[FE3H] Blue Lions BEST Classes! Recommended Classes Fire Emblem Three Houses

[@BonSentimentig]

Best class choices: Put them all on horses, Or flying horses or lizard horses.

[@Neogears1312]

i did that. not that great surprisingly.

[@FF18Cloud]

@@Neogears1312 but it's fun Doing that to Marianne and Annette right now Annette's fun since, her as a wyvern Lord just sounds insane But Marianne with falcon knight Dude, she's untouched

[@Neogears1312]

FF18Cloud mages aren’t that fast for the most part in this game so they’re really not cut out for trying to go physical units. Unless your names Lorenz you’re best not wasting your time making mages non mage classes.

[@aliciaf3652]

Flying horses and lizard horses are good but all riding classes suck except bow knight. Dark Knight is exclusive for Hubert(maybe also Hanneman?) and Holy Knight...why does this class even exist?

[@gorade1901]

@@aliciaf3652 Are you kidding? Healer with extra move, that's why. Seems self explanatory to me.

[@MegaShepardsPie]

If you need to recruit a mage from another house because your team lacks powerful magic users, you either pick Lysithea or you're doing it wrong.

[@jonathandwilliams2885]

Don't forget Lorentz as well. Not to train up as a mage. Just for Thyrsus to make Lysithea that much more busted.

[@MegaShepardsPie]

@@jonathandwilliams2885 Lys with A+ reason magic and Thyrsus is just ridiculous. Nukes everything before it can come close enough to take advantage of the fact that she can't take a hit and if you do mess up by putting her in harms way, the staff might just end up saving her anyway.

[@Silvitewolf]

@@MegaShepardsPie while Dorthea lacks some power in comparison thoron and meteor are a decent argument for her. And then you increase range...

[@MegaShepardsPie]

@@Silvitewolf Meteor doesn't have enough uses to be a major advantage and once Lysithea has Thyrsus, she has all the range you need. Dorothea might have a slight edge in early game due to Thoron and being a decent off-healer, but Lysithea catches up quick. The only one that comes close to her is Hubert with Lifetaker, because he's far more durable than her and isn't far behind when it comes to power.

[@youarenowbreathingmanually2798]

alternately, recruit both lysithea and dorothea because of your fascination with magical waifus

[@RotGirl-lol]

Felix surprisingly makes a decent dancer while still being pretty good offense wise and its pretty fun getting earlier access to his magic as he is a crit machine

[@mx4159]

Imo you never want to make your dancer involved in combat. Their sole role is to give other (and better) units a second turn. It wouldn’t make sense to make one of the best units a dancer because that essentially eliminates the possibility of them getting a second turn

[@Xane875]

@@mx4159 I'd say for people that don't find dancers useful for their playstyle, Felix is a good option as while even though those people wouldn't be dancing with him, Sword Avoid and Sword Dance would be pretty nice on him. Though under that lens, Dimitri is honestly a much better option as he has the best Charm stat out of the Blue Lions and would probably destroy with Sword Dance.

[@RotGirl-lol]

Yeah I don’t really use him as a dancer in general but sword avoidance is very good on Felix and he practically dodges everything

[@sympathism]

Exacly, that sword avoidance plus his relic, magic option and a dance option makes him the ultimate god tier unit

[@legacytag]

I... Actually made him a Dark Bishop...I regretted that decision...

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

"Dimitri struggles to get into the Mercenary class" Dimitri has a bonus to swords. "Make Dimitri an armored knight" Dimitri has a disadvantage in axes.

[@AnimePigeon]

I might be a idiot - but I made Dimitri Solo Prologue on Maddening with Edelgards Iron Axe 🪓 😂

[@survivorlast1171]

I always take the 3 BL boys on every route since they never disappoint me. Ashe= Wyvren Lord Felix= Mortal Savant Slyvain= Dark Knight

[@eelegalactivity4560]

Mine is literally the same, exept Sylvain, who I made a Great Knight (For some reason, ignoring his budding talent)

[@geenobe9941]

Isn't Sylvain better in Paladin rather than Dark knight though? - 1 extra point of move - Lance fair to boost his already higher physical damage.

[@survivorlast1171]

@@geenobe9941 eh maybe for me it's that his Magic damage is actually pretty solid usually so he can kill Armours and even some Cavaliers from a distance

[@geenobe9941]

Survivor Last I'd say that's just him being able to double units with low res, Sylvain is so strong he would probably be able to one round them with lances (especially the lance of ruin and brave lance.) It isn't bad for him to be dark knight though, i had him as that in my first playthrough,

[@PuchimonExtreme]

Made my Felix a Mortal Savant the first run. An assassin every following run. Reason: Most things tend to die before he even reaches them (the only exceptions are monsters or in maps where the party start split up like that futuristic map). I'd rather he be weaker than 'usually completely useless'

[@stefanfr13]

For Dedue's section, you forgot to mark his proficiency in armor

[@jaeaik]

I'm bound to make these mistakes when I'm building assets at midnight haha. Thanks for letting me know, when I compile my imgur album, I'll be sure to mark it down in the description or better yet, just fix it altogether for when I get there.

[@kclorenz8037]

JaeAIK it was an easier over sight I'm grateful you put this out because BL is my first house

[@windmage01]

@@jaeaik I don't think that you will have to end in Fort. Knight for Dedue. I'm pretty sure you can just move on to War Master to get Quick Riposte.

