The WORST Unit in Three Houses

[@Armads4Prez]

CORRECTIONS: 1) Yuri's Relic really doesn't differentiate him from Anna as much as I thought it did. I assumed the Fetters of Dromi gave everyone Mov +1 and the right Crest gave Yuri both the halving damage effect and the Canto effect. Apparently only the halving damage effect is exclusive to Yuri, so his Relic does little to argue that he's better than Anna. 2) The list of characters I included in this video were based on what people on internet forums were saying. I only included that section to explain why characters commonly thought of as bad are actually not so bad and are better than Anna. So even though I don't think Ignatz is that bad, I still included him. The day I did research for this video, I didn't see many people complaining about Ashe which is why he isn't featured. Though if I remade the video, I would have included Ashe seeing how many comments on this video mentioned him. 3) One of the patches changed how linked attacks work, so Anna now gets literally no bonuses. 4) Ashe doesn't leave your party in Blue Lions, so saying that Gilbert could replace him in his absence is wrong.

[@SpiritUser]

It's all gud

[@gabbycraft7035]

Nah, Yuri is awesome. He doesn’t learn much magic but with the ones he does learn he has high crit.

[@traceyrice4978]

Anna is definitely the worst. Gets no support boosts.

[@bluefacestan1826]

I mean you could turn Anna into a dancer and work her that way as dancer that stay out of combat

[@traceyrice4978]

@@bluefacestan1826 if you want your dancer out of combat you could just use someone with long range magic and still get the banging support boosts

[@ZephyrosPhoenix]

I stopped using Anna the moment I realized she had no supports with anyone. I just saw no point in using her if she didn't get to bond with anyone else.

[@zurinsel1336]

Same. I recruited her very early then after I got the Ashen Wolves I never used Anna.

[@manamaster6]

Same case here, I was baffled by how little damage she did and how easily she died, even in Normal mode, so I stopped using her.

[@conspiracypanda1200]

@@manamaster6 We have fallen so far from Apotheosis Anna. The RNG gods will _not_ be pleased...

[@boltfantasticated9705]

Exactly my thought, like of course Anna is the worst character in the game, one of the DEFINING features she can't do!

[@2023PerfectDark]

That makes sense. I noticed that if you marry Anna in Awakening, she gets over powered, based on how I play. And that's by herself. Then she gets way too strong if she partners up with you or Morgan. "Marry Anna, increase hers movement to 9 or 10 I think it was 9, allow her to use swords, bows, and staffs to heal herself or teleport to the closest dancer to advance even further, have her partner up with Morgan whose also overpowered because of Anna's stats and class, then after that Anna can practically solo the whole game once you rescue her." I don't really notice this with the other girls and guys. Then jn Fates, I noticed that she gets super weak if you don't marry her and/or pair up with her at all. "You save Anna in an already difficult paid DLC. If you marry her, her stats are still not that good from what I remember, and when you marry somebody whose stats is better than Anna's, she becomes pointless. She's only helpful for winged soldiers and that's it." But with Fates, the game forces you to use different characters for different scenarios over using characters you love like in Awakening. So it makes sense that she is completely useless without the marriage system and completely pointless if she doesn't have any support bonds, especially when you're buying her now. That's like buying a can of bug spray and it only works on bugs that rarely enter your house, and keep the bugs that actually enters your house alive.

[@Rengor1997]

Just FYI but as of Patch 1.2.0, they changed Linked Attacks such that if you do not support with the person you're getting the bonus from, you get absolutely 0 bonuses rather than the default +3. So Anna literally gets nothing from linked attacks.

[@Armads4Prez]

Developers thought Anna was too strong so they had to nerf her.

[@xuanathan]

They had the fucking gall to nerf Anna. Thats like an fe6 remake that gives Wendy F Lances and 0 movement

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Maybe they did it to make Cindered Shadows more luck-based. There's several moments where you NEED to use gambits.

[@brendantw]

@@xuanathan Stationary boss Wendy 💀

[@conradcooper2710]

Characters that are known for being bad, like Caspar and Ashe, have always been absolute beasts for me. Weird.

[@Kairos_Akuma]

I mean I think it's based on what you want. And what I learned is that Archers get shat on alot.

[@rubylillies867]

My Ashe was a one shot killer since he was a Wyrn rider and moved around everywhere

[@Rasdanation]

@@rubylillies867 Ashe was quite useful for killing Myson first turn in my playthrough of AM. The dude got such a high crit rate in my playthrough and he was able to one-shot crit deadeye myson

[@zashgekido5616]

@@Kairos_Akuma Archers have been nothing but the burden children for me in almost every play through Except Shamir. Shamir murders all

[@QwertySqwert]

Same here! When I saw comments claiming Ashe, Caspar, and Ignatz were terrible units I was downright confused because they’ve been some of my best units in every file, Ignatz especially.

[@matasj98]

5:18 While Ashe does leave your party temporarily in most routes, he never leaves your party on the only route in which Gilbert is available, so putting him among the units that Gilbert can replace doesn't seem very appropriate. Great video, though!

[@Armads4Prez]

I hadn't even considered that lol. Thanks for pointing that out!

[@AngelKnightZeo713]

Ashe = leaves if recruited to GD or SS Lorenz = leaves if recruited to BL or SS Dedue = leaves for a bit if you completed the paralogue, dies if you skip the paralogue Cethleann/Flayn = leaves if you side with Edelgard Hubert + Edelgard = leaves if you side with the Church That's what Armads was referring to when select characters bounce pre/post timeskip, not strictly Ashe since why would he betray his own house on his own route?

[@soulfire5274]

@@AngelKnightZeo713 Well there was going to be a level in Azure Moon where you have to fight Felix and Annette, idk why them but it was a thing

[@valmoer]

@@soulfire5274 Well, for Annette it could have been along the same lines of her paralogue mixed with non-BL Ashe's situation (mostly "my Uncle Baron Dominic is under vassalage to Cordelia's Faergus Dukedom, I can't go and help Dimitri/Byleth or that would spell doom to our people") For Felix... not a clue.

[@soulfire5274]

@@valmoer Felix is just sick of the Boar not that he's unleashed. But yeah the Annette thing kinda makes since

[@lordmango6060]

Want to make Hanneman absolutely BROKEN in maddening? Make him a mage for Fiendish blow, then an archer for Hit+20, and then end in Sniper class for Hunters Volley with Magic Bow+. He. will. blow. up. EVERYTHING. If you have the patience for it, train him up in gauntlets for Aura Knuckles and he’ll be able to decimate enemies up close too.

[@OnlineVideoSurfer]

If I ever play the game again, I'll have to try this. Sounds like it has high opportunity cost, but also sounds absolutely fun to do.

[@lordmango6060]

OnlineVideoSurfer oh dude it’s absolutely bonkers. He was 3 or 4 levels behind my core units because I decided to use him really late, but he still put in work and decimated enemies alongside the best of them

[@jacksnelling1616]

im gonna steal this for my church run omg

[@johnathonbrewer3840]

very good to know...

