Which Classes are Actually Worth Mastering? - A Three Houses Guide!

A comprehensive guide and tier list on all the equipable abilities gained from class mastery in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Not all abilities are cut from the same cloth. Let's stitch this switch and start sewing!
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[@TheUnlukyGamer]

STARTER CLASSES: 1:12 Noble/Commoner: 1:16 Dancer: 24:54 BEGINNER CLASSES: 1:44 Pre-Time Skip Lord: 24:58 Myrmidon: 2:00 Fighter: 2:09 Monk: 2:10 Soldier: 2:13 UNIT POSITIONAL SKILLS TALK: 2:18 Reposition: 2:54 Draw Back: 3:01 Shove: 3:14 Swap: 3:25 OVERALL THOUGHTS & EASIER WAYS TO MASTER CLASSES: 3:47 INTERMIDIATE CLASSES BEGIN: 4:35 Mercenary: 4:35 Thief: 5:50 Armored Knight: 6:31 Cavalier: 6:54 Brigand: 7:39 Mage: 7:52 Pegasus Knight: 7:59 Archer: 8:17 Brawler: 8:57 Dark Mage: 10:09 Priest: 11:24 A WORD BEFORE CONTINUING: 12:21 ADVANCED & MASTER CLASSES: 13:11 ADVANCED CLASSES: Hero: 13:13 Assassin: 15:20 Fortress Knight: 16:07 Paladin: 16:49 Wyvern Rider: 17:01 Warrior: 18:09 Grappler: 19:55 Warlock: 20:48 Dark Bishop: 21:23 MASTER CLASSES: Gremory: 13:27 Bow Knight: 13:41 Great Knight: 13:57 Holy Knight: 14:11 Falcon Knight: 14:31 Wyvern Lord: 15:07 Dark Knight: 17:32 Mortal Servent: 22:17 War Master: 22:28 Post-Time Skip Lord: 25:13

[@yourmumgayaf2951]

HaHa 7 you deserve my respecc

[@tronitac0523]

Thanks man, altough you forgot to put regular bishop in 22:00

[@BrokenG-String]

Where's sniper?

[@tronitac0523]

@@BrokenG-String Actually, there are some classes that don't give you an ability when mastered, and only a combat art exclusive to that class , like swordmaster (Astra), Sniper (Hunter's volley), and 2nd tier post time skip lords (3 separate ones for each lord that i don't remember), and because of that, i think i decided not to cover them in the video.

[@remenant7372]

I’d give you Reddit gold if we were on Reddit

[@airikawsum3373]

I'll be honest, I only use Unarmed Combat on my Wyverns because the idea of someone jumping off their mount to punch the crap out of you is hilarious to me.

[@DarkusFireBlaze3582]

Hang on, that's possible? Yo hit me up with that

[@kungfumaster298]

haha, this is funny gotta try this 🤣

[@azirul9311]

@@DarkusFireBlaze3582 you can dismount in this game my guy.Helpful when getting to terrain on horse unit (or getting off said horse to punch the crap out of your opponent)

[@issysito320]

It's funny to punch a giant demonic beast with Raphael's iron fists

[@eLiiZsAn92]

Plus Claude jumps off his wyvern to shoot an arrow while he's in mid air, upside down 😂😂

[@scottw7686]

"I think the game actively encourages experimentation" >laughs in Dark Mage Raphael

[@Icynova]

>laughs in Brawler Lorenz

[@Sterncold]

Brawler Lorenz is actually viable >laughs in bandit Lysithea

[@EmblemSnake]

>laughs in swordmaster Dedue

[@dinosaurusrex1482]

I can't tell if any of you are being serious or not

[@EmblemSnake]

@@dinosaurusrex1482 my Dedue ended up with 31 speed as a sword master at level 40 and no stat boosters. Of course he was tanky as hell too.

[@murphthasmurf5923]

“Bows won’t have any gambits with more than two range” Immortal Corps: it’s free real estate

[@Choops6969]

Maybe i shouldve said enemy bows. I felt like it was pretty self explanatory tho.

[@FloraOfTheCats]

ashes and dust be busted as fuck -pac

[@l.n.3372]

Fusillade is a bow based Gambit as well. Fairly certain it has 2-3 range too. Claude's Gambit is fucking broken tho because it's easily the best flier Gambit when the other flier locked gambits are average.

[@carlphilippgaebler5704]

Fusillade, available on most archer battalions, also is 2-3 range. Also gives accuracy, so it is a perfect fit for my fortress knights.

[@TheRedAzuki]

@@l.n.3372 massive damage, massive range, massive aoe and gives like 8 physical damage too.

[@RurouniZakruo]

Wait wait. But have you considered: the unarmed play-through. Seize the edge of dawn with your fists.

[@ChronosRaikou]

I got unarmed combat on my Enlightened One Byleth for the luls of people being "Enlightened by these HANDS"

[@britonro7975]

Petra saying “you will be SLAPPED down” really just hits different that way

[@guthetanuki256]

New Game Maddening Byleth Solo with Fists Good luck.

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

@@ChronosRaikou The power of my bitch slap compels you!

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@guthetanuki256 >Laughs in Calendar glitch

[@Pap3rMoon]

Can we talk about how silky smooth the video edits are? It's eye candy

[@thefuture269]

I agree!

