Madora is not nearly as good as a Knight/fighter that is a PC and built correctly, optimized to only be an ass kickin name taking meat shield.
Madora can be built to kick some serious ass. She starts out at level 4, so there's plenty of opportunity to customize.
I found Bardotr to be the character I'm most fond of at higher levels and she's always with my party, with the fourth member being the jobhopper based on what's next.
