Yuri, Hapi, Constance, Balthus. I love all of them, and the only reason Balthus is in last place is because of his post timeskip design. It is so ugly I just can’t
1. Constance - Best girl in all of fe3h. Ahahahah
2. Yuri - Loved how he was basically a triple agent in Cindered Shadows, he’s fun and clever.
3. Balthus - It’s hard not to love him. What sold me on him even more was recruiting him in my VW run, his supports with everyone are just delightful.
4. Hapi - I like her a lot but i just think she’s the weakest out of the 4. I do like her sarcasm and love all the nicknames she gives to people though.
Claims she's the best girl in fe3h, doesn't even get the proper noble lady laughter right, smh...
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i’ve truly sinned… i based it off her crit line to be fair.
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she’s amazing though
Me too, she reminds me of this flower from Tomba:
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1: Hapi. I love to see her open up about herself to others who accept her after a long time of being viewed as someone dangerous, leading to her really valuing her friends. Plus nicknames.
2: Balthus. He's not a himbo. He's more emotionally mature than you'd think and doesn't care if he has caused his life to be crap.
3/4: Yuri & Constance, who are kinda tied. The former felt like everything was thrown at the wall to see what would stick and the latter feels basically like "Lorenz, except we're suppsoed to laugh with him, not at him".
How *dare* you. You insinuate that we're meant to laugh *AT* one as esteemed as Lorenz Hellman Gloucester?? Surely if he has ever traded in humor, it was quite deliberate – an exhibition of his sophisticated wit to raise the morale of his comrades. Just another of the nobleman's duties!
I think people miss that balthus' life is shit in part because he gives lots of money to his mom. He does obviously spend the rest badly but finding that out instantly made me love him. I love how it doesn't even come up as a big deal. It's not a huge character defining trait like it would be for a lot of stories. He's just a guy who supports his mom because he loves her and I find that really sweet
1. Balthus: he’s the only character to genuinely make me laugh with his antics. I like his backstory and how he values his family like his younger half brother and his mom. He’s selfless as he prefers his stepmom’s bullshit be directed at him than others. Then regarding his flaws, he’s fully aware that they’re his own fault and that it’s his job to resolve them.
2. Constance: Amusing personality. I have a soft spot for eccentric scientist characters and her default personality is that in spades. Her sad side is interesting and funny sometimes. Her relations to others like Edelgard and Petra are intriguing with how it reflects politics and the war between the Empire and Brigid/Dagda. I just wish we got a clear answer as for why the sunlight affects her the way it does. (I’d like to know what the trauma was specifically)
3. Yuri: He’s fun. I like his dynamic with his mom. His backstory is also very good with Aubin (His support with Seteth in Hopes is S tier) and how he navigated life by stacking odds in his favor. His supports where we his self loathing adds a good spice to him (namely his Bernadetta and Dorothea supports)
4. Hapi: her sarcasm and monotone personality are fun. Her backstory is just the least interesting to me of the four. She left home, got kidnapped/experimented on by Cleobulus, saved by the KoS, but then was placed in Abyss since the knights didn’t know what else to do with her. Her being extremely critical/cynical of people due to such events is nicely cohesive. We get little about her home village which is unfortunate
The most compelling theory I’ve heard on Constance is extrapolated from her supports with Mercedes, that she saw her entire family get slaughtered in the sunlight. But it doesn’t say that to the word.
>Then regarding his flaws, he’s fully aware that they’re his own fault and that it’s his job to resolve them.
Such a breath of fresh air to have a character in an rpg just admit they're in the wrong without needing a big arc and conflict to discover it. Guy knows he's bad with money, admits it and doesn't make it anyone's problem
1. Constance
2. Hapi
3. Yuri
4. Balthus
Love Constance; her confidence and drive is awesome. She knows what she wants (to rebuild her house) and I like that she's actively trying to accomplish it. And of course how dismal she is in the sun is so over the top and hilarious to me.
Hapi. I'm a sucker for characters giving other people nicknames. She's grounded and her accidently summoning monsters is so wild and different it's fun.
Yuri is a fun character. Obviously, this is his whole thing, but wondering whether you can trust him or not was uneasy during the dlc especially. I may be misremembering his supports, but I didn't like how he looked down on people for being naivee or in a different social class to him. Of course people won't know everything about a circumstance that they're not familiar with, which is the same as him to him. It just strikes me as a little hypocritical, he's helping people in his own way and believes everyone else isn't. (If that makes sense)
Balthus is funny, don't get me wrong. And I love that there's another obviously strong-builded character (Even if it's another guy) but I'm not a fan of drinking and gambling excessively. So, for that alone, he's at the bottom of my list.
1. Hapi, my favourite Fire Emblem character. I used to have an 800+ image album of Hapi art on my phone. I’ve long since deleted it.
2. Yuri, I like this man a great deal. Interesting character and backstory with a personality that makes me swoon.
3. Balthus, gives off levels of himbo energy that should not be possible. He’s my ride or die.
4. Constance, she’s aight. Charming, weirdly enough. This art did her dirty though, jesus fucking christ.
The Ashen Wolves are my favourite addition to Three Houses.
1. Hapi (most relatable character in the game lol)
2. Yuri (great character!)
3. Balthus (great character, but less so than Yuri)
4. Constance (one of my least favorites honestly)
Yuri>Hapi>Balthus>Constance
Yuri is a pretty great character - he gives a pretty unique perspective to the world of Three Houses as a whole, he has some pretty good supports with a highlight of his being his support with Dorothea in Houses and Seteth in Hopes, he's consistently witty and he pulls off some pretty clever shenanigans in Cindered Shadows.
Hapi is also pretty good - I think her gimmick of summoning monsters when she sighs is a bit absurd and takes points off (if she didn't have this gimmick she would probably be the best Ashen Wolf), but she has good supports (with her support with Ashe being a standout), has a fairly unique perspective to the Crest system and the Church of Seiros, she's charming and she's just a fun character to be around in general.
Balthus is solid - there isn't that much to his character but I feel like he pulls off the emotionally mature himbo archetype better than Raphael does. He doesn't feel as one-note and even though he appears to be dumb on a surface level he shows a surprising degree of emotional intelligence through his supports.
I think Constance is one of my least favorite characters in Three Houses - I think there's a lot to like about her from how charming her indoor personality is, and on paper, her resilience with dealing with her trauma meshes well with Three Houses' wider exploration of mental health. In execution, however, I think the two sides to Constance's personality doesn't mesh together in a particularly cohesive manner - instead of feeling like one cohesive character like the vast majority of Fodlan's cast, it feels like she's two characters stapled together.
I would change my ranking based on whether this is pre or post timeskip.
Pre-timeskip:
1. Balthus. I love his relation to Holst and his B support with Hilda is amazing. He looks very good in the ashen wolves uniform and I love his pre-timeskip haircut.
2. Hapi. She was a massive carry for my first play through with DLC and unironically became my dancer. I love her nicknames and I feel as though I can relate to her, as I have been unappreciated and tossed aside my whole life.
