and if your sadistic like me, having him smile eternally while killing is 
quite satisfying.

Usefulness- 8/10
Power- 8/10


======Tiamat/Titania (Paladin)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 1 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-1)
	HP: 33	Spd: 14
	Str: 12	Lck: 11
	Mgc: 4	Def: 11
	Skl: 13	Res: 7
	Bld: 8	Rescue: 33
Stat Growth
	HP: 80%		Spd: 50%
	Str: 45%	Lck: 45%
	Mgc: 25%	Def: 40%
	Skl: 60%	Res: 45%

Weapons
	Axe, Lance

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 48/60	Spd: 24/27
	Str: 21/25	Lck: 20/40
	Mgc: 9/20	Def: 19/27
	Skl: 24/26	Res: 16/26

Basic Skills
	Counter

Suggested Skills
	Counter and Adept
	Saviour and Adept

Comments:-

If Oifaye was reincarnated as a woman and without a moustache, she'd be 
called Tiamat.  Tiamat continues the recent trend of destructive Jeigan 
characters.  Her stats look quite paltry but she grows better than most of 
the units in your game and will end up with extremely high res for a physical 
unit.

Early on she will be literally life saving in early chapters and with the 
ammount of enemies and bonus exp feature in FE9, exp leeching is quite 
little concern.  It is virtually impossible to beat early chapters without 
her.

Overall statwise she will be a nice rounded unit but will likely be passed up 
due to her rather weak starting stats.  As for skills, counter...is rather 
worthless, but if you insist on using her, saviour can be helpful for 
rescuing or adept if you want her to be more battle orientated.

But don't feel guilty about using her or letting her kill as exp is plentiful 
in this game.  Once most units promote around Chapter 17 she'll probably 
dissappear from your lineup, but if growing well she can very well make the 
final lineup.  If you want to use her, than let her sit back abit for the 
middle chapters so she doesn't take up too much experience.

Usefulness- 9.9/10
Power- 6.5/10


======Kevin/Kieran (Axe Knight)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Oscar in Chapter 10 and help him escape, joins in Chapter 11.

Base Stats (Lvl-12)
	HP: 30	Spd: 12
	Str: 11	Lck: 8
	Mgc: 1	Def: 10
	Skl: 10	Res: 1
	Bld: 10	Rescue: 33
Stat Growth
	HP: 60%		Spd: 40%
	Str: 50%	Lck: 25%
	Mgc: 15%	Def: 40%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 30%

Weapons
	Axe

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 49/60	Spd: 24/27
	Str: 25/26	Lck: 15/40
	Mgc: 7/20	Def: 23/27
	Skl: 25/26	Res: 12/25

Basic Skills
	Gamble

Suggested Skills
	Flare
	Gamble and Resolve

Comments:-
And here he is, the other half of the Social Knight duo 10 chapters late, 
Kieran comes with rather all-round stats and fantastic growths.  However 
by the time he joins Oscar will have surpassed him and Kieran will be being 
double attacked occasionally.

His skill....doesn't have too much use unfortunately, his critical doesn't 
tend to get too high and halved accuracy for a axe user is next to suicide.  
He can be quite a pain to train but will probably end up statistically as the 
second best Paladin in the game.  He does benefit from axe being the cheapest 
weapons in the game though, plus not being weighed by Iron Axes at all.

Overall his high stats are abit overshadowed by the point of the game he 
comes, along with how you can get through the game rather easily without him. 
Only should be used if your a big fan of mounted or axe units but I would 
just stick with Oscar.  

However if you do choose to train him, expect something close to a monster 
after promotion.  I highly suggest giving him swords so he can actually make 
some use of Gamble.  But it may be worth just giving him Flare.

Usefulness- 6.5/10
Power- 8.5/10


======Stellar/Astrid (Bow Knight)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Ike in Chapter 13

Base Stats (Lvl-1)
	HP: 20	Spd: 7
	Str: 6	Lck: 3
	Mgc: 2	Def: 5
	Skl: 6	Res: 4
	Bld: 7	Rescue: 29
Stat Growth
	HP: 45%		Spd: 50%
	Str: 40%	Lck: 40%
	Mgc: 20%	Def: 30%
	Skl: 55%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	Bow

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 42/60	Spd: 26/27
	Str: 23/25	Lck: 18/40
	Mgc: 12/20	Def: 19/27
	Skl: 26/26	Res: 15/25

Basic Skills
	Paragon

Suggested Skills
	Paragon and Shadow
	Flare

Comments:-
Stellar is one cute bow knight, (I refuse to call her Astrid damnit!) 
too bad she starts off rather weak.  Though she does benefit from some decent 
growths but what makes her a spetacular unit is the fact she has Paragon.  

Stellar will grow like lightning, a pure powerleveling growth stock.  What 
makes it easier to use her, as weak as she is, she's a ranged fighter which 
means she won't have to get in close to kill.  After promotion you can give 
her axes to take care of her strength and use her skill.

In the long term she will probably be a all-round unit but not really 
excelling in anything particular, but her promotion bonuses give her a good 
boost.  Although not really helping majorly in anything, being an easy to 
raise unit gives her alot of credit, but she loses marks as her class won't 
let her use the Balfleche.

Usefulness- 8/10
Power- 7.5/10


======Makalov/Makalov (Sword Knight)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Marcia in Chapter 14

Base Stats (Lvl-10)
	HP: 30	Spd: 10
	Str: 9	Lck: 8
	Mgc: 2	Def: 10
	Skl: 7	Res: 2
	Bld: 10	Rescue: 33
Stat Growth
	HP: 60%		Spd: 50%
	Str: 55%	Lck: 25%
	Mgc: 5%	Def: 45%
	Skl: 45%	Res: 20%

Weapons
	Sword

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 50/60	Spd: 25/27
	Str: 25/26	Lck: 20/40
	Mgc: 5/20	Def: 25/27
	Skl: 22/26	Res: 16/25

Basic Skills
	Tempest

Suggested Skills
	Tempest and Nihil

Comments:-
URGHHH!!!! URGH! They must have been smoking something strong when they drew 
this guy.  This guys face and hair would make grown men cry.  It doesn't help 
either that he turns out rather worthless.  Comes late, weak weapon, bad res 
and luck in general.  His skill is rather low compared to the other knights, 
only real noteworthy good point is that his HP is rather high.  

If you wish to use him I'd suggest throwing on Nihil to take advantage 
of his good defense and rather high HP.  In short he's best described as like 
Lowen from FE7.

Although you should probably be using Kieran if you have the time for 
this guy.  And a certain other Paladin makes Makalov's strong points rather 
neglectable.

Usefulness- 4/10
Power- 7/10


======Geoffrey/Geoffrey (Paladin)======

Recruitment:
Must survive Ch-24 and will join Ch-25

Base Stats (Lvl-11)
	HP: 43	Spd: 19
	Str: 18	Lck: 12
	Mgc: 9	Def: 21
	Skl: 17	Res: 9
	Bld: 11	Rescue: 35
Stat Growth
	HP: 65%		Spd: 55%
	Str: 50%	Lck: 20%
	Mgc: 25%	Def: 45%
	Skl: 55%	Res: 45%

Weapons
	Lance, Bow

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 50/60	Spd: 24/27
	Str: 23/26	Lck: 14/40
	Mgc: 11/20	Def: 25/27
	Skl: 22/26	Res: 13/25

Basic Skills
	Paragon

Suggested Skills
	Paragon and Provoke
	Nihil and Provoke
	Adept and Guard

Comments:-
Theres only one thing to describe Geoffrey, God....  This guy is more or 
less the reincarnation of FE6's HM Percival with a vengeance.  If it ain't 
enough that he already begins with great stats and especially that defense! 

Added with all-round growths and actually good growth in res, only stat 
that will seem low is luck, but generally all FE9 units suffer from that.
He may have only 9 levels left but with those growths and the fact he comes 
with Paragon makes him grow like a unpromoted unit, expect an easy time using 
him.  But the beauty is with Paragon you can simply force feed him bonus exp 
in the intermission menu and control his all-round growths.

The only downside probably is that its a rather massive pain keeping 
him alive within Maniac mode when trying to recruit him.  As for skills he 
only has room for a weak skill, so maybe a Provoke to turn him into a mounted 
wall for baiting.  However its very easy to get through the game without ever 
touching him, but it sure helps if you do use him.

Usefulness- 8/10
Power- 8.5/10


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#####Axe Fighter => Warrior [Wrr]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Axe
Gained after promotion:- Bow
Mastery Skill:- Colossus
Class Skill:- None

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +6	Spd: +1
	Str: +2	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +1	Def: +2
	Skl: +2	Res: +2

Stat Caps-
	HP: 60	Spd: 27
	Str: 30	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 25
	Skl: 28	Res: 20



======Bole/Boyd (Axe Fighter)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 1 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-2)
	HP: 30	Spd: 6
	Str: 7	Lck: 4
	Mgc: 0	Def: 5
	Skl: 4	Res: 0
	Bld: 10	Rescue: 10
Stat Growth
	HP: 75%		Spd: 45%
	Str: 60%	Lck: 35%
	Mgc: 20%	Def: 25%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	Axe

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 59/60	Spd: 23/27
	Str: 29/30	Lck: 17/40
	Mgc: 3/20	Def: 16/25
	Skl: 24/28	Res: 11/20

Basic Skills
	Tempest	

Suggested Skills
	Tempest and Colossus

Comments:-
Your first and only Warrior of the game, unfortunately he's rather mediocre 
at best.  All he tends to gain is strength and HP, skill and speed starts off 
abit too low and even with his good skill growth is abit low.  However he 
does tend to get decent luck which is abit rare within FE9.  

Rather weak promo bonuses don't help him since his HP already grows fine and 
starts with half the max anyway.  What really hurts him is the bad 
skill, coupled with axes bad accuracy.

Due to the new formula when using an iron axe he has essentially only 3 speed.
Basically anyone who hated FE6's Sophia should stay away from him.  He's a 
similar case of a potentially awesome unit who will be a pain to raise.
If you get lucky with growths, due to the Warrior's fantastic caps he can be 
a great unit.

This requires abit more explanation, but basically although his skill and 
speed aren't bad and strength grows brilliantly.  Axes are extremely heavy 
and most enemies have alot of HP and defense.  Sticking with low level axes 
will waste his strength and most lance and sword users can do more damage.

Going with higher level axes will take Bole into minus speed for a long time 
till he promotes or late levels before promotion.

You are forced to use him early on and with the lack of numbers he does 
help alot in terms of man power and simply a spare hand.  But keep close 
watch on his stats as theres a good chance he will begin to fall behind.

