[FE9] PoR Hard Mode Draft Tournament

[Kaoz]

Ch.11-13:

Chapter 11: 5 Turns

Titania went north and west and pretty much solo'd the chapter. As Ike had to protect the Daein soldiers from Lethe (who recruited Zihark), I only got the Killer Lance.

Chapter 12: 8 Turns

BEXP'd Zihark to promotion and forged a new Iron Axe for Titania (+5Mt, +15 Hit). Zihark ORKO'd everything he faced, also Rolf actually got some CEXP.

Chapter 13: 10 Turns

BEXP'd Jill to promotion and forged her a +5Mt, +15 Hit Iron Axe. Got all the chests except for the Elfire one and recruited Astrid for the KW.

Name	Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Sp	Lck	Def	Res	Supports
Ike	17.59	39	13	4	15	16	11	11	6	B Titania
Titania	8.06	40	15	5	17	17	14	14	9	B Ike
Shinon	2.33	32	10	6	15	14	10	9	6
Rolf	1.80	18	5	0	8	6	4	6	2
Zihark	5.82	37	19	5	22	25	12	13	4
Jill	3.84	39	20	5	18	17	9	18	7

[Integrity]

C7: 10 turns clear = 43 turns total

Every single run of this retarded bullshit something dumb happened. First Titania misses two 70% for a clear. Then I accidentally have Gatrie attack the boss instead of killing his healer. Then, finally, on this run the only thing that happened was Gatrie missing FOUR consecutive 81%s on a Myrmidon. It didn't impact the count, but good Lord.

I NEED A FACKING SHOP

INTERIM

OH GOD THE BASE

Fuck Tempest. Bands assigned. OH GOD THE CONVOY. OH GOD THE STORE. Boyd gets some BEXP levels. Okay, I lied. Boyd promotes.

C8: 8 turns clear = 51 turns total

wat.

Titania just sat on the point, Ike hid in the corner and Boyd went to kill the boss for no reason. Rhys wasn't deployed because he's squishy and he gets extra BEXP this way. Boyd has no idea how to dodge despite his 20/2 status.

C9: 9 turns clear = 60 turns total

Funny story: after being Shoved by Rhys, Ike was one square to Seizing.

Edited January 3, 2011 by Integrity

[Florete]

Original run:

25: 6

Doing this without a flier is annoying. Even Reyson can't do much due to the ballistae. Five turn might have been possible if I could have used Reyson more, but alas.

26: 5

This could have been four if Ike could freakin' trigger Aether. I started this by Smiting Mist, having Titania Savior Ike, get Chanted by Reyson, then having Mist use her full move and the Rescue staff on Titania, who went as far as she could with Ike in tow. Everyone else cleaned up the starting area. Titania reached 20/20 by the end, Mist reached S Staves.

27: 4 + 1

I swear, this map hates me. I determined the 4 turn strategy on my very first try, but could never pull it off because something always went wrong. Someone would get hit too much and die, enemy AI would position themselves badly for me, missing, etc. I was finally able to pull it off. It took Brave Axe, Bolting, Reyson, and the Rescue staff to do.

Re-run:

14: 3/82 (-2/31)

I missed the northern villages for this, but still got the Red Gem. Simple stuff, really. Titania ORKOs boss on turn 3 enemy phase with the others cleaning up.

15: 6/88 (-0/31)

Same as before. Mordecai to Stefan; Mia, Ilyana, and Mist to Muarim while others scuffle around the desert. Ilyana had gotten promoted in the base.

16: 6/94 (-3/34)

This took some precision to pull off while getting the Bolting, which will be useful later (at least it was supposed to be), and the Dracoshield. Titania charged for that chest, and everyone else charged Ike to the seize square, which required a total of 4 Shoves and Ike using his full movement every turn. Mist promoted in the base.

17-1: 3/97 (-2/36)

This was easier than I expected. I just needed to Smite Titania a couple times so she could draw the northern enemies in on turn 2 enemy phase, then be sure someone who could kill the Myrm reinforcements was ready for them (Stefan).

17-2: 3/100 (-1/37)

I planned out the unit placement in advance to pull this off. It required Titania in the north eastern square and Mordecai in the one closest to it so he could Smite her through the swamp, giving me a 3 turn clear with some breathing room.

17-3: 10/110 (-0/37)

Good stuff. Slaughterfest.

17-4: 3/113 (-1/38)

This would have been 1 if I could Bolting Oliver from where you start. Instead I had to use enemy AI to my advantage so Titania could get to Oliver fast enough for a 3 turn clear, since those damn Knights really get in the way. Bolting was still useful, just not 1 turn clear useful, and I again missed the Adept scroll.

18: 8/121 (-1/39)

Made sure I could get someone with 1-2 range (Ilyana) to kill the reinforcements on turn 8 enemy phase for this. Otherwise, sent everyone out fast enough to clear the Ravens by turn 8 while getting the Silence staff.

19: 2/123 (-0/39)

Same exact strategy as before. Turn 1, get a Swordmaster to the Myrmidon in front of the Ballistae by using Reyson, then Smite Titania so she can take the ballistae out. Next turn, clear all nearby enemies that move before the boss, clear the path for Titania, Shove Reyson enough so he can give Titania four extra spaces, then kill the boss on player phase + enemy phase. No Knight Ring, no Raven BEXP.

Brom has been much more neglected this run and still is not promoted.

Sorry I don't have stats or levels, I tend to just keep playing and forget that part.

