You rate for best character in the game, and why?

[Ayanami]

Your rating to which character that you think that is best in every game.

FE1-Est, because she has the best growths in the game and is RNG screwage proof. Plus she pwns in the arena and can win any bet in it after she promotes. Simply put, she will make you a goldmine in the arena.

FE2-Est, because in this vol she cannot possibly be killed after enough level gaining, and that she is possibly the only character in the game to cap at every stat.

FE3-Oguma, he gets solid statistics, he is solid, and that upon promotion, he cannot be stopped.

FE4-Yuria, because she is the only character that can kill the last boss, and that she is unstoppable with Rizaia.

FE5-Carrion, he gets the most solid growths in the game and that with him powerful enough, the berserk staff using enemies would love to target him more than anyone else. =P

FE6-Fa, because with the Fire Stone glitch, she will be a great asset towards the endgame.

FE7-Athos, simply put, best magic user and character in the game. He can use ANY magic tome and staff in the game, and that his Forblaze tome animation alone is awe inspiring and thrilling to watch.

FE8-Amelia, she becomes a dodge queen almost never getting hit. Great character for the CC. She would be best as a Paladin, as she can use Axes upon promotion, and that she becomes a dodge queen. Use her or weep! =P

FE9-Ike, he absolutely rocks with the Ragnell, gets solid growths in everything including Res, and he is also the only character that can defeat the last boss.

FE10-Tibarn, he is the only character that you cannot possibly lose in battle, the only time that I have ever lost him, was against Dhagaisa.

[theshim is the shimiest shim of all the shims that ever shim]

Thwacky time!

FE6-Fa, because with the Fire Stone glitch, she will be a great asset towards the endgame.

I don't think it's very fair to base this on glitches...

FE8-Amelia, she becomes a dodge queen almost never getting hit. Great character for the CC. She would be best as a Paladin, as she can use Axes upon promotion, and that she becomes a dodge queen. Use her or weep! =P

Paladins can't use axes in FE8.

Let's see...

FE4 - Levin!Sety.  I don't think anyone will argue this one.
FE6 - Lugh.  A solid magic-user, hugely useful early on, and remains awesome the whole game through.  The most balanced of the mages, and uses the broken anima.
FE7 - Dart.  Walking proof that you really don't need anything but Strength and Speed, and maybe some HP.
FE8 - Lute.  She's got magic and speed in spades - see Dart.  Also, she is hilarious.  (Come to think of it, so is Dart.)
FE9 - Ike.  He's simply godly, and will be useful the whole game through (assuming you don't abuse him early on and cap too early.  I usually hit 20 a chapter or two before he promotes).
FE10 - ...this one's tough.  It really has to go to Haar - he saves Elincia's queenly ass in 2-P, can solo the entire left side of 2-E, remains friggin' awesome the entire time...Jill is close behind, as she saves the Fail Dawn Brigade, and Naesala is even more awesome than Tibarn (55 SPEED!  YOU CANNOT TOUCH HIM!  55% CHANCE FOR TEAR!  CAW!  CAW!  CAW!!) but loses out for only being available for Part 4.

[I Fell In Love With Judas, then I got Herpes]

Not really in the mood for a list, so here's just a few that pop out at me.

FE4 - Levin
FE5 - Shiva (fuck yeah shiva)
FE7 - Athos/Oswin/Pent are all good
FE8 - Myrrh. :x

[darkchaz]

FE3: Est, even with the late coming, she has the best growth.

FE4: Lakche, because swordusers are very powerful and she's unscrewable or you're in a bad luck day. she can max at least 4 stats

FE5: Marisa, combo star-lunar is pure win and she has high stats coming along.

FE6: I'd say Lilina, only character who can kill mankute without holy weapons. her skill may be low, but her supports compensate that

FE7: Lyn, fast and strong, plus her promotion gives her bows.

FE8: hard to say. I'd say Amelia, hight stats, two promotions, quite versatile depending on the class you take.

FE9: Ike, hands down. high stats, a overpowered skil and an awesome weapon. usually max his levels 2 or 3 chapters before he promotes

[pferno954]

Oh dear... These kinds of topics.

