Dancing with the Fell Stars! How to pick a Dancer 

I didn't know you could make characters other than Dedue a dancer! wow

I think the dancing opportunity cost is one of the coolest parts of 3H. To throw my two cents in, I think another thing that hurts units like Dimitri and Sylvain as dancers is that they can easier get both the paladin class and A authority for dance of the goddess (I think that’s the BL dancing gambit), which opens up so many possibilities for new strats and fail-safes and desperation plays. It lets you take advantage of their great combat and authority. Also, I chuckled at Ashe being a good pick because he’s mostly useless otherwise. Why did treasure have to be so bad in this game, rendering his personal useless? Ashe is such a good boy and deserved better than what he got

Logically: Ingrid my best dancer so far. Emotionally: Felix. Hands down. MAKE HIM WEAR THE DRESS AND WRECK IN IT.

I pick my dancer based on how hot they look in the outfit

Okay but like hear me out Marianne with her riding avoidance skill and Blutgang, sure not as many uses for high tier magic but still a good dodge tank and has access to silence and physic. Made her on my first Golden Deer play through and haven’t looked back

It’s worth noting that Dorothea has a riding bane so its more difficult to get mov+1 on her.

I'm pretty surprised you didn't bring up Marriane who is in my opinion by far the best dancer. The only true healing spell she gets is physic ( and heal) the other two being silence and aura, meaning she still gets the all useful psych without losing the primary healing factor of that house. This means you're not sacrificing a dedicated healer by making her a dancer because she wasn't going to be a very good healer in the first place. Out of the four healing units she is easily the worst at specifically healing in three houses which also makes her naturally fit into something else besides a main defensive healer. She additionally has a pretty sub par spell list for magic with an additional boon in swords which also incentives you to go for a levin sword build, on top of her weapon and crest being a sword (or weapon based) as well. As the strawberry on top she has a decently high dex growth so she wont make the worst dodge tank if in a pinch as well as the obvious resistance to make her able to shrug off magic attacks. Just my opinion so dont hate me for it

Dancer = best unit Make Ashe a dancer Therfore... Ashe = best unit Now the last video makes sense!

I once made Claude a Dancer just for what he says when I pick him as a Dancer, it's just hilarious.

Obviously Raphael is the best

For practicality, I would probably use Felix. Otherwise, definitely Dimitri. Who wouldn’t like to see a dancing boar?

Marianne is probably best suited for Dancer class, she is the only other character to have a sword type Heroes Relic, which added to Sword Avo+ 20 and Soulblade that does damaged based on Resistance(note that she right now has 43 res on my current play through) gives her a huge damage out put she's one shooting a lot of enemy types with it and even if she doesn't the sword avoid and her high Dex help her avoid counter, she also has Silence and Physic which allows her to either heal allies or nullify mages from attacks from far away. And lastly she has very high magic stat so she can still help in other ways, there are really no draw backs with the exception that she will lose some magic strength from not classing as a Valkyrie or Gremory, but that's a small price to pay her greater performance.

I’m a big fan of Yuri. Sword ago makes him a decent versatile pick.

I think Marianne makes a really good dancer too. She has easy access to Move+1 from riding and good healing with Physic when you need it.

on my maddening run, having the sword avoid on my felix was actually insane, i could just send him out with alert stance+ and he'd safely melt through herds of enemies. also having sword dance saved me on so many occasions.

0:35 Last I checked dancers don't have halved magic like the trickster or warmonk class. They just don't have doubled magic.

Thank you! I hate the typical community "consensus" on dancers. They are always characters that already have tons of utility that should be getting danced instead. Ashe is a great pick I never thought about. Though if I don't plan on using one, Dimitri and Ferdy are my top picks to gain the class skill.

Imo Ingrid is one of the best dancers. Amazing dodge tank, thoron, physic, she’s not the greatest combat unit on maddening, supports with Felix, Dimitri, Sylvain, Byleth, Yuri. She’s got a lot going for her as a dancer.

Dorothea and Marianne are my go to dancers.

One thing to note, the Fetters is great on dancers especially on dancers with a riding talent. Getting an 8 move dancer with canto is amazing. And in my opinion he beat dancers for each house. Black Eagles: Dorothea, Ferdinand, Constance, Yuri Blue Lions: Felix, Ingrid, Marianne, Dorothea Golden Deer: Marianne, Hilda, Ignatz, Ingrid Good anywhere: Flayn.

