Character Tier List [Spoilers]

[Gustav]

Based upon my two playthroughs, one on Hard and one on Normal. There are a few characters that I missed on both playthroughs that weren't included.

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Comments on characters:

• Diana I've managed to make her close to invincible in both playthroughs and she's capable of soloing large parts of the content. I focused a lot on increasing her def, through the +2 purchasable skill and the +4 bond skill (that most fighting units can't access). She falls off a little the in mid game where she gets level blocked and her promotion is gated by the story. Once she gets her promotion and the Clarent she one rounds everything at 1-2 range, except for one or two bosses.
  
• Alex Can easily get 100% crit so with Bloodbath he can kill two enemies every player phase, or kill and one and run back to safety. This also allows him to get xp faster than most other characters. Finally, Initiative allows him to tank against melee units.
  
• Sylvie Bows are great in general in this game and of the archers she has the best availability, the best growth rates and unique access to the best bow which allows her to play on the enemy phase against ranged attacks. I'm not sure if her unique class is worth it though. She's too busy killing stuff to have much time for buffing. The generic class gets an extra 10 damage, with that I think I could have given Rule of War to someone else and have had another OP archer, or given it to Sally and have had a second mini-Alex.
  
• Elphin Best growth rates and availablity of the mages and the only one that reliably doubles.
  
• Marie Thief utility is so good.
  
• Astrid Was my main healer for most of the game. She's a big upgrade over Sara in terms of survivability and she's also a decent fighting unit for a few chapters around the time she joins.
  
• C tier Characters that are useful for a few chapters but I don't think are worth investing in.
  
• D tier Characters that I essentially found no use for, or characters that I had to babysit so that they'd be able to handle a relationship quest and then dropped.

Would love to hear other people's opinions!

[Windshipping]

Oh that's a nice tierlist, thank you!!

A lot of players I talked to had difficulties with Alex so I'm happy to see him up there ^^
If I can add a couple of things :

Diana has one of the highest GR in the game, further enhanced by her lord skill, and since she starts level 1 and is present in most of the maps, it's no surprise she's up there. Clarent makes her very strong as well like you mentioned.
Alex is actually pretty hard to level up, especially in hard, as he lacks defense and hp for a melee unit. He has the benefit of being an early sword unit though, and becomes very powerful with his special sword after his quest.
Sylvie is just the best, why isn't she S-tier? One thing you didn't mention is her personal skill, which is one of the reason she's so good for me.
Elphin actually doesn't have the highest growth rate of the mages. That would be Liliane with her lord skill (330%), then Sara (300%), and then Nina (290%). He's just behind though with 285%. Since he's the first mage, however, his utility is very high. He has more power than Sara and speed than Nina, if raised properly he'll only get outshined by Liliane.

For the rest, I'll just try to appeal for your C and D-ranks ^^

Gustav I'm really surprised to see the old man down there. He does lose efficiency in Hard with the huge number of mages, but he should be among the top unit in normal, as he has one of the highest defense and cannot be double. This is probably linked to your playstyle that seems more aggressive, but he's a formidable defense/position unit.
Ursula is also very good. Among the promoted unit she might be the best actually, after Melvis. She outclasses riding units and Linus in most cases with her strong growth and base stats. Also the best axe-user for most of the game.
Sara and Nina have the highest growth after the princesses, but they are a bit harder to level up. They definitely deliver at a higher level, especially Nina.
The archer that isn't Sylvie ... Is actually very strong. Melvis should outclass Sylvie at the time he is recruited in stats and overall performance with his personal skill (except on the mobility aspect). He also is one of the few bow units, making him very useful. The only issue is that he currently doesn't have his bonds implemented, so he would fall behind on that aspect pretty hard compared to Sylvie or even Aliz.
And then... You have the little sis which is arguably the best unit of the game with Diana lol. Liliane starts at a low level in late game, however, and losing her means game over so I can get why she was so low in your case, especially if your Elphin was very good.
As for the others Lysanna/Marius are useful for certain playstyles, along with Linus. Eleanora is also a very strong armored unit, arguably better than Gustav when it comes to damage. Rowena is mainly useful if you have lost a mage before, she is decent though. Aliz is very good overall, but Sylvie is better in most cases before of her personal skill.

This is just my opinion though, the interesting thing with SRPG is that you can achieve victory with very different playstyles!
Thank you for the tier list, I'm glad you enjoyed the game!