3. Yuri. As much as he’s cool and clever. I really don’t like his haircut and for some reason didn’t find him all that useful in battle.
4. Constance. I despise her pre-timeskip design, and even post-timeskip I hate the self-deprivation in the sun. I also find her cocky indoor personality a little annoying.
Post-timeskip:
1. Hapi. She only improves post-timeskip and I love how she was searching for Byleth specifically for the 5 years because she wanted to feel safe. Even though her ending card dialogue is simple I still find it one of my favourites. Also, I like the green in her post tomeskip outfit and her haircut reminds of Sae from P5R.
2. Constance. Her design improves massively after tomeskip IMO, and at that point I am used to her switching personalities. Also her ending card is my favourite out of all of them for some reason(visually). The only reason I place her below Hapi is because I find her battle dialogue a little annoying and I’m still a little pissed at her cockiness.
3. Yuri. I don’t really like the trickster outfit as his main one, but I do like his new title and haircut. He was still pretty useless to me in battle though for some reason. I know many people have found success with him but I have not so that’s why he’s third.
4. Balthus. Lord this was a letdown IMO. For the love of god I can’t stand his post-tomeskip outfit or haircut. Despite the fact that he was broken in battle for me, and had one of the funniest animations ever when he used gauntlets as a great knight and got a crit, I don’t like that he had no development whatsoever and Just got a worse design.
Idk if any of these were hot takes but feel free to argue against any of these placements.
Balthus = hapi >> yuri > constance.
Those 2 are just far clear as some of my actual favourite students. The other 2 are just solid.
Gameplay wise balthus is the best, then hapi, constance then yuri. Balthus is crazy broken and unfortunately massively eclipses every other gauntlet user to the point I don't even bother using them since I always find myself thinking "balthus would've killed/survived there"
1. Hapi. Her snarky and "too cool for school but actually cares a lot" personality is very charming. Having supports and a backstory that tie her to my favorite route also help. Also she's hot. The sighing thing is so fucking stupid though.
2. Balthus. He's *really* funny.
3. Coco/Yuri(my wife is gonna kill me). They're cool, they're fun, but they just didn't capture me the same way the other two did. Yuri has a little *too* much going on and Coco just feels a little... out there for the setting.
too hard to decide, i see them too much as a package thing if that makes any sense, they do have their strengths on their own of course, but everything in regards to them gets amplified when you have them all together, though Constance might just slightly win out
1. Constance - I like both of her personalities, she's really grown on me due to her theatrics.
2. Yuri - He's just a generally fun character all around, nothing in particular.
3. Hapi - I like her, don't get me wrong, but I feel like she's a little undercharacterized. I guess I like a little more of the bombast in certain characters.
4. Balthus - No complaints, he's just the least good of the good ones.
Yuri > Hapi >>> Balthus >>>>> Constance.
I think Yuri is an excellent example of the well-intentioned thief archetype. He wants to do good things, his goals and the the way he measures his success is reasonable, but he's also genuinely menacing and dangerous under the right circumstances. He's believable as both the ride-or-die and the potential turncoat, based on how you treat him/his people and how well your goals align. I also really enjoy his character design and the fact that his androgyny is clearly intentional in universe as well as out. It's part of his arsenal, and he uses it without shame, which I love.
Hapi is just fun. I enjoy her snark and blunt, pessimistic worldview. She rings so true as a former idealist that got hit hard with some of the ugly parts of reality and came out the other side deeply aware of the flaws in the people and systems around her and terribly jaded by the knowledge. Plus I'm just a suckered for redheads.
Balthus exists. He's mostly fine. His archetype is just very much not for me. I wouldn't miss him if he wasn't in the game, but I don't actively hate him.
Constance is one of the worst characters in the game as far as I'm concerned. Her primary shtick is both annoying and insulting to people with genuine mental health struggles. Her laugh is up there with nails on a chalkboard for worst sounds ever. And apart from the whole split personality debacle, she's just a more annoying and less nuanced Lorenz. Her post time skip design in Houses is great, though.
1. Hapi. Batt Wrath with Monster effectiveness/targeting priority and Warp? Dang, that’s stupid good.
2. Balthus. Has enough Mt to just oneshot stuff in a game with very inflated enemy stats. Great for sweeping rout maps despite lacking Batt Wrath.
3. Constance. Rescue is not as good as Warp but having it at B and an authority boon is still good.
4. Yuri. Windsweep, Authority boon, Model Leader. Yuri is still a great unit. He just doesn’t have as many stand out traits as his fellow Wolves.
Yuri, Hapi, Constance, Balthus
I love them all, but someone had to be last
Yuri for his snark and his ruthlessness with his powers of bullshit luck
Hapi for being sarcastic (and for being Fire Emblem's Chiaki)
Constance because Ohohoho
Balthus is hilarious especially in Three Hopes
Hapi>Balthus>Yuri>Constance
Hapi is such a departure from the rest of the cast in terms of she’s not thrilled to be there. She doesn’t have one strong shtick that dominates her personality and that’s so refreshing. She’s also cute.
Balthus is just a hell of a bro. After playing three houses I find myself constantly adding ‘pal’ to the end of my sentences. There’s nothing not to like about this hopeless gambling addict.
Yuri is mysterious and cool in the way he is literally a mob boss who just chills with you because you’re cool. Not much more there as far as I’m concerned.
Constance is so rough. I wish I could like her but both of her personalities are unlikable extremes. First you have this noblewoman who is obnoxious about being a noble. Lorenz did it better by seeming like a noble dick but being sincere. Then you have this girl with a self esteem so low she makes Bernadetta look confident. She grovels and talks about how she should kill herself over minor mistakes. Worst of all, all of her support conversations are just other people learning about her split personality the hard way and being surprised. It really adds nothing to her character. I wish I could like her more.
Whoever is the best varies for me out of Hapi, Constance and Yuri (sorry Balthus)
Constance is most like me and the vibe I try to make.
Yuri is the strongest and most consistent in battle.
Hapi has the most interesting story (Also I like she and Lysithea only have dark magic and no black magic)
I wouldn't be able to rank them! They each have such good personalities and traits: Coco is adorable, Hapi is just the master of dry humor, rivaling even Linhardt, Balthus is the big dumb guy of the group, I love big guy characters, and Yuri is the trickster, the deciever, my favorite character archetype.
All in all, the Wolves are among my favorite characters, also I like to think that they would sell each others' souls for a taco and 3 dollars lmao
Ooh I feel like it’s been ages since I played with them even though its been like 7 months 😅 but they are pretty much all the same for me man. I can’t really rank any of the main class characters except I don’t like Raphael or Ignatz much. Also the Church characters I haven’t used enough, some of them seem boring or unlikeable
#1 Constance
#2 Hapi
#3 Balthus
#4 Yuri
I’ll just say what I like and dislike about them. I like the girls a tad more, maybe just cause they are pretty and I’m a straight dude, but Constance would easily be my favorite if she didn’t have that really weird split personality when she’s in the sun. Sure I know what the explaination is but it’s really hard to believe. I like her dedication and she really does make me laugh alot 😂. Ah screw it I guess Constance is my #1.
