Fire Emblem Three Houses | Best Classes for All Characters

[@purisusuteyuui3866]

*CHARACTER TIMESTAMPS* 1:47 Byleth *Black Eagles* 2:25 Edelgard 3:03 Hubert 3:27 Dorothea 4:00 Ferdinand 4:15 Bernadetta 4:32 Caspar 4:37 Petra 4:49 Linhardt *Blue Lions* 5:00 Dimitri 5:19 Dedue 5:34 Felix 5:52 Mercedes 6:03 Ashe 6:14 Annette 6:26 Sylvain 6:35 Ingrid *Golden Deer* 6:49 Claude 7:05 Lorenz 7:19 Hilda 7:33 Raphael 7:50 Lysithea 8:00 Ignatz 8:14 Marianne 8:25 Leonie *Church of Seiros* 8:39 Manuela 9:04 Hanneman 9:19 Seteth 9:28 Flayn 9:38 Cyril 9:53 Catherine 10:02 Alois 10:12 Gilbert 10:20 Shamir

[@96Thompson]

Thank you for this, really. It still bothers me when the uploader don't try to make a timestamp for a video like this.

[@tarekmahjoub608]

Thx 😍

[@adityaazizi6383]

Dude, the world doesn't deserve you

[@leoliboy2680]

Omg thank you so much!!!

[@pillowsoft4444]

Lets all praise our lord and savior Mr Itsuka here

[@jthrone7768]

I was with it till he said Ingrid should be a swordmaster/assassin. How you gonna deny the sky to my girl like that.

[@NotSoEpicFacepalm]

Ye I tried making her a swordmaster in my Blue Lions playthrough (after having her as a Falcon Knight in my Golden Deer playthrough) but as it turns out making her a swordfighter basically just makes her a falcon knight with less move so I just switched back

[@davyt0247]

Agreed, although if you really have to she makes a wonderful dancer or Gremory. But she is definitely best served as a Pegasus Knight or Wyvern Lord

[@somethingsomething7993]

She’s a really good dark/holy knight

[@skins4thewin]

Because this guy is an idiot. He didn't suggest a single flying class for anyone. Dude obviously has no clue what he's talking about.

[@takeyourheart1]

Agreed. She needs to be a Falcon Knight because she needs the double hits and evasion.

[@broreece]

As for Ingrid I would recomend a falcon knight, they are an amazing mage killer class and she is good in all the required stats, fliers are also rare in this game

[@xanderismellow]

I wouldn't call fliers rare since you can make anyone anything. Petra and Bernadetta can make good falcon knights. Technically so can Hilda if you train her lance and flying stats during classes

[@UnlimitedBlakeWorks]

I also did this

[@SirCanuckelhead]

As others have said, most can be legit fliers. However I do agree that Ingrid is a beast as a falcon night. On my first thru I had her and Petra as Falcons... Those deadly duos would destroy half the map. Archers are not a concern due to dismounting, they have high mag resist and with brave lances pop anything that hits them, hp per round keeps them high hp especially with their high dodge, always try to leave them in a forest and they hardly get hit.

[@SirCanuckelhead]

As others have said, most can be legit fliers. However I do agree that Ingrid is a beast as a falcon night. On my first thru I had her and Petra as Falcons... Those deadly duos would destroy half the map. Archers are not a concern due to dismounting, they have high mag resist and with brave lances pop anything that hits them, hp per round keeps them high hp especially with their high dodge, always try to leave them in a forest and they hardly get hit.

[@eckersl1969]

Also enemy fliers are the worst nightmare to face in combat with their lance faire.

[@aes2621]

My dude Holy Knight was made for Marianne

[@fredricmarquez1733]

I’m hip Holy Knight so she can ride on her horse Friend

[@aintfalco7968]

I did holy knight Marianne the first playthrough and she's good, but Mortal Savant Marianne takes the cake. Blutgang. Blutgang, Blutgang, Blutgang, Blutgang. Mine got really fast though, which is kinda weird since her speed growth is bad and MS class apparently has -10% speed growth.

[@AlphaOutlaw]

hairy abomination I’ll be honest (at least to myself here), I don’t think Blutgang is the end all be all, especially with how the numbers really screw that plan up (even though I commend that you were Blessed). Holy Knight really does a lot for her and Frozen Lance allows for an extra touch of utility that can be nice while dealing good damage on some units she may have a problem with normally due to how FL works. I will say that it may be a potentially fun thing to do or even just choosing to level the sword rank up without committing to the MS route

[@cdwarrior6582]

Make sure you train her sword skills on the side of her lance, riding, and faith. Blutgang on holy knight Mariane is amazing.

[@cdwarrior6582]

@@AlphaOutlaw she gets soulblade from training her sword skills. Even without Blutgang it's good to have her trained in faith, lance, and sword. Especially since her natural resistance is higher than her dexterity. I just finished a play through of the golden deer and I can attest she performed better after I trained her sword skills. This is highly tested and proven. Lance goes better with higher dexterity units who have frozen lance access. I think bernadetta got frozen lance. She is also more strength oriented than magic so putting a spear in her hands tends to be a better idea overall. With Mariane Frozen lance is about the only way the spear is viable. Levin swords and soulblade on any other weapon (especially training sword+ because of how that move works and training sword has a lot of durability to spam it) make mariane better for holy knight. It's worth mastering the mortal savant class for the +6 resistance skill you get when you initiate the combat. Not that it's easy to get her sword and reason that high. in fact outside of normal mode I'd guess that as of now you can't get both that and holy knight without new game + benefits.

[@jeremygardner3183]

I clicked on this expecting Wyvern Lord for everyone,

[@eunshidae6559]

Dark flier for all the girls 🙂

[@w0Mbol0Gy]

@@eunshidae6559 Ingrid would be fine with Falcon Knight

[@skins4thewin]

This guy's suggestions are pretty dumb to be honest. I mean most of them were spot on, but every single opportunity where it's obvious to make someone a flyer, he somehow didn't do so. He didn't suggest a single flyer in this vid and that is beyond strange as they are the very best classes in the game without question.

[@envytee9659]

​@skins4thewin I mean, everyone knows that you can basically go all Wyvern Lord and pretty much no other setup will beat that... but what's even the point of watching or making a video like that? I honestly much prefer videos like this where they sort of balance effectiveness with thematic class choices for each character, instead of just going all in on more power.... which frankly you don't need as the game is fairly easy without needing an uber-optimized setup.

[@jeremygardner3183]

@@envytee9659 it’s a meme.

[@Cayden.1]

Its weird how you want classes to be mounted rather then on foot and then you pick swordmaster/assassin for Ingrid over her usual path of Falcon Knight

[@cdwarrior6582]

One reason and one reason only for that: only sword master can use astra. I mean you aren't wrong about her excelling as a falcon knight. Even so, it really comes down to preference.

[@cdwarrior6582]

Also, I think it's worth noting that every mounted or armored class has direct weaknesses and infantry don't. That said, getting around the battlefield proves difficult if you aren't on a horse, magical pony or wyvern riding through the sky.

[@DarioKalen_Kagenui]

@@cdwarrior6582 , which abilty is Astra? I play in Spanish and don't know if it has the same name.

