Genealogy of the Holy War Pairing Guide/Sylvia

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Sylvia

	Max weapon rank
	Sword C
	Son	Daughter
Children	Corple	Leen

The pairings being graded are: Lex Dew, Levin, Claude, Nobody

Because Sylvia will potentially go unpaired, in this situation Sharlow and Laylea will replace Corple and Leen.

This is going to be somewhat hard to grade. Corple is near useless being a severely under leveled unit with 5 move and a late join time. Leen will always be valuable for Dancing, so her stats aren’t important. Therefore I will evaluate their stats as usual, but remember the difference is minor. Any fighting ability for Leen is likely only going to be used for self-defense, but I’ll still take note of it.

Also, some people give Sylvia the Leg Ring, but I will not take this into account due to the difficulty to acquire.

Lex

	Max weapon rank
	Axe A
	Initial	Per turn	Conversation(s)
Love growth	0	+3	None

Corple

	Initial weapon rank			Max weapon rank
	Staff A			Staff A, Fire/Thunder/Wind C
	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Mdf
Base stats	30	2	8	8	8	10	4
Growth rates (%)	120	45	25	25	25	40	55	35
Skills	Prayer, Elite, Ambush

Corple will have the highest possible HP and Defense; second highest Strength, bad Magic, Skill, Speed, and Luck. Corple is a Priest, so he needs the Magic, while the Strength is meaningless. Lex can’t pass down any staffs so Corple will only have a Libro staff, which isn’t bad, but he could have more.

Rating: 0/10

Leen

	Initial weapon rank			Max weapon rank
	Sword C			Sword C
	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Mdf
Base stats	31	4	1	3	9	10	4	5
Growth rates (%)	105	30	32	20	20	40	50	42
Skills	Dance (Class skill), Prayer, Elite, Ambush

Leen will get the second highest HP, and Strength, second lowest Magic, Skill, and Luck, and the lowest possible Speed. She’ll have the highest possible Defense though. Leen won’t do much fighting, but if she does she can hit somewhat hard. Ideally Leen (given her C rank in swords) she should have higher Magic so she can hit hard with magic swords. She’ll probably be dancing more often though, so the boosted durability is nice. With Leen though, dodging is better so she can take full advantage of Prayer, and double with a good Magic stat.

Rating: 6/10 (Nice durability)

Skills

Ambush is nearly useless for the kids. Leen won’t need to fight much, and striking first won’t do much. Elite is extremely helpful though. Leen will level up much quicker, increasing her durability. Corple will need experience as soon as he possible to promote. Normally lack of Pursuit is a problem, but here it is not because fighting isn’t that necessary.

Rating: 9/10 (Pursuit not being there is a negative, but doesn't hurt them as much as others)

Difficulty to acquire

Lex will be charging right into battle, while Sylvia will be hanging back. Even if Sylvia reaches Lex, she should be dancing for Lex to move away. Leaving Lex behind compromises his fighting ability so he will be badly hindered. They have a high growth, but low base for love, so it will take a while. There are no conversations to speed things up so this will take time.

Rating: 0/10

Overall

This is awful for Corple’s stats, but Elite massively helps him. As for Leen, she probably could use better Magic and Speed, instead of Strength and Defense. Elite helps both of them, but the pairing is incredibly difficult to get.

Rating: 3/10

Dew

	Max weapon rank
	Sword A
	Initial	Per turn	Conversation(s)
Love growth	0	+3	None

Corple

	Initial weapon rank			Max weapon rank
	Staff A			Staff A, Fire/Thunder/Wind C
	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Mdf
Base stats	26	2	8	9	9	12	3	8
Growth rates (%)	80	45	30	45	45	60	45	40
Skills	Prayer, Bargain

Second highest Skill, third highest Speed, but lowest HP. Defense is actually quite good, second only to Lex and tied with many, but of note is that Dew gives the highest Magic growth for a physical-based father. Corple will have the second highest possible Luck, tied with many others. His resistance will be second highest meaning that Corple may be somewhat durable since he can dodge somewhat well and reduce damage from Magic, although his Defense will not be too high, and his HP will be bad. This is better than many physical parents, but the fact remains: why does Corple need a physical father? He’s a mage. Once again, no inheritance, which hurts.

