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Anyways, Fin is basically Alec, but with Prayer instead of Nihil, and access to stronger weapons. No, seriously, look at his growths! They are literally the exact same, aside from Fin having 20% higher Luck!
In spite of that though, Fin actually is a lot more helpful than Alec is, partially due to having access to stronger weapons earlier on (before the really powerful swords start showing up), partially due to getting free gifts that Alec doesn't get (you'll see later), but mainly due to the fact that Prayer is absolutely AMAZING if you know how to use it right.
You see, since Lances have a lot more oomph to them than Swords (at least for now), Fin actually does pretty good damage to people in spite of his weaknesses. And if you can get him in a situation where he's dropped to say, 1 HP, while he's surrounded by enemies, he will literally gain a 100 point boost in Evade, dodge every single attack, and then kill every single enemy. And this is something that is EXTREMELY useful to have when killing Elliot's squad in Chapter 2. The guy completely trivializes the task of rescuing Lachesis; a task that would otherwise be one of the hardest in the game. And what's more, this guy actually WILL show up for Generation 2, which means you're going to get more use out of him than most of the other characters.
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That being said, he does have his drawbacks. Firstly, his first two chapters are filled exclusively with axe wielding enemies, and he has nothing but lances; this puts him at a -20 Hit and Avoid disadvantage. Secondly, his actual STATS aren't actually that impressive; so he's not someone who you can just throw into a pack of enemies like you can Cuan, Sigurd, and Lex. Thirdly. the free Brave Lance he gets is better used on Cuan and Fury, so that's a point against him. And finally, he leaves after Chapter 3; so his availability is lacking compare to most other Gen 1 units. Sure, he does come in Chapter 2...but the man's already overshadowed by then.
7/10
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