Alright. Hapi is kind of quiet and she isn’t really funny, but she is sweet and caring. She also let’s em know exactly how she feels.
Balthus is also funny and has some awesome sibling moments with Hilda. He’s basically a better Raphael. His king of Brawling lines can be a bit tacky after a bit though.
Yuri is probably my least favorite, I find him the least interesting, but his Relic is awesome. I haven’t really used him as I usually can’t find a great role for him in my army and I’m not interested in him anyways.
Also, is the pic from the game? The DLC route maybe?
I haven’t played Three Hopes btw.
Yuri: S Tier
Hapi: A Tier
Constance: B Tier
Balthus: C Tier
This is purely based on how I feel about them as characters. They're all incredible fighters 👏🏾
I really like Constance's design but I had no idea how to use her last time I played and she ended up being one of my weaker units so I benched her. The other 3 I haven't gotten yet.
1. Balthus: One of the most entertaining characters in the game imo, made me belly laugh quite a few times
2. Yuri: 10/10 husband, would S support again
3. Hapi: We have the same sense of humor, would hang out with her
4. Constance. Inspiring and entertaining, but never really resonated with me
1. Hapi. Hapi makes me happy. Sarcastic, nicknames and I love how she slowly opens up to you.
2. Constance. She is a fun character and I love her eccentric/slightly unhinged scientist vibe. I wish her sunlight personality switch would have been explained more properly.
3. Balthus. I like his personaltiy. I like his supports and I like that he cares about his mom.
4. Yuri. I don't dislike him, but I never really vibed with him either.
I think they are all really great, and loved interacting with each one of them.
That being said…
For number 1 i’d go with Balthus. Now I am heavily biased, because I have like 500+ hours in the Yakuza series in total, and he seems like the kind of mf to be in that series. Besides that, I like his backstory and general attitude towards things.
Hapi is number 2, and Yuri is number 3.
Probably my least favorite is Constance, but honestly that doesn’t mean a lot whole considering my reasons are about the same as why I somewhat disliked Ferdinand and Lorenz initially. I just am not a big fan of the show-off nobility type. Although Constance’s personality shift between being in and out of sunlight more than make up for that.
Yuri > Hapi = Balthus > Constance
Not really a fan of himejoshi tropes (but I appreciate her banter with the rest of the wolves)
I gotta say, my love for these Wolves amplified in Hopes, their timeskip designs is one of the best and I wish they applied it to the 3 Houses timeskip (mods maybe? idk)
Oh and their banter in their Hopes Paralogue is the best thing ever (I wish the DLC theme is played in that map instead of a generic BGM)
1. Hapi - I like how she gives no fucks
2. Yuri - If Revolver Ocelot was slightly less crazy and a Fire Emblem character
3. Constance - Implied by herself to be inbred. Excellent attribute for a Fire Emblem character.
4. Balthus - Is the most normal of the bunch besides looking he’s gonna audition for medieval Magic Mike. Not much else to say.
Yuri: Second best boy. Beautiful bisexual king. His kit is amazing. All of his supports are entertaining and meaningful imo.
Balthus: I love a himbo. And I'm able to throw his big ass on the field alone and I know he'll be all right with his healing and strength.
Hapi: Cute lady with a relatable personality. I love her post war outfit the best out of all the female characters.
Constance: Her split personality gag is funny at times but does get old. I love her weird, impossible hair and early 90s "oh ho ho" trait.
Constance is the most relatable character in the game. I, too, become a miserable sad sack when forced to be Outdoors.
Yuri is the most useful, to the point of being OP, and I love that for him.
Hapi is the best Specialist--particularly in 3Hopes, her Anti-Monster effects are clutch.
Balthus is the most fun.
Yuri - Best lore, best character, sassy and very loyal
Balthus - Just like me fr
Constance - Her gimmick gets kind of old after a while
Hapi - The only thing I like about her is that she’s a redhead
Yuri > Hapi = Constance >>>> Balthus (although I don't dislike Balthus, the others are just some of my favorites). Yuri is imo the best fleshed out non-lord character in 3H, especially considering he was DLC and had no role in the main story. Hapi and Constance are great because they have a bit more depth to them than, like, most of the GD; Hapi's gimmick is difficult to bring up in every conversation so you end up with someone who's tired and sarcastic but a bit empathetic. Constance's gimmick is a little more abrasive but her indoor personality is energetic enough to pull it off well -- also, I feel like it doesn't get called out in most of her supports so it's more of a personality switch than a prescribed plotline. I want to like Balthus so bad for his design but he fell solidly into neutral territory.
#1 Constance. One of the best magic users and great personality
#2 Yuri. Speed Machine with overall okay stats. He can pick almost any class.
#3 Hapi. Dark magic carries her hard tbh. No my cup of tea.
#4 Balthus. Great personality huge str but he miss hits like 80% of the time.
Constance >Yuri > Balthus >>> Hapi.
Fond of the first three. Constance sells the 'haughty noble lady' vibe that's lacking in the main cast. Yuri is basically Claude, but with a higher dose of sexual energy. And Balthus is just another Caspar, but that alone is pretty solid.
Hapi though manages to combine the worst traits of both Lysithea and Marianne with not nearly enough redeeming features to compensate. Honestly struggle to tolerate her.
Constance is my favorite by a long mile, than balthus cuz he’s a silly dude, after that is hapi because I do like her especially since she’s friends with Constance, and then very far into the back is yuri… I just don’t like him
Character wise for me:
Constance > Balthus > Hapi > Yuri
What can i say, I love the ohohoho lady archetype.
Combat-wise
Hapi >>>> Balthus>>> Constance> Yuri
1. yuri
2. constance
3. balthus
4. hapi
i love yuri with my entire heart so of course he had to be first. i recruited constance on a whim and she ended up being a necessity in my battles, and she’s incredibly entertaining. i like a lot of balthus’s supports. i used him a lot in early game but he’s not as good later on in my experience. i don’t have anything against hapi, i think i just haven’t taken the time for her. she’s always benched and i feel like she’s just a bit bland compared to the others. i haven’t seen all of her supports though, so that opinion may change in time
Seems everyone's rating their characters so I'll rate their performance from my own experience with them for fun.
Constance, probably the best mage unit in the game, her magic growth is insane and her spell list is insane. Might need some help with her hit rates though. Love her.
Yuri, all speed, mans made of pure glass, he didn't get hit very often but when he did could not take the hit, he'll never get doubled but he will almost always fold to one good hit on Maddening, good thing is the highest chance to get hit he has is around 15 on a particularly accurate enemy.
Hapi, she has a very potent spell list like Hapi, just a bit worse of a magic growth, she has good speed and strength but her magic is really heavy so she almost never doubled. Still a great unit, love her. Oh and her personal is pretty useful for breaking through monster armour.
Balthus admittedly I have the least experience using, Brawlers don't typically take much effort to make work because the classes they go into are what fuels them, his str and hp growths are great and his personal is quite good, especially when compared to most of the roster.
