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1 hour ago, LoneRecon400 said:

Maybe in a regular run it would be a ask, but this is a solo. One activity point per week is really all that the solo unit requires, leaving the rest of the activity points to do whatever with. So it's very viable for Byleth to hit those ranks.

You DO realize that this is precisely BECAUSE this is a solo that I am skeptical...??? Because if all those points are being spent on faculty training, you're not gaining professor level, and vice versa. Which begs the question, what would you prioritize?

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1 hour ago, Shadow Mir said:

If all those points are being spent on faculty training, you're not gaining professor level, and vice versa. Which begs the question, what would you prioritize?

Professor level is very easy to raise though? Most activities that raise Professor EXP substantial aren’t even affected by time management. For example, planting 5 star seeds is worth 2.5x the amount of Professor Exp that dining provides.  

Likewise, Fistful of Fish, Books, and monthly questions all raise Professor Exp substantial without having to spend activity points. 

To reference Mekkah’s Solo run again, he was at C+ Professor ranking by the end of Chapter 5 and got to A+ by Chapter 11. Raising Professor Ranking is a non issue, even in a solo run.

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27 minutes ago, LoneRecon400 said:

Professor level is very easy to raise though? Most activities that raise Professor EXP substantial aren’t even affected by time management. For example, planting 5 star seeds is worth 2.5x the amount of Professor Exp that dining provides and offers no opportunity cost.  

Likewise, Fistful of Fish, Books, and monthly questions all raise Professor Exp substantial without having to spend activity points. 

To reference Mekkah’s Solo run again, he was at B Professor ranking by the end of Chapter 5. Raising Professor Ranking is a non issue, even in a solo run.

The problem with bringing up Mekkah's solo run is that it was a Byleth solo, meaning there was no need for motivating. We're talking about soloing with anyone besides Byleth, which, unless you go Crimson Flower, is likely to hit a wall in chapter 13, though I would also bring up chapter 9 as another stumbling block, given omegaevolution's struggles with keeping Jeralt alive... and that isn't even getting into chapter 1, which I am convinced would shut down most solos that were not with Byleth or a house leader before they can even get off the ground.

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7 hours ago, Shadow Mir said:

The problem with bringing up Mekkah's solo run is that it was a Byleth solo, meaning there was no need for motivating.

That only means it’s easier to get Professor EXP on non Byleth solos. 

But yeah, non Byleth solos will have no chance of happening in Chapter 1 and 2 simply because no unit is really strong enough to solo those chapters. Only way they could handle it is with the DLC stat boosters.

Chapter 9 isn’t that bad if you’re soloing with a unit who has battalion wrath since they can just double crit with the killer bow to defeat monsters though their barrier, but it is pretty painful without that. Grinding out Wrath could also be a viable alternative.

HBD is also a run killer if you don’t have a unit who isn’t deployed in that chapter. But you can make Byleth strong enough to solo that map without fighting in any other as a Adjutant if you consider that legit.

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19 hours ago, LoneRecon400 said:

That only means it’s easier to get Professor EXP on non Byleth solos. 

But yeah, non Byleth solos will have no chance of happening in Chapter 1 and 2 simply because no unit is really strong enough to solo those chapters. Only way they could handle it is with the DLC stat boosters.

Chapter 9 isn’t that bad if you’re soloing with a unit who has battalion wrath since they can just double crit with the killer bow to defeat monsters though their barrier, but it is pretty painful without that. Grinding out Wrath could also be a viable alternative.

HBD is also a run killer if you don’t have a unit who isn’t deployed in that chapter. But you can make Byleth strong enough to solo that map without fighting in any other as a Adjutant if you consider that legit.

Bold: What difficulty do you have in mind? Because we already established that this wasn't happening on Maddening.

Anyway, speaking of which, was was Mekkah's strategy for chapter 9? Because omegaevolution eventually cracked and allowed Linhardt to be fielded.

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7 hours ago, Shadow Mir said:

Bold: What difficulty do you have in mind? Because we already established that this wasn't happening on Maddening.

Anyway, speaking of which, was was Mekkah's strategy for chapter 9? Because omegaevolution eventually cracked and allowed Linhardt to be fielded.

It can easily happen on Maddening if you allow Byleth to level via Adjutant. Just getting them to something like Pegasus Knight or Armored Knight is enough for them to take on the chapter. 

Mekkah went with the double crit killer bow strat and had Byleth in range of three beasts in the center on turn 2 to prevent Jeralt from dying.

It was quite painful as their Byleth didn’t reach the 47 Attack needed to one round, didn’t have the Evasion Ring or Alertstance +, and didn’t have any form of Wrath which resulted in mid 70 Crit Rates. It was really just a matter of resetting until the RNG decided to cooperate.

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Well Fire Emblem has always been a game of probability. Similar to how Smash Bros is a game of fishing or Pokémon is a game of inches.

Though I think in a number if not all FE games that encounters are set pending on which tile you place your character on. Particularly in the GBA games (correct me if I’m wrong), some occurrences are programmed to be predetermined even if you try to reload your file during enemy phase in hopes for a different outcome than the one you got. 

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10 hours ago, LoneRecon400 said:

It can easily happen on Maddening if you allow Byleth to level via Adjutant. Just getting them to something like Pegasus Knight or Armored Knight is enough for them to take on the chapter. 

I thought that I already stated that probably won't happen because Byleth is forced in story chapters and paralogues... which leaves auxiliary battles as the only method for them to level up as an adjutant, and as those tend to give a pittance of exp in Maddening, I don't see them making it to level 10 to get into those classes on being an adjutant alone...

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1 hour ago, Shadow Mir said:

 I don't see them making it to level 10 to get into those classes on being an adjutant alone...

What causes the decline in Aux Battle Exp is the level difference. Enemies there are typically the recommended level for the chapter rather than 6 levels higher like they are for main chapter battles or Paralogues. 

That means that enemies in later part 1 Aux battles will still be around level 20, making it quite easy to get a level 1 unit to level 10. Rare monsters sighting also have enemies that are 6 levels higher than other Aux battles, so you could potentially push Byleth to even level 20 if you really wanted.

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