He is also able to do a Triangle attack after promotion.

Usefulness- 6/10
Power Rating- 7.5/10


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#####Priest => Bishop [Bsp]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Staff
Gained after promotion:- Light Magic
Mastery Skill:- Sunlight
Class Skill:- Light Magic Equip

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +3	Spd: +2
	Str: +1	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +3	Def: +2
	Skl: +2	Res: +3

Stat Caps-
	HP: 60	Spd: 25
	Str: 15	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 29	Def: 20
	Skl: 22	Res: 30

======Kilroy/Rhys (Priest)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 2 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-4)
	HP: 20	Spd: 4
	Str: 0	Lck: 6
	Mgc: 8	Def: 0
	Skl: 7	Res: 12
	Bld: 8	Rescue: 8
Stat Growth
	HP: 40%		Spd: 40%
	Str: 5%		Lck: 50%
	Mgc: 60%	Def: 25%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 55%

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 37/60	Spd: 20/25
	Str: 3/15	Lck: 24/40
	Mgc: 29/29	Def: 11/20
	Skl: 22/22	Res: 30/30

Weapons
	Staff

Basic Skills
	Serenity

Suggested Skills
	Counter and Guard, Provoke or Corrosion

Comments:-
Your first healer and the only Light magic user in the game, I'm not sure 
what to say about him except that he's bad.  He will be double attacked 
nearly always, low HP, and overkilled res and magic which maxes way too 
early with virtually nothing in the other areas and overkilled skill.

Unfortunately since healers are so awful in this game, Rhys is actually 
one of the better ones.  Having high magic does mean he can do good 
damage with his spells and also heal fully using only heal staves.

Another word of note is Light Magic maxes weapon level insanely quick 
compared to other weapon user levels who grow at a snails pace.  Mainly 
because Light Magic level is equal to your stave level.

Serenity is a awful skill which does more damage than it helps.  Counter 
is an awful skill but with the ammount of damage he takes he can return 
heavy damage since hes almost guaranteed to be hit most of the time and 
being double attacked, when couple with Guard, you can usually return high 
chip damage and avoid being 2x attacked.

This can actually be an advantage though as long range magic users will do 
0 damage to him for 2x wasting their long range spells and Provoke can make 
him a lightning rod for staves and magic, or Corrosion to speed up 
things, if you have a Purge spell.

He will also probably be the subject of most of your bonus exp you get and 
chances are he'll need an early promotion with the items instead of waiting 
for level 21.

On a sidenote though Rhys is the second highest grower for luck which 
is his only real big selling point.  His only use will be using the high 
level staves since most Sages can do a better job of frontline healing.
Overall he can do heavy chip damage when guarded and gives great support 
but keep him off frontlines at all costs.


Usefulness- 9/10
Power Rating- 6/10


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#####Archer => Sniper [Snr]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Bows, Ballistae, Stone Throwers
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Snipe
Class Skill:- 15% crit boost (English version only)

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +3	Spd: +2
	Str: +3	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +2	Def: +2
	Skl: +2	Res: +2

Stat Caps-
	HP: 60	Spd: 28
	Str: 25	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 25
	Skl: 30	Res: 23

======Rolf/Rolf (Archer)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 9 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-1)
	HP: 18	Spd: 6
	Str: 5	Lck: 4
	Mgc: 0	Def: 6
	Skl: 8	Res: 2
	Bld: 4	Rescue: 4
Stat Growth
	HP: 60%		Spd: 50%
	Str: 40%	Lck: 40%
	Mgc: 20%	Def: 30%
	Skl: 45%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	Bow

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 44/60	Spd: 26/28
	Str: 23/25	Lck: 19/40
	Mgc: 10/20	Def: 19/25
	Skl: 27/30	Res: 14/23

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	Deadeye
	Gamble

Comments:-
What do I say about Rolf?  Well for starters he the cutest little kid ever, 
looks like 8 years old and makes you want to pinch his cheeks and go AWWW! 

Growth wise hes okayish, of notice though is high rather good defense base 
and defense growth with good HP growth, he also gets his own personal bow 
and comes early which helps.  

He can be a pain to level up but is probably the best bow user in the game.  
The Snipers mastery skill is a must for him as accuracy boost with a chance 
of sleep is too good to pass up along with high skill.  Not to mention 
snipers now get a 15% crit boost unlike the japanese version which can add 
to the activation of Deadeye.

Although to use him in Maniac mode you need to be making sure that his 
strength grows for his first few level ups.  He will also be a good dodger 
with good luck and speed and most noteworthy can take a beating.

Although what makes him worth using is hes the prime candidate for the 
Balfleche bow along with a excellent starting bow and good speed and luck.
Not a vital unit but if you do train him abit he can prove very useful 
especially with his big pool of inbuilt support bonuses.

He also has a triangle attack with Oscar and Bole.

Gamble is also suggested for players of the English version for a 30% crit 
chance.

Usefulness- 8/10
Power Rating- 8.5/10


======Shinon/Shinon (Sniper)======

Recruitment:
Chapter-3 automatic
Chapter-19, talk with Rolf in Ch-18 than kill with Ike in the same chapter

Base Stats (Lvl-1)
	HP: 32	Spd: 13
	Str: 9	Lck: 9
	Mgc: 6	Def: 9
	Skl: 15	Res: 6
	Bld: 9	Rescue: 10
Stat Growth
	HP: 75%		Spd: 65%
	Str: 65%	Lck: 35%
	Mgc: 20%	Def: 50%
	Skl: 70%	Res: 40%

Weapons
	Bow

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 46/60	Spd: 25/28
	Str: 22/25	Lck: 16/40
	Mgc: 10/20	Def: 19/25
	Skl: 28/30	Res: 14/23

Basic Skills
	Provoke

Suggested Skills
	Provoke and Paragon
	Deadeye
	Gamble

Comments:-
Shinon....has monstrous growths, he may be promoted and have relatively low 
stats.  But he gets better defense than most units in the game along with 
growths that put him on par with most of the Laguz.  However he would be the 
best bow user in the game if he didn't dissappear for half the game and when 
he returns is outclassed by everyone.

By the time you get him back Rolf will probably be promoted and have far 
surpassed him.  Although having an A in bows is noteworthy as weapon skills 
grow slow in this game.  His usefulness is also detracted by the fact Gatrie 
almost always appears along with him so his worth in early chapters isn't 
as vital.

If you do choose to use him expect him to easily come close or max everything 
minus magic and luck.  When Shinon does grow he will be the strongest Sniper 
in the game period.  If you want ease of use, go Rolf, or if you have time 
Shinon for raw power.

Gamble is also suggested for players of the English version for a 30% crit 
chance.

Usefulness- 6.5/10
Power Rating- 9.5/10


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#####Armour Knight => General [Gnl]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Lance
Gained after promotion:- Sword
Mastery Skill:- Moonlight
Class Skill:- None

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +3	Spd: +2
	Str: +3	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +2	Def: +1
	Skl: +2	Res: +3

Stat Caps-
	HP: 60	Spd: 24
	Str: 29	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 30
	Skl: 27	Res: 25

======Gatrie (Armour Knight)======

Recruitment:
Chapter- 3 automatic
Chapter- 13, talk with Astrid

Base Stats (Lvl-9)
	HP: 31	Spd: 5
	Str: 12	Lck: 5
	Mgc: 0	Def: 14
	Skl: 6	Res: 0
	Bld: 12	Rescue: 16
Stat Growth
	HP: 80%		Spd: 25%
	Str: 55%	Lck: 25%
	Mgc: 5%	Def: 60%
	Skl: 55%	Res: 30%

Weapons
	Lance

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 57/60	Spd: 15/24
	Str: 29/29	Lck: 12/40
	Mgc: 4/20	Def: 30/30
	Skl: 24/27	Res: 13/25

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	Resolve and Shove
	Adept and Shove

Comments:-
Gatrie is quite frankly one of the powerhouses of the game, early on hes also 
the most useful unit after Titaniat and it can be near impossible to do early 
chapters without him.  In the long term Gatrie does begin to suffer from 
rather bad speed, luck and meh Res and having no skills.

Although if you slap a Resolve on him it can fix alot of his stat 
problems but theres probably better options for it.  Shove comes useful 
with his higher than normal build allowing him to push alot of units in the 
game.  Or even Adept so he can 2x attack since his skill is rather good.

But he does max his best stats well and can become a pure physical wall and 
more than likely will not be weighed down due to high strength and lances.
However due to a certain other unit by the name of Tauroneo, Gatrie's long 
term usuage seems doubtful.  Although he can always go back to wasting 
Shinon's money...

Usefulness- 9/10
Power Rating- 7.5/10


======Chap/Brom (Armour Knight)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Ike in Chapter 10 and help him escape, joins in Chapter 11.

Base Stats (Lvl-8)
	HP: 28	Spd: 7
	Str: 10	Lck: 4
	Mgc: 1	Def: 13
	Skl: 9	Res: 2
	Bld: 13	Rescue: 17
Stat Growth
	HP: 75%		Spd: 25%
	Str: 45%	Lck: 20%
	Mgc: 10%	Def: 55%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	Lance

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 54/60	Spd: 17/24
	Str: 27/29	Lck: 10/40
	Mgc: 6/20	Def: 29/30
	Skl: 26/27	Res: 13/25

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	Heroic Leader and Hard Strike
	Continue and Hard Strike

Comments:-
The guy looks like a farmer, a fat farmer, they should call him FATCHAP just 
because......um well they should!

According to some, they've found FatChap rather decent due to higher speed, 
although I don't think its really worth that much.  He more or less ends up 
inferior to Gatrie in almost every way and even with some res base will 
get just as easily tossed about as Gatrie by magic users.

He seems more like a optional character if you want an extra armour otherwise 
there are better options out there.  More or less the same skill set as 
Gatrie works but with Gatrie around and Brom's ugliness and only 1 set 
of the skills.  Chances are Brom won't see the light of day, leave him in his 
prison.

P.S. CURSE YOU NOA! NOW FATCHAP DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE!  Now he's a Brommy!