I made flayn my first dancer In crimson flower :'(

Keeping ferdinand as a dancer just lets you use your dancer on the frontlines where you don't have to worry about "which unit can i dance and not get killed" lol.

Personally, I think Dorothea is the best dancer because her overall stats are just okay. She doesn’t really excel at anything compared to other magic users and this gives her a unique niche for being useful. Just my opinion.

I always go with Flayn because I can’t get her to be useful in literally any other way

The utility of siege spells on a noncombatant is invaluable. Because I made Hilda a dancer, Claude basically got a permanent +3 damage along with the hit bonus that everyone else gets.

Yuri is my all-time favorite dancer. Once I get most of my army on mounts with decent weapons and combat arts, I find his combat really falls off. He is dodgy and not too squishy, and I love dancing with his fetters relic. Plus you get Recover and Silence utility

I like to use flayn. Rescue on a dancer is neat

I use Marianne as my dancer, since she is no Mercedes when it comes to healing. And she is no Felix or Petra when it comes to swordsmanship. She can heal and do her other faith abilities as a side healer if I am in a tight situation as she pairs up super well with Wyvern Lord Hilda or Felix

Don't forget bernadetta. Pass lets her access EVERYBODY she can reach, and it lets her pass by enemies, instead of having to kill enemies infront of the unit you wanna dance for, you can just walk on em

@FED I Love making Constance a dancer as that oddball pick, Despite being a great combat unit between high magic and her crest giving her more casts. She has the long range magic for gambits with Bolting. While she doesnt have physic she brings Rescue to the table, and with a 60% magic growth rate good chance she's getting the magic level ups to increase that range. Boon in Authority for high tier gambits quicker

When talking about dorothea's supports you said Ingrid wasn't very useful. I'd argue +10 avoid is huge for Ingrid.

Honestly I kind of like a longer video on this topic breaking down most characters and their individual chance of being a useful dancer like mentioning people like Marianne ignotz why they be good / bad even talking about the worst dancers and what makes them the worse cuz since it is a unique class I feel like it could deserve a longer video

Sylvain is my go to. He's great in the early game, but I find he falls off a bit, so it's no real loss to the team. Additionally, makes great use of the extra exp, and can become a very durable frontline unit that supports the team with his high bulk

I pick my dancer based on how soon they will be available in Chapter 13. I’d make Byleth the dancer every time if I could.

Picking Sword Avo to build dodge tanks is obsolete. At least if you have the DLC. Brawl Avo tanks are much better. You can have as many instances as Brawl Avo +20 as you want, provided you certify units into the War Monk or War Cleric classes and master them. Additionally, enemies on Maddening don't have a Breaker+ skill that counteracts the Avo from Brawl Avo +20. Meanwhile, Sword Avo +20 is counteracted by Swordbreaker+, which is present in the scariest enemy units, such as Pegasus Knights, Paladins, and Falcon Knights. Finally, male units who go through the Brawl Avo route are able to also pick up Quick Riposte. Being dodgy and immune to doubles while having guaranteed doubles is amazing. Still, the above didn't stop me from choosing Ingrid as my Dancer and Sword Avo tank. I really enjoy watching her gracefully dodge enemy attacks while she slashes them for low damage. (Well, she can get to the point where she can actually kill).

I really like dancer Felix because he can just duke it out on the frontlines and dance people, but still dodge tank and kill on EP

I really like giving my dancer the DLC bonus movement and Fetters of Dromi so they can go into enemy lines, dance and retreat as well

I liked using Hapi as my dancer. She's got a decent healing spell list, but her best utility is being able to Warp. I found great synergy with that role as a Dancer since she tended to be near my least mobile stragglers.

Why is having Physic as a dancer a good thing? I almost never find myself in a situation, where I'd rather want to physic with my dancer over dancebuffing another unit. Imo the opportunity cost to make a physic user a dancer is bigger than the possibility to use physic instead of dance.

I made lysithea a dancer cause she's really cute in the dress

Yuri is the best dancer from the moment he gets the fetters of dromi. He can dance for an ally, then KEEP MOVING and get into position for an attack the next turn. I am absolutely in love with it.

