Is MC (Devoa) Really Weak?

[_m_a_]

I tried game and loved it. Im on like 6. mission .
Am i the only one who thinks Devoa is REALLY weak as i protagonist.
He lacks fighting abilities, his numbers are quite low and doesn't have leadership traits.
Am i missing somehting?

Thanks.

[Steelfleece]

MC tends to get decent level-ups and gets *much* better down the line. In particular, very good Leadership growth. Even without leader traits they may wind up your first 9-troop squad.

[_m_a_]

So i just have to keep him fighting as much as possible.

[Steelfleece]

Pretty much. I mean they'll never be as OP as Diana but they'll still easily be one of your best squads.

[Vambran]

MC gets a massive buff halfway through the game. Till then they act like a Light Infantry unit.

[Steelfleece]

I'd consider them more of a non-tank heavy like the spearmen personally, both before and after the buff. Okay on the front lines in the early game, but best put behind real tanks mid to late. Except I wouldn't put them back row as assassin blockers because that's exactly what they'd want.

If I was going to compare the MC to an Ogre Battle protagonist, definitely more of a Magnus than a Destin.

Oh yeah, when answering the initial questions, the MC comes out better for the early game if you answer like you're a meathead bully or a gold digger instead of an inspirational leader. Sounds silly, but that way they'll start with more strength or skill and better growth in such, rather than magic (not so useful early on) or a one-time bonus to leadership that's a drop in the ocean anyway.

[Lyre]

if you really want to buff your MC early, all those level up scrolls can boost the MC into a powerhouse. once you get a certain character Barnabas take a look at their level in comparison to the rest of your units. then notice that those level up scrolls will level a unit one level up to the level of your highest unit. instant early power boost.

[FishyFin]

My MC doing just fine. Another boon if I wasn't wrong is that his leadership go up as the faction rank up (or somehow I notice that when someone capture an objective he sometime get more leadership). So he's properly one of the earliest who get a 9 units squad.
When promoted half way through the game, he can revive 3 units per chapter which is essential since temple is harder to find later. His first attack is a magic AoE after the promotion as well. Reasonably durable and with good squad composition can do anything. Not the most OP but at least he can get the job done.

[kayfabe]

The MC isn't as personally dominant as the other big name characters but otherwise even in base form they actually have above average all-rounder stats in a game where all three primary attributes contribute to damage mitigation--they're not the tankiest in any one area but they don't have a particular weakness to exploit, either. Specialist advanced classes typically only pass the MC in an attribute or two at most and are often well behind in their weaknesses or lose hp & armor rating for the privilege of doing so. And that's with the MC being a Light unit out of the box and thus getting leadership bonuses instead of padding the attribute of their choice. Really, the MC's biggest problem is that they can't class change and their status as the king on the chess board encourages you to coddle them since they're not allowed to get shuffle danced back to the temple like nothing ever happened when you do something dumb.

With that said, I actually do use the MC as a backline assassin blocker pretty often. Between their decent armor, hp and skill the MC only really fears eating consecutive crits while outside of Cautious Attack. That's pretty unlikely if you take Skill growth answers in the prologue and Unscathed basically fixes the problem straight away. Personally, I roll with Skill answers and Immortal Spirit instead since that covers practically everything when teamed up with Cautious Attacks, but YMMV.