Hiroki

I'm not sure I get what you said, but, do you think free stats booster are bad? In my opinion, abusing the RNG behind the rings mechanics is worse, since it becomes like powerful free stats booster. If you know exactly when you'll get a good ring, you can then bend the game to have what you want, and more importantly use it. I find it more game changing than just having some stats booster (which you can throw away) or some gold and materials (that you can waste "easily"). Rings give some boost to more than one stats, generally, plus certain skills for the more powerful ones. It's especially game changing when you're in the part of the game where you lost all your Emblems. Anyway, at last, you're the one playing by your own rules. You ask for other opinions, we gave it to you. It's your choice to take those into account, or not. After all, it's your game. PS: If what's only matter is what happens on the map, then the stat booster items and the free materials are not a problem either. Like for the rings, it's free boosts.

That's totally the case. I'm really sick of this old trope we still see in too much things nowadays. When the baddie kills his own army because, you know, he's a real baddie. Bad bad bad guy! I find it so lame and bad writing. I'm surprised that nowadays' writers can still come up with that shit. Especially when, as you say, they keep failing over and over for the rest of the story. It's so funny that at some point, when I saw the four hounds again, I was like "Hi losers! Okay, you want to get your ass beaten again?". From Griss's perspective, as he's masochist, that could make sense. But the others....they're just so useless.

Thanks for the answer. So, in order to get the 5 damages, you do reduces your speed by 5. Seems totally doable. Especially with Speedtaker, where this penalty can be erased in 3 fights. This Timerra seems really scary, ahah. But yeah, she has enough Dex for her skill to proc often. I use her with Ike, and on Aether turn, she do a lot of damages (I think Sandstorm proc around every two-three attacks, lucky as I am).

I'm not fan of the maid/butler design of this new class, as I was unhappy with it in Fates. But, I think it might have a lot of fans to come back like this. Like Camila. This utility class seems more situational even than Martial Master. Won't do a lot of damages like their counterpart, can't heal aside from items (so you must have a lot of them in stock). At least, they have access to daggers, but I'm afraid they just do a less efficient job than martial master and thieves. It's interesting but... That reminds me of a mix between maid/butler and an effective apothecary/merchant. And that class from Final Fantasy Tactics, the one who can throw potions, and everything. Do we know yet how many new classes await in the datamining?

How does that work? What heavy is considered here to add 5 damages? Would it be just like 1 point above the unit's build? I think it would be a cool pair with brave weapons, since they are a bit heavy and always attack twice, no matter what. So, +5 damages times 2 give at least 10 more damages. Even more if your unit is not really speed down by the weight, or have a lot of speed, and can double naturally the enemy. That could give up to 5 more damages times 2 times 2, for a big 20 more damages? I'm not sure about the calculations here, but that seems crazy. Should pair up with speedtaker.

Oh Really? Thank you for the precision! Actually, it was the same in the Nintendo of Europe Direct. A really strange move, as we don't care if one side is favored compare to the other (for me, they both equally sucks in comparison of a Lyon Emblem, ahah). But thank you for the translation, that makes more sense in a Japanese way. I just don't understand the localisation work. 🥲 The next step is to be recruited by IS and show them the right direction for the saga, ahah!

Okay, so we saw the video, and as I knew datamining already, I'm not surprised. Just more disappointed. Nintendo could have tell only two new Emblems and think more for the other, to change them, ahah. Actually, I just agreed with Hector (who wouldn't?) and Chrom-Robin (That was a sure call). I don't like Camila. We saw her too much I think. And she's the Emblem of Revelation? Nonsense. I'm genuinely asking "Why is she so popular?" Is it because of the fantasies of the Onee-chan? =/ Azura is much more noticeable in those games, and more plot-relevant, isn't she? Plus, she can bring Lance affinity. Not many Emblem have a Lance, actually, Sigurd is the only "Lance specialized", and he only have two of them. (not counting Dimitri in the DLC) I'm not fond of Soren. Sure, I liked him in his games, back in the days, but I don't think he's really "emblematic". I would have rather Elincia (and as I said, she could have bring bonus for flier unit, etc.) And Veronica....Actually, I'm not fond of Heroes. I don't really like it, I think it's just a way to pass time for those who love it. But it doesn't ring any bell in me. No nostalgy at all. Even if the "summon" thing seems interesting (actually, she will just summon other Emblems as playable units?) I would have prefer Lyon! He's the one! Perfect here! He could have summon aberrations. Or better, deceased characters' aberrations. That would have been so cool! Anyway. Still sad about IS choices here. I'm not sure the DLC story can do the job to sell all the package when it seems a bit lame overall.