Farmer Rating- 10/10 (I had to get it out of my system)
Usefulness- 6/10
Power Rating- 6/10


======Tauroneo/Tauroneo (General)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Ike, Soren, Mist, Sothe or Tormod in Chapter 21

Base Stats (Lvl-14)
	HP: 48	Spd: 13
	Str: 22	Lck: 14
	Mgc: 5	Def: 22
	Skl: 18	Res: 14
	Bld: 10	Rescue: 15
Stat Growth
	HP: 60%		Spd: 30%
	Str: 55%	Lck: 60%
	Mgc: 5%		Def: 40%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 15%

Weapons
	Lance, Sword

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 51/60	Spd: 15/24
	Str: 25/29	Lck: 15/40
	Mgc: 11/20	Def: 26/30
	Skl: 21/27	Res: 17/25

Basic Skills
	Resolve

Suggested Skills
	Resolve and Paragon

Comments:-
This guy is a powerhouse, for starters he is the only General in the game 
who will not be tossed around by magic.  Unfortunately he can't max defense 
or strength naturally due to his high level but with those growths and also 
as slow as he is, he'll still end up fastest General probably with good luck.  

What makes this guy edge out in power over Gatrie is that he comes with a 
natural Heroic Leader.  That skill will turn Tauraneo into a monster at 
half health.  Paragon may help your leveling woes if you can spare it.

Overall hes not vital but will be a help and his skill alone will make 
him outclass the other Generals if they don't have it.  But if you want a 
General whos not afraid of being hit by magic, Tauroneo is your man.  
Or if Gatrie's res managed to grow I'd stick with Gatrie then.
Do keep in mind though he does have bad speed obviously.

Usefulness- 7/10
Power Rating- 7.8/10


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#####Mage => Sage [Sge]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Wind, Thunder and Fire magic
Gained after promotion:- Can select from Knives or Staves
Mastery Skill:- Sol
Class Skill:- Knife

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +4	Spd: +2
	Str: +2	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +1	Def: +2
	Skl: +2	Res: +2

Stat Caps-
	HP: 60	Spd: 28
	Str: 15	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 30	Def: 20
	Skl: 28	Res: 28


======Senerio/Soren (Mage)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 4 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-1)
	HP: 18	Spd: 8
	Str: 0	Lck: 5
	Mgc: 6	Def: 2
	Skl: 8	Res: 7
	Bld: 6	Rescue: 6
Stat Growth
	HP: 45%		Spd: 40%
	Str: 5% 	Lck: 30%
	Mgc: 60%	Def: 15%
	Skl: 55%	Res: 55%

Weapons
	Wind, Thunder and Fire magic

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 39/60	Spd: 25/28
	Str: 4/15	Lck: 16/40
	Mgc: 29/30	Def: 10/20
	Skl: 28/28	Res: 28/28

Basic Skills
	Adept

Suggested Skills
	Adept and Renewal or Vantage

Comments:-
Senerio, a halfling born of both Beok and Laguz blood, quite basically his 
very living is considered heresy and is shunned by everyone, until Ike was 
the first one who showed friendship to him.  Possibly Ike is now his best 
friend, he also does the after mission status report for you.

He has great character development but how does he stand as a unit?
Well he will probably be the most valuable unit you have in your army being 
able to use all 3 magics giving him bonus vs fliers, dragons and Laguz.  
He will be a awful pain to train early on though due to his low magic base 
and having only the weak Wind magic early on.

However his magic grows at a frightening pace along with res and good speed 
due to his high base.  Although he lacks defense and HP, decent luck will 
let him dodge abit.  But his low strength may mean he will be weighed down 
quite easily by his books, meaning he can't use much besides wind magic.

But the lack of early magic units and ammount of low res enemies make Senerio 
absolutely vital.  I highly suggest training him in Thunder and Wind Magic so 
he can get a high Wind level with at least a C in Thunder so he can use the 
Thunderstorm spell.

Continue has received a massive upgrade from the other games, now activating 
frequently and will give Senerio a whole slew of one round knockouts at high 
levels.  After promotion he can also make one of the best frontline healers 
with his high magic.

Adept with Vantage works well for some quick counter attack kills or 
Renewal so he can concentrate on healing and support without worrying 
about damage.

(Yes I know he Soren now but I prefer Senerio >_>)

Usefulness- 9/10
Power Rating- 8.5/10


======Elaice/Ilyana (Mage)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Ike in Chapter 8

Base Stats (Lvl-6)
	HP: 20	Spd: 9
	Str: 1	Lck: 6
	Mgc: 8	Def: 3
	Skl: 10	Res: 10
	Bld: 5	Rescue: 5
Stat Growth
	HP: 45%		Spd: 30%
	Str: 25%	Lck: 45%
	Mgc: 50%	Def: 15%
	Skl: 45%	Res: 50%

Weapons
	Wind, Thunder and Fire magic

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 40/60	Spd: 21/28
	Str: 11/15	Lck: 21/40
	Mgc: 25/30	Def: 10/20
	Skl: 26/28	Res: 27/28

Basic Skills
	Shadow

Suggested Skills
	Shadow and Adept
	Shadow and Sol
	Shadow and Corrosion
	Sol

Comments:-
*Steps on something*......"Please give me something to eat..." o_O
That about sums her up character wise I think, talk about intense metabolism.
 
Anyway Ilyana would probably be more useful if Soren didn't pass her up 
so easily because of her level.  She really doesn't excel in anything 
particularly but does pack good luck and slightly more defense and HP and 
strength.  

But she is pretty next to useless as the point she comes she won't be able to 
double attack much added with low speed growth.  Shadow doesn't tend to be 
much good of a skill as it means she can't be used for baiting magic users, 
but she will probably stay out of trouble.  If you really want to use her as 
magic bait it may be worth deleting Shadow after promotion.

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Soren and some of the later magic users can be better, plus you don't need 
that many fragile units around as you'll probably have Rhys who's enough 
of a pain as it is to keep alive.  Though one thing to note is Ilyana has 
less chance of being weighed down since shes slightly stronger than Senerio.

Although if you do use her shes still good for dealing heavy damage with 
her ElThunder spell due to the ammount of low res enemies.  If you add 
Corrosion she could even serve as a stave/long range spell breaker.
If she does grow though she could be quicker than Senerio since shes less 
likely to suffer speed penalties.

Usefulness- 6/10
Power Rating- 8/10


======Topack/Tormod (Mage)======

Recruitment:
Clear Chapter 15

Base Stats (Lvl-7)
	HP: 20	Spd: 9
	Str: 2	Lck: 8
	Mgc: 10	Def: 4
	Skl: 9	Res: 9
	Bld: 9	Rescue: 9
Stat Growth
	HP: 50%		Spd: 45%
	Str: 20%	Lck: 35%
	Mgc: 45%	Def: 25%
	Skl: 40%	Res: 45%

Weapons
	Wind, Thunder and Fire magic

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 40/60	Spd: 25/28
	Str: 10/15	Lck: 19/40
	Mgc: 25/30	Def: 14/20
	Skl: 23/28	Res: 25/28

Basic Skills
	Talented Person

Suggested Skills
	Talented Person and Continue

Comments:-
Of immediate note is the this guy gets a unique skill being Celerity
which lets him move like a mounted unit.  This is incredibly helpful in 
certain situations.  Unfortunately he suffers from even lower stats and 
growths than Ilyana and having pretty average growths.  Although he does 
tend to end up with abit more defense and does have proficiency in fire magic.

Although in some aspects I find him better than Ilyana once raised abit due 
to the all-round stats, some HP and also his unique trait.  But Ilyana will 
be weighed down less than him.

Just don't expect him to excel in anything, if he must be compared than think 
Hugh from FE6 after paying him half price, with high movement.  He will be a 
pain to raise though.

Usefulness- 5.5/10
Power Rating- 7/10


======Calill/Calill (Sage)======

Recruitment:
Go to 'Mysterious Girl' report in intermission before chapter 20

Base Stats (Lvl-6)
	HP: 32	Spd: 18
	Str: 8	Lck: 16
	Mgc: 19	Def: 8
	Skl: 18	Res: 17
	Bld: 7	Rescue: 7
Stat Growth
	HP: 50%		Spd: 45%
	Str: 25%	Lck: 30%
	Mgc: 45%	Def: 40%
	Skl: 45%	Res: 35%

Weapons
	Knives, Wind, Thunder and Fire magic

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 39/60	Spd: 24/28
	Str: 11/15	Lck: 20/40
	Mgc: 25/30	Def: 14/20
	Skl: 24/28	Res: 22/28

Basic Skills
	Nihil, Knife

Suggested Skills
	Nihil, Knife and Shadow

Comments:-
This girl is scary, too much makeup damnit.  AND THE NEON PINK DRESS! 
Anyway she unfortunately is probably the second best magic user you get in 
the game.  Although she can't use staves, she can use knives not that its 
anything special given the max attack a Sage can have is 15.

What is of note is she gets high all-round stats with some of the highest 
defense growth for a magic user.  Also she has a B in all magics, that alone 
warrants using her as she can use all 3 element long range magics and also 
easily reach a A/S rank for anyone one of them.

Best of all is she packs Nihil which negates any enemy battle skills 
and with her good HP can become useful.  A very good addition for magic 
support since she is also very rarely weighed down by magic thanks to good 
strength.

Most notable is she has some of the best supports in the game, Geoffrey, 
Nephenee and Tormod, all decent to excellent units.  Although her average 
growths can hurt her abit, so you might want to levelup during intermission.

Usefulness- 8/10
Power Rating- 8/10


======Ulysses/Bastian (Sage)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 24 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-13)
	HP: 35	Spd: 16
	Str: 12	Lck: 15
	Mgc: 19	Def: 12
	Skl: 21	Res: 20
	Bld: 10	Rescue: 10
Stat Growth
	HP: 50%		Spd: 65%
	Str: 40%	Lck: 30%
	Mgc: 65%	Def: 35%
	Skl: 65%	Res: 50%

Weapons
	Knives, Wind, Thunder and Fire magic

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 38/60	Spd: 20/28
	Str: 14/15	Lck: 17/40
	Mgc: 24/30	Def: 14/20
	Skl: 25/28	Res: 24/28

Basic Skills
	Corrosion

Suggested Skills
	Corrosion and Guard

Comments:-
"He looks like Merlinus's long lost brother and therefore that makes him 
awesome!" In the words of a certain someone.

I will start by saying that he is pretty useless despite his great starting 
stats and high growth.  Why?  Look at his level, he has virtually no room 
to grow unlike Calill and will be regularly double attacked with his late 
joining.  Great strength and knives! Why?  He only has 15 strength tops 
and again will be double attacked.  Although thankfully he won't be weighed 
down.

Having a pretty awful skill that requires him to attack isn't much help 
either, although he does make a good magic wall.  Despite his great growths 
he has a bad skill and high level making him not really worth using.  
Unless you somehow killed off Soren, Ilyana and Calill I wouldn't suggest 
using him.