[@Iceblade269]

One thing to note about Master Classes; they aren’t the end all be all. Swordmaster is better than Mortal Savant. You get more avoid and Astra while having bomb ass growths. The only utility he gets from Savant is the ability to cast Thoron, but you should leave poking enemies to Ashe. And a Levin Sword+ grants you 3 range. That and since you focus only on swords, Felix will get S+ in them, granting him +10 to Mt and + 10 to crit. And Holy Knight is ass for healers. You lose heal +10 and the doubled healing uses. You’re better off keeping Mercedes as a Bishop and using a dancer to keep her movement up. Trust me, Physic and 4 Fortifys makes up for the 4 mov

[@knotknight514]

Ok but Holy Knight is cooler. Checkmate😎

[@jaeaik]

BLACK EAGLES: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbyYV... GOLDEN DEERS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX7Wm2mNoZ2kaLc& Special Thanks: VEKO for going over the script and giving me additional notes that I could add into the video. TIMESTAMPS: 0:50 - Dimitri 4:02 - Dedue 6:19 - Annette 8:54 - Ashe 11:07 - Felix 12:55 - Ingrid 15:07 - Mercedes 16:57 - Sylvain 19:25 - Sample Team And look I get it, just turn them into fliers and call it a day. But I wanted to give an array of different options so I included things that would best make use of their proficiency to give you an array of different options. If you want to become Brian Kibler, the master the dragons, then go on right ahead. I'm not stopping you, just make sure you progress from Fighter to get Death Blow.

[@michaelhowell2809]

Do you have tips on how to level your units to offset weakness such as speed reductions on caverly units etc..

[@jaeaik]

​@@michaelhowell2809 I would adjust my class progression accordingly. If I see that a unit like Felix who has a high speed growth is getting screwed early on, I would just jump into Myrm -> Swordmaster/Assassin and then move onto something else when I feel comfortable with the speed that i have. Theres no need to force promotions in this game, since growths are additive.

[@tactless2061]

Why would you get Dorathea when you can get Lysethia? She does more damage, has warp and learns her required skills faster.

[@justrashaad3963]

I thought Brigand gave Death Blow, either way a great video

[@jaeaik]

@@tactless2061 you lack a good dancer in the blue lions route, so I specifically chose Dorothea over Lysithea because she's better in that role. If you turned Annette into your dancer or you just don't want a dancer Lysithea is 100% the better pick up. I thought I mentioned it in the video or I cut that audio out by accident.

[@alexf6023]

JaeAIK: All Felix routes likely end in Mortal Savant Me: *Recruits him to GD just to make him a dancer*

[@bluegem8582]

I mean, it makes him a way more effective dodge tank than he already was, thanks to sword avoid

[@allyrose9494]

I mean..... until I got Yuri Felix was my go to for dancer.....

[@saarah0006]

I did the same thing.

[@g.n.s.153]

Can't wait for the GD recommended classes to see how bad I messed up.

[@dylzoe]

The only way not to 'screw up' is to throw everyone on a wyvern so i think its safe to say whatever you did is alright lol

[@monday1554]

you didnt got to do my man mekkah like that

[@SandyCheeks1896]

bambi the fuck is wrong with you 😂

[@aaronpaulsantos689]

The GD route for me is going a little slow, so I'm only doing my second run as a NG+ file with Hard Classic mode enabled and I'm having a bit of a struggle putting who's classes/promotions for my second run so I'm gladly waiting for the GD recommendations

[@L3_MufF1n]

bambi how hard did you have to grind?

[@jace7951]

Dimitri can become the best dodge tank with a build I made Post timeskip gives him +20 Avo at full Hp Dancer gives a sword avo which gives +20 Avo using a sword Maxed out sword prof gives another +20 Avo Maxed out flying gives +30 Avo when waiting Wyvern Lord give him an additional +10 Avo as a class ability Dancer also gives him a +20avo combat art so in total 70 avoid with sword 90 with dancer combat art 100 when waiting with sword Crazy stuff

[@Tetraphobe49]

Where do you get the +20 Avo at full HP skill?

[@CrocodileMilkshake]

@@Tetraphobe49 Post Time-skip Dimitri's personal skill gains an extra effect, that being Avo +20 at full HP, Edelgard gets +4 res on wait and Claude gets Pass

[@Tetraphobe49]

@@CrocodileMilkshake Wow I have played the Edelgard route and i haven't noticed this thank you

[@JG-wz8xx]

That build certainly sounds good, but my favorite in the game by far is the Ingrid F.K. build. On my maddening BL run, I gave her sword prowess level 5, Alert Stance Plus, Avo +10 from the F.K. class ability, and her base speed can be increased with special dance. I'm currently in the midgame of my maddening run, and she already has over 100 Avoid. It's hilarious to see the maddening Snipers with 145 hit have a 10 percent chance to hit her from two tiles away.

[@moonlight2870]

"Great Knight is bad b cause Dedue hates riding" "Wyvern lord is good even if Dedue hates flying" Hmmm....

[@sorenfan1964]

Flying is simply awesome in this game

[@Dharengo]

Yeah but it actually takes less effort to make him a great knight than it does to make him a wyvern lord.

[@xuanathan]

Dharengo The point is the effort is not half as worth it as Wyvern.

[@Dharengo]

Xuanathan But he still recommends fortress knight. If you can go fortress knight, you can go great knight.

[@sorenfan1964]

@@Dharengo The issue with Fortess knight simply is mobility 4 move without magic in an advanced class just isn't good

[@t-virus7098]

Wish me luck on making Ashe a mortal savant. I’m doing this because he looks like Robin

[@soulfire5274]

1: Wtf are you doing 2: Good luck

[@izanagiforsmite4365]

...Did it work?

[@Ryujulz]

I raised Annette's Axe proficiency to A....so she could use a Bolt Axe. Redundant...but worth it.

[@isaiahtorok7079]

To be fair it has three range, she's also a decent armor knight although i think i just got blessed, she's better then her father now

[@Ryujulz]

@@isaiahtorok7079 True I did the same with Dorothea and Lysinthea with Levin Sword and Mercedes with a Magic Bow. Kinda sad there is no magic lance for Marianne though.

[@isaiahtorok7079]

@@Ryujulz there is a magic lance in edelgards route, i think its called indras arrow

[@Ryujulz]

@@isaiahtorok7079 oh yeah! it's a relic/special weapon though. I didn't have Marianne in that playthrough either since it was my first and I think I only recruited Leonie.

[@carlosmiguel1105]

@@Ryujulz Mariane gets frozen lance early anyway.