[@RogueHippie13]

Shit, I’m still getting over the voice. I’m sold on the channel already

[@shirounshiroun7555]

Yea especially at 7:15, man look at this multi-blow icon! Now I wish it was a real skill

[@leskelley6849]

The edits? Nah, I am too busy admiring how surprisingly hot he is.

[@captainkarnage9874]

10/10 Much better than any of the "X Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing 3 Houses"

[@Sonicstriforce]

"Number 7, Armor Units are WEAK to Mages"

[@Thedanclan776]

Number 6 use gambits

[@Starwars-Fanboy]

Number 5 : use your squishier units to attack first then have Fredric take the kill

[@tahamohammad8842]

@@Starwars-Fanboy number 4: remember the difference between casual and classic mode as you might have your units die forever

[@failure4452]

3: The weapon triangle was removed

[@Rilobster]

Just realized the poison strike icon is a snake. This makes sense.

[@rhyno4152]

Omg you’re right

[@Rilobster]

rhyno haha whoa wtf you’re on my heroes friend list

[@michaelmorris9546]

Except that snakes aren't poisonous...they are venomous (yes, there is a difference). But it is cool at any rate. Perhaps a cup of fluid that "looked" poisonous just wasn't descriptive enough..?

[@4sticky2fingerz0]

@@michaelmorris9546 fr venom is injected or enters through blood right? and poisen is ingested correct ?

[@michaelmorris9546]

Alan Martinez You are correct sir....I couldn’t resist commenting since I’m in a “ID this snake” Facebook group.

[@RAGEAlanBun]

I really want to do a run where my entire squad are War Masters. No magic at all, just Healing Focus for recovery and the sheer POWER OF THE FIST for high def enemies.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Give them the retribution Gambit so they'll always be able to counter EVERYTHING.

[@Choops6969]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 EVERYTHING- but gambits and siege tomes.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@Choops6969 Also Hegemon Edelgard's first attack. I tried out last night when I beat my second BL run on hard difficulty, which is a shame.

[@mawan132]

@@Choops6969 Siege tome actually get countered by Retribution -Bolting at least. that's one of the easiest way I found to deal with them However, ballista can't get countered that way, so that's one weakness

[@elgatto3133]

I did that on BL hard. Was cathartic.

[@KRYvideos]

Brawlers: Class Mastery Skill: Beating up nerds

[@qweandahalf7757]

Quick Ripose cancels follow ups? Well that explains why my Raphael was sweeping hard.

[@bennelson2571]

QweAndAHalf bruh for real, my first run through on GD was literally carried by a warmaster Raphael

[@ebicbarton]

And people say Raphael is always bad

[@sed1589]

@@ebicbarton same with Caspar . My caspar sweeps fields alone

[@pearsemolloy9656]

@@ebicbarton I never really understood that, every time I use Raphael he’s pretty damn good even without quick riposte. High strength and high defence is always great to have on a unit and since he gravitates towards brawling anyway high speed for doubling isn’t necessary.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Raphael is the only unit in the game that has Monster Crusher, the brawling Combat Art. You'd think that after the DLC gave us the fastest unit, a character effective against Monsters, and a Magic user that has a boon in Reason and learns Bolting, they'd give it to the Brawler with his own relic.

[@KaiaKaito]

Time to see my friend Raphael as Dark Bishop for Life Taker and Quick Resposte carry. I will support him with all my noble power or my name is not Lorenz Hellmann Gloucester!

[@lizzytrip4560]

Well... you're no Ferdinand Von Aegir

[@Emboarbof]

We aren't racist, both Lorenz Hellmann Gloucester and Ferdinand Von Aegir and PewDiePie deserve to use Quick Riposte. *Well, we're not racist, but sexist, since whamen can't use it*

[@Anonymos185]

I thought your whole character's deal was that the nobles had to do all the fighting to protect the commoners?

[@pnl6189]

˙ɹǝɥʇǝƃoʇ ʇɐǝɹƃ ǝq plnoɔ ǝʍ 'ɹǝǝp uǝploפ 'ǝɯ 'noʎ ʇnq uoᴉuᴉdo ɹnoʎ ʎɐʍs oʇ ʇoN

[@StarfallMudkipzGirl]

Next up, we’ll see you in the Dancer class.

[@HopelessXzavier]

"can you get counter in this game?" "No" "Warmaster says otherwise"

[@Choops6969]

Wut?

[@DemonicMonkey88]

Warmaster can't get counter...

[@DemonicMonkey88]

@Fermín Javier Arro Álvarez Counter as in that thing character's like Edelgard have when their your enemy. Distant counter's half-breed cousin or something. I know we have things like close counter and vantage, etc.

[@emu7997]

@@DemonicMonkey88 retribution gambit

[@DemonicMonkey88]

@@emu7997 ?

[@MaxMonado]

Of course this comes out after I finished my 4th playthrough Time for number 5 I guess

[@peteypgc]

I’m watching this after my 5th playthrough 😤

[@axlorg89]

Just in time for my 5th Maddening playthrough

[@nameinvalidLOL69]

Well I was about to start a maddening playthrough so this info is things I kind of figured out but good to confirm. I mean, I didn't consider the blow skills as good on hard playthroughs, but definitely can see them being really good on maddening (too bad I wanna be Femleth just so I can get an early Sylvain for a new GD run. His tankiness is too good to pass up the war master skill).

