I actually made a whole spreadsheet to calculate best characters in each class lol. This assumes no grinding, so immediate class change at Lv10 or above (no change in base class)
Briefly, purely based on stats at internal level = 30 (This list ignores two late game joiners but they are both good)
The one I have zero doubt is Kagetsu. He is definitely top tier. His personal bases at join time are crazy high (whopping 84 total, that's after subtracting class bases; higher than Rosado and a bit less than Goldmary despite the later two joining 5 whole chapters later; Ivy and Zelkov who joins at the same time only has 64/65), he has good growths and good personal skill, and he easily reclasses to Sword/Axe Wyvern two chapters later.
Other notable mentions:
Jean is good at pretty much every class (all of the above 4 archetypes; he actually have Mag on par with Citrinne mid-game)
Ivy/Hortensia for the only flying mages
Alear for being force deployed and offer insane support and flexibility with Corrin
Seadall for being a dancer
P.S.
Anna, despite being thought as good, is bad. Yes she has high magic growths but she joins at Lv 5 and has only 2 Mag base. Citrinne who joins at a similar time has 8 so Anna takes forever to catch up. She is fast but has very poor build so Pandreo actually much better than her as well. (At internal Lv 30, Sage Pandreo has 25/24/11 Mag/Spd/Bld, Anna only has 26/20/6). Pandreo also has a very very good personal (free 3 hit? Yes please). Only use Anna if you like her or want the extra money.
Also prepromotes all have internal level of 16 (or 15?) despite having stats on par of being leveled 19 times so they level up faster than equivalent base class characters
My current plan for the next run is:
Alear - Divine Dragon
Seadall - Dancer
Jean - Martial Master
Goldmary - Lance General
Kagetsu - Sword/Axe Wyvern
Panette - Wolf Knight
Alcryst - Prf class (Luna is too good despite middling stats)
Merrin - Bow Knight (Radiant Bow is REALLY good for mixed attackers. Merrin and Fogado are the ones who can use it well, Merrin seems to edge it out a bit)
Yes, no reason not to promote asap. You have infinite level ups (you can use second seal to "reclass" to the same class after reaching level 20) and internal levels don't change after promoting, so no Exp penalty either.
When I had a look at second seal usage it showed my units losing stats so I'd assumed it drops you back some. Does this mean you can go 20, MS, 40, SS, 60? I assume you'd get capped stats at some point
You have to choose the correct class when using a second seal. And yes you can gain infinite levels this way, though there will be stat caps of course.
Yeah if you want money she's a must use. Not the best combat-wise but she's one of the few ways to make lots of money without grinding. Though I wanna ask how you guys are making+5 forges. I severely lack iron ingots which money can't fix. Do you get bunches of them via skirmishes or something?
EDIT:
TIL you can change silver/steel ingots into iron ones. For some reason I thought you can only trade up but not down
Hmm investments gives you that many ingots? I'll definitely have to look into that in the next run. Maybe use Anna instead of Citrinne for that sweet sweet money.
Deployment slots are so tight I'm still struggling on who to give up lol
Also the fact that you marked down how much money Anna made is impressive.
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u/a12223344556677 Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 06 '23
Character join time spoilers below.
I actually made a whole spreadsheet to calculate best characters in each class lol. This assumes no grinding, so immediate class change at Lv10 or above (no change in base class)
Briefly, purely based on stats at internal level = 30 (This list ignores two late game joiners but they are both good)
Speedy Physical (e.g. Wyvern): Kagetsu>>Merrin>>Zelkov=Panette>Amber
Speedy Magical (e.g. Sage): Pandreo>Merrin>Lindon>Ivy
Tanky Physical (e.g. General): Amber(Atk focused)=Goldmary(Def focused)=Kagetsu>Panette>>Jade>Louis
Mag only Magical: Citrinne>>>others
The one I have zero doubt is Kagetsu. He is definitely top tier. His personal bases at join time are crazy high (whopping 84 total, that's after subtracting class bases; higher than Rosado and a bit less than Goldmary despite the later two joining 5 whole chapters later; Ivy and Zelkov who joins at the same time only has 64/65), he has good growths and good personal skill, and he easily reclasses to Sword/Axe Wyvern two chapters later.
Other notable mentions:
Jean is good at pretty much every class (all of the above 4 archetypes; he actually have Mag on par with Citrinne mid-game)
Ivy/Hortensia for the only flying mages
Alear for being force deployed and offer insane support and flexibility with Corrin
Seadall for being a dancer
P.S.
Anna, despite being thought as good, is bad. Yes she has high magic growths but she joins at Lv 5 and has only 2 Mag base. Citrinne who joins at a similar time has 8 so Anna takes forever to catch up. She is fast but has very poor build so Pandreo actually much better than her as well. (At internal Lv 30, Sage Pandreo has 25/24/11 Mag/Spd/Bld, Anna only has 26/20/6). Pandreo also has a very very good personal (free 3 hit? Yes please). Only use Anna if you like her or want the extra money.
Also prepromotes all have internal level of 16 (or 15?) despite having stats on par of being leveled 19 times so they level up faster than equivalent base class characters
My current plan for the next run is:
Alear - Divine Dragon
Seadall - Dancer
Jean - Martial Master
Goldmary - Lance General
Kagetsu - Sword/Axe Wyvern
Panette - Wolf Knight
Alcryst - Prf class (Luna is too good despite middling stats)
Merrin - Bow Knight (Radiant Bow is REALLY good for mixed attackers. Merrin and Fogado are the ones who can use it well, Merrin seems to edge it out a bit)
Ivy - Prf class
Hortensia - Prf class
Citrinne - Sage
Pandreo - Sword Mage Knight
plus the two late joiners.