[@cdwarrior6582]

Darío Kalen the combat art has an additional might of 1 which is weak, but add that to the overall might your character has from its stats, ability and weapon, and factor in that it attacks 5 times. It’s exclusive to the Swordsmaster class though.

[@cdwarrior6582]

If mortal savant has it as well that’d be broken.

[@philypichu]

99.9% of the comments: FaLcOn kNiGhT InGrID?! Me: Dancer Raphael 😏

[@cdwarrior6582]

you know, strategically speaking making the fastest student the dancer should work best. I call that idea dance till your dead and never die (because no one will ever hit you).

[@joojishibuki]

Sylvian is such a good dancer because he has a budding talent for reason which really enhances the utility of the dancer

[@kudasaixsomnum51]

Phillip Chu i see , so your a man of culture as well

[@alexvoid4022]

I made Claude my dancer.

[@gamester512]

@@joojishibuki Personally, I lean more towards making Sylvain a Dark Knight. From the get-go he seems geared more towards a front-line cavalry class, and Dark Knight allows him to maintain that role while also allowing him to make use of his Hidden Talent for Reason. In my current GD playthrough I plan to make both Lorenz & Sylvain into Dark Knights. I do also tend to stick to the "mainstream" by making Ingrid into a Falcon Knight (and I usually keep her close to Claude since I have both of them as Fliers right now). For Raphael & Hilda, I actually made them both into Fortress Knights, though I ultimately plan to make Hilda into a Great Knight and Raphael into a War Master. I will likely make Dorothea my Dancer like I did in my Empire playthrough. Lysithea is going Gremory like my last playthrough as well, especially after I gave her both Thunderbrand and Thrysus. I currently have Claude as a Wyvern Rider. Marianne & Mercedes are both Bishops (though I may test if Marianne is useful as a Falcon Knight, if not, I'll likely make her into a Holy Knight instead), and I will likely make Mercedes into a Gremory.

[@Zolfried]

as you go through all the characters in the game, i wish the editing would just show that character do their turn while you talk about them.. talking about claude, but then showing footage of felix, is really distrating..

[@mheilig]

This

[@SlyFoxMeta]

I don’t think he had the footage at the time

[@willskidforyou]

Ingrid, as Falcon Knight, with Avo Stance+ and Aurora Shield can clear out a whole map by herself. Just send her out in the middle of enemy formation and WAIT. No need to dismount.

[@kungfumaster298]

she's useless against the knights with big shields. All her atttacks will be blocked

[@willskidforyou]

@@kungfumaster298 Frozen Lance

[@bagelwithcreamcheese]

The only issue she has is solved by making her an axe or sword focused class for a little while.

[@TQDigitalMod]

dont even need the shield, give her an evasion ring, physical attackers will usually be 0% hit then.

[@davyt0247]

@@kungfumaster298 Solution, Levin Sword or rapier

[@EdgyDrawsYT]

IDK about yall.. but Hilda as a Wyvern Lord.. is actually better than being on the ground.

[@rockmanraiden6627]

Agreed.

[@potface6445]

For sure

[@Tsakan2]

Wvyern lord is the best class in the game. So not surprising

[@Oreo_Cookie_]

Every character is a good wyvern rider

[@Mike-zp2co]

Amen

[@noadpalmier147]

I made Ignatz an assassin because of his incredibly high speed and technique stats, he also has a good magic stat so a Thunder Sword is really good on him

[@cdwarrior6582]

hmmmm... what about dancer Ignatz? Dance till your dead but never die. He actually has a few skills that buff you and others that debuff opponents so it could work. Never been one for relying on weakening opponents and I prefer to play to their weaknesses or not let my own weaknesses matter with high speed stats. That said there are countless ways to play a fire emblem game and build characters.

[@isaacazmee9930]

I made my Ignatz a Mortal Savant because Ignatz learns good magic spells aside from high crit chance. But I’m interested to try a Dancer Ignatz though.

[@Smolharuharu]

I made him a war master because I can’t get over that little boy punching a dragon

[@IKMcGwee]

I bow knight ed mine Sweet Iggy. Plus 45 hit for 4-5 bow range cuz he was packing my long and magic bows, yes please

[@saggsman]

You could also make Ignatz as a Bow Knight. If you're able to combine his Break Shot combat art (Seal Defense), Seal Strength, Lethality, Poison Strike and have his weapon be a Forged Venin Bow then he can be a great debuffing unit that may have a chance to one shot anything

[@sdw4527]

It's hard to say there's actually a "best class" for each character especially this early on in the game's lifespan. That being said, in general, I found Bow Knights, wyvern lords, and falcon knights to be the top tier classes for physical units. Gremory/Dark Knight/Holy Knight for magical ones. It's because mobility becomes a HUGE boon post timeskip. Canto lets you hit and run. Swordmaster is great...but that measly 5 move will start to get annoying very quickly later on.

[@EpicDBagger]

sdw4527 If you make them an assassin instead they get 6 movement (the same as everyone else if they get off their horse) also the chance if you getting hit as an assassin is normally between 10-40% If ur in a bush I’ve had it say 0%chance. So I think assassins prob better then the crit you get from sword master. They aren’t that useful for killing most things, and they did really easy if they get hit, but omg they can carry you threw the late game bosses. Also Gambit everyone scary like 8 times they will die. In 1 turn. Agreed tho if you can go on a flying pony or a horse, you should be trying to.

[@codetaku]

Have you seen the bow knight growth rates though? Bow knights have okay stat bonuses and actively good skills but you really, really don't want to level with them.

[@aintfalco7968]

@@codetaku Yet everyone is using dancers. Dancer has even less growth bonuses than bow knight and you get it at a time when your units are still growing

[@sdw4527]

@@codetaku It honestly doesn't matter. You get a whopping 3 extra movement and 1 extra range on your bow. I'd take that trade off any day. And if you really do get stat screwed, there's always stat boosters to compensate.

[@Galloglaigh.]

@@codetaku growths don't really matter by the time you reach master classes, an extra 1-2 points over 10 levels isn't important.

[@1wayroad935]

It says a lot about the customization in this game that nearly everyone in the comments have alternate answers to the recommended classes in the video. Why is this game so good?!

[@zophyissleepy]

I love this game. I meme for life with dodge tank dancer dimitri

[@ShadowClash12]

Bow knights are ridiculous. 8 movement, plus a range of at least 5 on all bows. Have no clue why they decided to give massive range and a horse to the same class.

[@isaaclewis2731]

You should have seen them in Echoes with Hunter’s Volley.

[@pyrosianheir]

because they also gave them pretty bad growths compared to other Master classes. They're crazy good utility, but that's it.

[@ssjx3705]

I used to bow classes now I think they are op

[@somasora7]

pyrosianheir By the time you get to Master Class levels, a difference in growth rates doesn’t mean much compared to 8 mov and like 2-6 attack range

[@pyrosianheir]

@@somasora7 which I've come around to by now.

[@ninten-drew5314]

For Ashe I would actually recommend making him a Wyvern Rider/Lord since he has Lockpick as his personal skill. Having a flying thief is super useful. While Bow Knight is easily the best Class for Leonie, I would actually recommend making her an Assassin ASAP since it adds on to her already ridiculous growths in Dex and Speed, and then making her a Bow Knight once she hits level 30. Ingrid is a Falcon Knight. That’s just the truth. Probably the best Mage killer in the game.

