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[Sleightblind]

Swordmasters. The list of reasons why is enormous, but here are a few off the top of my head:-Attack animations are more fun to watch (Yay after-images!)-Do not sacrifice any abilities when promoted (Thieves lose ability to steal when promoted to Assassins)-Better for fighting bosses (One Hit Crit only works on weak enemies)-You get your first Swordmaster WAY before your first Assasin (in Fire Emblem for GBA at least. For me, Guy was level 20 when Jaffar finally showed up. Of course I could have used my Earth Seal on Legault, but then I would've had to protect matthew's weak self to steal stuff.)Something else to think about, since you have the possibility of having up to three assassins, but only two swordmasters, the game developers may have thought three swordmasters to be too much power on one team and as such, made them a rarer breed. Or not. Either way it's a fun arguement to make.

Edited by Sleightblind, 25 June 2009 - 04:52 PM.

[Greenz]

assasin is better, in FE7 jaffar owned the game with a silver blade, making critical hits whole time.

Yeah, that's where you're wrong. See, critical hit percentage for assassins is based solely on skill and weapon. Since the Silver Blade has 0% crit, his maximum critical hit rate would be 15%. Now, you still have to factor in the luck from your opponents, so on average, you'll end up with 10% crit. That is definitely not the "whole time".Also, the Silver Blade is a ridiculously heavy weapon with terrible accuracy, which makes striking twice (and actually striking your opponent) very difficult.I'm sorry, but your post has failed miserably.

[Filterfan1]

Asside from Rutger, and Karel I never use swordmaster's, Assassin's lack diversity. In all three GBA Fire emblems only three people can become or are Assassins. Falco Knight's and Sages are the way to go.