Quote Originally Posted by tonberrian View Post
Why is Leonie so good? Every time I recruit her, same chapter, she has Strength, Dex, Speed, and Defense all at her level or over (well, Defense is 18 at 19, close enough). Sure her resistance and magic are terrible, but she's like, the best of the cavalier-pathed characters available - Lorenz seems to peter out first, then Ferdinand, and Sylvain is almost as good, but Leonie is just excellent!
Her growth rates are just good. 60% in speed is tied for best in the game, 55% dex is tied for second best, and 40% each in health, strength, defense, and luck are all solid, especially in any class that boosts them even a little. Cavalier plays into this, boosting her health, strength, dex, and defense growths, and penalizing her speed 10%, but her base is so high that she can handle that. Magic and resistance are legitimately her only weaknesses unless she gets rng-screwed.