Phew, I can finally say that I beat Conquest Lunatic. And what a ride it was. Honestly, this run feels really bad, I made a LOT of stupid reclass mistakes, went for skills that ended up being useless. Went for builds, while nice, took forever and ended up not adding much in the grand scheme of things etc etc. It ended up taking a year because I didn't feel like playing for months. I was stuck on Ch18 for forever and not because it was difficult, but because I wasn't sure if I should do more child Paralogues or not before they got tougher lol. I used some DLC items and used Online My Castle for supports and I kinda feel bad about that. ;/ Which is why I wanna do another run and do a clean one this time around. I think I understand the game far better now then when I started.
Basically, I went with +Mag -Lck Diviner!MU with Odin as her husbando in the hopes of getting a good Ophelia. And since I kinda forgot about LoD, she was honestly not that good. She did some Nostanking in a couple of chapters and Shurikenbreaker Calamity Gate on Ch25 was nice. Not bad not great, really. It didn't help that I managed to get Izana killed in the free DLC that I used for Gold Bar grinding (Merchant!Midori with maxed Luck) and therefor lost Rally Magic (as I didn't feel like training up a captured Onmyoji; he was still a great pair up both though!).
Through all the reclasses, Odin just fell off after a while. He Nostanked Ch18 quite nicely for a bit, but only because he was so close to Azura and Elise. <_< I feel I should have kept him as a Swordmaster haha.
I managed to get a Laslow with Replicate, Rally Strength, Rally Skill, Rally Speed. It was nice because of the extra +1 Str and Spd, but honestly, in a world where Hajime the Rally man exists, who cares? Plus, SO MANY RECLASSES. To be fair, in my very first Normal playthrough, my Laslow was so bad and barely got any use so yay for him? I am definitely thinking of going Ninja next time.
Maybe it's because I have played too much of FE6 to FE8, but I have quite the love for Pally's, but in this run, they were so mediocre. Silas, for example, hit like a truck, but did not double as much as I wanted (and honestly, Pally's skills are not that great), but once I switched him to Wyvern Lord, damn, he got gud. He ended up beating Ryoma in Ch25 because my MU was so bad lol. I wish I had abused VoF more. I have started to appreciate just how good the Cav line in itself is. Elbow Room + Shelter too good.
Xander is just Xander so he turned out fine. I do believe I gave him at least one Speedwing, but it's not until later that his Speed caught up. He did have low Defense though (my Normal mode Xander had a lot more), 32 unboosted as a Hero. And lol, that Res: 9... Anyway, Wyvern Lord Xander had a field day on Ch19 and 21 and with a dip in Great Knight and finally Hero, he had some nice things going for him. His promoted wife from the get-go, Charlotte, was a really faithful pair-up. Str and Speed pair-up goes a long way. I kinda wished I dipped into Hero earlier, since I literally got Sol when he hit 20 and Axebreaker would have been so nice in Ch26. And early Sol is just amazing.
My Kaze was a bit of a weird one, he dipped in all kinds of classes, like Swordmaster, Sniper and finally Dreadfighter. His low Str made sure that he was just meh for quite a while. At least Quick Draw helped a bit and Shurikenfaire and later Aggressor was nice, but was it worth it? Not really. :/ Vantage was cool for a while though and with a Charlotte pair-up, Ch26's right room just died. His daughter was cool though, with Mozu as her mother, Aptitude gave her some nice level ups and with the Merchant skill, she was my money maker. 65% chance to get Gold Bars is good man. Should've gone for Spendthrift, that way, she would've been better. To be fair though, since I blew through so many reclass items to get all the dumb stuff on my units, it was kinda needed lol. There's always next time. As for Mozu, I'm aware that she requires some work at the start, but man was she good. She killed so much lol and with Aptitude, her stats are pretty great. Maxed Str and Spd and almost maxed Skl. She basically made it really easy to weaken Garon, doing 4 x 15 with the Crescent Bow. ;D
Niles was good. Sooo good, even if his Str, Luck, Def and Res weren't that great. His utility is just amazing. That 9 move, Shurikenbreaker and Capture is great. I do think I should've given him a Silver Bow and a Killer Bow earlier as his Skill is very good.
I used Effie for quite a while and she was ok, but she started to fall off after a while. She had meh Def which didn't help and while her Str is huge and Wary Fighter, she could effortlessly throw +2 Javelins, it just wasn't enough.
Elise was very very good, but she didn't actually start contributing stuff until she promoted. That Wyvern reclass really sounds interesting. +2 Str, better HP and Defense growths, Rally Defense and her Strategist skills combined seem pretty nice and she's a much better Bolt Axe user than Camilla honestly. That Skill though...15. >_<
Camilla was easily one of my best units, but when is she not? I had her in Malig for way too long though, early Lord would've been much better in the end.
I used a lot of other units, but they never caught up or like, I would use them in a Paralouge and still not use them because they weren't on par with others. It's sad, because for example, Percy, would've been fine. He has like 24 Str, 20 Skl, 20 Spd, 19 Lck and 25 Def at level 1 Lord. Next time? Leo was meh, but perhaps I should've reclassed him into Sorc. Shigure was ok, Peri was ok, Beruka was just a worse Percy. Etc. You'll get your uses next time, maybe. ;)
I had Azura dip into Witch for a bit. Warp is SOOO good, but it also feels like cheating so I tried not to use it too often lol. I even did Endgame without Warp just so I could show myself I didn't need it. <_< Actually, Endgame was interesting, I had Niles go down all the way, Rescue Camilla + double Boots and MU!Great Knight pair-up, Entrap the General, Rescue Silas!Azura with move boosted Dwyer (from the same Rescue staff too since I used up one Staff already...), Lunge the other General, then Sang with Azura to reach Takumi on turn 1. Corn only did 2 x 30, but she got the double Dragon Fang proc on the first try in which I realised how to get to Taki. It was kinda hilarious how I had to plan Ch27 and Ch28 in the end. I literally had Corn get Nohrian Trust (didn't need it in the end) in Ch27, then got an extra kill, swapped to Great Knight and learned Elbow Room of the Garon kill. XD Hey, it worked in the end!
But yeah, I'm hyped for a new run! I should probably do Birthright and Rev Luna first, because I haven't tried them yet. Well, I'm at Ch10 or so in Birthright, but with Diviner!MU. =(
