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Topic: Fire Emblem 7 Tier Ranks
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Apr 27, 07 at 7:18pm
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quote MastaHazuki
By 'usefulness', is that in any regard to the letter rank? Or just how useful they are in-game regardless? i.e. Dart is a good unit with a midgame entrance, but makes you drop 50,000 from funds rank to promote him.

I believe Bartre should be higher, though. He gets a bad rap because of crappy lv. 1 bases but turns out competent.
Dart never promotes in a ranked HHM run without severely ruining ranks. Therefore, low tier.

Bartre is doubled by Chapter 12 GENERIC Brigands. He'd be higher if he wasn't so hard to train.

quote tomato13187
Bartre should be a tad higher, and Renault should be Low instead of Bottom.

Though Nils/Ninian, should be higher since they don't eat up any funds, except for the rings, though I don't think they sell for anything. They can grant a better unit another move, instead of a lesser unit, who might be more of a liability. Especially since the Twins have such great speed & luck, their dodge is amazing.
I'll consider bumping up Bartre but Renault deserves that spot. He isn't more useful than any of the characters above him.

Ninian/Nils is a waste of roster space. And Ninian's supports are a liability. Nils also takes up a space in the Final Chapter which could be used for someone else.

quote tomato13187
I beg to differ. Priscilla being limited to staves for the early portion of the game decreases her worth greatly.
HAHAHAHAHAHA-no. Healers are essential for every run and Priscilla is the best healer in Hector Hard Mode. Period.

Priscilla's base Mgc stat > Serra's Lv 7 Mgc.
Priscilla's 7 Mov > Serra's 5 Mov.
Priscilla's Aid > Serra's Aid.

That, and healers boost your EXP easier than attacking units do with Hard Mode EXP cut.

quote Carnivorous Sheep
I personally don't believe in Pent.

Canas > Priscilla.

Matthew > Legault
Anima and Staves are cheaper, lighter, and more easily available than Dark. And Luna kills funds rank.

Therefore, Priscilla > Canas.

Matthew > Legault as an Assassin.

Legault > Matthew as a Thief.

And since using the Fell Contract murders funds, and Silencer is a crappy skill, HHM-boosted Legault > Matthew.

quote fe7 8 9 10 r awsum
Yes, because Rath deserves 2. Sword + Bows pwn, as proved by Lyn. Plus a horse!
Rath is underlevelled and has mediocre stats all around. His only purpose is being a novelty of the only Nomad Trooper ingame.

quote Erk The Mage
I like rave and all, but he doesn't deserve to be #2.
Come to think of it, I think his and Oswin's place should be switched. Thoughts?

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Apr 27, 07 at 7:55pm
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Dart never promotes in a ranked HHM run without severely ruining ranks. Therefore, low tier.
So to answer my question; yes, the 'usefulness' we are considering factors in their contribution to their letter rank.

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Bartre is doubled by Chapter 12 GENERIC Brigands. He'd be higher if he wasn't so hard to train.
Bartre does well against the soldiers, knights and pegasus knights which are plentiful in about the first 5 chapters of the game. Soldiers and knights have poor to no AS to begin with, and peg knight and soldiers both have less con than iron lance weight. Of course, he has WTA against all of these units.

That should get him to a better level and a competent stats before you get into hard hitting chapters. He'll grow along with the rest of your army from there.

Only other thing I can think of right off the top of my head is that Athos should be lower on the list, since the fact that he's only there for one chapter outweighs his stats and abiliies. And Heath should be higher. I don't believe Geitz and Rath to be better than him.



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Apr 27, 07 at 8:39pm
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quote GhostMember
Anima and Staves are cheaper, lighter, and more easily available than Dark. And Luna kills funds rank.

Therefore, Priscilla > Canas.

Priscilla is replaceable, Canas is not.

Canas > Priscilla.



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Apr 27, 07 at 8:42pm
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quote MastaHazuki
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Bartre is doubled by Chapter 12 GENERIC Brigands. He'd be higher if he wasn't so hard to train.
Bartre does well against the soldiers, knights and pegasus knights which are plentiful in about the first 5 chapters of the game. Soldiers and knights have poor to no AS to begin with, and peg knight and soldiers both have less con than iron lance weight. Of course, he has WTA against all of these units.

That should get him to a better level and a competent stats before you get into hard hitting chapters. He'll grow along with the rest of your army from there.
Hm... true. I think he deserves to be bumped up a few spots.
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Only other thing I can think of right off the top of my head is that Athos should be lower on the list, since the fact that he's only there for one chapter outweighs his stats and abiliies. And Heath should be higher. I don't believe Geitz and Rath to be better than him.
Darn, I must've missed that while rearranging the list.

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Apr 27, 07 at 10:30pm
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Dart deserves top tier, as the only good axe user in the game how does he rank with the horrible prepromotes like Isadora?



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Apr 27, 07 at 10:40pm
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DN, youre right.Dorcas sucks and Bartre is a crappy low-speed EXP hog and is only useful to get Karla. Period. Dart rules and is also the only one in the game that can use the Ocean Seal, unless youre hacking.