The only fast way I know is via the Arena. The fragments needed depends on the level you want to achieve. You can gain 5 levels max par fight, or go to a multiple of 5, and each time you pass a multiple, the cost increase. If you have some exp beforehand (like from story mode, paralogues or skirmishes), the needed fragments decreases a bit. From 1 to 5 = 100 per level From 5 to 10 = 300 per level From 10 to 20 = 500 per level Hope this helped.

If the units holds the Emblem, it's automatically replaced. If your unit have inherited the skill, you'll need to inherit the new version, and then it'll be replaced. They can't cumulate, and you can't go back to the weak version once you upgraded it.

Daggers are sure nice, but no one talk about bows? I found them really strong! Especially (essentially) if you give them to backup units (either Warrior or Bow user with Lucina's ring). The chain attacks, made possible by longbows, is pretty useful. Radiant bow are nice. But, Longbows, a bit refined are really strong on their own. You can attack safely a lot of foes, without getting in range. And if you give a longbow to the user of Corrin's ring, you can apply Draconic Hex and completely freeze the enemy with the Dreadful Aura, without being in danger. You can also block the foes next. Just game saver when some bosses are such a pain. But yeah, if the enemy get in range, it's useless, ahah. EDIT: Ahah, Scaramuccia was too fast for me!

EXACTLY! I loved the Hero class until the 3DS era. I had some difficulty with the design, but I get used to it finally. And now...this...it's so sad Goldmary would be the only hero. But...in lost of hopes, I made my Alear a Hero, hoping he could gain a bit of strength. I'm really wanting an update where IS allow us to use other outfit in combat mode. Because their designs are really not all good. It's the opposite.

Past chapter 22 here, so I got the last Emblem, and I'm wondering what to do with my "teambuilding" now, ahah I think I kind of answer myself by explaining ahah.

I don't really know how to calculate the Hit percentage, because I can't figure what I'm missing from the math. But I got something close (generally, there is 1 point of hit I can't explain). Total Hit = Weapon's Hit + (Unit's dex *2) + (Rank level * 2) + 1? Consider here that each rank equals a number. E = 1, D = 2, C = 3, B = 4, A = 5, S = 6? That's roughly that, I think. But I miss something, I'm sure! I'll take the example of my Etie. I made the comparison with Saphir and Panette, who are also Warriors (with less dex and less good rank in bows, with longbows, in my play. I find the same thing.

I took a screenshot of him as a Hero. Rethinking about it, he's not too bad, but I have difficulties with the small cape flying on their back.

Right. But I think the concern of Vicyus was to put mage at risk in enemies line. If he gives Celica to Seadall and warp him, it might be the same danger, even more since Seadall might be less powerful, in magic, than an actual Sage. But yeah, Sigurd is the best in term of positioning or anything.