Hm.

Fe4: I'd have to say anyone with Holsety. (Except Corple. He doesn't exist <_<) The spell is just THAT broken with its massive stat boosts, 1-2 range (naturally), not to mention you can repair it at will, so there's no reason to avoid the insanity...

Fe5: It's been a while, but I remember Sara as being impressive... Pretty much the entire time you have her. She can heal even before promotion. She's got Light Magic for Weapon triangle win over the huge floods of Dark Mages later on. She's got good magic/speed/resistance. And unlike Linoan, her promotion isn't event locked. Sounds good to me. Though pretty much all the sages were good if I remember right.

Fe6: Clarine starts out REALLY slowly (UGH, Troubadour Class in any game that's not Fe4 <_<), but her speed is insane, her luck is more so, and she has decent enough magic that she'll put a nice dent in 66% of enemies. Oh, and she uses Anima, by far the best magic type in the game. Sounds pretty good.

Fe7: Hector. He's useful early on, being one of the few units in the first few chapters that can take more then two hits. He spits damage out pretty effectively, even later on. And unlike Eliwood, he can actually double strike enemys with his Holy Weapon (...WHY is Hector as fast as Eliwood when promoted? They have the same speed cap... And I don't see how a heavy armored axeman is as fast as a barely weighed down horseman. <_<")

Fe8: Hmmm... Dang, the game where everyone is amazing once you get them started. Well, the earlier chapters are where almost all of the difficulty is (because later on just becomes a joke with how high your growths are/all of the extra EXP that's possible), so I'd have to say Seth. Rescue someone useless (...Garcia <_<) and go crazy with an Iron Sword. Perfect for leveling up units like Ross and Erika, but he actually has enough stat growths to remain useable the entire game (Unlike some people *cough*Marcus*cough*). Thus, most useful.

Fe9: I'm pretending Ike doesn't exist here, because he wins by such a huge margin (Hm. Amazing stats end game, has Ragnell AND can learn Aether, AND is perfectly useable the entire game due to good bases? Yikes). I'd have to say Gatrie's quite high up there in Non-Maniac Mode (I can't speak for Maniac due to not having Japanese Fe9). He's quite capable of handling his own in the missions you're required to use him early on, and has good caps PLUS the ability to reach them. Sure, his move isn't as good as a mounted unit, but he's a LOT better at taking hits then most of them. He doesn't even crumple up until ~3 magic attacks usually. My only problem with him is that he leaves right before that one Defend chapter (you know, the one where you get Ilyana). But it's okay, Gatrie's useful enough without too much effort.

Fe10: Uh, Haar. Elincia's entire team is pretty bad except for Herself and Haar. Not to mention he comes to help out Ike's team fairly soon. The ability to solo the halves of maps (I DEFINITELY did that in the last Elincia Chapter) with his sturdy stats, high movement abilities between flying/Move after attacking, and having Axes (a rather nice weapon type, indeed) just makes him win so much over everyone else. He doesn't even have bad growths, and thus stays pretty comfortably at his position of "Amazing Dragon Master". Even Ike can't hold much of a candle to Haar.

[Shaman_Artemis]

FE7: Er... Well, I was gonna say Hector... but thinking about it, I'd say Canas. Besides Athos, he's the ONLY Dark Magic user on the entire team, thus making him the only one who can use the broken Luna spell, and has a nice Mag growth. That and he's just so... gentlemanly.

FE8: Hmm... definitely one of the trainees... I'd go with Ewan. Not only can he use the entire magic trinity, but he's got better capped stats than any of the other male magic users (29 28 27 21 26 as opposed to 28 30 26 21 25) and you get him fairly early on. Sure, the downside is that you can't get Lv. 3 Pupil until the second playthrough (IIRC), but it's worth it.

FE9: Ike. Godly, amazing, broken. Besides him, I'd say Soren. Despite how frail he is, he could wipe out an army with his high caps and growths. There's also Haar (of course).

FE10: I'll step away from Haar (despite how amazing awesome he is) and say Naesala. Pretty much any of the royal Laguz are amazing, but like theshim said, Naesala's Spd is broken. In a good way. Tibarn coming with the damage-negating skill is nice, but he still takes damage and can die. You can hardly ever hit Naesala.

