Kirindrake

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Stahl- Pretty strong has has good defence too. His speed is low-ish, but luckily he can reclass to Myrmidon to fix that. I've only used him once, and I may have just been unlucky but his speed was quite a bit lower than the rest of my team. Lategame there will be some really fast Swordsmasters, Dark Fliers, Falconknights, and Assassins so watch out for those. You'll probably have Nowi in front though, and Swordsmasters (what Stahl will likely be) give basically the same bonuses no matter what the units speed stat is, so it's fine.

Gregor- I've never used him but I heard that his stats are pretty decent all around, although speed is slightly low. His class set doesn't seem to be as great as Stahl's and Gaius' though. He also joins later than the other two, although he starts right beside Nowi so I guess that's helpful?

Btw, you can buy Dragonstone+'s from the Spotpass shop (Shadow Dragon ->- Tiki) so don't worry about conserving the one Nowi comes with.

Yay congrats! I'll start on Chapter 2 and try to think of some advice now. :3

Some good choices for Nowi are Gaius, Stahl, Vaike, and Gregor because they give her pretty good speed and strength. Kellam can too, but his only physical option is Thief -- the others are Knight (terrible on Lunatic due to speed and low mobility) and Priest (lol). Thieves aren't that great because although they're very fast, they don't have great strength or defense (although Nowi can help with that). If she marries Gaius, he will definitely be re classing out of Thief, so Kellam reclassing into it is... not great. All of them are pretty good, but Gaius passes down Pegasus Knight to Nah (although you might not end up using it anyways).

Sorry for taking so long to respond, I was eating lunch (yes, at 4:15 PM). lol I have to fix my sleeping schedule because dinner is in like two hours

It's almost better to pair up Avatar and Fred rather than Avatar and Chrom. This was you can give 100% of the main experience to Avatar (unequip all Fred's stuff), and bait a few enemies for Sully, Virion, and Lissa to team up on. Avatar's stats will be a looot better too, since iirc Frederick gives +4 defense.

btw if you don't like Kellam x Nowi there are better options

Which part are you have trouble with?

Restarted! Hopefully there won't be so much lag now.

There are actually quite a few chapters where the boss won't rush to attack you, and the chapter where Olivia joins is one of them. The reinforcements stop spawning after a few turns so you can just sit there all day and then have Chrom and his wife kill Gangrel. How poetic, lol. You'll want to dance her to a high level asap because Lucina joins soon after and stats are passed down.

LISSA- Sure, her and Maribelle are both good choices. Maribelle has superior class sets but Lissa has superior availability, so you can't go wrong either way. I recommend cleric --> troubador --> valkyrie --> (dark flier?) --> falcon knight. Staff spamming for exp is less important later on and there will be much less opportunities for it, so do a lot of that now, especially during the first few paralogues.

omg so much lag, it's taking so long to even type. I'm going to restart my internet router thingy in a second.

NOWI/KELLAM- Nowi is really great because Mantekate gives her increased exp gain and high defense (and other stats). Her only problem is that she's very, very slow for a while, so it's recommended to give her a partner with high speed. Kellam has access to thief, so I guess you could use him for that, but it'll take some time. He won't have astronomical defense in that class, but Nowi doesn't need it anyways so you'll be fine. Oh, and Nowi won't need to reclass out of Mantekate, she can just keep reclassing to it indefinitely.

SUMIA/HENRY- Sumia's best marriage option is Chrom by far, but Henry should be fine too. Sumia's magic isn't too great sadly, but Henry should be able to help Cynthia's stats. Also, Henry pairing up with Sumia will probably give her enough magic for a high rescue/physic range. It's fine if she can't do it too well though, since Lissa will be your backup healer. Sadly, shocksticks aren't 2-range so she'll mainly be using physical weapons. Cynthia can probably go either way.

Finally got onto my computer, but it's lagging excessively for some reason. Oh well.

