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Marth CH 8
Caeda CH 8
Innes CH 5
Ricken CH 4
Panne CH 5

I like Marth a fair bit, though I've heard a lot of that is that the English localization of Shadow Dragon makes him (and everyone) sound more eloquent. He and Caeda are both pretty simple but likable characters. Innes is generic, Ricken is a little annoying but thankfully not too bad, and Panne alternates wildly between being pretty likable and being obnoxious.

Marth UN 4
Caeda UN 10
Innes UN 5
Ricken UN 3
Panne UN 7

Marth is kind of bad but mainly because his best quality is just strictly inferior to something it competes with for funding (forged effective weapons yay). His stats are pretty assy but enough to function and the Rapier is still a good weapon, but you don't end up having the money to forge it most of the time and Shadow Dragon is maybe the single worst game in the entire series to be sword locked in. Caeda on the other hand is bonkers, doubles everything in a game where doubling is rare, can fly unpromoted which even without rescue still allows her to do some neat stuff, and has the Wing Spear that just erases things. Best unit in the game for sure. She has her flaws but they're pretty easy to play around or solve (Robe fixes durability, and early promotion fixes basically everything).

Innes is solid filler for a while on Eirika's route but being locked to bows is sad, doesn't give nearly enough opportunity to use his actually very good bases. He's pretty shit on Ephraim route due to joining so much later, after the point where his stats have fallen off a bit. Ricken is kind of bad but not unsalvageable, at least he hits on Res and can be a Rescue staff user later. Panne is the best non-Robin first gen combat unit once Frederick falls off with a reclass to Wyvern Rider, but she needs to get out of E rank hell and early Second Seals are not free by any means which holds her back since bunny is bad. Still think she's fairly good overall because even if the price is high, at least she pays off fairly well (nothing unique, but her combat edge in a flying class is noticeable) and her bases are enough to at least chip in a bit before you can reclass her. If you're factoring in getting lucky with a random merchant selling you an extra Seal she's much better than if she has to compete for the ones you're guaranteed to get.

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