I knew I was faintly hearing Agniritha in the background Nice music choice

I have never used a dancer as a dancer in Three Houses. Doing that thing you hate with Ingrid this run. Her charm stat I think even beats my tea master Byleth now.

why has noone even brought up the obvious best choice Constance? all of the things you said about dorothea plus natural sword boon. Her personal skill also informs how you play the dancer class on different maps which emphasizes the wide variety of strengths the dancer class offers.

Ashe is a great pick. His stats and growths are terrible and personal skill is also terrible. It's so easy to buy keys. Making him a dancer makes him useful. I've made Ignatz a dancer before, he also gets physic in addition to ward and his strength growth is terrible so Dancer can be good for him despite wasting his amazing personal skill. I made Marianne a dancer once. Surprisingly good at dodge tanking armor knight with Blutgang. I would often position her to tank while dancing for a squishy unit so it could hit and run. Not optimal for her but it was a lot of fun. And her victory dance animation when she kills an enemy is... fantastic.

I've used both dancers and dedicated dodge tanks often and always had great experience using both. I've even used it once only for the Sword Dance combat art and Hilda was 1 hit K.Oing fools left and right with it. You just have to know what you're getting into.

Personally, Constance is my favorite dancer. She’s very similar to Dorothea, but I felt that-besides not having physic- she did really well overall with bolting for the long distance support (though she doesn’t have support with a ton of units), and rescue was also a useful spell. With her crest sometimes conserving magic usage, the fewer spell slots dancer forces doesn’t affect her as much.

I like hilda as a dancer. There are more good combat units easily available than you have slots for so the real opportunity cost is losing having her personal skill on the front lines, but you can still get plenty of value from it as well as bolting and her supports without ever taking away from dancing.

Flayn I think is easy to pick for most playthroughs due to her naturally high Charm stat and availability. But it's kinda nice that FE3H essentially gives you the option to plan around giving roles to extra recruited units that would otherwise not normally be part of your main lineup. Adds a different level of depth to team building imo.

Dancer Constance is always a good pick.

I personally like Marianne. I mostly went for the sword avoid and have her magic swords as the dodgiest Falcoknight either with Levin Sword+ hitting 3 range or Blutgang for massive countering damage. I don't think she would be bad as a dancer as well using physic and possibly just using the sword avoid with magic weapons

So on my first playthrough I made Sylvain the dancer and in my second Ingrid, and the third Marianne. Happy with all of them.

Siege tome users. Which one depends on the house and the units you're using relative to the dancers' supports.

Not saying anyone should really do it, but there is the super meme-y Bernadetta Dancer build that uses pass to basically do 1 turn map clears. I don't think it is a particularly good choice unless you are trying to do something unique, but it is a viable option that does allow you to do things that no other dancer in the game can do.

I'm suprised that you apparently get this question so frequently. It's such a minor detail in the grand scheme of things. The most important thing is to pick a unit who you'd rather have them using their action to dance above all else. Riding boon for earlier movement +1 or pass bernie are factors worth considering as well.

I have two picks for Dancer, the first one is my absolutely favorite girl (after Lysithea, of course) Marianne, cuz a lot of reasons: 1. She is not the best healer of the game, Linhardt and Mercedes are by far the best Bishops, specially because of their Crests power. 2. She has boon in Sword, which means she can best use Sword Prowess and Sword Avoid +20, she has a SWORD relic with MAGIC DAMAGE (Blutgang), and a Crest that make it really hurts (Maurice's Crest). 3. She also has boon in riding, which means she can easily obtain movement +1. 4. She also has boon in flying, so she also can obtain alert stance+, and with Sword Prowess and Sword Avoid she is also a very competent dogde tank! Oh, and 5. Of course, she has Physics and Silence. My second pick is Yuri, also for his boon in Swords, and because of his Relic, Fetters of Dromi. He gains +1 mov, pasive, aegis and canto, which means he can move again AFTER dancing and it is super cool and safe. Dorothea is good too, but i prefer her as a Gremory, because a double Meteor is too good to ignore.

