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Hector is widely considered to be the best of the three lord units in ''The Blazing Sword''. This is mainly due to two reasons. First, Hector can wield axes, giving him access to [[Hand Axe|Hand Axes]] and the ability to attack at range, a feat both Eliwood and Lyn are incapable of for most of the game. He also enjoys weapon triangle advantage against lances, allowing him to easily dispose of the Cavaliers, Soldiers, and Pegasus Knights that are very common in the early game. | |||
Second, Hector's stats are much more well-optimized than those of his fellow Lords. While Eliwood often struggles to be impressive in any category due to his balanced growths and Lyn is dangerously frail for the whole game, Hector's emphasis on HP, Strength, and Defense provide him with the highest damage output and durability of the three. Hector's Speed is meant to be his weakness, but enemies in FE7 typically weigh themselves down to the point that Hector has no trouble doubling them. Likewise, his low Resistance means Hector must be wary of mages, but he can still deal with them better than the other two lords due to his ability to counterattack at range. | |||
Upon promoting, Hector gains the ability to use swords. In Eliwood's story, he will have more time to raise his weapon rank and can be a good candidate for wielding the game's heavier swords thanks to his excellent Constitution. In Hector's own story, he will promote very late and may not have many opportunities to grind his sword rank. On Hector Hard Mode, [[The Value of Life|Ch. 32x]] contains a great number of Berserkers that Hector can wield swords against to grind his sword rank. Ultimately though, Hector is perfectly well-off only wielding axes. | |||
While strong, Hector still shares the weaknesses most lord units have. Even in Eliwood's story, Hector cannot promote until a little more than halfway through the game (at the earliest), and in his own story he cannot promote until very late. Furthermore, even upon promoting Hector remains an infantry unit locked to 5 movement, putting him behind almost every other unit. Hector is also very heavy, and most units that Rescue-Drop him across the map will take penalties for doing so. | |||
Overall, Hector is a tremendous combat unit and stands out from most lords in the series. While noticeably held back by his late promotion and low movement, he is still more than capable of taking care of himself at any point in the game. | |||
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