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

@@nameinvalidLOL69 Sylvain is such a good pick for GD. Raphael and Hilda just don't cut it as a front line without significant investment.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 Sylvain was my only unit who could Quadruple Nemesis with a good hit rate, while surviving more than 2 hits.

[@Radiant_Emerald]

Deep down we all know, commoner is the best class .-.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

I'm pretty sure it's the only class that can run the coveted caster/gauntlet hybrid build we've all been dreaming of, so I guess that technically makes it the best in the game. Friendship with wyverns over.

[@ThisIsntAYoutuber]

A Prinny Slacking Off no Mortal Savant can use fists and magic as well... But then you’d be running Mortal Savant.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

@@ThisIsntAKZbinr oh, really? Way to go Mortal Savant! It actually ties with commoner/noble in terms of viability! Shame about that sword requirement, though.

[@DjayT.]

I built my Dorothea as a commoner since I had every class I needed but wanted to make a joke character oh and cause she looks better with her *JOJO* Hat

[@Shalakor]

I think Dancer is also not considered a mage class, and can thus equip gauntlets... Can anyone else confirm this?

[@Kanto_Pkmn]

11:06 "But on a bow class it helps because of their lower damage output" *Laughs in Shamir*

[@pablojams5152]

Also *laughs in magic bow, knightkneeler* Bow classes can handle basically any situation if setup right

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

*Laughs in Bow Knight Ashe after taking him through the Fighter and Brigand Classes.*

[@cbhensoncbhenson5515]

I don’t know if it’s because I got RNG screwed but for my first playthrough, my Shamir had the 2nd lowest attack out of the units I actually used regularly but had just under 50 Dex by the endgame. She could crit like a champ but as far as normal attacks go she was pretty weak.

[@tigerwarrior1787]

*Laughs in Sniper Felix, who apparently just seems to crit every other shot and do base 20 damage* Seriously, before I reset that due to (SPOILERS), Felix kept getting MPV, even when he was on the defensive, he wasn't taking too much damage, and was hitting like a monster. WITH ARCHERY ONLY CLASSES! His level ups were monstrously insane.

[@anidiotplayslivestream5206]

@@cbhensoncbhenson5515 You definitely got RNG screwed, then - I had 4 archers on my Golden Deer run, and at ~3 levels lower than them my Shamir literally never left a single non-monster enemy alive after hitting. Crits or otherwise. Even Claude using Failnaught couldn't quite manage that in the final battle, though to be fair I think *I* might have been RNG screwed with him...

[@chrishunter9185]

The person who draws the thumbnails is really good. I really like his/her's art.

[@kelvinrafael6361]

They should have given the black and red background if you activate lethality

[@nevets2371]

Kelvin Rafael as not worth it as it is right now (petra kills more with crits than she every will with lethality, as will pretty much any character who masters assassin) I would have still used it if it still had the same kind of animation as it did in Awakening.

[@shiny9690]

(Persona 5 intensifies)

[@karabirb]

Yeah honestly. I’ve never used Lethality because it’s GOOD (bc it’s REALLY not and never really has been), but I put it on every character I could in Awakening bc that animation is just so, SO good. You have no idea how disappointed I was when I trained Cyril through assassin just for that tiny lil ability pop up and no fanfare smh

[@ShinkuDragon]

@@karabirb not an exaple of this game, but i actually used lethality as part of my strategy in FE8. the goddamn axe cyclops had so much HP i'd just send an assassin their way and hope that he'd OHKO them. otherwise they'll eventually fall dead while my other units clean the rest of the map.

[@karabirb]

TheShinkuDragon you’re still just hoping for it to work tho. Like at least against Terrors it has a decent activation rate bcc their low luck, but that doesn’t mean it’s GOOD lmao. It’s like relying on a crit, but even more inconsistent

[@RiffRaffish]

Where have your videos been my whole life, my first playthrough has reached 60 hours and I'm not even past chapter 9 because I sit there looking at the screen pondering the universe for 45 minutes after every activity point.

[@ryexanuri7604]

To anybody coming back to this video after two years and curious about the interaction: Poison Strike works off of Silence. Do with this information what you will.

[@Sonicstriforce]

19:15 "But is the extensive amount of set up, both before and during combat anymore effective than just playing the game normally on player phase, and utilizing the strengths of your whole team? NO......it's still fun as Fuck but NOO!" *This is basically how we all feel on the inside about skills setups*

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

But we do it anyway

[@mehmemeh5285]

....ehhhh this comment was made 2 years ago, i won't say anything.

[@Tom-vx7qh]

"It's an ability you have to pray for." Now what class is it on again?

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Priest and Assassin.

[@shadedhydra6674]

Quick Riposte is literally what Heroes is gonna do with that skill for the Tier 4 version. It's honestly worth it for many units like Raphael, Dedue, I'm even giving it to my Hanneman since you use him every play through and his Speed is awful, I'm literally only improving his Axe and Brawling ranks.

[@geenobe9941]

ShadedHydra honestly its good on anyone. Fast units like felix are able to double SM and Assasins with it.

[@shadedhydra6674]

Geenobe Personally I don’t find as much as a use for it on him since he was so fast anyway but it definitely is a worthwhile class Route for him anyway so I’ll definitely be trying it out in the future.