[@chessplayer6632]

I think I'm going to try Pegasus rider for Leonie, we'll see how it goes

[@ninten-drew5314]

Chess Player might not be the best since Leonie’s Res is so bad.

[@chessplayer6632]

That makes sense, I'm probably still going to do it because I'm not going for best classes/min max on my first play through

[@isaaclewis2731]

I actually prefer Wyvern Lord Ingrid, but maybe my Ingrid got RNG screwed in Strength. Screwed as in her Mag and Str stats were exactly the same before I made her a Wyvern Rider.

[@chessplayer6632]

Ninten-Drew Update, just finished my GD path, Leonie was pretty good, wasn't a real "mage killer," but she could survive a hit or two (although I gave her almost every single res booster I got), I love having bow users as flyers though (maybe I'll make Bernedetta a peg knight?)

[@imthebossthere]

honestly the game is amazing. It's so much fun experimenting with the classes. and the story encourages multiple playthroughs anyways, just great.

[@captainsoarineagle]

I'm liking this comment section. Given me lots to think about for my 2nd play through

[@tanwh87]

It was all good until the point where the character show went into the combat scenes and confused the audio and visuals...

[@bald_threat]

Sylvain Dark Knight is insane, 20 avo with dark magic is really strong. Don't forget Manuela also gets Bolting, so she can be a strong long range powerhouse. Making a Mortal Savant Catherine at the moment, for the lols.

[@KyussTheWalkingWorm]

I find it interesting that you diss tanks for their low mobility yet peg the probably two best candidates to be a Falcon Knight, Petra and Ingrid, as on-foot sword units instead.

[@magiv7573]

I find some of his class choices weird as well tbh For example he suggest greatknight or warmaster for hilda over wyvern lord Like What

[@magiv7573]

Lowkey paladin>greatknight

[@gamester512]

To be fair, Petra actually makes a really good Assassin. That's what I made her in my Empire playthrough. But with Ingrid, I made her a Falcon Knight and never looked back.

[@magiv7573]

@@gamester512 a lot of units can be great in a class, its more a matter of if the class is worth it

[@c3ntravaswani427]

WhineyMagician 5 I hate to nit pick, but he said Hilda makes a great Warrior, not War Master. It normally doesn’t matter, but War Master is a male gender locked class so it is pretty important.

[@hanzou1238]

It is always fun to see how things have changed from when a game came out to later. Here is an updated list from a year later. Byleth- Swordmaster, Falcon Knight Edelgard- Wyvern Lord Hubert- Dark Knight Dorothea- Dancer, Gremory, Dark Flier Ferdinand- Wyvern Lord Bernadetta- Sniper Caspar- Guard Adjutant for Linhardt Petra- Wyvern Lord Linhardt- Bishop Dimitri- Assassin Dedue- Guard Adjutant for Dimitri Felix- War Master Mercedes- Bishop Ashe- Sniper Annette- Gremory, Dark Flier Sylvain- Wyvern Lord Ingrid- Wyvern Lord Claude- Barbarossa Lorenz- Dark Knight Hilda- Wyvern Lord Raphael- Guard Adjutant for Ignatz Lysithea- Gremory, Dark Flier Ignatz- Sniper, Trickster Marianne- Bishop Leonie- Wyvern Lord Manuela- Trickster Hanneman, Dark Knight Seteth- Wyvern Lord Flayn- Dancer, Dark Flier Cyril- Wyvern Lord Catherine- Swordmaster, Falcon Knight Alois- War Master Gilbert- Wyvern Lord Shamir- Sniper

[@thesaltisreal9923]

Ferdinand best class is Swordmaster. With his innate skill + Sword Avo +20 from the dancer class and Battatlion, he can easily break the game with over 150+ AVO!

[@aintfalco7968]

His character design, preferred skills, and stats would fit perfectly with the hero class. Unfortunately swordmaster class is way better. hope they buff hero.

[@Enndorii]

hairy abomination yeah I made Felix a hero in my 3rd playthrough to see if it was worth it. But hero just sucks

[@aintfalco7968]

@@Enndorii I mean it's a decent class but Its just swordmaster with extra steps and for some reason slightly worse growth rates. Rather than just a bit more HP, the hero should have more defense and/or resistance. Look at all that armor

[@Arkayjiya]

With that strat his best class is... (almost as always xD) Wyvern Lord (might be Falcon knight if he could actually be one but he's a guy so no luck there). He gets the 10 additional avoidance from flying classes (which either gets you higher, or if you really don't need the avoidance allow you to lose another avoidance bonus to increase your crit for example), he gets the insane movement speed of a wyvern lord (3 more movement with almost no terrain restriction) in combination with Canto. He does lose swordfaire unless you get to S rank but that's only a 3 dmg loss since Wyvern lord has higher strength than Swordmaster (and higher growth strength but that one hardly matters at all, by the time you're caught up to the 3 dmg loss, you'll be like lvl 90) which matters even less that Ferdinand will be your main tank, not your main murderer here (unless you're playing in normal/hard but then everything is super easy and you don't need swordfaire to kill everything anyway).

[@aintfalco7968]

@@Arkayjiya I would agree, except the strategy hinges on him winning the blue heron cup and getting +20 sword avoid ability. If you want a dancer on your team, go Wyvernand for sure; but If you invest in the sword dodge ability, Swordinand is absolutely untouchable.

[@kenyami8317]

I made Hilda a wyvern lord with mastery skill of dancer and damn, she's almost untouchable even late game and the most highest rate of her getting hit is around 20. Paired with her very good str stat, she mows down enemies with just training sword equipped (I finished last boss using training sword)

[@Bexckers]

Ken Yami wait so you picked her as your dancer but also made her a wyvern lord?

[@subtopewdiepie5959]

I made my hilda a Wyvern lord and she flies around the map one shotting people

[@kenyami8317]

@@Bexckers yes, it made her so broken lol

[@kenyami8317]

@@subtopewdiepie5959 true af 😂

[@Mindlessfun100]

Okay you gotta admit you picked Wyvern Lord for Edelgard because she’s basically Daenerys Targaryen

[@Griffanswing626]

PhoenixFire214 my thoughts exactly

[@DarkEnigma91]

That's what I did in my first playthrough for that exact reason.

[@Mindlessfun100]

DarkEnigma91 that’s what I’m doing now that I have the game! Lol

[@takeyourheart1]

Felix is also an incredible War Master.

[@jrpgqueen3772]

But... Ingrid is essentially THE falcon knight of this game.... As for Sylvain, he works insanelly well as a Wyvern lord....

[@lindakan9809]

JRPG Queen i made my sylvain a dark knight, he was great

[@jrpgqueen3772]

@@lindakan9809 Sylvain is cool as a DK, but he lacks magic and speed to be really good. On the other hand, his stats compliments well the wyvern class !

[@davyt0247]

I actually made her a Wyvern Lord... She was FANTASTIC!!!!

