Eliwood: Difference between revisions

Eliwood can be used in the [[Trial Map]]s if the game is completed five times on any difficulty. He is considered one of the better Trial Maps exclusive characters, owing to his very high base stats; while he only caps strength, all of his other stats are acceptable for his level, and he also starts off with rather good weapon levels. Adding to this, Eliwood's stats are sufficient enough to potentially outclass all six of the player's potential paladins, a useful trait among bonus characters. Eliwood's main two flaws are his HP and his resistance; neither are very high for his level or class, and as such, Eliwood should stay out of reach of mages and similar classes.

Whereas Lyn focuses on skill and speed and Hector focuses on Strength and Defense, Eliwood does not specialize in any single stat and is intended to be a rather well-rounded warrior. While this means that Eliwood is not likely to fail in any stat, this also means he cannot specialize in any stat as well; adding to that Eliwood does not have any particularly high growths, it is also possible for some of his stats to be poor. Eliwood's early game is messy; he lacks Speed to double Fighters, the double effectiveness in ''The Blazing Blade'' really downplays his Rapier (besides, the Rapier is a valuable item for the Funds Ranking, though it is possible to do fine even if you consume it entirely), making him not very good in one rounding enemies, but he can really be helped by his good growths. He also can begin to improve his average stats with support options; Eliwood has among the most flexible support options in the game, with his support with [[Hector]] notably being one of fastest supports in the game.

Upon promotion, Eliwood gains a horse; while this has the effect of increasing his movement to 7 and gives him [[Canto]] in some circumstances, this also makes him vulnerable to weapons that are effective against cavalry, such as the [[Halberd]]. As such, players should take note of the weapons enemies wield before directly heading into combat with Eliwood. His weapon level is very good, as D in lances allow him to wield [[Javelin]]s right away, giving him reliable 1-2 range he lacked before. It additionally will allow him to use utility lances such as the [[Killer Lance]] without very much weapon level grinding. He is also one of only five promoted characters that can carry promoted Hector, which is valuable in Hector Mode. Promoting Eliwood can be in Hector Mode, however, detrimental to the Funds ranking, since the Heaven Seal is one of the most expensive items in the game. Eliwood wields the [[Durandal]] in the very last chapter of the game, however he loses so much speed (7 points of Speed) from it that can be hard to defeat some of the enemies in last chapter.

Overall, Eliwood can perform better in Hector Mode than in his own mode, since he doesn't need to Seize on Hector Mode and can be promoted early. His early game is generally bad, since he lacks a lot of offense, but if you are lucky with his level ups, he can become a good combat unit in the mid-to-late-game, as his mobility and ability to use Javelins after promotion is always helpful.

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