The Fundamentals of Reclassing - A Fire Emblem: Three Houses Guide

[@magiv7573]

Byleth on his first time teaching: OK kids, learn what you want as long as you dont mind me adding a few things Byleths second time around: EVERYONES LEARNING LANCES AND RIDING/FLYING, AND HEAVY ARMOR DOESNT EXIST

[@LinkKing7]

LMAO, true, but I also might have something else to say about that ;)

[@magiv7573]

@@LinkKing7 TBH Though the class system is only a pain if its your first rodeo 2nd time around yoyu know uour checkpoints and end goals. Though I would change/add a few classes to tye sustem so that yhe game wasnt so spear and (insert obligayory weapon req) heavy

[@LinkKing7]

@@magiv7573 I would've just merged the Master classes with advanced tbh

[@magiv7573]

@@LinkKing7 maybe make them.like the other hidden classes Falcon, draco, and gremory deffinitely shoukd be piled with advanced classes All the other master cavs beint offshoots of paladin make sense bei g pseudo-hidden. 2 classes I wouldve added to master wouldve been master knight and flier. Master knight being different from the FE4 version so that ita sword and lance just so people have a mounted class that still get swords, making it canto, swordfaire and then maybe lancefaire based on how its tiered Dark flier would just be dark knight But up

[@magiv7573]

Rereading all I say reminds me I should spell check more on mobile

[@TometaCantYoutube]

Dude, nice Byleth. I didn't know there were Shiny variants here.

[@potatoaddict8192]

I feel bad for you getting spoiled

[@breesnutz]

alhomrany mohammad i think he was joking lol

[@irritantegast2131]

@@potatoaddict8192 I mean it was shown in the trailers

[@SKim-pt1zs]

I can't tell if this is a hilarious pokemon reference or you're actually clueless

[@SuperKOR246]

Ingrid as a falcon knight is freaking busted. She just flies around one shotting people and never gets hit because she has so much avoidance. Definitely a must have in any comp.

[@ben66063]

and if you give her evasion ring, she's a ninja!! no body can touch her, including Dimitri and Sylvain lol

[@YasminWeaver]

I did the same with my Ingrid. She's a beast now.

[@thecavalry5656]

@@ben66063 Sylvain was never touching anyone with a 35 dex growth lmao

[@Meigetsu1]

My Ingrid carried me with that same setup. Add an Evasion Rally from Annete and nothing would hit her hahaha.

[@christiangil2591]

Early game she’s pretty weak so I didn’t pay her much mind. But I needed a flying class so I just kept progressing her holy fuck did that pay off 😂

[@mythologylord9149]

I’m just putting this out there, Holy Knight Marianne. Frozen Lance, Blutgang and healing. trust me, I used it.

[@BeBay-up5px]

Marianne is great it was hard at the beginning but she turned out to be a great holy knight 😍

[@mythologylord9149]

B. Army ah yes, same!

[@ephemeralenhancement9445]

But wouldn't her sword skills be kinda bad if you are training her in lance for the holy knight class? And what classes should I equip her in until I can unlock Holy Knight?

[@daleicious1528]

Same! Similar with Lysithea, but Dark Knight.

[@daleicious1528]

Depends on which weapon you focus on first. I used Byleth and Lysithea as my healers with I had Marianne level lances as a soldier.

[@warex4501]

Who needs a mortal savant when you can instead have a railgun lysthea.

[@Malos_]

*E V I S C E R A T E*

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

Lysithea with Thrysus and the Warlock Mastery bonus as a Gremory is a 5-range walking nuke dispenser. It's beautiful watching her annihilate anything and everything in her path.

[@darkluigi123456789]

@@IchHassePasswoerter She doesn't have time, so its understandable.

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

@@connorbroderick7148 That was glorious

[@karmenion]

But having Lysithea Mortal Savant tanking all attacks because you put all stat upgrates into her feels nice. Especially when you still can use magic since of course you can.

[@hylianfelldragon1308]

How I plan on optimising my units? M A K E E V R Y O N E A M O U N T O R A F L Y E R !

[@FloraOfTheCats]

this

[@Alexander-ot1qw]

10 Wyvern lords with goddess rings and healer adjutants

[@Gabeatron9002]

I made my Byleth a hero and he was fucking broken. could barely get hit and hit back like a truck. even had health so if he did get hit (most hit chances being under 30) he wouldn't turn to goo

[@peanutbutter6250]

@@Gabeatron9002 I made him a hero once it's broken on byleth.

[@jereferreira5086]

So you are a french?

[@wesleyackerman8211]

"spoiler free" **Shows green hair Byleth**

[@fakhrulzainal5384]

yeah.. like tf? XD

[@michaelwang3439]

Wesley Ackerman does it matter that his hair is green? (Am new to this game just started chapter 2😁)

[@torgor_]

to be fair minty byleth was in promotional material before the game came out

[@vsaxov]

@@torgor_ Yea he's tard...

[@breesnutz]

i saw green hair byleth before i finished the game i think most people think nothing of it and just think on ill get it later game maybe theres a salon or something LMAOi dont think its spoilers its honestly just a hair color

[@ilikethenintendo]

Dark Knight Lorenz, Dancer Dorothea, War Master Raphael, Gremory Lysithia, Bow Knight (ANYONE THAT CAN) just to name some of my favorites.

[@justsomedangerbigfootwithweb]

tbh prefer wyvern lord ti bow knight.

[@cadelederer4140]

Mortal Savant Lysithea is better since you can use Soulblade

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

Dark Knight Sylvain did it for me.

[@kiraflo98]

Raphael as War Master is scary with his 4x attack. Marianne as Holy Knight though. Before that change she pretty much only healed, but now? She kills everything.

[@solarflare3752]

War Master Caspar was a beast in my runs

[@lunamaria8788]

Sniper/Bow Knight Bernadetta. 360 noscopes everywhere

[@LinkKing7]

She needs to level strength otherwise it’s 0x2 noscopes everywhere

[@jeremypunieg5779]

@@LinkKing7 i got bernie to 0x8 an armored unit

[@dothackjhe]

Is Bernadetta a better Sniper/Bow Knight than Leonie?

[@lunamaria8788]

@@dothackjhe Actually, yes. Her personal skill gives her +5 str when she's less than full HP, so all you need is for her to get hit ONCE, and max out the sniper, archer, and bow knight masteries with a Brave Bow, and she becomes a monster.

[@dothackjhe]

@@lunamaria8788 Thanks for the tip.

[@ethan-fel]

My strat for Ng+ : Invest early in cavalry and flying. Focus on the secondary weapons of the master class i want in lessons, make them use their "main" kind of weapons while fighting.

[@slayerone1226]

Easy guide for anyone on what the best class is: Is their name claude? Yes: barbarossa No: Do they use magic? Yes: warlock (reason) bishop (faith) gremory (both) No: do they only use swords? Yes: sword master/assasin No: are they a female lance user? Yes: falcon knight No: wyvern lord

[@Lord_Sunday]

There isn’t a sword master master class which sucks.

[@yassou2050]

Unless you're hilda, wyvern master hilda is nuts

[@windmage0168]

Are they good with bows? Yes: Bow Knight/Sniper. Sniper is an endgame class.

[@l.n.3372]

I'm honestly confused as to why hero and paladin aren't considered master classes as well. They would have been great sword based physical classes. Mortal savant is basically a dread fighter but the magic requirement sucks. Hero would have been a great counterpart master class instead. And if falcon knight is master then I'm not sure why paladin isn't the same tier as well.

[@cannolibros]

Leigh Needleman I agree. Hero feels under appreciated in this game. Hero could’ve had a master class like “Great Hero” that uses axes, swords, and lances.

[@lucascayol1578]

And there should have been a troubadour middle class, so the jump from warlock/bishop to holly/dark knight isnt that big.

[@l.n.3372]

@@lucascayol1578 Holy knight really seems to be trying to replicate the troubadour from FE4. Except that it uses Lance vs swords. There definitely should be a middle ground stage with a lower riding requirement for dark knight and holy knight. The constant reliance upon Lance and riding in Three Houses is kinda ridiculous.