I really want to make a unnecessary, immature jab at his new name >_>

Usefulness- 5/10
Power Rating- 6.5/10


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#####Cleric => Valkyrie [Vke]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Staff
Gained after promotion:- Sword
Mastery Skill:- Flare
Class Skill:- None

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +3	Spd: +3
	Str: +2	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +4	Def: +3
	Skl: +1	Res: +2

Stat Caps-
	HP: 60	Spd: 26
	Str: 20	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 26	Def: 20
	Skl: 24	Res: 29

======Mist/Mist (Cleric)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 9 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-1)
	HP: 16	Spd: 7
	Str: 1	Lck: 6
	Mgc: 4	Def: 2
	Skl: 4	Res: 7
	Bld: 5	Rescue: 5
Stat Growth
	HP: 50%		Spd: 40%
	Str: 35%	Lck: 60%
	Mgc: 50%	Def: 15%
	Skl: 25%	Res: 40%

Weapons
	Staff

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 38/60	Spd: 24/26
	Str: 15/20	Lck: 29/40
	Mgc: 25/26	Def: 10/20
	Skl: 14/24	Res: 24/29

Basic Skills
	Prayer

Suggested Skills
	Prayer, Shadow and Cancel

Comments:-
'Hello I'm Mist and I'm one of the most worthless piece of rubbish in this 
entire game!'  Is what she should say because Mist is really an absolute 
waste of your time.  Okay so she gains the highest luck in the game but her 
speed is pretty average.  Her class itself has hideously low caps with only 
average growths and low bases.

She so pathetic in everything she does, as a healer she can barely heal for 
14 HP while Rhys will be doing full heals with only heal staves.  Her awful 
HP makes it so even Prayer is worthless as she needs to be on low HP, but she 
virtually dies in one hit.

Shes a physical weapon using class with a strength base of 1!  Even Cass of 
FE6 in normal mode would be laughing at her right now.  Even if her strength 
by some miracle grows shes stopped by a strength cap of 20.

She starts with higher defense than Rhys, but that means little with her bad 
HP and defense growth.  In all honesty the only people who should be using 
Mist are people who by some miracle forgot you can buy vulneries from the 
shop, that there are other healers or Mist fanboys/girls.

Some say shes necessary to help beat Dark Knight, but honestly Elixirs do the 
same thing and all you need her to do is heal Ike anyway.

She fails at healing, fails at pushing, fails at fighting and generally fails 
at life.  Once promoted all she can do is dodge and heal which alot of units 
can by then without crumbling horribly in one hit.

Usefulness- 3/10
Power Rating- 2/10


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#####PegasusKnight => Falcon Knight/Crimean Princess [Fkt]#####

(Falcon Knight)
Usuable Weapons:- Lance
Gained after promotion:- Sword, Lance
Mastery Skill:- Stun
Class Skill:- None

Promotion Bonuses (Falcon Knight)-
	HP: +3	Spd: +3
	Str: +2	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +4	Def: +3
	Skl: +1	Res: +2

Stat Caps (Falcon Knight)-
	HP: 60	Spd: 28
	Str: 23	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 24
	Skl: 26	Res: 27

(Crimean Princess)
Usuable Weapons:- Sword
Gained after promotion:- Sword, Staff
Mastery Skill:- Stun
Class Skill:- None

Stat Caps (Crimean Princess)-
	HP: 60	Spd: 28
	Str: 20	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 25	Def: 24
	Skl: 26	Res: 27

======Erincia/Elincia (Crimean Princess)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 26 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-1)
	HP: 27	Spd: 18
	Str: 9	Lck: 15
	Mgc: 12	Def: 11
	Skl: 16	Res: 15
	Bld: 6	Rescue: 23
Stat Growth
	HP: 60%		Spd: 40%
	Str: 30%	Lck: 60%
	Mgc: 80%	Def: 25%
	Skl: 45%	Res: 35%

Weapons
	Staff, Sword

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 38/60	Spd: 26/28
	Str: 15/20	Lck: 26/40
	Mgc: 25/25	Def: 16/24
	Skl: 24/26	Res: 22/27

Basic Skills
	Renewal

Suggested Skills
	Renewal and Shadow

Comments:-
Considering shes more or less a sword/staff using Falcon Knight she kind of 
belonged here.  You'd think after ripping apart Mist earlier I'd do the same 
to Erincia.  Unfortunately for the Mist lovers, Erincia despite the late 
joining is in a completely different league.  Her caps aren't too special 
really along with horrible strength.

However she gets overkilled magic growth that is reminiscent of FE4's Diadre.
What makes her really stand out is she is basically a flying healer, which 
means she can heal and fly off some unreachable safe place like the stave 
using FE4 Falcon Knights.

She also gets her own personal weapon the Amity with infinite uses and +3 
to both Res and Def making her alot more durable.  Don't expect her to become 
an unstoppable warrior princess.  But if you need a durable and easy to take 
care of healer she comes in handy, her good luck and speed helps.  But being 
able to fly keeps her out of trouble alot.

Usefulness- 7/10
Power Rating- 5.5/10


======Marcia/Marcia (Pegasus Knight)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Ike in Chapter 3, than she'll appear as NPC in Chapter 9 
and talk to Ike.


Base Stats (Lvl-5)
	HP: 20	Spd: 11
	Str: 8	Lck: 4
	Mgc: 0	Def: 8
	Skl: 7	Res: 6
	Bld: 6	Rescue: 22
Stat Growth
	HP: 55%		Spd: 55%
	Str: 40%	Lck: 40%
	Mgc: 20%	Def: 25%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 30%

Weapons
	Lance

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 43/60	Spd: 28/28
	Str: 22/23	Lck: 18/40
	Mgc: 29/20	Def: 19/24
	Skl: 25/26	Res: 19/27

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	Stun

Comments:-
Why couldn't she join back in chapter 3?  She'd probably be easier to use if 
she did.  Anyway she is abit average and not really special, she is your 
first flier but unless she grows shes going to fall behind very easily.  

Don't expect her to be doing masses of damage either, unfortunately there 
are much better choices than Marcia and not enough early bad terrain missions 
to take advanatage of her flying ability till Jill joins.

Although if you like Falcon Knights then she isn't a bad one but till 
promotion she will need looking after.

Usefulness- 6/10
Power Rating- 6/10


======Tanis/Tanith (Falcon Knight)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 18 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-10)
	HP: 32	Spd: 24
	Str: 16	Lck: 18
	Mgc: 10	Def: 15
	Skl: 18	Res: 13
	Bld: 8	Rescue: 25
Stat Growth
	HP: 60%		Spd: 40%
	Str: 40%	Lck: 30%
	Mgc: 35%	Def: 25%
	Skl: 70%	Res: 30%

Weapons
	Lance, Sword

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 38/60	Spd: 27/28
	Str: 20/23	Lck: 21/40
	Mgc: 14/20	Def: 18/24
	Skl: 25/26	Res: 16/27

Basic Skills
	Reinforce

Suggested Skills
	Reinforce and Miracle

Comments:-
Oh my...Tanith is a wonderful unit, she comes with high magic and a magic 
sword and well rounded stats and mid game.  What makes her a fantastic unit 
is her skill exclusive to her and possibly the most useful skill in the game. 

Being able to summon 2 rounds of 2 Pegasus and 1 Falcon Knight with near max 
stats as NPC reinforcements is amazing.  Those NPC's can even take down 
Dragonmasters in Hard mode with relative ease and dodge like crazy.

Tanith herself is quite capable of getting very well rounded stats in all 
areas, although I still suggest keeping her out of the main action still.

On some chapters having her do reinforcements and getting Ike to command
them to rush the enemy or distract them can speed up the chapters by 2 or 
more turns netting you more bonus exp.

Usefulness- 9.8/10
Power Rating- 7.5/10


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#####Fanged Beasts (Cats/Tigers/Lions) [FgB]#####

Usuable Weapons:- None
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Roar
Class Skill:- Transform

Promotion Bonuses-
	None

Stat Caps (Cat M)-
	HP: 70  	Spd: 35/38
	Str: 29/35	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20 	Def: 30/35
	Skl: 34/38	Res: 24/27

Stat Caps (Cat F)-
	HP: 70  	Spd: 35/39
	Str: 26/32	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20 	Def: 27/32
	Skl: 34/38	Res: 27/30

Stat Caps (Tiger)-
	HP: 75  	Spd: 34/37
	Str: 30/37	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20 	Def: 30/35
	Skl: 33/37	Res: 24/27

Stat Caps (Lion)-
	HP: 80  	Spd: 33/36
	Str: 32/40	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20 	Def: 35/40
	Skl: 35/39	Res: 27/30


======Rethe/Lethe (Cat F)======

Recruitment:
Will join in Chapter 10 if she survives Chapter 9

Base Stats (Lvl-3)
	HP: 34	Spd: 12
	Str: 12	Lck: 15
	Mgc: 4	Def: 9
	Skl: 10	Res: 7
	Bld: 6	Rescue: 21
Stat Growth
	HP: 130%	Spd: 70%
	Str: 50%	Lck: 50%
	Mgc: 5% 	Def: 40%
	Skl: 65%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 56/70	Spd: 24/36
	Str: 21/26	Lck: 24/40
	Mgc: 5/20	Def: 16/27
	Skl: 21/34	Res: 11/27

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	Roar

Comments:-
Despite her lack of weapons, the Laguz are their own weapons, they simply 
attack like wild beasts after transformation gaining massive stat boosts as 
well, hence the 2 sets of stat caps.  Lethe is a pretty good unit and comes 
handy but unfortunately suffers from the fact Laguz get reduced experience.

Despite having massive caps and growths nearly all the Laguz suffer from this 
and you end up constantly using temporarily and then dumping them.  They're 
mainly more skill stock as they have 25 points to use for skills but theres 
not really enough skills to go around.

Lethe though being an early transformer, she starts chapters transformed and  
can be good for early chapter rushes.  Not much else can be said.

Obviously all Laguz will probably score high in power but low in usefulness, 
of note is that they are treated as mounted units stat wise, but do keep them 
away from fire mages.

