Fire Emblem Series!

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I always let her get the Leg ring. She's easily the best candidate for it.

[lindsy95]

Ah, that works.
E3 is coming up, soon-ish. I hope to hear good things, Nintendo.

[Moogles]

I always let her get the Leg ring. She's easily the best candidate for it.

Sylvia begs to differ with you on that one.

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Sylvia's better off dead though, and then nobody gets it in the second gen, whereas Lakche with Hero Sword with probably around 40 kills, Knight ring and Leg ring from the first chapter is oh so very rape.

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whereas Lakche with Hero Sword with probably around 40 kills, Knight ring and Leg ring from the first chapter is oh so very rape.

I think Hero Sword is sufficient. I've only ever played through the game once, though, so this looks tempting to try out.

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Try that, along with having her be a Lex!Lakche. Oh my god this rape train has no brakes.

I ended up giving her Hero Sword to Celice because she was activating Continue so often that she didn't even need the Hero Sword, and it had over 80 kills anyway.

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Try that, along with having her be a Lex!Lakche. Oh my god this rape train has no brakes.

I ended up giving her Hero Sword to Celice because she was activating Continue so often that she didn't even need the Hero Sword, and it had over 80 kills anyway.

With Lex's Elite skill I certainly don't see a reason not to try that. I may have to play through this game again now.

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I had Lakche promoted by the second chapter just using her normally. She was that damn good.

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I had Lakche promoted by the second chapter just using her normally. She was that damn good.

I'm sure she was. I had Ira with Holyn, so of course Lakche was good for me, but second chapter? Wow, I wish I used Lex. Stupid move on my part, not at least passing Elite to someone. Don't even get me started on what other things I failed with in Gen 1. You really don't want to know.

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Actually, Holyn!Lakche can be even more broken than Lex!Lakche if you're willing to abuse a certain glitch to get her the Balmung. But do go on, did you not pair up anyone?

[Moogles]

After the discussion a few days ago, I decided to go through my own run of FE4. Just doing a fun run, because lmao I don't need to stress myself over Low Turn Count or anything like that. Currently about to start chapter 7. I went for standard pairings because why not. I also boss abused Dew, Aideen, Ethlin, Noish and Alec in chapter 1 against Gandalf. Because like I said, fun run.

Midir x Aideen
Lex x Ayra
Beowolf x Lachesis
Levin x Fury
Claude x Sylvia
Azel x Tiltyu
Jamka x Briggid

I sort of wish I did Levin x Tiltyu because I want Holsety!Arthur. I suppose that isn't important in the long run though. Skasaha and Lakche are killing things, and I was like "How did they get to level 12 jfc" but then I remembered that they have Elite. Fee has the leg ring right now, because I was being anal retentive about saving all the villages. That might change though haha. Celice also has the Elite ring until he promotes, then I'll probably hand it off to Leaf. Meh.

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Fee has the leg ring right now, because I was being anal retentive about saving all the villages.

I had Arthur with leg ring, for the same reason.

As for my mistakes, I did pair up most people, some being Holyn x Ira. For one, I didn't know enough about the game in Gen 1, so I didn't know about the Ichaival, which hurt Faval a bit in usefulness, but not too much. I also did not get Levin with Holsety, or pair him with anyone. Nor was I able to recruit Fury since one of Lachesis's NPC's got to her and killed her long before Levin could reach her, which was largely as a result of Fury moving to the starting castle.

That was all, but missing out on Ichaival, Holsety, and Fury's children seems bad enough, even if it was only my first run. It was a smooth run for the most part. I'll easily be able to do better in another play, though.

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Working on a Hard Mode run in Radiant Dawn. I have PoR data transferred over, including a Sothe that capped Strength, Defense, Skill, and Speed, so Part 1 and Part 3 should be significantly easier; I raised Sothe 3 levels in the first chapter he's playable in by unequipping his knife and just letting him shrug off hits from Begnion soldiers without taking damage.