[@nhall129]

Gets to the Annette section “PLEASE DONT LEVEL UP HER AXE PROFICIENCY” Me: Makes her my main tank with stupid high crit and resistance I regret nothing, it looked funny and i loved every second of it

[@TheGreatRio]

A man of culture. Only cultured individuals such as myself make Annette a Fortress Knight into Great Knight.

[@PurpleShift42]

How else is she going to use that Bolt Axe for 3 range if she doesn’t level up Axes, I ask you? :P (Not being on BL, does Crusher do magic damage?)

[@saidin0142]

@@PurpleShift42 it does

[@FF18Cloud]

Nah, see, she went down that magic route for me I got bored of it because in my gold deer run, there were just too many better mages/killers So I put her on a dragon and had her run around with axes

[@nhall129]

Lissa She started as a Mage when i wasn’t sure what to do with her but then she went from Armored Knight to Fortress Knight and then Great Knight It wasnt really a standard i path tho cuz i had her learn magic classes on her way up So her resistance stayed really solid

[@Eflaene]

Sylvain's Crest occasionally raises Mt when using combat arts, not doubling

[@jaeaik]

Thanks for letting me know, I guess I copied and pasted the wrong thing in there from my script. I'll be sure to fix this for when I go and make my imgur album.

[@JosephHk743]

Now that I’m playing blue lions, this certainly came at the perfect time for planning out my endgame classes. Thanks Jae!

[@NightaYuu]

Thanks for those videos! I love your content, you are so underrated!

[@Samsonsamurai]

Annette! The Rally Woman!

[@MaidoNyxi]

I’ve just finished my first playthrough of 3H which is the Black Eagles Edelgard route, and I’m starting Blue Lions next, so this video came out at just the right time! It’s very helpful, thanks a bunch!

[@EatingHawaiianP1zza]

Call me crazy, but I feel like Dancer would be a good option for Felix. Not to actually make him a Dancer, just so he can get the Sword Avo +20 skill.

[@icemythic6076]

Great video just like your Black Eagles guide! I would like to point out that picking up Death/Darting/Fiendish Blow abilities from the Brigand/Peg Knight/Mage class masteries is worth it every time. Death Blow in particular is outstanding for anyone using Brawling weapons because It's essentially +12 or +24 dmg because every weapon has a brave effect. I personally managed to get Edelgard to Wyvern Lord with Death and Darting Blow. Combined with her axe Aymyr it's disgusting.

[@Alice-un3kq]

These videos are so helpful, because I'm very indecisive. I want to plan it out before hand so my characters stats aren't all over the place. Looking forward to your Golden Deer video!

[@shadedhydra6674]

Nice, the best House's best Classes. Those are actually all of the end classes for my units with the exception of Dedue who I made into a Great Knight, I'm definitely making him a War Master in my next playthrough with him next time.

[@danwantling504]

I rarely comment, but my god you deserve a bigger viewership! Concise and informative videos with good humour and best of all a well formatted description with timestamps. Keep up the awesome work dude.

[@chilipowderkeg1160]

So fortress knight... everyone got it

[@jaeaik]

wtf I said priest

[@fredxu99]

I'm doing this on NG+. I want to see this little bb girl Annette in a hulking suit of armor that probably weighs more than her.

[@chilipowderkeg1160]

@@fredxu99 saw someone's stream did Bernadetta Fortress Knight and even though it takes so much investment it was actually viable

[@fredxu99]

@@chilipowderkeg1160 I've found that if the character has strength growth equal to or higher than their mag growth, they can do any physical class. This is because they probably also have respectable defense growths. Mages are more restricted since they always have bad strength and defense growths, can't really do Hubert Fortress or Lysithea Fortress because they have such specialized growths.

[@hammerstix5791]

@@fredxu99 Fortress knight and Bishop only run

[@charlierashi100]

Nice video! I haven’t checked the stat growths of the Blue Lions, but when I play through them, I will be sure to use your video as reference.

[@shawncarl94]

Wyvern Lord Dimitri is critically underrated here. The class itself is extremely broken in the game due to the flexibility of flight that when combined with Dimitri’s high Str, Spd, and Def, it makes him a monster. The Avoid +10 class skill also stacks with +20% avoid of his Personal Skill +, and with the +30% of Alert Stance +, Avoid given by Weapon Prowess skills, and with his naturally high Avoid due to his high speed. Even when the enemy does hit him, his defense is so high, he won’t take much damage. Also for Felix: Noble->Fighter->Thief/Mercenary/Brigand->Assassin->(Swordmaster)->Bow Knight is a strong option due to his proficiency in bows and the strength of having a mount. His spell list isn’t fantastic and the perks of going mortal savant can be made up for with a Levin Sword if you really need it

[@LinktheDragonslayer]

Will always reccomend sylvain as a wyvern lord.

[@lisak802]

I did that because my friend told me that it's amazing and I tried it out because my other friend told me that the last map was very... exhausting without fliers. I had absolutely no regrets whatsoever. 10/10, would put him into a black armor and on top of a wyvern again

[@juicyjuustar121]

Nice video dude! Really helpful since I'm currently playing Blue Lions run. I remember when I first started watching your channel you were making FE ROMhack videos.

[@jrpgqueen3772]

Sylvain makes an INSANE Wyvern rider, so keep that in mind too ;) And actually, Felix is better as a swordmaster ;) (mortal savant is not that good, stats wise)

[@ginrodino8542]

I beg to differ on Felix honestly. I'm doing a Maddening run and Mortal Savant Felix is one of my best units.

[@MyLifeAsKev]

Making Sylvain into a dark knight and Felix into a holy knight was the best decision I ever made. Best power couple in 3H.

[@1AmGroot]

Best classes in Fire Emblem 3 Houses: People on horses. Or horses with wings. Or lizards with wings. Just anyone that doesn't use their feet to move.

[@soulfire5274]

My uncle played Golden Deer, and he did a mission with a flyer. The next mission everyone in his group was on a pegasus/wyvern

[@FieryMeltman]

I think their growth rates would be easier to see if they were on a darker background. Having white text on a light blue background isn't a very good idea.