[@tsuki5985]

Leigh Needleman just because the classes aren’t master class doesn’t mean they’re bad, I have several paladins, Swords masters, priests, and warlocks among my army and only about 1-3 master classes. The master classes aren’t really a straight upgrade from any advanced class, but rather another option

[@l.n.3372]

@@tsuki5985 I realized the master classes were probably side grades instead of straight upgrades when I looked at their skills. Getting stuff like the faire skills as early as advanced classes means that you could easily just end your promotion there and still benefit from great skill levels. That doesn't change the fact that master classes are horribly imbalanced towards gender locked classes, magic class options with limited physical options for swords, as well as hard to achieve skill levels for riding etc. It's very imbalanced even if you don't need the master class.

[@shadeknight6537]

This is just my opinion, but I think Master Classes suck to be honest. Most of them I find have awful synergy with lower tier classes. Great Knight, for instance, is pretty much designed to be used by Armor mains than Cavalier mains, since Cavalier and Paladins require hefty specialization in spears, while Great Knight's focus is on axes instead, forcing you to spread skill points across four separate skills for a class that, personally, doesn't offer the same utility as a Paladin. You'd think Holy and Dark Knights would be the logical final step, but those are magic classes first, and riders second. Going from Paladin to Holy/Dark Knight means sacrificing your huge damage output with Lancefaire for a boost in either black or white magic, both of which are likely to be subpar than if it came from a magic specialist like Hubert or Marianne. Some characters also can't take advantage of certain classes that would otherwise be fantastic for them because they're gender locked. Linhardt can't be a Gremory, so his superb arsenal of black and white magic can't be utilized to their full potential at the same time. Speaking of Gremory, while it sounds solid on paper for a pure magic-build, but you have to give up Bishop's ridiculous healing power and Terrain Resistance, and Warlock's Black Tomefaire, for extra magic charges, of which you probably already have more than enough to last you any battle even without the boost by the time you hit level 10. The only real benefit of the class I found is the extra point in movement, which you can already mitigate with a March Ring. Hilda can't be a War Master, so she pretty much gotta stick to either Warrior, or go Great Knight or Draco Master to keep Axefaire. Mortal Savant is good only for Felix and Dorothea, and even so, you can make a solid argument why Swordmaster and Warlock are better picks for them respectively. And there's no Master Class that really takes advantage of Assassin's skills. About the only master classes that have any kind of good synergy with previous classes are Falcon Knight, Draco Master, War Master, and Bow Knight. And even then, Falcon Knight pretty much requires sticking to Pegasus Knight, an Intermediate class, for an extra 10 levels, therefore not being able to take advantage of Advanced class stat growths, lest they also spend tons of points in Axes just to satisfy the Draco Knight criteria. I love most everything in Three Houses, but Master Classes are definitely one of the few things I genuinely think are bad. The fact that you're not allowed to see what Master classes are and their requirements until you hit Prof. Rank C, when you're already pretty deep into training your students into their specific roles, is just a dumb decision that offers no benefits and only serves to blindside newbies.

[@LinkKing7]

Actually just finished a script analyzing all the Master Classes and why they are good or bad. Should be out in a few days, but I agree with you on some of those points. Master classes definitely need a rework, and more diversity

[@shadeknight6537]

@@LinkKing7 I think I'm just gonna voice my opinion now, I think Holy Knight is the most poorly designed master class in the game. It's designed as an offensive white mage class, but most characters who have good magic growth and are good at Faith only learn Nosferatu as an offensive spell. And though Tomefaire boosts Nosferatu's power dramatically, it's still inferior to an unboosted Seraphim, and doesn't even come close to the same ballpark as Aura and Abraxas. On top of that, it doesn't give White Magic x2, which is a problem for those who do learn Aura and Abraxas because they have barely any charges, and like in any RPG, the magic users can't swing a spear worth a shit once they invariably run out of charges, and because the class doesn't have Lancefaire to compensate for that, they're left to rely on Nosferatu for damage. This honestly wouldn't so bad since I still got plenty of mileage out of Wind, Fire and Thunder even at endgame, and they're not that much stronger from Nosferatu, but the difference is that those spells weigh basically nothing, while Nosferatu weighs a ton, meaning you're lucky if you ever double anything with it. I get that they're probably more effective as a utility class than a combat class, taking advantage of Canto in conjunction with stuff like Warp and Rescue, but those kinds of builds would benefit far more from White Magic x2 than Tomefaire. And as far as healers are concerned, they're completely outclassed by Bishops, who not only get White Magic x2, but also Heal +10, which is disgustingly effective on characters like Flayn who learn Fortify. As they are, Holy Knights feel more like a gimmick at best than a worthwhile class with actual thought put behind its abilities.

[@kaeBR]

I don't really think lack of Paladin or Swordmaster upgrade is an issue, they're both already very good and can easily be your final class. You don't have to promote to Master Classes if they don't make your specific build any better. I actually much prefer that Advanced classes still have niches at end-game instead of all classes being completely replaced by Master Classes. Some builds are better as Master Classes (i.e. Bow Knight Leonie) and others are better as Advanced Classes (i.e. Bishop Mercedes). That's good, there's more variety to the game that way. Lack of -faire skills isn't a dealbreaker, anyone can just learn them by reaching S+ rank in their respective weapon and equipping it as a normal skill. It's nice to get them for free, but it's not the end of the world to have to spend an extra skill slot. Gremory with Tomefaire is still way better than Warlock. Extra casts are extremely useful for spells like Luna and Dark Spikes on Lysithea. Mortal Savant's ideal use is for melee-magic hybrid units that want to use magic weapons, like Manuela. She's especially good in NG+ where you can give her the Beast Crest and have her use Blutgang up close, and Bolting/Bolt Axe from a distance, while having Silence/Warp for support. I don't think it's a very good class for Felix, he does much better as a sword/gauntlets War Master. Dark Knight is probably the ideal class for Marianne, if you want to take advantage of Frozen Lance, Blutgang, Thoron and Physic. With magic weapons, she doesn't desperately need more spell casts and would much rather have good movement and Canto to maintain good positioning, so she can attack or support while avoiding being in range of enemy attacks, given her terrible defenses. It's also pretty good for taking advantage of Stride and Annette's Rally. Holy Knight is completely terrible though. There's honestly no reason to ever go Holy Knight instead of Dark Knight given how terrible White Tomefaire is, and that Dark Knight gets overall better stats and growth to do the same job, and also has access to spells, mounted movement and Canto. Holy Knight would be much better if the third skill was White Magic Uses x2 instead of Terrain Resistance, and if White Tomefaire was replaced by a version of White Magic Range +1 that applied to support spells, so they would actually have a proper niche.

[@magnusprime962]

Shade Knight Give your Holy Knight a Levin Sword (or Blutgang for Marianne) and a lot of your problems will be solved. Levin Swords (and Blutgang) use Magic instead of Strength for damage, and can be used at range (I don’t think Blutgang can do that part). You now have a weapon they can do solid damage with and the equivalent of a spell that can have around 30 charges.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

I dont think your point about the march ring holds up. the ring is going to serve you so much better on a flier, paladin, or dancer to the point where I would argue giving it to a mage is wasting it.

[@MikeyDLuffy]

Most of the Master Classes aren't even worth it. Some of the intermediate classes have much better Abilities gained when mastered and the Advanced ones have great Growth %s.

[@TheLordofMetroids]

What does growth matter when you can hit the master classes though? Your likely going to end the game at around level 35-45, so that extra 10% speed growth works out to a whopping 3 points of speed, not really a necessary thing when compared to the wealth of upgrades a master class can provide. That said, Sword biased Assassin, Swordsmaster, and Paladin can all be more useful than there equivalent master classes. On the flip side, Warmaster, Bow Knight, Falco Knight, Wyverin Lord, Gremory and Dark Knight are almost all worth it,

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

@@TheLordofMetroids Though since you get stat bonuses just from taking the exam, it may be worth training for master classes even if you don't change into them anyways. Also Bow Knight is amazing too.

[@SwordArtUniverse]

Bow Knight. Need I say more?

[@solarflare3752]

War Master is pretty good. I made my Caspar one and he went from dying before turn 5 to mvp twice in a row

[@sven6756]

Another VERY interesting facet is the minimal stats of each class, most notably : - the armored knight which have 12 in defense (level 10 class) - The enchanter / priest advanced class which have 15 in res (level 20 class) --> What you can do is invest "a bit" of axe / armor learning to units with very bad defense growts (mages usually) D+ in axe and D in armor is enough to pass the class --> Same thing for characters with very low resistance (Dedue, raphael), you can invest up to B+ in reason or faith which will give 70% chance to pass a base 15 resistance class

[@Rockycrusher]

I fiddled raphaels way through his weakness is riding, got him to a C in it, and turned him into a great knight. His defense growth on a mount is godlike. Also hilda makes for an amazing wyvern lord.

