Fates tips I discovered/created
For Revelations, an Elise!Kiragi is actually great if you train him as a Kinshi Knight (especially with a shining bow or a bolt naginata) then reclass him into a Basara.
Beruka actually doesn't suck as a Malig Knight. She's actually quite great if you use a Spirit Dust or two and an Arms Scroll to get her a better tome rank. Find a castle that has Rend Heaven for her and buy it for her. She works wonders!
You can't really pick a bad mom for Midori, but the best ones in my experience are Azura, Beruka, and Setsuna. Azura and Setsuna both give her a +7 speed modifier but negative defense. Beruka gives her mediocre speed but great defense and skill.
Laslow's marriage options in Revelations aren't great for him or Soleil. Hana is okay at best only because of Partner Sealing and passing down Astra/Swordfaire to Soleil. Azura and Mozu are great for him and make Soleil pretty good. Laslow also makes Shigure amazing in turn with high skill and luck.
Azama and Felicia are an incredible pairing. The great thing is, you can reclass Azama into an Apothecary, get the 2 skills, and promote him to a Merchant. Once you gain those Merchant skills, he can still function greatly as a Great Master. Passing down Profiteer to Mitama will benefit nicely. Mitama will also love getting Live to Serve from Felicia. Basically, you can build a powerful mage tank Mitama this way. She's great as a Strategist and Maid. Literally one of my best child units on Birthright.
Marrying Leo to Azura is more beneficial than one might think. Forrest benefits from Voice Of Peace since he's a supportive unit. Azura also has a decent magic growth. If you have access to DLC, Shigure makes an amazing Dark Flier this way.
Camilla and Xander have exceptional defense. They're probably going to be your main tanks on Conquest, as long as you keep Camilla away from arrows (unless you buy bowbreaker or have her get it by reclassing into sorcerer). Be warned though: Xander has lowish speed that's pathetic for a Paladin and Camilla's speed is mediocre at best (I think it caps at 29 as a Malig Knight). Their speed can be fixed with units like Kaze as their pair-up support partner.
Elise is actually ridiculously powerful. Her main problem is that she goes SQUISH like really easily. If you can keep her behind a wall of sturdy units and make sure she can't be range attacked by physical units, she'll be an absolute beast. However, she's an incredible mage tank because of her ridiculously high resistance stat/growth.
Camilla!Velouria is one of my best units. Period. Her strength, defense, and skill are absolutely killer. For some reason, she also has a speed asset (unlike her poor slow dad), so her speed is great, although it's nowhere near Kitsune speed. Basically, this version of her outright replaced Keaton in my Conquest file. Camilla gives her some pretty great resistance too.
No matter what, Selkie is pretty much a speedy glass canon. Anyone who could give her good defense is still not going to patch up her weakness by much. Honestly, Charlotte and Felicia are both solid moms for her if you want to amplify the glass canon role for her.
Charlotte and Benny are super underrated as a pairing. While being paired up, Charlotte gets a MAJOR defense boost from Benny (which can be combined with the Adamant Club for an extra +4 defense). Benny gets a good speed and strength boost.
Friendship sealing Elise and Sakura on Revelations is the greatest possible option for either one of them, imo. Sakura kicks ass as a maid (plus Live to Serve on her is incredible) and the Onmoyji class allows Elise to maximize her magic potency.
