Dr. Silent

Guide for FE9 years ago. Said it was a good place to go for general info on stats etc. Checked out the forums back in August and thought I'd give it a shot.

^That, and IS probably couldn't afford to include other characters in the scene anyway, seeing as they wasted so much money on those annoying Lehran scenes.

Dolphin I have found. Where can I find a Japanese copy of the game though? As in, a real copy. Not that I have anything against downloading an illegal version of it since they never bothered to legally release Maniac Mode in the west.

Gatrie, easily. Your Nephenee got Str screwed badly.

Ok, I'm trying to find a Japanese Soun No Kiseki ISO. Everywhere I've tried has resulted in me downloading some crap that certainly isn't the game. EDIT - Can't find anywhere that allows be to download this Dolphin thing properly either. Why can't this shit ever be simple...

Curses, I HAVE to try this...

It's easy to talk 'theoretically'. Theoretically, Ashera could easily have been killed by anyone who decided to chop off her head. Of course, Fire Emblem mechanics only allow various strokes to the torso.

Both are preferable.

^HM in Radiant Dawn is the equivalent of MM in the Japanese version, so I'd guess they should be pretty similar.

lol Oscar... Tanith is probably the most viable option if you can spare a Speedwing. Marcia needs too much luck with her Str in Hard mode even with PoR transfer data and an Energy Drop, although if things go her way early on she'll be better than Tanith by the time Tanith joins. If you want a mounted Wishblade user, try your luck with one of these two.

^That's assuming someone's actually going to bother getting Brom to 20/20 in PoR. Possible, but he's an incredibly boring/limited unit, like all Generals are in PoR. Not that Nephenee is exactly outstanding in PoR, but...

^Off-topic but are you the guy who wrote that Maniac Mode guide (annd an RD one too, I think) that's on a website called SuperCheats? I remember reading that and thinking "fuck, I need to play this!"

Nephenee has a much better time with transfers, especially if she capped Str in the PoR file. In NM she's not exactly difficult to raise. In HM she struggles for a while, and really needs the PoR transfer boosts, but is pretty much the best Lance-user to train for the final chapter if you want one (Marcia and Tanith are a big gamble even with transfers, you probably haven't trained Gatrie, and Oscar's rubbish Str/Spd caps are even more noticeable in HM), although you get the Wishblade at a pretty pointless time so one must question whether it's even worth bringing a Lancer...

Well you haven't really given us many updates since the first, so... :P

The significantly superior Haar can also do that. On the first turn too, if you really want to.

Titania ain't great defensively. The last time I played through Hard mode, I tried to plough through the wave of enemies leading up to the boss in Chapter 5 with Titania, because I wanted the Soldier Band (or whatever one he has...). She got knocked down to 4HP and had to retreat with about four or five enemies still between her and the boss.

Nah, you don't need tank in FE9, but they come in handy if you want to use a defensive juggernaut to soak up a few hits when your other units can't handle them. Not that I ever use Generals usually, I only used Brom in FE9 because I tried one of those 'pick my team' playthroughs. Brom in FE10 is just tank backup in 2-1. 2-2 is easier if you just abuse Lucia and Mordecai. He doesn't do anything in any 2-E strategy I know of that's much good.

^Actually, I thought Brom was better in PoR. He was a good tank (Easy/Normal).

Their grand total of 2 possible movement spaces isn't going to be anything for Tanith to worry about. She can hit and run like a boss. Just let Jill/Haar take out the guys with Bowguns or whatever. Also, why would you put Jill in Ike's group?

Usually Soren, Mia or Boyd.

Sothe is really mediocre. He's nothing better than a unit you can use for backup, and he has the most irritating master skill in the game (nothing more annoying than an enemy surviving with 1HP). Would much rather be training up Jill and Nolan, thanks. Even PoR transfer data Sothe isn't great. (Yes, I tried it. PoR Easy mode though, just fed him BExp and didn't even deploy him).

They're all different.

Jill and Haar are much better than all of them. There's no argument there. Titania I have used. She was very useful in Normal, but didn't like her in Hard. Like I said...somewhere above, she can't take enough hits and doesn't dodge reliably enough, and her base stats for her level aren't great. I found her to be useless in 4-4, too. Truth be told, I didn't think Kieran was much better in Hard mode. These days I prefer not to use Paladins in Hard mode after Part 3 ends, except as backup if necessary. Marcia I have tried twice. The first time she turned out quite well, but I got the impression that I may as well have just trained up Tanith as she's less effort. The second time she got Str screwed really badly, so I'd pretty much wasted my time.

Have you actually used Kieran? Ever? And did you even bother reading my last post? RD mechanics force at least one stat to increase per level up. Once Kieran caps HP, Str, Def and Skl, his Spd will increase during most levels up. I've used Kieran in four playthroughs (two Normal, two Hard). Each time he has capped Spd. Both tiers. And unlike Titania, he can actually survive more than three hits. Please, don't bother arguing against a character you clearly haven't used all that much. Forges exist. Funds don't. Oscar's stuck in the team that has bugger all cash throughout the whole game. Same could be said for forges for...just about anyone, really.