[@Amaror2]

Hilda is a woman, only men can become wyvern lords.

[@shenai2187]

@@Amaror2 Not true, Wyvern Lord isn't gender locked. Of the Master Classes only Gremory, Falcon Knight and War Master are gender locked.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

@@Amaror2 I've had both hilda and Ingrid qualify for wyvern Lord today so I can confirm you are wrong.

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

tip, minor spoilers. 1) During part one, other staff at the church do give you the option to undergo training with them once per free day at the cost of one activity point each. During part two, this shifts to all units in your army and is actually called somethign along the lines of "training drills". 2) Byleth is among the harder characters to do this type of stuff in, as he does not have access to the chores you can assign to members of your army. These chores do boost proficiency in each of the three addittional movement types.

[@jzenith]

The weird synergy for classes is why I'm really hoping we get a class pack in future DLC. A male Gremory equivalent, better sword master classes, more flying classes (griffon rider as a flying sword class perhaps?) or even flying magic classes would all be welcome additions.

[@MrGhosta5]

weapon skills are really easy to train, faith and reason are a bit tricky to train as most characters don't learn spells until they hit d rank. movement skills are the hardest to train as you can't earn exp in combat for movement skills unless your class actually uses that skill. (i.e. cavalier earns riding exp from combat). that means raising flying skill for male units is actually really difficult as males can't class into a flying unit until they reach lv 20 and c rank flying. i literally have everyone's goals set to ridding, flying, or armor. Due note that if a cav/flier dismounts they stop earning ridding/flying exp until they remount. faith/reason also can't be raised in combat until you reach d rank and learn your first spell. The master classes are really weird as most of them require an unnatural class progression. it obvious that your supposed to go fighter >armored knight> fortress knight >great knight but to actually get the riding skill you actually need to spend a bunch of time as a cavalier. holy/dark knight are even weirder as you basically need to go through the entire class tree twice. once as a monk > priest > bishop and again as soldier >cav>paladin

[@gyrz19]

Not really, as you can easily get a character skill raised outside of combat. Instruct them in the skill, set their goal to that skill and for riding/flying/armor you can get the extra points from the work choice. If the character needs the Faith skill then have them do choir practice. In my playthrough my characters easily got more skill gains outside of combat than inside of combat.

[@stanmissletainn5811]

Just do as I did, I wanted Holy Knight Marianne, so I set her goals to lance and riding, and used faith on the battlefield, once she got a c in lances I switched back to faith and riding and as soon as I got her to level 30 I had her at 100% pass rate.(side note I started her tutoring to become a holy knight very early on)

[@Shalakor]

Another thing of note for full efficiency is that, if a master class you want to get with a character includes a budding talent, it may be best to focus their goals elsewhere and/or delay their turn at doing the group activity for it until after it has been instructed the 12 times needed to unlock the skill strength.

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

The early magic based classes actually force-teach spells for while the student is in them, I.E mages always learn fire, even if the student doesn't know magic.

[@josuagreis353]

@@YourCrazyDolphin but you need at least D rank to reclass into that. and thenyou have your ability anyways.

[@EihaMudo]

On my newgame+ I'm literally trying to have everyone get vantage+wrath which comes from Mercenary and Warrior (except for pure healers like Mercedes). My entire squad of over 2 dozen people are literally carrying axes lol

[@LinkKing7]

Batta's Brigand Brigade going on over there!

[@azureblaze8318]

you monster, I love it.

[@Khedaar]

yeah, thats because there are no good mastery skill anymore, thats my only critique point on this game, its not that fun building a powerhouse anymore

[@josuagreis353]

you have to change them to bow users in the end. or atleast thats what i did with them. the accuracy and range makes them with a master bow+ unkillable

[@thomasr.6669]

I wish I figured out who to make ride-type units earlier, because I didn’t try to level Hubert’s Riding skill till very late into Part 1 to make it possible to make him a Dark Knight. Right now, he’s mastered both Dark Seal required classes, but I find it really annoying trying to get him to keep up with my other units without having to waste an equipment slot on the movement ring. That’s pretty much why I want to make him a Dark Knight but didn’t realize that goal until really late lol.

[@penguinkaiser]

Thanks for the video, it helped me to solidify some notions I had from my first playthrough. I'm just sad swords don't have a good, physical master class, because the Reason requirement for Mortal Savant sucks for many purely physical units like Felix.

[@TheHinni1234]

Felix has reason as a hidden talent. Mortal savant is no problem for him. Catherene on the other hand..

[@BmoreAkuma]

Ironically Dorethea out of the gate starts with Sword and Reason so in my play through, I focusing on getting her to that class.

[@LinkKing7]

Yeah swords kind of got the short end of the stick, Falcon Knight is good but it’s female only unfortunately...

[@PrOtaku123]

Dorothea sucked in my play through as a mortal servant, when I play through that again I might have her as a Gremort or dark knight

[@frankmendez7142]

I recruited Felix and made him a Mortal Savant and he's really good

[@Enigma1788]

Petra as an Assassin. Can't speak for the higher difficulty levels, but she will pretty much solo the second half of the game for you. Just make sure you keep a healer near her in case something goes wrong, especially if you're playing classic mode.

[@bigboss6145]

Assassin Petra, give her a bow or sword, make her wait. Watch as she evades hordes of enemies and kills them all in the same turn.

[@NeroYow]

@@bigboss6145 thats what i do so far but i don't know what master class i should give her after assassin...probably stick on assassin.

[@lasagna6978]

Assassin Petra with Killing Edge+ :)

[@thealcatrazzer95]

@@lasagna6978 killing edge? wo dao+ mate :P

[@lasagna6978]

@@thealcatrazzer95 Talking about Three Houses XD Her ability lets her gain 20 crit if an enemy is below half HP

[@patdes19]

I don't think it is spoiler free if you show that version of Byleth

[@ratmicc]

i mean it was in the trailer

[@Draylin41]

Kind of hard to have the master classes visible without Green Haired Byleth if you're on your first playthrough. They don't unlock for quite a while. After that you can view them with New Game+ though.

[@SirStrikeFreedom]

People enjoying Three Houses yet my L button is busted and I can't finish exploring. Ugh

[@LinkKing7]

Oh man that sound MISERABLE, I'm so sorry :(

[@SirStrikeFreedom]

@@LinkKing7 You have no idea lol T_T

[@aghadlarhen9397]

Isn't there an option to end exploration in the menu?

[@SirStrikeFreedom]

@@aghadlarhen9397 No

[@DigiX091]

@@SirStrikeFreedom Have you considered trying to use the touch screen to press the button? It should appear when you use all of the points.

[@IamTheSnowman4]

I’ve been doing some very painful grinding on my level 1 main character. My plan was to keep on retrying for better level ups, particularly I wanted 6 out of the 9 different stats per level minimum. I haven’t had any luck with getting stats yet as my best has been 5 out 9 and with each unique level up taking half an hour. I However also wanted to power level her weapon skills. So I spent the first few chapters levelling my undesirable characters and breaking one of each of the 5 physical weapons. Funnily enough I also found rusted versions of all 5. I used my time exploring to raise faith and reason to D for byleth and flying to D as well. One of the 2 early C rank battalions increases def by 4 but also increases hit by 5. The other C rank increases def by 3 and does not affect hit. By equipping a iron shield the 4 def battalion and standing on a thicket byleth takes no damage from the enemies I’m farming. By using a broken weapon i have a 5 percent chance to hit my enemies. Because they are standing in a forest or in a thicket. Once their weapons break that chance goes up to 14. Entering combat increases class exp always. Being harmed has no effect on player exp. missing all of my attacks means i get no player exp, however i still gain weapon exp. utilizing this with the divine pulse and retreat mechanic i have gotten so far S+ axes swords and authority, A bows lances and brawling. I haven’t bothered much with reason or faith because reason has 95% hit rate that can’t go any lower yet and faith is just a healing spell at the moment. If the deathknight can avoid spells well then I will use him to train reason and faith. I was fortunate to have an online liaison sell me a master seal. If I wanted to I could slowly level byleth to max and class change at the minimum levels. Part of me wants to try killing the deathknight with a level one byleth. I might be able to do it with a weapon skill crit or a really good gambit. I want to have my byleth get the class masteries of the bishop, fortress knight and paladin. To use wyvern lord for levelling past 30 and to stay as once 60. Once all that is done I’ll do it all over again with Dimitri and then send him out as a liaison. I hope they add more content for the endgame because right now I don’t have something to do once I reach my goals.