[Swordsalmon]

Only the games I've played or gotten reasonably far in. So I can't give an accurate rate for FE2 or FEDS, and I haven't played FE10.

FE1: Oguma wins easily. He comes at a perfect time, with incredible bases. Oguma's averages are pretty decent, too, and he has the best class in the game. I'd make a good argument for Oguma being the best character in the series.

FE3: Katua is the best. Besides her hax flying utility, Katua's stats are incredible, she can Dismount to prevent Archers from killing her, and again, excellent joining time.

FE4: Sigurd. He really is meant to be great; one-rounding most enemies, good enough stats, and a good class. His Lover status with Diadora does weaken Sigurd, but his pony and incredible offense more than makes up for it. Excellent character all-around.

FE5: Hicks Othin. Being able to use the Pugi no Purin is a massive benefit, considering that ranking FE5 is near-impossible. With Othin's early joining, high Speed and Strength, and his Axe, he's benefitting the team more than anyone else.

FE6: Lance, no question. +5 Attack from Alan A, Roy B, and the best class seals best character to him.

FE7: Matthew for Silver Card hax and being a good early-game character. Supports Guy, making a good character even better.

FE8: Seth. He's completely better than everyone for the first 18 chapters, and will probably still be better for the remaining. Seth is truly flawless, and makes a good argument with Oguma for best overall character.

FE9: Titania. Look above at Seth.

I'm not sure why everyone thinks Ike is so incredible in FE9, though. His offense and defense are pretty mediocre for the first 16 chapters, utterly useless in 17, then only good from 18. Ike is only amazing for the final two chapters, once he gets Ragnell. Even with capped Skill, Aether has about a 13% activation rate. >_>

[St. Pius X]

In terms of fighting usefulness....
FE3 - Oguma. Killed Camus in one hit with a critical and had good gains all-around. Paola's the best in terms of attractiveness though.
FE4 - Sety with Holsety. Simply put, he's got massive evade and power
FE5 - Othin. Wrath and Pugi makes him a critical machine.
FE6 - Gonzales Miledy. Good stats all around.
FE7 - Oswin. An impervious tank on the Normal Modes and just about a necessity for HHM.
FE8 - Ephraim. He has a very powerful personal weapon and caps almost all of his stats.

[Raisin Bagel]

FE1: Oguma. Great character all around.

FE2: Eh.....

FE3:Sirius/Oguma: both are fast and strong, and you get them at the same time.

FE4:Alvis I'm gonna go with Levin/Levin!Sety. Holsety is amazing.

FE5:Hmmmm...I'm gonna go with Galzus. Strong and fast.

FE6:Murdoc Dieck. Strong, fast(hmmm,this seems to be the standard with starting mercenaries) and can use Durandal and Armads.

FE7:Hector. Maxed every single stat for me.

FE8: Seth-Strong and fast, despite being pre-promoted he ends up better than the cavaliers most of the time.

FE9: Tibarn. Nice movement, strength and speed.

[SlippyToasterTrooper_UK]

I'd have to say Gatrie's quite high up there in Non-Maniac Mode (I can't speak for Maniac due to not having Japanese Fe9).

I will speak for myself here but I find Gatrie doesn't have the speed to cut it in Maniac mode. Magic was too much a threat. Double attacks and taking lots of damage from it is unfavourable. Much better to only take one hit. With all that said I seem to remember Eags used both Gatrie and Brom in his Maniac playthrough and they worked well.

Even with capped Skill, Aether has about a 13% activation rate. >_>

Eh? Aether is skill% chance of activate. Its easy to make the mistake as Astra, Stun and Deadeye are skill/2.

Anyway best characters.
FE2: Everyone has rubbish growths so all suck in their own way. The Pegasus sisters pretty much win home free Falcoknights essentially having slayer and the triangle attack helps too. Especilly since one of them comes with a item that doubles stat gain from level ups...

FE3: Book 1 Oguma is great for much of the game. Book 2 Char...Cam... Sirius is good for much of the game though being a pre-promote eventually lags behind.

