Mekkah

Oof, that sucks. Ch10 was entertaining though!

Fire Emblem, trust nobody.

If you trained Leaf to be the best, then he is the best. If not, I am a big fan of getting Fergus to B swords ASAP to give him access to the Fire Sword. Asvel is better than Fergus when he's around (offensively at least) but Fergus is effectively around for 2 more chapters so ehhh

I disagree, Ike has a pretty easy time reaching 34 speed by that time. He averages roughly that by 20/20 and he has the benefit of BEXPing in tier 2 even without transfers. His base Str is 3 below cap and his Skl even 2. Once he's got those in the pocket, it's between HP (65%), Speed (35%), Def (40%) and Luk (30%).

I don't think Julia/Celice counts because they have a negative lover growth, so they were never intended to be pairable. Elthsan/Lachesis is implied by a villager, but the Ch5 conversation between Lachesis and Beowulf could also refer to Fin.

Sophia is going to have an amazing time in those arenas with her bad accuracy and everything.

I always thought the wheeling was a vague reference to Naesala's tendency to turn around and backstab his allies. edit: must've been late

Well, you can also crit Awareness people in FE5 iirc. Crits and Wrath just work very differently in FE5.

Unless you plan on using all three cavaliers there's no reason to kill off Jagen. :( And even if you do, Gordin.

Deirdre is no longer available after you seize the first castle in Ch3. Her stats have a very minor influence on Celice's. The exact formula is kind of complicated but since her strong points are in magical stats and since her stats factor in half as much as Sigurd's to begin with, don't expect training her to change anything important about Celice. You can find the formula here: http://serenesforest.net/genealogy-of-the-holy-war/miscellaneous/calculations/

Bertin did a poorly planned run by someone who allegedly didn't practice enough and definitely didn't execute well. His command inputs are so slow compared to other FE runners. He almost got FE eliminated from AGDQ and I can't even fault the staff for it. Now FE isn't really the most AGDQ friendly game to begin with considering its length and all the enemy phases, but it didn't need a disaster like that to happen. If you don't want to get screwed by the RNG, either create proper backup strats or do a planned RNG run.

I'd plan out the use of your Angelic Robes, Dracoshields and Talismen in advance so that someone can survive the endgame bosses, they have ridiculous attack value. I think Ephraim is the best candidate since he and Eirika are the only ones who can use legendary weapons.

I think this chapter was actually pretty interesting, no need to put it down like that!

Please tell me how Sothe having slightly higher caps makes a big difference for 4-3 or endgame.

Karel's got ten times more character than Lyn. Half of Lyn's lines are "what?".

All Assassin would've done is improve his caps and mastery, but it wouldn't have done anything about the poor timing of his promotion. Even if the promo bonuses had been a little better I don't think it would've dug Sothe out of the hole he's in.

What about the bloodpact...? What about the fighting? Why don't the armies reach any concenses first? It...really irritates me. Bloodpact aside, Ike and Sothe sort of resolve this in the 4-P pre-split conversation. Sothe: “So what you’re saying is that we all have to play nice and work together? Just forget about all that’s happened?” Ike: “Sothe, open your eyes and look around. There aren’t that many people left to fix this mess. If you don’t help, we can’t do it. Besides, I would think saving the world is something we could all agree on.” Sothe: “You’re right, Commander. All of this is the result of our war. I guess there’s not much reason for flag-waving on either side. First thing we have to do is… unpetrify everyone. And, well… I, uh… I’m actually kind of relieved. At least I don’t have to worry about fighting you anymore.”

I find Thani Bombing useful, but I'm a filthy casual.

nice fire emblem 4 zero percent growth slow turn count playthrough I never really make use of the Earth Sword since 5 double attacks before breaking defeats the point of tanking, but obviously if you try your hardest you can find uses for it.

Totally fine by me. I think RNG abuse segments are fine to include if you have a lot to say and need more video time to do it, but otherwise there's little point.

Just noticed this in the OP: Who needs Fury when you can just make a yaoi pairing and get a kid with Holsety and Rescue?

It's really insufferable to play any mode but HHM once you're used to this game. Unboosted enemies are absolutely dreadful.

2-2 I think, but yeah. Probably not worth it because Micaiah's best weapon for most of the game is Thani, and once anything better arrives she is so bad at combat it hardly even matters anymore. But if you want to Purge in 3-13, guess you have to.

The epilogue sleep staves do look pretty scary. I assume Sety doesn't have enough mag/time to put them out of commission with his own status staves?

I picked the Silver Lance because Cuan did so much work and he was most crucial when you had Silver Lance, but I prolly could've picked Steel Lance in retrospect and it would've been better, lol. And yes, my impressive physique would leave you gasping for breath especially if you were to try to hold me...