[@ambrosiaaa9064]

I made a Holy Knight Sylvain and he was really good

[@pensavifossiunutentemasono6875]

Wyvern Lord Is best class for every physical character

[@Omaux]

I'm just gonna put this out there: Lysithea: Mortal Savant with both Thunderbrand and Thyrsus

[@santazombieslayer2166]

Weird way to say gremory

[@QwixLF]

The class doesn't save her pitiful Strength and extreme frailty. Frankly, a levin sword+ after rank C is enough to cover counterkilling in almost every situation.

[@cdwarrior6582]

@@santazombieslayer2166 You go mortal savant to get the skill warding blow. Then you swap to gremory. Also, Thunderbrand doesn't work as well as a levin sword for normal combat and a training sword+ for spamming soulblade. also carry a steel sword+ just in case you need a slight damage boost, but most of the damage comes from soulblade and is already immense so it should be rare that you need anything other than a training sword+. In fact any skill like soul blade, hexblade, frozen lance, etc is a good reason to keep the respective training weapon+ on hand. and training gauntlets is just the right choice almost entirely cause you usually get 4 attacks with that and most of the damage comes from your strength stat anyways. it also lets you spam combat arts. I mean, unarmed combat is viable for raphael and caspar, and training gauntlets+ only weigh 1 so you don't lose the 4 attacks you get from barehanded and you get a slight damage boost.

[@Sterncold]

and then you all seem to forget her soulblade combat art

[@QwixLF]

The damage is nice, but frankly, frontline combat isn't viable for Lysithia unless you go all in on evasion. She hits more than hard enough with her spells, and a levin sword+ can double at 3 range, unlike soulblade. Pretty much needs Dancer's Sword Avo +20 to reliably go. Vantage is easy to pick up here for insurance, and Alert Stance/+ is a bit overkill if you want to grind for it. I've been running her as a swordmaster lately. Sword Avo 20, Sword prowess, Vantage, Sword Crit 10, and axebreaker until I get Alert Stance. Class skill Swordfaire and a native Sword crit with only a pair of levin sword+ and she struggles to get hit by even assaasins while dropping 40+ doubles at 3 range, 40-50 crit rate. Having astra for fun is a nice bonus, might do assassin later for lockpick utility.

[@allan4278]

Petra Swordmaster or Assassin is overkill, she already 2-hits everything, going for high Str + Axe Class is way better. Wyvern Lord is my pick. Exact same thing with Ingrid, already fast enough to 2-hit things, Swordmaster/Assassin is overkill. Unlike Petra however her Str is not very high, her best class is Dancer in my opinion, her base stats make her very tanky and Dancers don't need any stat besides tankiness since their optimal use is dancing every single turn. Why use a Dancer to heal when you can dance for your actual healer so they heal twice? That way you even get 3 shots of Exp instead of 2. Dark Knight is a great choice for Annette because of her Unique Weapon but what you suggest is probably better. Hilda Great Knight is a bad idea. It makes her Res super low. You can make her a way more defensively balanced tank by going Wyvern Lord. She gets more mobility, more speed to 2-hit things, and a better defensive stat spread. Warrior is also fine. Lysithea can also be a potent Mortal Savant because of her budding talent + any magic scaling sword, Gremory is probably optimal though, using Lorenz' Relic she is an absolute monster, best caster in the game. Marianne I 100% disagree, Holy Knight is the only choice. She is strong in all 3 (lance/faith/riding) once you get her budding talent and it gives her ridiculous mobility, versatility and better defenses. She's a Silence + Physic bot for the most part, though. Everything else I agree with and, to be honest, nothing really matters because even on Hard the game is laughably easy. Thankfully it's an absolute blast to play regardless.

[@xanderismellow]

Glad you brought up Marianne, she's so good as a holy knight. I like your idea of making Ingrid a dancer. I planned on doing that in my BL playthrough but completely missed the event because I decided to pick someone the next day and forgot what I was doing lol.

[@Belgariad87]

Ingrids like, the only one i can see that is a fairly good Falcon Knight. why not?

[@xanderismellow]

@@Belgariad87 bernadetta or Petra can be a good falcon knight. Hilda can be okay in the role. There are other options for the role. I just wish they had magic fliers in the game.

[@mvjbass9561]

Agree with everything you've said here. My guess is that he didn't want to say Wyvern Lord for many characters but in all honesty it's just an incredibly good class.

[@davyt0247]

I actually made Ingrid a Wyvern Lord. Worked out well as that offset her not great strength

[@CraneStyleNJ]

Bernadetta, my first Master Class graduate and BEST BOW KNIGHT!

[@DDKoD]

Personally I prefer to keep the lords in their personal classes as movement doesn’t matter as much to as having maxed out best stats.

[@MrHildebrand]

I'll take movement over a couple minute stat points.

[@ssjx3705]

You could use boots

[@TGabes_Gaming]

Manuela makes an excellent Gremory. Her bolting (A+ reason) is like meteor but gets 4 uses as a gremory. She became one of my strongest units by sniping across the map.

[@MolecularFishStew]

And warp is always amazing

[@ambrosiaaa9064]

She’s an underrated unit as I made Marianne my dancer I needed another healer and she was outstanding as a healer

[@zudjr3256]

Thanks for the video! My Golden Deer team is pretty different than your suggestions, but like you say it is very flexible. Leonie is a great Falcoknight!

[@alexisagoblin7417]

Personally Ingrid and Leonie I made falcon knights they are great in that role as well with the amount of heavy mages on these maps.

[@skins4thewin]

Ingrid for sure, but that kind of goes against Leonie's natural talents & totally ignores her Boon in riding. She's honestly best as a Bow Knight and is probably the best Bow user & Bow Knight in the game.

[@fenryl9822]

Marianna - why not Holy Knight? (she has good affinities for it) Hilda - why not Wyvern Lord? (again, good affinities) Leonie - why not Falcon Knight? (also good affinities) I think since you didn't main Golden Dear maybe you didn't put enough thought into those. The rest is great though.

[@khaoticknight9788]

Fenryl I like you Fenryl. What’s good classes for all of my characters. I’m starting this game with Claude first cause I think he’s cool.

[@willskidforyou]

Those are the exact classes I had for those characters. Marianne - Holy Knight. Mostly used her as a secondary healer, and finisher due to her mobility and long range magic attacks. Hilda - Wyvern Lord. Extremely high attack and high avoid. I normally send Leonie and her beyond enemy lines to deal with the turrets. Leonie - Falcon Knight. High avoid, good def and res. While her res is not as high as Ingrid, she makes up for it with her avoid. With her avoid stance+, you could just send her in the middle of enemy formation and wait, which will allow her to have high avoid while countering enemies.

[@mattperkins8892]

Yea i had very similar I've done 2 playthrough one blue lions and one golden deer and I made Marianne a holy knight, I made Hilda a wyvern Lord as well but for Leonie I turned into an assassin myself.

[@mattperkins8892]

PS Hilda as a Wyvern Lord was a powerhouse for my team I also did it in hard NG+

[@Leo-fz6ck]

Make Hilda a great knight. She becomes a moving fortress.

[@jonathan8087]

_I'm disappointed that there isn't any Edelgard x Kulve Taroth fan art_

[@danbolademarte]

Oh my, now I need to see it too, thank you my man, you have made me realize true greatness

[@ajakks6551]

...Was looking for some FE x MH ideas thank you comrade.

