Kurthnaga , Is he worth it ?

[Ardhamon]

I haven't gotten RD yet but I want to use him . So far I've nothing but he sucks is it true or is like Nino and Est and all the others ?

[BlackFire]

Well.. He is better than Nasir and Ena.

And his Night Tide skill is useful.

[Tiltyu]

He can *technically* be considered the Royal Dragon, except he's reeeally underleveled, since he comes in during the final Chapter. He ends up getting formshift, so he's not bad.

[Neofox]

Slap a paragon on him and have him finish anything that's weakened, and he'll become pretty good.

Of the playable dragons, he's the best available.

[Somewhat Overcooked Cheese]

He's good but he starts with only an A in Strikes, unlike both Gareth and Nasir who have an S.  Strikes are also easily the hardest weapon level to raise.  He's certainly not as slow as these two, though.  You might want to have Ena at his side so he can do more damage.  His Night Tide can be a help a bit later on.

If you want to raise Strike, I'd recommend to have him rescue someone in 4-P-1 and attack one of the bishops.  They recover 20 HP or so each turn and they can heal at long distance, IIRC.  Don't bother using Arms Scrolls, they won't work.

[silverdrop]

The A in strikes really hinders him down though. I've never gotten him to SS in strike, but if he did, he would have 22 atk in his breath.. Overall, he's pretty useful, for his skill, and if you want to level him up. He gets formshift, and he can max str, def, and spd easily. He's the best of the dragons.

[Ardhamon]

Thanks for the help . When I get to 4-End-1 I know what to do.

[SenseiJinx]

Also, in Part 4 Endgame-3 (the dragon chapter) none of the enemy dragons (including Dheginsea) will attack him back. So you could, in theory, just spend a lot of time sending Kurthnaga out to fight the dragons and level up.

Of course, that begs the question of "why"...after Part 3 of Endgame, there isn't much use for him at all anyway...

[Neofox]

Formshift and high attack power and speed makes him a good option for fighting those spirits (and Ashera if he has Nihil or Parity).

Besides, who else are you going to bring? He turns out well if trained and Night Tide is a useful skill. You might as well use him rather than have him just sit out each mission and not use a perfectly good character slot.

[MasterX]

I just slap a Paragon on him and he's ready. If you level him up he's really useful and I usually just use Laguz Gems before he gets formshift. Just a question though what exactly do Strikes do and what does leveling them up have to do with attack and such?

[Neofox]

Strikes affect how strong a laguz's weapon is. For example, Ranulf's claws do 8 + his strength for damage while he has an A. Once he reaches an S-rank in Strikes, his claws now do 13 + his strength in damage, and at SS they do 18 + his strength for damage.

It's compensation for the fact they can't just buy better weapons like the beorc units can.

EDIT: Oh yes, and while in human form, a laguz's attack is still strength + weapon might, even though they don't have their claws/fangs/beak/etc. So if Ranulf has 18 strength and an SS in Strikes, he will have an attack power of 36 when he kicks the enemy.

[Somewhat Overcooked Cheese]

Adding to what Neofox said, for Dragons only, raising Strikes level also raises the accuracy of the weapon by 10% each level.

Another thing about Kurthnaga ( and all the dragons actually ) is that if a Spirit attacks them while they're in dragon form, and it's quite likely considering their low speed, they will be able to counterattack.

[silverdrop]

Also, Kurthnaga can have 22 atk from his breath in SS, which is stronger than any other claw, talon, or breath out there, I think. Except maybe Caineghis, Nailah and Tibarn have 20 atk in SS. Naesala has 18 in SS, so Kurthnaga can possibly have the highest strike mgt out there.

[Somewhat Overcooked Cheese]

Also, Kurthnaga can have 22 atk from his breath in SS, which is stronger than any other claw, talon, or breath out there, I think. Except maybe Caineghis, Nailah and Tibarn have 20 atk in SS. Naesala has 18 in SS, so Kurthnaga can possibly have the highest strike mgt out there.

He has the most accurate one at 115, but the strongest one is Dheghinsea's at 25.  The Red Dragons also have 23.

[camus the dark knight]

I just slap paragon and blossom on him, he ends up level 30 or higher most of the time and maxes nearly all his stats. I find him rather good.

[SwordsAreShiney]

I've found that the main use for the dragons is just for Night Tide/Blood Tide/White pool.  None of them have all that great offense without a lot of effort, but the +5 to speed/strength work wonders against the final boss.

[Black Ice]

I think you can have him abuse the dragon chapter's boss. I don't think Deghinsea attacks Kurthnaga.

That would help him raise his strike level and get experience.

[Neofox]

Kurthnaga with Paragon gains a crapload of experience from Dheginsea, the catch is levelling him enough in the previous two chapters to the point where he can break his father's 50 defense. It's not hard if you use him, but not everyone is willing to...

[SenseiJinx]

Say, does Weapon EXP (or Strike, I guess) still level up if an attack misses or does no damage? I seem to remember that varied between FE's 7-8 and FE9...

[Dark Sonic]

I know for a fact that it still goes up, even if it does no damage (I wanted to boss abuse to get Ena up to par, but she couldn't do any damage. I had to get her to an SS in stikes to get any damage). I'm not sure about misses, but I don't think you get weapon experience if your weapon doesn't hit anything