[@yukicraft3210]

Till 3H I hadn’t played a FE game aside from FEH (which isn’t even a “real” FE game), and I was thinking on my original playthrough: Why did they make QR BETTER than in FEH? Edit: I didn’t get to QR in his video, and learned that it also has a pseudo Wary Fighter built in. It got better somehow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@shadedhydra6674]

Grant Delia Alois is basically made for that class, with such high weapon ranks in Axes and Gauntlets it's very easy to get that class just a bit into the timeskip depending on how much you use him.

[@lucg4005]

Here from the future, unfortunately they didn’t go down this route. Just has better hp threshold and damage reduction, and has already been powercrept.

[@Anonymos185]

Tbh i really miss the busted skills from Awakening, because they FELT like major rewards for mastering classes. The triggered skills like Astra, Luna, Sol and Vengeance with their high activation rates... The stackable Rallybot characters, the stronger Renewal and Lifetaker, the broken WeaponBreaker skills, the 100% Armsthrift... And Galeforce. Oh holy lord, i miss Galeforce

[@sanderkiki]

yea the current lifetaker is such a bummerand disappointment, and i hate class they gave poison strike too, wish it was thief so you would ask yourself if you want your archers dipinto swords and master it for more cheap damage or go bow/spear/cavalry for bow knight primarily both dark seal classes are such weak rewards for a boss kill i dont understand why devs made them so special, they are not really better than their counterparts and their masteries and skills are pretty bad.

[@victordavila1475]

Ah yeah, Awakening’s skills are busted over high activation rates and use overall though something I’m a bit upset on trying to accomplish for lunatic is getting all the skills on the exp dlc maps as the rates aren’t fixed there with the only enemies there is that actually get a good chunk of exp are those 60 hp enemies where the rest float around 10 or 1 exp. Reason why I’m doing dlc map is because seriously the roaming enemies on lunatic is not fun at all cause they are all in an advanced class, gets forged weapons and have capped stats.

[@Anonymos185]

@@victordavila1475 I'm sorry, but i didn't understand half of what you just wrote. I think you need better understanding of punctuation and/or grammar.

[@victordavila1475]

I was talking about the difficulty of grinding for skills on the lunatic difficulty of Awakening.

[@sanderkiki]

@@victordavila1475 i never finished lunatic in awekening as frederick cheese at beginning was too boring =_=

[@mrkisukes]

It seems as though they used FEH as a template for how abilities would be handled without thinking about how much of a difference the meta is between the games. The small and quick formats of FEH battles easily allow players to make Desperation nukes, since you're typically not going to get overwhelmed, so protecting these glass canons is easier. However, mainline games require players to deal with swarms over the course of a longer battle that will likely require even your glass canons to take unexpected hits. This is particularly frustrating cause they removed support skills like Inspiration and heavily nerfed Rally skills, but didn't add the new support skills like Spur, Hone, or Fortify. This effectively whittles the support archetype back down to just being a heal bot since there aren't really any support abilities and the only ones they have access to are not worth while when compared to just equipping offensive skills like Fiendish Blow and the S/S+ magic abilities they'll unlock.

[@zwillscoopchannel9689]

mrkisukes also is it just me or do enemies go after mages the most

[@nickeldime6713]

I noticed this same thing. They threw in a bunch of abilities from Heroes without really thinking about whether or not they would be useful in this much bigger type of game. It also seems as though they removed a lot of skills from past fire emblem games which were significantly more useful than what we have been left with. I remember looking at tier lists for awakening and fates and they had a ton of skills that were all listed as worth it or must have, mean while the majority of the lists for three houses has most abilities down in very situational or not really worth it.

[@kieranpearson5096]

@@nickeldime6713 Tier lists aren't really a good source. Never have been because there is so much you can do

[@nickeldime6713]

@@kieranpearson5096 well yes and no, going by just one, you are definitely right, but you can generally gather data from multiple tier lists, and if you notice something is consistently at the bottom or top, it gives you a decent idea of what might be considered overpowered or just garbage. Basically no one seems to care for the defiant abilities in three houses, which kind of tells you their general worth, meaning even with all those different people play styles and builds, those skills still end up consistently lacking for basically everyone.

[@eternalposts680]

Annette (and a few others) can get all of the rally abilities, which can lead to some pretty fun stat buffs

[@MotivatedSparda]

I made Dimitri a war master let's just say he defiantly earned the name one eyed demon.

[@denisek.1777]

Daddy Claude Thank you for the advice; I‘ll do that when I start playing the Blue Lion route.

[@silverrain530]

*Definitely

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@SleepyWolf But he didn't learn a Defiant ability

[@jomaq9233]

Is Dimitri secretly Majima?

[@jomaq9233]

Edelgard: “You’ve got a lot of nerve, you one-eyed monster!”

[@ShermTank7272]

Recently with the Anna quests, I’d say “Steal” has gone from “poop” to “extremely situational”, since on skirmish maps that spawn Trade Secrets, 2 out of 3 can _only_ be stolen, and unless you want to respec to a lower class you’ll be completing those quests (and thus obtaining more stat boosters) at a much slower rate.

[@petery6432]

There's also Dimitri's paralogue, where you steal a seraph robe that can't be gotten any other way.

[@pietroloz]

Finally a fucking good guide on skills Thanks choopi Thanks a lot

[@gothphoebe]

>tomebreaker synergizing well with darting blow *cries in gender locked classes*

[@Choops6969]

Oof thats a bad on my part sorry.