I went with Marianne since I heard she was good healer and gets Frozen Lance. After using her for my first playthrough I learned Frozen Lance isn't as useful as I thought in pinch situations but with her relic she can be really good at dodging and having physics on her makes her a great healer. Next playthrough I'm gonna go with Flayn since I don't wanna repeat by making her a Pegasus knight

I made Ashe my dancer the first play through because he was my favorite character and he was great at it 😅

Two Ashe videos in a row! Ashe fan club unite!

I always do big brain. Petra for Sword Avoid + 20. Don’t even use her as a dancer. Falcoknight for Avoid+10, and alert stance and sword prowess, as well as an avoid gambit. Have her hold an evasion ring. Give her an avoid +15 gambit. She will be over 120 Avoid. It’s fun.

I cannot believe you neglected to mention the by-far most important non-Dancer-specific ability for doing the job of Dancing: Movement +1. This is another marked downside to using someone like Dorothea (or Flayn, another popular pick), as she has a bane in Riding, meaning it will be way late in a New Game campaign by the time she will be able to get A+ rank and learn it, even if you somewhat unrealistically dedicate the entire game to raising her rank--which would imply that you're starting Black Eagles, which would mean you have access to Ferdinand, one of the actual best Dancers on account of his Riding boon, Sword boon, and relatively high Charm. You are correct in assessing that you would be kind-of-sort-of trading away Ferdinand's combat utility for someone who is going to be spending basically all of his time dancing, but worrying overly much about opportunity cost is how one puts someone like *Ashe* in the role. We are assessing who actually makes the *best* Dancers. In fact, you know who is *also* an exceptional combat unit (despite your gormless dig at her 2:30 in) who also makes for one of the best Dancers? That's right, it's the girl who can do anything (but her Magic is somewhat mediocre so), -Kim- Ingrid! And this comes down to the qualities she has over other Dancer choices: Riding Boon, Sword boon, relatively high Charm, and not being literally Dimitri (you best Dance *target* on that route). If we take a look at this underlying pattern of qualities that make a good Dancer--Riding Boon, Sword Boon, and so on--we have one more candidate appear, this time conveniently from the Golden Deer house, and also conveniently somebody who is already a utility mage rather than a potent combat unit, arguably *the* best Dancer in Three Houses, it's Marianne! By the time Dancer is available, Flayn will have joined your ranks to assume main healer duties, and of course, you always have the option of taking the Magic Byleth route, as well, so in effect, there is no opportunity cost to Dancer Marianne, and this is just the cherry on top of already checking all the boxes on the "is good at the role of Dancer" checklist: Riding Boon, strong utility Magic list, Sword boon, absolutely zero Rally options, and relatively high Charm. Plus, actually winning the certification makes Marianne happy, and we all know just how much she deserves to be happy. Honestly, it is quite disappointing how you neglected to mention any of this.

Honestly I'm really surprised you didn't mention Rengor's patented Bernadetta dancer with pass, the only thing she doesn't have that is really appreciated in a dancer is physic but her pass skill is too good on a dancer to pass up (specially if you give her the fetters of dromi to increase her movement and give her canto) besides your all your mages (even if it's only one offensive and one healer) should be enough and if they're not then she can have a healing staff on her to equip in a pinch so that using heal is enough assistance.

Honestly I totally agree with the argument for Asche, ESPECIALLY if you're not doing LTC/Warp shenanigans. There's absolutely no reason you can't have him run around and open all the chests once you're down to boss prep on a stage, and always having him around just lets you get a small bit of extra gold from selling all of those keys. Long-range support can just as easily be done by just using characters with meteor/bolting/etc. as well, meteor/bolting/etc. characters - Most stages don't last long enough for a Gremory to run out of casts of them prior to the boss fight, seeing as they shouldn't use any during the EP. I do have to say Dancer Ferdinand is just stupidly broken though. Because you can IMMEDIATELY turn him into a dodge tank the second he joins you, then literally just keep him as a dodge tank the entire game, that can hit 0% hit chances even on Maddening on most maps with appropriate positioning, buffs, and a pure dodge build. It's a different playstyle to be sure, but it's actually surprisingly effective. It's also super useful for a minimal unit run if trying to do certain exploits and stuff like that on a fresh new game instead of NG+. Since turn count likely doesn't matter in those cases, and having a fully immortal unit is just as good, if not better, than being able to kill 2 units with your main combat unit on player phase. Especially since you can warp said immortal unit halfway across the map and have them kill everything since they're, well, immortal.