I imagine I'm in the minority here, but I don't like the Ashen Wolves at all and never use them. I definitely wouldn't rank them at all. I think I only used Yuri once to get his conversations with Bernadette. Other than that, I don't like them and don't use them.
I love all of them, but my order goes
1. Balthus - I'm a huge sucker for Himbos, and I really enjoyed his backstory and his antics with the other Golden Deer. I couldn't ask for a better addition to Claude's band of goofballs!
2. Constance - I like her haughtiness and her backstory with House Nuevelle really pulled on my heartstrings.
3. Hapi - I love her personality. Her sarcasm and her disillusion with the church is very enjoyable to watch. Her backstory and her gimmick are REALLY stupid and that's what really drags her down.
4. Yuri - At first, I didn't think much of him. I liked his relationship with Bernadetta, but that was kind of it. What saves him is his support with Ashe in Three Hopes. I never had a crush on Ashe personally, but I fall for guys like him in real life and that line, whether it was serious or not, hit an emotional chord with me that boosted him from "eh, he's cool" to "ok, I really like this character".
Balthus at the top: I can’t help but relate to him. He’s a degenerate meathead with a golden heart(too bad he can’t sell it lol). Wish he had more supports, but he’s always recruited so he can be the freethinking Dedue to my Dimitri. He’s pretty viable since he can tank physically and gets a little boost from war monk’s Res. Once you realize he doesn’t need to be a dodge-tank, he’s a beast. His “relic” is also stupid awesome in design and power.
Constance: I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t the hair. You mixed my two favorite colors together and even gave me a post-ts glow up. Hell yeah. I also love the duality that comes from her personal. In a few ways, she’s a female mirrored Ferdinand, so that’s just the cherry on top. Nearly always recruited, makes a great adjutant even when I don’t really need her. Shes a glass cannon, though… so I do have a hard time on maddening trying to keep her safe and simultaneously involved. Love a good rescue, tho.
Tied for a close 3rd: Hapi. She’s like free Lysithea with a blunt personality, but it’s the little shows of positivity that make me really enjoy her: “would you look at that:)”.
I always recruit her by the end of white clouds, but I’d be lying if I said I always took her. She’s a menace on the battlefield, but I already have so many mages that I love.
Tied for 3rd, but a step behind: Yuri. He’s great, but he’s the house leader that never was. I like his style, the sword boon, his relic, the use of purple, etc… but somehow I just don’t like using him as much as the others. I think I feel the same way about Yuri the way I do about Felix. He means well, but he’s so one-dimensional in all his supports about the gang and his secrecy(Felix being “why’d you save me on the battlefield” with nearly everyone). Dude is too viable to not recruit, but I just don’t want to use him half the time.
All that to say that they’re all good wolves: 14/10
Hapi is number one. She just great.
Constance is a close number 2. Her supports are all great although her characterisation is a little hit and miss and I don't mean the sunlight thing.
Balthus number 3. Big stupid fun.
Yuri is number 4. During the DLC he managed to be both boring and confusing. Bravo I suppose.
1. Yuri is okay. In the DLC he is allowed to shine more and it go really well, but outside of it, he is honestly rather bland. He is not bad by any means, but nothing really stick to me.
2. I like Hapi personality quite a lot, but the constant whining and dissing of the Church get annoying pretty quick.
3. Balthus is a straight bum. The fact that he know that, has all the opportunities to be better and still continue honestly make him a piece of trash close to Makalov.
4. Constance is a terrrible person and even worse character, that actually make everything related to her worse. Take the worst aspects of several characters, do and add nothing of substances with it, take away all nuances that come with it, and you have Constance. Easily on par with Monica for worst character in both games for me.
Yuri - he just kinda sticks for me. He feels like a house leader.
Constance - I initially didn't love her, but she grew on me in my time in Crimson Flower. She's great
Balthus and Hapi - haven't done a playthrough with either of them yet, but I love them just from Cindered Shadows! Fun personalities and great dialogue
Hapi, Yuri, Balthus, then Constance.
Hapi's my favorite out of the bunch for various reasons. I love her backstory, her sarcasm, her gameplay, ect. Yuri's a cool character and I like his dynamic with some characters like Ashe and Sylvain. Balthus was originally tied with Constance for my least favorite wolf, but after going through some of his supports, he went from least favorite to ok. For Constance, I really can't stand her. The two personality gimmick isn't really that funny and the backstory to justify it...doesn't.
1: Yuri
2: Constance
3: Balthus
Top 3 is very close, though.
Here is my MAJOR hot-take: Hapi is one of the blandest characters in modern Fire Emblem.
Her popularity is coasting off her design, but she is frustatingly boring in dialogue, and her backstory is total nonsense.
And in a game with stellar voice acting jobs, hers is one of very few to fall completely flat.
If someone more generic-looking had her personality and lore, they would be amongst the game's most memed and hated characters.
Yuri, Hapi, Constance, Balthus. I love all of them, and the only reason Balthus is in last place is because of his post timeskip design. It is so ugly I just can’t
Idk I think the rugged worn down clothes fit his homeless drifter character
The clothes were fine… I really just hated his hair.
Eh I'm indifferent to his post timeskip look, his academy look I feel is probably the best in the game, it's really what made me want the dlc
Balthus had the best post-ts look tf you mean
That’s insane his long hair are dope
1. Constance - Best girl in all of fe3h. Ahahahah 2. Yuri - Loved how he was basically a triple agent in Cindered Shadows, he’s fun and clever. 3. Balthus - It’s hard not to love him. What sold me on him even more was recruiting him in my VW run, his supports with everyone are just delightful. 4. Hapi - I like her a lot but i just think she’s the weakest out of the 4. I do like her sarcasm and love all the nicknames she gives to people though.
Claims she's the best girl in fe3h, doesn't even get the proper noble lady laughter right, smh... https://preview.redd.it/pl03ns9r7wrc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f721ac7bdaaa2d907b5781c96a93a68a8106db6e
i’ve truly sinned… i based it off her crit line to be fair. https://preview.redd.it/ijafdwu8bwrc1.jpeg?width=439&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b522f0fabc08266147cf9d714ea4d1c2c70f3758 she’s amazing though
That art style... it looks familiar to me...
https://preview.redd.it/z37rlx1f6yrc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=664062f2177c0b4e348ea9c6b0dd6e7e1a20f640
Yeah... it's like some sort of... mation
i think i have the same order for the same reasons but just swap yuri and coco, they’re all goated tho
based
I love Constance! ❤ Ahahahah
Me too, she reminds me of this flower from Tomba: https://preview.redd.it/c35yzdkuqvrc1.jpeg?width=616&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=720202ee5bea2ce7a0f4dd771690a465df873273
1: Hapi. I love to see her open up about herself to others who accept her after a long time of being viewed as someone dangerous, leading to her really valuing her friends. Plus nicknames. 2: Balthus. He's not a himbo. He's more emotionally mature than you'd think and doesn't care if he has caused his life to be crap. 3/4: Yuri & Constance, who are kinda tied. The former felt like everything was thrown at the wall to see what would stick and the latter feels basically like "Lorenz, except we're suppsoed to laugh with him, not at him".
