There is a lot of Distant Counter weapons, but we dont have any CC mage (or bow/dagger). Do you think that it would make a difference? In my opinion it would be fun to try new builds with free A-slot. Maybe one of Robins could get first CC tome after refinment?
Also in core fire emblem games, mages can attack from both ranges (fontunetly it is not case for all mages in FEH), so IS could go step furhter and make hero with special tome that allow not only counter from both ranges, but also initiate combat from both ranges. Ofc they have to balance that unit with stats, or lower might.
Mages already have lower BST with a lower mt weapon, if you give them an even lower mt weapon then you'll need that character to be min-maxed, as with a CC tome you need both def and res for dragons and atk to deal dmg, obviously hp is also an important stat, the character would need Arden level of spd or he won't be making good use of the weapon
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