[@stebbinator5436]

That sounds like a huge waste of time

[@XenithShadow]

End game would probably be playing on a harder difficulty, since you don't retain exp when retreating from a battle on hard. Also they have said that the future content is not going to be post game content. I believe they said extra characters, and side missions and stuff.

[@jailbreaker813]

But why though?

[@IamTheSnowman4]

Well to add insult to injury the level cap is 99. My main character at level 10 has better stats than ashe or annette do at level 27. I am not going to bother with level cap, however it is nice to know that I don’t need to buy any consumables but I can still choose to. I had done my research on the bonus stats given by class certifications when your stats are low. The only classes at level 10 that are likely to give stats are the thief (11 speed and dexterity) and the armored knight (12 defense). Neither of which I could use as my stats are either already there or better. A good few students have been recruited that had stat boosters on them. However many of the remaining students require the skills that don’t train easily. I don’t like the idea of tea time but it will help me recruit Dorothea and increase my stats, so it is going to happen. Otherwise I cannot be bothered to work on character relationships. I haven’t been using any of my consumable stat boost items on the odd chance that I reach the level for a class certification and can gain that particular stat from it. It is likely that my character is growing too quickly and won’t gain any class certification benefits. Without any weapon skills to rank up my unique level ups can occur every 1-2 minutes. I have been levelling faith while I get exp, currently my character has that at C rank. By the time I reached the end of D+ I found a method to get very little exp and decent faith exp. I haven’t used it as a farm method yet but merely discovered it. I’m not going to bother with it because levelling in the mid twenties should be slow enough that I can juggle my character class between level ups to train skills to S+. Almost all my liaisons that show up keep selling me master seals when all I wanted was just 1 master seal and plenty of advanced seals. One of them sold me a silver shield. It’s nice but looks ugly, I very much prefer the iron shield appearance. As for how I find time to do all this pointless farming. I constantly watch movies with my family while playing, sometimes I’m the only person home and so I have to watch the dogs and so I farm some more. Otherwise I’m playing other games. I would prefer if this game had a farming method similar to the sacred stones. At the top of the tower of valni the final boss can drop a random stat boost item. On a side note people keep worshipping seth for some reason but ross has always been my favourite.

[@Calculated7]

You mentioned what players should focus on before unlocking the higher leveled movement options, I definitely recommend Authority over weapons as weapons can be gained from battle and you are consuming teaching opportunities that they would have otherwise already received later through combat.

[@JerichoTheCity]

My first playthrough was a mess but once I got to the second one I got a hang of it, I can still get better with the management though

[@MetalMike87]

Still can't deal withthe fact that there aren't any tru Master Class for pure *_Sword_* & *_Lance_* wielders. It's a shame ...

[@TheKreve]

But masterclasses are kinda side grades right? why would i promote my 10 mag assassin with A in bows and Swords into a mortal savant who needs reason magic of b+ and gets a worse mastery skill than my assassin?

[@mylesdepinna7962]

The mortal savant class gets a skill which gives them an extra 6 res

[@TheKreve]

@@mylesdepinna7962 yeah and assassin gets lethality.

[@zimonzieclown1633]

@@TheKreve You can keep Lethality regardless of class if you obtain mastery.

[@TheKreve]

@@zimonzieclown1633 Yes but it takes a lot longer to get a mastery skill in an advance class than getting 10 levels and promoting into a masterclass, masterclasses are also not even worth it most of the time, they have terrible skills and caps is not something you ever have to worry about in a playthrough.

[@amaterasu_xo]

Yewfelle That’s why new game plus exists. I’m gonna try getting my characters to their requirements for mastery and then just carry it over on my next playthrough

[@broreece]

Im expecting DLC master classes. A mage flyer for sure and I think we need a Physical sword class something like war master but has focus on swords and maybe bows? (Akin to Assassin).

[@LinkKing7]

I'd love that tbh, Master Classes are severely lacking. I actually just uploaded a video review of those, that will be live in about 1 hour and 45 mins. Needless to say, not impressed...

[@peanutbutter6250]

YOU CALLED MAGE FLYER LOL

[@Lily-bp7ny]

Going to say this now. All you need to beat the game is Wyvern Lord Hilda. Nothing else. Just Wyvern Lord Hilda.

[@Emillikestowrite]

I made Bernie an assassin as I though the class reflected her personality and i gave her a killing edge+ and Brave Bow. I'm not sure if it was optimal but she was really good against non armoured units plus i also got quite lucky with her strength.

[@demonbeastlol6357]

Give her a rapier+ and she's a god-killer. Try making her a swordmaster too. Astra alongside her minor crest is a banger too, potentially hitting up to 10 hits.

[@StarzAlpha]

To bad Sentinal is not a class any more =/ Nephanee from radiant dawn was my favorite unit. it would be nice if spear infantry got some love =/

[@susannguyen7738]

i agree. i was also sad that marksman is not a master class either. shinon from radiant dawn was my fav archer. i like using archers agains flyers or help use them to injure the enemy and then use a unit to finish them for experience and training. oh well...

[@Chochobo9]

It got love in the form of the Great Lord class.

[@kaywin15]

Who needs a Sentinel when you've got Lorenz the Unkillable

[@xHeyItsCami]

@@Chochobo9 Meaning it's exclusive to Blue Lions. BLUE LIONS FOR LIFE!

[@PatrickChoi]

But you need Monk if you want to use magic, right? I think it sucks that my MC can't for example be a Hero and focus on Axe and Sword, while being able to heal a little bit

[@Sakisasvictorianmask]

Yeah, a Paladin would have been nice

[@backgroundnpc9631]

Growth-wise, sure, Soldier and Monk may seem inferior, but their real value is their rewards for mastery: Reposition and Def +2 for Soldier, and Draw Back and Mag +2 for Mage. Def +2 is a surprisingly sizable boost to survivability in the early game, especially if paired with HP +5 for anyone who mastered Commoner/Noble along the way, and Mag +2 is a decent leg up for mages who take a while to get going on their damage growth. More importantly, I cannot stress enough the amount of shenanigans I've gotten up to with those movement abilities: moving in to land a melee-range gambit, then Dragging the unit back out of reach of the immobilized enemy; assassinating the closest enemy and then shuffling back out of range of the next one (or at least far enough back to get behind someone sturdier); just moving a pair of mages (who don't usually have that many combat artes to compete with these movement abilities) together so they can use Draw Back on each other to give themselves an effective +1 Move as they cross the map; the list goes on. Shove and Swap from Fighter and Myrmidon, respectively, are decent enough at these movement tactics, but in my experience they tend to be more awkward to use. (Swap, for example, doesn't actually speed units along traversing the map since it just exchanges their positions, and using Shove for the same purpose leaves the Shoving unit behind). The real cream of the crop, however, and the reason more than half of my units went through Soldier this playthrough, is the glory that is Canto + Reposition. Fortress Knights can keep up with cavalry if you use your horses that aren't attacking to Reposition them along. Rescue isn't nearly as necessary for cheeky Warp tactics if you can just ride in, retrieve your wayward unit, and ride back out. Keeping Jeralt away from that boss so you can rob/murder the Death Knight in time is so much easier if you have a chain of mounted units tossing him over their shoulder and then riding into body-block positions. Perhaps most importantly, fliers can lob units over one-square-wide city walls/chasms/obstructions without wasting charges of Rescue or Warp, opening up whole new tactical options. I once saved an enemy Hilda's life by constantly Repositioning the target she'd fixated on back and forth across a wall, making her run in circles until I had finished the map. Seriously. Cannot recommend enough Reposition on anyone with a saddle in their future.

[@justinang5231]

Heads up, the students still have a high chance of failing the Master Class exam even if the percentage is at 95% and above. I speak from experience when my Sylvain and Felix both failed their Holy Knight and Mortal Savant exams consecutively even at a passing rate of 97%

[@Jamick98Geass]

Justin Ang So I read that a students success at passing a certification is “rolled” at the beginning of the month, not when you take the exam. This was done to prevent save scumming.

[@Josh_ua]

Uh if you're failing a 95% roll that's just unlucky, it's a percentage lol.

[@scitails]

So many comments about optimal growth rates, etc, but until they implement a harder game mode, I don't see how stat optimization is relevant. Even on hard mode, you have to be careful not over-level if you want some challenge. I think the more important thing is make sure your choice of classes makes the game fun. It's not hard to do what you want if you manually instruct, I even got Bernie to be a great knight (which was awesome) despite her weaknesses in armor and axe.

