Here are my thoughts on a page on AminoApps.com, "MK Talks About Ayra" which MK comments on my favorite Nintendo character Ayra from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
The synopsis is: "Heyo,. MK here and welcome to the firstu nit analysis I've made isnce last summer. Seems the #FEAChampion Challenge has sparked up enough creativity for me to participate. Today I'll be analyzing Ayra and uh, spoilers, she's bad."
One of the negatives is the elephant in the room. Shouzou Kaga, the producer, said that Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War was biased towards mounted units. Yeah, that's unfair right there. Ayra is supposed to be a high-risk-high-reward unit. MK sees her as a fifth wheel. The user pointed out that whatever item she can benefit from, any mounted unit can make better use of it. I find that biased. It is unnecessary to equip the Brave Sword or the Leg Ring on Sigurd or another mounted unit. Sigurd and Beowulf can do without the Brave Sword and the Leg Ring. The Silver Sword will do the job for the mounted units just fine. Also, you should not overuse a mounted unit, and you must max out the pairable female units, including Ayra, so they contribute well to Seliph's army. Just because they may use the Brave Sword or Leg Ring better than Ayra can does not mean you should equip it on them, as it will not be necessary to do so. Also, it is unnecessary to equip the Leg Ring to reinforce the movement of mounted units. It's better to equip it on a footlocked unit to alleviate that elephant in the unit.
One thing MK said that is questionable is a faulty reasoning that anything that can alleviate Ayra's shortcomings is better used by another unit just because they are mounted. That sounds biased and not necessarily true. For example, MK stated that Alec can make better use of the Brave Sword than Ayra. This is not true: Alec has low offensive potential, lacking offensive skills, and he makes poor use of the Brave Sword. Also, Naoise lacks Pursuit skill, and his skill stat leaves much to be desired. The only good reason to have Naoise buy the Brave Sword from Ayra is if you intend to pair him with Ayra or Lachesis. Sigurd does not need to use the Brave Sword, and if you use him heavily, his Silver Sword, given to him by Arvis in the Prologue chapter, will gain a critical ability, which is awarded for slaying 50 enemies outside the arena with it. If you want Sigurd buy Ayra's Brave Sword, have him sell his Silver Sword to her. However, it is not necessary to have Sigurd to pass Ayra's Brave Sword down to his son Seliph, as Patty gives Seliph a Brave Sword during Chapter 7. In Genealogy of the Holy War, Astra, Luna, and Sol work only on foot.
If Genealogy of the Holy War were remade, Intelligent Systems should fix some of the negatives that MK pointed out concerning Ayra. They should tone down the elephant in the room, like make it so that the Leg Ring cannot be equipped on a mounted unit. Ayra should be buffed, such as in growths and base stats, so that she is not seen as a fifth wheel. She should be given the Miracle skill, which Finn already has.