DUDE I ACCIDENTALLY MASHED THE CONVERSATION WITH ASHE and he is currently my dancer and i am shocked to hear he is someones favorite! Maybe i didn't mess up

But consider: Dancer Yuri, with the fetters of Dromi, can dance and move again, good at swords and healing anyway, already had good avoid because he’s fast. Yeah, not a lot of supports but I think his other advantages make up for it!

Caspar? Front line unit? FED he’s a healer and he’s supposed to stay out of the front lines with the canto he gets from Holy Knight for retreating after healing.

I'll say this before hand, 3H is my first FE game and I'm not by any means a pro. That being said, my go too dancer is dorothea cause her growths for my playthroughs are very odd. So many times she ends up being an average mage unit and 95% of the time on mid/end game she is out class by my other mage units like Annette or lysithea to name a few. Since I love to have her on the battle field but I still need units to do something proactive not just there for looks, she can support my crew with dancing after a wrap or after doing and action to end maps quicker plus her mag growths are good enough with me to do small damage to weaken a foe or do the kill. I think it adds versatility which I personally like.

I fins making Ferdinand a dancer and recruit Sylvain to replace him as a combat unit. I also think Marianne is pretty good

I say Yuri is the best offensive dancer. His speed growth causes him to be as strong dodge tank, he has good faith and reason spell list for a offensive mage, and the sword avoid is BUSTED on him. Try it, it is fun.

I picked Marianne as my dancer. She has boom in swords and faith and she has psychic and silence to do support. She also gets blodgang which is relic sword to her crest and it gives her the sword avo 20 skill to use and deals good damage

I was not expecting Ashe, props for original thoughts!

ive only advanced far enough to get a dancer once before corrupted save got me and i picked edelgard. i had no idea what i was doing and thought it would be funny to have the badass heavily armored mountain chopping axe goddess be the dancer. it was as amusing as i expected it to be but the game said no f this :(

Just got the game a couple of days ago, and boy I'm glad to have fought the Flame Emperor before watching this video!

I made Flayn a dancer because I figured that since she's already behind it'll be better than losing one of my units while also having to raise her. Then she left me.

About a week ago in my golden deer hard mode run I wanted to make ferdinand my dancer but I didn’t realize it took so long for his B support to open so I just had to rush recruit someone so I picked ashe because lance rank and charm (holy knight byleth so was already training lance rank) and he’s a pretty good dancer

Hilda obviously, because she looks damn good in that outfit. 👀

I tend to use Marianne myself but can understand Ashe on any house but AM - only because you can get hit +20 relatively early...if you're not one-shotting everyone with Dimitri like I usually do, at least.

I personally made Felix my dancer and he was low key my best unit He dodge AND tanked a lot of hits Also his magic spells aren't the worst, plus add on something like a killing edge and a crit ring and he's killing AND dancing everyone

My dancer was Dimitri for a troll route 😂 He slays in that outfit 💅 Other than that, my dancer was Flayn, Lorenz (bc wasn't sure what his role was), Marianne anf Yuri. I don't remember who my dancer was in Crimson Flower. I think Dorothea.

Dancer actually gets full magic uses, it just doesn't get any extras or double uses. If you're playing normal or hard, anyone can be the best dancer if you like them in the outfit. In maddening, choose a unit you like but are struggling with. Alternatively give Dimitri the DLC item (or spam retribution as often as possible), a low health battalion, wo dao+ and sword avo+20. W,in. I do genuinely think people worry too much, especially if they aren't on maddening. On normal and hard you can just go Dancer for Sword Avo +20 or use your dancer primarily for healing/combat and be fine. The best is whoever you have fun making a dancer. Maddening is a big jump up and I would strongly advise NOT making a premier combat or main healer a dancer, aside from the aforementioned Dimitri gimmick. But any character you like and care for, especially if their stats are suffering or their skills are less helpful is a great pick. It's an open slot - choose a character you like but don't rely on for their combat or other support capabilities. :)

