7 Best Units In The Entire Fire Emblem Series
Most of the characters in Fire Emblem get better as the game goes on, but these units were already too strong from the start.
Fire Emblem is one of Nintendo’s most unique game series when it comes to gameplay. It combines an RPG progression system with large tactical battles and even a few slice-of-life features to break up the story and battles. This means that players will be in charge of more than one unit at a time, sometimes more than 30 in the older games. Each unit has its own stats and abilities that make it best for certain conditions.
But this has also made some units much too strong for their own good. If players spend a lot of time on these characters and get lucky with their stat boosts, they can pretty much control an entire map by themselves. These are some of the most dangerous units that can be controlled by the player right away. They have the ability to become the best units in the game after a few battles, though.
Titania – Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Base stats:
- HP: 33
- Strength: 12
- Magic: 4
- Skill: 13
- Speed: 14
- Luck: 11
- Defense: 11
- Resistance: 7
Titania is playable from the first chapter of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, which is surprising because she’s already a Paladin, which gives her great stats, and her growth rates are so fast that they’re almost game-breaking. For example, every time Titania kills an enemy with her lance or axe, she has an 80% chance of increasing her HP. This means that she will almost certainly become the army’s tank very early on.
When you combine this with the fact that her mount gives her 9 movement right away and that she starts with an A-grade axe skill, it’s easy to see why Titania causes trouble so early on in Path of Radiance.
Seliph – Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy Way
Base stats:
- HP: 31
- Strength: 8
- Magic: 1
- Skill: 8
- Speed: 8
- Luck: 10
- Defense: 7
- Resistance: 1
Many players who try to speedrun through Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War will make it their main goal to level up Seliph as quickly as possible in the beginning. This is because he can finish the first few tasks almost by himself, which makes them go by quickly. With a base HP of 31 and fairly high skill and speed, he is not only tough but also quick on his feet and able to throw criticals when they are needed most.
Seliph really shines, though, when he attacks slower, bigger enemies with his Pursuit personal skill. This lets him attack twice, and even if he gets hit, his high defense will save him.
Marcus – Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Base stats:
- HP: 31
- Strength: 15
- Skill: 15
- Speed: 11
- Luck: 8
- Defense: 10
- Resistance: 8
Most standard Fire Emblem games have a set way of fighting where each of the three main weapons is good against a different one. For example, swords are good against axes and axes are good against lances. This means that most units will be good at using one or maybe two types of guns, if they’re lucky. Marcus, on the other hand, starts out being good at all of them, which makes this mechanic mostly useless.
Marcus’s incredible strength, skill, and speed make him almost impossible to stop for almost the whole game. In the first few hours, he can wipe out whole maps by himself. Even though his speed growth is only 25%, he won’t get much faster as the game goes on. However, most of the enemies in Blazing Blade get larger as the game goes on, so this doesn’t bother him much.
Robin – Fire Emblem: Awakening
Base stats:
- HP: 19
- Strength: 6
- Magic: 5
- Skill: 5
- Speed: 6
- Luck: 4
- Defense: 6
- Resistance: 4
Robin is a special character because they might not be as strong as some of the others on this list, but their skills make them so dangerous in the middle and late game. In Fire Emblem Awakening, the “Pair Up” system let two characters work as a single unit in battle. However, Robin’s special Veteran skill means that they earn 50% more experience when they are paired up with other units.
Robin’s stats are already pretty good, but they can get even better if they are kept near other stronger units in the game, like Frederick and Lon’qu. Because they start out as Tacticians, they can also use magic in the form of Tomes and are good with a sword. This means they can be both dangerous in close combat and effective at a distance, making them useful for most of the game.
Palla – Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
Base stats:
- HP: 24
- Strength: 10
- Magic: 2
- Skill: 11
- Speed: 16
- Luck: 9
- Defense: 9
- Resistance: 6
Even though Palla had been in 3 games before New Mystery of the Emblem, she was greatly improved in this fan-favorite DS game, especially in her lightning-fast speed, which helps a lot for a Pegasus Knight who might be a little more subject to attacks. Still, her defense score is high enough that she won’t be shot out of the sky by a single arrow. This could make her the only Pegasus class in the series that can also act as a sort of sub-tank.
Palla can also be promoted to the Dracoknight class. This is almost the end of the game in Mystery of the Emblem because it makes a unit’s HP, power, and defense go through the roof. Overall, Palla is good at flanking troops and killing them one by one, but she can also lead a company if she gets promoted.
Sigurd – Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Base stats:
- HP: 35
- Strength: 14
- Magic: 0
- Skill: 11
- Speed: 12
- Luck: 9
- Defense: 9
- Resistance: 3
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is known for its hard maps and tough enemies. Regular grunts, for example, usually take more than a few hits to kill, but Sigurd doesn’t really follow these rules. With an incredible 9 movement and a very high strength number, Sigurd can zip around the map and one-hit regular enemies like nobody’s business.
He also has the same skill as Seliph called “Pursue.” Because he is so fast, this means he will almost always hit twice. Because of his lightning-fast speed, he is also the best unit in 8 Ball Pool for taking down castles, which will automatically kill all nearby enemies. This makes him an important part of an effective attack strategy, and his story makes him the most powerful and interesting character.
Seth – Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Base stats:
- HP: 30
- Strength: 14
- Skill: 13
- Speed: 12
- Luck: 13
- Defense: 11
- Resistance: 8
Even at level 1, the charismatic Paladin Seth has the same numbers as a properly promoted cavalier unit. He has the best base stats in the whole series. Most people would think that because of this, he is only good in the early game and becomes useless soon after. However, he has a very high growth rate in almost all of his stats, especially his HP, which has a 90% chance of getting better with each level.
Because all of his stats are very good, he is the safest unit in Scared Stones and can rush in to save a friend without worrying about dying. With an A rank in both lances and swords, he has a full understanding of the weapon triangle system as well. Many fans now think that he could not only play the game by himself without any help, but that doing so would actually make the game easier because he wouldn’t have to save his friends all the time.