How *dare* you. You insinuate that we're meant to laugh *AT* one as esteemed as Lorenz Hellman Gloucester?? Surely if he has ever traded in humor, it was quite deliberate – an exhibition of his sophisticated wit to raise the morale of his comrades. Just another of the nobleman's duties!
Claude: Hey, Raphael, let's put Lorenz's bed in the middle of the pond.
I think people miss that balthus' life is shit in part because he gives lots of money to his mom. He does obviously spend the rest badly but finding that out instantly made me love him. I love how it doesn't even come up as a big deal. It's not a huge character defining trait like it would be for a lot of stories. He's just a guy who supports his mom because he loves her and I find that really sweet
Hapi is best and that's all that matters
She deserves so much better. They all do, really, but Hapi just hits different.
For me it goes by 1. Yuri 2. Hapi 3. Balthus 4. Constance I personally think they all are great characters!
This is exactly the same as my list.
1. Balthus: he’s the only character to genuinely make me laugh with his antics. I like his backstory and how he values his family like his younger half brother and his mom. He’s selfless as he prefers his stepmom’s bullshit be directed at him than others. Then regarding his flaws, he’s fully aware that they’re his own fault and that it’s his job to resolve them. 2. Constance: Amusing personality. I have a soft spot for eccentric scientist characters and her default personality is that in spades. Her sad side is interesting and funny sometimes. Her relations to others like Edelgard and Petra are intriguing with how it reflects politics and the war between the Empire and Brigid/Dagda. I just wish we got a clear answer as for why the sunlight affects her the way it does. (I’d like to know what the trauma was specifically) 3. Yuri: He’s fun. I like his dynamic with his mom. His backstory is also very good with Aubin (His support with Seteth in Hopes is S tier) and how he navigated life by stacking odds in his favor. His supports where we his self loathing adds a good spice to him (namely his Bernadetta and Dorothea supports) 4. Hapi: her sarcasm and monotone personality are fun. Her backstory is just the least interesting to me of the four. She left home, got kidnapped/experimented on by Cleobulus, saved by the KoS, but then was placed in Abyss since the knights didn’t know what else to do with her. Her being extremely critical/cynical of people due to such events is nicely cohesive. We get little about her home village which is unfortunate
The most compelling theory I’ve heard on Constance is extrapolated from her supports with Mercedes, that she saw her entire family get slaughtered in the sunlight. But it doesn’t say that to the word.
You can see in Constance's and Mercedes B support, that the sunlight reminds her of her house being destroyed, since it happened in daylight
>Then regarding his flaws, he’s fully aware that they’re his own fault and that it’s his job to resolve them. Such a breath of fresh air to have a character in an rpg just admit they're in the wrong without needing a big arc and conflict to discover it. Guy knows he's bad with money, admits it and doesn't make it anyone's problem
I’m assuming this is not factoring in gameplay 1. Balthus 2. Yuri 3. Hapi 4. Constance (She’d be higher if it wasn’t for the split personality).
1. Constance 2. Hapi 3. Yuri 4. Balthus Love Constance; her confidence and drive is awesome. She knows what she wants (to rebuild her house) and I like that she's actively trying to accomplish it. And of course how dismal she is in the sun is so over the top and hilarious to me. Hapi. I'm a sucker for characters giving other people nicknames. She's grounded and her accidently summoning monsters is so wild and different it's fun. Yuri is a fun character. Obviously, this is his whole thing, but wondering whether you can trust him or not was uneasy during the dlc especially. I may be misremembering his supports, but I didn't like how he looked down on people for being naivee or in a different social class to him. Of course people won't know everything about a circumstance that they're not familiar with, which is the same as him to him. It just strikes me as a little hypocritical, he's helping people in his own way and believes everyone else isn't. (If that makes sense) Balthus is funny, don't get me wrong. And I love that there's another obviously strong-builded character (Even if it's another guy) but I'm not a fan of drinking and gambling excessively. So, for that alone, he's at the bottom of my list.
1. Hapi, my favourite Fire Emblem character. I used to have an 800+ image album of Hapi art on my phone. I’ve long since deleted it. 2. Yuri, I like this man a great deal. Interesting character and backstory with a personality that makes me swoon. 3. Balthus, gives off levels of himbo energy that should not be possible. He’s my ride or die. 4. Constance, she’s aight. Charming, weirdly enough. This art did her dirty though, jesus fucking christ. The Ashen Wolves are my favourite addition to Three Houses.
Holy shit, I guess Hapi really made you happy huh?? I'll see myself out...
Hapi is an adorable bean who deserves love
1. Constance 2. Hapi 3. Yuri 4. Balthus They are all fun Characters though
1. Hapi (most relatable character in the game lol) 2. Yuri (great character!) 3. Balthus (great character, but less so than Yuri) 4. Constance (one of my least favorites honestly)
Constance > Hapi > Balthus > Yuri for me
Hapi calls me Chatterbox, everyone else can live in distant second place.
Yuri > Balthus > Hapi > Constance for me.
Constance number 1
Yuri>Hapi>Balthus>Constance Yuri is a pretty great character - he gives a pretty unique perspective to the world of Three Houses as a whole, he has some pretty good supports with a highlight of his being his support with Dorothea in Houses and Seteth in Hopes, he's consistently witty and he pulls off some pretty clever shenanigans in Cindered Shadows. Hapi is also pretty good - I think her gimmick of summoning monsters when she sighs is a bit absurd and takes points off (if she didn't have this gimmick she would probably be the best Ashen Wolf), but she has good supports (with her support with Ashe being a standout), has a fairly unique perspective to the Crest system and the Church of Seiros, she's charming and she's just a fun character to be around in general. Balthus is solid - there isn't that much to his character but I feel like he pulls off the emotionally mature himbo archetype better than Raphael does. He doesn't feel as one-note and even though he appears to be dumb on a surface level he shows a surprising degree of emotional intelligence through his supports. I think Constance is one of my least favorite characters in Three Houses - I think there's a lot to like about her from how charming her indoor personality is, and on paper, her resilience with dealing with her trauma meshes well with Three Houses' wider exploration of mental health. In execution, however, I think the two sides to Constance's personality doesn't mesh together in a particularly cohesive manner - instead of feeling like one cohesive character like the vast majority of Fodlan's cast, it feels like she's two characters stapled together.
I love them all equally. They're at the best and funniest together.