[@estrum1647]

dark bishoo hanneman is op

[@Rasdanation]

You know, if Anna did actually have supports, I'd imagine it'd be something like this: -Byleth (Duh) -Ignatz (Part of a Merchant Family) -Raphael (Same reason as Ignatz) -Leonie (She's incredibly Stingy, supports would probably be of Anna trying to sell her stuff and Leonie refuses) -Linhardt (She is the only person known to have the CREST of Ernest) -Ashe (They have interacted before from Ashe x Byleth supports, sympathizes the thieves Anna so hates) -Sylvain (Another flirt to fail) -Alois (Is an incredibly impulsive spender as seen from supports with Catherine) -Balthus (Owes many debts, possibly owes some sort of debt to Anna) As for those supports, the ones I actually see with endings would be: -Byleth -Ignatz -Linhardt -Ashe -Alois -Balthus

[@XGame80]

Rasdanation Hanneman too. *CREST*

[@Rasdanation]

@@XGame80 oh right. Then again, you also have situations like Flayn where Hanneman is not allowed within 5 feet of her Crest

[@nategwright]

She’d probably get a Jeritza support as well

[@conspiracypanda1200]

@@nategwright That murder freak could use a few supports himself...

[@nategwright]

Conspiracy Panda Edelgard, Hubert, and Caspar would be interesting supports for him

[@lpants0]

Idk why people think Raphael is bad. He can't be 1 shot and also does alot of gauntlet damage. He has been good everytime I have used him.

[@ismliral6679]

Idk. My raphael always gains strenght and hp. Right now he has 51 str and 80 hp without stat boosts, he his a fucking beast lmao

[@sylverflores3433]

Agreed. Ralphys awesome

[@Mike-di1og]

I've done all routes except VW and recruited Raphael each time, and he's always been my best or 2nd-best unit. I don't know what people are doing with him to have him underperform. War Master with Killer Knuckles and he avoids most attacks, never misses, and crits almost every attack ON TOP OF his typical 4x30 base damage. Give him the Snow Dragon Sign and Vajra-Mushti in NG+ and you can cover even the 1% of the time you encounter an enemy he can't kill in 1 turn. The only brawl unit who has come even close to Raphael's usefulness for me has been War Cleric Leonie (who I initially made as a joke, because I wanted to make her Chie Satonaka and didn't plan to use her--only for her to become awesome), who trades a bit of his strength for better Avo. I was genuinely surprised to see people refer to him as among the worst units as opposed to one of the best.

[@gloubiboulgathefirst5784]

If you play on maddening every other unit with a similar role and statline is better than him

[@gloubiboulgathefirst5784]

Yeah but again in every role he's outclassed by everyone. Annette and even Ignatz are way better rally bot early on, every gauntlet user except Caspar one round better than him, and every bulky unit also tank better. The thing he definityvely has for him is that monstruous hp growth. But then again, he's benchable like hell as soon as you discover Balthus is just Raphael but better. And quick riposte don't make him one the best units.

[@nikkof5384]

Anna isn’t a real character. IS did her a disservice I was looking forward to a magical archer again.

[@nezarredondo6101]

She doen´t even have support with any character

[@warriorboy4796]

I know Anna exist in the Market place also you can get her secret quest which opens her secret shop without even buying her

[@michaualtington]

@God Sammit yeah magic bow is like the best spell for mercedes

[@ultimaterecoil1136]

@God Sammit also Ignaz fits that role well enough.

[@ammonha]

@@warriorboy4796 I like her Battalion, as my team is pretty much fliers only, and as far as I know hers is the only Stride-Flying Battalion.

[@nuttysboythatoneguy6566]

Another point in Ignatz’s favor is his great list of rallies, he gets Rally Speed as early as D rank in authority and Rally Dexterity at C+ and I’d say giving any unit a boost of speed and accuracy is a blessing on any difficulty. He also gets rally strength at S rank but that’s a lot less applicable without NG+

[@Saltyoven]

it may just be me, but ignatz crits like a mad man on crack

[@pizasauss1]

@@Saltyoven YEAH SAME HERE. Eventually made his weapons only killer bows thats how much he was critting. Hilda was also going insane with crits for me but I was maybe just lucky there.

[@Saltyoven]

@@pizasauss1 on non maddening runs he's fun to make a mortal savant due to his spells all adding a shit ton of crit

[@lineghest1220]

Assassin from Brigand ignats dexterity and dodge tank mvp.Just got lethality

[@richardwilliams937]

Ignatz has always been reliable for me. His low strength at the start can be helped with good Hilda positioning, a battalion that raises strength, and getting death blow. When not attacking rally speed at D rank is so good especially when going against those stupid 14-15 AS thieves with pass.

[@OrderOTCB]

I'd say it's worth it to RECRUIT Anna simply because she gives you a free paralouge and some bullions. Other than that? To the bench!

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

And the Paralogue sucks on Maddening.

[@pastyIe]

AkameGaKillfan777 Exactly, the units nearly killed all of mine and I was literally 10 levels above. Not about to lose my hard worked units for some shitty bullions.

[@wikidwisurdzzz49]

@@pastyIe The DLC paralogues tend to be a lot harder because they all love to bring in a large number of reinforcements out of nowhere, just like Cindered Shadows.

[@pastyIe]

WikidWisurd zzz Fuck Pallardo, all my homies hate Pallardo.

[@rickfarris3453]

I don't bench anyone, probably not a smart move but I like to use everyone.

[@grogbb3865]

I recruited Anna for the 5000 gold then made her a guard adjutant for a couple chapters then she got benched forever so I agree with this video

[@snow2268]

"EVERYONE in this game can learn SMASH." Nobody knows this better than Mister Sakurai.

[@bela666lugosi8]

this is un-noble, smash bros is not of any house, but it is made of commoners, your house would benefit by teaming up with the house of aegir, join us and we will conquer the world

[@brunnokamei9623]

Round Spongebob: Anna in Three Houses Angry Spongebob: Anna in Warriors Buff Spongebob: Anna in Heroes

[@conspiracypanda1200]

Which Spongbob would Awakening/Apotheosis Anna be?

[@yeezus1254]

Problably angry spongebob, for me she one shot tons of foes, but died so easily, and had mediocre growths

[@pokedude720]

@@conspiracypanda1200 Anime SpongeBob

[@michaelellis772]

@@conspiracypanda1200 Ahhh apotheosis Anna... f**k apotheosis Anna.

[@strawberrymilkkid5893]

Anna with Balthus' face got me feelin' some type of way...

[@imakerandomvideoslol7499]

Debts perhaps?

[@MrHaveGoing]

Wait, why does Anna learn hexblade after soulblade? Soulblade is just a better hexblade lmao

[@arshana4081]

Okay i believe you

[@Andreu0rtin]

I didn't expect you here

[@nategwright]

Not necessarily. Hexblade has much higher raw damage and less durability cost. Soulblade only becomes better at 18 Res. Granted, Anna’s Res Growth makes Soulblade better on her. Hexblade is a way better combat art early game, so I don’t understand why she gets Soulblade so early and Hexblade so late.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@nategwright That's their point. It's like how some characters learn Mighty Blow after Bombard. I don't like Mighty Blow btw.