[@jaeaik]

That was my bad. I built these assets on my PC which is a different screen type, where it's easier to read. I didn't take into account what other people would be using. When I compile all of these into an imgur album i'm going to be tweeking the colors.

[@PuppyGems]

so happy to find this vid. im just past part 2 and happy to know im doing most of the characters the right build . however I have Flayn as my dancer with healing, and I got Dorethea hoping to make her a Gremory. I love Mercedes and was trying to make her into a holy knight and Slyvain into a dark knight but the grind to level up riding is very hard. thank you for this vid :)

[@AB54099]

Covered everything. Nice. Even read the pinned comment as well. Maybe just make it clear that the C axes for Annette is for Bolt Axe as a backup magic option. Dedue can always swap out Brigand for Merc for vantage to go alongside wrath which he will always make use of when he gets war master. Even if you don't commit to a flying class, death blow is always amazing as a pickup. And remember, if you don't want a dancer, pick up sword avoid +20 for your best evade tanks. Also Jay, I know your trying to colour co-ordinate with you graphics but a black stroke over the white text will help easing the eye strain. Not much else from me. Good day sir.

[@mavoc3094]

"Bolt Axe as a backup magic option." LOL, my Wyvern Lord Annette is bubbly off the battlefield, but she becomes the Goddess of Thunder that strikes fear into even Dimitri while on it.

[@dylzoe]

Man he called me out im currently doing a priest only run smh

[@sj4iy]

Felix is so amazing that I’ve maxed out all the classes he needs for mortal savant long before I needed him to...so I made him an archer and a priest and he maxed them out as well (then as mortal savant he could literally kill you with 4 different abilities).

[@SylemGistoe]

*Really* should mention Annette's relic weapon, the Crusher- a magic hammer that can serve her really freaking well as a dark knight- you barely mention it, but it's insanely strong, and scales off her Magic, instead of strength- i'd say worth pulling her axe skill up enough to make use of- definitely.

[@Saltyoven]

Crusher can be used at rank e. Otherwise train axe to c+ to get lightning axe combat art

[@dankvu]

Anyone here made Sylvain a Wyvern Lord?

[@jaeaik]

If you can make anyone a wyvern lord, you should just make them a wyvern lord because they're the best class in the game second to Falcon knights which are gender locked.

[@Volke59]

He's good at axes and lances and neutral in flying. Plus it is probably the best class in the game. So I totally agree.

[@OkMakuTree]

It was a pain getting him there but Sylvain was awesome as a Wyvern Lord!

[@geenobe9941]

JaeAIK I'd argue Barabossa is the best class since Bows are generally better then Axes. Wyvern Lord and Falcon knight are pretty much identical, just depends on if you prefer slightly better class boosts with Wyvern lord, or Better overall Growths with Falcon Knight.

[@gerardorojas8105]

I did. He’s a physical nuke!

[@dimitri7371]

great video, you are helping me so much for my blue lions only maddening playthrough.

[@ludgerkres.1437]

I actually turned Dimitri into Holy Knight on my first play through because I wanted him to stay mounted. Why stay footlocked when you can have the juicy movement?

[@TRIPLEOSMOOOTH]

Your videos are what we noobs look for, thank you and DON'T STOP

[@merlink.7287]

I'm pretty much set on keeping Felix as Assassin because I mortal savant doesn't add much to Felix besides magic but his magic isn't high and he could use the Levin sword instead. I also don't like losing 30% SPD growth going from assassin to mortal savant

[@elijah7744s]

My Mortal Savant Felix was supremely useful to me, as he got critical hits very often due to Thunder and Thoron’s high crit and his Black Magic crit +10 skill. I used his magic more than his swords. The Levin Sword becomes a less accurate Thoron. I also like Mortal Savant Ignatz, because Blizzard is amazing, and the same with Ingrid and the Holy Knight class which gets Physic, Seraphim, Blizzard, and Thoron.

[@Dharengo]

I think you underestimate how much destruction he can rain upon his enemies even with his low mag. He will always double, and most of the time at least one of those two hits will crit. And that's IF two hits isn't enough, which it usually is. Since spells are self replenishing it saves sword uses. Plus Thoron can counter snipers without having to forge a Levin Sword, when arcane crystals are hard to come by until much later in the game.

[@begselwalch5742]

Thoron's high range combined with Felix' crit rate is very useful though for taking out low-res enemies and since he is not as squishy as most magic units he will be able to take a hit or two on enemy phase opposed to best offensive BL magic unit Annette. Annette gets the same range for all her spells with that item the name of which I forgot, but if she gets attacked by a physical enemy unit she pretty much just dies. By the time you get Felix to mortal savant he should already have high enough spd (and str) that losing 30% in spd growth shouldn't matter that much.

[@Dharengo]

His base spd growth is already the second highest in the game. The massive head start he got from being in speedy classes beforehand is not something he's likely to lose before the endgame. And I suppose you can add to that... You can class change at will in this game.

[@merlink.7287]

I just wish there were more master class options for sword specialist in this game, I'll probably put him back to mortal savant when I get his speed high enough to double with Aegis shield reliably.

[@jillvalentinetifalockharts6443]

Absolutely needed this guide. I did a blind play through with black eagles and beat it, but was struggling against the last boss. And now I'm playing blue lions and needed more exploration.

[@Dr._Jazz]

I had great success with Raphael in my golden dear playthrough with a certain build order that I think would work really good with Dedue as well. It's Commoner -> Myrmidon -> Mercenary -> Warrior -> Hero -> Warmaster. Hero is mainly just for the speed boost: it's not actually necessary to master it. This gives him access to the deadly Vantage+Wrath combo and rescues his otherwise bad speed, while his naturally high growths in strength and defense take care of themselves. Basically, get him to C-swords early and then hard switch to axes and while working on Brawling on the side and (eventually) get high enough to get Warmaster unlocked. You can choose from there whether to keep working on or ignore Brawling. Final skill build: Axe Prowess 5, Vantage, Wrath, Axe Crit +10, (whatever else you want). Give him a short axe/tomahawk, and watch him murder everything on enemy phase. It's pretty dope. Just watch out for mages.

