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Kaethode	Apr 15 2008, 11:11 AM
Posts: 21 Group: FEFFer Member #1,807 Joined: April 14, 2008	smash fanatic Apr 15 2008, 11:31 AM Boyd is pretty unimpressive when he first joins due to near-zero doubling ability (meaning mediocre offense) and pretty average durability (HP is above average, def is average, avo is below average). He actually doesn't start doubling reliably until he promotes, and then he starts doubling, and then he starts having problems again in 4-E. His durability gets better though, but that's not enough to save him. Below average start + doesn't get very good until promotion + has doubling problems in 4-E = mediocre unit. Also... how the hell would Boyd be ranked above Zihark? Boyd's not even better than Zihark in part 4, and Zihark just rapes him in usefulness for the other 3 parts (well, 2, since neither exist in part 2). Many characters in Ike's team come unimpressive. Since Ike's chapters are the easiest, it doesn't take much effort to give them the levels a character needs to get going, such as Boyd. Even Nolan doesn't start two hitting reliably until his later levels, so Boyd isn't much different. If you bothered to level Boyd, he can basically two hit anything with a steel axe until you reach 4-E. And as far as I saw, Boyd didn't have that many troubles in 4-E. A lot of good units need a few good levels to get them going. But, if Boyd's mediocre start brings him down that much, I'm surprised that a few are higher than they are supposed to be. The only reason Boyd is better than Zihark is that he can two hit like Zihark, and has the Str, HP, Def to back it up, because swordmasters aren't the avoidability whores they used to be. Also, Zihark was very useful when he was hitting double 10's to that General. And no, I'm not talking about easy mode. But hey, It's my opinion on who's better, I'm just trying to get Boyd a little higher on the list. Boyd did happen to max the necessary stats very quickly with like 10 or so BEXP level ups to Def, Res, Luk.
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