CHROM/OLIVIA- Sure, but keep in mind that they get married in Olivia's joining chapter so you'll have to dance them a lot. Also, don't view any of Chrom's supports with non-Lissa females or they won't get married. You may want to dance Olivia to level 30 and then reclass to Dark Flier in her joining chapter so she catches up with the rest of the team. She most likely won't be able to get Galeforce in time for Lucina's recruitment though, so you'll have to make them both Dark Fliers. Don't worry about rushing so Inigo gets Galeforce -- his paralogue is difficult and you won't be able to do it for a while. If you're really patient, you can dance Olivia to 30 dancer --> 30 dancer and she'll be set for life and have multiple capped stats lol.

Kirin/Lon'qu- Avatar makes anyone good, and Lon'qu is already pretty great as is. He has a high sword rank and can get lots of training in Donnel's parallgue, which is directly after he joins. I recommend making him go 20 myrm --> 20 wyvern before promotion, since then he'll get axes, flying, and great skills.

Oh yeah, ALL unprompted units should go through 20 + 20 levels of unprompted classes before promotion. If you promote early you'll regret it later.

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Donnel isn't that great on any difficulty, imo (actually I've only played Luna/Luna+ but who cares). He needs a lot of training to get good, and comes when everyone else wants to train to -- his joining map is probably the best earlygame training level in the game. His classes are merely decent, and his maximum stats aren't too great. Aptitude won't help his kid(s) much since they will already have great growths. He passes down Pegasus Knight for Galeforce, but a lot of them already have it, and it doesn't help male kids at all. His maximum stats are also pretty low, which doesn't matter that much in the long run but still. He'll be really great at first, but due to low caps he'll be quickly surpassed by everyone else before the first promotion. He also takes up a valuable second seal.

Fred is actually pretty bad; he's only considered "good" because of how amazing he is earlygame. Kirin's stats may surpass him as early as Chapter 3, so I wouldn't train him unless you really, really like him.

Sully and Virion are both decent, I guess? They didn't join at the best point, so they might be a bit underlevelled when good training opportunities come up, and not be able to take advantage of them due to that. If you haven't used them yet, just stick to whoever you like.

Always make sure to get those sparkly tiles. I recommend using them while NOT paired up, since the support bonus isn't all that great and it's better to get exp and items. If you get a staff, that's great because it means you can spam Lissa's to your hearts content for exp~

At the end of this chapter, you'll unlock support conversations. If you want Chrom to marry Olivia and are NOT confident that Kirin and Lon'qu will be married by then, don't view Chrom and Kirin's C support (or any of their other supports) until they're married.

If you send me a list of units you want to use, I'll try to help decide their class paths and partners and stuff. It doesn't really matter that much, but it's fun.

11 sounds pretty good! You might be able to pair with Chrom then, since iirc he boosts your speed by 3. You should probably also unequip his sword, since you get more exp when you kill an enemy from in front than behind. At this point you should be mainly concentrating on training Avatar/Kirin though.

Fred's pair-up bonuses can help Sully and Virion with their training, but don't give them kills unless you're sure you want to use them. It's important that lots of exp goes into Chrom and Kirin, especially Kirin.

To help conserve Fred's silver lance, give him Sully's bronze lance if you don't want to use her.

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At the end of this chapter, try to have ~10 heal uses left, 12+ uses of Thunder, and Avatar holding a vulnerary or two and possibly Virion's elixir.

Chapter 1 is pretty simply compared to the next few. The general idea is that Avatar will be tanking on one of the forts while holding the bronze sword due to WTA against the barbarians. If she is super strong, you can pair her up with Chrom and keep him in the back except to finish off enemies. If she's not that strong, pair her up with Fred due to his awesome pair up bonuses.

Remember to ALWAYS unequip Fred when he's in the back. If he has a weapon, he might finish off enemies and steal precious exp points. Are you planning to train him, btw? Since he's already promoted, it'll take a lot more work to train him than the other characters, so keep that in mind.

You ahould also decide whether or not you want to use Sully and Virion. If you want to use them, they and Chrom (if he's not paired with Avatar) can hide in the bushes and lure enemies one at a time to kill them.

Yay, good job! And you don't have to respond to my messages, I'm just rambling lol. What's Avatar's speed stat btw? It's helpful for the next chapter if it's pretty high.