[@swaphero6656]

You could've used Flayn to show female only classes.

[@AshenDust_]

This is really late, but Flayn having no timeskip changes is also a spoiler.

[@yoshidoor5229]

@@AshenDust_ But an unspoiled person could possibly not even know there’s a time skip

[@AshenDust_]

@@yoshidoor5229 it’s in all of the promotional material. Manuela, Catherine or Shamir would probably be the best, they don’t have a Timeskip design, but just because they are older.

[@hahano1121]

I got shamir on a pegasus with 33%, like, on the level before last.

[@D00M3R-SK8]

I chose Mymidon for my female Byleth as it was the first thing unlocked, and it goes well with her Strengths. I think I'm gonna spec into her unique class later in the game though. I was thinking about flying horse, but I heard they're better for lance users.

[@DrakonLameth]

Fun thing to add to the other comments in here on certain weird combos, that I had read elsewhere -- Holy Knight Bernie. A rank in faith gets her Rescue. Mastery in Riding gets her Pass. Watch her ride into the heart of enemies, and with a little luck in the Mag gains, drag your heavy hitters into the middle of the enemy forces to decimate them. Or, alternately, drag them back to the healers so they don't die/retreat.

[@LinkKing7]

There's a guy I happen to know here on KZbin, by the name of Chaz Aria LLC, he did a video on exactly that and swears by it, it's about budding talents. If you haven't seen already go check it out, and tell the idiots who did that video I say hi. ;)

[@yul4458]

For what I played so far (Black Eagles and Golden Deer) I think some of the best classes (in my opinion) are: falcon knight Petra and Ingrid, war master Caspar and Raphael, gremory Mercedes, Lysithea and Dorothea, mortal savant Lorenz, paladin Ferdinand and Sylvain, dancer/bishop Marianne, bow knight Bernadetta, Leonie and Ignatz and wyvern lord Hilda.

[@Beerpowered]

You get 10 Units to deploy so I went 4 Melee, 3 Melee/Ranged, 3 Faith/Reason. Then picked my classes, then picked which unit best suited said class and recruited my team based on that.

[@LinkKing7]

That sounds like a pretty balanced team. I’m going to start experimenting with a few gimmicks now that I’m done with my first run. I’ve fallen in love with War Masters, they’re nuts!

[@Beerpowered]

​@@LinkKing7 I saw the AI abuse Canto and found it hard to train Riding Post Time Skip. So for New Game+ I will use this: PRE POST Blythe Brigand War Master Dimitri Swordmaster Mortal Savant Ingrid Pegasus Knight Falcon Knight Seteth Sniper Bow Knight Sylvain Paladin Great Knight Lorenz Bishop Holy Knight Felix Assassin Bow Knight Leonie Paladin Great Knight Hanneman Warlock Dark Knight Marianne Warlock Gremory

[@jakeneos]

thanks LK, you're still killing the game with these quality vids!

[@flammableduck2640]

It's so weird how some Master Classes are just worse than Advanced (Mortal Savant I'm looking at you)

[@izrealtruefelicis3309]

Straight facts

[@Icynova]

Thank you for this content! There’s so much to classes that I just don’t understand. The ranks. The skills? I don’t get it at all.

[@LinkKing7]

Icynox46 well I’m glad you found it helpful. There will be another more in depth one later on once I fully wrap my head around the concepts myself, but I figured it was good to start with the basics

[@Bullminator]

Male characters have a much harder time to lvl flying. So its a good idea to pair them with some female character in flying missions. Females do get a pegassus on 2nd, but they are very weak. I had them set as adjuants to lvl them as bows are freaking everywhere. Also its a good idea to check every character red and blue arrows, as if they have red in flying for example, its pointless to make them a fly class as they will just lvl to slow. Some characters do have a weird setup, so i generaly train those as they have less weaknesses to a specific mastery class. Ignatz sword and bow would make him a Bow Knight in the end. But you can also make him a assasin if you dont want to lvl riding. His budding talent tho is just weird and it would take a while to make him a healer on horse.

[@thecavalry5656]

Ignatz's hidden talent is reason and he actually serves as a decent mage in early levels. He gets outclassed as a bow user by Claude and as a mage by Lysithea but as a mixed attacker he can use whichever weapon targets his enemy's lowest stat to deal decent damage. At the very least he's useful for providing chip damage to feed your better units chip in the early game before they can double and get ORKOs for themselves, at which point shift him over to faith so he can play a more supportive role, and then just bench him once you get better units, because everyone who can use magic should be leveling both reason and faith anyways.

[@FriendofFantasy]

@@thecavalry5656 I made Ignatz my Mortal Savant and he does well in that role. He also has a bow if he needs one. He is my mage killer.

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

The only male characters who get anything from flying are Seteth, Cyril and Claude.

[@jimsface]

Holy FUCKING shit thank you. I’ve only really played the GBA fire emblems and Shadow Dragon. To say this system is different would be an understatement. This guide helps more than you know

[@ahzekahriman9379]

Invest in flying. All the classes there are broken as hell. In my second run, I immediately boosted it as much as I could for Byleth through Manuela and Seteth

[@Jgilbzs]

Idk how many of ya'll actually used him, but Seteth as a Wyvern Lord is unbelievably broken. He had the highest STR stat of anyone in my party by the time i finished the church route. I don't normally use units you get later in the game, but I gave Seteth a go because ******SPOILERS****** I planned on using Edelgard as my Wyvern Lord, but when I sided with the church I didn't know I'd lose my planned Wyvern Lord/Waifu. So I had no good candidates for my Wyvern Lord anymore.

[@LinkKing7]

I used him in my LP for exactly the same reason you outlined and he turned out to be one of my most clutch units later on!

[@StrongJoshua]

Except Soldier gets Reposition, which is the best movement combat art imo

[@wesnohathas1993]

Options for master classes seem rather limited. Many characters would fit better into one of the advanced classes. On another note, is it worth certifying classes I don't intend to use for the chance of a stat bonus?

[@LinkKing7]

that's not how the stat bonus works. You have to stay in the class to get the class specific boosts. So if you don't want to use the class, don't change into it

[@wesnohathas1993]

@@LinkKing7 I was referring to the stat bonus that sometimes comes with passing a certification (before ever changing into the class). I was wondering what influences the chance of it happening and what stat increases result from it, or if it's just completely random.

[@LinkKing7]

@@wesnohathas1993 It's not random, basically every class has bases. If you're well above those bases, then you will not get the bonus, but if you're below those bases, then you will. It's a way to help save you from being RNG screwed in a sense.

[@wesnohathas1993]

@@LinkKing7 Okay, that would explain why they always seem to raise the lowest stat.

[@Fabiocean2000]

@@wesnohathas1993 +9 def on lysithea squad

[@azure_paladin4706]

I keep Petra as an assassin sinc it just easier. Sure she is stronger as a mortal savant but with the assassin class she ain't getting hit hahaha.hubert and linhardt as a holy and dark knight( I switched them up ) Ferdinand is my great night and Caspar is a wyvern Lord. Hanneman as a grappler...for reasons.dorothea as my dancer. That's about it for now.

[@BmoreAkuma]

Yeah shes awesome as an assassin and her post animation as one looks so cool

[@LinkKing7]

Azure_Paladin lmao hanneman as a grappler that’s an interesting one!

