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GiftedACIII posted...

Oh damn, I was looking forward to getting to fight his father like Lonato. I guess it was vague enough as a rumor for it to turn out to just a rumor all along. I recruited Ferdinand at chapter 8 so he started out with 13 charm and somehow didn't proc his 45% charm in the 3 levels after that. I guess it's lucky for me that I didn't get level ups here since I wanted to see the dialogue lol.
And on that note I was surprised the game was pushing Hilda too with people like Claude encouraging me to pick her since my Hilda also fails without any boosts but it turns out my Hilda was seriously charm screwed since her average is 17.45 at level 20 while mine is 13.
She makes up for it by having 2 more magic, speed, defense, and res.

Hilda is one of those units that makes for a strong dancer if she was screwed at other thing or you weren't planning to use her. High charm means you don't need much investment to have her win the cup. The bolting spell, which while doing basically no damage with her bad magic, gives her link attacks with everyone she supports in a ten range, two might supports with good characters (Claude and Balthus) to make those link attacks more effective. No riding bane, so getting Move+1 reasonable, and a crest so she can use the Fetters without penalty (this is minor though).

The only downside is you lose her as a combat unit and she's one of the most effective and easy to use Wyvern Lord's in the game.