Anyway, Golden Deer's units are real feast or famine.
Claude, Hilda, Leonie, Lysithia, and Marianne are all very solid. Some of the best in the game.
Ignatz is basically Bernie with no crest, worse combat arts, and a skill that while amazing, only shines in Maddening.
Raphael is better than Caspar but otherwise meh.
I have never had good luck with Lorenz who's mixed attacking nature makes him kinda suck at both. I would highly recommend you grab a cavalier from a different house to replace him.
Are you playing Bylass or Bylad?
In my first run I used Ignatz as a dancer. He was always on my team.