Talk:Albus Bernstein/@comment-193.116.78.82-20200802144302

I'm just going to echo what other people have said - while some people may think that Battle Mage class is more "tanky" because of the 100% block ability 'Magic Armor', the fact is that unless you get super incredibly lucky with one mission and make a specific choice in that same mission, you do not get access to craft this ability until very late in the game and prior to that Albus will definitely be your most durable character. Even when Sion and Irene get access to 'Magic Armor', Albus is still incredibly hard for enemies to kill if you build him correctly.

The other thing about Albus that people really neglect is that like Irene, he is one of the fastest melee combatants in the game and has one of the highest single target damage special moves. The general trick is to give Albus some way to trigger overcharge status on demand and then use Wind Walk/Turning over a new Leaf to zoom in on a boss and one shot him. This works even on Hard and Cruel difficulty if you build and play him correctly.

Finally, Magic Knight is really bad compared to Great Swordsman. Albus hardly benefits from ESP in any of his attacks and the Magic Knight bonuses for ESP stat barely make a difference. As far as I'm concerned is a design flaw in the game and the devs need to rebalance it. Until then, you want to focus on a Bladestorm Great Swordsman build.