Hey, I set myself a goal to make a +10 three-hero core, which would cover the color spectrum. I finished blue recently, which was Nowi. Her main role is enemy phase tanking. Soren is eventually going to be the green choice, but I will keep him as the last step.
Now comes the more difficult part tho, because I'm going red next and I'm kind of unsure which direction to take, so any opinion will definitely be appreciated (btw Tiki is out of the question, because I don't want to focus my team purely on enemy phase).
Eirika: would be a solid choice, which would be universally useful thanks to her sword buff and would be mostly a support.
Marth: most likely better than Eirika, because his drive buffs are more reliable. Also could be a great ally for Soren.
Soleil: high bst, would probably either take a firesweep route or would become a duelist with slaying edge.
Athena/Fir/Lon'qu: these are all high speed, desperation sword users and would be pretty much only useful during player phase. Fir seems like the best out of these, because she has a prf weapon and she wouldn't mind getting stuck next to a mage, because she can take the damage.
Caeda: really useful thanks to her effective dmg and flying movement, but might struggle without flier buffs when in a mixed team.
Lilina: pretty much a yolo option and most likely not a good idea next to soren and nowi.