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Apr 27, 07 at 11:26pm
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Dart deserves top tier, as the only good axe user in the game how does he rank with the horrible prepromotes like Isadora?
Key words you should remember: Ranked Run.

Ocean Seal is worth 50,000G.
Promoting Dart means -50,000G to funds rank.

Therefore, Dart does not promote in a ranked run rendering him useless after he hits 20/-.

Oh yeah, Hector, Oswin, Raven, Harken, Hawkeye, Kent, Geitz and Lowen feel unloved.

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Pent and Marcus are way overrated. They are both pre-promotes who are very strong but get surpassed by other characters in the same class.

Btw Batre is about even with Dorcas, but I prefer Batre.

Similar growth rates...

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Dorcas HP 80% Str 60% Skill 40% Speed 20% Def 25% Res 15% Luck 40%

Bartre HP 85% Str 50% Skill 35% Speed 40% Def 30% Res 25% Luck 30%
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Dorcas Lvl 3 HP 30 Str 7 Skill 7 Speed 6 Def 3 Res 0 Luck 3 Con 14
Batre Lvl 2 HP 29 Str 9 Skill 5 Speed 3 Def 4 Res 0 Luck 4 Con 13
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Apr 28, 07 at 10:03am
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I don't particularly favor the fact of my Dorcas being doubled by GENERALS in lategame. He gains 1 speed every 5 levels, leading to an 7-8 speed growth total ingame. That leads to about 14 speed at level 20/20 worrior, excluding premotional growths. Bartre doubles Dorcas in speed, giving him about 18-19 speed endgame, excluding premotional growths. He'd be doubling Dorcas in his sleep.



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Dorcas plain sucks anyway.



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Apr 28, 07 at 7:24pm
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Priscilla is replaceable, Canas is not.

Canas > Priscilla.
Priscilla is not replaceable! She is easier to level up and more usefull than Canas. You also get her before Canas. Without her, it would be much more difficult, you could do it without Canas just fine.



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I've never used Priscilla, and I find it quite easy. I tried without Canas once, and got completely owned by Chapter 23.

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Apr 28, 07 at 7:58pm
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quote Erk The Mage
Priscilla is not replaceable! She is easier to level up and more usefull than Canas. You also get her before Canas. Without her, it would be much more difficult, you could do it without Canas just fine.
ROFL.

A healer at level 3 is easier to level up than a level 8 Shaman? I lol'd.

Serra is a healer, and all promoted magic units heal. There's definitely no shortage of Anima.

Canas, on the other hand, is the only Dark user.



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Apr 28, 07 at 11:23pm
re: Fire Emblem 7 Tier Ranks

quote teh_swordmaster
Pent and Marcus are way overrated. They are both pre-promotes who are very strong but get surpassed by other characters in the same class.

Btw Batre is about even with Dorcas, but I prefer Batre.

Similar growth rates...
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Dorcas HP 80% Str 60% Skill 40% Speed 20% Def 25% Res 15% Luck 40%

Bartre HP 85% Str 50% Skill 35% Speed 40% Def 30% Res 25% Luck 30%
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and similar base stats...
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Dorcas Lvl 3 HP 30 Str 7 Skill 7 Speed 6 Def 3 Res 0 Luck 3 Con 14
Batre Lvl 2 HP 29 Str 9 Skill 5 Speed 3 Def 4 Res 0 Luck 4 Con 13
Source
Hahahaha- no. I'd like to see you even try a ranked HHM run without Marcus before you go on further about him.

And Pent is one of the best units in HHM. Unrapable bases, high weapon levels, instant A support, needs no training, and prepromoted, saving your funds rank about 10K.

Erk requires training and a Guiding Ring and ends up worse than Pent except for Spd, which hardly matters as Pent doubles most generic enemies.

Nino is useless in a ranked run.

And Bartre is the best Warrior in the game. 'Nuff said.

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quote Erk The Mage
Priscilla is not replaceable! She is easier to level up and more usefull than Canas. You also get her before Canas. Without her, it would be much more difficult, you could do it without Canas just fine.
ROFL.

A healer at level 3 is easier to level up than a level 8 Shaman? I lol'd.

Serra is a healer, and all promoted magic units heal. There's definitely no shortage of Anima.

Canas, on the other hand, is the only Dark user.
Actually, yes. Priscilla's staves always give her the same EXP in all modes, while Canas' EXP gains are cut in HHM due to him being an attacking unit.

Serra's magic is inferior to Priscilla's even with a level advantage. Priscilla's movement also makes her a better healer than Serra.

And why not have another Anima user? Anima is the best magic type ingame, being the cheapest, lightest, and second strongest.

Dark magic is arguably the worst magic type for a ranked run, as it is rare and costs so much.

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And abusing staves is even more expensive than Dark Magic, I don't see your point.

Dark Magic is still invaluable. Making the run without Canas will make things a lot harder on yourself.



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