[@nategwright]

AkameGaKillfan777 I get that. On Anna specifically, Soulblade is basically always going to be better unless you’re really tight on durability and need Hexblade. My point was that for a while, Hexblade us going to have a higher damage output, as Res growth isn’t very high on anyone not named Flayn, so reaching 17 Res isn’t going to happen very quickly.

[@mschakakhan]

Didn’t even knew Raphael was considered a bad unit he’s a monster in my second play through

[@thedaylights7996]

same here, I could send him into enemies and he just tanks it, then punches them back

[@vanjagalovic3621]

@@thedaylights7996 On maddening he suffers a lot from not being able to tank as well, ha also has poor speed making him unusable in most classes and he just defaults to gauntlets. This also means he's stuck with lower movement than your mounted units, especially your flyers. He does get rally strength, has decen phisical bulk and is a decent user of gauntlets (and becomes very good once he gets quick reposte), but isn't as amazing as the lords or units like Felix or Lysethia

[@wikidwisurdzzz49]

@@vanjagalovic3621 I immediately benched my Raphael on my current playthrough for Balthus. Raphael was bad for me every VW run.

[@vanjagalovic3621]

@@wikidwisurdzzz49 Yeah Balthus is just a better version of Raph, but Raph is still a servicable unit iverall as long as you keep him strictly in the War Master class line

[@SasukeTheCursed]

Almost any unit can be good. Its just a matter of which ones get the best min-max potential. For example Lysethia is considered to be good because of her ungodly magic growth. Shes like a walking nuke. Similarly its widely known Claude can be a great dodge tank and Edelgard has the absolutely insane Raging Storm ability

[@julianquides2973]

Cyril as a wyvern lord just straight up kicks ass, but I had to give him some brave weapons bc he became short in speed

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Try making use of Defiant Crit with Vengeance and Point-blank Volley.

[@MaN-mc3bf]

Yeah Anna is definitely the worst she is basically Bernadetta (I'd say a bit above average unit) but without vergence, psychic, Bernadettas op personal ability and encloser or in other words the things that make Bernadetta good.

[@warriorboy4796]

Don’t forget deadeye with the range buff to bows that girl can cover a map and snipe from spawn if you do her right

[@MrEcoho]

i take quite a good amount of offense that you speak of bernidetta in a bad way the girl was and is one of my best archers, and whats more its very easy to get her vantage making her pretty much a map killer with the right adjutant.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

coughsupportscough

[@MrEcoho]

@Thea S your using her wrong then

[@MaN-mc3bf]

@@MrEcoho when did I speak bad of her I said she is above average unit

[@Moon1tan]

Bruh Ignatz was basically Shamir 2.0 for me he Crit almost everything and I used him in every fight

[@Saltyoven]

I think he regularly has higher crit chances than anyone else because of both his dex and luck. hell I've memed him as a mage and he could still hold his own because he regularly had 50% crit because all his magic has huge crit.

[@Solanin0803]

Same for me

[@Hidden_Sage]

Hell, I rolled Ignatz as assassin in my last playthrough, and his high crit chances+ solid speed growth meant he was mowing down anything that wasn't armored in one volley. It took a couple of stat boosters to keep his damage up after the time skip- but there's more of those in 3H than prior titles anyway, so who cares.

[@MTBR077]

Same! Ignatz is so underrated! He's an amazing unit.

[@TraumaCenter13]

Yeah, he is my MVP in Maddening.

[@leviponce7730]

I remember when the game came out and so many people thought dedue was one of the worst charcters in the game. Oh how they were wrong

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

In my first BL Maddening Run, I made him a Fortress Knight, gave him a bunch of ambrosia, Def+2, Silver Shield and Duscur Heavy Soldiers, and he had 80 Prt by Endgame. Not even War Masters with Silver Axes could scratch him. Since he was basically indestructible, I made use of both Battalion Wrath and Quick Riposte. On Enemy Phase, he doubles EVERYTHING with 80+ crit, and it's glorious. Armored Strike also came in handy several times.

[@soulfire5274]

Dedue is one of my favorite units to use, while his resistance is almost none, he can easily tank hits from demonic beasts in mid game.

[@pogo3593]

Ignatz is my actual fave in maddening cause of the extra hit from his skill. The fact that it also applies to gambits is so useful.

[@ktash8937]

I use Raphael all the time. He one shots a lot of baddies more often than not.

[@SarvTzu]

Raphael and Hilda were basically my 2 most trusted characters to send forward during my Golden Deer playthrough. Could dish out good damage, take multiple blows and somehow he ended up dodging a lot more than I expected.

[@mistake1197]

@Merciless Freak cursed raph salt.

[@mistake1197]

@Noah Avshalom first 3 chapters I can agree that raph is bad but his strength growths are good and rally strength is really good later on.

[@mistake1197]

@Noah Avshalom well yeah of course there are better units. That doesn't make raph necessarily bad though.

[@mistake1197]

@Noah Avshalom for the fun of it? Also because I like his character?

[@pineapplepearjuice6717]

I feel bad for Ignatz, hes one of my fav characters, people need to apprexiate him more.

[@pineapplepearjuice6717]

@UCEAzfIUHuS8nnbfuQMYi-Rg oof i respectyou dont like him but driving his head against the floor sounds a bit excesive D:

[@bluegem8582]

@@pineapplepearjuice6717 I'll admit, I sadly didn't appreciate him or raph enough until I ended up getting to part two and seeing both their designs, and then deploying them with other units I hadn't been using so as to not get super over leveled when getting gold from auxiliary battles, but Raphael was still able to quad a fair few enemy units in battle right out of the gate

[@ChewedFriedShrimp]

Cyril and Linhardt too.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

@@ChewedFriedShrimp Cyril I get, but who doesn't appreciate Linhardt? He's a very popular character.

[@ChewedFriedShrimp]

@@GeraltofRivia22 man I don’t know it’s been two years

[@Kronoken]

A lot of you seem to be misunderstanding the entire point, this game gives you a lot of options when it comes to customization of your units and the stats boosting items make it so any unit can become Sothis incarnate if you want to, hell, I bet you could true solo any route on maddening just with Anna if you really hate yourself enough. Being the worst unit or one of the worst (Raphael, Hanneman and the likes) doesn't mean that they're unusable or that by using them you're doomed to lose, it means that it takes the most effort to make them a self sufficient part of your army. And when you have units like Dimitri who can pretty much OHKO every single unit on the game since the very beginning to the final boss with low to no effort whatsoever, it's just natural to call the units that can't worse.

[@vanjagalovic3621]

Yeah, but just because the game is beatable with any unit doesn't mean that tiers don't exist. Like you said, someone like Dimitri is obviously better than someone like Caspar and because of this tier lists exist to determine what the best character is. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't use the lower tiered units, but you should acknowledge how better options exist.

[@littykitty040]

Anna is the only playable character to appear in other people's supports, but not her own. They did my girl dirty.

