Ignatz
HP: 35%
Str: 35% Lck: 55%
Mag: 30% Def: 25%
Dex: 50% Res: 35%
Spd: 50% Cha: 25%
Strengths: Sword, Bow, Authority
Weaknesses: Flying
Aptitude: Reason: Seal Strength: If unit damages foe during combat, foe suffers Str -6 for 1 turn after combat.
Personal Skill: Watchful Eye: Grants Hit +20.
Black/Dark Magic Learn List:

• Blizzard: D
• Cutting Gale: C
• Fimbulvetr: A

White Magic Learn List:

• Heal: D
• Nosferatu: D+
• Physic: C
• Ward: B

Unique Learned Abilities/Arts:

• Sword:
• C+: Haze Slice: +2 Mt, 1 range, costs 5 durability. Avoid +30.
• Bow:
• C+: Break Shot: +4 Mt, +5 Hit, 2 - 3 range, costs 3 durability. After combat, inflicts Def -5 on foe for 1 turn.
• A: Ward Arrow: +4 Mt, +15 Hit, 2 range, costs 3 durability. Prevents foe from using magic for 1 turn.
• Authority:
• D: Rally Speed: Use Rally to grant Spd +4 to an ally.
• 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.
• C+: Rally Dexterity: Use Rally to grant Dex +8 to an ally.
• A: Battalion Vantage: When foe initiates combat, unit still attacks first if battalion endurance is ≤ 1/3.
• S: Rally Strength: Use Rally to grant Str +4 to an ally.

Ignatz is like Bernadetta, except he trades an Atk-boosting personal ability for a utility one.

While that sounds pretty innocuous, it...really isn't. Bernadetta can get by on her low Str growth through having an easy way to give herself +5 Atk. Ingrid can get by on her low Str growth by being easily slotted into any flier class. Ignatz doesn't have either of those. What he has is an accuracy bonus that helps a lot in the earlygame, but will quickly fall off in usefulness, leaving him to rely solely on his stats if he wants to have any chance of being useful.

So, what do his stats tell us? His HP growth is fine for a unit who shouldn't be seeing melee combat. His Str I already talked about. His Mag is okay enough that you could feasibly make him a magic user (he'd actually do pretty well with Fimbulvetr, given that Watchful Eye compensates for his low accuracy). His Dex, Spd, and Lck are all good—which gives him decent odds at having high natural Crit. His Def growth is mediocre, for what little it matters, his Res growth is passable, and while his Cha growth is bad, he does have an Authority strength to compensate for it. So, his anciliary stats are fine—good, even. But Dex, Spd, and Lck can only do so much for you if your Str/Mag growths fail.

Hm. Y'know, thinking about it as I'm writing this up, I probably should've tried sending him down the path of Swordmaster/Mortal Savant. Swordmaster would've pushed his Str growth to 45%, and his Spd growth to a whopping 70%. He'd have decent odds of becoming a better classical Myrmidon/Swordmaster. Too bad I didn't try that in the LP. Oh well.

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