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sethnintendo said:

Sad part is that I didn't make it with Donnel (I was trying to lvl him up to keep him but he fell in battle since he is so damn weak).  He seemed like too much work too so I let him fall in battle when first introduced to him so he never joined my party after the map.  I like to try to get everyone but sometimes those weaklings are more hassle than good.  I don't really have any sorrow for not getting Donnel considering I could have just replayed map till I got him.

Unless you're grinding to maximize all of your characters, losing Donnel's actually harmful. His growth levels are unparalled: the first six or seven levels are rough, but by level ten he's caught up to most of your army, and ten levels after that he's a complete beast. Even on lunatic, I feel comfortable letting Donnel handle a dozen enemies by himself for the bulk of the game: on Gerome's Paralogue, I let him solo everything on the far left of the map with nothing more than handaxes and an elixir, with the other units combined having a harder time managing against the center and right-side foes.