[@jehutyon9099]

personally i think bishop is the best for mercedes/marianne. it doubles their mapwide (later in the game) heal amount and usage. no need for big mobility if they can heal anyone from anywhere

[@zophyissleepy]

Gremory will just help them more (bc i still think holy knight is trashy)

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

I made Mercedes a bow knight. Against all odds, she surpassed Ashe in usefulness. Also one-shot a boss so hard that even them proccing Aegis did not stop them from dying to a single arrow.

[@chriskoloski32]

Shes becoming scary with her magic attacks for me, almost rivaling lysithea

[@davyt0247]

Yeah Mercedes with a Magoc Bow is terrifying!!! And I totally understand Ashe getting left behind. Let's say he didn't perform well for me.

[@Zer0Hour17]

It's kind of really dumb to make a guide for beginners that has midgame spoilers. You can give class advice without referring to the actual events in game. Like "At a certain point, you get access to X". For spoiler characters, specifically put them at the end behind their own spoiler warning.

[@PlasmaWisp100]

This game is sooooo much fun. Good video! My friends and I debate the best classes for each character all the time. It also took me a hot second to realize that some Advanced classes are better than promoting to an unoptimized Master class.

[@tactless2061]

Ferdinand makes for an amazing assassin. Especially since his personal give him plus 15 avoid and his high speed growth which only gets boosted with the myrmidon, theif and assassin classes. Personally i perfer Petra to be a Wyvern Lord due to her great strength and speed and her defense gets patched up a bit through that class line. Felix is an amazing grapples and eventually war master due to his crest, personal skill and always having the brave effect plus his high speed. Anything that's not an armor knight has a tough time dealing with him on player phase. Leonie with good speed and Dec makes an amazing bow knight.

[@aintfalco7968]

I'm about to finish my GD route. Doing BL next for Swordinand

[@andyfaces]

I'd consider editing the title of this video as "Best Classes for First Playthrough/Beginners" since these are just the characters in their obvious proficiency-weighted classes, disregarding alternate levelling paths and full optimization of their growths. NG+ lets you disregard proficiency and purchase skill ranks, which lets characters reach their full potential and run their -actual- best class. Examples are Petra dropping swords and running Fighter>Brigand>Wyvern to patch her weak STR growths, get Deathblow, and quad everything with +6MT Brave weapons, or Felix dipping into Mage for Fiendish Blow to patch his MAG, and being run as a Swordmaster/Dancer so he can do everything a Savant can do but without -10SPD growth. Also Manuela is objectively the best Fortknight/Greatknight with high base RES, super high SPD growths so she can still keep up, and not-terrible STR. She becomes magic-immune Dedue who can't be doubled, and has a personal skill that fits the frontlines.

[@BmoreAkuma]

I wind up giving Dorethea Mortal Savant due to the time of me making a mistake of increasing her swords. I've learned she gets a "stat boost" as a Mortal Savant. She has Levin sword for long distance sword damage and a forged Killer Blade for high crit.

[@fredxu99]

So I have Bernadetta on my team, now I recruited Ashe, Shamir... BOW KNIGHT SQUAD!

[@fightnight14]

Get Leonie as well

[@davyt0247]

I hope you recruited Leonie as well!

[@Kennyploed]

Sylvain rocked my playthrough as a wyvern lord. Together with Ingrid as Falconknight they ruled over the map.

[@kinglohgock8169]

My Sylvain was War Master with Crit Build he had in the last map 100 crit on everything xD

[@frameonejab]

Lol I made Ashe my wyvern lord and he was godly

[@xanderismellow]

@@frameonejab Ashe was good in my run but Shamir outshined him, so I had him as an adjutant except on maps where I needed locktouch.

[@eckersl1969]

Yeah she’s always “going for the kill.” ☠️

[@joshw1253]

I disagreed with a few of these ideas at first, but you totally lost all credibility, to me, when you called them “Church of Seiros NPCs”

[@Gerolanfalan]

Knights of Seiros is the name and crusading is their game.

[@Leo-fz6ck]

'NPCs' >>> Shows the unit in combat Makes sense

[@pharoahspyramid6018]

It's gonna sound a bit wierd but I made Ashe a dark Bishop and Annette a fighter they actually do surprising work in those catagorys with a bit of attention

[@MolecularFishStew]

Wait how did you make ashe a dark bishop effective, pls I need answers

[@pharoahspyramid6018]

@@MolecularFishStew dark seals

[@spoonymccheese333]

I’ve been maining golden deer on hard mode and here is what I have been going with so far for my main team: Hilda - wyvern lord Leonie - falcon knight Marianne - holy knight Raphael - fortress knight (disagree with it being a bad class - he is very useful at stopping enemy advancements and I don’t mind the lack of movement) Ignatz - Sniper Lysithea - Gremory Sylvain - Paladin Flayn - dancer Cyril - Assassin Byleth - enlightened one Claude - Barbarossa It’s been working really well. Been deleting almost everything.

[@davids3094]

Ingrid is actually the best falcon knight in the game, but also she is a great paladin

[@davyt0247]

And a fine dark flyer, Valkyrie, Holy Knight, Dark Knight...

[@davids3094]

@@davyt0247 she s literally anything period💅

[@davyt0247]

@@davids3094 you aren’t wrong!

[@Just-The-Decoy]

I had Felix excel in Brawling and went with those classes for him. He kills nearly anything in the first round of consecutive hits, and whatever does survive that doesn't make it past the second round of consecutive hits.

[@aviatinggamer9051]

This is a really good guide if you want more or less each characters more canon choices. There are certainly more optimal class builds for most of the characters here but it’s not bad.

[@tats_sacs]

The best way is having dorethea have two meteors and then have two high level falcon knights. Ingrid is the best falcon knight. First, look at the map and make dorethea kill two archers. Then make falcon knights attack anywhere they can reach. They are almost immune to magic and with speed they can evade heavy attacks. Best strategy because sometimes you are required to move to places faster. Also make the dancer with really high defense. Trust me, they will only do dances so it’s better if you are not worried about them moving on enemy territory.

[@xenodrake4008]

Honestly i prefer Petra and Leoni for FK. They hit much harder than ingrid bcz they have the highest crit chance in the game

[@wanton9958]

Tbh Ingrid and petra works better as falcon knights, especially for Ingrid since the lancefaire makes better use of her relic

[@broreece]

Marianne also can make a good holy knight, again she is good in all the skills needed to get her their, having a healer on a mount does help a lot late game

[@bluezebra6701]

To add on to this, you also get a good sword for her crest later later on and being able to be more mobile helps with putting that weapon to use.

[@Leo-fz6ck]

Half the white tome uses and heals less

[@charlierashi100]

My Edelgard build is the following: Classes: noble -> fighter -> brigand -> warrior -> armoured lord -> emperor. Skills: axefaire, weight -5, death blow, axe prowess, null effect armor. Items: aymr, march ring, Hexlock Shield silver axe, brave axe, bolt axe. Give her the wind boots that you get from Ashe and Cathrine’s paralogue, equip the march ring at the start of your turn, move her to where you want her to go, and equip the shield. Doing this will result in her having as much movement as a cavalry unit without losing any of her tank. She also tends to one shot people because of her insane strength stat. And she doesn’t get twiced because her speed is pretty high when she doesn’t have weapons weighing her down.

