BoltofThoron

You can do any difficulty without both. If I recall correctly, I beat my first Lunatic run without grinding and no children outside of Lucina. Beating Lunatic+ without both is more difficult, but still possible.

Lunatic isn't too bad without eugenics. IMO you just need to get decent skills for most of the units through reclassing, or feed them tonics/stat boosters if they need it. I feel like It's a lot easier in both Lunatic and Lunatic+ to just dump a bunch of experience on Robin though, and let them carry Chrom for the whole game.

They are listed in game, but I needed to calculate them in advance for whatever reason at some point. I think I was trying to figure out if I really needed dual strike+ on Lucina after using rallies/tonics (probably for Apotheosis or something). Thanks! I've been through it 5 to 7 times now (don't remember the exact number), but I have yet to do a run where I don't use DLC to grind after chapter 4. Not gonna lie, any difficulty lower than Lunatic/Lunatic+ with or without grinding is a lot more enjoyable than resetting after not checking for skills.

For game calculations, I've mostly been looking at things like weapon rank bonuses and calculations dual strike/guard rates. I agree that Awakening can be rough around the edges every now and then, but wow do I find it fun to send my favorite units out and watching them mow everything down. Even on Lunatic+, as long as there aren't too many counter units going after my melee attackers.

Hi everyone! After using this website to learn more about a few game calculations and browse some forum discussions, I ended up creating an account. My favorite and most played game is Awakening, but I'm slowly working my way back through the older titles. I look forward to discussing lots of Fire Emblem related things (or other stuff in general) with all of you!