DefyingFates tells you well what to do. If you want my opinion, since he's level 16, seem he could be in his base class. Master seal him into an advanced class (either Berserker, or Warrior if you have bow prof), and then second seal him to another class (depending the proficiencies he has). If he's level 16 of his base class, then its level will be 16. The internal level, which is what the game use to calculate the exp gained. If you promote him, he'll be something like 16 internally, as some people made the test and it doesn't seem to change. But, what do you hate about his appearance? I'm a big fan of Hero class in Fire Emblem, in general, but in this one, I find it really ugly. So...I'm sad, ahah, no Hero in my team (except for Goldmary, the only one with a unique look). I make some test regularly of looking of my units, and sometimes take screenshot. I don't remember if I ever did Boucheron hero, but I did others. I might take a screenshot for you maybe

Hum, might not be possible. If I remember well, you have to target a foe to use warp ragnarok. You can't just wander anywhere. So... I did try it that way, for the long range dual assist, but I ended up giving Lucina to Yunaka for the poison dual assist, which I find more useful. I might loose a bit on 2 range (1 more movement and 1 more for longbow), but with pass, and the fact that I'm generally packing, waiting for enemy to group before me, and placing Yunaka centrally to the fights, it's okay. I might give her boot to compense this a bit.

Depends on your playstyle I would say. Imo, I prefer a double attack over just 10% more by chain attack (and I love chain attacks, don't get me wrong). On one side you can chip 5 more PV from tougher enemy. On the other side, if you plan your position, you can kill a boss in one turn. My hallebardier did some 40-50 damages lately to some bosses or tough units. And, if your hallebardier is enough, you can give him S rank lances, like Venomous. That thing is crazy! Powerful and poisoning, strong on the enemy phase!

I might not be the right one to talk about this, because I tend to never use mounted units (be it Cavalry or Flying). I just don't like them in general, since the first FE I played (Blazing Sword), if I remember. Anyways, in term of mounted, I think Wyvern Knight is kind of really powerful. Big strength, big defense growth, nice skill to have. Well, my preference go to Backup units, especially one for each primary weapon. Mystical are nice, especially for the fact they can negate avoid of tiles. Very useful against covert units. Covert units are nice also, for the avoid bonus on tile (except when they face mystical). So... -Warrior: I think that's the big one. I always liked warriors, but here, they seem to be too powerful. Nice stats in general (My three warrior have good ones), enough build to wield strong weapons, access to axe to do a lot of damages, and bow to range everyone (and do damages if you have powerful bows). They will assist in a lot of fight if you give them a longbow. Their skill is nice too if you manage to set it up a bit (+ 50% damages against broken foes). That could really go crazy. -Hero: I always liked Hero the most (but in this game their outfit is lame). They're generally good fighters, with nice strength, def, decent speed and dex. They can wield sword and axe/lance. I tend to prefer lance, for their lighter weight compared to axes. But that's just my taste, you can go traditional with axes. The skill here is pretty powerful if you keep your hero full life most of the time (every chain attacks from them will be doubled). To inflict 20 % of the max HP with only one hero is pretty strong, especially against strong enemies. Give your hero a javelot, and place it on center of many enemy and profit. -Hallebardier: I'm a bit weak here, because I always liked (I say that a lot, ahah) lance users (from Ephraim to Oboro, passing by Nephenie, etc.), so I like this class. They've got pretty decent stat I should say (I test this with Jade in my playthrough). Backup units, so they can chain attack with everyone at range. Their skill is strong too, especially if your hallebardier is kind of slow (if you attack an enemy surrounded by an ally and the hallebardier, then it does two attacks). That's the strong classes for me (since I don't use mounted ones)