[@manolito.7zip]

Cereal is actually pretty fucking good from the beginning, since he's half a rank away from learning point blank volley and has the ranks to get the brigand certification which gives him the stat boosts to start one-rounding non-armored enemies with just a steel bow

[@terranort4279]

Point-Blank Volley Killer Bow was freaking insane. I replaced my Raphael with Cyril, best choice ever. Better in every aspect (including personality and supports)

[@mistake1197]

@@terranort4279 my cyril must of been cursed because by end game he just wasn't doing enough damage and kept getting killed by everything

[@theshinypeliper8813]

Cyril doesn’t deserve a lot of the hate he gets, he’s not that bad... okay I’m a bit bias towards the kid since I married him during my second verdant wind run and used him for pretty much the entire game thanks to the fact that he’s a pretty great wyvern lord imo

[@darklight6921]

hes good. people just like hating on him. point blank volley is one of the best combat arts in the game.

[@4Tom4lepus4]

I never understood the hate towards him, every run I used him, he did amazingly.

[@darklight6921]

@@4Tom4lepus4 hes a male and likes rhea.

[@4Tom4lepus4]

@@darklight6921 I hate Rhea with a fiery passion, still doesn't make me dislike Cyril :D

[@darklight6921]

@@4Tom4lepus4 i mean like her as a fanboy. like wont shut up about her. so people dont like that. rhea, rhea, rhea

[@Shirker12]

I know Anna is bad. I know she needs quite a few stat boosters and a few reclasses to get decent stats. I know that. But the solo Anna on maddening (except for chapters that isn't an option) was a ton of fun. Also, she's got my favorite critical quote in the game: "I sell first-aid kits!"

[@literallynobody9284]

right?? she's so fun to use.

[@nicoloenricorimoldi7425]

I'd say Hanneman is better than Out of House Dorothea. Better base stats and magic growth, better base skill levels, better proficiencies that allow him to become a Dark Knight if you want him to and do some more niche/gimmicky stuff (like bows). He also has a crest (if you care about using Thyrsus without damage and magic weapons, I guess) and a better personal skill (Rally Magic) The only things he doesn't have are Physic and earlier Meteor (which is mitigated by a B base skill in Reason).

[@Armads4Prez]

Something I forgot to add in the video is that Hanneman doesn't have access to Gremory, Dark Flier, or Valkyrie. His faith magic spell list is also kinda lame. Dorothea's spell list and decent magic growth is enough to make her better than most of the units I mentioned imo. She is also a good choice for dancer.

[@IntrusiveThot420]

IMO hannenan is really strong on maddening NG with the dlc. Cats giving arcane crystals + cheap early pagan altar magic bow = strong unit. I made a video about it actually! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6Wro6KPq66nnNE

[@gloubiboulgathefirst5784]

Hanneman with magic staff don't really need to have faith utility if he one shots every non mage unit with wind even in maddening (and he tanks them fairly well)

[@envoy2500]

If she just had supports it wouldn't be so bad...

[@HackersSun]

Why not use yuri? He's an avo tank _nothing_ can touch him

[@TraumaCenter13]

Yeah, I made him a Dancer and he is an absolute beast.

[@bld9826]

Yeah, as a huge Anna stan, she's just awful in this game and it sucks. Her normal gimmick is high luck, which CAN be a fun niche in excess. Watching every single attack miss is a rush. But although her luck growth is I think the second highest in the game, it's not crazy or anything. And without those support bonuses, she's outclassed even by unlucky units in terms of avoid. I've looked over her stats so many times trying to find any niche for her but there's just none. Honestly it feels like there was just some quota the devs had to fill, like "Anna's gotta be playable" and they said "OK sure whatever, but we really don't want to". That's the only explanation I can think of for why she's so awful, why so little effort was put into her. She's so bad as some sort of joke. But then they go and add a new portrait for her, which contradicts that theory just like Anna's abilities contradict her stats.

[@Armads4Prez]

I don't really think there was much of a design philosophy other than "Let's Sell Some DLC" or "People liked her in Awakening and Fates". I don't really understand why the Trickster outfit exists. But it sure would have been a lot easier to make that outfit rather than a bunch of support conversations or unique abilities.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Anna should at the very least, support with Byleth, the house leaders, and other characters who encounter her in their supports, like Ashe and Petra. And maybe some of the faculty.

[@wildboargaming1858]

yuri is also cuter than anna and you can gay marry him. AND he has actual support convos and a hero's reliic

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

And you most certainly won't find anything else questionable when you type his name in Google

[@omnipotentturkey0632]

AkameGaKillfan777 why did i think it was a good idea to search this after reading your comment

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@omnipotentturkey0632 How am I supposed to know?

[@genderenigma8276]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 Lillies are amazing, are they not?

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@genderenigma8276 Uh...

[@MaN-mc3bf]

For someones third ever video you did great I hope you make more like this and your Chanel grows.

[@pretzelking4618]

My problem with Ignatz is that he tries to be an archer while Claude is there .-.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

My problem with Claude is that he tries to have Hit +20 while Ignatz is there

[@stevenliang3213]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 : Claude’s personal skills is way better than Ignatz’s

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@stevenliang3213 No it isn't

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

No one better disrespect my boy Ignatz. That man carries with a crit chance of over 50% late game and with such high speed, you basically over a 75% chance to hitting the enemy with a critical. And if you give him a killer bow the enemy might as well give up and go home, they know they're getting crit!

[@braldoca]

Anyone can be good late game, ignatz has awful growths

[@snowboundsapphic6580]

He's pretty fuckin awesome as a mage, too, given ice magic works incredibly well with his high dex. I've found trickster to be an insanely good class for him. He's always one of my best units, and not because I put a ton of extra time into him, either.

[@snowboundsapphic6580]

Also I just love soft painter boye He just wants to make pretty art and watch sunsets and for everyone to be happy 🥺

[@jamiemahmud9944]

Well rescue and pass is actually pretty good and anna can do that but bernadetta is better at doing that

[@114bleachfan]

Well Anna does have a higher magic growth so technically she's slightly better but not really...

[@FoxyAreku]

Hanneman being in the thumbnail made me sad. He's so legit. Mediocre spell list? His spell list is perfect, thoron sagittae ragnorok and meteor, he has a spell for every situation! He's awesome. Only way it could be better is if he had something with effective damage, but he hits so hard it's not a big deal. He can also be a bonkers magic bow user. But yeah, only way I made anna good on maddening was going full mage. And even then all she did was double with thunder and only really did well cos enemies don't have res...

[@francisharkins]

I kinda wish instead of Anna, they added Rhea as a playable unit in routes besides Crimson Flower (for obvious reasons). At least for Silver Snow it would have been cool for her to dawn her Seiros regalia and actually help you in battle as a fill in for the lose of your Lord Unit... plus it would have been easier than Anna considering they already have the models, voice lines, etc all in game and at least she has supports with Byleth, its better than nothing, plus she has a pretty decent magic pool and stats if basing it off of her in game stats. Sad considering she was supposed to be actually be a recruitable unit based cut content

[@ddduckyyy]

Maybe I've just been lucky but Ignatz has been one of my best units both times I've used him (granted, neither were maddening, but still). Best thing he ever did for me was come in SO clutch on Anna's paralogue, in which I found myself in the only instance in which I was out of pulses and basically everyone was dead. I had Ignatz in the forest with a bow and all the reinforcements just could not land a hit on him. It took about 20 rounds of combat but he single handedly took out over a dozen units and only got hit once. The love I have for Iggy is SO immense.