[@gothphoebe]

@@Choops6969 I mean, byleth in ng+ can do it :>

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Imagine not reclassing Raphael into girl.

[@acario100]

Jeritza learns darting blow

[@ryangallagher9723]

@@acario100 And you only have him for five chapters.

[@goldenmunchborn951]

I was confused about whether or not if I should get some of these skills or not, and this video helped out with that. Thanks

[@dango2917]

Notification squad for the silky smooth voice and fire Emblem second

[@veravera6571]

mortal savant lysithea in the thumbnail is triggering me

[@Choops6969]

that's the point.

[@lizzytrip4560]

The only units I've ever made Mortal Savant were Felix, Petra, and Cathrin because I literally couldn't think of anything else to do with them

[@veravera6571]

@@lizzytrip4560 Felix is decent if he has enough speed by promotion but thats kinda just Felix being broken. assassins seem to be better as a sword class

[@psio4213]

@@lizzytrip4560 Petra is an amazing Wyvern Lord and Catherine is just a better Swordmaster

[@lizzytrip4560]

@@psio4213 but muh sword master Petra tho. Lol, thanks for the info!

[@manuelsilva9993]

The presentation of Chaz's videos are so god damn good i find myself rewatching his videos constantly I've easily watched this video in it's entirety 8-9 times. The combination of his editing plus this artist's amazing work plus the great conveying of info is god damn wonderful for rewatchability.

[@JosephHk743]

Before anyone asks, the weight abilities have already been addressed in a different video Chaz posted. I never knew about the enemy follow-up denial property of QR. That is definitely broken. I agree with most of your explanations Chaz. Player phase seems more important this time because enemies stack together more. The movement arts, Blows (Death, Darting, and Fiendish) and simple stat boosts are worth it. Thanks for making this very informative and detailed!

[@anaven27]

Believe me, if you play Maddening difficulty you'll learn about that property soon enough. Friggen' Quick Riposte Swordmasters. Most obscene thing in the whole game.

[@JosephHk743]

anaven27 thanks for the heads up. I’ll make sure to try the combo for myself and also be careful of those guys in Maddening. That sounds more dangerous than bow knights with poison strike.

[@ShermTank7272]

The weight abilities also don't come from class masteries; they only come from the heavy armor skill. Same reason that the Prowess skills, Alert Stance, etc. aren't mentioned here.

[@laggalot1012]

@@anaven27 Learning about that property from Maddening Swordmasters would require me to have a unit that could double them to begin with. That... hasn't been the case for me.

[@gligurr]

ARMOR KNIGHT ANNETTE BAYBEE

[@Icynova]

spicie if Dunky played 3 Houses

[@lucifermorningstar8562]

How do you get her Strength up? Lol. I'm trying to get her to bulk up but all her stats keep going into her Magic stat rather than strength.

[@radioactivebeverage]

@@lucifermorningstar8562 its a three weeks old comment, but feed her LOTS of stat boosters ( it's how i got my marianne to beat up randoms with gauntlets after making her a dancer lol ) i suggest you look up which flowers and seeds you have to plant for the boosters and which maps might have some hidden gems. also, if you got the dlc, the new additional map is stuffed with stat boosters. :)

[@HonkHonkGoose776]

Don’t, use Lightning Axe

[@StarfallMudkipzGirl]

This video: These are the classes that are worth mastering. Me: *masters every single fucking class* Imma just master every class for every character and then do maddening difficulty, lol.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

The only way to play Maddening.

[@MidnightCapricorn2696]

I'm just gonna master every class I can for everyone just for the fun of it. Even the Special Classes.

[@arronk3]

this is legit what im gonna do, but man its gonna take so much time lmfao

[@OfficialJugg]

Honestly girls need to only master brawle-.

[@joelsasmad]

Man Petra's crit ability would make her a great Warma-.

[@kungfudragon321]

Warlord is only male-exclusive because the devs were terrified of the raw destructive power Hilda would have if she could get it

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

@@kungfudragon321 True, though it's frustrating that Hilda has the best stat spread to be a brawler, but can't specialize in it. Almost as frustrating as no dark mage Lysithea. That fire spell looks so lonely.

[@britonro7975]

Ok but I’m just saying Grappler Petra might give Hilda a run for her money

[@ASN_JAY]

Kungfudragon legit made her a dancer late game since I didn't have a master class I wanted to make her

[@oceanbluboi]

Yo, I’m two years late but your edit and layout to this video is grade S+. It’s so clean and neat and so easy to visually absorb.

[@Choops6969]

13:38 should read +8 to magic. obv oops

[@nitez2730]

Chad Aria LLC

[@fe7general837]

Man if it gave +8 res then I wouldn’t be in such a tight spot against all mages Such a shame

[@tinchosabala]

Literally unwatchable

[@PuzzlesBlake]

Dang I missed two easy mistakes. Sorry Chaz

[@KingKam93]

I made my Sylvain become a Great Knight and Got both Pavise and Aegis and he basically tanks everything (even mages) from the enemy team. But I haven't tried it on Maddening so I don't know how that's gonna go. Doing my Maddening playthrough currently. (Archers are the most frustrating units to play against)

[@SwifferSweeper23]

Dancer Ferdinand is an evasion god enemy phase. Also making Lysithea an Assassin+Vantage was terrifyingly good. High magic, speed and dexterity, no one could stop her.