[@himeistrying]

Oh I'm doing grappler Hanneman too, I wanted to make him a war master for quick riposte

[@PrOtaku123]

I’m a bot should of hade Dorothea as a dancer instead of a mortal servant

[@amaterasu_xo]

You could just make her into a falcon or bow knight too

[@Rocktherio]

Its also kind of Counterproductive to not mention that each class can get your unit extra Points in weapon mastery, so thats another thing that should be considered if you plan ahead. I say this because i had the Opportunity to make Ferdinand a Holy knight. With S+ spear mastery S Riding And just by going to chuch everytime i could with Lindhardt or dorothea... He manage to get to C+ and just needed a Small push. And that small push came in the form of Beung allowed to be a Priest pushing its white magic faster than just going to church and giving him lessons about it. Once i had enough... I promoted him into the class and was one of the Best offensive Healerd i had because of his High mastery on spear. I managed to do this in Hard mode alongside with other cool promotions. Dancing Dorothea with a Gremory mastery and S+ reason and Faith Had Lindhard stay as a Bishop. But he was my Jack of Most trades. Cause he could had been most masteries. By the end of the game... He had 90% on all of the Riders except for armour which it had 70%. Not able to fly Nor become a Mortal savant or Warmaster. But he was one of those that had the most opportunities excluding the mandatory Edelgarde or Main Unit. And All by playing with classes from the start... Allowing them to fill their weapon mastery faster. Which is always a plus. On hard youbdont get a chance to Grind, and that was to be expected. But you can still get optimal results this way

[@Scanny524]

I would argue that soldier is worth considering, if only for reposition as the mastery skill. It's probably the best movement art, especially when coupled with canto

[@c3ntravaswani427]

I think that advanced and master classes kind of exist alongside each other, and different characters prefer different classes, some advanced and some master. My Assassin Petra is best staying as an Assassin, rather than leveling useless magic and cutting her speed growth. That said, the farthest out of the way my Ingird has to fo to become a Falcon Knight is C rank swords, and beyond that can stay flying and Lances (unless you make her a wyvern rider in between for the better strength, then she needs axes). 100% worth it for one while only a hindrance for the other. They have their roles and so do the characters.

[@Khedaar]

For everyone who doesnt know, you dont have to take master classes for units to get maximum potential, changing into a master class just gives you the oportunity to lean a new mastery skill and a slight stats boost, however the maximum stats are character locked and not class locked like in previous FEs

[@LinkKing7]

Gonna be covering this in the next installation to this series!

[@Belgariad87]

The way i see it is this: When you start up a new game in FE3H, you have to make a choice- Do you want to COMMIT to just seeing how everything goes and not trying to push any limits (or basically just playing for story) OR do you even slightly think you will want to see how strong you can get or make some efficient choices to make the game less of a grind in the long run? because if you are in the second camp, as I was, i highly highly recommend leaning into it and just googling many things. Lecture question lists, Advice box lists, All Class req's n masteries list, Individual character growth %'s, Recruitment req guide, Gift and lost item guide, you name it. You can do most if not all of this without spoiling the story for yourself but while still being able to make informed decisions for the long run. in my first few in game months i *agonized* over what master class i wanted every unit to work towards by looking at the master class req's online, and some i ended up changing a bit later (but because i started so early i could do that easily). i did that for every recruitable unit as i spent most of my time pre skip just making sure i recruited everyone, with massive help from gifts raising supports, and the recruit guide so i didnt have to fail a recruit and reload to remember what they required. i also got most of my master and even advanced classes with around 60% pass rate, because i could reload if it didnt work and every free day was another chance at passing. and it often did. hope that helps.

[@cobaltobject1855]

Why would you focus swords if you're aiming for Falcon knight? The lance requirement is the one that's hard to meet. Also monk is definitely worth it for characters that have good magic because otherwise they hit like wet noodles and you're spending 5 levels with no healers

[@LinkKing7]

Because the early game sword classes give better growth than soldiers

[@nowayhosay50]

I found the master classes didn't feel like a true progression to the classes that came before them, kind of disappointing.

[@SwordArtUniverse]

Optimal class changes for units? Bow Knights. Bow Knights for days...

[@Junpei_1iori]

I remember I didn't train shamir with her horse skill to become a bow knight so I made her goals bow and riding, have her stable duty and always trained her in horse for 3 in game weeks and I passed with a 38% chance of passing, good times.

[@raymondjohnson2744]

You could have just made her goal riding only as she her lance and bow skill start out high enough for bow knight

[@Junpei_1iori]

@@raymondjohnson2744 Well this is my first play through of the game, since I was dump I didn't read any of the master classes requirements but now in New game plus I make my archers goals lance and riding

[@Agent719]

I dont know if this qualifies for the other videos you said you were going to make, but what about which class mastery abilities are worth staying in that class for? I know I went back and made everybody a Noble/Commoner again when the one unit I forgot about mastered it and got HP+5. And giving Bernadetta Hit+20 and Lethality were the first things I did once I got her back in New Game+. (And gave myself Vantage of course.)

[@LinkKing7]

Not a bad idea, I'll probably have to do the Advanced Classes one first though, but I could definitely look into that!

[@MrSamthefan]

I had an Assassin Killer Ferdinand (As i call it) on my team and he wrecked house. Basically i made him a fortress knight to max out his defense, and gave him the speed seal skill. I'd put him on my frontline against any assassin or character with a high dodge chance, he'd take absolutely no damage and would debuff the enemy making it easier for the DPS's to hit them. It was truly one of my most broken ideas, right next to Tank Lindhardt (Just pumping the boye with all the HP+ items i could find) and Mortal Savant Dorothea!

[@Ghostface071]

"guys it's spoiler free" Uses fused Byleth as an example

[@LinkKing7]

I mentioned that literally in the disclaimer... also hard for it to be a spoiler when it was in the trailer...

[@tylerox9]

no context

[@mavoc3094]

@@LinkKing7 Some of us avoid trailers specifically because they can have spoilers. It is a thing called "going radio silent" in the months leading up to a big release. I for one did not know about the hair or the time skip until it happened in my play through.

[@breesnutz]

tbh its just hair

[@pipsdontlie3031]

Wish I had seen this before. I had no idea the only master class with bows needed an A in riding. It was easy enough to bring my Ignatz and Ashe up to C lance but it was frustratingly difficult to bring them even close to A in riding

[@kittykatieasmr8360]

I actually had a good mortal savant dorothea on one run. I mainly did it as a meme but she was very good

[@Furbolg1945]

so what are your teams atm? mine is as follows (as Black Eagles): Bayleth - War Master Shamir - Falcon Knight Edelgard - Emperor Dorothea - Gremory Bernadetta - Bow Knight Petra - Mortal Servant Mercedes - Holy Knight Lysthea - Warlock soon to be Dark Knight Gonna do the same route again trying to get Ingrid and Hilda into the party, messed up a whole bunch of stuff since it was my first FE

[@LinkKing7]

Mine was this: Byleth: Swordmaster Shamir: Swordmaster Petra: Swordmaster Catherine: Swordmaster Caspar: War Master Seteth, Wyvern Lord Linhardt: Holy Knight Ferdinand: Paladin Bernadetta: Pegasus Knight Dorothea: Gremory

[@Furbolg1945]

@@LinkKing7 that's a lot of Swordmaster :D wanted Catherine too but since I was in BE I simply wasn't allowed

[@samwalker3165]

I haven't finished yet, but Byleth: Warlock Claude: Sniper Ignatz: Sniper Hilda: Fortress Knight Leonie: Assassin Marianne: Bishop Lysithea: Warlock/Gremory next level up Raphael: Warrior Lorenz: Dark Bishop

[@lv83bloodknight]

My current NG+ GD team is: Byleth: Wyvern Lord Claude: Wyvern Master Hilda: Wyvern Lord Ingrid: Falcon Knight Ferdinand: Wyvern Lord Petra: Wyvern Lord Leonie: Bow Knight Marianne: Holy Knight Dorothea: Gremory Lysithea: Dark Knight

[@thecrafteur789]

Are master classes mandatory ? I feel like advanced are just better (swordmaster better than mortal for sword based fighter for example)

[@sirhalofan2448]

Ultimately depends on the character. Like Falcon Knight for Ingrid is mandatory for She is a beast with it and because your only alternative class is an intermediate. But a character like Petra is better off staying as an Assassin. However for Felix I would definitely choose Mortal over Swordmaster, because it never hurts to have multiple weapons for combat.

[@thecrafteur789]

@@sirhalofan2448 well my assassin will stay as assassin since there is no class with the same role, but i wasn't sure about felix staying as swordmaster or making him into a mortal savant

[@flammableduck2640]

@@sirhalofan2448 Mortal has way less Spd, Felix is better off with a Levin Sword

[@sirhalofan2448]

@@flammableduck2640 Its true that Mortal has less speed but you could easily fix that with a brave weapon, but even then, my Felix as Mortal still almost always doubled the enemy with just silver weapons

[@izrealtruefelicis3309]

SirHaloFan UNSC SPARTAN 2 Don’t turn him into mortal. I had him as a swords master and I swear turning him to a to a mortal savant just nerfed him somehow. Shit was lame

[@mihaildoychinov4561]

Honestly most master classes have terrible outfits and/or are mounted and I did not promote most of my units

[@johnclopez96]

Mortal servant is cool but is dumb like the four sword behind his or her back for example is just looks weird either one sword or none in the back would've been better in my opinion

[@karmenion]

@@johnclopez96 but you know, my mortal savants actualy carry 4 words other then one they use because I won't waste silver wsword unles it is magical beast or great lord.