Rating: 7/10 (As good as it’ll get without a mage for a father)

Leen

	Initial weapon rank			Max weapon rank
	Sword C			Sword C
	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Mdf
Base stats	28	4	2	3	10	12	2	6
Growth rates (%)	75	30	35	30	30	50	30	45
Skills	Dance (Class skill), Prayer, Bargain, Solar Sword

This will give Leen the lowest possible HP of all children characters. That should give an idea just how bad her HP is. Her Strength and Magic are balanced, meaning she can do some damage either at range or not with a magic sword. Her Defense and Resistance will be second best, as will her Luck. Speed and Skill are both moderate, beating many, but at the same time being beaten by others. Overall this actually makes her well balanced. This is amongst the better possibilities for Leen, because of her ability to dodge, deal some damage, magical or not, and be somewhat robust. Unfortunately, the low HP really hurts her.

Rating: 9/10

Skills

Dew will pass down Bargain, which is helpful for both. Corple can more easily afford to repair the more expensive staves, while Leen can buy rings more cheaply. I mention rings here, because if the player chooses to give her the Leg and/or Knight Ring, with Bargain it will be much cheaper. Dew won’t give Pursuit, but it isn’t as bad because more likely than not, any fighting the two do is only in self-defense. Dew also gives Solar Sword, but due to the nature of it, only Leen will inherit it. It actually benefits her nicely, because she will not have high HP, but any damage she takes could potentially be recovered thanks to the skill.

Rating: 9.5/10 (-.5 because of no Pursuit and Corple not inheriting Solar Sword)

Difficulty to acquire

Both parents have the same move, but Dew will be doing much more fighting. Even more so is that typically Sylvia will Dance, and Dew will either move away or won’t be next to her in the first place. It requires some sacrifice of Dew’s fighting skill, but he isn’t going to be a main killer anyways, so it isn’t too bad. As for growth, there are no conversations and an average growth so it will take time.

Rating: .5/10

Overall

Overall this is a mixed bag. It provides an excellent skillset and stats for Leen (aside from HP), but Corple still won’t be magically suited, and he won’t inherit anything. It hinders Dew, and is bad for Corple, but looking past that, at least for Leen, it’s a great pairing.

Rating: 7.5/10

Levin

	Max weapon rank
	Wind *, Fire/Thunder/Light/Staff B
	Initial	Per turn	Conversation(s)
Love growth	200	+2	+50 points (Ch. 4)

Corple

	Initial weapon rank			Max weapon rank
	Staff A			Staff A, Fire/Thunder C, Wind *
	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Mdf
Base stats	30	0	10	9	9	9	2	9
Growth rates (%)	120	15	50	45	95	40	25	40
Skills	Prayer, Continue, Critical

Levin will pass down up to B rank staffs so there is some inheritance. Here is the huge benefit: Levin will pass down Holsety and Major Holsety blood, but Corple must wait until after promotion to use it. As for growths, Levin will be tied with Claude for the second highest Magic growth, and tied with many for second best Skill. He will have the best possible Speed, but with low Luck. Thanks to the Speed and Holsety tome, although he can’t take a hit, he will be quite durable from dodging ability. The only A rank staffs that could be inherited are Reserve and Rescue, which would be nice, but given everything else that’s up for offer, it’s meaningless.

Rating: 9/10 (-1 for not using Holsety until promotion)

Leen

	Initial weapon rank			Max weapon rank
	Sword C			Sword C
	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Mdf
Base stats	30	3	2	3	11	10	2	6
Growth rates (%)	95	15	45	30	55	40	20	45
Skills	Dance (Class skill), Prayer, Continue, Critical

Leen won’t have much Strength, but with her high Speed and Magic, she can defend herself somewhat well with a magic sword. Her Luck will be somewhat low, but not too bad. There isn’t much to comment on here, but this is one of the better pairings for Leen.

Rating: 8.5/10

Skills

Levin will pass down Continue and Critical. Both will be near useless to Leen, but once Corple promotes and becomes a new Levin both skills will greatly benefit him. With this pairing, Corple will be a fighter, so here he really could use Pursuit.

Rating: 7/10

Difficulty to acquire

The pair has a high base, but other pairings have a faster growth. There is a secret conversation that boosts them by 50 points, which means that this will be somewhat easier. Before getting Holsety, Levin will not be right on the frontline, meaning that keeping him with Sylvia won’t be too hard. After Holsety, keeping the two together will be harder because Levin can single handedly take down armies at a time, while Sylvia is frail. Hopefully the two will be together enough to be paired by the time he obtains Holsety.

Rating: 8/10 (Levin will still be hindered prior to Holsety, but not too badly)

Overall

Overall this is probably one of Sylvia’s best pairings. Unfortunately this is far from Levin’s best pairing. I’m ranking this for Sylvia, not Levin, but remember that in doing this, Levin cannot be with Fury or Tiltyu.