[@danieltopete2572]

I have a feeling that a lot people don’t really think about making Sylvian a Hero, but he can really become a “jack-of-all-trades” when it comes to the weapon triangle. All I really did was just stick to the myrm/mercenary route which gives him good speed (usually always attacking twice and dodging, even when counterattacking) while also making sure to increase his other weapon stats, with a proficiency on lances and access to the lance of ruin, it’s not really something to be worried about, and he also has proficiency in axes which is pretty neat. Lastly, giving him an armorslayer allows him to find the cure to cancer.

[@anidiotplayslivestream5206]

I've only just started my Blue Lions run yesterday, thought I'd watch to see how my initial plan compares to this one. Here's what I am/was considering: Dimitri - yeah, we match. I'm specifically doing that first path you suggested. Dedue - I'm not planning to actively use him in this run, so that's whatever. Annette - I'm planning on the warlock path to gremory. Ashe - I'm actually not planning to master class him at all. I had a really good experience in my Golden Deer run with Ignatz as an assassin with a Wo Dao and a silver bow+, so I'm thinking of trying to recreate that with him in the Blue Lions. (also, my Byleth is going Bow Knight this time, so I don't want to double up) Felix - glad to see my mortal savant instinct was correct. I'll probably do the swordmaster path to that. Ingrid - was planning to make her my dancer, but literally everyone is saying she's awesome as a pegasus/falcon knight, so I guess I'll do that and see what the big deal is. Mercedes - I'm actually doing that holy knight build for her - I spent the back half of my last playthrough grinding her riding and lance so I could start off better in those with my NG+, excited to see how that turns out. Sylvain: not sure which path I'll take yet, but he's definitely gonna be a dark knight.

[@l.n.3372]

My first playthrough is Blue Lions and I'm having a blast. This game has exceeded all my expectations. I decided to make Dimitri, Sylvain and Ashe all bow knights. It's working great since all 3 can use Lance and bows well. But honestly I just end up keeping great Lord for Dimitri whenever he doesn't need the paladin extra movement. Mercedes and Annette are both gremory for me because Dorothea became my dancer. On new game plus, I might actually consider making Annette the dancer instead. But physic on Dorothea is just so hard to pass up; Dorothea is an excellent support recruit option that sometimes I feel like Annette gets overlooked because Mercedes and Dorothea can do the support role better. But Annette is a great mage with excellent rally support skills. Falcon knight Ingrid and war master Dedue just felt so natural and easy to set up. Practically free lol. But Felix was my only true problem child; I had to decide early on what to do with him since swords get shafted in master classes. He's a great swordmaster, hero and assassin in advanced classes. But if you want the master class then he needs to focus early on if he's going to meet the skill requirements. Eventually I settled for fighter, brigand, wyvern Felix. But I could see bow knight working especially well instead as the final class because Felix hits like a truck with death blow + long range bows. He's a monster lol

[@SnowballK4T]

I think this is not the greatest advice. You put a lot of emphasis in class modifiers, assume that everyone has to get to a new tier whenever they can (ex.: Making Ingrid promote to Paladin from Pegasus Knight instead of remaining as she is until lv. 30), ignoring things like class skills and such when advising certain paths, etc. Not a bad video, but I feel it's a bit misleading.

[@jaeaik]

Great point. I'll address this more in-depth in my next video

[@spbynum]

Agreed. Felix is great as a Swordmaster. It is not necessary at all to make him a Mortal Savant.

[@sj4iy]

Same for Ashe- he’s so good as a sniper that I’ve never see the need to move him up to master certification.

[@TheShadowhog759]

Light Treason not necessary but def a great move. Felix does incredible as a Mortal Savant he was literally born to be one with black magic crit +10

[@davyt0247]

@@sj4iy I must be unlucky, or RNG hates me, Sniper Ashe was USELESS for me

[@bricker7244]

You’re right; strength based Axe Annette isn’t worth it. However, getting her to B axes lets her use Bolt Axes, the relic Crusher, and Lightning Axe, a combat art. Lightning Axe on a refined Silver Axe gives her three incredibly high night options for melting with Axes, and Lightning Axes is unlocked at C+ for her, so I’d say it’s worth investing in Axes for her, just don’t stray from her actual Magic classes to do so.

[@travelingfox8817]

Personally Ingrid started to fall behind when I was running her on my first hard run on BL she became kida useless pretty early on and I ended making her into a dancer which made infinitely more useful for me

[@jaeaik]

Thats kind of the story with ingrid. Fall behind early if you aren't lucky. Thankfully the dacner class is an option for 1 character that falls behind.

[@soniatsui7606]

Traveling Fox You should train Ingrid with axe as well to get her into wyvern rider class for strength after level 20 and before she gets to level 30. If you are on BL you should save your strength boost items for Ashe and Ingrid(if she gets RNG screwed).

[@JessicaFlores-qd7jq]

That's kinda what happened to her on mine and I noticed I had to take time aside to work with her and it was kinda worth it in the end as she became one of my most reliable units, at least the way I used her.

[@lizzy532]

@@jaeaik Yeah, Ingrid really isn't an early game unit, but in my experience honestly once she starts to get into the cavalry classes she really starts to shine and demolish enemies

[@davyt0247]

If she winds up getting magic blessed, make Ingrid a Gremory! No seriously, she's actually good as one. Heal Physic Nosferatu Seraphim for faith and for reason she gets Blizzard Thoron and Fimbulvetr

[@astralwyrm3787]

I gave dedue a bow and took him through fighter->brigand->archer->fortress knight-> Sniper and i gave him the shoes of wind. If you add a few defense stat boosts he has a ton of def even in sniper. His speed isn't great but early game he will one shot with his high strength and later game there are plenty doubling bows. He can also double Armour knights and with his strength he can kill them without effectiveness. He also has hunter's volley as another option for raising his damage.