[@vortexoblivion85]

I remember the sweet times I had when I put a Sailor Moon-haired girl, her daughter and a flower-named thief at the arena just to see how they managed to clear it with a meager 1 HP... Prayer will always have a special place in my heart :') As always, you did a splendid job with that video, Chaz and kudos to Kuroburapi for the cute thumbnail.

[@Chilled_Soul]

18:50 Sorry, I can't hear you over my crit batallion crit ring killing axe + wrath batallion wrath Hilda, what was that about entrusting survival to chance?

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Wow, you must really be *making her work* huh?

[@FieryMeltman]

20:59 Actually, the Fusillade gambit has 2-3 range, but your point still stands.

[@fubu72]

I agree Defiant Avoid and Crit are on a category of their own. Defiant Avoid is the one that actually feels intuitive. And I thought Defiant Crit was not that big of a deal or very different from Wrath but... let Seteth learn that shit and he can Swift Strikes with a Killer Lance+ or Smash Killer Axe+ with a Major Crest of Cichol as a safety net and he just deletes enemies, then cantos away into safety.

[@Yiann828]

"Vantage and wrath are situational because most enemies outrange you". Retribution Gambit: "Allow me to introduce myself".

[@moonadoo1006]

17:03 I’d like to add here that the bow combat art break shot does exactly what seal defense does without using an ability slot and instead using a combat art slot Edit: thanks for the heart man!

[@SharurFoF]

This was shockingly on point. Good shit! You're so right about keeping your units healed, and the gymnastics people go through to set up the low HP stuff is so baffling to me. This ain't Heroes! I would consider moving a couple of the movement skills up to top tier. Perhaps we don't care about turn counts yet, but Draw Back and Reposition, as well as Shove on mounted units, are all going to be fantastic for that.

[@Team_Orchid]

Shoutouts to Darting Blow for coming with triangle attack, which between the monster units and canto on all fliers is a lot easier to pull off in this game than the GBA ones. Sure it requires 3+ fliers to pull off but fliers are kinda kickass in this game. Highly recommended on any lady you plan on getting airborne.

[@sanderkiki]

yeah it rocks, on maddening im running 4 fliers - 2 wyverns(hilda/sylvein) 2 pegasus(me and ingrid) and having this skill prooved to be fun and viable.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

And it does the same animation as Gambit Boosts.

[@skynet0912]

Poison Strike also has the added bonus of not hitting the current healthbar on a beast! So if you take down a beasts healthbar, the Poison Strike will proc on the next health bar instead. So if the enemy has 1hp left on a bar, use a Poison Strike unit, as you both get the kill on the current bar, but also the 20% damage on the next, which is the enly way a unit can damage two different healthbars in one round...

[@shawnlyons6543]

This is a really cool interaction that I didn't know about!

[@shanner]

Took you long enough Choopi smh. jokes aside theres a lot of effort put in to this one (as with all the other vids) so Im excited to watch!!!

[@micaholson7293]

Watched through the whole video. It's definitely interesting. It would help a lot more though if you actually made a written list rating the skills and having their respective classes next to them.

[@anonyd7300]

As soon as I saw Chaz posted a new video, I Knew I Just Had To Watch It!

[@Silversky1113]

The amount of work and time put into this video is admirable.

[@dolphun4425]

I really like how you still include synergy suggestions for all skills no matter their viability. It makes me feel like I can go in and experiment even more too.

[@Choops6969]

Thinking outside the box is where the fun is!

[@dolphun4425]

@@Choops6969 Wow, thanks for the reply! I want to tell you I appreciate this and your video!

[@remnants9974]

"I don't use dancers because I'm a real gamer" somehow find it funny with how I made lorenz dancer in my golden deer run

[@royalry7129]

this presentation style and editing is next level pleasing to the eye and really supports a robust analysis nice work to all involved

[@greder23]

Tons of great insight here that will help me with my third playthrough with the Golden Deer, then ultimately, the elusive 4th path. Thanks Choopi-beans. We don't deserve you.

[@rebelskirmisher]

If you aren't spamming Swordmasters with Lethality, you're playing 3 Houses the wrong way _Change my Mind_

[@veiotisligon9140]

Arthur Martins it’s obvious you lost your mind a long time ago so I can’t change it lol

[@gothphoebe]

*W Y V E R N K N I G H T S A N D B O W K N I G H T*

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

I believe the correct experience is either to give your characters random classes without actually changing what that character does, or else submitting to to the all-devouring force that is wyvern spam. Or better yet, both. Swordmaster classing into wyvern rider, and flexing on bow knights by giving a bow to your pegasus is the true three houses experience

[@Aurirang]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 I'm only a bit salty that they didn't bring back Malig knight and Dark flyer. Flying Magic classes would absolutely wreck havoc.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

@@Aurirang There's something like 4 new classes coming in Wave 4 of the DLC, so who knows?

[@rune4193]

I’m almost glad they nerfed enemy phase this game... BUT WAIT That THING It scares me *Dimitri Chilling with Lance Crit + 10 Quick Repost Battalion Wrath Battalion Vantage and Killer Lance +* He loses to range tho

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Chalice of Beginnings: allow me to introduce myself

[@tahamohammad8842]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 retribution gambit+ giving Dimitri a critical ring: allow me to introduce myself

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@tahamohammad8842 Bow Knight also works.