[@arts830]

Great video but quick question, if I hit LvL 30 with a, let's say, SwordMaster (Felix), should I make my SwordMaster a Mortal Savant just because it's a better tier class? Or what should I make my Swordmaster? Same question goes for Sniper (Petra).

[@LinkKing7]

that's a great question, and I'm actually going to be thinking about the master classes more in depth and whether they're worth it or not. As a short answer, I think Swordmaster is an amazing class and you can keep him there unless you want to use magic! Petra can benefit from changing to Bow Knight though, that's actually a decent class

[@arts830]

@@LinkKing7 Thanks for the answer Link! I was actually thinking about that, for now I'm just at chapter 14 so I still have some time to salvage something out for Petra, I was Leveling her up as a Wyvern Lord for the Mastery, in the meantime I'll be training her ridding skill. Also, on your opinion, what's better for a Nuke Mage? Dark Knight, Mortal Savant or Gremory? Keep it up with the great content!!

[@LinkKing7]

Aruto I don’t have any experience with dark knight yet, but Gremory has the better magic growth boost. It is female only though...

[@isaiahtorok7079]

I wanted to make byleth a falcon knight but i can't seem to get past a b in flying by the final chapter of edelgards route, is there a better way to train flying?

[@fierypickles4450]

Can you increase the amount of units you use in battle? Mines says 10 units plus 2 support slots. I thought the number increases like in other fe games. Is it based on my prof level?

[@ericjiga7109]

I'd have to disagree with you about the beginner classes though, while you're right about the growths, I find reposition to be VASTLY superior to Draw back and swap, and slightly better than shove, as it let's you most effectively move your units forwards faster. While +2 Strength and (+2 Magic for magic only classes) is typically the best of the 4 possible bonuses to get, the defense from soldier is very useful early on on hard mode classic, and the +2 speed that myrmidons get is usually unnecessary on classes that are going for pure sword skills since they will double almost everyone without that anyway. Mostly though it's the movement abilities for me, those last the whole game, while maybe an extra 1-2 strength or speed won't matter late game.

[@LinkKing7]

Yeah you have a point there if you want the mastery skills. I will admit that’s not something incorporated into my analysis here

[@abdullahotabi4065]

i just made everyone an assassin and they just one shot everything

[@Zunken]

All I wanted to know is if it's better to rush towards higher classes for higher growth-rates (maybe) or if it's better to focus on mastering classes first?

[@LinkKing7]

Depends. Does Mastery yield a skill that you really want? Warrior, for example, gives Wrath at mastery which is really good. In that case, might be better to stick there for a bit longer. Also, most Master Classes don't have better growth than advanced ones, and I'm putting the finishing touches on a video that covers that in detail which should be out in the next day or so hopefully!

[@AndersonWave17]

My characters wouldnt master their early classes like commoner and soldier for their respective mastery abilities like health +5 even after getting them to level 8 or reposition after getting to level 14....like my question is: is it worth going well beyond the level cap and WAITING 5 or more levels to get every classes mastery ability?

[@LinkKing7]

You don’t have to go well beyond the level cap. Any degree of combat will give you the class exp, so just getting hit from range without countering will do that for example, while granting minimal exp. you should be able to master them relatively easily that way instead while maintaining your level. Hp+5 feels very worth it in early game and the positional skills are quite nice. In maddening mode I’d imagine both are highly valuable as well

[@Tysur]

R.i.p. to all those people who have been spoiled by byleth’s hair being green

[@LinkKing7]

It was in the trailer for the actual game itself lol hardly a spoiler

[@tahamohammad8842]

@@LinkKing7 then again they also showed part of rhea’s death cutscene in silver snow in a trailer

[@aidanderson53X]

5% growth rate is 1 point every 20 levels and is pretty negligible when it comes to begginer classes.

[@josuagreis353]

yeah. go for the combat arts. they are very usefull in moving your units around and ou often dont need 3 combat arts. And if you go for them, soldier is easily the best class.

[@arcaflame9456]

A useful video as always Link Thanks you,it'll save me lot of time to link it to it instead of explain it myself xD

[@LinkKing7]

ArcaFlame glad you found it helpful! I figured something like this would be good to outline as a resource for those who like to min-max

[@pisces6220]

A Wyvern Lord Raphael is something I never thought of until I accidentally raised in flying skill.

[@jamesking4736]

Honestly here is all you need to know: get everyone you want to use to riding skill A+ and then turn them into a flyer or calvary witch the exception of characters with high movement from items, honestly if your units don't have high movement what's the point? I just did a run where everyone was high movement and it was almost not fair, wavern lords are OP as hell because they have like 2 less defensive than armored knight or fortress knight and have way more movement, holy knight, dark knight and dark flyer all really great (valkery falls a bit flat with no damage bonus) and with certain units they will be OP (like purple boy who gets a bad rap because everyone turns him into clavery, he was born to be a dark knight with +3 black magic range) bow knights are way weaker then the magic classes so no point in bows in this game so I don't use em, falcon knights are awesome high evasion units too. Oh also get EVERYONE fiendish blow and mighty blow because extra +6 might adds up.

[@assembly2593]

Some exams I have been able to pass as early as 35% and others have needed upwards of 65% as a minimum. I still don't fully understand how to calculate what percentage is needed to guarantee a pass as the pass/fail sometimes seems to be RNG.

[@LinkKing7]

It's always RNG, however, the Pass/Fail is pre determined when you get to that week in the Monastery, so regular resetting for it won't work

[@assembly2593]

@@LinkKing7 I gotcha! Thanks for the clarification.

[@ryebread5831]

You don't need masterclasses for all characters. Catherine's best with her sword so keeping her as a sword master is no issue

[@jzenith]

Or you could train her in Reason for Mortal Savant, which will give her more movement, and a range option at the cost of no inventory slots. Alternatively, classroom train her in lances and flying to put her into Falcon Knight, which will greatly increase her mobility, with the only drawback being the loss of swordfaire as a class skill. There are loads of ways to use different units. Just because a character doesn't perfectly fall into a master class, doesn't mean you shouldn't work towards putting them into one.

[@rupturedsky776]

My Byleth on my Golden Deer playthrough had a 31% chance of becoming a Swordmaster, and she became one! Unfortunately I overwrited that very save data in my Blue Lions playthrough by accident, I almost beat the game....

[@agentfrost7823]

Can't you get the save back from the cloud saves?

[@fredxu99]

What I've found so far, in short: Definitely have one: Armored Units. Just don't put them near mages. Even then just have them wear a Hexlock and they'll survive. Go for them if you can: All Cavalry. So slippery, massive range, each one of them is great. Cheap but effective: Warlock, Sword DPS, Axe DPS. These get the job done, and are easy to train. Good: Bishop, Fliers. Situationally useful. Bishops are too flimsy to go for offensive casts, and healing occurs every other turn. Fliers are scared of archers, and there are a lot of archers in this game... Plus they're expensive Meh: Pure Archery. Yeah don't use pure archery, go bow knight if you can. Snipers are honestly useless. More in-depth on my units: Byleth - Enlightened One. Jack-Of-All-Trades, the one saving grace is Creator Sword and high Avo, can tank and kill effectively Edelgard - Armored Lord. Beeeeeeef!!! Honestly, Edelgard is the *probably* the strongest character in the game that you can essentially get for free. Barring pure magic users, she can tank and kill anything. She literally will solo monsters for me, and it's bonkers. Ferdinand - Paladin. He's alright. Paladin doesn't have any good upgrades though, but then again I'm not sure if he needs anything else. He has outstanding Avo and duels with units all day! Caspar - War Master. I can't find Silver Gauntlets for some reason, so he is pure axes. He works well enough, crit gambles are too stressful but his high strength makes him slap pretty hard. Give him Prayer Ring, he needs it. Bernadetta - Sniper. I love Bern, but she has probably the worst class in the game. It does what mages do, except mages can also kill armors. And mages are curiously good at taking out Wyvern Riders... so *DO NOT GO FOR SNIPER.* Petra - Dancer. Her armor is cute but she has such good stat growths she's much much better as a DPS. I adore Petra in her dancer outfit though, it's just so fitting! Dorothea - Gremory. It's is overtuned in a weird way. Too many spell charges, not enough turns to use them. I rarely get through 20 Thunders and 20 Heals in a single game, but it's nice to have dual effectiveness. Difficult to juggle though, she always seems to be out of place. Lindhardt - Bishop. Oh boy... he's kinda weak. Very situationally useful, but he does his job when he needs to, roughly every other turn. Hubert - Warlock. He literally doubles everything, and I'm not sure why. By far my most consistent damage units. Warlock again has no good upgrades for males, but it probably doesn't need it. Lysithea - A slightly weaker Hubert, but smaller and equally goth. She comes with only Range 2 spells until very very late into Reason training which makes it *VERY DANGEROUS FOR HER TO DO ANYTHING* so I had to give her Caduceus Staff to outrange counters. Catherine - Swordmaster. Pretty good. Her saving grace is Thunderbrand, and that runs out very quickly due to being a semi-Brave Weapon and potentially quad-hitting. This is *really fucking expensive* but it hits hard and gets the job done. Shamir - Sniper. Again, don't go sniper. Shamir thankfully comes with Bow and Lance, so she can easily become a Bow Knight with lots of investment. Unfortunately, I got her so late in my run that I'm stuck using Sniper, which is honestly trash.