FE4: For Generation 1 I would say Sigurd is most useful for the the most amount of time while for generation 2 Sety and Lakche are impossible to get wrong (Sage is an awesome class as are Swordmasters plus Astra...), Celice is a case of has to be usful and continues in his fathers footsteps Maybe I over nurture Sigurd and Celice though...Brave Sword and nearly all the rings...

FE5: Real tough one as there is no key player due to fatigue. Also it depends on what you are playing. SSS ranks pretty much puts anyone who can easily get an A rank in staves into the god teir as they are too essential to beating the maps on such tight deadlines.

FE6: Some great units in a sea of mediocrity (or garbage if you want to be rude ). Another tough one. Lugh is critical to killing bosses early on, Clarine ends up being the choice healer, Alan and Lance end up solid, Rutger and Gonzales can really dent enemies...

I ca'n treally think of anything for the onther games but i'll close with something. Haar wasn't a force to be reckoned with in FE9 though i'm told his speed can be an issue in Manic mode...I didn't get far enough to find out:

That image came from a topic in FESS2 by Seti. That was on Maniac mode as well and before being surrouned like that he had killed quite a few enemies...

[pferno954]

I'm not sure why everyone thinks Ike is so incredible in FE9, though. His offense and defense are pretty mediocre for the first 16 chapters, utterly useless in 17, then only good from 18. Ike is only amazing for the final two chapters, once he gets Ragnell. Even with capped Skill, Aether has about a 13% activation rate. >_>

He's essentially a Mercenary (the class), which is a pretty good class to be, considering all of the Axe users you fight in Fe9. He's got good enough speed that he'll either KO enemies in one round, or put them in critical HP for someone like Oscar to finish off. Unlike other lords that tend to have higher speed (...Lyn <_< Erika <_<), he'll have enough Defense/HP to take more then two hits for most of the game. Really, he only tags behind in the chapter 17 marathon, and by then, even Hard Mode units should be starting to promote. Generally, the well rounded lords will suck, but Ike regularly turns out strong in several areas, thus making him quite useful with even an Iron Sword. I don't think I could say the same about Roy, or Eliwood .
And for having such solid stats, good weapon choice, and late game potential... He's there from the start. So he'll shining long before anyone else like Stella or Marcia. And unlike Soren who also joins fairly early (if it's before Gatrie and Shinon leave, it's early. That one defence map is pretty much the point where you HAVE to use everyone if you want to KO the boss and recruit Elace), he's plenty useable from level 1.
I... really don't see much of an arguement for him not being the top character of FE9. Sure, he's not mounted. That's alright because the maps aren't so large that it'll be problematic (it's not Fe4 where EVERYONE except a few people is mounted, so your few foot units will be left in the dust most of the time). So...

[arashisama without the decorative symbols. RANDOM ENOUGH?!]

... This is difficult.

FE6: I'd love to yell Clarine, but her average Magic is terrible  not MY average Magic though.... *shot*. I actually like myrms and berserkers here. Gonzales is crazy, though his luck doesn't grow so fast, and what with anima magic being broken and his resistance non-existent, you'd better hope his HP lasts him until his speed picks up. I guess that's why I like Rutger and Fil... but they're really too close to call a winner between those two. Rutger edges Fil out by some HP, a point of Str, a little Skl, some Def. Fil edges Rutger out by 0.6 speed, 1.6 res, and slaughters Rutger by 9.5 Luck. At the same time, both will be dodging everything, so the str, def, res, luck... It becomes rather irrelevant. Put either on even a forest, some supports close by (they can support each other, and Fil is the coveted Fire affinity!), and the only thing that will hit them is a Status Staff. The 30 critical boost is so much sexier too. The Watou has a 40 crit instead of 35. I guess my final answer would be Rutger. Rutger and Fil could support each other... slowly. But their other supports... Rutger has a support with a great useable Clarine. Fil's fastest supports are Karel and Bartre. Well. Bartre is hardly useable. Karel is pretty good actually, minus the speed, but you don't get him until way too late for supports to be helpful. Thus, Rutger who is hot

Lyrina does deserve an honourable mention though. Her support with Roy, a character that must be on every map regardless, is extremely fast, and is between a Fire affinity and a Light affinity. Not to mention, flexible supports with a number of great characters. She has way too much Magic at quite some sacrifice to skill and speed. You'd think that would hurt her, but Anima magic is broken accurate and light. To supplement her evasion, critical due to low hp and defense, her luck is high. Just don't feed her to a swarm of SM's. Between supports and terrain, there's no problem. She's also useful because she can eat up Status Staffs.