Rating: 9/10

Claude

	Max weapon rank
	Fire C, Thunder C, Wind C, Staff *
	Initial	Per turn	Conversation(s)
Love growth	190	+1	+100 (Ch. 4)

Corple

	Initial weapon rank			Max weapon rank
	Staff *			Staff *, Fire/Thunder/Wind C
	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Mdf
Base stats	26	0	10	7	8	10	2	11
Growth rates (%)	90	15	50	25	35	60	25	60
Skills	Prayer

Claude will pass down any staves he can use, which is very nice. Corple will have the second highest possible Magic, and Luck, but low Skill and Speed. His Defense will be tied with Levin and Azel for worst. Corple will inherit the Valkyrie Staff, and major Blaggi blood, meaning he can use it. Also thanks to the Blaggi blood, Corple will have massive Resistance, meaning that he can be a magical tank, although his HP will never be great. Unlike with Levin, here Corple will be a healer, promotion or not, first, and a fighter as backup.

Rating: 9.5/10 (Lack of competent fighting ability is a drawback)

Leen

	Initial weapon rank			Max weapon rank
	Sword C			Sword C
	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Mdf
Base stats	28	3	4	2	9	11	1	8
Growth rates (%)	85	15	50	20	25	55	20	65
Skills	Dance (Class skill), Prayer

Leen will have major Blaggi blood, meaning she’ll have excellent Resistance and Luck. Her Magic will be second highest so she can defend herself with a magic sword. Her Defense, Skill, and Speed will be low, but with her Luck she can dodge decently, which means she can defend herself from magic, but against weapons, she’ll be vulnerable.

Rating: 7/10

Skills

Claude gives nothing. Not too big of a deal given the kids’ roles, but again, nothing is nothing.

Rating: 0/10

Difficulty to acquire

The pair starts with a lower base than Levin, and an even lower growth. However there is a conversation that speeds it up by 100 points so that helps. Claude is likely going to be healing from afar with Reserve, so keeping him next to Sylvia shouldn’t impair him at all.

Rating: 10/10

Overall

Overall this is slightly better than Levin. Leen will be worse than with Levin, and Corple will be roughly equal, but instead of being a fighter, he will be a healer. Given that Corple must promote to fight, he'll be healing for most of his career, so it's beneficial that he can inherit more staves. Having Reserve immediately helps because of the massive experience points he’ll gain for using it, meaning he can promote faster.

Rating: 9.5/10

Nobody

Sharlow

	Initial weapon rank			Max weapon rank
	Staff B			Staff A, Fire/Thunder/Wind C
	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Mdf
Base stats	24	0	11	8	9	3	3	9
Growth rates (%)	70	10	50	20	20	30	10	30
Skills	Elite

Sharlow will have low HP, Skill, Speed, Luck, Defense, and Resistance. His only decent stat is Magic, which means he can be a decent healer. He will not have any holy blood, which means until promotion he can’t use A rank staffs. The big benefit here is that only Sharlow can get the Berserk Staff. It only has one use, and costs as much as the Valkyrie Staff to repair, so make the use count. He can always sell it and give it to someone who can better use it. Held back because nothing is inherited.

Rating: 2/10 (Would be a 0 but 2 points for the Berserk Staff, although it’s not that great)

Laylea

	Initial weapon rank			Max weapon rank
	Sword C			Sword C
	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Mdf
Base stats	24	4	0	1	13	4	1	4
Growth rates (%)	50	50	10	20	40	30	20	20
Skills	Dance (Class skill), Charisma

Laylea will have low HP, Magic, Skill, Speed, Luck, Defense, and Resistance. Her Strength is the only decent stat. Like with Sharlow, Laylea can get the Barrier Sword, something that Leen can’t. The sword isn’t that great, so I can’t rate this up too much. However, Dancers typically won’t be in battle too much, so the Barrier Sword is nice, but it would be nice if the Dancer could defend herself. Held back because nothing is inherited.

Rating: 2/10

Skills

Sharlow gets Elite, which speeds up leveling him. Laylea gets Charisma which dramatically increases her utility. They won’t have Prayer, but by avoiding combat, the skills can take full effect. The children shouldn’t fight under any circumstances so the skills help.

Rating: 8.5/10

Difficulty to acquire

This is only hard because it may mean killing Sylvia off in order to prevent her from falling in love. She can be killed off after she has done her job in Chapter 5, so it is easy. Just be careful not to let her fall in love with someone who you have other plans for.

Rating: 8/10

Overall

Overall, this makes the kids pure utility. Both kids will have a skill that helps them out, while they will each get an item that only they can get. It compromises any combat ability whatsoever so take not of that.

Rating: 8/10 (Big boost for Charisma)

Summary

Sylvia's best pairings are:

1. Claude

2. Levin

3. Dew

4. Nobody

5. Lex