[@Silvitewolf]

One thing for felix... his crest procs a lot. When you quad its not uncommon for 10-20 extra damage and if he crits... boom.

[@jaximus1366]

Sylvain also makes a phenomenal Wyvern Rider/Lord if you're up for raising his flying skill, which honestly wasn't that tough with goals, instruction and the flying assignment. He turned out to be the MVP of my Blue Lions playthrough.

[@brendancoulter5761]

Honestly I recomend with felix to stick to sword master and if you want range options level bows, dont go into mortal savant. I kept Felix as a sword master the hole game, gave him the dancer ability that grants 20 avoid and he was an absolute beast, probably my most reliable melee unit.

[@afromarco005]

Blue lions are the best Dedue, Mercedes, Anette, Dimitri

[@geenobe9941]

I went through the task of making Dedue a wyvern rider and it was well worthit (and not all that hard since you can just get the 1.5x boost after he gets to the next rank for the promotion in axes and you have the group tasks to use as well.) Went into Armor knight for Intermediete to boost his defense growth and he became a mobile Wyvern lord at end game with 53 Prt I also like to make Ashe's intermediate class the the brigand, so he can get Death blow and a higher strength growth rate for the 10 levels before going into Sniper. Gets rid of his str problems without sacrificing speed through the mounted classes, and allows a 4 range beast. c axes for Brigand isn't too demanding to reach with his proficiency anyway. Also sometimes i feel it's better to leave people in Advanced classes, such as leaving Sylvain in Paladin for Lance faire, or Ignatz as Assasin to keep proficiency in Bows and keep the speed growth over Mortal Savant.

[@hellothere2570]

Currently using Annette in my silver snow run, have her as a warlock and she's honestly great without needing gremory. Focusing purely on reason lets her get black magic range +1 shortly after timeskip which when paired with either Thyrsus or cadeceus staff ensures she's destroying anything without needing to take counter attacks, even from archers. That being said i am playing on normal difficulty since this is my first Fe game, so she might be better in gremory in higher difficulties

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

I made Mercedes a Bow Knight. She had an MVP or two early on as I forced myself to use her, gave her +3 strength through stat-boosters and suddenly her strength growth forgot it was only 20% and skyrocketed to 30. Mercedes became my most common MVP leading into the time skip, and leading all through the rest of the route. RNG is often a problem... But damnit I love it sometimes.

[@4Tom4lepus4]

I was really tempted to give Mercedes a bow, but in BL, don't you lose your most valuable healer if you make her a bow knight? Annette doesn't have any long ranged healing and my Sylvaine never really got a high enough magic stat as a Dark Knight to replace Mercedes' healing

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

@@4Tom4lepus4 Hence why I recruited Lynhardt. To have a better healer when I found out Annette was only going to learn the regular heal spell.

[@4Tom4lepus4]

@@YourCrazyDolphin Then it makes sense! :P

[@CarbonMalite]

My Sylvain actually made an excellent Great Knight. It's like having a second Dedue except he doesn't get doubled by everything

[@alanljliuterubear]

Great analysis! Keep it up!

[@HarlowAshensky]

I made Felix into a Dancer because I knew he'd hate it :)

[@Jorge.Painkiller]

"Please, don't raise up her Axe Proficiency" I made her a Wyvern Lord with a Bolt Axe, Crusher and a Levin Sword, gave her the Rafail Gem, so she wasn't weak to Bows, kept an eye to her Magic Stat and she was a monster, better than expected

[@Cobra100]

Mercedes wrecks face if you take advantage of her budding talent in bows to make her a bow knight. Just keep feeding her magic bows/use the brown weapon trick to level her bow skill and set her goals for reason and riding with manual instruction in lances to get it up for the master class switch and you can go Monk->Mage->Warlock->Bow Knight easy enough. It makes her a contender for best archer in the game.

[@MoonQueenWolf]

For Dedue, I went fighter -> armor knight -> fortress knight -> war master. I figured I'd grab the weight abilities, and early on, once I got B axes and armor, it was very easy to shift goals and teaching to get A brawling and axes in time for war master.

[@MoonQueenWolf]

I also somehow managed to get Sylvain into Bow Knight since I liked the stats on it most, and the range is basically just a benefit

[@robertpace2884]

Great vid can't wait for the next one.

[@mikatu]

what's the point in investing in Dedue if he dies at the end of Chapter 1?

[@mercedesvonmartritz3874]

Holy shit, I'm color blinded and I literally can't see the stats

[@masktail]

I'd love to see these updated for the new DLC classes, and more data on how things play late game and maddening.

[@hanzou1238]

One thing I noticed is that you think you need to go into all tiers of classes but in reality most characters are fine skipping some. Ingrid can go straight from Pegasus Knight to Falcon KNight without any issue. Going Paladin in between is excess work and actually hurts her in the end due to the Paladin class dumping her speed growth. Felix going Mortal Savant is fine but him staying Hero is really good too as having Vantage as a class skill opens up an extra skill slot while still getting the extra survivability. I personally don't like Ash going Cavalier as the meager 5% to his strength growth isn't worth the loss of 10% to his speed and while Paladin boosts his strength by 10% I find it better to keep his speed up as doing 10 damage x2 is better than doing 14 once.

[@jaeaik]

great point. I didn't even consider this.

[@Masterblader158]

I'm making my Felix go through the Dark Mage, Dark Bishop route to get to Mortal Savant.... just cause.

[@jaeaik]

Go for it, FE3H is best if your having fun

[@aidanderson53X]

Ingrid makes a better wyvern lord than a falcon knight because wyvern lord patches up her strength and defense growth. Additionally, falcon knight gives her overkill levels of speed and resistance. Also wyvern lord gives you a less clunky promotion path.

[@jonathandwilliams2885]

It also has the alternative option of working just axes and flying, and going brigand instead of the suggested Pegasus knight class. That nets you death blow instead of an unnecessary darting blow, and patches up her strength even more.

[@aidanderson53X]

@@jonathandwilliams2885 thanks, I also forgot to mention that. It's another reason wyvern line is really good to patch up strength for many unit, especially speedy dex focused ones.

