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dynamo	Jul 25 2007, 07:48 AM
Posts: 17 Group: FEFFer Member #1,393 Joined: July 20, 2007	Quote: Top paragraph made little sense because lategame you can still move Hector around with your team, and he can even be stalking Eliwood thanks to having nothing better to do. Lowen and Fiora might be close by sure, but there are more chances that they won't so it is, in fact the worse support. Early on is when Eliwood needs the bonuses most even, because that's when the enemies are the closest to your combatively, and thanks to Hector being a really fast support those two being together is a lot of help. During that time, Hector can be supporting Oswin. Eliwood/Hector is fast yes, but the first few chapters on the Eliwood/Hector routes aren't really hard, I'd rather have a little harder beginning and an easier mid-late than the vice versa as in the first few chapters, you won't exactly be fighting a load of enemies. Now, let's look at affinities (assuming they have a C support): Anima / Thunder ATK 0.5 DEF 1 HIT 0 EVA 5 CRT HIT 2.5 CRT EVA 5 Anima / Fire ATK 1 DEF 0.5 HIT 2.5 EVA 5 CRT HIT 2.5 CRT EVA 2.5 Now, attack and defence are both important. However, earlygame, sometimes doubles still don't cut it, so the attack is important, meaning Lowen can give Eliwood more power in his attack, to defeat more enemies and get more level ups, which is more stats quickly. Hector doesn't give Eliwood any Hit. Hit isn't that big an issue on Eliwood I'll admit, but when trying to use a heavier weapon it can be, so Lowen provides Eliwood with more insurance of a hit. They both give Eliwood 5 Evasion. Same Critical Hit bonus. Now, Crit Evade. Hector wins this by a margain of 2.5; but other than Guy, what earlygame uses is this gonna have? Guy can easily be recruited by luring him anyway. So anyway, although it's slower, Eliwood/Lowen works well earlygame too. Also, just as a finishing note, I usually give Hector a B with Eliwood, so even if I'm planning an A with Lowen, Hector can still help out round the beginning of the E/H routes. Quote: Lowen being a tankish cavalier makes him close to the team? What kind of logic is that? If he's a tankish cavalier then he should be away from the team where his tanking skills are actually put to use. If he's hanging out with units that have lower defensive stats than him, which is quite likely if you have him with the rest of your team, then he isn't being attacked thus doing nothing for your teams defenses. The only reason a unit like, say, Oswin is nearby is because he lacks mov. If he had more mov he would just move ahead stopping any problems at the source while increasing his chances of his defenses going to use. Lowen has this ability, so he best as well use it. Lowen's Str growth is 30; He can't exactly rush ahead an obliterate everything. And by defensive, I mean guarding rooms, passages and such. If he's hanging out with the lower defence units, then he can shield them, that's putting his tankish growths to good use. As for the Oswin argument - Oswin's low move means he can't protect the group completely, while Lowen should be able to reach pretty much everything. Quote: Sure Fiora and Lowen are not going to be going off on their own little killing spree at all times, but their superior mov means those slightly out of range for the team units will be theirs to handle. They are not completely seperated with the team, but their support bonuses may not be there and/or they will not be supporting their partner. Adding in that the Hector support is insanely fast, you're just going to want to go with that. As I said before, Fiora has little reason to move too far away from the main group before Eliwood promotes. Yes, Lowen should be protecting the rest of the team, which may mean separating, but assuming you're trying to get the main / second main character to a high level at the beginning, he should be able to be nearby without missing out on too much experience. And as I said before: you can get Eliwood a C/B with Hector early on if you want, don't presume he'll just get the A with Lowen/Fiora and that's it. Granted you might want to build on a early support lead, but after the first few chapters I don't see why Eliwood and Hector should be side by side.


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