Now that Darros is high tier he makes a convenient point of reference for other potential Armor Knights.
Bord joins a level lower than Darros which should close by reclass time or shortly after, so let's look at the effective differences in their bases.
Bord: +2.55 Str, +1.1 Def
Darros: +2.1 Hp, +0.9 Spd
Spd is lol since both are getting doubled to hell and back forever after reclass, and Def > Hp for units that take so many hits to die, so Bord ftw.
Darros's win comes in growths. Hp growth is the same, so the Hp lead stays forever. Darros has 5% higher Str, which is never enough for him to close the Str gap (they'd need to gain 51 levels before Darros would entirely close the gap), and then he has the big one, 20% higher Def. However, it takes 5-6 levels before Darros ties Bord in Def on account of that higher base, and another 5 levels before he develops even a solid one point lead.
By the time this happens they should be around L13-14 so they're getting close to promotion anyways, and once promotion happens they're both close enough to invincible (rofl @ Knight -> General promo gains, +10 Hp/+4 Def) that Darros's Def lead becomes largely irrelevant.
Meanwhile, Bord has that small Str lead going on, and more importantly, throws out supports to Ogma/Cord/Barst.
They should be in the same tier at worst, and I think Bord has a case for going over Darros (supporting 3 top/high tiers all of whom appreciate the Avo? yes plz).
Bord joins a level lower than Darros which should close by reclass time or shortly after, so let's look at the effective differences in their bases.
Bord: +2.55 Str, +1.1 Def
Darros: +2.1 Hp, +0.9 Spd
Spd is lol since both are getting doubled to hell and back forever after reclass, and Def > Hp for units that take so many hits to die, so Bord ftw.
Darros's win comes in growths. Hp growth is the same, so the Hp lead stays forever. Darros has 5% higher Str, which is never enough for him to close the Str gap (they'd need to gain 51 levels before Darros would entirely close the gap), and then he has the big one, 20% higher Def. However, it takes 5-6 levels before Darros ties Bord in Def on account of that higher base, and another 5 levels before he develops even a solid one point lead.
By the time this happens they should be around L13-14 so they're getting close to promotion anyways, and once promotion happens they're both close enough to invincible (rofl @ Knight -> General promo gains, +10 Hp/+4 Def) that Darros's Def lead becomes largely irrelevant.
Meanwhile, Bord has that small Str lead going on, and more importantly, throws out supports to Ogma/Cord/Barst.
They should be in the same tier at worst, and I think Bord has a case for going over Darros (supporting 3 top/high tiers all of whom appreciate the Avo? yes plz).