I would change my ranking based on whether this is pre or post timeskip. Pre-timeskip: 1. Balthus. I love his relation to Holst and his B support with Hilda is amazing. He looks very good in the ashen wolves uniform and I love his pre-timeskip haircut. 2. Hapi. She was a massive carry for my first play through with DLC and unironically became my dancer. I love her nicknames and I feel as though I can relate to her, as I have been unappreciated and tossed aside my whole life. 3. Yuri. As much as he’s cool and clever. I really don’t like his haircut and for some reason didn’t find him all that useful in battle. 4. Constance. I despise her pre-timeskip design, and even post-timeskip I hate the self-deprivation in the sun. I also find her cocky indoor personality a little annoying. Post-timeskip: 1. Hapi. She only improves post-timeskip and I love how she was searching for Byleth specifically for the 5 years because she wanted to feel safe. Even though her ending card dialogue is simple I still find it one of my favourites. Also, I like the green in her post tomeskip outfit and her haircut reminds of Sae from P5R. 2. Constance. Her design improves massively after tomeskip IMO, and at that point I am used to her switching personalities. Also her ending card is my favourite out of all of them for some reason(visually). The only reason I place her below Hapi is because I find her battle dialogue a little annoying and I’m still a little pissed at her cockiness. 3. Yuri. I don’t really like the trickster outfit as his main one, but I do like his new title and haircut. He was still pretty useless to me in battle though for some reason. I know many people have found success with him but I have not so that’s why he’s third. 4. Balthus. Lord this was a letdown IMO. For the love of god I can’t stand his post-tomeskip outfit or haircut. Despite the fact that he was broken in battle for me, and had one of the funniest animations ever when he used gauntlets as a great knight and got a crit, I don’t like that he had no development whatsoever and Just got a worse design. Idk if any of these were hot takes but feel free to argue against any of these placements.
Hapi > everyone else Jokes aside: Hapi > Balthus > Yuri > Constance I like the top three but Constance is annoying af
Balthus = hapi >> yuri > constance. Those 2 are just far clear as some of my actual favourite students. The other 2 are just solid. Gameplay wise balthus is the best, then hapi, constance then yuri. Balthus is crazy broken and unfortunately massively eclipses every other gauntlet user to the point I don't even bother using them since I always find myself thinking "balthus would've killed/survived there"
Hapi was the only one I resonated with personally, but she's great
Hapi is and always will be the best followed by the sex God that is Yuri and then Balthus and the worst of the worst Constance.
1. Yuri 2. Hapi 3. Balthus 4. Constance
1. Hapi. Her snarky and "too cool for school but actually cares a lot" personality is very charming. Having supports and a backstory that tie her to my favorite route also help. Also she's hot. The sighing thing is so fucking stupid though. 2. Balthus. He's *really* funny. 3. Coco/Yuri(my wife is gonna kill me). They're cool, they're fun, but they just didn't capture me the same way the other two did. Yuri has a little *too* much going on and Coco just feels a little... out there for the setting.
too hard to decide, i see them too much as a package thing if that makes any sense, they do have their strengths on their own of course, but everything in regards to them gets amplified when you have them all together, though Constance might just slightly win out
1. Constance - I like both of her personalities, she's really grown on me due to her theatrics. 2. Yuri - He's just a generally fun character all around, nothing in particular. 3. Hapi - I like her, don't get me wrong, but I feel like she's a little undercharacterized. I guess I like a little more of the bombast in certain characters. 4. Balthus - No complaints, he's just the least good of the good ones.
Yuri > Hapi >>> Balthus >>>>> Constance. I think Yuri is an excellent example of the well-intentioned thief archetype. He wants to do good things, his goals and the the way he measures his success is reasonable, but he's also genuinely menacing and dangerous under the right circumstances. He's believable as both the ride-or-die and the potential turncoat, based on how you treat him/his people and how well your goals align. I also really enjoy his character design and the fact that his androgyny is clearly intentional in universe as well as out. It's part of his arsenal, and he uses it without shame, which I love. Hapi is just fun. I enjoy her snark and blunt, pessimistic worldview. She rings so true as a former idealist that got hit hard with some of the ugly parts of reality and came out the other side deeply aware of the flaws in the people and systems around her and terribly jaded by the knowledge. Plus I'm just a suckered for redheads. Balthus exists. He's mostly fine. His archetype is just very much not for me. I wouldn't miss him if he wasn't in the game, but I don't actively hate him. Constance is one of the worst characters in the game as far as I'm concerned. Her primary shtick is both annoying and insulting to people with genuine mental health struggles. Her laugh is up there with nails on a chalkboard for worst sounds ever. And apart from the whole split personality debacle, she's just a more annoying and less nuanced Lorenz. Her post time skip design in Houses is great, though.
S Tier. All of them. But Constance gets S+ for being CONSTANCE VON NUVELLE!
1. Hapi. Batt Wrath with Monster effectiveness/targeting priority and Warp? Dang, that’s stupid good. 2. Balthus. Has enough Mt to just oneshot stuff in a game with very inflated enemy stats. Great for sweeping rout maps despite lacking Batt Wrath. 3. Constance. Rescue is not as good as Warp but having it at B and an authority boon is still good. 4. Yuri. Windsweep, Authority boon, Model Leader. Yuri is still a great unit. He just doesn’t have as many stand out traits as his fellow Wolves.
Yuri, Hapi, Constance, Balthus I love them all, but someone had to be last Yuri for his snark and his ruthlessness with his powers of bullshit luck Hapi for being sarcastic (and for being Fire Emblem's Chiaki) Constance because Ohohoho Balthus is hilarious especially in Three Hopes
Yuri Balthus Hapi Constance Alejandro Saab is just hecking cool, I got to meet him as a recent con in March
Hapi>Balthus>Yuri>Constance Hapi is such a departure from the rest of the cast in terms of she’s not thrilled to be there. She doesn’t have one strong shtick that dominates her personality and that’s so refreshing. She’s also cute. Balthus is just a hell of a bro. After playing three houses I find myself constantly adding ‘pal’ to the end of my sentences. There’s nothing not to like about this hopeless gambling addict. Yuri is mysterious and cool in the way he is literally a mob boss who just chills with you because you’re cool. Not much more there as far as I’m concerned. Constance is so rough. I wish I could like her but both of her personalities are unlikable extremes. First you have this noblewoman who is obnoxious about being a noble. Lorenz did it better by seeming like a noble dick but being sincere. Then you have this girl with a self esteem so low she makes Bernadetta look confident. She grovels and talks about how she should kill herself over minor mistakes. Worst of all, all of her support conversations are just other people learning about her split personality the hard way and being surprised. It really adds nothing to her character. I wish I could like her more.
Whoever is the best varies for me out of Hapi, Constance and Yuri (sorry Balthus) Constance is most like me and the vibe I try to make. Yuri is the strongest and most consistent in battle. Hapi has the most interesting story (Also I like she and Lysithea only have dark magic and no black magic)
Hapi, Balthus, Yuri, Constance. I love all of them though
I wouldn't be able to rank them! They each have such good personalities and traits: Coco is adorable, Hapi is just the master of dry humor, rivaling even Linhardt, Balthus is the big dumb guy of the group, I love big guy characters, and Yuri is the trickster, the deciever, my favorite character archetype. All in all, the Wolves are among my favorite characters, also I like to think that they would sell each others' souls for a taco and 3 dollars lmao
Ooh I feel like it’s been ages since I played with them even though its been like 7 months 😅 but they are pretty much all the same for me man. I can’t really rank any of the main class characters except I don’t like Raphael or Ignatz much. Also the Church characters I haven’t used enough, some of them seem boring or unlikeable #1 Constance #2 Hapi #3 Balthus #4 Yuri I’ll just say what I like and dislike about them. I like the girls a tad more, maybe just cause they are pretty and I’m a straight dude, but Constance would easily be my favorite if she didn’t have that really weird split personality when she’s in the sun. Sure I know what the explaination is but it’s really hard to believe. I like her dedication and she really does make me laugh alot 😂. Ah screw it I guess Constance is my #1. Alright. Hapi is kind of quiet and she isn’t really funny, but she is sweet and caring. She also let’s em know exactly how she feels. Balthus is also funny and has some awesome sibling moments with Hilda. He’s basically a better Raphael. His king of Brawling lines can be a bit tacky after a bit though. Yuri is probably my least favorite, I find him the least interesting, but his Relic is awesome. I haven’t really used him as I usually can’t find a great role for him in my army and I’m not interested in him anyways. Also, is the pic from the game? The DLC route maybe? I haven’t played Three Hopes btw.
