Best use of Boots in efficient play

[Espinosa]

Boots, Swiftsole, etc.

I guess in FE6 we can talk about more than one pair of Boots, though you'll have just one pair for a while, so that's an important choice to be made. And when you do get access to potentially infinite amounts of them, you still have to worry about how to earn money efficiently, when to use them, in which quantity and on whom.

Specifics differ between games, I guess. Interested in hearing your opinions and experiences, both in LTC and draft context.

[Ring Wraith]

I always use them on my dancer. This way you can rescue, move 7, dance, move 7 more, and drop.

[Komeiji Koishi]

I don't see why Douglass is a representative for immoble units. Are you trying to make people not vote for that option?

If it's an unranked run, I usually give it to a Lord character. Although, if it's a LTC run, I'd give them to a flier or the dancer/bard/whatever.

[grandjackal]

Depends on the flier, but I guess it depends through the various games. Like, I wouldn't hesitate to put it on a flier in 7. Lords kinda suck in 7, and fliers are usually awesome. 8, the Swiftsoles come a tad late, and you get it at the same time as Warp. I mean, if 2 move is like the difference of a turn, might as well slap it on one of them, but at times it seems like Warp does that kind of work from there (forget if Hammerne exists), so you could slap it on someone with awesome power like Ephraim. As for 6....well, the game does give you Miledy.

[dondon151]

if you're speedrunning, best option is almost always flier. dancers are not useful in speedrunning beyond dancing on turn 1.

for FE6 LTC, flier is probably the best bet for chapter 14 boots because the maps are large, terrain is plentiful, and miledy's combat is more than good enough to justify her getting the boots. the unlimited pairs in the secret shop should first and foremost go to roy, then probably lalum/elphin, then whomever is necessary to help clear chapter 24 as quickly as possible - preferably a mounted combat unit.

in general, unless it's lord or unit that rescues lord, boots do not yield substantial rewards on most other characters... dancer is actually a bad idea in LTC because they end up falling behind without rescuing assistance, boots or no boots.

Edited November 12, 2012 by dondon151

[RJWalker]

I don't go for LTC so I give to a immobile unit but only for Oswin and or a great knight in fe8. Otherwise I use it on thieves/rogues because why not.

[MrNugent]

Lord: Using the boots on your Lord character gives you better range to seize the throne, castle, etc. Fliers have enough movement as is and won't have to carry your Lord as far with the additional movement on the Lord class.

[Doga]

Sell them to increase your funds rank, duh.

[Ema Skye]

I usually give them to a flier, alongside pretty much every resource. This gives an excellent unit for any defeat boss or rout mission, or gives a pretty great taxi for the Lord if you have to seize.

[Samias]

But your funds rank would go down if you sold the boots, since they're double the value just sitting in your inventory.

Personally I've seen the best results with using boots on a flier. In terrain-heavy maps, you just get so much out of them. FE8 is the one game where I'd consider giving the boots to Ephraim or Eirika since they have 7 mov after promotion and also have pretty good combat (Ephraim especially), you get the warp staff on the same chapter, and the game overall has smaller maps and less terrain to deal with.

[Anouleth]

But your funds rank would go down if you sold the boots, since they're double the value just sitting in your inventory.

Personally I've seen the best results with using boots on a flier. In terrain-heavy maps, you just get so much out of them. FE8 is the one game where I'd consider giving the boots to Ephraim or Eirika since they have 7 mov after promotion and also have pretty good combat (Ephraim especially), you get the warp staff on the same chapter, and the game overall has smaller maps and less terrain to deal with.

Ephraim and Eirika are likely to spend most of their time on Chapter 16 being rescued by other units. I think that alone would disqualify them as Boots canditates, quite besides the fact that there is a significant amount of terrain in Chapters 20 and Final.

[redturtle806]

I would say flier most of the time. Being able to blast over impassible terrain and make a beeline for the throne is always nice. Although I did check immobile because of Oswin. You can't not love Oswin, I mean he has the word "win" in his freaking name.

[MacLovin]

I give them to Seth to break the game in half.

[Paper Jam]

I second Ring Wraith's idea; I always use them on Bards and Dancers so they can keep up with the rest of the team.

Except in FE6, where you can get as many Boots as you can afford, and I increase the mobility of the entire endgame team.

[Hawk King]

For FE8, I leave the Swiftsoles sit in my convoy since Warp makes them 100% useless at saving turns.

[riariadne]

Usually a flier. Miledy just shows up as the perfect candidate for them in FE6, FE7 has a plethora of guys winged people to give them to. In FE8 it doesn't matter a whole lot cause of Warp, but I usually still give them to Cormag.

[GoogleKrom]

I'm in the use-on-dancer group. Though it might not be optional on breakneck-speed, total-efficiency LTC runs, for the most part it's extremely helpful and opens up a lot of options.

[MacLovin]

fe6-

Casual-Axemen

For drafts/efficiency-Mounts, preferably Miledy or maybe Thany/Tate.

fe7-

Mount, probobly flyer.

fe8-

Dun matter most of the time due to warp/rescue fun.

But I give it to like, WL!Cormag, Garcia, or GK!Gilliam/Duessel or Ranger!Gerik.

[Smiley Jim]

While I will admit that this isn't the BEST use of the boots, for the most part, I tend to give my boots to units with low movement, such as generals, at least in the GBA games. Even when I try(and fail)to do things efficiently, I subconsciously give the boots to the unit with the lowest movement, just to make things a little more fair to that unit(and in the cases of someone like Oswin, I can't even use rescuing to mend the issue since a 16 con unit can be carried by very few promoted mounted units)

Edited January 10, 2013 by Vanguard James

[Heroic Halberdier Samuel]

I always use them on my lord for some reason. It works great for Hector since now I have an even cooler lord and it fixes his low movement.

[Talvisota]

I was always a big fan of giving them to a Nomad Trooper equipped with a Longbow.

Seems to offer the greatest potential reach from one single boot use.

[Loki Laufeyson]

Lord makes the most sense to me aside from giving them to your Dancer. On a flier, its a bit redundant i think. (especially if you have multiple fliers in play. Rescue chain!)

When im feeling like "aww hell with it!", i give em to the guys that i wanna use who have low Move. Like Oswin.

[JSND Alter Dragon Boner]

Depends on game

FE6: Miledy, Roy, Niime, Yodel, Percival, Elphin, Gonzalez

FE7: Hector or Marcus

FE8: Duessel

[mewyeon]

I usually gave my swiftsoles to the immobile units, not knowing at first how handy they'd be. And then I set that unit to move, saw their range, and was like ' WELLLL OHOHOHOHOHOOOOO'

[Vestige]

In my current run of Fire Emblem 8 I gave them to Vanessa the most amazing Wyvern Knight evarr.