#It's always kind of strange to make tierlists it's not something I'm used to

[randomnameless]

In regards to what would happen to Edelgard if she lost her crests mid-war, i actually think she still stands a pretty decent chance of winning specifically on CF, if only because she'd still have Byleth on her side; an inhumanly strong, durable and fast commander (arguably even moreso than herself, Dimitri and Rhea, but that's a discussion for another post) that can also rewind time whenever things don't go the way they want it to makes a war significantly easier to win, even if she was forced to stay on the backlines from then on because she lost her durability and strength along with her crest.

She's pretty much fucked on every other route, given how she already lost her war on every non-CF route while getting massive benefits thanks to her crest; without it, she isn't making it out of her very first battle with Dimitri/Claude/Byleth alive lol

Ehh,

I'll disagree about Billy here, in the Houses verse they don't go "za warudo" and stop time, and aren't as durable as, say, Rhea herself, and I'd say on the strong and fast part, Dimitri has that covered.

I feel like Billy would waste all of their divine pulses uses trying to get near Rhea'n'Dimitri or even getting a strike in (where you actually wonder how they manage to win in CF, the plot said Rhea was late but even then, it's supposed to be a non fight, and that's not taking into account Sothis being a ok with Billy using her powers for, uh, this)

But yeah, that's another post lol

Without her twin crusts, I wonder if Thales doesn't ditch her earlier and unthaws Nemesis from the freezer.

Sure, he doesn't have the might of the Empire to back him up, but he can manipulate/brainwash Ludwig in Nopes, so why not doing it again to empower Nemesis and get rid of the pesky lizards once and for all ?