Child units in Fire Emblem: Awakening are powerful additions to your army, inheriting stats, classes, and skills from their parents. Understanding the mechanics of inheritance and optimal pairings is key to creating formidable second-generation units. Each child unit has a fixed base class, but their potential reclassing options and inherited skills are determined by their parents.
Inheritance Mechanics
- Base Stats: Children inherit a portion of their parents' stats, influencing their growth rates.
- Classes: Children inherit all base classes and promoted classes available to both parents, in addition to their own unique base class. This significantly expands their reclassing options.
- Skills: Each parent passes down one skill to their child. The skill passed down is the last skill learned by each parent in their current class. Strategic planning is crucial to ensure the child inherits the most beneficial skills.
Optimal Pairings for Child Units
Optimal pairings focus on maximizing a child's potential by providing them with strong base stats, diverse class options, and powerful inherited skills. Guides like the "Character/Parenting Guide" by welsknight and the "Optimal Pairing Guide" by SSJDennis offer detailed recommendations.
Building Child Units
Once a child unit is recruited, their development mirrors that of other units, but with the added advantage of their inherited potential. Consider the following:
- Leverage Inherited Classes: Reclass children into classes that best utilize their inherited stats and skills. For example, a child inheriting Galeforce might excel in a class with high mobility and offensive power.
- Skill Synergy: Combine inherited skills with skills learned from their own class lines to create powerful synergies.
- Weapon Proficiency: Equip them with weapons that align with their class and inherited proficiencies.
Resources for Child Unit Builds
- Character/Parenting Guide by welsknight
- Child Guide by Branwen
- Optimal Pairing Guide by SSJDennis
- Galeforce Party Building Guide by NettoSaito