Usefulness- 7/10
Power Rating- 8/10


======Mordy/Mordecai (Tiger)======

Recruitment:
Will join in Chapter 10 if he survives Chapter 9

Base Stats (Lvl-2)
	HP: 42	Spd: 8
	Str: 15	Lck: 10
	Mgc: 2	Def: 13
	Skl: 8	Res: 4
	Bld: 14	Rescue: 25
Stat Growth
	HP: 150%	Spd: 50%
	Str: 65%	Lck: 40%
	Mgc: 0% 	Def: 40%
	Skl: 55%	Res: 20%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 70/75	Spd: 17/28
	Str: 27/30	Lck: 17/40
	Mgc: 2/20	Def: 20/30
	Skl: 18/33	Res: 8/24

Basic Skills
	Shove

Suggested Skills
	Shove
	Roar

Comments:-
Lethe's father I believe, Mordy.  Mordy is a late transformer and this 
actually somewhat hurts him badly.  Added with getting double attacked alot 
later on, he'll be handy for massive damage dealing and tanking around 
Chapter 10-12 or so but he just can't keep up with that speed and again 
the exp problem for Laguz, since your bonus exp is better reserved for others. 

Although Hard Strike can be useful for those situations where somebody is 
just barely out of range from being pushed or attacking and speeding up turns.
He does also tend to turn out to be one of the best Laguz if you do train him 
but honestly he will fall behind due to the speed he grows at.

Usefulness- 5.5/10
Power Rating- 8/10


======Muarim/Muarim (Tiger)======

Recruitment:
Clear Chapter 15

Base Stats (Lvl-9)
	HP: 45	Spd: 15
	Str: 16	Lck: 11
	Mgc: 4	Def: 12
	Skl: 13	Res: 5
	Bld: 5	Rescue: 5
Stat Growth
	HP: 150%		Spd: 50%
	Str: 65%	Lck: 40%
	Mgc: 0%	Def: 40%
	Skl: 55%	Res: 20%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 61/75	Spd: 21/28
	Str: 23/30	Lck: 15/40
	Mgc: 5/20	Def: 19/30
	Skl: 21/33	Res: 10/24

Basic Skills
	Shove

Suggested Skills
	Shove

Comments:-
A mid transformer, I generally find Muarim much more practical despite his 
noticeably lower stats than Mordy although he obviously won't be anywhere 
near as good as Mordecai in the long term.  Although if you didn't train 
either Rethe or Mordy, Mwarim is a good substitute.  Now if only he'd join 
quietly instead of you having to kick his ass and haul him into your army.

Take his semi-transform ring and run I say, because he will be dumped soon 
enough, hes only good for a spare unit in the Ch-17 gauntlet.

Usefulness- 5/10
Power Rating- 6.5/10


======Lay/Ranulf (Cat M)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 23 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-9)
	HP: 46	Spd: 17
	Str: 19	Lck: 13
	Mgc: 4	Def: 17
	Skl: 17	Res: 6
	Bld: 9	Rescue: 24
Stat Growth
	HP: 130%	Spd: 55%
	Str: 50%	Lck: 35%
	Mgc: 0% 	Def: 35%
	Skl: 55%	Res: 20%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 60/70	Spd: 23/35
	Str: 25/29	Lck: 17/40
	Mgc: 4/20	Def: 21/30
	Skl: 23/34	Res: 8/24

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	Roar

Comments:-
And Lay is back after his humiliating ass kicking at the hands of generic 
random NPC villager #1979730!  Seriously though that was the single most 
amusing scene ever seeing those villagers going all Rasengan and Kamehameha 
on him.

Aaaaanyway.....Lay is more or less a mid transformer and quite frankly I find 
he is one of the best Laguz out there although that still doesn't give any 
real reason to use him...hes still just a leveled up version of the others.

But luckily by now all enemies are high leveled promoted units, so Ranulf 
doesn't tend to leech experience as much and with his higher stats he won't 
get thrown around.....except maybe by some NPC villagers >_>

Usefulness- 6.5/10
Power Rating- 8/10


======Giffca/Giffca (Lion)======

Recruitment:
Choose him during the beginning of the Final Chapter or halfway through in 
Normal.

Base Stats (Lvl-20)
	HP: 68	Spd: 25
	Str: 32	Lck: 22
	Mgc: 10	Def: 25
	Skl: 28	Res: 16
	Bld: 7	Rescue: 37
Stat Growth
	HP: 160%	Spd: 60%
	Str: 75%	Lck: 40%
	Mgc: 5% 	Def: 50%
	Skl: 70%	Res: 30%

Weapons
	None

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	None

Comments:-
The General of Caineghis the Beast King's army I believe and one of what most 
call the 'Big 3.'  This is more or less the ONLY Laguz you'll be using in your 
final lineup.....probably because he joins in the final chapter duh.
He is a monster...and luckily those playing Maniac will get to use him more!  
Yay!
He's also one of the only characters who can hurt the final boss.

Usefulness- 9.5/10
Power Rating- 9.5/10


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#####Winged Beasts (Herons/Crows/Hawks) [WgB]#####

(Heron)
Usuable Weapons:- None
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Blessing
Class Skill:- Transform

Promotion Bonuses-
	None

Stat Caps (Heron)-
	HP: 60  	Spd: 26/30
	Str: 10 	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20/25	Def: 15/16
	Skl: 17/20	Res: 35/40

(Hawk)
Usuable Weapons:- None
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Cancel
Class Skill:- Transform, Sing

Promotion Bonuses-
	None

Stat Caps (Hawk)-
	HP: 65  	Spd: 36/39
	Str: 26/32	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20 	Def: 26/30
	Skl: 35/40	Res: 26/30

Stat Caps (Tibarn)-
	HP: 75  	Spd: 36/39
	Str: 33/40	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20 	Def: 32/35
	Skl: 35/40	Res: 29/30

(Crow)
Usuable Weapons:- None
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Vortex
Class Skill:- Transform

Promotion Bonuses-
	None

Stat Caps (Crow)-
	HP: 65  	Spd: 34/38
	Str: 25/30	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 21 	Def: 25/28
	Skl: 31/35	Res: 31/35

Stat Caps (Naesala)-
	HP: 70  	Spd: 37/40
	Str: 29/35	Lck: 40
	Mgc:24/25	Def: 27/30
	Skl: 34/38	Res: 32/35


======Rieusion/Reyson (Heron)======

Recruitment:
Go to the First Report, complete Chapter 17, 
than accept his help in Chapter 18

Base Stats (Lvl-3)
	HP: 22	Spd: 14
	Str: 1	Lck: 15
	Mgc: 10	Def: 2
	Skl: 11	Res: 20
	Bld: 8	Rescue: 5
Stat Growth
	HP: 65%		Spd: 50%
	Str: 5% 	Lck: 60%
	Mgc: 40%	Def: 15%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 50%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 33/60	Spd: 23/26
	Str: 2/10	Lck: 25/40
	Mgc: 17/20	Def: 5/15
	Skl: 17/17	Res: 29/35

Basic Skills
	Blessing, Move Again

Suggested Skills
	Blessing, Move Again

Comments:-
Possibly one of the most useful support units in the entire game, he's more 
or less the 'dancer' unit for this game a pure pretty boy too.

What makes him possibly awesome is he has the FE4 dancer effect, when 
transformed he can give all units surrounding him an extra turn!  Added with 
that he makes a great semi-healer, as his class skill allows him to heal all 
units around him for a significant ammount of HP at the beginning of a turn, 
more when hes transformed. Oh yeah and did I mention he can fly and gains 
extra movement while transformed?

Also he can make a pretty damn good magic bait as well thanks to his 
fantastic resistance, an absolute must use unit, just keep him out of trouble.
He's also useful for getting the legendary S rank stave.

Usefulness- 9.8/10
Power Rating- 6/10


======Janaff/Janaff (Hawk)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 18 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-8)
	HP: 39	Spd: 17
	Str: 13	Lck: 16
	Mgc: 5	Def: 11
	Skl: 15	Res: 10
	Bld: 6	Rescue: 6
Stat Growth
	HP: 130%	Spd: 65%
	Str: 55%	Lck: 40%
	Mgc: 10%	Def: 30%
	Skl: 70%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 55/65	Spd: 25/36
	Str: 20/26	Lck: 17/40
	Mgc: 6/20	Def: 15/26
	Skl: 23/35	Res: 13/26

Basic Skills
	Insight

Suggested Skills
	Gamble and Insight
	Cancel and Insight

Comments:-
Sad thing is most of the birds make the Beasts next to worthless for using, 
way stronger and better movement and actually come with skills.  Janaff is 
more an offensive unit and a early transformer.  He packs a decent but not 
great skill that can be of use with One Shot Gamble although given the fact 
he won't get that high a crit unless maybe leveled up, you should probably 
stick with Cancel.

Usefulness- 6/10
Power Rating- 8/10


======Vulci/Ulki (Hawk)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 18 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-7)
	HP: 41	Spd: 12
	Str: 15	Lck: 10
	Mgc: 4	Def: 14
	Skl: 14	Res: 9
	Bld: 10	Rescue: 10
Stat Growth
	HP: 130%		Spd: 60%
	Str: 60%	Lck: 35%
	Mgc: 15%	Def: 35%
	Skl: 65%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 59/65	Spd: 20/36
	Str: 23/26	Lck: 14/40
	Mgc: 5/20	Def: 19/26
	Skl: 22/35	Res: 12/26

Basic Skills
	Vigilance

Suggested Skills
	Vigilance, Cancel

Comments:-
Vulci is probably the better of the 2 hawks unfortunately his late 
transformation does make his use abit limited.  He does have the skill 
which gives him unparalleled dodge but...well no good if he can't use it.

Usefulness- 6/10
Power Rating- 8/10


======Naesala/Naesala (Crow)======

Recruitment:
Choose him during the beginning of the Final Chapter or halfway through in 
Normal.

Base Stats (Lvl-17)
	HP: 57	Spd: 31
	Str: 25	Lck: 19
	Mgc: 15	Def: 21
	Skl: 26	Res: 16
	Bld: 11	Rescue: 10
Stat Growth
	HP: 130%	Spd: 75%
	Str: 60%	Lck: 55%
	Mgc: 40%	Def: 35%
	Skl: 70%	Res: 20%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 61/70	Spd: 33/37
	Str: 27/29	Lck: 20/40
	Mgc: 16/24	Def: 23/27
	Skl: 28/34	Res: 17/32

Basic Skills
	Vortex

Suggested Skills
	Vortex

Comments:-
The second of the 'Big 3' and only Laguz in the game with a ranged attack.  
Generally he tends to be the weakest of the 3 but nevertheless is still far 
stronger than anyone in your army.  At least hes not stealing from you 
anymore.  He is one of the only people who can hurt the final boss.

Usefulness- 9.5/10
Power Rating- 9.3/10


======Tibarn (Hawk)======

Recruitment:
Choose him during the beginning of the Final Chapter or halfway through in 
Normal.

