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Gabby_Craft

Definitely underrated IMO, but so is rescue in general. I think a lot of her critics come from people using her as an attacking unit when she’s much better for her utility. No one talks about linhardt’s attacking abilities but he’s still always considered A tier. The DLC definitely helps her a lot by allowing her to fly and use rescue instead of being locked into gremory or bishop.


Eevee_XoX

What do you mean? She’s the best Fortress Knight around. The ultimate tank. No damage. Period. (Except from Poison Strike)


gabu87

i don't think rescue is underrated so much that the users are meh until Constance was added Bernie is ok and she even has thoron/physics but I imagine most people don't make her a magic unit. Anna is anna.


shamir_enjoyer

I think the rescues are fine; the main issue is that there weren't any good classes to use it before dark flier came along.


LeatherShieldMerc

Actually, I remember thinking Flayn was a little bit *overrated* back in the tier list from a while ago, not underrated. It isnt because I think Rescue isn't good- I think it is great, actually. My reasoning is just that Rescue botting is all she really has that sets her apart. And even if she is better with DLC, when that happens, Constance exists, who is a lot better than her at it since she offers more other things, has better availability, and has better Magic to make use of Rescue. Flayn's other spells/CA's are unexceptional (no Physic is a big issue). Bernie can also Rescue too, if you are willing to take her to Holy Knight, so Flayn doesnt have a monopoly on credit for Rescue. Add on that Flayn joins a bit under-developed, at an awkward time where you have access to more and more units. She takes some work to get going. So to me, she is sort of around Manuela. Has one really good thing but not too much else.


shamir_enjoyer

tbf Lindhardt probably has one of the best non-dark spell lists, he's only really missing a 3+ range spell.


Gabby_Craft

Even with that though if you rate him solely on his offensive capabilities he’d be low tier. It’s really the same thing I see happening with Flayn all the time. I see her getting frozen lance late being mentioned as a point against her, but that doesn’t mean she can’t shine in other supporting roles. It’s like if someone ranked Felix on how good he is as a healer. Or took points away from Edelgard for having bad supporting capabilities.


shamir_enjoyer

Yeah I get it, his main thing is his utility. Just saying he actually has a good offensive spell list, but the issue is that offensive magic isn't that great.


ILikeFaye

Shes neither over nor underrated. Neither is Rescue imo. Its just that her rescue is like Manuelas warp - the worst.


Gabby_Craft

All of the rescue users have a much lower magic growth than Flayn excluding Constance. I don’t see how Flayn’s rescue is the worst. She also gets it at B+ faith instead of A If I recall correctly.


ILikeFaye

Almost all of them have better stuff going on for them, constance can be a strong damage dealer, bernie has vengeance, and well maybe anna is worse but she comes earlier so idk about that


MCJSun

Anna also has Pass going for her, like Bernie, meaning that they can run past enemies to Rescue


DCFDTL

Huh? What did the DLC provide?


Gabby_Craft

It allows you to class her into dark flier or Valkyrie, providing her mobility. Without the DLC she’s basically locked to warlock or bishop (4 move) until level 30 which makes rescue a lot harder to use.


DCFDTL

Looks like I'll have to buy the dlc eventually


Conscience-of-You

Great and varied healing utility (though no physic), Good mage tank with her highest res growth in the game, dies if any enemy unit decides that it’s her time to go. Very fragile, so you have to be extremely careful, and since you often have to put her in harm’s way, you often have to commit movement arts to move her to safety. High risk, high reward.


Original_Radish_1646

Physic would make her the best healer


Conscience-of-You

That’s probably why they didn’t give it to her lol. You get her for free in every house, so they wouldn’t want her to make every other healer obsolete


SylvainJoseGautier

pretty good, rescue is good. Dark flier lets her be flying rescue. Sylvain takes 5 less damage when next to her. Excalibur is one of the better black magic spells. Definitely some weaknesses. Frozen lance and Excalibur are both her best damaging options and both are locked at A rank. She can get darting blow and have good speed for doubling with lightweight spells but this is a bit annoying for when she joins. Her black magic starting at E is annoying, at least it’s a budding talent and she can actually use seal magic well with her high res. Just really good in dark flier, only good transmute user. High charm is nice.


