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Catherine is a unit whose performance and utility can greatly vary depending on when she is recruited and what house you are playing. If you are playing [[Golden Deer]] or [[Blue Lions]], Catherine is essentially one of the strongest units in the early game being available to recruit and deploy on the chapter's main map as early as [[Tower of Black Winds|Chapter 5]] as a level 9 [[Swordmaster]]. Recruiting Catherine this early is fairly simple, consisting of raising [[Byleth]]'s support with her to C+-rank so she can be recruited by a level 9 Byleth. First, when Catherine first becomes available to speak to in the [[Garreg Mach Monastery]] in [[Mutiny in the Mist|Chapter 3]] share two meals with her that all participants enjoy. Next, give Catherine the [[Whetstone]] you obtain in an early game quest. When the C-support becomes available watch it immediately then share two more meals with Catherine that both participants enjoy. If she is still not at the proper rank (check support info in the meal sharing menu to check for a C+ rank) return her [[lost items|lost]] Badge of Graduation or give her an [[Owl Feather]] and she should be ready to recruit and dominate Chapter 5. When she joins, Catherine has the Swordmaster's class bases of 19 strength (effectively 24 with Swordmaster's inherent [[Swordfaire]]) and 18 speed, stats likely far better than the students' that enable her to double all early game enemies and not get doubled by even the fastest enemy units on maddening mode. Moreover, due to her personal skill of [[Fighting Spirit]], Catherine gets an effective +5 to her [[Defense]] and [[Resistance]], making her decently tanky with an effective 18 defense and 13 resistance as long as she has no battalion equipped. Additionally, due to her A-rank in swords, she already has [[Axebreaker]]; combined with her high speed, Catherine can dodge enemy [[axe]]-users fairly reliably. All of these factors make Catherine essentially able to solo Chapter 5 even on maddening. Recruiting Catherine this early also nets you the [[Thunderbrand]], a [[weight (weapon)|lighter]] and stronger [[Brave Sword]] that you can potentially obtain seven chapters before [[Brave weapon]]s can be purchased from the marketplace. | Catherine is a unit whose performance and utility can greatly vary depending on when she is recruited and what house you are playing. If you are playing [[Golden Deer]] or [[Blue Lions]], Catherine is essentially one of the strongest units in the early game being available to recruit and deploy on the chapter's main map as early as [[Tower of Black Winds|Chapter 5]] as a level 9 [[Swordmaster]]. Recruiting Catherine this early is fairly simple, consisting of raising [[Byleth]]'s support with her to C+-rank so she can be recruited by a level 9 Byleth. First, when Catherine first becomes available to speak to in the [[Garreg Mach Monastery]] in [[Mutiny in the Mist|Chapter 3]] share two meals with her that all participants enjoy. Next, give Catherine the [[Whetstone]] you obtain in an early game quest. When the C-support becomes available watch it immediately then share two more meals with Catherine that both participants enjoy. If she is still not at the proper rank (check support info in the meal sharing menu to check for a C+ rank) return her [[lost items|lost]] Badge of Graduation or give her an [[Owl Feather]] and she should be ready to recruit and dominate Chapter 5. When she joins, Catherine has the Swordmaster's class bases of 19 strength (effectively 24 with Swordmaster's inherent [[Swordfaire]]) and 18 speed, stats likely far better than the students' that enable her to double all early game enemies and not get doubled by even the fastest enemy units on maddening mode. Moreover, due to her personal skill of [[Fighting Spirit]], Catherine gets an effective +5 to her [[Defense]] and [[Resistance]], making her decently tanky with an effective 18 defense and 13 resistance as long as she has no battalion equipped. Additionally, due to her A-rank in swords, she already has [[Axebreaker]]; combined with her high speed, Catherine can dodge enemy [[axe]]-users fairly reliably. All of these factors make Catherine essentially able to solo Chapter 5 even on maddening. Recruiting Catherine this early also nets you the [[Thunderbrand]], a [[weight (weapon)|lighter]] and stronger [[Brave Sword]] that you can potentially obtain seven chapters before [[Brave weapon]]s can be purchased from the marketplace. | ||
On the other hand, If you are playing [[Black Eagles]], Catherine can only be recruited in [[To War|Chapter 12]] and only if you choose to play the Silver Snow route. Despite having received decent stat boosts from auto-leveling, Catherine is less impressive here since your units you have been training from the start and are likely on par with her or better by virtue of having access to class mastery skills, tutoring, and classes with higher movement than the Swordmaster's five. Catherine is by no means a bad unit by this point. She is still very fast and has good [[Brawling]] combat arts in [[Nimble Combo]] and, later on, [[Bombard]] which both hit twice and have good synergy with her Major [[Crest]] of Charon which has an overall 91% of raising might by five on at least one of those hits; however, at this point, Catherine cannot easily reclass into anything with better movement and will be hard pressed to obtain any useful mastery skills without resorting to grinding, leaving her underwhelming, especially compared to her performance in Chapter 5 on other routes. Even on Blue Lions/Golden Deer playthroughs, the advantage Catherine gains via early recruitment wears off as your other units become stronger and the enemy units become faster and more difficult to take out in one round. Come part II, Catherine will struggle to double enemies or even resist getting doubled by the fastest enemies. For these situations, Catherine has her Brawling combat arts, but since they cannot be used while Catherine is on a mount, meaning she cannot take advantage of Canto or high movement when using these arts, they are decidedly less ideal than the other guaranteed follow-up combat arts like [[Swift Strikes]] and [[Point-Blank Volley]] that can be used in cavalry and flying classes. Ultimately, Catherine is an amazing unit for the early game but otherwise is good to decent if recruited late into Part I. | On the other hand, If you are playing [[Black Eagles]], Catherine can only be recruited in [[To War|Chapter 12]] and only if you choose to play the Silver Snow route. Despite having received decent stat boosts from auto-leveling, Catherine is less impressive here since your units you have been training from the start and are likely on par with her or better by virtue of having access to class mastery skills, tutoring, and classes with higher movement than the Swordmaster's five. Catherine is by no means a bad unit by this point. She is still very fast and has good [[Brawling]] combat arts in [[Nimble Combo]] and, later on, [[Bombard]] which both hit twice and have good synergy with her Major [[Crest]] of Charon which has an overall 91% of raising might by five on at least one of those hits; however, at this point, Catherine cannot easily reclass into anything with better movement and will be hard pressed to obtain any useful mastery skills without resorting to grinding, leaving her underwhelming, especially compared to her performance in Chapter 5 on other routes. Even on Blue Lions/Golden Deer playthroughs, the advantage Catherine gains via early recruitment wears off as your other units become stronger and the enemy units become faster and more difficult to take out in one round. Come part II, Catherine will struggle to double enemies or even resist getting doubled by the fastest enemies. For these situations, Catherine has her Brawling combat arts, but since they cannot be used while Catherine is on a mount, meaning she cannot take advantage of Canto or high movement when using these arts, they are decidedly less ideal than the other guaranteed follow-up combat arts like [[Swift Strikes]] and [[Point-Blank Volley]] that can be used in cavalry and flying classes. Ultimately, Catherine is an amazing unit for the early game but otherwise is good to decent if recruited late into Part I. | ||
