Aw...a cute couple against each other.

I can't really say much. Zihark is an excellent Swordmaster that gets good stats all-around with Continue, and Illyana is basically the second-Mage, a bit slow, but has strong Luck and Skill, and has Shade. They support each other well, too.

I personally vote for Zihark. He's not nearly as frail, even with only Swords, and is a perfect filler. Continue allows him to take on enemies a bit better, and 15% critical is a boon.

Ha. Extremely close. These are two bottom of high or top of mid tier units. I actually have them right next to each other in my current tier list. XD

I should probably vote for Ilyana, as I'm starting to get a little down on Zihark as a unit. As much as I like him personally, he keeps slipping further and further down my tier list.

But for now, I'll vote Zihark. He's still above Ilyana as of now, so I'll go with that. But it's really close. They're both potentially good units with extremely visible flaws that hold them back from being elite units. Whoever is better isn't better by much.

Unfortunately Zihark was never a miricle for me. Illyana was. Sorry Zihark fans.

Zihark i thought was really good. He had pretty good strength for a myrmadon. He also has a high crit rate unlike mages/sages. Illyana didn't exactly do so well and i didn't like her character as much either :/.

I'm going with Zihark too since he is a pretty good sword user and sword masters are always nice to have. Llyana I used a few times but I perfer Soren over her. I like the mages better in the GBA games.