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[Scarlet]

Merlinus is a pretty cool guy, eh can live through death and doesn't afraid of anything.

As storing items is a gameplay mechanic that works without deploying him, I'm not gonna attribute that to him.
He's nice if you want to access your storage in chapter 21 though. Allows you to buy a ton of boots from the secret shop in a single turn while still being able to access them. This can actually save you a few turns, as upgrades cannot be used during the battle preparations in this game. He gets one point for that.
He's completely useless otherwise. Instead of using him as cannon fodder, I prefer using another unit that can absorb more than one attack (without dying in the first place).

1/10.
-1 bias because the only way for him to get Exp in this game is stupidly retarded.
---> 0/10

Edited by Shade of Shadow, 09 March 2012 - 10:47 AM.

[Integrity]

As if any withdrawals will be made in the field....

I forgot Durandal in Ray's chapter (12?) once.

[Thor Odinson]

I forgot armourslayer once in C21 and didn't realise that I did until Murdock time and didn't want to send Miledy all the way across the map to buy one.

[Onmi]

I forgot armourslayer once in C21 and didn't realise that I did until Murdock time and didn't want to send Miledy all the way across the map to buy one.

And apparently all your mages. And hammers, and decided not to just gang up and destroy him instead of waiting for an Armor Slayer.

[Thor Odinson]

Mages get oneshot by the dude.

Rutger with Silver Silver Sword did the job well enough anyway. Took both a player phase and an enemy phase but who cares

[Silvercrow]

Assuming we're not crediting him with storing items... .5/10.

The question I ask myself is "is he really just as useless as Wendy" and the answer is "not quite", so he gets a bit of credit for his ability to do stuff in a few of the opening chapters. And by stuff I mean visiting villages.

[Pitbuller26]

2/10

He certainly does more than Bors and is expendable. I never had any issues with item management so, picking up and storing items is not much of a big deal. When he costs a deployment slot, he isn't worth it as almost any other unit would be a better choice.

[General Horace]

It's kinda tough to rate this dude... he has the same effect (more or less) if he's on the field or off the field, I can't think of any situation where deploying him is useful. I'm gonna give him 0.5 for THAT CHARGE TO THE MEND STAFF VILLAGE THAT USUALLY ENDS UP IN DEATH

[Integrity]

It's kinda tough to rate this dude...

Yeah, I'm treating this as kind of a bonus day. Anything goes.

[Duff Ostrich]

I use Merlinus more than Wolt or Bors. Free death is more useful than nothing. By the time you have the opportunity to choose your party though, there's no good reason to take him with you.

2.0

[whase]

I never completely fill all my slots, and he's always nice to have around.
whenever he dies, he's ready for action next chapter. this way you can use him to lure away enemies whenever any of your characters is about to die.
also, his job isn't to kill, it's to give you slots for items. he does that job quite well.

8/10 (-1 for dying too soon, -1 for only a 100 slots)

EDIT: oh, also, I hate restarting when I forget to give a character the items he/she needs

Edited by whase, 09 March 2012 - 02:51 PM.

[dondon151]

There's a trick that you can use in chapter 22 to send the Warp staff from one side of the map to the other, which is moderately useful. The longer path for one of the left switch is on the opposite side of the map of Roy's starting position, so it's useful if you want to both warp Roy to the throne room door and a unit to the left switch.

[Venusaur]

2/10, free expendable meatshield! The midbattle convoy access is just a bonus.

[Serene Flight]

Useful and he can move unlike in FE7, which pisses really off since he's mostly fucking far away and you have to keep unit or two in the start of chapter battle just to fucking protect that damn tent faggot who should come out of the damn closet.

4/10.

[Balcerzak]

We'll give him a 2/10 for early-game, Ch21, Ch22, and being immortal.

[Shin]

He makes a nice enemy magnet and his mustache is pretty manly. Otherwise, he's useless.

1.5/10, 1 point for the mustache.

[CT075]

He's immortal. Makes a nice (short) distraction if Ellen needs protection or some shit.

And he's bald.

9/10

[bobflac]

He is invincible and immortal; he is the only unit in FE history who can die and be deployed on the next chapter.

Diadora from FE4.

Also, 3/10 for the Armorslayer thing and the Rutger thing.

[Randoman]

Merlinus:
- Has constition so high, he can theoretically wield every weapon in the FE universe without speed loss. He doesn't though since he finds every weapon unworthy of him
- Is the only person in the FE Universe who has a tent and wagon that can dodge simply by standing there and not moving (the crossed out part doesn't apply to FE6)
- Is mounted, but isn't weak against Horseslayers and Halberds like Marcus, Zealot, Percival, and other broken mounted units
- Can survive any and every blow dealt to him, whether it's a slash from Exaccus, a Tomahawk throw from Murdock, or even Idoun's Dark Breath, he won't get killed
- Is literally immortal in both games he's in, because he cheats death by running away from it while carrying away his precious goods as well. Not even the almighty Sigurd can do that
- Is among the few FE characters to help save their world twice. Not that he needs to do it, since even if the villains completely destroy the world, he'll survive

Merlinus is the Chuck Norris of the FE Universe, so he's a 10/10.


...I hope it's blatantly obvious that I'm joking, and people won't actually argue against these points.

Feel free to ignore my vote Integrity. I just wanted to have fun with my Merlinus the Almighty joke and hopefully get it to catch on as a running joke on SF.

[Swordsalmon]

He has a wagon and carries items. 10/10