User blog comment:Leolab/Lyndis' Legion (Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken) v Greil Mercenaries (Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance)/@comment-27334870-20170922203903

Dargoo Faust's [REDACTED] EDGES: "Wow, um, that's a lot of warriors..."

The Lord - Lyndis Legion

Lyndis, while a Glass Canon, should be able to run hoops around Ike, and she had a better ranged advantage while using a bow, which I think should give her more reach than Ike's pressure strikes. I'm giving this mostly due to her speed and high damage output, since while Ike's defenses and health are reasonable, he should have major trouble landing a hit on her since his speed is about average. While being good all around will help Ike in a lot of situations, this isn't one of them.

The Second - Greil Mercenaries

Very hard to pin down, since I can see Kent tank a lot of Soren's punishment, but Kent lacks the sort of range in order to combat Soren properly. Add in the fact that Soren has utility in healing, and I'd say Soren will eventually whittle down Kent before he can get close enough to properly do some real damage, and that he has more utility uses for his team as a whole.

The Flirt - Lyndis Legion

Sain takes this easily, as he is mounted, and has a larger variety of weapons. While Gatire will be able to take a reasonable amount of punishment from him, he will be whittled down extremely fast, especially since Sain has all three weapons from the triangle and can counter Gatire at times, and Gatire's weakness to magic will make him prey to enemy spells. Add in speed and a formidable defense, and Sain will be hopping around the battlefield as a major threat to the Mercenaries.

The Veteran - Greil Mercenaries

I can see Wallace edging out Titania with his physical attacks and unreasonable defenses, but Titania provides more utility to her team by far. She can be a major asset to take down enemy mages, and is fast enough to avoid a 1v1 confrontation with someone exactly like Wallace. In fact, I don't really see them meeting too often in battle; Titania's more support-centric role and her specific function in taking down mages will make her seldom come in conflict with capable warriors.

The Healer - Lyndis Legion

Serra absolutely stomps here. She can be a formidable attacking force and heal her allies, and Rhys's physical condition is going to be a major hamper on his survivability in the mist of combat. While he may be able to take in some damage with his defense boosts ("Somehow"), Serra has by far more utility and combat potential. Add in the fact Rhys has only one-on-one heals... yeah, you get the point.

'''And my Axe! - Greil Mercenaries'''

Boyd takes the cake in long ranged attacks with a bow (which is infinitely better than a tomahawk), as well as his better utility to his teammates. His high HP and ATT will allow him to take attacks from Borcas and take advantage of his low speed.

The Girly One -  Greil Mercenaries

Very hard choice here. While Lucius edges out in range and damage output, Mist has a mount, self-healing, and much higher speed. I'm going to give this to Mist with a lot of difficulty, due to the fact that she ends up having more utility. She can get up close and melt the hurly burly warriors on her mount, outspeeding them while bypassing the typical Defense they have as opposed to resistance. Pair her with Titania's mage hunting abilities, and both of them are a formidable force against the Lyndis Legion.

The Nice Guy - Tie

Hilariously enough an assassin is in this category. Honestly another hard one. Matthew has a lot of utility and a possible one-hit KO, but his defenses are absolute crap compared to Oscar, who also has the potential to have utility in tandem with his brothers. I'll tie this as I don't see the two really meeting in battle, each doing their own thing really damn well.

The Purple One - Greil Mercenaries

Erk give the Legion an additional healer, but Mia will tear apart most front line units that she comes across before they can land a hit with major difficulty. Erk also has more range with his magic, however Mia will be able to close distance with him and turn him into paper confetti before he can land a hit. While Erk certainly gives the Legion more sustainability, Mia gives the Mercenaries much more offensive output.

The Silent Archer - Greil Mercenaries

Having a sniper on their team will honestly be a huge edge for the mercenaries. While Rath can output more raw damage than Shinon, the mercenaries have a warrior that can do a reasonable amount of damage at a range that most of the Legion is n't  really comfortable with, and I can see him picking off some low DEF characters like Serra.

The Other Archer - Greil Mercenaries

Very, very slight edge to the Mercenaries as I'm not really seeing much that distinguishes the two, but Rolf has more combo potential with his two brothers in the Tri-Attack.

Overall Winner

I'm going to give this to the Greil Mercenaries with a lot of difficulty. While the Legion has more sustainability and mounted warriors, the Greil Mercenaries have a ridiculous damage output and outranges the Legion with two snipers. They also have a magehunter and a warrior killer, and should be able to take out most of the Legion's support once they break the front line.

DEADLIEST WARRIOR - GREIL MERCENARIES