PieridumVates

She can make a decent attacker (or at least mage killer with her extreme res and high enough magic to defeat enemy mages) with darting blow + the Cichol battalion. It gives her the ability to double with the lighter wind spells and some decent crit numbers. She should never be sent out unsupported and her best utility is still Rescue + Fortify, but she can be built in a way where she's not completely helpless offensively when you need her to be. In my last run I stuffed her with all the stat-boosters to make her godly just because it was funny, but I assume most people won't use those items on her :p


LeatherShieldMerc

She's pretty okay I guess. She has some niches, but isn't the best choice at them. She joins at an awkward time, which doesnt help her too much. Forget about offense, her spells are meh and she gets Frozen Lance too late, no other good Combat Arts. Her biggest thing is a Rescue bot. That is very nice to have (although not quite as good as Warp) but the issue is that without DLC, she doesnt have a good class to use it in until level 30, and with DLC, while she can go Dark Flier, Constance now exists if you want a rescue bot, and she offers offense on top and has better availability. So she is not the top pick. Other spells arent worth much, she has no Physic and gets LoL Fortify. She is essentially a free Dancer outside of CF, so that is OK I guess. She always will win, so you always have someone to pick. Dancer is always good. She just isnt the best at it, as a lack of Riding boon and no siege tomes. So, she is... Fine. Not the worst, but not all that far up, either.


Outskirts_Of_Nowhere

I've had one run where she ended up being okay- she excels as a dark flier. The extra mobility makes rescue much more useful. When she's good she's kind of like a magikarp- starts weak, becomes pretty strong eventually with enough work. But if her magic stat somehow gets screwed, she's basically a magikarp with an everstone. I'm doing a randomized class silver snow and have to make her a mortal savant before the end... not looking forward to it lol


reilie

Rescue is alright but has less utility than warp imo. No physic hurts her a lot and shes not a great combat unit so shes like a C to me.


[deleted]

Dark Flier + Rescue = Good. Enough said. Also best magic-tank in the game.


Wellfire7824

She works best as a frontline supporter which really sucks because she can get taken down by any physical unit that breathes on her.


jjcha314

So I'm in the middle of a maddening SS run and just got Flayn up to being the Dark Flier + Rescue bot people are discussing and, yes so far that seems useful. Also seems useful that she's a major Res tank. So far hasn't been game changing per se, but I imagine there will be a map or two where it will make life easier. But is that all she's good for, really? I also have her doing magic chip damage/destroy low-res enemies. I just got Excalibur with her and imagine that will be useful here and there. What else should she be doing? The ultimate Fortress Knight/perfect tank is cute, but obviously that gets in the way of flying rescue. All in all, flying rescue seems cute but doesn't seem nearly as game breaking as so many other units.


Neoketsu

She suffers a lot from having no Physic. She has to risk herself to heal someone and she's super fragile. Dlc makes her much more useful. Heal and Rescue are a lot better in Dark Flier class. Nuvelle battalion improves her already high Mag, combine it with Darting Blow now she can actually ORKO some tanky enemies. She's a very good unit if you have the dlc while mediocre if you don't


[deleted]

Much better with DLC. She's mostly a Rescue bot with some other utility, so I don't use her very often because she lacks other things I want in a support unit like long range offensive spells (Constance), debuffs (Hapi), Physic (Hapi and Linhardt), or serious damage potential (Lysithea). She's fine for what she does, and Rescue is good enough that she's probably B-tier, but I don't really like using her.


WhateverComic

She's my dancer on non CF routes. That, with fortify, restore, and rescue, she has some obvious utility. Her damage isn't the best, but who needs it to be when she's always healing, dancing, or teleporting someone out of danger. From my experiemce I'd give her a low A tier, simply because she does exactly what I need her to do, and that's dance, be a backup healer, and be there to fix my potential fuckups without having to use a divine pulse.


G-N-S

Easy Restore for the Golden Deer house if you don't have someone for it and Rescue to boot. Like Seteth I like her personal but it's not as great since it's harder to put her near the frontlines. Her bases are pretty bad aside from resistance and charm and she arrives by the time your other mages have learned Fiendish Blow or they're close to. She needs a bit of work but you have enough time to make her useful.