SHOT for not mentioning Miledy and Zais

FE7: Florina. Once you get past the first few levels, she is indispensable. Her HP may be lowest, but like with characters such as Nino and Lyn, that will not matter. Her con is low, but... that's fine for rescuing as many possible people. So, arm her with Killing Swords  Their strengths are close, but Florina isn't much behind Farina who is praised often for her strength. Her skill is less than Fiora, but not by much. Her speed is highest, but... not by much either. Her defense is weaker than her sisters, a big leap between her and Farina, but it shouldn't matter for any of them. She has the lowest Res of the sisters, but 19.3 is plenty to give her fighting chance against Status Staves, and plenty against non-boss mages (even the bosses will struggle to hit her). Her Luck blows Fiora away, and is noticeably higher than Farina's... Florina also has fast supports with Lyn on top of fast supports with her sisters, and the best affinity of her sisters. Florina's entire support list is dazzlingly beautiful. Oh, and you can get hurt immediately, on your first play

FL 44.8  21.4  24.2  27.5  11.7  19.3  25.9  5
FR 48.4  20.8  25.0  27.2  14.4  24.3  15.6  6
FN 49.2  22.8  23.3  25.8  18.7  22.0  22.1  6

FE8: Ephraim and Lachelle are two who are clearly hindered by their caps. But I'll go with Lachelle because she has branched promotion, and I can alternate promotion every other play, since she's great either way. Just a little less boring =D

FE9: Senerio. I've always been fond of flying units, myrms, and magic units. But it still seemed to me that the myrms had some strength issues, even though they all had speed around 30 (all averaged slightly under, except Luchino who averages 28.2), all had skill enough. Good. Great? I looked over the Dragon Knights, solid enough. But despite averaging HP around 40, the sages are always there. Senerio has the nice support with Ike who is... hacked. He is the one who is noticeably weaker in Str, but he uses the lighter, weaker Wind, so there is not much speed loss usually. Weaker Wind is supplemented once more by his highest Magic of the Sages. Senerio also boasts the highest skill. He loses 0.2 in speed to Topack, wins over Calill only by 0.6, but they are noticeably faster than Elaice. Everyone knows sages have great defense! Senerio is the weakest here, though not weaker than Elaice by much. Topack and Calill aren't exactly tanks either, but should they get hit, the difference is seen. Senerio also has lowest luck, noticeably, though he doesn't really get slaughtered there (biggest difference is between him and Elaice, 20.9 - 16.4 = 4.4). Resistance, everyone is healthy, with Senerio in the lead. Slight things. I'd say that's enough for me to value him the most. The fact that he *looks* better than the other mages surely can't be a factor, can it?

S 39.1  3.9  28.7  27.7  24.9  9.7  27.5  16.4  
E 38.9  11.2  25.4  26.2  20.9  9.9  27.1  20.9
T 40.0  10.4  25.3  23.7  25.1  14.0  25.1  19.2
C 39.0  11.5  25.3  24.3  24.3  13.6  21.9  20.2

W 41.5  20.4  11.9  26.5  29.9  15.6  12.2  20.9
Z 44.9  23.0  7.3  28.2  29.9  17.7  7.8  17.6
L 41.6  19.0  14.4  26.6  28.2  13.2  11.2  20.0
S 46.4  23.7  10.4  29.0  29.8  16.2  12.6  8.0

[Swordsalmon]