[@skins4thewin]

One thing worth mentioning about the Armored classes is the permanent stat boosts you sometimes get just for certifying for a class. This can be significant for the first armored class aka Armored Knight, as you can get a pretty sizeable jump in Defense very early on for some of your squishier characters. If you have a character that you're training in Axes already to prep them for Brigand/Deathblow, then it's usually worth gaining a single rank in Heavy Armor aka E+ in order to qualify for Armored Knight. If their defense is rather low at Level 10, chances are it will be, then they can get a pretty big instant boost that way, up to 12 total Defense. If they have a Defense rank of 10 or lower then it's absolutely worth it. Worth noting that it's probably not worth training it further for the Fortress Knight, as that needs you to be at Level 20 and only gives up to 17 defense. If you've been RNG screwed and it's a character that already has a Boon in both Axes and Heavy Armor, then it MAY be worth considering.

[@athenamills2416]

I made Ingrid a Falcon Knight cause I recruited her in both my Black Eagles and Golden Deer paths and she was a pegasus knight and she dodges everything so I'm gonna make her a Falcon Knight again in Blue Lions.

[@chainedmimic]

Personally, I enjoyed Mercedes as a dancer. She was very useful for my Blue Lions playthrough, since I didn't grab Dorothea.

[@Kielsram]

I would like to "argue" for the side of using fortress knights as I made my Edelgard one pre-timeskip. Certainly the maps warrant mobility over slow tanks and this is just my personal preference due to my experience from previous FE games, but I use my tanks as healer exp boosters. Especially Linhardt whom has access to Physic and Warp. Since he doesn't engage in combat and is usually lagging behind anyways being able to always have a target to heal helps keep him within relative levels with the rest of his housemates. Assuming of course his housemates don't outright take out targets or don't possess things like prayer and goddess rings. I also gave him the battalion that has the Stride Gambit which boosts the movement of all units within the target area by +5 thus making already high Mv characters march incredible distances, but my slow moving characters can keep up with them. But even then I find having at least 1 armored unit to be useful simply to help healers level up in general. If not healers then just people whom you're trying to level up their Faith skill with as spells such as Ward, Restore, and Silence are situational spells but can be used to gain minor experience in between heals.

[@skingsley3126]

For Lysithea you might want to try mortal savant she become so op in addition that you can use both crest with levin sword

[@thefattyoftoday]

I also did mortal savant with her BUT i gave her Thunderbrand since she has the crest for it

[@UnlimitedBlakeWorks]

Same

[@chessplayer6632]

Didn't even think about that, I just had my Felix as a mortal savant in Blue Lions and was planning on not having one in my Golden Deer play through, but I might have to now

[@skingsley3126]

Nicholas Crosby yeah I thought about giving her thunder brand but the issue with it is that thunder brand deal physical damage that is not really her highest stat while Levin sword deal magic damage and can make ranged atk that make the most profit of her high magic stat

[@skingsley3126]

Yeah I thought like you until I try cause I noticed that in my golden deer road she got 38 point stat in speed moreover she has budding talent in sword and high magic stat (47 in my first run)

[@TheFirebreather427]

So I made Petra a bow knight and she is easily the most op character I have

[@renayd]

Marianne is the hidden op as mortal savant with levin swords. Pick up a gambit that buff magic damage and hit chance and enjoy. And if you don't use a dancer let her have the class so she can have an avoidance ring and the sword avoidance skill and you have a freaking slippery ninja oneshotting most physical classes.

[@stevenbruno7710]

I know for a fact I’m not the only one who turned Shamir and Petra into Falcon Knights. C’mon a flier with sniper skills? That’s what Fates wanted to do with Kinshi Fliers and failed😂

[@Cayden.1]

Mariane's best class is undoubtedly the holy knight, she even has a hidden talent in riding and a proficiency in riding so she's made for it.

[@strikerstratos]

Cayden Lewis Marianne’s hidden talent is lance.

[@Leo-fz6ck]

Holy Knight also permanently halves her white magic usages and decreases the amount she heals by. She's better as a Bishop, where she gets near map-wide healing.

[@JohnSmith-ns8si]

Best class is Wyvern Lord, across the board. Give Bolt Axes to those with high magic. Those with high Dex, give them a Bow. Forget the dancer. Train EVERYONE to Brawler "B" to unlock HEALING FOCUS. You basically, don't need healers at this point. Healing Focus recovers 50% of their max HP at no cost!!

[@Cubeq81]

I would highly recommend making Ingrid into a Falcon Knight. She has a balance stats and high speed. With her being the Falcon knight and the having high mobility, she literally carried my whole game.

[@cdwarrior6582]

I'm going to be honest... I miss Camilla's version of the Wyvern classes. This game has no flyers with magic access. It's balanced, but I still miss it. I guess most of the healing classes not being hindered by any terrains that aren't impassable or only a flyer can pass makes up for it, but still. I guess magic bows, levin swords, and bolt axes kind of make up for it. I also miss galeforce. It was a broken as hell ability but still it was a fun broken as hell ability. Plus swordsmaster did get to keep astra which on characters with high enough dexterity is basically at least 3 guaranteed crits. Is it the weakest might combat art? yes. But it attacks 5 times and each time has a crit chance and high enough sword mastery ups your crit chance by like 10%.

[@davyt0247]

We have 3 houses flying casters!!!!

[@sonicx711]

I made Lysithia a mortal savant because almost nobody could make use of the Aura Gauntlets. And holy shit. Gremory Lysithia is useless now.

[@zimonzieclown1633]

There's no class better suited for Ingrid than Falcon Knight, or maybe Paladin since she has proficiencies in swords, lances, riding, and flying. Marianne is great as a Holy Knight with her proficiencies in faith, and riding and budding talent in lances.

[@mastercats]

For current difficulty the tank classes are pretty useless, but with lunatic in most fire emblems the tank classes allow you to safely pull enemies into range.

[@pensavifossiunutentemasono6875]

If you want pull enemies into range, imho bow knight Is better

[@foxboyzeke8545]

silvain is a nutty dark knight and ingrid is a sleeper when it comes to the dancer role. she gets so many good spells and she actually use a sword too. i recommend giving her bots of speed to increase her mvt range if u do that

[@xXxXDragonSlayerxXxX]

I'm really surprised that you didn't say Ingred to be a falcon knight tbh

[@fakeigniz13]

@@moomanchu608 which is handy because she has a high Res as a Pegasus Knight

[@Wakfcraft]

She also gets mad avoid rates, she was the 'lurer' in my playthrough, could have finish the game w just her and Felix as a mortal savant tbh

[@klissattack]

I dont think he said a single person for Falcon Knight.

[@xXxXDragonSlayerxXxX]

@@klissattack he didn't your right

[@xXxXDragonSlayerxXxX]

He also didn't say one person for holy knight

[@dwright625]

Loving the game and appreciate your videos

[@jarstarDK]

Good guide but Petra and Ingrid make great Falcon Knights, I feel like that class was slept on in this guide. They are great magic tanks, have great movement, can dismount if needed, will double everything short of a swordmaster and assassin (it probably won’t matter for Petra since her speed grow is crazy) and have just enough strength. As a bonus Ingrid’s relic is a Lance so Falcon Knight may be the best use of it.

