Lorenz might not have the best magic stat, but frozen lance (and some of the lances you can use it with) is so powerful that even he can blow enemies off the map. An unboosted Lorenz can often ohko with just a silver+, nevermind Lance of Ruin of Spear of Assal.
Class Path
Monk -> Mage/Cav -> Warlock/Paladin -> Dark Knight
Paladin outclasses dark knight in terms of frozen lance damage and movement, but dark knight’s healing and long range options are good enough that I still prefer it. There’s a lot of enemies that can get ohko’d by ragnarok or orko’d fire or sagittae.
Unlike Marianne or Hubert, Lorenz actually does need to cert warlock for the magic base. It’s also good to have for some battalion vantage shenanigans.
Rank priorities
D reason -> D faith -> D authority -> C reason -> C+ Lances -> B+ Reason -> C+ riding -> B authority -> B lances
When this is done consider C faith, A and A+ lances, A+ and S reason, A authority, and A+ riding.
Skill loadout
Recruitment
OOH Lorenz is weird. If you recruit him as a cav his speed gets hurt a bit, so
you usually recruit him as a soldier just to avoid that. The strength and
bulk cav gives him isn’t nothing though. If Lorenz is just going to be a filler
horse for striding he should definitely be recruiting in chapter 6 or 7.