Currently on Chapter 4, the Laguz ruins chapter. Currently level grinding Meg up. She may terrible at the start, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't like training her. :P Fiona's the same way, even moreso because she's hardly playable even when you get her. But hey, last time I trained Meg up to maximum, she was capable for the Endgame and could compete with Gatrie, and the last time I trained Fiona, she capped every one of her stats at level 12 in the 3rd tier. It was great.

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Working on a Hard Mode run in Radiant Dawn. I have PoR data transferred over, including a Sothe that capped Strength, Defense, Skill, and Speed, so Part 1 and Part 3 should be significantly easier; I raised Sothe 3 levels in the first chapter he's playable in by unequipping his knife and just letting him shrug off hits from Begnion soldiers without taking damage.

Currently on Chapter 4, the Laguz ruins chapter. Currently level grinding Meg up. She may terrible at the start, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't like training her. :P Fiona's the same way, even moreso because she's hardly playable even when you get her. But hey, last time I trained Meg up to maximum, she was capable for the Endgame and could compete with Gatrie, and the last time I trained Fiona, she capped every one of her stats at level 12 in the 3rd tier. It was great.

Meg's like that no matter how you use her. I've found Danved the same (he's had the best stat turnout of any Sentinel for me anyway). On hard mode, though? Good luck!

Part 1 Chapter 6 is evil on the second stage. Once I got past the swarm of mounted units, the myrmidon decided to screw me over by getting a crit on Fiona. One that I couldn't prevent too... If Fiona's death didn't mean game over, she'd still be dead for me.

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Meg's like that no matter how you use her. I've found Danved the same (he's had the best stat turnout of any Sentinel for me anyway). On hard mode, though? Good luck!

I was never a big fan of Danved. Aran was my Sentinel of choice, but that was mainly due to his Defense. And his Dark Blue/Black color scheme.

Part 1 Chapter 6 is evil on the second stage. Once I got past the swarm of mounted units, the myrmidon decided to screw me over by getting a crit on Fiona. One that I couldn't prevent too... If Fiona's death didn't mean game over, she'd still be dead for me.

I have another data file on Hard Mode that I haven't been able to get through: it's on that very chapter too. But with this PoR Transfer Data I have, I'm hoping to have a better shot at it; not just with the aforementioned Sothe, but Jill as well, since I capped HP, Strength, Skill, Speed, and Defense with her in PoR. I'm surprised how much difference 29 HP makes over the 24 HP Jill starts with.

I want to try something different this time anyway: using Laura. She's the only Saint unit I have not devoted training to yet, so I want to see her shine. And with her RNG blessings atm - HP, Magic, and Speed going up with each of her 8 level ups so far, with Defense not that far behind - I'm hoping she'll become great.

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I was never a big fan of Danved. Aran was my Sentinel of choice, but that was mainly due to his Defense. And his Dark Blue/Black color scheme.

I have another data file on Hard Mode that I haven't been able to get through: it's on that very chapter too. But with this PoR Transfer Data I have, I'm hoping to have a better shot at it; not just with the aforementioned Sothe, but Jill as well, since I capped HP, Strength, Skill, Speed, and Defense with her in PoR. I'm surprised how much difference 29 HP makes over the 24 HP Jill starts with.

I want to try something different this time anyway: using Laura. She's the only Saint unit I have not devoted training to yet, so I want to see her shine. And with her RNG blessings atm - HP, Magic, and Speed going up with each of her 8 level ups so far, with Defense not that far behind - I'm hoping she'll become great.

I chose Aran the first time as well, and he's still my favorite of the three. I think I'll need to try data transfer on hard too. I have a Sothe with maxed stats all around except in magic, luck and resistance, obviously. 5 HP must help Jill a lot. She made things difficult on Chapter 5, so the HP and defense should buff her well.

As for Laura, I choose her Rhys, since she gets speed, and higher offensive caps IIRC. She's annoying to raise at first, but her growths are amazing bar resistance. 45% HP is semi-decent, 70% for magic, speed, and skill, but only 35% in resistance. All great IMO. I've always liked using her, and once she can fight, everything is smooth with me.