Base Stats (Lvl-18)
	HP: 63	Spd: 24
	Str: 30	Lck: 24
	Mgc: 11	Def: 26
	Skl: 31	Res: 19
	Bld: 11	Rescue: 10
Stat Growth
	HP: 130%	Spd: 75%
	Str: 60%	Lck: 55%
	Mgc: 40%	Def: 35%
	Skl: 70%	Res: 20%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 66/75	Spd: 25/36
	Str: 31/33	Lck: 25/40
	Mgc: 11/20	Def: 27/32
	Skl: 32/35	Res: 20/29

Basic Skills
	Cancel

Suggested Skills
	Cancel

Comments:-
The third of the 'Big 3', its Tibarn!  He's back after helping you back in 
Chapter 17 Area 4 against Oliver's army.  Generally he is the best of the 3 
available units.  Use him, you have no excuses.
Also one of the only people who can hurt the final boss.

Usefulness- 9.8/10
Power Rating- 9.8/10


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#####Soldier => Halberdier [Hbr]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Lance
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Moonlight
Class Skill:- None

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +4	Spd: +2
	Str: +2	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +1	Def: +2
	Skl: +2	Res: +2

Stat Caps-
	HP: 60	Spd: 26
	Str: 25	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 28
	Skl: 28	Res: 25


======Nephenee/Nephenee (Soldier)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Ike in Chapter 10 and help her escape, joins in Chapter 11.

Base Stats (Lvl-7)
	HP: 22	Spd: 11
	Str: 8	Lck: 6
	Mgc: 2	Def: 9
	Skl: 10	Res: 3
	Bld: 8	Rescue: 10
Stat Growth
	HP: 55%		Spd: 55%
	Str: 40%	Lck: 25%
	Mgc: 20%	Def: 35%
	Skl: 55%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	Lance

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 61/60	Spd: 26/26
	Str: 23/25	Lck: 20/40
	Mgc: 9/20	Def: 22/28
	Skl: 28/28	Res: 13/25

Basic Skills
	Wrath

Suggested Skills
	Vantage and Wrath
	Resolve and Wrath

Comments:-
Okay I'll start off by saying Nephenee is cute......okay maybe I might need 
to say more.

Using soldiers again whoo fun!  And they finally get a promotion yay, well 
although she starts off quite weak Nephenee becomes an extremely well rounded 
unit.  She tends to get good defense too, strong weapon plus can equip Knight 
protection item which turns her into a multi-purpose unit.

One thing to note is Nephenee is extremely fast, this is hindered abit by her 
rather low cap but with her promotion, you get a very good strong all-round 
unit who can take hits and dish out hits 2x almost always.

What makes her an absolute exceptional unit is Wrath....throw on Vantage 
which does come early and you have what can only be described as mayhem.
I once saw her decimate nearly 20 enemies in a row in 1 turn with that skill 
combo taking no hits simply because she was always attacking first and 
criticaling on it.  Resolve and Wrath could even turn her into a one woman 
army at half health.

A speedy armour knight with no weaknesses, all-round stats and killer skill.
You are missing out on alot if you dont' use her, she made my Maniac run 
through extremely easy once promoted.

Usefulness- 8.5/10
Power Rating- 8.5/10


======Dalahowe/Devdon (Halberdier)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Soren in Chapter 16

Base Stats (Lvl-4)
	HP: 36	Spd: 13
	Str: 14	Lck: 16
	Mgc: 7	Def: 11
	Skl: 15	Res: 10
	Bld: 12	Rescue: 16
Stat Growth
	HP: 75%		Spd: 35%
	Str: 60%	Lck: 40%
	Mgc: 30%	Def: 45%
	Skl: 40%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	Lance

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 48/60	Spd: 19/26
	Str: 23/25	Lck: 22/40
	Mgc: 12/20	Def: 18/28
	Skl: 21/28	Res: 14/25

Basic Skills
	Serenity

Suggested Skills
	Luna
	Shove and Resolve

Comments:-
Hey and here we have the first african style black guy in a FE game.  Too bad 
hes not particularly useful, he starts promoted with low stats he does though 
get massive HP and good luck, but his speed is pitiful as his defense.

Despite good defense growth Nephenee will already pass him up simply by 
promoting which is sad.  He does however have high strength but this is 
overlooked by the fact his classes strength cap sucks and his high level and 
for some odd reason has overkilled magic growth. o_O

Shove and Resolve is kinda a waste on him but its that or Luna, heck any 
skill on him is a waste.

Usefulness- 5/10
Power Rating- 6/10


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#####Dragon Knight => Dragonmaster [Dmr]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Lance
Gained after promotion:- Axe
Mastery Skill:- Stun
Class Skill:- None

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +5	Spd: +2
	Str: +2	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +1	Def: +2
	Skl: +2	Res: +1

Stat Caps (F)-
	HP: 60	Spd: 27
	Str: 27	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 27
	Skl: 26	Res: 25

Stat Caps (M)-
	HP: 60	Spd: 26
	Str: 29	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 29
	Skl: 28	Res: 22


======Jill/Jill (Dragon Knight)======

Recruitment:
Let her talk to Ike as a NPC in Chapter 12

Base Stats (Lvl-8)
	HP: 24	Spd: 9
	Str: 11	Lck: 6
	Mgc: 0	Def: 11
	Skl: 10	Res: 2
	Bld: 7	Rescue: 35
Stat Growth
	HP: 60%		Spd: 45%
	Str: 40%	Lck: 25%
	Mgc: 30%	Def: 35%
	Skl: 45%	Res: 30%

Weapons
	Lance

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 48/60	Spd: 25/26
	Str: 25/27	Lck: 14/40
	Mgc: 10/20	Def: 24/27
	Skl: 25/26	Res: 12/25

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	Nihil
	Guard and Vantage
	Stun

Comments:-
What did they do to my poor Dragonmasters?! They NERFED THEM! HOW DARE THEY! 
*cough* Anyway Jill...isn't a spetacular sight, in fact shes rather poor 
compared to Dragonmasters of the past, why the hell has she got magic growth 
anyway?  

Unfortunately she also happens to be one of the most useful units early on 
coming with a Beok Guard and also if you equip her with a Full Guard from 
Ch-16 her defense still grows high enough to make her a good physical 
wall with high movement and also a good wall for arrows.

She also happens to be a excellent Laguz killer as well especially if you 
throw on a Laguz Lance as well.  But still even if she does have Res, keep 
her away from magic even with the Full Guard equipped.  Unfortunately she is 
the most 'decent' flier you get for most of the game.

On another note in Chapter 20 don't allow her to have any contact with her 
father at all otherwise she will be recruited back onto the enemy side and 
leave you.  Although I'm told that if she has A support with anyone she can 
be persuaded back on your side.

Usefulness- 8.5/10
Power Rating- 7/10


======Haar/Haar (Dragonmaster)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Jill in Chapter 23

Base Stats (Lvl-11)
	HP: 47	Spd: 17
	Str: 21	Lck: 12
	Mgc: 8	Def: 20
	Skl: 19	Res: 10
	Bld: 13	Rescue: 42
Stat Growth
	HP: 65%		Spd: 35%
	Str: 60%	Lck: 15%
	Mgc: 5%	Def: 45%
	Skl: 60%	Res: 20%

Weapons
	Lance, Axe

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 53/60	Spd: 20/26
	Str: 27/29	Lck: 13/40
	Mgc: 9/20	Def: 25/29
	Skl: 25/28	Res: 12/22

Basic Skills
	Guard

Suggested Skills
	Guard and Saviour or Vantage
	Stun
	Nihil

Comments:-
Haar is awesome, not only does he look like a Pirate ("Yaaarrghh!") he also 
has the highest rescue in the entire game meaning he can rescue anyone, plus 
being a flying unit.

Statwise, he is much better than Jill, a powerful skill Guard, great stats
and HP with growths in the right areas.  He will be very weak and slow when 
he first joins but a level or two and he'll already be on or above Jill.
Give him a Angel Robe and Holy water and he could be tanking quite easily.
Oh and did I mention he comes with an Hero Axe?

Saviour is great for him since he can rescue anyone in the game and 
fly off with them.  A great unit who should be used, if you feel you can give 
him the Full Guard instead.  If his speed actually grows it may be worth 
replacing his Guard skill since it has little use without Vantage then.

Great unit overall though one must guess though what is he smiling at?  
But knowing Haar he'll probably just want to go to sleep.

Usefulness- 9/10
Power Rating- 8/10


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#####Thief =>Thief/Assassin [TfA]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Knives
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Lethality (Volke only)
Class Skill:- Steal, Knife

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +2	Spd: +2
	Str: +2	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +1	Def: +2
	Skl: +3	Res: +2

Stat Caps (Assassin)-
	HP: 60	Spd: 30
	Str: 23	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 22
	Skl: 30	Res: 20

Stat Caps (Thief)-
	HP: 60	Spd: 20
	Str: 20	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 15	Def: 20
	Skl: 20	Res: 20


======Sothe/Sothe (Theif)======

Recruitment:
Go to 'Mysterious Youth' report in intermission before Chapter 12

Base Stats (Lvl-1)
	HP: 20	Spd: 11
	Str: 5	Lck: 5
	Mgc: 1	Def: 4
	Skl: 7	Res: 0
	Bld: 6	Rescue: 6
Stat Growth
	HP: 60%		Spd: 65%
	Str: 55%	Lck: 55%
	Mgc: 10%	Def: 35%
	Skl: 70%	Res: 30%

Weapons
	Knives

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 31/60	Spd: 20/20
	Str: 15/20	Lck: 15/40
	Mgc: 9/15	Def: 11/20
	Skl: 19/20	Res: 6/20

Basic Skills
	Blossom

Suggested Skills
	Blossom and Paragon
	Shadow

Comments:-
Sothe when I saw his art originally looked badass, he has a potentially 
awesome skill which is 100% false advertisement.

Lets begin with his stats, they're rather decent?  No?  No indeed, at the 
point he joins Laguz are running completely rampant which will quite frankly 
kill any chance of him fighting.

He has an average damage of 0-1 on Mages which his horribly sad, his use only 
exists for 2 chapters which aren't even major.  Chapter 15 to find items 
quicker or Chapter 16 to open those doors faster but they're not something 
nobody else can do in both cases.

However he has to be commended on brilliant false advertising, Blossom 
boosts those already fantastic growths at the cost of less exp.
Sounds awesome, but he gains less experience than Titania from hitting an 
enemy, gets pratically OHKOed by even the weakest enemies.  What should be 
an almost automatic level up becomes no more than 30 EXP, Paragon scroll 
comes so late, he'd be dead by then. (Not that hes worth anything else)
Even if you somehow by a damn miracle make him grow its utterly fruitless 
as he CANNNOT promote.

