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Leif is a [[Lord]] available from the start of the game. His base stats and growths are generally low—particularly, his base constitution of 5 means he will be weighed down by every sword in the game except the [[Slim Sword]] and the [[Rapier]], and his [[Personal weapons|personal]] [[Light Brand]] will reduce his [[attack speed]] at base to 0. Furthermore, his low strength renders him unable to deal meaningful damage to the armored enemies in the early game without using an effective weapon or the Light Brand at range. Leif also has a late promotion (at the end of [[The Liberation of Leonster|Chapter 18]]) that only provides relatively meager boosts to his stats. | Leif is a [[Lord]] available from the start of the game. His base stats and growths are generally low—particularly, his base constitution of 5 means he will be weighed down by every sword in the game except the [[Slim Sword]] and the [[Rapier]], and his [[Personal weapons|personal]] [[Light Brand]] will reduce his [[attack speed]] at base to 0. Furthermore, his low strength renders him unable to deal meaningful damage to the armored enemies in the early game without using an effective weapon or the Light Brand at range. Leif also has a late promotion (at the end of [[The Liberation of Leonster|Chapter 18]]) that only provides relatively meager boosts to his stats. | ||
Leif possesses many non-statistical strengths. He is the only unit besides [[Lifis]] who stays during the transition between Chapters [[Kelbeth's Gate|3]] and [[The Dungeon|4]], and the only unit that does not suffer [[fatigue]]. This makes him a strong candidate for the [[Life Ring|Life]], [[Shield Ring|Shield]], and [[Speed Ring]]s obtained in the chapters before. The Light Brand, Leif's personal weapon, deals magic damage when used as an indirect attack, acting like a [[Lightning|Light]] tome. While Leif's base magic stat is low, the high might of the Light Brand compensates for this, and as magic is very lacking among physical units, Leif can deal more damage with it than most other units available in the Munster chapters. Anyone can use the [[Flame Sword]] that [[Eyvel]] starts with to accomplish a similar purpose, and it boosts its user's magic by 5 points, dealing slightly more damage than the Light Brand when attacking at range, but its high weapon level requirement of B means that only Leif or [[Fergus]] will be able to use it in a short time. He has a respectable 2 FCM, and has [[Adept]] and an [[Action|action star]], but these are unreliable, and there are usually better ways to kill difficult enemies. | Leif possesses many non-statistical strengths. He is the only unit besides [[Lifis]] who stays during the transition between Chapters [[Kelbeth's Gate|3]] and [[The Dungeon|4]], and the only unit that does not suffer [[fatigue]]. This makes him a strong candidate for the [[Life Ring|Life]], [[Shield Ring|Shield]], and [[Speed Ring]]s obtained in the chapters before. The Light Brand, Leif's personal weapon, deals magic damage when used as an indirect attack, acting like a [[Lightning|Light]] tome. While Leif's base magic stat is low, the high might of the Light Brand compensates for this, and as magic is very lacking among physical units, Leif can deal more damage with it than most other units available in the Munster chapters. Anyone can use the [[Flame Sword]] that [[Eyvel]] starts with to accomplish a similar purpose, and it boosts its user's magic by 5 points, dealing slightly more damage than the Light Brand when attacking at range, but its high weapon level requirement of B means that only Leif or [[Fergus]] will be able to use it in a short time. Leif's access to swords is another advantage of his due to the multitude of strong swords available that can compensate for his statistical deficiencies. He has a respectable 2 FCM, and has [[Adept]] and an [[Action|action star]], but these are unreliable, and there are usually better ways to kill difficult enemies. | ||
During Munster, having Leif trained can make the chapters easier, as aside from Fergus and [[Asbel]] after training there are few units who are good at combat. From [[The Shield of Thracia|Chapter 7]] through the mid-game, Leif's combat begins to be eclipsed by that of other units. However, he can still provide support bonuses to many great units, such as [[Finn]] and Asbel. Leif's support utility can further be improved with the [[King Sword]], which grants [[Charm]] when equipped. While this sword is usable by anyone with a C in swords, Leif is a good wielder as he | During Munster, having Leif trained can make the chapters easier, as aside from Fergus and [[Asbel]] after training there are few units who are good at combat. From [[The Shield of Thracia|Chapter 7]] through the mid-game, Leif's combat begins to be eclipsed by that of other units. However, he can still provide support bonuses to many great units, such as [[Finn]] and Asbel. As Leif is not affected by fatigue, he will always be available to provide these bonuses. Leif's support utility can further be improved with the [[King Sword]], which grants [[Charm]] when equipped. While this sword is usable by anyone with a C in swords, Leif is a good wielder as he can act as a Charm bot without taking a deployment slot from another unit, while having good enough combat to make use of the sword's great stats. In addition, he is treated as having 1 HP for staff AI targeting, which means because the staff AI proritizes off of HP, he will always be the last unit targeted by status staves. | ||
Leif can also provide the benefits of [[authority]]; the number of leadership stars Leif has changes throughout the game, corresponding with the status of his advisors, [[August]] and [[Dryas]]: | Leif can also provide the benefits of [[authority]]; the number of leadership stars Leif has changes throughout the game, corresponding with the status of his advisors, [[August]] and [[Dryas]]: | ||
