Cyril
HP: 35%
Str: 20% Lck: 30%
Mag: 15% Def: 10%
Dex: 40% Res: 10%
Spd: 40% Cha: 15%
Strengths: Lance, Axe, Bow, Riding, Flying
Weaknesses: Reason, Faith
Personal Skill: Aptitude: Makes each stat 20% more likely to increase on level up.
Black/Dark Magic Learn List:

• Wind: D
• Cutting Gale: C

White Magic Learn List:

• Heal: D
• Nosferatu: D+
• Recover: C

Unique Learned Abilities/Arts:

• Lance:
• C+: Vengeance: +2 Mt, +10 Crit, 1 range, costs 4 durability. Damage increases in relation to the user's missing HP.
• A: Lance Jab: +3 Mt, +10 Crit, 1 range, costs 5 durability. Might increases based on user's Speed.
• Axe:
• C+: Monster Breaker: +9 Mt, 1 range, costs 5 durability. Effective against Monster foes.
• A: Armored Strike: +3 Mt, +10 Crit, 1 range, costs 4 durability. Might increases based on user's Defense.
• Bow:
• C+: Point-Blank Volley: +3 Mt, +10 Hit, 1 range, costs 4 durability. Avoid +10. Triggers 2 consecutive hits.
• Authority:
• C: Battalion Desperation: If unit initiates combat when battalion endurance is ≤ 1/3, unit's follow-up attack (if possible) occurs before foe's counterattack.

Cyril gets a lot of flak as a unit and I'm not entirely sure why. Yeah, his unique abilities aren't the best, by and large, but who cares, he gets Point-Blank Volley. Any Brave effect combat art is powerful, and Cyril's got a pretty decent one. His Str growth is also not the best, but it's still 40% (after Aptitude). Ingrid's rocking a measly 35% Str growth on my Silver Snow run and look at how deadly she's turning out. He's also got a 60% Spd growth, the highest in the game, matched only by Petra, Ingrid, and Manuela. Combined, he has a pretty good shot of getting at least one of his important stats in any given level, which is comparable to units like Edelgard, Petra, and Leonie.

The worst thing I can really say about him is that Aptitude is pretty much a dead skill. All it does is make his growths normal, something that could've been accomplished by...making his growths equal to their Aptitude versions and giving him a useful personal skill. This isn't a Donnel or Mozu situation where they have decent growth rates on their own and Aptitude propels them to absurd levels, this is a "Cyril's growths got split between his bases and Aptitude" situation.

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