[Chris game2227]

i was inspired to make my own this is a genneral teir list use guess work
Characters are ranked in teirs best is left right is worst
teirs are based on what they can do Rather then ranks so a full team should favor top tiers but might have a lot of low tiers,
i haven't done the math on average stats nor have i unlocked all supports, so this isn't a final list just my impression after 2 playthoughs on hard and halve a playthough on Random i'll also use some fire emblem terminologi and have spelling mistakes,( english second language + dyslexia)

Extremely usefull not use them will make the game a lot harder

Diana: you are stuck with her so any investment in Diana will be useful, luckily her growths are Good and she will end up a killing machine i don't have a lot to add the OP said some good stuff, doe she can also get a high crit chance with Ursula Nina and Alex, i Requment an Alex B support for the skill.

Marie, thief she joins chapter 6 she has around 10 to 18 chapters to steal gold 100-500 pr map that is a huge economic boon, she can also steal items like potions or the ocastional Class badge or statbooster, her unique class is okay though i think Assasin is better do to more useful skills

Morgana you get her on the final map and she can 1 round the boss or give Clarent back to Diana if Diana has better hit

Ursula flying Jagen with good growths and flying transport utility, give her good weapons and she stays relativly good she also has crit supports my lvl 8 ursula can one round stuff on the final map with a 50% crit chance and a greataxe

Alex Agree with OP

Elphin Agree with OP would like to add that with the dodgy scroll from the Skill shop and a B Marie bond he can also dodge tank well.

Sylvie Agree with OP except Unique class totally worth espercially if she gets stat screwed

Nina enemies love to kill her Skeletons, she is easy to train with a Jinx orb and some trapped enemies, and most of her bonds give crit so with her high skill and magic she can crit and oneshot most enemies

Linus Mini Ursula that scale better joke about dragon and scales

Gustav give him a B Sara bond it greatly incresses both their survivability and cures his low crit avo. HP is his best stat do to his personal skill and it only takes 1 point in custom to upgrade, he is a tank and wow does he do it well

Gimmicky, but good a teir for units that are good but can use a gimmick to be great

Liliane She has the Charasima skill and can use staffs Her growths are the best in the game, but she only has 2 chapters to use her promoted class, both of whitch can be skiped by wrapping to the boss and killing them, so she is just somewhere between okay and bad for the hold game before she needs babying on the semi-final map to be good on the last map

Sally she can become a great dodge tank with bonds and Dodgy, but those are unreliable.

rare or Unique utillity they offer your army something useful

Sara early healer with somewhat good survivablity

Astrid Good healer with okay combat

Lysanna her unique class has a buff skill and can transport, also fast and okay dmg+ staffs

Marius his Unique class has a buff skill and can transport, also defensive +charms

Helen Flying unit with Orbs, Seducktion can sometimes be useful, but mostly she is mid in all aspects of combat. also no supports yet

Elenora i think i underristemate her, i'll be honest i haven't used her
her personal skill is really good, but she seems like a enemy phase unit in a game where player phase is easy

The rest of the Support teir They seem outclassed so i'll give their weapons to better units

Melvis Sylvie is better and has more utilty, he also has no supports

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[Forester]

My tier list after beating hard mode: https://imgur.com/a/KhOlsvc

Some thoughts -

Diana: SS tier. Best unit in the game by a wide margin. She is the best candidate for feeding XP and stat boosters. High growths, access to 1-2 range, mandatory deployment in every map she's available, has the best weapon in the game for the final few chapters. Focus primarily on her, and hard mode becomes really easy. Although she's not quite on the Sigurd or FE1 Marth tier, she's still stronger than just about every FE lord.

Ursula: You are underrating her. She is a fantastically useful Jagen archetype, and like most Jagens, she's better than most units in her game. I'd put her in S tier. IMO 2nd best unit in the game. Almost perfect availability, is your best unit for like half of the game, is a valuable asset defensively (due to her base bulk), has a busted str growth, and can transition into a decent powerhouse lategame. Also can transport, which is even better than FE rescue since units can move after being dropped.

Alex: You are overrating him. His bulk is extremely shaky so he gets 2HKOd easily, and on hard mode, even his speed isn't good enough to consistently double until he's had significant investment. His offense isn't as good as Diana's, he only has a 35% str growth, and having to rely upon dodges isn't usually a good defensive plan. It's more reliable to use someone like Gustav or Ursula for defensive walls. I'd put him in C tier at best. The closest comparison I can think of is FE10 Edward: very shaky start, terrible bulk, eclipsed easily by Zihark (Sally), and never blossoms into a top-tier threat.

Elphin: S tier. He's one of the only deployable units for chapter 15, and he's one of the only units who can use buffs like Sylph, Zephyr, and Rewind. This alone makes him extremely useful for lategame strats. Diana is the best unit in the game, and a buffed Diana is stupidly broken.