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I chose Aran the first time as well, and he's still my favorite of the three. I think I'll need to try data transfer on hard too. I have a Sothe with maxed stats all around except in magic, luck and resistance, obviously. 5 HP must help Jill a lot. She made things difficult on Chapter 5, so the HP and defense should buff her well.

Unfortunately, I'm concerned over Zihark, since I didn't bother to train him in PoR because Mia was so much better, with an above average Defense stat aiding her through the game. He's going to be in so much trouble if he gets ganged up on.

As for Laura, I choose her Rhys, since she gets speed, and higher offensive caps IIRC. She's annoying to raise at first, but her growths are amazing bar resistance. 45% HP is semi-decent, 70% for magic, speed, and skill, but only 35% in resistance. All great IMO. I've always liked using her, and once she can fight, everything is smooth with me.

I didn't use Rhys or Laura as Saint units. I stuck with Oliver, because he's Oliver, and he's got a fantastic theme to boot.


After six hours, I finally got through Chapter 4. Spent 400 turns raising Leonardo's levels, culminating in him promoting, because of the ease of doing so and the fact I wanted/needed a heavy hitter for later. Buying a Bronze Bow for him helped out a lot: it nullifies his chance for critical hits, but when said critical hits can pick an enemy off when he could have spent more time hitting him for experience, it works out.

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Unfortunately, I'm concerned over Zihark, since I didn't bother to train him in PoR because Mia was so much better, with an above average Defense stat aiding her through the game. He's going to be in so much trouble if he gets ganged up on.



I didn't use Rhys or Laura as Saint units. I stuck with Oliver, because he's Oliver, and he's got a fantastic theme to boot.


After six hours, I finally got through Chapter 4. Spent 400 turns raising Leonardo's levels, culminating in him promoting, because of the ease of doing so and the fact I wanted/needed a heavy hitter for later. Buying a Bronze Bow for him helped out a lot: it nullifies his chance for critical hits, but when said critical hits can pick an enemy off when he could have spent more time hitting him for experience, it works out.

My brother was screwed by RNG with Mia, getting no strength. I like Zihark best in PoR since he seemed more solid offensively, but Mia is a close second. Stefan is good, but too frail. In RD, Edward's my fave, and again, Mia right there behind.

Oliver. I've never used him for some reason. I love how he gets his own theme, though. I killed him the first time, unaware that I could recruit him.

You promoted Leo already? God, now that dedication! I'm using him in a Normal mode run now, and he promoted in Part 1 Endgame. I know Leo is useful enough, but he never turns out right for me, and I prefer Rolf's childish personality. It still shocks me that Rolf's Strength growth is higher than Ike's.

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You promoted Leo already? God, now that dedication! I'm using him in a Normal mode run now, and he promoted in Part 1 Endgame. I know Leo is useful enough, but he never turns out right for me, and I prefer Rolf's childish personality. It still shocks me that Rolf's Strength growth is higher than Ike's.

I used Leonardo in my last runthrough since I had already used Rolf and Shinon prior. He had Fiona syndrome too: he capped all his stats around level 10 in third tier.

All sense of brazeness is abandoned when going through RD Hard Mode. Nearly every one of the Dawn Brigade chapters lasted 200+ turns since I was grinding everyone up little by little; the prison chapter took nearly 600 turns while I spent all that time Boss Abusing with Meg, Nolan, Jill, Ilyana, and Edward so they could all promote to second tier. And because I was all "EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE HEALED SO THEY DON'T DIE" mode during it all, I had Laura heal everyone at every moment possible - thanks to that meticulousness, I'm going to the Part 1 Endgame with a Level 15 Bishop. At this rate, Laura's going to be a Saint before Jarod's dead.

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I used Leonardo in my last runthrough since I had already used Rolf and Shinon prior. He had Fiona syndrome too: he capped all his stats around level 10 in third tier.

