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Leon CH 8
Leif CH 7
Florina CH 9
Micaiah CH 4
Mercedes CH 7

Leon UN 7
Florina UN 9
Micaiah UN 7
Mercedes UN 7

Leon's a bit of a gay stereotype but I like him, he gets solid dialogue and is treated pretty respectfully. Bows are pretty damn good in Echoes so he's a very solid unit too, though not exactly dominant.

I like Leif well enough. His story of living in the shadow of more impressive crusaders like Seliph and Ced is compelling and he grows a lot on his way to becoming their equal.

Florina's a personal fave, I don't find her annoying at all like some people do and I think she fits in well with Lyn and the other members of Lyn's party. I'm maybe overrating her a bit because Fiora is more reliable, but Florina just shows up so early and is so consistently useful that she's really a top unit unless she gets screwed by bad level ups (obviously STR being the most common one).

Micaiah sux. Thani is great though, and Sacrifice is... uh, situationally not-useless. She'd be a little higher if she wasn't so likely to end up underleveled for part 4/end game, but honestly the hardest part of the game is by far the beginning and she's one of the more reliable units there.

I go back and forth on how much I like Mercedes. She has some really terrible lines but most of the time I like her well enough (I had Byleth marry her on my first playthrough). She has a really cute friendship with Annette and bounces off Sylvain pretty well too. As a unit she was a generic healbot for me before eventually getting to drop some hurt as a gremory. Very useful if not impressive.

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Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else.