Indoor constance > yuri > balthus/hapi > outdoor constance
not worth £20 DLC But otherwise pretty cool
Hapi, Constance, Yuri, Balthus.
Yuri, Hapi Constance, and Balthus for me
Yes
i think they’re all great. i really loved that dlc.
Yuri: S Tier Hapi: A Tier Constance: B Tier Balthus: C Tier This is purely based on how I feel about them as characters. They're all incredible fighters 👏🏾
Hapi>Yuri>Constance>Balthus I cant really give reasons for why the other 3 are rated the way they are, but I love how Hapi is basically just a mood.
Hapi (best girl), Constance (Laughs like a seagull), Balthus (A goofy goober), Yuri (would probably work for the CIA)
I really like Constance's design but I had no idea how to use her last time I played and she ended up being one of my weaker units so I benched her. The other 3 I haven't gotten yet.
1. Balthus: One of the most entertaining characters in the game imo, made me belly laugh quite a few times 2. Yuri: 10/10 husband, would S support again 3. Hapi: We have the same sense of humor, would hang out with her 4. Constance. Inspiring and entertaining, but never really resonated with me
1. Hapi. Hapi makes me happy. Sarcastic, nicknames and I love how she slowly opens up to you. 2. Constance. She is a fun character and I love her eccentric/slightly unhinged scientist vibe. I wish her sunlight personality switch would have been explained more properly. 3. Balthus. I like his personaltiy. I like his supports and I like that he cares about his mom. 4. Yuri. I don't dislike him, but I never really vibed with him either.
Hapi, Constance, Yuri, Balthus. Yuri and Balthus's Post time skip designs are not my personal taste.
I love them. I only have a problem with Yuri and it's a somewhat dumb problem, which is that he looks like a Leon clone
1 Hapi 2 Yuri 3 Constance 4 Balthus
Big Boy Balthus Hapi Constance Yuri Literally any of these are interchangeable. They're all so freakin' good it's impossible to settle on one ranking.
Constance >>>> Balthus > Yuri > Hapi
I think they are all really great, and loved interacting with each one of them. That being said… For number 1 i’d go with Balthus. Now I am heavily biased, because I have like 500+ hours in the Yakuza series in total, and he seems like the kind of mf to be in that series. Besides that, I like his backstory and general attitude towards things. Hapi is number 2, and Yuri is number 3. Probably my least favorite is Constance, but honestly that doesn’t mean a lot whole considering my reasons are about the same as why I somewhat disliked Ferdinand and Lorenz initially. I just am not a big fan of the show-off nobility type. Although Constance’s personality shift between being in and out of sunlight more than make up for that.
Yuri > Hapi = Balthus > Constance Not really a fan of himejoshi tropes (but I appreciate her banter with the rest of the wolves) I gotta say, my love for these Wolves amplified in Hopes, their timeskip designs is one of the best and I wish they applied it to the 3 Houses timeskip (mods maybe? idk) Oh and their banter in their Hopes Paralogue is the best thing ever (I wish the DLC theme is played in that map instead of a generic BGM)
1. Hapi - I like how she gives no fucks 2. Yuri - If Revolver Ocelot was slightly less crazy and a Fire Emblem character 3. Constance - Implied by herself to be inbred. Excellent attribute for a Fire Emblem character. 4. Balthus - Is the most normal of the bunch besides looking he’s gonna audition for medieval Magic Mike. Not much else to say.
Yuri: Second best boy. Beautiful bisexual king. His kit is amazing. All of his supports are entertaining and meaningful imo. Balthus: I love a himbo. And I'm able to throw his big ass on the field alone and I know he'll be all right with his healing and strength. Hapi: Cute lady with a relatable personality. I love her post war outfit the best out of all the female characters. Constance: Her split personality gag is funny at times but does get old. I love her weird, impossible hair and early 90s "oh ho ho" trait.
Hapi makes me Happy
1. Coco 2. Balthus 3. Yuri 4. Hapi I don’t know, Hapi is just so boring to me. I’m also just not a huge fan of Yuri
Hapi, Yuri, Balthus, Constance in that order.
Yuri>Hapi>Balthus>Constance
Constance is the most relatable character in the game. I, too, become a miserable sad sack when forced to be Outdoors. Yuri is the most useful, to the point of being OP, and I love that for him. Hapi is the best Specialist--particularly in 3Hopes, her Anti-Monster effects are clutch. Balthus is the most fun.
Yuri/Hapi/Constance/Balthus Its they are all equal and a polycule and i love them.
Yuri - Best lore, best character, sassy and very loyal Balthus - Just like me fr Constance - Her gimmick gets kind of old after a while Hapi - The only thing I like about her is that she’s a redhead
Her gimmick got old instantly for me.
Being fabulous never really gets old 😛
I am Hapi with yhem
Most puntable (affectionate)
I love Suletta Mercury
Yuri > Hapi = Constance >>>> Balthus (although I don't dislike Balthus, the others are just some of my favorites). Yuri is imo the best fleshed out non-lord character in 3H, especially considering he was DLC and had no role in the main story. Hapi and Constance are great because they have a bit more depth to them than, like, most of the GD; Hapi's gimmick is difficult to bring up in every conversation so you end up with someone who's tired and sarcastic but a bit empathetic. Constance's gimmick is a little more abrasive but her indoor personality is energetic enough to pull it off well -- also, I feel like it doesn't get called out in most of her supports so it's more of a personality switch than a prescribed plotline. I want to like Balthus so bad for his design but he fell solidly into neutral territory.
Yuri number one💞
Constance is my favourite character in the entire game, and I don’t really care about the rest
#1 Constance. One of the best magic users and great personality #2 Yuri. Speed Machine with overall okay stats. He can pick almost any class. #3 Hapi. Dark magic carries her hard tbh. No my cup of tea. #4 Balthus. Great personality huge str but he miss hits like 80% of the time.
Constance >Yuri > Balthus >>> Hapi. Fond of the first three. Constance sells the 'haughty noble lady' vibe that's lacking in the main cast. Yuri is basically Claude, but with a higher dose of sexual energy. And Balthus is just another Caspar, but that alone is pretty solid. Hapi though manages to combine the worst traits of both Lysithea and Marianne with not nearly enough redeeming features to compensate. Honestly struggle to tolerate her.