[@FrostedMike]

In my recent run I decided to put some time into training Anna. She still sucks after reaching my A team levels... She is terrible at killing enemies, terrible in taking damage, terrible range when I give her a bow... Turned her into a trickster so she can at least heal, but it's not enough... Her only positive thing I can say about her is her personal ability, she's lucky to be alive so far.

[@Eyewarp]

The lack of supports is the whole reason why I never use her. I just recruit her so I can get her paralogues and do faculty training with her and that's it. Also *jeez* that Kronya screenshot. Dex +4, Hit +20, Iron Bow+, a linked attack with Sylvain…and still only 4% to hit?

[@fubu72]

Big props to giving the easy solution to Alois and Gilbert, it's right there guys. But I'm also surprised you didn't mention reclassing Hanneman into Sniper, you'd think giving him two Magic Bows is a meme but check out who's laughing when he one rounds 95% of enemies unscathed from disgusting ranges. His Bow aptitude AND high Dex makes him fantastic.

[@conspiracypanda1200]

It's such a shame that such a cool Anna design is just absolute trash gameplay-wise. Like, I'll bag on Gilbert any day, but I at least still consider him a _playable character_ ! Seriously, Anna should have been more overpowered, like Awakening's dodge tank or even her DLC Boss incarnation. It would have fit her joke character theme AND made up for her lack of supports. Hell, I'd pay for it!

[@icouldntthinkofagooduserna6658]

In maddening my Raphael ended up being completly broken Nothing could damage him and he would crit just about every single time he attacked

[@amoura39]

Woah, I'm actually REALLY happy to see this in a way. I thought I just had terrible luck with Anna's growths: I couldn't understand why Anna was constantly falling behind compared to the others of my army, ESPECIALLY considering she's a DLC bonus unit. I tried to push Anna to work in my army ... but it took so /Maddening/ly long for her to become a Bow Knight, where she became okay.

[@nicoloenricorimoldi7425]

Caspar is worse than most characters on this list, including Raphael, who has better stats (EDIT: and Rally Strenght). Caspar has an authority bane, gets ORKO'd in the early game (yeah, a physical unit that gets ORKO'd) because of his terrible bases and has enormous competition with all these great axe users in the game, including the lord of his own house. Out of house, he's an adjutant or a filler wyvern. Ashe is just Ignatz or Bernadetta without any niche. He has curved shot in the early game but his utility ends at proficiencies in bow and axe (which Cyril also has, among other things).He has to rely on Death Blow + Hunter's Volley + Class Bases to be relevant, since his personal skill and bases/growths suck. Out of house he's just worthless. Lorenz is middling in his own house but he's competent when made into a mage. Out of house, however, he's just a meme.

[@Armads4Prez]

Caspar's weird because he has bad defense, resistance and charm, while managing to also not excel in really anything. That being said he's never been a major problem out of the times I've used him (though I've never recruited him in maddening) Ashe is definitely terrible, and if I were to make the video longer I would have included him. Deadeye is funny at least. I don't think either of these two are worse than Anna though.

[@matasj98]

@@Armads4Prez The problem is, if one is playing the Black Eagles route, Caspar is completely overshadowed by Edelgard, who has insanely good base stats for level 1 unit, joins a chapter earlier than Caspar and must be deployed in Chapter 1, which only has 5 deployment slots in total to begin with. If recruited out of house, he's a fairly good unit that, in my opinion, often gets overlooked. When recruited in the middle of Part 1 he is simply much more versatile than base Black Eagle Caspar due to having access to things like Hand Axes and a variety of gauntlets - things that he lacks in early parts of the Black Eagles route - and his sub-par bases get evened-out by his decent out-of-house growths - he has 70% Strength growth rate as an out-of-house Brigand. His strength growth is only 5% lower than Raphael's, but the speed growth is 30% higher. This means that while using gauntlets as a War Master he will usually be hitting 4 times with an extremely high critical hit chance, making him an amazing late-game boss killer and good combat unit overall. Felix arguably fulfills this role even better, but Caspar is a fine alternative. And Caspar has a decent personal skill and may be turned into a Wyvern rider/lord very easily as well. His weakness in Authority is ever-present, and even when recruited out-of-house he doesn't excel in anything in particular immediately, he needs to wait for those amazing Grappler/War Master growths to kick in. I would say that out-of-house Caspar is very similar to non-Crimson Flower Cyril, joining as a bit sub-par unit initially, but can be made into an amazing unit by late game. The thing is, just as with Cyril, people often want a decent unit immediately, bringing us to the classic "growths vs bases" discussion. And as I mentioned, he is arguably the worst unit in the initial Black Eagle team on Maddening, making training him on that route even harder. Overall, I would say he is indeed quite bad, but not unsalvageable, in the Black Eagle route, and quite good (and a bit underrated) in the other routes, where he can definitely compete with and often surpass Alois.

[@biandanxious3438]

Caspar is really good in war master. He can punch the death knight to death.

[@SvanEsch123]

Caspar is a great Grappler and War Master. Sure, Edelgard is a better axe user, but Caspar excels at brawling. Maybe it’s just because I have a giant weakness for my sweet himbo, but he’s never given me any trouble (even when that one time I made him a Hero)

[@OnlineVideoSurfer]

Caspar is a bottom unit, but if you care about reliability his personal does have some utility in the early game, and he at least grows in a way that makes him useable if you do recruit him out of house. Worst unit of Black Eagles though. I still think he's better than Ashe and Anna at least, for having some immediately utility as well as potential as a growth unit if you're really willing to go through that effort. But yeah, still not that good.

[@waitlexist3436]

Just admit it, Yuri's hotter so he's better OK, it was a joke But he's still hot and does INSANE amounts of damage sometimes lol

[@aleisshiki3649]

Mitsuba’s #1 Fangirl its not a joke. He’s way hotter lmao

[@AlexanderOCE]

Would of loved to see the banter between him and claude

[@IcedCoffeeGaming]

I think the early chapters of maddening are the easiest, as long as you know map tactics it's not bad at all. As for Ignatz, anyone with D bow can learn Curve shot, so you are correct he has this by default and helps with chip, but everyone can be seminared rapidly into D bows for curve shot chip to breeze through early chapters in Maddening.

[@Starbird1022]

See the wonderful thing about 3H is that you can use just about any character effectively, especially with NG+ allowing for some crazy builds. Even traditionally "useless" characters like Ashe can become powerhouses through NG+ and dedication. For example, with Classic Mode and NG+ you can speedrun getting Gilbert killed as fast as possible. #GiveAnnetteABetterDad

[@nick3805]

Have you ever seen Ashe as Wyvern rider? Man, that boy slays with that Axe, he's literally better than Sylvain and Ingrid in every aspect, even tho they are on the same level and are in the same classes. Spell it all with me: A s h e i s o n e o f t h e b e s t u n i t s i n t h e G a m e ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[@RENOMisutetsuki]

N.I.C.K I agree Ashe is awesome for one reason, in my first play through of the game (blue lions) for some reason I loved Ashe out of nowhere in the very beginning and so I grinded him exp so much that he became a fucking monster, like no one could stop him, He’s been op too on my other routes since I always recruit him now on NG+.