[@Gag1800]

Made Edelgard a Wyvern Lord and gave her an Aurora Shield (removes bow weakness), she became the most broken unit in the game. Her high res growth seemed to counteract the Wyvern Lords weakness to magic, and the natural high def growth made her an all purpose tank, whilst sporting both high str and spd. Top it all off with flying movement, and you had a death machine that could quickly eliminate high value targets with little risk very quickly. Her only real flaw was that her hit rate went to shit whenever an enemy had high speed or had some kind of Avo boost, she is an axe user after all, but even using swords didn't always help. Cyril in particular was a friggin pain in the ass to kill, for all my units. nevermind Edel. Perhaps lances might offset that issue

[@LinkKing7]

Yeah, Wyvern Lord is a really good class in this game for sure!

[@azurlune1877]

Where do u get that

[@Gag1800]

@@azurlune1877 The shield? I honestly cannot remember, I'm pretty sure it was from a paralogue, but I've been trying to figure out where exactly it came from myself

[@munmunmurmur4920]

Should I recalls as soon as my unit gets the proper level requirement even if they haven't mastered that class yet?

[@LinkKing7]

For the most part yes, you'll benefit from growth boosts, except in certain master classes.

[@PrincessAmanda2290]

You have to go monk if you want a magic class because most classes can’t use magic

[@LinkKing7]

This is true, but for the early levels, I don’t think monk is worth it. They can always catch up on magic later on

[@PrincessAmanda2290]

LinkKing7 only if there magic is high enough to actually class change. Because that can’t change if they don’t use magic

[@PrincessAmanda2290]

Well actually you may be right but you would have to Rely on byleth’s classes I guess

[@AuthorReborn]

@@LinkKing7 Monk is absolutely worth it. Just getting out of Noble/Commoner doubles your useage of Magic spells per misson, and the Mastery Combat Art is Draw Back, which your mages will never have a reason to not equip since they will not learn any other combat arts. Monk is a very worthwhile Beginner class for your mages.

[@Shalakor]

@@LinkKing7 Not to mention the practical element of how much harder you're making things on yourself going a stretch of time with no ability to cast Heal or easy way to bypass high Def targets that aren't armor classes (since the shop does sell Maces and other such options options exist). You have to still actually fight battles to get the exp needed to reach the Intermediate classes.

[@Fallendown-pq1ot]

Can I put Edelgard in a religious class then?

[@bobby31723]

i' m just classing my students to what i feel like they would be once "polished" ,with some consideration of whom i intend to ship them with . lorenz + leonie : dark and holy knight respectively ( i don't know why , i instantly shipped them together and i like the duality of light and dark for couple when possible) Protag + Marianne : same , dark knight and holy knight ( still grindind that ridind on protag tho , curently dark bishop) raphael and hilda : mounted heavy armor for raph , and the master pegasus class for hilda claude and lysithea : mounted archer and gremory i also grabbed bernadetta and lindhart as they cracked me up seemed like a good match , planning to make them mounted archer and gremory . my ignatz died early and i didn't bother saving him as he didn't really seemed all that interresting , will grab him in my ng+ tho . completely unoptimised but i really don't care that much , i'm playing on normal .

[@lucasleftbooba7160]

I worked my brain hard for planning their class change, rather than for my studies--

[@McHale09]

Guy: No spoilers Also guy: There's a timeskip

[@LinkKing7]

Everyone knew that from the trailers so it’s hardly a spoiler my friend

[@McHale09]

@@LinkKing7 not everyone watches them though

[@klissattack]

Is ur next video about the viability of advanced classes? That's something I noticed with this game

[@LinkKing7]

Mikey Kliss yup, that’s something I intend to cover in depth

[@klissattack]

@@LinkKing7 awesome I look forward to that. I'm only right before the time skip and I was noticing a lot of advanced classes that I didn't want to change out of lol

[@powwowken2760]

"Better head start" off 5% growth boosts..... We all know that even having a War Master or Falcon Knight who each have a total of about 70% boost to your growths overall will still regularly roll the minimum of 2 stat increases per level.... God this game pisses me off but I still love it poor Coco though, 3 maps in a row where her level up was 2 points so I rewound and left her sitting on the starting line doing nothing till she ended up 3-5 levels behind most of my main team all because of damn growth rng also in my most recent play-through Marianne, who's widely considered one of the worst characters in the game, ended up with massively higher stats then everyone else and hard carried from level 10 till about 25 as a thief/trickster spamming soul blade, while Raphael ended up completely neutered and was relegated to an adjutant shield bot

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

Short breakdown: Does your male character wield magic? *Yes* : Level swordfighting if it's Black Magic. You're aiming for Mortal Savant. Level lance and riding if it's White Magic. You're aiming for Holy Knight. Alternatively, if you have the time and points, push swords and Black and White Magic. Mortal Savants can cast both, but the skill check is reason, not faith. *No* : Aim for Great Knight or Warmaster as Master Classes. Every other class will basically fall into your lap. The only exception is Dark Knight. Level reason once you achieve the Paladin class. Does your female character wield magic? *Yes* : Level both Black and White Magic and eventually turn her into a Gremory. *No* : Focus on Flying, lance and sword for Falcon Knight. Or focus on bow, lance and riding for Bow Knight.

[@Fabiocean2000]

this comment is really helpful, but the formatting is kinda offputting.

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

@@Fabiocean2000 Yeah, never been great at that. Making flowcharts out of pure text is also kinda diffcult.

[@Fabiocean2000]

@@IchHassePasswoerter Does your male character wield magic? Yes : Level swordfighting if it's Black Magic. You're aiming for Mortal Savant. Level lance and riding if it's White Magic. You're aiming for Holy Knight. Alternatively, if you have the time and points, push swords and Black and White Magic. Mortal Savants can cast both, but the skill check is reason, not faith. No : Aim for Great Knight or Warmaster as Master Classes. Every other class will basically fall into your lap. The only exception is Dark Knight. Level reason once you achieve the Paladin class. Does your female character wield magic? Yes : Level both Black and White Magic and eventually turn her into a Gremory. No : Focus on Flying, lance and sword for Falcon Knight. Or focus on bow, lance and riding for Bow Knight.

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

@@Fabiocean2000 Neat. Thanks

[@Meracog]

Or you can just have a team of Gremorys and and mortal servants (just finished my second playthrough doing that it was fun but also hellacious.)

[@LinkKing7]

War master team FTW!

[@Zerobasssoul]

Leonie will be a wyvern lord and no one will stop me

[@aarondille1842]

Haha nice. I maid mine Falcoknight and she became broken with a brave lance. :)

[@EmperorKatakuri]

My Leonie was a bow knight before before that she was a paladin honestly dont know why I changed it lol

[@Firaldis]

Leonie as a warrior was nothing short of broken in my playthrough.

[@andrew2198]

Mine is working towards falcon knight, almost there, but Hilda as a wyvern lord OMG one woman army right there

[@Zerobasssoul]

@@andrew2198 been trying to force falcon knight flayn, the crawl for strength hurts

[@azureblaze8318]

although pegasus knights aren't that strong (As usual) Falcon Knights got a huge boost Other than Ingrid I have at least another one so that enemy mages become less than dirt and I am able to move my cavalry with no risks of mages. Surprisingly many ally units (Especially Rapheal who still had 0 res even at level 30) are weak to magic.