He's essentially a Mercenary (the class), which is a pretty good class to be, considering all of the Axe users you fight in Fe9. He's got good enough speed that he'll either KO enemies in one round, or put them in critical HP for someone like Oscar to finish off. Unlike other lords that tend to have higher speed (...Lyn <_< Erika <_<), he'll have enough Defense/HP to take more then two hits for most of the game. Really, he only tags behind in the chapter 17 marathon, and by then, even Hard Mode units should be starting to promote. Generally, the well rounded lords will suck, but Ike regularly turns out strong in several areas, thus making him quite useful with even an Iron Sword. I don't think I could say the same about Roy, or Eliwood .
And for having such solid stats, good weapon choice, and late game potential... He's there from the start. So he'll shining long before anyone else like Stella or Marcia. And unlike Soren who also joins fairly early (if it's before Gatrie and Shinon leave, it's early. That one defence map is pretty much the point where you HAVE to use everyone if you want to KO the boss and recruit Elace), he's plenty useable from level 1.
I... really don't see much of an arguement for him not being the top character of FE9. Sure, he's not mounted. That's alright because the maps aren't so large that it'll be problematic (it's not Fe4 where EVERYONE except a few people is mounted, so your few foot units will be left in the dust most of the time). So...

Early-game, Ike is only two-rounding the Brigands as Boyd is, while Oscar and Titania are one-rounding about everything. Also, Axe-users lower in quantity by Chapter 3, where the Soldiers and such appear. Ike loses all offensive power without Regal Sword, and is three-rounded by an Iron Lance Soldier, which are ridiculously common. As Ike develops, they'll still deal alot of damage to him. Ike three-rounds one of these Soldiers without Regal Sword, too.

Finally by Chapter 11 or so, Ike is at least decent enough with Oscar B, but his offense is nothing special. Two-rounding alot of enemies, and one-rounding the occasional Axefighter. Again, more Lances, too. I'd actually say Astrid and Marcia are shining before Ike, since Marcia has an overall excellent class, good offense with a Lance, and a Kieran A support. Astrid has Elite and Makalov support, so she develops extremely quickly and becomes incredible within a few chapters.

I really think Ike is only good by Chapter 17, with an Iron/Steel Blade. He can use Aether for some extra (If unreliable) offense, and the Blades help greatly.

Eh, this makes me want to do some FE9 debating.

[Marescio]

For FE 7, I think I'm going to say Raven. He is good on normal difficulty, but he really shines in HHM because of the HHM bonus. Also he is godlike when you get him an A support with Wil or Priscilla.

[Lord Fuckboy]

On average Ike should be one rounding more than Oscar (more Strength and lighter weaponry, so more AS) and Boyd should start one round when he gains Strength and Speed.  Hell when he can wield Iron Blades or Steel Swords efficiently he'll be able to take soldiers on...  he only really starts to lag when Chapter 17 comes around, and that's because of the heavy weight and the fact that your units just promoted then.

And I'm talking about Hard Mode.  Are you talking about Manaic mode (where Oscar is somehow magically one rounding things still)?  Because neither are one rounding until they gain some Strength and speed due to their AS and, since this applies to both Oscar and Ike, the lack of strength.  If anything Oscar's not doing that much better.
Add to the fact that Boyd/Oscar aren't useable for two or three chapters, where he can get lots of killing done with Titania and potentially Gatrie (as well as some help from Shinon when he doesn't critical).

I dun wanna turn this into a debate about Ike being awesome or not, though; I don't think he's the best character when you get deep into it either.  Regardless, this seems like more of an opinion topic about your favorite characters so I don't really care much for it...

To make my post more relevant and not just responding to Swordsalmon...

FE3 - Oguma or Kain, because they both look cool and have excellent stats to boot... (both books, for the record)
FE4 - Aless and Skasha, I dunno why I just think they both rock..
FE5 - Carrion, he's been my favorite FE5 character for a whiel for some reason.  First playthrough he had some 76 HP and every stat maxed except Magic.  (Though, part of that is due to an HP increasing item...)
FE6 - Dieck and Alan, see FE3..
FE7 - Raven is my absolute favorite because I think Mercs are awesome in general...  Harken and Pent come second.
FE8 - Gerik, even if he does come in the halfway point.  Seth's arguably the best, which is pretty much unanimously agreed upon with most people, even outside the hardcore debaters...
FE9 - Ike because he's my favorite video game character, though I honestly think Oscar's the best.  Even though a lot of people say Titania    Tibarn is also cool.
FE10 - Haar is the best without a doubt, but Ike is still the coolest.  Tibarn gets points too.