Only decent way to use him is to delete Slow Grower which also defeats the 
point of using him.  Let him rot along with Mist in the deepest part of your 
roster, he should never see the light of day again.  

Definitely stick with Volke unless you somehow managed to pull off something 
close to impossible and not hire him.

Usefulness- 4/10
Power Rating- 2/10


======Volke/Volke (Theif)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 10, hire from the Start

Promotion:
Automatic event after Chapter 19

Base Stats (Lvl-10)
	HP: 25	Spd: 13
	Str: 12	Lck: 7
	Mgc: 0	Def: 7
	Skl: 13	Res: 3
	Bld: 11	Rescue: 11
Stat Growth
	HP: 65%		Spd: 65%
	Str: 50%	Lck: 35%
	Mgc: 5% 	Def: 20%
	Skl: 55%	Res: 10%

Weapons
	Knives

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 46/60	Spd: 30/30
	Str: 23/23	Lck: 17/40
	Mgc: 2/20	Def: 15/22
	Skl: 30/30	Res: 8/20

Basic Skills
	Shadow

Suggested Skills
	Shadow and Lethality
	Resolve and Adept

Comments:-
Volke himself is quite the shady character suddenly appearing to help Ike, 
later on he reveals himself as a former employee of Grail and the only 
surviving person who witnessed the true story behind Ike's mothers death.

Volke is the only theif who can promote during a special event after 
Chapter 19 into Assassin and also get the Assassinate Mastery skill.
Statwise, he has overkilled strength which is brilliant due to the weak 
weapons of the theif class, once he gets a knife Volke will level much easier.
Also being able to steal staves is highly helpful, Steal now allows you to 
steal staves as well as items.

Once he promotes though, Volke will become a brilliant frontline fighter, 
Shadow makes it so most enemies tend to ignore him which is good since as 
strong he is hes still no engine of destruction.  Although if you feel like 
making him good for even final chapter you can give him Resolve for 
some hillarity.

I find its best to combine him with Reyson's move again so he can steal, 
unlock doors and chests quicker.

Lethality is a wonderful skill, with the ammount of tank like enemies in 
Maniac, add this skill with his high skill and a Stilletto and watch the 
OHKO's fly.  

Oh and did I mention he has something close to frickin awesome for his 
Assassinate animation?  An absolute must use unit.

Extra rant: 'LETHALITY!' Somehow doesn't have the same effect as Assassinate 
or 'FATALITY!', its like some bad translation from a pirated Mortal 
Kombat game -_-;

Usefulness- 9.8/10
Power Rating- 8.5/10


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#####Scaly Dragons [SDr]#####

Usuable Weapons:- None
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Boon (What the...royal ****?)
Class Skill:- Transform

Promotion Bonuses-
	None

Stat Caps (Red Dragon)-
	HP: 75	Spd: 31
	Str: 35	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 36
	Skl: 31	Res: 30

Stat Caps (White Dragon)-
	HP: 80	Spd: 32
	Str: 30	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 25	Def: 35
	Skl: 30	Res: 35


======Ena/Ena (Red Dragon)======

Recruitment:
Automatically joins in Chapter 28 if Dark Knight was not defeated in 
Chapter 27

Base Stats (Lvl-10)
	HP: 52	Spd: 15
	Str: 20	Lck: 14
	Mgc: 9	Def: 23
	Skl: 17	Res: 21
	Bld: 6	Rescue: 11
Stat Growth
	HP: 145%		Spd: 60%
	Str: 35%	Lck: 40%
	Mgc: 10%	Def: 40%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 30%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 67/75	Spd: 21/31
	Str: 24/35	Lck: 18/40
	Mgc: 10/20	Def: 27/36
	Skl: 22/31	Res: 24/30

Basic Skills
	Boon, Miracle and Renewal

Suggested Skills
	Boon, Miracle and Renewal

Comments:-
So if you don't beat Dark Knight he runs off and kills Nasir, joy....
Funny thing is even if you do beat him he apparentally escapes regardless, 
which leaves a major loose end hopefully a FE9 sequel can tie up.

Anyway as for Ena, shes more or less a old skool Mamkute, after running off 
when you threw her about in Chapter-21 she now joins you.  Ena is quite the 
handy unit unfortunately she won't be doing much damage wise with rather 
low speed even when transformed and mostly is just a fast tank.

She can levelup alot but her growths aren't fantastic like the Laguz and as 
I mentioned receives reduced exp but at this point in the game thats less of 
an issue.  What is an issue is even if she does level her strength won't grow 
much.

On the other hand Blessing of the Earth is a fantastic skill for mass status 
healing and Prayer seems to activate alot with her, Renewal also helps.
Not really a frontline unit but very helpful cleric of sorts that also makes 
a good wall.

Extra Rant: Boon?! BOON?!  Sure definition wise it works...but WHO THE HELL 
WOULD USE 'BOON?!'  Anyone who likes it automatically fails...-_-;

Usefulness- 8/10
Power Rating- 9/10


======Nasir/Nasir (White Dragon)======

Recruitment:
Automatically joins in Chapter 28 if Dark Knight was defeated in Chapter 27

Base Stats (Lvl-18)
	HP: 56	Spd: 22
	Str: 20	Lck: 17
	Mgc: 9	Def: 24
	Skl: 23	Res: 27
	Bld: 12	Rescue: 17
Stat Growth
	HP: 145%		Spd: 45%
	Str: 50%	Lck: 35%
	Mgc: 10%	Def: 60%
	Skl: 55%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	None

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 59/80	Spd: 23/32
	Str: 21/30	Lck: 17/40
	Mgc: 11/25	Def: 25/35
	Skl: 24/30	Res: 28/35

Basic Skills
	Nihil

Suggested Skills
	Nihil, Boon

Comments:-
And if you do beat the Dark Knight, Nasir lives and finally joins after 
freeloading in your army for much of the game.
Anyway Nasir I find is a much better unit despite his higher level, hes 
generally near maxed in most areas and has the brilliant Awareness skill 
which negates other battle skills used against him.  Have a problem with 
Wrath?  Throw him in.
A Blessing of the Earth can also be highly helpful as it saves on your 
healers running around healing and also removing status.  Ena will easily 
pass him up but really both are good units either way.

Usefulness- 9/10
Power Rating- 8/10


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#####Bezerker [Bzr]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Axe
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Colossus
Class Skill:- 15% crit bonus (English version only)

Promotion Bonuses-
	None

Stat Caps-
	HP: 60	Spd: 28
	Str: 30	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 26
	Skl: 24	Res: 20

======Largo/Largo (Bezerker)======

Recruitment:
Go to 'Mysterious Man' report in intermission before Chapter 25

Base Stats (Lvl-7)
	HP: 52	Spd: 20
	Str: 21	Lck: 12
	Mgc: 4	Def: 10
	Skl: 21	Res: 3
	Bld: 15	Rescue: 17
Stat Growth
	HP: 80%		Spd: 45%
	Str: 70%	Lck: 30%
	Mgc: 5% 	Def: 25%
	Skl: 45%	Res: 20%

Weapons
	Axe

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 60/60	Spd: 26/28
	Str: 29/30	Lck: 16/40
	Mgc: 5/20	Def: 12/26
	Skl: 24/24	Res: 6/20

Basic Skills
	None

Suggested Skills
	Wrath and Vantage
	Colossus
	Gamble (Eng version only)

Comments:-
Bezerkers return in FE6 style with the short end of the stick this time round.

Largo is the only Bezerker you get and has completely overkilled strength, 
skill and speed.  Good thing?  Yes and no, for starters when I said they 
returned in FE6 style that also meant they came back with the hideous 24 
skill cap.

Largo being the only Bezerker you get isn't entirely a good thing, despite 
that excellent HP he is fragile as hell.  In all honesty I think most mages 
could end up with more defense than him.  His Res is virtually non-existant 
much like Geese of FE6.

However with that speed and strength he has several good skill options.
If you want overkill theres Wrath and Ambush, in fact Ambush alone would 
fix his problem with being a crappy frontline fighter due to his defenses. Or 
Rumble for extra damage is always nice.

Overall Largo is complete offense, but he will be fish food once people start 
hitting him., especially in Maniac where everyone hits hard and Bole would 
last longer than him.

Extra:
English version Largo is receives a higher rating simply because of his crit 
bonus.  Gamble can be added too for a big bonus, but isn't suggested due to 
his skill plus Axes.

Usefulness- 6/10
Power Rating- 8/10

JPN version-
Usefulness- 5.5/10
Power Rating- 7/10


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#####Swordfighter => Swordmaster [Smr]#####

Usuable Weapons:- Sword
Gained after promotion:- None
Mastery Skill:- Ryuseiken/Astra (Ryusseiken is more badass >_>)
Class Skill:- 15% crit bonus (English version only)

Promotion Bonuses-
	HP: +4	Spd: +2
	Str: +1	Lck: +0
	Mgc: +2	Def: +2
	Skl: +2	Res: +2

Stat Caps (F)-
	HP: 60	Spd: 30
	Str: 22	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 22
	Skl: 29	Res: 25

Stat Caps (M)-
	HP: 60	Spd: 30
	Str: 24	Lck: 40
	Mgc: 20	Def: 24
	Skl: 29	Res: 22

======Mia/Mia (Swordfighter)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Ike in Chapter 7

Base Stats (Lvl-6)
	HP: 21	Spd: 13
	Str: 7	Lck: 6
	Mgc: 0	Def: 7
	Skl: 10	Res: 2
	Bld: 6	Rescue: 6
Stat Growth
	HP: 50%		Spd: 60%
	Str: 40%	Lck: 45%
	Mgc: 5% 	Def: 20%
	Skl: 45%	Res: 25%

Weapons
	Sword

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 42/60	Spd: 30/30
	Str: 20/22	Lck: 21/40
	Mgc: 12/20	Def: 16/22
	Skl: 27/29	Res: 12/25

Basic Skills
	Vantage

Suggested Skills
	Vantage, Miracle and Wrath

Comments:-
Swordmasters just continue to be weakened game after game and it pains me 
being a fan of Swordmasters.  Anyway of immediate notice is she starts with 
rather nice high defense base but a low growth but does get a nice 
promotion bonus.

Her HP is near abysmal.....however I personally find if you give her the 
recomended skill set she can become one of the strongest fighters on your 
team.  She has good speed and luck, Miracle will almost always activate as 
will Wrath and you have quite an awesome unit here.  

Her strength will be rather paltry but with 2x attack she still ends up 
doing more than most other units early on.  Giving her a custom sword might 
be ideal to help train her.

