>>719179346
Not really. Dimitri's personal skill upgrades to Faerghus Lineage + after the timeskip. At full health, Dimitri gets +15 avoid. If you train Dimitri in flying, you can give him Alert Stance, which also gives him +15 avoid if you wait. Forest tiles give +30 avoid if memory serves. So just by existing, Dimitri can have +60 avoid not counting his natural avoid. This already makes him difficult to hit for NPCs even on Maddening but the important bit is to make sure Byleth is an Assassin or a Trickster. I typically do Trickster, I just like it better. But Stealth makes enemies ignore Byleth if another unit is available. Another perk of the Blue Lions is that someone decided it was fair for the Lions to get the Kingdom Archers on chapter 4, which grants Counterattack. So now Dimitri can solo most of the NPCs while Byleth can play harrier and pick off the outsiders while being safe until reinforcements come