User blog:Thenewguy34/Awakening Children Characters: How to Maximize Their Potential

You all know that, in Fire Emblem: Awakening, there is a massive amount of space to maximize the potential of children characters, such as Morgan and Lucina. But what you may not know is how exactly to reach the best standards for all of them. From my perspective, the following are the best strategies for each character:

Lucina
Lucina is the daughter of Chrom. However, her potential mothers come from the following five: the Avatar (if she is female), Sully, Sumia, Maribelle, and Olivia (or a default Maiden if Chrom does not marry any of these, but she does not offer as much as the other five).

Avatar, Sumia, or Olivia as Mother
The Avatar can pretty much pass anything from a female class to Lucina, but should the Avatar not be an option, the other four offer some cool things to look at as well. Olivia can give Lucina the ability to acquire both Swordfaire and Lancefaire, which is indeed quite useful, considering that Lucina's promoted class uses both Swords and Lances. Access to Galeforce also helps. In trade for Swordfaire, Sumia will give Lucina the ability to acquire both Pavise and Aegis, which can both abuse Rightful King very well, as well as Galeforce and Luna for offensive power.

Maribelle as Mother
Maribelle as a mother is an interesting choice. Although the maximum stat modifier for defense will drop by 3, and by 1 for strength, she is the only mother that can allow Lucina to go into the Dark Knight class, for those who would be interested in having Lucina know a little bit of Magic. Lucina would still be able to use Swords, which can be useful with her personal, unbreakable weapon in the Parallel Falchion, but Lucina can also use magic, and Maribelle can pass down Tomefaire to help Lucina deal more damage with magic.

Sully as Mother
If Sully is mother, then Lucina can grab Swordfaire for more sword damage, but Lucina can go into the Wyvern Rider class and acquire the skills in Swordbreaker and Lancebreaker, which can give Lucina the power to take down seasoned sword and lance units (this becomes more distinctly useful against tougher enemies, like in Lunatic Mode, against Streetpass teams, or Double Duel, but it is still useful regardless), such as Swordmasters and Paladins. You should definitely look into some of these strategies for Lucina, as she has a good deal of potential.

Dark Knight Class
Ah, Laurent, the son of Miriel. Probably what I want to give Laurent when I first see him is the skill Swordfaire so he can become a more effective Dark Knight physically. There are several potential fathers that can give Laurent that ability, such as Stahl, Gaius, and Gregor, but Lon'qu and the Avatar stand out the most: not only can they pass down Swordfaire, but they also give the ability to get Lancebreaker as well! Lancebreaker allows Laurent to gain the upper hand against enemy lance users with high resistance, such as Paladins and Dark Fliers. (Frederick can also give Lancebreaker, but not Swordfaire). Both of these skills can turn Laurent into a terrifying unit offensively. The Avatar and Lon'qu can also give the ability to get Acrobat to avoid movement penalties from terrain. Talk about a bargain! Swordfaire, Lancebreaker, Acrobat, and Tomefaire (from Miriel) is quite a bargain for a Dark Knight to have. (However, please note that Lon'qu as father will change Laurent's defense and resistance maximum stat modifiers to -3 and -1, so you may either want to have the Avatar be father, or make sure that Laurent acquires the Vengeance skill or the Sol sword to compensate for his decreased defenses.)

Dread Fighter
Outside of the Dark Knight class, Laurent can indeed do well in other magic classes. He can make a fine Sage, but there are already so many other options for effective Sages, so Laurent can not really be well-distinguished in that class. If you use DLC, you can make Laurent a Dread Fighter; Laurent would be able to use Swords, Tomes, and Axes. By that logic, the combination of Swordfaire and Axefaire would be desired; Laurent can already go into the Berserker class by default, as it is one of the classes that he can go into, regardless of inheritance. All you need is a father that can pass down Swordfaire, such as Lon'qu and Stahl. Your best choice for fathers would be the Avatar, Stahl, or Gregor because their maximum stat modifiers would work very well with Miriel's. As an example:

If Avatar is father, and Asset = Strength, Flaw = Magic


 * +3
 * +1
 * +4
 * +1
 * +1
 * +1
 * 0
 * }

Asset = Speed, Flaw = Magic


 * -1
 * +1
 * +4
 * +5
 * +3
 * -1
 * 0
 * }

Stahl is Laurent's Father


 * +1
 * +3
 * +3
 * +2
 * -1
 * +1
 * 0
 * }

Gregor is Laurent's Father


 * +1
 * +3
 * +4
 * +2
 * 0
 * 0
 * -1
 * }

As you can see, those parents who can pass Swordfaire can also pass down some very good maximum stat modifiers that would mix in with Miriel's for very balanced stats across the board.

Sorcerer Laurent
Laurent can also make a very decent Sorcerer as well. However, since Laurent is locked to being a magic specialist, the Pavise skill would come handy. Thus, Avatar (Asset = Speed, Flaw = Strength), Frederick, and Kellam would be the potential fathers: they are the only 3 potential fathers that can pass down Pavise, not to mention that their maximum stat modifiers give Laurent some good modifiers to work with.

Avatar (Asset = Speed, Flaw = Strength) is Father


 * -4
 * +4
 * +3
 * +6
 * +3
 * -2
 * +1
 * }

Although the physical defense is a tad low, this allows Laurent to have very good Magic and Speed stats. There would be a 41% chance for Pavise to activate, asumming no skill, weapon, Rally, or pair-up modifiers are in place.

Frederick is Father


 * +1
 * +2
 * +4
 * 0
 * +1
 * +1
 * +1
 * }

Highest skill modifier, though you miss out on the speed.

Kellam is Father


 * 0
 * +4
 * +3
 * 0
 * -1
 * +2
 * +1
 * }

Miss out on speed, but still very well-rounded stats that Laurent would need as a Sorcerer.

Overall, Laurent is definitely an interesting unit that can pay off with his Magic tomes.

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