Although if you don't plan on giving her that exact skill set I wouldn't 
bother with her, but seriously her use is high as shes one of the only units 
who can double attack early on with good dodge.

Long term I find her use is actually more than Zihawk with his better stats 
as Mia does have the tendency to dodge much better.

Extra:
Vantage + Wrath is highly suggested now Swordmasters got their crit bonus in 
english version.

Usefulness- 8/10
Power Rating- 8/10


======Zihawk/Zihark (Swordfighter)======

Recruitment:
Talk with Rethe or Mordy in Chapter 11

Base Stats (Lvl-10)
	HP: 25	Spd: 13
	Str: 10	Lck: 6
	Mgc: 0	Def: 7
	Skl: 10	Res: 2
	Bld: 9	Rescue: 10
Stat Growth
	HP: 55%		Spd: 60%
	Str: 45%	Lck: 40%
	Mgc: 5% 	Def: 30%
	Skl: 50%	Res: 20%

Weapons
	Sword

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 47/60	Spd: 30/30
	Str: 23/24	Lck: 17/40
	Mgc: 7/20	Def: 18/24
	Skl: 28/29	Res: 8/22

Basic Skills
	Adept

Suggested Skills
	Adept and Gamble
	Resolve and Adept

Comments:-
Zihawk is more or less the Navarre of FE9, he's actually pretty pitiful with 
bad HP and even worse res.  He grows much better than Mia at least but does 
start 4 levels higher with more or less the same stats.  Does eventually 
manage to end up with much higher strength, defense and skill.

I find he tends to do really well with his high skill, kill sword and if you 
throw in Gamble it can work rather well with the good accuracy of swords.

Zihawk is really only worth using if you love swordmasters like me, your 
Mia is pretty bad or she somehow got killed.

Extra:
Gamble is now highly suggested on him with the return of the crit bonus

Usefulness- 7.5/10
Power Rating- 8.5/10

JPN Version-
Usefulness- 6/10
Power Rating- 7/10



======Soanevalcke/Stefan (Swordmaster)======

Recruitment:
Move Lethe or Mordecai onto the Varg Katti space in Chapter 15
(Located in top right corner of the map in a small alcove, see FAQ section 
below for extra detail)

Base Stats (Lvl-8)
	HP: 38	Spd: 25
	Str: 19	Lck: 5
	Mgc: 8	Def: 12
	Skl: 27	Res: 9
	Bld: 13	Rescue: 13
Stat Growth
	HP: 70%		Spd: 55%
	Str: 50%	Lck: 25%
	Mgc: 20%	Def: 35%
	Skl: 40%	Res: 30%

Weapons
	Sword

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 47/60	Spd: 30/30
	Str: 24/24	Lck: 8/40
	Mgc: 10/20	Def: 17/24
	Skl: 29/29	Res: 13/22

Basic Skills
	Ryuseiken

Suggested Skills
	Ryuseiken
	Adept and Resolve
	Gamble and Resolve

Comments:-
Oh my.....oh my indeed....I think this is the best thing I've ever laid eyes 
upon.  If you do not use Soanevalcke I will hunt you down, or your regret 
for not using him will.

Soanevalcke comes with next to maxed stats with amazing growths, a legendary  
S rank sword with massive critical and +3 defense, high HP, mastery skill and 
he has awesome hair too!  The english version 'Stefan' now even has a 15% 
crit boost.

Seriously if you ever wondered what FE6 Karel would turn out like if he came 
early mid-game, with levels to grow here he is, although Karel would still be 
king in defenses as well.  Soan's luck will be horrendous but luckily has 
a great support in the form of Soren which boosts his evade, skill and 
attack.

This guy will max strength, skill and speed in only 5 levels and will also 
probably end up with decent defense, res and high HP.  He is a secret 
character of sorts as his recruitment is not obvious at all.

My only major complaint is despite coming with his mastery skill they NERFED 
it!!!  Ryuseiken used to be 5 hits in a row.  Its still the same but only 
does half damage per hit, that adds up as 0.5x less damage than a critical 
which he tends to do alot on counter attacks. 
(I have no idea why, but who cares?)

If you want utter overkill, Soan is also the only character in the game who 
can One round kill the final boss more or less.  Thanks to the overkilled 
skill and speed of Swordmasters and his Soren support and if you replace 
Ryuuseiken for Resolve.

With Resolve you could have a Swordmaster with 36 strength, 43 skill 
and 45 speed at half HP with 35 base critical.  He can easily 2x attack with 
high chance of criticaling thanks to the overkilled skill and if you have 
Continue a high chance of murder...

Badass Rating- 9/10 (He lost points with his new name :_:)
Usefulness- 9.9/10
Power Rating- 9.8/10

JPN version-
Badass Rating- 11/10 
Usefulness- 9.8/10
Power Rating- 9.6/10



======Luchino/Lucia (Swordmaster)======

Recruitment:
Chapter 24 automatic

Base Stats (Lvl-12)
	HP: 36	Spd: 23
	Str: 15	Lck: 16
	Mgc: 12	Def: 10
	Skl: 21	Res: 8
	Bld: 8	Rescue: 8
Stat Growth
	HP: 70%		Spd: 65%
	Str: 50%	Lck: 50%
	Mgc: 30%	Def: 40%
	Skl: 70%	Res: 40%

Weapons
	Sword

Expected 20/20 Average Stats
	HP: 42/60	Spd: 28/30
	Str: 19/22	Lck: 20/40
	Mgc: 14/20	Def: 13/22
	Skl: 27/29	Res: 11/25

Basic Skills
	Ability Match

Suggested Skills
	Ability Match and Ryuuseiken
	Ability Match, Vantage and Guard
	Gamble and Ability Match

Comments:-
*cries* I hate being brought back to earth and we're back in the realms of 
sanity.  Lucia comes late, weak and with a high level....

On the other hand she has some of the most amazing growths and does end up 
with some of the best evade in the game.  Unfortunately you need 8 perfect 
levelups to max skill, 7 levelups to max strength and speed but she is highly 
capable of it.

What does hurt her is starting with only 15 strength this late in the game, 
theres little reason to use her with Soanevalcke around.  However she will 
still end up better than Zihawk in evade but be unable to take any hits.  

Her only real purpose is if Mia or Zihawk died and you need a good evading 
sword user since she does have some of the highest evade in the entire game.

Usefulness- 6/10
Power Rating- 8/10

JPN version-
Usefulness- 5.5/10
Power Rating- 7/10




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V) FAQ
==============================================================================


Q)
What kind of game is this?
A)
It is a Turn based Strategy RPG game or Simulation RPG if you want to go 
by the Japanese genre's.


Q)
What console is it for?
A)
I'm surprised you haven't been run over by a train yet if you're reading this.


Q)
What is Maniac Mode?
A)
It is a final mode where all the enemy units stats take on the appearance of 
what can only be described godly and you'll almost always be outnumbered 
50 to 1.  However rumour has it that the US release of FE9 has completely 
removed Maniac mode and replaced it with a Easy mode...much to my dismay.


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So doesn't that make your ratings worthless?
A)
Well take them with a pinch of salt...if you want them to apply to Hard mode 
I guess you could add a point to everyone's ratings...but my ratings were 
based on the ultimate difficulty.


Q)
Will this game have connectivity to any GBA fire emblems?
A)
Yes I believe it can connect upto Sacred Stones and Fire Emblem for some 
extra unlockable art and maps in FE9.  However I imagine they'll be removing 
the connectivity to Sword of Seals.


Q)
Is there any Dark Magic?
A)
Unfortunately no, he's been removed for this game, the current weapon 
triangle is Wind > Thunder > Fire > Wind and Light is neutral to everything.


Q)
Why can't I hurt DarkKnight?
A)
He has god powers......no honestly, I'm serious, he has the Goddess 
Protection skill on his sword Etnard which can only be negated by Ike with 
Ragnell.


Q)
Does this have any connection storywise to previous FE's?
A)
Not at all, this has absolutely no connection to any current Fire Emblem's.  
It is a brand new unrelated story.


Q)
Whats this I hear about a Triangle attack and how do I do it?
A)
Bole, Oscar and Rolf can perform a Bow Triangle attack after you watch 
a certain scene involving the 3.  It allows you to do 3x damage on a first 
strike.  To perform it you must surround the enemy with all 3 units from 
1 space away and all 3 must be able to use a bow.


Q)
Jill left my team! Help!
A)
During a certain chapter its possible for her father to recruit Jill back 
onto the enemy side.  In order to prevent it, either keep Jill far away from 
him or get her to have a A level support with any of your other units and 
they will be able to re-recruit her.


Q)
What does Biorhythm do?
A)
When its high it adds 5% to evade and hit and when low, you lose 5% to 
evade and hit.  Its completely random to when its in effect.


Q)
Why has everyone got wierd names?
A)
At the moment this game is available only in Japanese, I might change the 
names at a later date but for now till the game is released, deal with it.


Q)
How do I recruit Stefan/Soanevalcke?  
Also where are all the items in Chapter 15?
A)
I've gotten alot of question regarding the specifics of this.
Please refer to this map, the Varg Katti space is the top area with the 
2x2 box with 1 more box.
Also you can find all the hidden items in the desert with this map, you'll 
need a theif for a 100% chance at grabbing them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/Mjeh/FE9Desertmap.jpg


Q)
OMG THE NEW NAMES SUCK!!
A)
As much I don't like them too...go away you and complain it to NOA or 
whine about it on the Message Board's.


Q)
How the hell do I damage the final boss?!
A)
Unfortunately he has a special ability which makes him immune to anything 
except S rank weapons, the 'Big 3' and Ike's Ragnell.  He is actually easier 
in the English version as they removed his final form from the game.


Q)
I heard about secret unlockable characters after you beat the game?
A)
Once you beat the game or you can unlock several trial maps much like FE6 
and depending on your number of playthroughs can unlock many normally 
unplayable characters like Greil, Oliver and Ashnard for use in them.


Q)
Where can I find more information about this game or other Fire Emblem's?
A)
I suggest you give this forum a visit 
http://s7.invisionfree.com/FESS/index.php?
There is a large source of information there about the entire series, I'am 
also known as Seti over there.


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VI) CREDITS AND THANKS
==============================================================================


-Thanks to www.PegasusKnight.com for most of the data and info that I was not 
able to gather myself.

-Intelligent Systems for making this great game

-Myself for writing it

-Phlogistic for his generally evil acts of criticism

-Anyone else who isn't mentioned here who helped look over it

-Gamefaqs for hosting this