[@JCyria]

The video was edited with great design and on time effects. Also, the guide is very helpful as you explained it as clear and simple as possible. You earned a new subscriber!

[@Pwner]

Man seeing you upload every time just brightens my day, because I get to see such amazing edits that flow so seamlessly through the video. Also what do you think about the class specific combat arts?

[@Choops6969]

Hunter's Volley is great if your archer isn't going to be doubling. My bernie is at 18 speed rn at timeskip so yeah she's not going bow knight it seems. Astra blows.

[@Sundel_Marlutte]

This guide is great, but that smooth voice is just...DAMN

[@jaredparks4713]

I master every class just because I have a problem with unfilled gauges. Edit: I'm sorry, Quick Riposte STOPS ENEMY FOLLOW-UP ATTACKS? WHAT?!

[@MetaDash]

"submissive chair wife" jc chaz

[@kaizerlith7070]

God I remember Nephenee with Wrath and Vantage was basically unkillable. Such a monster. Too bad it is overall weaker in Three Houses.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

The gambit with counterattack + vantage + wrath is a beautiful thing.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@Ash_Wen-li Retribution

[@TemporalMeteor]

You could throw darts at a skill tree and end up with an op neph

[@Darkenixx]

Finally! A KZbinr that knows how a tierlist works!

[@fe7general837]

Petition to make Chaz the new Mangs

[@ChaosChronicle]

6:08 - Steal is a lot more viable than I think you're giving it credit for. There's a lot of maps where jacking free items is great, even if it's just to sell them. Mind, the value of doing this is up to the player's discretion and if they're trying to 1000% complete the game or just get through it casually.

[@bv-swifty7704]

I honestly only use Steal for farming Trade Secrets.

[@ItsYuhBoyyyy]

@@bv-swifty7704why not just kill the enemy?

[@CarbonMalite]

The mage movement skill is actually genius. Mages have less move for balancing reasons but if you put them together draw-back gives both units +1 move so they don't lag behind

[@MaximilianBlacktooth]

I’ve been looking forward to this video. I wasn’t expecting it to be thirty minutes long though!

[@recreationtime]

Speak to me, strong voice man.

[@Evanz111]

Massive respect for how you went above and beyond on this. When I saw a video on this topic at this length, I thought it was either going to be great or it was going to be absolutely terrible.

[@danielpaterson2694]

This is my first video of watching you and a minute in, I'm captivated by the animation, smooth voice and overall guide-like appeal. Just wanted to let you know that you've gained another subscriber and that you're doing a great job.

[@Choops6969]

Greetings and welcome. Welcome to choosi's house.

[@SwedenTheHedgehog]

I know I’m two goddamn years late with this comment, but I’m back on the FE:Three Houses train after playing FEW:Three Hopes recently, so here I go anyway: I think Steal (thief mastery) should be bumped up to “Highly Situational”, as it is an extremely useful skill, in my opinion, to put on a Flying unit. In particular it is useful to steal Dark Seals off of the Death Knight (assuming you have enough Speed, but my Petra did on my Black Eagles runs, so yeah).

[@flameemperor482]

Halt-

[@StarfallMudkipzGirl]

Flame Emperor Are we having a bit too much fun?

[@flameemperor482]

@@StarfallMudkipzGirl Yes

[@StarfallMudkipzGirl]

Flame Emperor You can’t stop us from enjoying ourselves >:0

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

*Ah shit, here we go again*

[@ericrollin2331]

-you've commited crimes against Fodlan and her people. What say you in your defense?

[@Aureels]

When I play in maddening, I use the classroom units to be prepared for the timeskip mission. So with the golden deer I had Ignaz in my roster. Ignaz is very bad attacking, but, with killing blow, poison strike, and his debuff skills (Budding skill that reduce speed, and acher skill that reduce str), he become a good archer to make attack first on big fat ennemy units putting 3 debuff at once. Lethality, on that kind of character make really sense.

[@samsonic2]

Great video Tho vantage in my opinion should be bumped up a tier just for the retribution gambit effectively allowing a unit to disregard range Its not great but i dont feel like its bad either

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

My biggest problem with Vantage and friends is that the battalion versions exist, and come from authority ranks which everyone gets anyways. Why would you have a half health unit when you can just keep a battalion or two of dead mercenaries around? I'm pretty sure that's even what the bandit battalions are for.

[@Choops6969]

Im gonna have to say that using battalion boosts normally far outweigh whatever wrath and vantage can provide, but you do bring up a good point that battalion abilities is the path of least resistance for basically the same result.

[@slanax97]

@@Choops6969 The battalion abilities are character locked though, and manipulating battalion endurance is a lot harder than manipulating unit health, since you can only top them off completely and outside of battle, and the abilities stop working when endurance hits the only number you can reliably keep them at, zero (or at least BWrath does. Does Vantage? Iunno. Would still mean sacrificing Battalion stat boosts and gambits)

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 To use both normal and Battalion Wrath?

[@KingShadowOmega]

@@slanax97 Yeah, the battalion abilities are character locked...and only one character in the game gets both Battalion Vantage and Battalion Wrath. Don't worry, that character is probably pretty weak to offset how broken that combination is right? Right?! No...it's Dimitri. LOL what were they thinking?! If you raise Dimitri's flying to get alert stance plus, keep his hp at full to proc his passive of avoid +20, use a battalion with avoid up, and use a high crit weapon...he's literally going to never get hit and kill everything in one hit. It's actually kind of stupid.