[@nick3805]

@@RENOMisutetsuki Finally someone who understands what a true god on battlefield is!

[@ratman6754]

Cyril is literally always my best unit when I use him. It always goes like this: Commoner: can’t kill anything without assists Fighter: can actually kill armored knights if you’re lucky with stats Brigand: *this is where the fun begins* Wyvern knight/Warrior: destroys anything that doesn’t have multiple health bars Wyvern lord: destroys anything with or without multiple health bars

[@katieg1071]

Man, I LOVE using Anna in Awakening. She's often very useful and just plain *fun*, with her default Trickster being my favorite class. And then in Fates they locked her behind DLC, so I never got to use her. And now she's DLC-locked AND this bad? Come ON. Poor Anna :(

[@matthewsimon6170]

Fates Anna was actually pretty good, although sadly she only had supports with Corrin and Kana, but honestly she's very useful as her class, Rouge, can become a Healing Trickster, or a Bow Knight.

[@tums666]

Ignatz is also a decent debuffer, gets seal strength and learns shatter shot so he can drop the enemies def and strength at once. and while 20+ hit seems underwhelming as a personal skill because archers can learn it, ignatz can have it twice because of that and very rarely ever misses.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

I have not seen anyone who thinks Watchful Eye is underwhelming, especially since it stacks with Archer Mastery.

[@Tom-vx7qh]

This is a really well put together video, I'm glad to be your 27th subscriber

[@crimsonowl1420]

I gave Anna lots of dexterity boosters and speed boosters while putting her as an assassin or trickster, along with a critical band with a Wo Dao and she 100% crits enemies. Near the end of all routes, she deletes units.

[@zai8068]

That still required a ton a boosters. A unit cant be considered good if they need to be steroided for use

[@crimsonowl1420]

@@zai8068 I got boosters through completing her side missions and growing plants. There were times where I only gave her a few boosters to her dex and speed and she still crits units more often.

[@feat_ciel]

I’m going to do a maddening run where I just use characters with the names that start with a (ashe Annette alois Anna and not including a byleth with an a name) so this was helpful!

[@ImDudeRandom90]

Awakening spoiled us with an incredible Anna unit, and I don't think any Annas in the future will compare lol

[@nategwright]

Why use her over Yuri? A) He's my Dancer and I want another unit for Trickster B) Fetters isn't exclusive to Yuri, anyone with a crest can use it, they just don't get the PavGis buff (though it is extremely nice on Yuri with his middling defenses) C) Much easier access to Brigand for Death Blow than Yuri (Axe boon vs Axe bane) D) Riding A+ for Mov +1 is so much more attainable on Anna than Yuri (Riding boon vs Riding bane) E) 35% Str/Mag growth isn't actually that bad, it's right around average, plus if Anna gets strength screwed, Warrior's bases really help her, and is, again, far easier to get than Yuri. Additionally, Warrior's class growths boosts her Str growth to 50%, which is really good. Yuri is only getting any meaningful Str boosts if you class him into Swordmaster, netting him 45%, while Anna has potentially been at 45-50% since level 10 by classing into Brigand. F) Pass gives her a lot of movement options Yuri just doesn't have (I really like Pass so I probably put more stock into it than most people do). She also has an easier time getting Rescue to do some Pass/Rescue strategies than Bernadetta does. These ones aren't specific to Anna vs Yuri but I want to say these anyway G) Anna's Res growth is nothing to sneeze at, making her damage output with Soulblade really good, outclassing someone like Manuela with Hexblade. This can be augmented further by classing her into Priest/Bishop if you want her more magic oriented. H) I think you underplayed Anna's speed. 55% is a very good growth, especially for a stat like speed. Her high natural speed plus access to Pegasus Knight and Darting Blow means she's going to be one of the few units on Maddening that can reliably double, which is pretty big. I) This one is plain stupid but her high Spd and Dex growths means you can class her into Assassin for Lethality and give her a pair of gauntlets so she now has 2 chances to proc Crest of Ernest and 4 chances to proc Lethality on player phase. This is not to say that Anna is better than Yuri, not by any means. The lack of supports is a massive detriment, and Yuri's strengths are extremely good. I just wanted to highlight some things that Anna has better access to.

[@sewnmind1786]

They did Anna dirty in this game. Not only did she get shitty stats but they didn't even give her supports to make her worth using in a fun run.

[@TheLorc2]

The only good thing about anna is her paralogue as it gives so much gold, otherwise she is quite useless and annoying indeed ("Is this the one your looking for" *has thoughts of murder*). Ignatz is personnally one of my favourite characters, his growth in dex is so fun, he is just fun to use to one shot everything as he gets a near perfect crit rate quite fast.

[@MegaScytheman]

In the most recent update, Anna has been made worse because she can't even use linked attacks

[@blooper5li]

To put Anna further in the ground, here's some niches for all other characters vying for the "worst character" spot. Gilbert is a decent main tank until Dedue shows back up in Azure Moon. Afterwards, Dedue blows him clear out of the water, but on some maps having two main tanks can be useful. Alois doesn't have fantastic growths, but he's got amazing bases and his initial skill levels are pretty good to boot. Honestly, if Anna wasn't here, I'd put him as the weakest character, but that's more because the other characters who fit his niche just have better stats. He's still completely serviceable. Cyril is a pain in the neck to train, but he has a lot of niches he can fit into surprisingly well. I'd argue that Cyril can be a great flex/fill-in unit on certain runs, and his balanced stat pool actually works in his favor there. He's just near-impossible to get going. Honestly, Hanneman is a superb magic nuker, but mainly when he's not using actual magic. It seems counter-intuitive, but I've found that sticking him as a Sniper/Bow Knight and giving him a Magic Bow virtually breaks most maps. Especially with the extra range, Hanneman as a Bow Knight will one-shot most low-resistance enemies with zero trouble. Bow Knights especially were never supposed to do that sort of damage from so many spaces out. Even before then, with either a Magic Bow or a Levin Sword, Hanneman can dish some pretty crazy damage as other classes too, even when keeping him as a mage. He's heavier on investment than most characters, but on Maddening, I'd argue he's one of the few characters who is more than worth the trouble. Everyone seems to hate Raphael because he's statistically not as good as the other main Axe/Brawling specialists. That said, everyone seems to forget his tanking potential in the process, which can be taken advantage of heavily in three out of the four runs (Azure Moon gives you Dedue and Gilbert as better tanks). The role isn't 100% necessary on those runs, but Raphael does well with it, provided you don't default to thinking of him as another Caspar. Ignatz is, with little doubt in my mind, the best potential Assassin in the game. How useful is Assassin? Pretty mediocre, but it still has its uses. Even if nobody is really sure how the exact odds work for the Assassinate skill, that combined with Lethality allows Ignatz to OHKO foes more often than you'd expect. Warp and Rescue work wonders with him, especially against units that would normally take a lot of time to whittle down. That combined with decent chip damage from range give him a fair amount of utility in the right hands. He's still not fantastic for late-game, but he's serviceable. Even without her lack of supports, Anna just doesn't shine in any particular instance. Her spell list poorly compliments her poor magic stat, leaving her in the dust in terms of utility. There are far better Swordmasters (Felix), Assassins (Ignatz), Tricksters (Yuri), etc. The only role I could potentially see her filling competently is Dancer, AND SHE CAN'T EVEN BE ONE. Unless you want/need a second Assassin, I don't see really how Anna could even fit into an established team. She's just not good at anything in-particular, and her lack of supports alone would probably make her an F-tier unit.

