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First of all, Awareness is...something I guess. Basically it nullfies “sword skills” (we'll be seeing those), the Critical skill, and even “Effective Weapons” (weapons specifically designed to double your Attack Power against certain enemies). So that's nice, but...we don't really fight a lot of those enemies anyway, so it's one of those skills that just doesn't really do anything for us, for the most part.

So really Alec is just kind of unimpressive. You see, in addition to having a weapon triangle, this game also tends to give different types of attributes to each weapons. So swords are really light and have a lot of Accuracy, but they're also lacking in power. Axes, on the other hand, are exactly the opposite. They pack LOTS of Might, but are also extremely heavy, and don't have much Accuracy. And then lances are like axes, except they trade a little bit of Might in exchange for being much lighter and a bit more accurate.

So since Alec is stuck with only a C Rank in lances, he can't really use any strong weapons until much later. Combine that with his middling Strength growth, and the fact that he already has lower Strength than anyone else in the group, and you've got someone who kind of hits a wall once Chapter 2 starts.

You CAN get around that, though, by getting him an early promotion. He gets +5 Magic and THAT allows him to do 19 Damage per hit to any armored units. Plus, he has a horse, which means you CAN make him good; it just takes more effort than it's worth.

5/10