Fire Emblem: Awakening brought an old addition from Genealogy of the Holy War𝔉 and made it to one of the series' most iconic gameplay mechanics. Child unitꦦs are optional recruitments obtained when two characters obtain an S-rank support. The exception to this is Chrom, as he will have his daughter Lucina regardless if is married or not.
They can inherit skills and growth rates and there are many combinations that make each child different. Where some of the Awakening children have advantages, they, except for one, will also have some shortcomings whether it is their stat growths or class accessibility. Here is every child unit from Fire Emblem: Awakening ranked from worst to best.
13 Yarne
Yarne has it tough in both gameplay and story. He is the last of the Taguel race and the son of Panne, but he is a beast unit that underperforms compared to previous characters in the Fire Emblem series. He has great access to secondary classes such as Assassin and Trickster, which compliments his speed, but unless his father i💟s Robin, it will be tough to make him stand out compared to the others. And no matter what class he is, he will retain his beast weakness.
12 Laurent
Laurent is an interesting case with a decent magic stat and growth rate, but he has the same flaws as ꦺhis mother Miriel, being physically frail 🧸and not being able to double opponents naturally.
A lot of his class options also tend to focus on physical weapons such as Berserker, but making him a Dark Knight can be a good idea if his father is more strength-based like Gregor, Vaike, or Frederick. If there aren't any other options to make him better, than he can be a pair up bot for those𒈔 he can support with.
11 Noire
Sadly for Noire, being an archer has her unable to counterattack unless she is one space away from an enemy. She can gain beneficial skills to help increase her hit rate, but with her mother being Tharja, she may want to become a Sorcerer, Sage, or Valkryie to gain an advantage of her magic growth rate. If you are keen on making her a physical attacker with magic as a backup, then a fath🎐er like Gaius will give her access 💃to great classes including Trickster, Assassin, and Dark Flier.
10 Kjelle
Just like Noire, you may want Kjel♑le to be something else other than the class she starts with. She can actually be a fast unit if she changes into a Pegasus Knight and then Dark Flier 🔴if Donnel or Gaius is her father, thus helping her get Galeforce.
Kjelle also benefits from having balanced stats if she becomes a Paladin or Hero🐠. But if you do want a wall to tank hits, then having her stay as a General is a decent option if given a father like Kellam or even Chrom to gain access to Ae🍎ther.
9 Gerome
Wyvern Knights like Gerome are great at having strength and defense, but in return, are weak against magic and having low luck. He ☂is far from the worst,𒀰 but there are ways Gerome can work in battle as long as there aren't many magic users.
And unfortunately, due to his mother, Cherche's seco✃ndary class options, he will never have access to Galeforce since males cannot become pegasus knights. But his physical defenses can help him endure hits, and if he gets Iote's Shield from DLC, then he won't have to worry abo🦩ut archers.
8 Brady
Brady having the utility of a healer is always appreciated on the battlefield. He won't be able to become a cavalry healer like his mother Maribelle, but he will have more𝕴 defense to help him endure. With fathers like Ricken, Libra, or Henry, he can have a great magic stat to use tomes, heal more HP, and have a large range to make use of a Rescue staff. If you want to go the extra mile, have him inherit Galeforce from Maribelle to have him take out an enemy and heal up a damaged unit afterward.
7 Nah
Nah has a similar situation with Yarne, as no matter what class she changes into, she will continue to have her dragon weakness. Fortunately, she has an advantage with Manaketes being really good in Awakening. She can either be a ܫfast or tanky dragon, so almost any father can work for her if optimized correctly. She definitely serves well as her starting class, but picking🌳 up skills like Sol or Luna will help her out.
6 Severa
Awakening's tsundere will vary depending on who her father is, but with Cordelia as her mother, she will be able to inherit the classes needed to obtain the broken Galeforce skill. Severa is aඣt her best with strength, speed, and skill being the necessary stats to make her deal damage and increase her survivability with fathers like Gaius, Lon'qu, and Vaike as great cܫandidates. She can have the choice to remain a Mercenary and become a Hero, Bow Knight, or take an ironic approach and be a fast and hard-hitting Falcon Knight like her mother.
5 Owain
Owain is a dashing hero with respectable confidence, and he certainly does not disappoint in combat. His standard reclassing options compliment him, being able to obtain skills 🍌such 𓆏as Astra from Swordmaster or Counter from the Warrior class.
Depending on his father, he can have an emphasis on using melee weapons or be the complete opposite and turn him into a magic-base꧂d unit. If you own the Xenologue 5 DLC, then making him a Dread Fighter is not a bad id꧅ea either.
4 Cynthia
Cynthia shares similarities to Lucina, where her parent options are limited. As a pegasus knight, she has fantastic mobility with impressive speed, luck, and resistance. If her father is Chrom, then Aether will be an amazi🃏ng offensive skill in her arsenal. If her mother Sumia is paired with Gaius, then she will be a blazingly fast unit with one of the highest speed stats in the game, as well as obtain skills from the Fighter class should he have them.