[@Eternalwarpuppy]

Fire Emblem 3 Houses really needs to have more classes. So many advanced classes feel like dead ends and so many master classes require you to master skills that intermediate and advanced classes can't practice. For example, a Dark Knight certification expects you to have mastery of riding and reason, there are no intermediate or advanced classes that can ride a horse and cast spells. Is having the Troubadour class somewhere really too much to ask for?

[@boxingpanda4757]

Sylvain and Ashe have an easy time working towards war master as well, and war master's stat growth can help remedy Ashe's low strength and hp.

[@Inkubak99]

Can’t wait for GD, this series is cool. Keep it up 🔥

[@Domnom22]

for Annette i went monk->cavalier->paladin->dark knight so she could level up her lance skill and use her magic late-game

[@Sylfrus]

I think one class route for Felix that really worked for me was the dark seal route; Noble > Myrmidon > Thief (To steal first seal) > Dark Mage > Dark Bishop > Mortal Savant. The poison strike isn't really necessary, but the life steal from dark bishop helps him on front line situations a lot. This utilizes his budding talent much more as well.

[@K1uru]

time to bully for a mistake 11:32 third path ,,myrm'' is spelled ,,mrym'' 14:21 both second and third same mistake 19:05 yet another

[@jaeaik]

I actually appreciate these comments more than you think haha. Thank you for this I really mean it

[@K1uru]

np m8

[@KamelGuru]

Dedue's nature as a tank tends to let him max out classes faster than other units, since every time someone pokes him he gets advancement. I find that it's not hard to get both Armored Knight AND Brigand maxed naturally before 20, and even both Warrior and Fortress Knight before hitting 30 and going Warmaster

[@KeroKeroKuraido]

In my first playthrough I had felix do the typical myrm route, but in my second playthrough I am currently going the dark seal class route and it's both hilarious and fun. Totally tanks his strength growths but he's the second best mage in my line up.

[@falsetto6455]

My Ashe was all over the place when it came to classes. I mastered the Brigand and Wyvern Rider for him, but stopped short of making him a Wyvern Lord and made him a Sniper instead. This turned out well because Death Blow increased his kill potential while Seal Defense solidified his role as a backline unit, making it easier for other units to finish off enemies that he couldn't kill.

[@ezkling4525]

So, before watching the video, I'm just gonna say my opinion/ what I did when I chose their classes: Dimitri: Noble> Soldier> Lord> High Lord> Great Lord (Yeah it's the most basic but I just feel it fits best. A horse path is good for him, too) Dedue: Commoner> Fighter> Armored Knight> Fortress Knight> Great Knight (Definitely not the most optimal for its low movement, but I enjoy having someone soak up physical attacks.) Felix: Noble> Myrmidon> Theif> Assassin> Mortal Savant (Good for dodging and opening chest, even if Ashe can do the opening, and then Mortal Savant is just a good all around sword class to end on even without the stealing. Going Swordmaster also works.) Ashe: Commoner> Fighter> Archer> Sniper> Bow Knight( Simple, bows are great, and he uses bows. War Master might be a good option for his axe usage.) Sylvain: Noble> Soldier> Cavalier> Paladin> Great Knight (Bow Knight may be a better option for having more movement (I think), but I think this fits more for Sylvain having a boon in axes.) Ingrid: Noble> Soldier> Pegasus Knight> Wyvern Rider> Falcon Knight (She's just one of the best options for a flier in this game for her boons in flying and lances, a horse class is also fine for her.) Annette: Noble> Monk> Mage> Warlock> Dark Knight (Gremory is also a good final choice for her, not much to say, otherwise.) Mercedes: Commoner> Monk> Priest > Bishop> Gremory (This is her best path imo.) Well that's in, tell me how wrong I am if you read this or how close it is to the video lol.

[@GoXDS]

you could also just leave Sylvain in Paladin. more Str, Spd, and Mov, especially Mov when unmounted. and marginally better Growths

[@ezkling4525]

@@GoXDS I always pushed all the way to master class, didn't know that paladin had better basically everything, gonna keep him in that then.

[@davyt0247]

Something I am finding out is if you didn't get Lysithea and you lost Annette and Mercedes for some reason, pressing Ingid into mage/healer isn't a terrible idea, she has a really good spell list, and she doubles and crits like crazy

[@ianfromtheotherside5795]

I think I might start working on Annette because she's the main character that I rarely level up. I usely just get her to a mage and then that's all

[@bijnahonderdeuro]

I'm still very pro flier-squad (appreciate that detail in the description) but if we're taking a mixed approach, there's a few recommendations/alternatives I'd like to share; Let Dedue go through the brawler line if making him a war master. It gives him an additional 10% growth rate in speed on top of his natural 20% rate. It won't make his speed amazing, but it helps prevent him to get doubled by key opponents like certain mages and silver axe warriors, which have moderate AS and ways to bypass his defence. Every point of speed Dedue gets improves his survivability and function as a tank. For Ingrid, Movement+ is nice, but it takes a lot of limited skill exp (though feel free to correct me if normal mode is less stingy.) While getting some riding skills on a new game+ is great, staying as a Pegasus Knight is viable too if you want to work towards high-end sword or flying rank skills. Alternatively, Wyvern Rider organically raises flying ranks and gets seal defence, which helps allies take out beefy targets like monsters (+6 damage per hit with gauntlets or brave weapons is insane.) Aegis, in contrast, is unreliable and dismount takes care of the arrow weakness anyway. You can still have her end in Falcoknight even if you mix in a little wyvern flavour, as her relic appreciates lancefaire. Sylvain is viable to stay in paladin, because you lose a point of movement as a dark knight. Access to magic can be useful, especially since Sylvain gets Ragnarok to make up for his lacking magic stats as well as physic for utility, but putting those points towards an axe proficiency helps him tear through pesky generals with maces instead of magic and that is far more useful in the early and midgame. Felix is totally viable to stay in Assassin as well, as he maintains 6 movement, gets chest/steal utility, and uses his talent in bows well against the most annoying enemies in the game (falcoknights.) Because his relic weighs him down by a whopping 6 points, the extra speed growth (20% versus negative 10%) comes in useful against faster opponents like swordmasters and falcoknights. Similarly to Sylvain and maces, Felix has access to armourslayers and even the 3-range levin sword+ to deal with generals. Also, longbow has more uses than Thoron, so there's that. All that aside though, I like the way you visualise the skills and numbers. It really adds to the video.