All sense of brazeness is abandoned when going through RD Hard Mode. Nearly every one of the Dawn Brigade chapters lasted 200+ turns since I was grinding everyone up little by little; the prison chapter took nearly 600 turns while I spent all that time Boss Abusing with Meg, Nolan, Jill, Ilyana, and Edward so they could all promote to second tier. And because I was all "EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE HEALED SO THEY DON'T DIE" mode during it all, I had Laura heal everyone at every moment possible - thanks to that meticulousness, I'm going to the Part 1 Endgame with a Level 15 Bishop. At this rate, Laura's going to be a Saint before Jarod's dead.

I may have to restart my Hard mode file to try just this. How do you have money to buy anything anymore?

[sceptile33]

I don't know how you guys can have Leonardo promoted by the end of Part 1, much less before that. I have difficulty having more than 4 characters, including Micaiah, promoted around Part 1 Endgame. Do you guys usually grind during Part 1?

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I may have to restart my Hard mode file to try just this. How do you have money to buy anything anymore?

You'd be surprised how much money you actually have when you only purchase Bronze weapons and Heal staves. Bronze Bows are the most expensive of the Bronze weapons, and I don't think they cost more than 500 gold. Sell weapons that are nearing their durability limit, sell some of your Vulneraries (since if you're using Laura in conjunction with Micaiah's Sacrifice ability, you won't have much of a health issue, especially if Micaiah has the Renewal Skill equipped), and maybe sell the Ashera Icon Vika gives you (I don't hold much weight on the Luck stat, and if you've trained Meg up enough her Fortune Skill makes critical hits a non-issue), and you'll have money left to spare.

I don't know how you guys can have Leonardo promoted by the end of Part 1, much less before that. I have difficulty having more than 4 characters, including Micaiah, promoted around Part 1 Endgame. Do you guys usually grind during Part 1?

I take advantage of the enemies taking advantage of healing methods. Chapter 1-3 has Healhedges scattered around, 1-4 has Healing Jars (and the Laguz's infinite durability in their weaponry ensures constant attack, and as a result, constant EXP), and the Priests' Heal Staves heals them every turn, so have someone carry someone else to prevent doubling, equip a Bronze weapon, and go crazy picking the Priest off for however many turns as you wish. Hard Mode only grants you 6-8 EXP at the most for hurting, but not killing, an enemy, and I still got Dawn Brigade members to second tier.

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I don't know how you guys can have Leonardo promoted by the end of Part 1, much less before that. I have difficulty having more than 4 characters, including Micaiah, promoted around Part 1 Endgame. Do you guys usually grind during Part 1?

I've never grind in RD, but when I restart my Hard mode, I'll definitely do so. Leo does always lack in HP and speed, so I do baby him a bit in BEXP. As for me, I usually don't train more than four people in the Daein group: Micaiah, Sothe, and two others. It's still a shame the Dawn Brigade lacks character development. Edward's my favorite Swordmaster in the entire series.

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Laura's now a saint. She can probably go solo the entire Part 1 Endgame level now with her 27 Magic, 25 Speed, and 97 Avoid, lol

I wonder how easy it is to level characters up in Easy Mode when you really focus on it. Getting not just the healer, but two or so other Dawn Brigade units, to 3rd tier in Part 1 may not be impossible in that mode.

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Laura's now a saint. She can probably go solo the entire Part 1 Endgame level now with her 27 Magic, 25 Speed, and 97 Avoid, lol

I wonder how easy it is to level characters up in Easy Mode when you really focus on it. Getting not just the healer, but two or so other Dawn Brigade units, to 3rd tier in Part 1 may not be impossible in that mode.

Now that's funny. You've now made the Defend chapter 3-13 so much easier for sure. You didn't use any master seals or anything either, did you?

You know, I need to do it now. By following your playing style in hard mode it should be simple, especially when considering battle saves. It would be easier when Paragon is received. I'm sure you could maybe even promote Tormod so he doesn't fall so far behind later on. Maybe. I wonder how hard a Trueblade Edward with Resolve would be in Chapter 3-7.