Fire Emblem - Character Review: Lucina (FE: Awakening)

Basic Character Description:
Lucina is the actual identity of "Marth" in Fire Emblem: Awakening.  She is the daughter of Chrom, one of the main protagonist of the series.  She is also from the future, who goes back in time to ensure that Grima's resurrection doesn't occur, and that Chrom (and the other units I guess... grr) survives... cause, you know... he dies in her time...  She is a serious (for the most part) and kind princess, who thirsts for a better world than the one she grew up in.

My Thoughts (Character):
Lucina is a pretty cool character, and is one of my favorite Fire Emblem characters in the series, mainly because she somewhat resembles Future Trunks from Dragon Ball Z... in fact, it is one of the MAIN reasons why I like her so much!  They are similar in several areas.  I'll give a brief description on the two, and compare them:

-Future Trunks-
Future Trunks comes from a future where his world is almost destroyed, and he goes back in time to try to ensure that won't occur for a different timeline (the present timeline that we know of in Z).  His father is a prince, and a warrior, and Future Trunks knows how to use a sword.  He is a nice and polite man, who's goal is to save his family, friends, and the innocent from falling into chaos by the Androids (and later, Cell).  He succeeds in aiding a timeline where the world isn't destroyed (at least by the Androids and Cell).

-Lucina-
Lucina comes from a timeline where her world is on the brink of destruction by the resurrected Grima and the Risen.  She (along with a few other units whom are children to varies FE Units) travels back into time to try and ensure that her father, Chrom, isn't killed and to ensure that the world she travels back to won't end up like hers.  Her father is a prince, and a capable warrior and swordsman, and Lucina is a capable swordswoman herself.  She is a kind princess, who strives to prevent the death of her father and mother (as well as countless other innocent lives), and to prevent Grima's resurrection/destruction of the world.  She succeeds in aiding and preventing the timeline she went to from total destruction.

Sounds similar?  They both come from a time where their world is destroyed.  Both want to save the future.  Both have fathers that are princes and are warriors (which in turn, makes them royalty).  Both are capable fighters and good with a sword. Both have somewhat similar personalities and mindsets.  And both succeed in helping preventing a timeline from falling into chaos and destruction similar to their own timeline.  In addition, Lucina's English voice actor, Laura Bailey, also voiced Kid Trunks from Dragon Ball Z.  That's pretty darn awesome, if you ask me!  So in most cases, both are very much alike, and I absolutely think that's pretty awesome, and I love it!

Aside from the whole FE - DBZ talk, as a character, she is pretty straightforward.  Serious (in most cases), kind, and a capable leader.  Sounds somewhat generic (for some), but I do like that kind of quality in some character.  That, and she is also one of the main protagonists in the story, so you hear/see more from her outside of Support Conversations and battle than most of the other characters.

My Thoughts (Unit)
As a unit, she is just as capable of a fighter as her father is.  In fact, she could potentially hold her own better than Chrom himself.  Most (if not all) children units are blessed to become superior than their parents, if work is put into them.  Lucina is no different.  When you recruit her, she starts off lower leveled than most of your units (that you use more often).  She'll start off as a Level 10 Lord, wielding the Parallel Falchion (exclusive to her only) and a Rapier.  Her Skill set will always be Dull Strike+ and Charm.  She will always inherit Aether from her father, which is beneficial when you first get her to help her level up.  She can also inherit the last skill on her mother's skill set (I had Sumia pair up with Chrom, so I got Lucina skills like Galeforce). Her growth rates will almost be identical to Chroms (focusing on strength, skill, speed), but her growth rates will also be affected based on whom her mother is.

She can promote to a Great Lord class, which will net her the Rightful King skill (increases Skill activation by 10%), which is handy for skills like Aether, Pavis, and Aegis.  The Great Lord class will also allow her to wield lances, which helps her with ranged attacks and the such!

She can always reclass into either a Cavalier (thus promoting to either a Paladin or a Great Knight), or an Archer (promotes to either a Sniper or a Bow Knight).  The important Skills for these classes (in my opinion) are the Aegis (Halves bow/tome/dragonstone damage. Trigger = Skill%), Luna (Halves defenses. Trigger = Skill%), and Bowbreaker (Increases Hit/Avoid by 50 when enemy is equipped with a bow.).  Hit +20 and Dual Guard+ are useful as well.  She will also net other classes from her mother, based on who her mother is.  Sumia was the mother for most of my playthroughs, and I liked what I got from her more, to be honest.  The most useful skills that Lucina gets from Sumia is Galeforce (Can make another action/move if you defeat an enemy unit.  Can only be used once per turn.), Pavise (Halves sword/axe/lance/beaststone/blight damage.  Trigger = Skill%), and Renewal (Restores 30% HP at the start of each turn.).  From the other mother units, Astra, Pass, Lethality, Swordfaire, Dual Support+, etc. are great Skills to have.  But the ones I mentioned from Sumia alone are the ones I prefer, personally.

The class I mostly prefer for Lucina would be the Great Lord class (once you get all the skills you want).  I personally think she does better as a Great Lord than her father.

Overall Character Rating: 10/10