[@kirbymastah]

Solid video. Agree with basically all of this - it's great to have a sexy overview video that's actually completely accurate (aside from a few negligible nitpicky details but it can't be helped) unlike so many other youtube guides. Great job! P.s. the defiant skills and vantage synergize really well with using the Blessing Gambit and is really fun and effective to do, but it is also super situational and out of your way lol. Still fun in NG+

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Don't forget Devil Weapons and Divine relics on non-Crest units, which drain your HP safer, and you won't have to worry about Battalions retreating.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Saw this video in my reccomendationS and I knew, I JUST HAD TO WATCH IT!

[@davemeech]

Would you happen to have a list of the tracks playing in the background of this video? Top tier polished and edited content, this one is an absolute staple before a new playthrough.

[@Choops6969]

starts and ends with an arrangement of the credits theme for castlevania 3. the rest is all tracks from a pc98 game called yu-no.

[@aarondille1842]

Wyverns and then pegknight. Just get skills to compliment them and boom value!

[@ostravaofboletaria1027]

I really did not look forward to doing research and looking up dozen of people arguing who also usually had little experience with the game to find out what classes to pick/master. I thank you tenfold for making such an easy to follow guide.

[@xuanathan]

Myrmidon to avoid doubles/possibly double Brigand to help one round Mercenary for clutch moments Pegasus Knight to help double Grappler to one round faster enemies Hero since it combos nicely with Merc’s Sniper to help one round Warrior just for mercs who want cool skills War Master for new game+ and for one shotting speedier enemies you cant double Wyvern lord just for double Wrath memes

[@LadyViolet1]

Oh yeah having battalion wrath, wrath, defiant crit, vantage and a forged killer weapon is hilarious.

[@jeidc2162]

"Up to 90% Asian(Evasion) boost" I guess some of us are more Asian then the rest, hahaha.

[@anidiotplayslivestream5206]

I would argue that Lethality is a little better than this video implied. In my Golden Deer run, my Ignatz was regularly triggering it 3 or 4 times a battle by Chapter 18. To each their own, but I definitely got some good mileage out of it in my experience.

[@quinnmcdonald3763]

I know it’s important that I watch this because Chaz is the best at delivering the breakdown of the most complicated characters in Three Houses.

[@GodleyX]

Oh.. My... God... That sneeze at the end... I have nightmares of that happening to me.

[@Houdif]

Thanks Choopi! I've been wondering what the best mastery skills are for a while, so your guide is super helpful!

[@monday1554]

wait why isn't defiant res ranked the best skill??

[@ddshocktrooper5604]

It'd be excellent for my 160hp war master. That way when he's at 33-40hp, the mages go from dealing 40 damage per hit, to 32, allowing them to survive.

[@hajoeijgenraam295]

dD ShockTrooper hate to break it to you but it's impossible to have that much hp. I think the highest was raphael with like 120

[@lovingpigeon]

@@hajoeijgenraam295 Actually, im pretty sure there is no stat caps or level caps, it just is incredibly hard to get units past lvl 50 without grinding auxiliary battles

[@Xanonix5643]

@@lovingpigeon there are caps, it's in the game files. Levels cap at 99 and each unit has their own personal stat caps

[@lovingpigeon]

@@Xanonix5643 Must be very high caps then, cuz someone like petra had 50+ speed.

[@cehnd2662]

This guide is amazing

[@nonorulzful]

me: *wants to learn about classes, clicks video* *watches till end* *content creator reveals face* me: is this my husband ?

[@obliviouscurse5263]

I love the quality of this video, and the depth and the context you decided to include. Definitely useful!

[@primespeakersanders5561]

“Abundance of healing magic” *laughs in Mercedes with four uses of Fortify, 20 uses of Heal and 10 uses of Physic and a huge range that constantly stands behind Dedue*

[@arronk3]

my maddening BL mercedes was level 75 with 61 magic at final boss range, YOU MEAN THE ENTIRE MAP?

[@alessandrolin9942]

Thank you for this , never watched a so long video without getting bored thank you again

[@sleepingforest3979]

I love flier and knight so always choose those classes the most.

[@ammonil1261]

hands down this is by FAR the most helpful fe3h video/content i’ve ever ever seen like thanks so much

[@issysito320]

me after watching this video. *converts everyone to myrmidons and war masters* fr tho thanks for this video before i thought vantage was a must-have skill

[@icemythic6076]

Amazing video! Your reasoning behind tier positions is on point and aligns with mine. I wouldn't use Dex +4 though even as a synergy pick. It's 4 Hit and 2 Crit that takes an ability slot.

[@Choops6969]

i agree, but the synergy suggestion is more to give an idea of how the highlighted ability works/mingles and how it can be supported. I didn't mean for it to be interpreted "must have" sort of synergy guide. honestly i just put it there to take up real estate space! haha. but hey it looks pretty. I do think that Dex +4 is worth it if youre running with aegis or pavise tho. as the total boosts becomes +10 rather than +6

[@fubu72]

What's funny about Miracle is that it is literally called Prayer in japanese. So get praying.

[@rowboatcop4451]

This is the first of your videos ive seen, so you can imagine my delight at the end when i realized that this info was comming from Claude himself. Great vid bro, thanks for the help