Astrid: S tier. Similar comments to Elphin, except she starts with even better base stats and requires 0 investment to become good. Right off the bat, she has access to buffs AND staves, making her the best support unit in the game.

Sara: S tier. Similar comments to Elphin and Astrid. Sara/Elphin/Astrid are practically MANDATORY deploys for every chapter because of the spectacular utility of healing and buffs. You gain access to the likes of Protect and Barrier extremely early, and needless to say, +4 Def or Res is an absolute gamebreaker early on. Even late game, +4 def is nothing to shake a stick at.

Melvis: You are underrating him. He's one of the best player-phase units in the game, if not THE best. He starts with ridiculously good base stats, joins fairly early, and has growth rates comparable to Sylvie's. His personal skills are insanely good, granting him tons of crit and hit. His defensive bulk is surprisingly great too, which is something that Sylvie will never be able to boast. He is consistently a better unit than Sylvie, who already is a very good unit.

Linus: I'd move him up to B tier at least; I have him in A tier. He's one of only 2 fliers in the game, and although he starts off terribly, he's not a bad candidate for feeding XP. He sure needs a lot of help to really get going though, and even once you've spoonfed him lots of levels, he'll still often get doubled. Still, having access to Transport and boasting good offense makes him a surprisingly useful unit.

Liliana: I'd move her to B, although I won't split hairs if she's in C tier. Her availability is bad, her promotion time is garbage (lol penultimate chapter, you've now entered the FE6 Roy zone), and she won't even see any combat because Diana can solo the final 2 chapters. Her defenses are pathetic, her combat isn't much better, but her saving grace is that she can use staves and buffs. This makes her into a mini-Astrid who still has her uses.

Boris: I agree he's not great, but D tier seems a bit harsh. I'd move him to C at least., and personally have him in B tier. His availability is not good, but he's a serviceable combatant for his entire tenure in your army.

Aliz: Definitely deserves D tier, but I wouldn't put her BELOW the likes of Marius, Lysanna, and Rowena. Aliz is a mandatory deploy for 2 chapters, and she's actually useful in 1 of them (the prison break). Marius, Lysanna, and Rowena though... I just could not find a use for any of them.

Eleanora: I'm not a fan of her, but I'm not sure if she deserves D tier. Even with 0 investment, she's putting in more work than Lysanna, Marius, and Rowena.

Hoodie girl: I finished the game twice and have no idea who this is or how to recruit her, so I have no idea how useful she is in any playthrough.

Myrddin: I just realized that the tier list template doesn't even have him on it. Well, he's the Gotoh of Esperia, so he's only usable for 1 chapter. I'd put him in C tier. He has Warp, which allows for a 1-turn clear of the final chapter, so that's really really useful. Even though this is his sole contribution to a run, he is contributing more to your run than anyone in D tier, although it's debatable that this 1 contribution is more useful than Alex/Eleanora/Gustav's contributions throughout the game.

[Windshipping]

Thank you for the tier list!
"Hoodie girl" will now be Nina's nickname xD
She is a secret character you can unlock if you've completed chapter 4x, and she's a condition for a couple of other events in the game (like unlocking Ch15x).
These two chapters will also influence whether you have Myrddin or Morgana at the end, so the reason Myrddin wasn't in the first template, is probably because the player got Morgana instead of him.

I noticed you didn't have Helen either in your ranking, you must have wondered why enemies dropped Night magic items ^^
Nina and Helen are two characters able to use black magic, if you want to do another playthrough sometimes, I'll just put it there :

You unlock Nina in a quest chapter in the base. You get this extra chapter under two conditions :
-Elphin, Sylvie and Alex need to be alive
-You need to have completed Chapter 4x
Her mission will appear in the base, it's an important one to learn more about the three orphans and condition other chapters focused on Diana's past. To unlock Chapter 4x, you need to see the conversations between Sylvie, Alex and Diana in Chapter 4 (on the battle prep screen).

For Helen, you unlock her on Chapter 8x
-If you have Nina she automatically appears
-If not, she appears if you have unlocked at least 3 "secrets". Each chapter has one, this also triggers the secret shop in the base. For instance, having at least one ally unit alive at the end of CH7 (the riders who come with Marius) will trigger a secret. Defeating Valmer in CH5 also trigger a secret. This is arguably hard to tell since I didn't put any "signal" for them yet.

[Forester]

Huh, I never knew those units existed. It's good to hear that Morgana IS playable somehow, because I felt like her character could've used more exposition. I guess this is what I get for challenging myself and not going for any side content. Maybe when I replay the game (again) somewhere down the line, I'll smell the roses and try to get those side characters.