[Lord Kratos]

FE3: Marth. Srsly, he's the perfect unit. Is there through all the game, starts great, ends great, Rapier destroys cavaliers and armors, Only character who can visit villages, thus gets needed items (Life orb and Starlight in Book 2, for example) and recruits characters, opens chests, Shield of Seals (Book 2) destroys earth dragons. Last part of the final chapter (Book 2 again) would be impossible without him, also, he is the only one able to deal serious damage to Medeus without a critical (and is great against dragons once he gets the Falchion)

FE4: Levin and Sety

FE5: Othin. good stats, Pugi, joins early, has wrath

FE6: Lance.

FE7: Kent. Great unit all around with great class. Lowen if Lyn's mode isn't played

FE8: Seth. He wtfpwns through all the game, has good mobility, supports

FE9: Titania. See above.

I'm not sure why everyone thinks Ike is so incredible in FE9, though. His offense and defense are pretty mediocre for the first 16 chapters, utterly useless in 17, then only good from 18. Ike is only amazing for the final two chapters, once he gets Ragnell.

qft + he lacks ranged combat and mounted units are far more versatile

[darkchaz]

I'm not sure why everyone thinks Ike is so incredible in FE9, though. His offense and defense are pretty mediocre for the first 16 chapters, utterly useless in 17, then only good from 18. Ike is only amazing for the final two chapters, once he gets Ragnell. Even with capped Skill, Aether has about a 13% activation rate. >_>

because he's a Lord character you don't have to be afraid of taking an hit. it's not rare for him to have Def and Res in the range 18-20 around lvl 10/20, if not higher. his str is high so after he hits lvl 3, he can wield steel swords without lossing too much AS, HP go high, his skill is among the best, he's fast, almost swordmaster speed and his luck is quite good, so he has high dodging capacities, which can be increased by some of his supports. on top of that, Aether, which you can get just after his promotion, is overpowered (and, for some kind of bug, heals him for the 2 hits ), making him the only one who can defeat the last boss in Normal Mode. agree, I didn't try with someone using the Vague Katti....

[Cold Popcorn]

FE3: Sheeda - That's right, not Oguma. Except for some HP issues (and that loss of Resistance) she has high stats everywhere, including huge movement and flight.
FE4: Sety (with Holsety) - Only an equally broken weapon can hit him. That would be the Thorhammer or Falaflame.
FE5: Othin - If he doubles someone he basically kills them, whether you like it or not. Coupled with an awesome axe and high stats (including HP) it makes him almost unstoppable. What would stop him is an army of mages.
FE6: Zeiss - I don't think I need to bother explaining why. He has training issues though.
FE7: Pent - Read above, except replace training issues with protection against RNG screwage.
FE9: Personally, Nephanee. I've been lucky enough to never have strength problems and all her other stats are excellent.
FE10: Tibarn - Give him Nullify, and then he can only die from the last few bosses and Hard Mode mages.
FE11: Barts - Think Oguma, but with axes and better strength. And you can class change him to Hero after he promotes to keep his Axes and get the class with the best base stats (and D in swords is close to using the Dragon Sword).

[dynamo]

FE4: Lakche OR Sety w/ Holsety.
FE6: Miledy was my most useful unit.
FE7: Hetor, assuming Eliwood mode. If not, Pent is usually the most useful.
FE8: lol
FE9: The laguz trio at the end >_> of which I prefer Tibarn. Other than that, Ike.
FE10: Haar. Great availability, great stats, high movement, amazing utility AND fighting ability.
FE1DS: Abel. I don't think I need to explain this.

[YokaiKnight]

...I assumed you made a simple mistake because of a close deadline, dynamo, but seeing as how this is your second necropost in as many days, read the Manual of Prowess before you post again. It's not hard to find the date of the most recent post, either. Thanks in advance, hopefully.