I know this is a year later response, going on two now, however, I've heard Marianne's name thrown around, and one other and I'll get to the second one after Marianne. So why Marianne? Well, it's because after Physic, she has no white spells that heal, she has a really good Magic stat in general still, and is pretty decent with swords, and gets Blutgang and can use those Magical Swords with more than 1 range. So, if she has to, she can defend herself and possesses utility in terms of Silence, otherwise, she's an excellent Dancer, decent backup healer if you need a second person healing that turn, she also can get the movement +1 I believe due to her innate talent for riding (where she gets the ability from), and on top of that due to the Sword Avo +20 and her Crest Weapon being a Sword that runs off her magic stat, it works pretty well for her to get a free +20 Avo for simply holding her relic weapon which runs off her best stat, the only reason it's presented as the "best" is simply put, the ability to make her an easy early game secondary healer, and work on getting the skills to support her having higher end charm and ramming the Sword and Riding Skills Up for the sole purpose of allowing her to move further on the battlefield, dodge hits more often and deal damage should you need to take a calculated risk. Annette is the other name I often see thrown around in terms of being a dancer. Why? Well, simply put, her speed generally sucks about as bad as her magic selection, like, the only thing she does better than any unit is buff. That's it. So you could use her as the ultimate support unit and either, throw the best buffing skills and the special dance on her and let her go ham either pre-round planning it all out with a pre-combat buff to a specific unit with the alternate option being mid-round combat buffs being from the special dance or even just normal dancing a unit, and have the option to let a unit go twice, the drawback is obviously you have to choose, door A or door B, to buff pre-combat or buff mid-combat with a Dance. Though I do think Ashe would make a decent dancer, and if you go that route with him, then you do have to train him in sword usage, and likely riding, which is either a taught or naturally good ability if I'm remembering his skills correctly, regardless, my point is, is you kind of have to plan for him to go that route from access to the market onwards, but once you do plan for it, and start down that road, I honestly don't see why he wouldn't make a good dancer, especially if you're training him (via learning plans for him) in Riding solo and using the other plans for separate units (ie flyers) for the end of the week stuff while still giving him that extra move to allow him to get up close and personal with anyone to dance for them.

Such a beautiful version of the Agniratha theme

Big muscle bros as dancer are funny

Felix best dancer for comical purposes :3

I think dancer is a great class to have, but totally not necessary for a playthrough, and if you don't care about being super optimal with it, running it on really anyone is fine. I think that there really is no one good or optimal pick for the class, because most of the time they are dancing and the physic/extra spells is just a nice extra addition. I personally like going for the Dimitri, Felix, Petra Ferdinand, etc. option because I generally have more fun playing around with sword avoid than having the same 3-4 characters be stuck in dancer spamming dance over and over again.

Dorothea dancer is her canon class post timeskip so her !

I've had decent luck with flayn. She has good growth

Ashe is an interesting pick, dancing with him doesn't mesh well with going around to get chests but that's not really a problem. I like Mercedes as a dancer because of fortify and her crest giving more physic uses. I like dancer Linhardt too for another warp and crest strengthening heals. I guess Flayn also has a mix of these traits, but don't do it for crimson flower.

I accidentally made Sylvain a dancer because he was the character that was in front of me when I got the option to enter a student into a dance competition. I should’ve known that competition was for the dancer class, anyways he has been useful as a dancer but I’d like his skills in other classes to get better.

I have actually never used a dancer. I only made ingrid dancer on maddening for sword avoid +20