[@formy52]

Literally the only thing that stops me using Anna is she has no supports. I'm fine using subpar units - I loved using Ashe - but there is literally no point to use her. They could've really had fun too, giving her more Leicester Alliance supports with all the merchant units. She has literally no story in a game where story and character interaction is so important.

[@davidgalan2140]

This is sad, Anna was one of the best units in Awakening

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

She was a little bit worse than the other main cast, but nowhere near as good as the children. I wouldn't say one of the best units in the game.

[@lightningpenguin8937]

Anna isn't a bad unit, but the no support rank thing really shafts her. Pass is really useful, but is hard to remember. Using rescue, or foulplay you can use a tank as a gambit bomb. Having stealth can also allow the unit to stay behind enemies line while staying safe. As someone with canto go in, and out enemy lines. Yuri is a similar, but very different unit then her. She's hard to kill. Her speed makes her hard to hit, nosferato for low slow enemies to play the life steal game, her crest, and Miracle to have up to a 50% to survive. Personally I gave her the Levin sword, and normal weapons so she can hurt both mages, and tanks. Her lack of supports is insanely bad though. She's one of the only decent magic unit with pass. I'll say Gilbert's have no speed is worse then no support. Edit: Actually no support is still probably worse.

[@felixhenson9926]

Raphael is great! He OHKO'd everything when I was using him and he survived most things. Likewise, Ignatz was not bad at all!

[@SupremeCaptainHWD]

Same.

[@xenagabby9501]

Doing a playthrough with all Church folk and honestly I don't mind Anna. Granted she was tough to use in the early game but once I got her to Assassin she started working pretty well for me. Now she's a Falcon Knight and basically my magic foe killer because of her high res. Not sure I could work her into any other class, but I don't mind her as a Falcon Knight. But on that note...I think I use Dark Knight Hanneman more than anyone (except Byleth)

[@DunYappin]

I was expecting this video to be from some fetuber that i never heard of with like 10k subs. I gues i was half right. Good vid.

[@Hotelmario101]

OK SO IGNATZ IS MY FAV CHARACTER AND I WAS NOT HAVING HIM BE SUCKY SO I GARDENED A LOT TO GIVE HIM EVERY BOOST I COULD, RESET FOR GROWTHS AND MADE HIM A MAGE. HE BECAME A MONSTER AND CRIT EVERY SINGLE TIME HE WENT. AND THEN RAPHAEL (WHO I MADE A DANCER) DANCED FOR HIM TO KEEP ON CRITTING AND IT WAS AMAZING

[@cww2490]

Is Ignatz bad? I never played the game, but watched a LP where he made him a assasin and he turned out to be a crit god who kills close up and with a bow, who never gets hit himself. He was the one chapter in his play through he could send out alone and never died. He was the fan favorite of the LP. He even had make sure he didn't kill all the enemies so others could get xp.

[@Uppercut92]

Iggy's pretty awesome imo, i had him in my Golden Deer run as my primary sniper cuz im not a fan of claude and he kicked ass. Its just tough for some folk to justify playing him when units like Petra have him usually beat. But he put in work for me, for sure.

[@terranort4279]

I made him a Mortal Savant for fun. I threw Raphael out because he was so bad (worse than Ignatz), but besides him Ignatz wad god-awful. My other mage was Lorenz. Ignatz was just a bad Lorenz. Lorenz killed people. Ignatz never managed to kill a single thing, had trouble leveling up, all that despite me investing just about all of my stat ups on the guy. My meme Marianne without magic on a pegasus was waaaay better than him.

[@cubriffic172]

@@terranort4279 I made him a mortal savant in one of my runs and he was still amazing lmao. I love how different people's experiences using Ignatz are.

[@gladiatordragon9219]

I always just find myself keeping Anna off my team. I just don't have the attachment to her. I already have a bunch of speedy sword users on my team, I don't need another. Every unit has a purpose. Even Gilbert, who joins you the latest of every character, serves one heck of a purpose to encourage you to use him: Backup physical tank, for when Dedue is taken from your team (or for the maps you don't have him if you completed his paralogue), that way that even players who didn't know about Dedue's death still have a unit that functions similarly. I've used her more than Cyril (but that's because Cyril is just hard to train up for just an above average unit that is, really, without a personal. He's probably the weakest member of the "Aptitude" archetype. I remember that I was able to get Mozu to shred everything in her path quite quickly. Cyril's slow build just doesn't appeal to me. I'll probably train him up with the Adjutant system in my next NG+ though).

[@mrkisukes]

-Alois get's One-Two Punch which functions the same way as Quick Riposte in that it prevents the foe from getting a follow-up attack (pay attention to wording, it doesn't say "consecutive"). -Gilbert is solid, Glowing Ember's damage scales well with his Def. -Cyril is actually top 5 units. While he effectively has no personal ability, he come early, and can easily turn into a hit-and-run Wyvern that spams Point Blank Volley or Vengeance (if you're feeling extra spicey). both of which are learned at C+. -Hanneman lacks one-shoting capabilities (on maddening) since he lacks a magic combat art like Annette's Lightning Axe or the slayer spells like Dark Spike T. I find Meteor's best use is to be passively equipped for support bonuses. And the level of investment and upkeep needed to make him a viable Hunter's Volley Magic Bow+ user (the only way he'll pull off one shots) is massive and is a late game strat due to the accessibility of Arcane Crystals. -Raphael personally doesn't bring much to the table, but can easily become a Quick Riposte Fortress Knight (but Alois is still better due to One-Two Punch). I also personally put Caspar in a similar category if we're only talking vanilla since he can take advantage of Gauntlet Avo strats. -I'm actually surprised you didn't mention Ashe, who is actually the worst unit among the students. Bad combat arts, bad stats, and a useless personal ability considering you can just buy keys or use the dropped ones or use one of your sword users that you turned into a Thief/Assassin.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

I think Lorenz is worse

[@magicalpwn]

I had a Raphael with up to 70 protect by end game on Merciless. It was amazing. It was just a running gag that my Raphael couldn't get damaged. Literally, I only took damage from poison strike (On all bows) and magic enemies. So if I picked off magic enemies with him, he didn't take any killing damage. From anything.

[@pawarl.o.s.881]

Alois ain't that bad, if only because of the war master class.