Favorite Overall Character(s) Diamant, Etie, Jade, Timerra, Yunaka, Citrinne Favorite Character Design(s) Diamant, Saphir, Boucheron, Lapis, Citrinne, Anna, Kagetsu, Eve, Griss, Abyme (that boss we saw two times), Ike Characters You Like Even More than Expected Diamant, Timerra, Jade Character(s) You Expected to Dislike, But Grew on You Ivy - Because I wasn't so fond of her design, but yeah, she's cool -, Griss - At first I think the four hounds were silly, but I really like him. His attitude, seriousness from times to times, and his design. Best Character Arc(s) (Use Spoiler Tags if Needed) Ivy Character(s) You Used Just for Their Gameplay Byleth - Use a lot the goddess dance -, Corrin - Use a lot the draconic hex and the freeze effect - Goldmary - To benefits from the chain attack *2 Character(s) You Used, Despite their Gameplay Alear - Not much choice here - Liked Character(s) You Scrapped Because of their Performance Boucheron - Not much strength in comparison to others - , Lapis - Easily outclassed by the other sword users - , Alear - Would have loved to bench him, but not possible - Character(s) You Regret Using Hum, no one really. I guess I was just benching all of those who I didn't like. And there is some I had to bench after using them a bit, but no regrets. Character(s) You Want to Use Next Playthrough Amber, Louis, Kagetsu, Pandreo, Boucheron - Again, try to make good use of him -. Optional Character(s) You'll Never Go Without Etie - So strong in my game -, Diamant - Obviously -, Timerra - Really like her -. Character(s) You'll Never Use, Despite their Gameplay Alcryst, Jean, Rosado I Like Your Personality, But Not Your Design Alfred, Pandreo, Timerra - I don't dislike her design, I find it a bit too much -, Panette I Like Your Design, But Not Your Personality Morion , Hyacynth I'm Glad You're a Bad Unit, So I Don't Have to Use You Hum...maybe Clanne. Character(s) You Expected to Like, But Didn't Saphir - I really wanted to love her, but I have the feeling she's coming really late and don't have much dialogue (except for support) so it's difficult for me. I don't dislike her. I just don't love her as much as I was thinking Least Favorite Character(s) Alcryst, Jean, Rosado, Zelkov, Hortensia

Which I didn't, lol. I straight changed her into lance fighter line, to have a Hallebardier. She's kind of okay as one, I guess (maybe a bit of favoritism since I really want to play her) and I like her class skill. But... in term of lance users, I think Timerra is doing better. Better defense, speed, around the same build. Right now, I'm wondering to turn her back into General, or Saphir into a General. Or no one, give up a bit S rank axes (as I already gave up S rank Bow) and keep all those backup units. Sure the high defense of General is nice, but the unbreakable isn't of much use I guess. My units really don't get broken often, as I plan carefully. And even if they did, I'm not relying too much on the enemy phase to do damages.

You're right. It's a tough decision, because it's easy to end up with an army of Warrior. I wanted to keep Panette as a Berserker to have access to those S rank axes, but I fear they're not that great, plus being so heavy she would loose little speed she has.

You must talk about the enemy ones. But I did some reclassing, for fun, to see how everybody is looking, and Berserker Boucheron looks like Berserker Diamant, just different colors. He even looks like tiny Berserker Anna ahah (I just can't stand how she's cute and so tiny in every outfit, lol). Boucheron is generic Berserker, unfortunately. Generic player berserker.

Hum, okay, I get your question now. Etie has good strenght, and mine has enough dex and speed. Not so much defense, so you don't want to put too much in frontlines, low resistance, so keep an eye on mages. The problem would be her low build. As a warrior, mine is at 10 build, which let her use nearly all bows with no penalty. I think only Noatun is good in axes, for her. For swords or lances, she need reclassing, and losing a bit of build. After that, I think most of the high tier lances are too heavy for her, and effective sword also (like armoslayer). But, she could work in other class, I guess. It's just that I found bows to be too powerful here to change a bow user to something else. I think Louis is a better armored ones than Jade. I changed my Jade actually, because I had the feeling she would fall a bit in armor. Now she's a hallebardier, nicely useful on the battlefield. One major source of damages when I have to bench my usual dps (Diamant) to train other units. Panette is really strong, she made me bench Boucheron. She has enough build to wield many axes, good dex. Maybe a bit low on speed, but her skill is nice (+10 crit is not full HP). But...on the other side, S rank axes are really heavy! Her speed would be affected and make her even more slower.

Yeah! I'm also sad by this point, and I was thinking of talking about here somewhere on this forum. But, actually, except from their starting classes, no unit have a special outfit. Once you change their class, they'll always stay with the generic sad outfit, with color variations. It's really sad, if you want to have unique looking unit, you have to stay with the pre-promoted ones (or the royals). (Mention to the Hero class, which was my favorite in other games, but I found it very ugly here, ahah. Too sad when they have one of the best skill)