Spends the whole time talking about Dorothea and almost no one else. She is fine, especially if you can't recruit anyone better, but other units exist. Marianne has access to Physic and Silence, as well as her personal relic in Blutgang, which can get you K.O.s with Beast Fang in a pinch. She also has a proficiency in riding, giving her easier access to the +1 movement skill. Hapi also has proficiency in Riding and access to Physic and Warp to support the team outside of dancing. While she loses a lot of power, she can't compete with the damage output and movepool of Lysithea and Constance, so this gives her something to do. Flayn has an excellent support movepool, though she suffers from being weak in Riding. As for the ones who ask what other use she has outside of Dancer- she is the best anti-magic user in the game, which I found out unintentionally but has always stuck with me. Annette has to make the choice between dancing or rallying per turn, but she can work. Sword Avoid is nice because she has one of the lowest HP stats in the game. Counterattack units are always a problem for low HP characters who can't one shot their target. Ingrid is okayish, with proficiency in Swords and Riding, though you'll lose a lot of power from the loss of Luín. Though Sylvain and Dimitri are lancers anyway. She is acceptable, especially if she has poor stat growth in your run. Ferdinand is alright, with proficiency in Swords and Riding as well, but you will lose a lot of power so it's good to recruit another offensive unit to make up for it. His support is not great either. He becomes a defensive offensive unit, weird as it sounds. Ignatz is useless even as a Dancer. The only reason I'll mention him is because he's proficient in Swords and has no use at all in any other class. His magic stat is pitiful so you probably won't recover much health with Physic. He is also crestless so he'll take damage if you try giving him a relic to buff his stats. Ashe... You'd have only be dancing every turn because his magic and charisma are abysmally low, giving very limited support options. He also has no proficiency in Swords despite carrying a sword and wanting to be a knight. He's the one you throw up on stage when his stat growth is less than optimal and you're unable to recruit someone else. Sylvain is better at dealing damage with Lance of Ruin, but he is proficient in Riding and has some okay spells. His magic stat is actually quite low though. You could make him a Dancer to have him dodge things, but it feels like a waste. The Dancer is way better as a supporting unit and he is not one of them. Dimitri shouldn't even be considered. You'll tank his stat growth with the Dancer class and he should only be dealing damage anyway. Sword Avoid +20 is nice but unnecessary. It is, however, hilarious to make him a Dancer. This goes for all the lords- resist the urge to make them skimpily dressed hoes, no matter how tempting it is. Unless you're not playing on maddening/lunatic, in which case, it makes no difference who the Dancer is. Lysithea is a terrible choice. Again, she should only be dealing damage. Warlock, Gremory, Mortal Savant, Dark Knight, anything is better than Dancer. I have tried making Yuris a Dancer, and while he is very good at dodging, the loss of power is too high and you miss critical kills. He's also weak in Riding, so you lose out on +1 movement. He does have his unique relic, Fetters of Dromi, which is excellent, but again, the lowered damage is significant. He and Felix basically share the same problems as Dancers. They do look rockin as Dancers, though. Again, it is not important outside of maddening mode who your Dancer is.

Yuri is best dancer. His relic gives +1 move and Canto making him capable of keeping up with everyone. He has also great charm so give him a strong battalion.

I think Ferdinand is actually not a bad pick. If you keep him in Dancer and use swords he can be super dodgy so exposing him isn’t as dangerous. He also has decent physical bulk so he can take a stray hit or two. You miss out on Swift Strikes but he’s so hard to recruit that depending on your route getting that with him may be difficult anyway. But just taking Dancer for Sword Avoid then switching is honestly not a good way to go. There’s just too many kill boss maps that Dancers can trivialize (and they also contribute significantly with unit positioning in Rout maps).

I like my dancer to have a crest so I can give them fetters of dromi, which I find very helpful to keep them out of harm's way. Marianne or Ingrid make excellent dancers from my experience.

While I have yet to play maddening, and my opinion might change when I do soon, I honestly don't see the need to Dance every single turn. I've played through twice now on hard, BL and GD with Sylvain as my dancer for both, he is one of my most powerful units, easily doubling everything, high crit chances, really powerful magic and physical attacks (I took him through magic classes for skill experience and magic growths), and amazing avoid with both Black magic and Sword avoid. He easily kills swarms of enemies while rarely getting hit. And when I need to dance to get some good movement or really focus down on some enemies that sylvain isn't perfectly suited for, then I still can. I enjoy having a combat dancer.

Hubert dances to best support lady edelgard down her chosen path ^-^ also i love his goth dancer outfit and mostly use him to safely get my glass cannons back out of range while he sits and murders everyone else on enemy phase

Went with Dorthea but I am playing Golden Deer so my pool of mages is kind of stacked at the moment.

Crimson Flower Flayn is the best dancer in the entire game. /sarcasm

These guys do not know which is the best dancer, its Marianne, a healer, can use the Blutgang relic from her paralogue (or use levin sword) and she needs more avo, the con is not dark flier or bishop, no magic class

Option #4 - Whoever just REALLY shit the bed with their stat rolls