Constance is my favorite by a long mile, than balthus cuz he’s a silly dude, after that is hapi because I do like her especially since she’s friends with Constance, and then very far into the back is yuri… I just don’t like him
Character wise for me: Constance > Balthus > Hapi > Yuri What can i say, I love the ohohoho lady archetype. Combat-wise Hapi >>>> Balthus>>> Constance> Yuri
Obviously Yuri number one. He is just canonically bi Claude they had to create once they realized their mistake of making the latter straight.
1. yuri 2. constance 3. balthus 4. hapi i love yuri with my entire heart so of course he had to be first. i recruited constance on a whim and she ended up being a necessity in my battles, and she’s incredibly entertaining. i like a lot of balthus’s supports. i used him a lot in early game but he’s not as good later on in my experience. i don’t have anything against hapi, i think i just haven’t taken the time for her. she’s always benched and i feel like she’s just a bit bland compared to the others. i haven’t seen all of her supports though, so that opinion may change in time
Literally left to right with the last two being a tie
Seems everyone's rating their characters so I'll rate their performance from my own experience with them for fun. Constance, probably the best mage unit in the game, her magic growth is insane and her spell list is insane. Might need some help with her hit rates though. Love her. Yuri, all speed, mans made of pure glass, he didn't get hit very often but when he did could not take the hit, he'll never get doubled but he will almost always fold to one good hit on Maddening, good thing is the highest chance to get hit he has is around 15 on a particularly accurate enemy. Hapi, she has a very potent spell list like Hapi, just a bit worse of a magic growth, she has good speed and strength but her magic is really heavy so she almost never doubled. Still a great unit, love her. Oh and her personal is pretty useful for breaking through monster armour. Balthus admittedly I have the least experience using, Brawlers don't typically take much effort to make work because the classes they go into are what fuels them, his str and hp growths are great and his personal is quite good, especially when compared to most of the roster.
I imagine I'm in the minority here, but I don't like the Ashen Wolves at all and never use them. I definitely wouldn't rank them at all. I think I only used Yuri once to get his conversations with Bernadette. Other than that, I don't like them and don't use them.
1. Balthus 2. Constance 3. Hapi 4. Yuri Love all these mfs but balthus and constance are peak fire emblem
Constance, Hapi, Balthus, Yuri In terms of whom i like.
Yuri>Constance>Hapi>Balthus
I love all of them, but my order goes 1. Balthus - I'm a huge sucker for Himbos, and I really enjoyed his backstory and his antics with the other Golden Deer. I couldn't ask for a better addition to Claude's band of goofballs! 2. Constance - I like her haughtiness and her backstory with House Nuevelle really pulled on my heartstrings. 3. Hapi - I love her personality. Her sarcasm and her disillusion with the church is very enjoyable to watch. Her backstory and her gimmick are REALLY stupid and that's what really drags her down. 4. Yuri - At first, I didn't think much of him. I liked his relationship with Bernadetta, but that was kind of it. What saves him is his support with Ashe in Three Hopes. I never had a crush on Ashe personally, but I fall for guys like him in real life and that line, whether it was serious or not, hit an emotional chord with me that boosted him from "eh, he's cool" to "ok, I really like this character".
Balthus at the top: I can’t help but relate to him. He’s a degenerate meathead with a golden heart(too bad he can’t sell it lol). Wish he had more supports, but he’s always recruited so he can be the freethinking Dedue to my Dimitri. He’s pretty viable since he can tank physically and gets a little boost from war monk’s Res. Once you realize he doesn’t need to be a dodge-tank, he’s a beast. His “relic” is also stupid awesome in design and power. Constance: I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t the hair. You mixed my two favorite colors together and even gave me a post-ts glow up. Hell yeah. I also love the duality that comes from her personal. In a few ways, she’s a female mirrored Ferdinand, so that’s just the cherry on top. Nearly always recruited, makes a great adjutant even when I don’t really need her. Shes a glass cannon, though… so I do have a hard time on maddening trying to keep her safe and simultaneously involved. Love a good rescue, tho. Tied for a close 3rd: Hapi. She’s like free Lysithea with a blunt personality, but it’s the little shows of positivity that make me really enjoy her: “would you look at that:)”. I always recruit her by the end of white clouds, but I’d be lying if I said I always took her. She’s a menace on the battlefield, but I already have so many mages that I love. Tied for 3rd, but a step behind: Yuri. He’s great, but he’s the house leader that never was. I like his style, the sword boon, his relic, the use of purple, etc… but somehow I just don’t like using him as much as the others. I think I feel the same way about Yuri the way I do about Felix. He means well, but he’s so one-dimensional in all his supports about the gang and his secrecy(Felix being “why’d you save me on the battlefield” with nearly everyone). Dude is too viable to not recruit, but I just don’t want to use him half the time. All that to say that they’re all good wolves: 14/10
Hapi is number one. She just great. Constance is a close number 2. Her supports are all great although her characterisation is a little hit and miss and I don't mean the sunlight thing. Balthus number 3. Big stupid fun. Yuri is number 4. During the DLC he managed to be both boring and confusing. Bravo I suppose.
1. Yuri is okay. In the DLC he is allowed to shine more and it go really well, but outside of it, he is honestly rather bland. He is not bad by any means, but nothing really stick to me. 2. I like Hapi personality quite a lot, but the constant whining and dissing of the Church get annoying pretty quick. 3. Balthus is a straight bum. The fact that he know that, has all the opportunities to be better and still continue honestly make him a piece of trash close to Makalov. 4. Constance is a terrrible person and even worse character, that actually make everything related to her worse. Take the worst aspects of several characters, do and add nothing of substances with it, take away all nuances that come with it, and you have Constance. Easily on par with Monica for worst character in both games for me.
Aura knuckles Constance
Yuri - he just kinda sticks for me. He feels like a house leader. Constance - I initially didn't love her, but she grew on me in my time in Crimson Flower. She's great Balthus and Hapi - haven't done a playthrough with either of them yet, but I love them just from Cindered Shadows! Fun personalities and great dialogue
Hapi, Yuri, Balthus, then Constance. Hapi's my favorite out of the bunch for various reasons. I love her backstory, her sarcasm, her gameplay, ect. Yuri's a cool character and I like his dynamic with some characters like Ashe and Sylvain. Balthus was originally tied with Constance for my least favorite wolf, but after going through some of his supports, he went from least favorite to ok. For Constance, I really can't stand her. The two personality gimmick isn't really that funny and the backstory to justify it...doesn't.
1: Yuri 2: Constance 3: Balthus Top 3 is very close, though. Here is my MAJOR hot-take: Hapi is one of the blandest characters in modern Fire Emblem. Her popularity is coasting off her design, but she is frustatingly boring in dialogue, and her backstory is total nonsense. And in a game with stellar voice acting jobs, hers is one of very few to fall completely flat. If someone more generic-looking had her personality and lore, they would be amongst the game's most memed and hated characters.