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Gwendolyn joins the player's army in Chapter 8 on turn 6 as a level 1 [[Knight]]. While she seems like a growth unit with potential, she is held back by many factors that make her considered to be one of the worst units in the game. | Gwendolyn joins the player's army in Chapter 8 on turn 6 as a level 1 [[Knight]]. While she seems like a growth unit with potential, she is held back by many factors that make her considered to be one of the worst units in the game. | ||
As a level 1 unit, her base stats are miserable | As a level 1 unit, her base stats are miserable. Gwendolyn's speed is a standout among her poor bases at a measly 3, making it very hard for her double (which is impossible at base), and highly susceptible to getting doubled by faster enemies like [[Myrmidon]]s on Normal Mode, and any enemy with even moderate speed like [[Mage]]s and [[Archer]]s on Hard Mode. Her combat is lackluster and her durability, despite her decent defense, is quite poor with 19 HP and her speed issues. Her growths are overall solid, but they are far from enough to compensate for her base stats. | ||
Gwendolyn is locked to lances as well, which may seem like a benefit as her join chapter has other lance wielding enemies such as [[Soldier]]s. However, after this chapter (and [[The Blazing Blade (chapter)|Chapter 8x]] if the player visited there), Gwendolyn will find herself facing a large amount of axe users, putting her consistently in weapon triangle disadvantage. Giving kills to her can be tricky, as she most likely will have to get the killing blow with a [[Slim Lance]] as her hit rates will be too low. Her only 1–2 range option for a while are [[Javelin]]s, which combined with her low skill base, Javelins' inaccuracy in ''The Binding Blade'', and weapon triangle disadvantage, can make it a nightmare to hit. | Gwendolyn is locked to lances as well, which may seem like a benefit as her join chapter has other lance wielding enemies such as [[Soldier]]s. However, after this chapter (and [[The Blazing Blade (chapter)|Chapter 8x]] if the player visited there), Gwendolyn will find herself facing a large amount of axe users, putting her consistently in weapon triangle disadvantage. Giving kills to her can be tricky, as she most likely will have to get the killing blow with a [[Slim Lance]] as her hit rates will be too low. Her only 1–2 range option for a while are [[Javelin]]s, which combined with her low skill base, Javelins' inaccuracy in ''The Binding Blade'', and weapon triangle disadvantage, can make it a nightmare to hit. | ||
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With all this in mind, if the player is extremely determined to use Gwendolyn, she does have her plus sides, even if they are outweighed by her negatives. Like many other promotions in ''The Binding Blade'', her promotion to [[General]] is excellent. It is even better than the male's version of promotion to General, as she gains a whopping +4 strength, +4 speed, +3 defense, and +1 movement, among other stats. Her somewhat average growths means that she should not wait to promote too long, around level 11–12. She also gains axes, which while not that helpful as they have low hit rates and she only gets E rank, they give her weapon triangle advantage towards lance users, and an answer towards axe users. She can also perform the Triangle Attack with her other fellow knights, [[Bors]] and [[Barthe]], granting a guaranteed critical hit. Of course, the player will then have to train all three knights, which also takes a high amount of effort along with deployment slots that could be used for better units. | With all this in mind, if the player is extremely determined to use Gwendolyn, she does have her plus sides, even if they are outweighed by her negatives. Like many other promotions in ''The Binding Blade'', her promotion to [[General]] is excellent. It is even better than the male's version of promotion to General, as she gains a whopping +4 strength, +4 speed, +3 defense, and +1 movement, among other stats. Her somewhat average growths means that she should not wait to promote too long, around level 11–12. She also gains axes, which while not that helpful as they have low hit rates and she only gets E rank, they give her weapon triangle advantage towards lance users, and an answer towards axe users. She can also perform the Triangle Attack with her other fellow knights, [[Bors]] and [[Barthe]], granting a guaranteed critical hit. Of course, the player will then have to train all three knights, which also takes a high amount of effort along with deployment slots that could be used for better units. | ||
Overall, Gwendolyn is a poor unit who suffers from many shortcomings that she cannot make up due to having no real niches. As stated before, it is not impossible to train Gwendolyn, but it should not be expected that she will turn out to be an outstanding combat unit worthy of a deployment slot. | Overall, Gwendolyn is a poor unit who suffers from many shortcomings that she cannot make up due to having no real niches or utility. As stated before, it is not impossible to train Gwendolyn, but it should not be expected that she will turn out to be an outstanding combat unit worthy of a deployment slot. | ||
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