[@PurpleShift42]

I personally think Normal mode is less stingy; with that you can just class them into a particular class and then just throw them into those free battles over, and over, and over again, until they get a rank that you’re okay about. With Sylvain, there’s always just giving him a Mace and leaving him to it; sure Cav/Paladin makes levelling it up slightly less efficient, but Maces are E rank and pretty accurate (100 base accuracy), so just going hog-wild on the Maces for everybody should work out just fine.

[@77rockcity]

Before I got to do any cool class with Edelgard or Hubert, they were waring with the church and falling to my blade. Hope for more on second playthrough with Blue Lion

[@siLveRscOpe13x]

I'm doing a Holy Knight run with Ingrid rn and holy shiiit. It's actually really good. Ingrid with a Levin Sword is insane.

[@MultiCP9]

Little unsure why you wouldn't recommend Wyvern for Ingrid. She can go down Brigand for Death Blow, much more important than Darting Blow or Desperation, and going Wyvern fixes her bad Str growth. She isn't strong in axes, but using them forever will fix that and you can still level her lances after/still use her Relic if needed.

[@kaskando]

What are your thoughts of putting Sylvain into the Wyvern Lord?

[@xeosphere8713]

On my first run I did just that! He's my only wyvern class but smashes everyone making use of both of his weapon proficiencies. Its him, dimitri as a paladin/great lord, and Ingrid as a flaco knight that sweep across the map and demolish everyone.

[@JinJinJinJinJinJinJinJinJinJin]

8:29 TOO LATE, SHE'S ALREADY A WARRIOR

[@nhall129]

#TRIGGERED GOOD! I turned her into my main tank and it’s hilarious You, like me, should regret nothing Plus she has no weaknesses now cuz oops turns out mages get high resistance

[@TheScarletInfector]

What are your thoughts on Mercedes budding talent in bows and having her use a magic bow so she has something to do on rounds she isn't healing and is more interesting than using magic.

[@vallum12100]

Totally if you want her to stay bishop. Otherwise Gregory is super good and gets her enough attack spells so she doeant have that long slog in archery until she can get a magic bow.

[@TheScarletInfector]

@@vallum12100 Oh, gremory is totally mechanically better. It is just an obvious boring path. Budding talents are a cool idea and without recruiting blue lions only has Ashe as an archer. GD being my prefered house has 3 strong archers that can wreck a map super fast.

[@vallum12100]

Yeah, then actually aiming for holy knight for her might be fun, to get her around to shoot, canto out, and still heal

[@brandonjuno]

You should raise Annie's Axe grade actually. Her low Strength cap is inconsequential; she's a monster with a Bolt Axe / Crusher.

[@user-og4be4hh5c]

yeah, actual magic wyverns may not be in the game but annette can do incredibly well as a bolt axe/ crusher-using flier too

[@Shearia666]

Close counter is acquired at bow level C It's the same with healing focus which is acquired at B level of brawling You can get any of those two skills without having to pick a particular line of classes to get them. because of that I personally give basically all of my entire team for any run through a b level in brawling so that they can heal themselves

[@Rexis102]

I’m running a Warmaster Dimitri. He doesn’t Brawl or use axes, I just like the Crit boost. He crits literally everything now, even without a killer weapon

[@javierquinterosurzua2767]

I made Ashe into a Wyvern class on my fourth playthrough (second one I have him on my roster). I must say the help on the strenght growth really shows

[@TheGloryXros]

Are you also gonna do the Church/Knights of Seiros Characters? Alot of people for some reason just forget them.

[@jamilf9947]

they don’t have much potential and most people just pass on them

[@Ace-08]

Why is that? Because of bad growths?

[@ZeroScope100]

Catherine is busted though

[@jaeaik]

I will. But I got some other things that I want to tackle and do (+ the looking into for some of these characters) before I do the church/knights stuff.

[@Lushy2904]

IMO, Felix can work incredibly well in all of his potential classes: Mortal Savant - Magic is always useful since it helps limit the amount of weapons uses you will use, he’s already proficient in sword and has a budding talent in Reason which gives him magic crit +10, Swordfaire and tomefaire are also really good. Only disadvantage is that his attack magic list isn’t big, he has: Thunder, Thoron and Nosferatu Bow Knight - He gets good movement and he has access to canto, he gets high attack range and bowfaire which increases damage, he already has a proficiency in bows. The disadvantages include him gaining the weakness to horse slayers and it will take a while to get his Lance and Riding high enough for upgrade so you may have to risk it at 68% or something along those lines. War Master - He will have amazing strength and his crest works well with gauntlets since it can increase the damage of every attack so he will always kill, he already has a proficiency in brawling but you’ll have to work on axes. Only disadvantage is that kinda becomes and easy target for magic units, but I’m pretty sure his relic gives him both paevis And aegis

[@crazy338866]

I made Felix a war master on my BL playthrough. Near the end of the game he was able to one-shot most units with an axe (with a little help from Annette he was able to reach +85 attack) and was able to always strike first when battalion vantage was active (I gave him the battalion Dimitri gets for free).

[@mkcstealth7624]

Recently did a playthrough where I made Felix a Warlock and Sylvain a Dark Knight. Was very surprised with how great they handled using reason and how much damage they dealt

[@lonecanuck6714]

I feel that you missed out on mentioning this path for Sylvain: noble>fighter>brigand>Wyvern. Fliers are broken and death blow is a good player phase skill.

[@jaeaik]

Guess I just missed it, but its a great option. Well. Anyone that can ride a flying lizard is good.