Are they worth using? I never really got a decent unit out of them because they are so fragile.

With magic users, i tend to stick to Pricilla and Serra for healing, and Pent for my anima. I'd say they're worth using, if only because in Light you'll be wanting to hit most of the enemies from afar, and Athos can't be in two places at once.

Actually, none of the magic units are actually considered bad. They make up in their low Def by usually attacking from afar as well as their excellent offenses due to their targeting Res.

In a ranked run, the only Magical units you should avoid are Serra (not good for supporting people), Canas (Dark magic. :[), and Nino (obvious reasons).

Lucius, Canas, Nino and Priscilla.

I like Serra too, but she's not as good as the others...

Priscilla and Lucius(and Nino in Normal Mode) = the win.
I wouldn't use Nino on Hard Mode, too much effort. Erk isn't that great Pent isn't that great, though comes in really powerful, Priscilla is a better anima user. Serra is ok, but not worth using. Priscilla is a better healer and attacker. Lucius is WAY better for a light magic user and Serra's not a very powerful attacker. Canas is good, depends on if you want to make room for him on your team, I do. Renault is worthless and should be avoided at all costs. Athos is self explainitory even though he's selfish and doesn't share his super fire tome(can't remember it's name).

The Magic units in FE7 are very good. I personally like to cover my bases and use

Anime-Pricila and Nino
Light-Lucius
Dark-Canas
Edit:How did I forget about Athos? Like it is said below, be is godly.

This way I have all three types of magic, 4 staff users (one mounted), and they form a good support pool with other powerful units.

This message was edited by Holy Warrior on Aug 13 2007.

Pent is a godly pre-promote. He is actually really good. Canas was my third best character on my HHM... 1st being Hector, then Rath (=| Tis true, He pwned), then Canas.

quote GhostMember

In a ranked run, the only Magical units you should avoid are ... Canas (Dark magic. :[)...

Erk - Heh, Erk has a 50/50 chance of either getting RNG blessed or RNG screwed. I usually use him, but drop him for Pent if he looks like he's sucking.

Serra - Decent healer. I like Prissy better for utility purposes, but Serra's light magic is better than Priscilla's anima.

Lucius - Fragile to start with, but pure power later in the game. I train him up in Lyn's mode so that he'll be ready to use in Eliwood's or Hector's.

Priscilla - My main healer, simply because she's on horseback.

Canas - The only dark magic user you get, and an awesome one at that. IMO, he totally owns every other mage. Plus, Luna is absolutely invaluable against many bosses.

Pent - One of the only prepromotes in the entire FE series that's worth using every single playthrough. He beats Erk by a mile usually, and starts off with an A-Rank in both Anima and Staves. Beautiful.

Nino - We all know about Nino. If I decide to use her, I just use the mine glitch on the sidequest following her chapter. Otherwise, it's just too difficult.

Renault - Lol, Renault. I take the Fortify staff and let him commit suicide. XD

Athos - He's the UEU - Uber Endgame Unit. 'Nuff said.

All in all, I like the magic users in this game. Artur, Lute, etc. don't come close to Pent or Lucius. The FE9 mages, though, rape the FE7 ones. 'Cept for Bastian. He sucks.

EDIT: Added Renault. Wonder how I could've possibly forgotten him?

quote BSmith3

Renault - Lol, Renault. I take the Fortify staff and let him commit suicide. XD

EDIT: Added Renault. Wonder how I could've possibly forgotten him?

I'm pretty sure that was the result of massive hax.

what I dont get is why he comes so late, and sucks so much ass lol.

What I don't get is why he comes at all.

well, isn't it possible for him to be good if you save all your stat boosters for him? Then again, who in thier right mind would do such a thing for such a suck ass character?

Well, not me of course!