[@Schneeregen_]

I actually made Petra my Wyvern Lord, since she is good at axes and flying

[@davyt0247]

I did the same. I didn't regret it

[@fredricmarquez1733]

I made my Hilda into a Great Knight for Tankyness and Mobility and she looks so cool in armor and still does hella dmg

[@Ivol64]

Ingrid is the most valuable unit I had in Azure moon hard route because of her excelent speed nice defence and great resistance, almost anyone of the blue lions has the ability to tank all the magic users of the last part of the game with the flying mobility that falcoknight class gives her and the skill that gives her +30 evasion by waiting I think that falco knight is definitely the choice for Ingrid, and with the silver lance and the killer lance aside of her relic she can easily beat any enemy in the game, the dismount command and later the shield that negates arrow bonus is just in my opinion at least the best unit of blue lions if not one of the best on the whole game

[@broreece]

I would highly advise against making Dorothea a dancer, she has boons in both types of magic and access to Meteor and psychic so it will be a waste of turns to dance instead of using magic.

[@beebee7287]

Honestly, Marianne should be a dancer as she gets a sword that only she can use in part two

[@xavierwagner3238]

Ignatz does amazing as a Sniper, with a not of debuffing and brakeing shot he does great at chipping and and hunter's volley mages.

[@saggsman]

Petra also makes a good choice for Wyvern Lord since she has a proficiency in Axes and Flying. It adds more HP and Strength for her and she can swoop in and score kills quite nicely

[@joostvanderberg7858]

Since my Lysithea was also blessed with a good strength set, I run her as a Mortal Savant with Thunderbrand equipped since she also bears the crest of Charon. For switching it up to magic weapons I also have a Bolt Axe and Levin Sword equipped, she also carries Thyrsus and the Axe of Ukonsavara.

[@fakhrulzainal5384]

I agree with most of these classes, but Ingird is an EXCELLENT Falcon Knight

[@maxcondra4991]

As a gameboy fire emblem player this game has been nothing but amazing. The casual setting is great for the first play through you don't have to worry about losing weaker characters early on it the game. And the rewind feature is great for the same reason.

[@jhon1406]

Surprised to hear you didn't make Ingrid a Falcon Knight. It seems perfect for her

[@tonymack]

I had already done most of those but I use Ingrid as a falcon knight. Gives me a flyer to go for chests and she can get around to support other characters as needed. She crits quite a lot too.

[@maximillionpegasus5160]

I wonder how many pitfalls we'll find in this video

[@jlima5509]

Many bad choices in classes. In special thinking astra is a good combat art. Thinking sword masters are as good as assassins. Not suggesting units with flying boon to go flier

[@isaaclewis2731]

Jlima 5 I thought maybe I was wrong in thinking Astra wasn’t worth it anymore, and I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one thinking that. It’s not worth the time sink especially considering that now it’s only a 1.5 (50%) damage increase to your damage dealt vs the absolutely game-breaking *2.5x (150%) damage increase.*

[@omafivargas9712]

@@isaaclewis2731 But what if your unit has an insane crit chance and crits with nearly every hit of Astra?

[@isaaclewis2731]

Omafi Vargas If I’m critting the opponent they’re likely going to be dead anyway. Instead of taking the risk of wasting 5 durability I’d rather just attack twice with a Killer weapon or 4 times with gauntlets.

[@masterfunkyfly]

Marriane holy knight was an absolute monster for me

[@shadowmaster335]

yeah, i pretty much go with ingrid as a falcon knight, ferdi as a wyvern lord, bernadette as a bow knight, felix as a sword master, dorothea as a dancer, mercedes as a healer, lysithea as a gremory, and byleth as enlightened one, hilda as great knight, and merianne as a holy knight, as for adjuncts, i just put healers on my squishier chars, ohh and in golden deer route i switch out marianne for claude as his unique class

[@Deadrocky]

I made Leonie a Falcon Knight gave her a bow and she just destroys mages and flying units, her and Lysithea (who one shots everything) are my favorite GD units by a mile.

[@raymondjohnson2744]

Lysithea is a glass nuke especially with the the Gloucester relic extending her range

[@1hardyparty]

Did GD as my casual Hard/Classic playthrough. I guess I'll wait for the Lunatic difficulty to play the other 3 routes. I was scared to do Lunatic in Fates but I guess I'll try it this game. Hopefully they limit Devine pales to 3.

[@ziegfeld4131]

Or just dont use the pulse at all pretend it doesnt exist

[@hectorhervas3749]

Ingrid's best class is falco knight

[@ambrosiaaa9064]

Manuela as a bishop is greatly underrated. In golden deer I made Marianne my dancer so she could use Bultgang so I needed another healer and she didn’t disappoint at all. Didn’t make her a Gremory as I had Lysithea and her bane was reason so left her as bishop and didn’t regret it

[@darkdragonmedeus705]