[@cloudy978]

And his enormous strength base

[@Sasquatch-fx6gw]

that feel when you grinded out anna like a fool. When she now only does 5 damage against cavalier

[@13chabs776]

you’re hilarious man, keep it up with the videos

[@skynet0912]

My problem is that i never get to choose my units Master classes on Maddening, so Anna is often a saving grace for me... As soon as i recruit a unit, i made it mandatory that i have to use a random number generator to pick any class from the DLC classes or Master classes, and i HAVE to train my units ONLY in skills that help them get to that master rank... So if someone like Hapi gets War Cleric, she can ONLY train in Brawling and Faith during classes, and once she hits level 20, she is stuck as a War Cleric forever!

[@Ruffles2255]

This hurts me more because it’s true

[@Pyrospriter042]

Hey, I just stumbled upon this video but wanted to point something out. I agree 100% Anna is the worst unit in the game, but at 4:27 when you say "Yuri's crest allows him to use the Fetters of Dromi" to quote Mekkah here, that's a pitfall. Any unit with a Crest can use any relic without taking 10HP of damage that turn. I know the game sort of sets it up for you to think that relic weapons and items are exclusive to their crest user with Miklan's chapter early on, but it's only units without crests that will take damage from a relic item when they have it equipped. Having a crest will boost the effects or grant special abilities for the crest matching, but thay does not mean they still cannot use it effectively. In the Fetters of Dromi case I believe it will give only Yuri Pavise and Aegis, but will still allow any other unit access to Canto when it's equipped. Just wanted to clear that up, otherwise good video.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Pavise/Aegis is literally the one relic ability I don't care about losing.

[@Annie_z27]

Ignatz as an Assassin is actually good. I stopped baby sitting him for good.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

I know right?

[@nawakening370]

In my case my Raphael both in my normal and maddening playthrough was one of the best units in my team he was able to win almost all of the fights in one turn and he almost never failed

[@elgatto3133]

Hanneman shouldn't be on here... his magic nuke is the second best in 3h and he's basically free. Mages in 3h don't double on maddening anyway. Only think keeping hanneman from easy high tier is the fact he refuses to wear the valkyrie dress Also: Al... alois bad? Who thinks that?

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

My Quick Riposte Lindhart says otherwise. I just did it for fun lol

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

Alois is the one Faculty unit that's ALWAYS good for me.

[@elgatto3133]

Unlike catherine he doesn't tend to fall off

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@elgatto3133 Actually Catherine is also pretty good. She was the very first character I used who got to 50 speed by Endgame while retaining a decent amount of strength. It's her Dex stat that doesn't get that high. It's why I've mastered Archer and made her an Assassin.

[@elgatto3133]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 I've had a lot of bad catherines, not sure why as her bases and growths are good

[@dagnythoene7296]

I was shock that Raphael and Ignatz was on the list. Raphael is like Dedue in my Golden Deer Playthrough. When I turned Ignatz into a bow knight with right weapons, he can crit

[@rodguy35]

If you need to send a unit to their death Anna is s tier

[@leaffinite2001]

I tried using her on my hard replay of blue lions, just to see what she had. Ended up having to drop her due to her terrible strength, lack of supports, and the general fact that every other available character was more usable. In HARD MODE! If you play on maddening i cant imagine using her.

[@nyxeo]

Ashe is lowkey a beast for me idk what y’all mean

[@magicalpj]

My dudes. Raphael was seriously my best unit in my Golden Deer run. That dude one hit bosses like a goddamn champion. His movement range is absurd. The HP. The Def. Y'all are missing out.

[@insertname8721]

I don't understand how people are calling Raphael bad he was one of the most important characters on my team

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

I never thought he sucked

[@yukil.spencer3848]

tl;dr , just don't get Anna lmao ( I love her in fire emblem heros tho, nintendo did her dirty :( )

[@JordyFidis]

did a reverse training run (i only train people in their skill weaknesses and can't use any weapons or magic they're proficient in while making them into whatever classes have the most skill weaknesses), all on a new game of maddening anyway, had Lysithea as an armored knight/wyvern the entire time and Flayn ended up capping defense as a great knight (she's tied for the lowest defense cap) and they were both more useful than anything Anna could've done with her reason weakness and low magic stat. Btw, Seteth and Ingrid have better reason spell lists and the same magic growth.

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

What are you on about? Hanneman was my absolute best mage.

[@tinytiredbear2096]

its interesting because raphael is borderline game breaking on my end, but also i used items i got through the game to kinda help him out as well like a serephs robe, etc. but i also place him into classes that exploit his strength and defense such as fighters, war master, fortress knight, etc. my order for classes in my first run for him was: commoner->fighter->brawler/brigand->armored knight->fortress knight-> war master, used some strength+defense stat boosters to enhance strength, gave him a crit ring. then again my issue is finding really good strengths and then exploiting the / f u c k / out of them, but it also depends on how you want to use the character let alone if you wanna use them. healing focus was also a lifesaver to use and it doesn't expend any weapon uses from my healers either!

[@RaidenKaiser]

I think Anna is my personal weakest....she starts strong but she ends up terrible end game

[@caedalowell829]

starts strong? I don't remember that.

[@RaidenKaiser]

@@caedalowell829 starts strong compared to other sword users at the start of the game it doesn't last long tho cuz of cathrine in most routes.

[@Thatguyinabox]

I took the long way around for Raph and put Hit + 20 on him. He became my go to on Player Phase for cleaning out enemies and turning bosses into mush. My dude saved the day so many times like against Galeforce Edelgard. I made Ignatz my dancer because he was struggling the most. He became a solid dodge tank who was great for luring out mages and axe men. He was also in charge of keeping Raph fed. This was for my Maddening run on New Game + though. Not arguing your point because personal experience means nothing, just sharing because those two low-key carried by only Maddening run.

[@espio329]

why do people sleep on raphael? Dude is amazing.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

I never have

[@richpichu1272]

He’s got a bad speed and res growth where mages and fast units live in maddening

[@shadacer0]

I found Anna becomes really useful when you pair her high Luck with a Killing Edge, basically turning her into a crit machine that has a 50% crit chance a lot of the time. She's kind of like Charlotte in Fates in this way.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

I think you mean Dex, and Wo Dao+ swords have 40 crit naturally

[@jacobpamplin6449]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 Luck also increases critical rate

[@Necrophorum7]

unpopular opinion: luck actually does alot. Maybe like 1 or 2 points more are insigificant but 5 already makes an actual diffrence. As in Crit. Crest usage. Etc.

[@raputha1148]

3:41 is where the fact that anna is the worst unit really licced with me

[@nanto_naku]

I used Gilbert as a wall in my first run and he never received any physical damage

[@BlackBeWhite2k7]

Anna can actually learn meteor too. Granted it takes forever but id list that as a plus at least

[@fabioangelini99]

He did talk about meteor; the fact is, with her poor magic, she doesn't do much with meteor; about the best thing the spell does, supporting allies from 10 tiles away, she doesn't have any support so she doesn't grant any link bonus

[@BlackBeWhite2k7]

@@fabioangelini99 eh. She's always been kind of a side project sandbox character to try multiple things with throughout multiple routes. Made her into a decent gremory come last few chapters