Here's my take. Byleth - (Agreed that a combination of swords, brawling, and healing would be his/her best thing even if they technically can be adept at anything. Either Enlighten One or War Monk is their best class; Trickster is also great) Edelgard - (Her Emperor class is basically a swifter version of Fortress Knight with magic power boost, making her great with Levin Swords. And is the only character who can truly excel as a Mortal Sevant. But Wyvern Lord is the best class in the game) Hubert - (He's the only character who actually works as a Dark Mage + Dark Bishop over regular mages and Warlocks. But Dark Knight gives him mobility self defense boost, so go with that in the end after mastering the previous classes) Dorothea - (Dancer does work best for her given her good charm and less than excellent stats but awesome abilities + Meteor. But Gremory is the best magic class save maybe Dark fliers and Valkyries for some units) Ferdinand - (Great Knight may be his main given his wide proficiency in armor and horse, but that's subpar with for Paladin for multiple reasons. He's also got proficiency in swords, lances, and axes, so he can be good in a lot of classes. But overall, Wyvern Lord is the best) Bernadetta - (Yeah, she was born to be a Bow Knight. Calvary and bows, and lances to some extent. And her abilities are great, so Bow Knight all the way) Caspar - (He was born to be a Warmaster, nuff said) Petra - (Every party needs at least one thief/Assassin to steal quest items and gather chests. But once she learns steal, she can do so just as effectively as a Falcon Knight. Falcon Knights are highly underrated given their immense hit and run tactics and have the best evasion. She can also excel as a Wyvern Lord in other routes) Lindhart - (Bishops are something he really excels at as the party's main healer. But he can also become a pretty good Trickster) Dimitri - (Great Lord is a great class for him given the well balanced Sword and Lance powers, but he can also Excel as Paladin or Hero. Vantage is great for someone of his strength, and a combination of Aegis, Vantage, and using a ranged weapon is his best combo against Magic users that was his greatest weakness otherwise. A Paladin that has Vantage works best. It's just sad that his axes are low, because he could have became a great Wyvern Lord) Dedue - (He was built to be a Fortress Knight, and his weakness for horses makes Great Lord difficult, but War Master is his best friend) Felix - (He's Amazing with swords, bows, and Brawling. Mortal Sevant isn't best best due to the drop in speed, but Swordmaster and Bow Knight are both amazing for him. But I'd say he is the best War Master in the game) Mercedes - (She's definitely the best healer in the game, great for starting out as a Bishop. But can become even better as a Gremory and especially with potent attacks) Ashe - (He's basically a Thief who can lock pick on any class, so anything that would boost his mobility is to strive for. Bow Knights or Wyvern Lord can be great for him however) Annette - (Definately a Reason focused character, Gremory is a great choice, but can also make a decent Mortal Sevant with her Hero's Relic. But perhaps Valkyrie or Dark Flier is also good for her) Sylvain - (Although he's great as a Paladin, and he can become a good Dark Knight, but Dark Knight Sylvain is pretty much Mortal Sevant Felix. He's best overall as a Wyvern Lord) Ingrid - (She was pretty much born to be a Falcon Knight, but can be an excellent Assassin before that and I recommend mastering Thief so she can steal) Claude - (Barbossa is his best class by far. It's like a hybrid of a Bow Knight and Wyvern Lord when he learns Wind God) Lorenz - (He's not really the best, he just very average all around both physicall and magically. But Dark Knight is what he was meant to be) Hilda - (She's a very well balanced Axe user, so definately various axe based classes, but Wyvern Lord coming out on top) Raphael - (War Master for sure, he's like a 2nd Dedue albeit slightly less tanky, but War Master gives him the highest pool of HP in the game) Lysithea - (Best Gremory in the game; though would also be a great Valkyrie or Dark Flier, but Gremory is her best) Ignatz - (He has excellent Luck and Resistance for a bow user, but is otherwise a weaker version of Bernie and Leonie. And he can also become okay with magic. But Bow Knight is perhaps his best class) Marianne - (She's great as a Bishop due to being a healer, and the only character who can become efficient as a Holy Knight, but she also works great as a Trickster) Leonie - (She wants to be a Paladin just like Jeralt, but she also excels as a Bow Knight and is arguably the best Bow Knight. However, Calvary units don't make the best use of her immense speed, so may want to make her a Falcon Knight. She's excellent as that) Manuela - (She could become a lot of things, but her best use would be her speed. And she's also proficient in both swords and Faith with a weakness for Reason. May be difficult for her to be a Valkyrie or Dark Flier, but she excels as a Trickter or Falcon Knight quite well. Perhaps Trickster overall would be easiest.) Hanneman - (Reason Magic is easily his best bet, so a Warlock would be great for him. He's also good with horses and no weakness for lances, so a Dark Knight also fits his favor) Seteth - (Keep him in his Wyvern classes, he's a great Wyvern Lord) Flayn - (2nd Best healer, so a Gremory who was previously a Bishop works best; though not to shabby as a Dancer or any DLC Class) Cyril - (He can be great at any non magical class, but Wyvern Lord is his best by far) Catherine - (She's meant to be a Swordmaster to make use of Thunderbrand, keep her that way. But she could also become a good War Cleric) Alois - (Warmaster is his best class even if somewhat weaker than Caspar) Gilbert - (He was meant to be a Great Knight, even if that's not quite the best class. We could also try him as a War Master or Wyvern Lord which would be better) Shamir - (Like other Snipers, she works excellently as a Bow Knight) Anna - (She could become a wide variety of Thief type classes so an Assassin or Trickster both work very well for her. Trickster better overall however) Jeritza - (His unique class Death Knight works best for him via Range Counter. Though wouldn't hurt to try out other classes like Paladin to learn Aegis or a Hero or Mercany to receive Vantage can also make him broken. Either a Hero with Range Counter or a Death Knight with Vantage is the best combo for him) Yuri - (As the character with the highest speed and luck in the game, he really excels as his trademark Trickster. Assassin may be his next best choice also) Balthus - (He's insanely slow, but very strong and tough and barely a healer. Although War Monk isn't a bad choice for him, you got better healers and War Master is the best choice for his strengths) Constance - (Her trade make Dark Flier is a great choice for her, but she can also excel as a Gremory) Hapi - (Only meant to be magic classes even though she's proficient in both Calvary and flying. Valkyrie suits her greatly, but so can Gremory and Dark Flier)

[@tobathetura7482]

For Ingrid use swordmaster only as a filler till falcoknight. Astra is totally useless when you can one round double for 2 durability anyways. She wants the Lance rank for her relic as well

[@ctrlaltdel6440]

Falcon knight Petra a was beast in my first playthrough

[@izlude9283]

Something I did on my Golden Deer run now. I really pushed through the Triangle Attack of Falcon Knights..Also tried no recruit from other houses. Raphael Fighter>Brawler>Brigand>Grappler>Warrior>War Master>Armored Knight>Fortress Knight Lorenz Monk>Mage>Cavalier>Paladin>Dark Mage>Warlock>Dark Knight>Great Knight Ignatz Fighter>Archer>Mercenary>Assassin>Cavalier>Paladin>Sniper>Bow Knight Lysithea Monk>Mage>Priest>Warlock>Bishop>Gremory>Mercenary>Mortal Savant Hilda Fighter>Soldier>Pegasus Knight>Brigand>Wyvern Rider>Warrior>Wyvern Lord>Falcon Knight Marianne Monk>Priest>Bishop>Soldier>Cavalier>Paladin>Mercenary>Holy Knight Leonie Fighter>Archer>Soldier>Cavalier>Paladin>Sniper>Great Knight>Bow Knight Catherine Myrmidon>Mercenary>Soldier>Cavalier>Paladin>Pegasus Knight>Sword Master>Falcon Knight Shamir Myrmidon>Mercenary>Fighter>Archer>Assassin>Sniper>Pegasus Knight>Falcon Knight Cyril Fighter>Brigand>Warrior>Wyvern Rider>Cavalier>Paladin>Wyvern Lord>Great Knight Hanneman Monk>Mage>Warlock Manuela Monk>Priest>Bishop Seteth Fighter>Brigand>Cavalier>Paladin>Warrior>Wyvern Rider>Wyvern Lord>Great Knight Flayn Monk>Priest>Cavalier>Bishop>Paladin>Holy Knight>Pegasus Knight>Falcon Knight

[@samleuba112]

I personally did put my Dorothea as a Mortal Savant She’s very versatile A good anti mage and very good at both range and melee

[@isaacazmee9930]

Hamoi Sam same my Dorothea was a Mortal Savant too, but for the final boss battle she has to put on her best dress as a Gremory tho

[@supershadow2021]

Make Edelgard a magic class she's really good at it, she has the growths for it, her pref batallion boosts mag and phys, and her great spell list is just so useful

[@appetizingly]

Enlightened One is so incredibly broken, it's not even funny; one of the classes/characters which are definitely too strong for the current difficulty settings. I kinda gimped myself and decided to use a mix of Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced classes (like evenly spread) to make things a little more interesting. And tbh, Byleth is a beast even as a Commoner - videos like this, although I don't agree with quite a few of your choices, will hopefully be a huge help once Lunatic releases.

[@shadowedfate151]

Paladin works for Dimitri, but his personal classes gives him so much attack, defense, speed, and skill that he's built to rush the enemy. And in my playthrough I never had trouble moving him around far in the map, I feel his great lord class is worth sacrificing the 2 move