Resource distribution is the same for both until my re-run gets the second Energy Drop (since I missed the first one on my first run). Anything not listed was sold or missed:

Ike - Occult (1)

Titania - Dracoshield (2), Talisman (1), Energy Drop (2), Savior

Mia - Seraph Robe (1), Dracoshield (1), Guard

Ilyana - Speedwing (2), Spirit Dust (1), Vantage (Missed on re-run)

Mist - Seraph Robe (2), Occult (2)

Mordecai - Speedwing (1)

Brom

Stefan - Ashera Icon (1), Smite

Reyson - Boots

Lucia

[Florete]

20-22

20: 4/127 (-0/39)

I don't remember how I did this before, but for some reason it was much more difficult this time. I did it mostly the same way, though. With the aid of supports and Sonic Sword, Mist ORKOd Shiharam, allowing Titania to Arrive. It took a good amount of Shoving/Smiting and Reyson to do so. Also managed to visit both villages. Brom promoted in the base.

21: 9/136 (-2/41)

Contrary to the above, this was much easier this time around. I may have had some Sleep dodging luck, though. Reyson ultimately made this possible (I planned to use the Rescue staff but ended up not), and I even managed to recruit Tauroneo before Titania killed him. Ena took three shots of a max MT Steel Axe forge from Titania + Mist with the Sonic Sword, both supporting each other, and exactly (though since Titania doubled I could have done up to 14 more). Got the Energy Drop (given to Mordecai) and Brave Sword again.

22: 1/137 (-0/41)

Same as before. Bolting, Reyson Chant, Bolting. Also got the map's Bolting this time around, which I missed before due simply to not knowing it was there. Thank you, Ilyana.

[Florete]

Well, I finished, though Brom and Stefan died in the Endgame. Waiting on the Epilogue now, will edit later. Final turn count is 175.

I, at least, feel I did pretty well for not having drafted a flier or Paladin, though I probably could have made more use of the Rescue staff. By the end, it had 2 uses after one Hammerne use and I still had 1 use left on the Hammerne (which had also been used once on the Sonic Sword).

23-Endgame

23: 6/143 (-0/41)

This was cut pretty close by the end. Titania was able to kill Petrine in two rounds, luckily enough. The last turn had a lot of "one space short" scenarios. Ballistae are annoying.

24: 4/147 (-1/42)

Four turns was possible by giving Titania 7 extra movement squares from Reyson, then a Smite on the next turn so she could pass by the enemies through the Thickets. Her full move got her to the end exactly. Also managed to get the Smite scroll.

25: 6/153 (-0/42)

This was cut quite close as well, and also relied on some dodge luck on Reyson and Ilyana's part. Used a Laguz Stone for faster advancement.

26: 4/157 (-1/43)

Same strategy before with Smite and the Rescue staff. In order to get the kill on turn 4, I had to leave another enemy with less HP than Bertram so the Bishop would heal it instead of him. Three hits from a doubling Titania's max MT forged Silver Axe did the trick and everyone else just killed scraps.

27: 4 + 1/162 (-0/43)

Fucker would trigger Miracle and make me miss the Physic staff, wouldn't he? Otherwise, same strategy as before: "It took Brave Axe, Bolting, Reyson, and the Rescue staff to do."

28: 5/167

I was only going for 6, but Ike was able to rape enough for a 5 turn to be possible. I also needed to have Reyson use a Laguz Stone immediately to go fast enough, and Mist using Ward to not be put to Sleep.

E: 8/175

I kinda just went in with a quick Rescue staff and Reyson strategy to see how well it would do, and I don't know how much better I could have done without a lot of Aether triggering luck (I skipped the Wrath and Resolve scrolls because I didn't think of the strategy until it was too late). Luckily Reyson was here, so I could get Giffca to Berserk Ashnard quite fast. Cleared every other enemy, but not before losing Brom (due to Deadeye putting him to sleep) and Stefan (simply couldn't take the heat).

Kills:

Ike - 106 (2nd)

Titania - 290 (!)(1st)

Mia - 94 (3rd)

Ilyana - 85 (4th)

Mist - 36

Mordecai - 46 (5th)

Brom - ?

Stefan - ?

Lucia - 16

Stats

Stats at the end:
Ike, 20/20. A Reyson, B Titania. S Swords. Aether, Provoke.
HP: 53
Str: 26
Mag: 10
Skl: 27
Spd: 28
Lck: 18
Def: 24
Res: 16

Titania, --/20. A Mist, B Ike. S Axes, A Lances. Savior, Counter.
HP: 50
Str: 24
Mag: 8
Skl: 24
Spd: 26
Lck: 20
Def: 20
Res: 16

Mia, 20/15.25. B Ilyana. S Swords. Vantage, Guard.
HP: 48
Str: 21
Mag: 10
Skl: 25
Spd: 30
Lck: 18
Def: 16
Res: 10

Ilyana, 20/17.69. A Mordecai, B Mia. A Thunder, C Fire, C Wind, D Staves. Shade
HP: 39
Str: 10
Mag: 26
Skl: 25
Spd: 22
Lck: 19
Def: 8
Res: 28

Mist, 20/20. A Titania, B Mordecai. S Staves, A Swords. Miracle, Sol.
HP: 46
Str: 16
Mag: 26
Skl: 15
Spd: 25
Lck: 29
Def: 11
Res: 25

Mordecai, 14.86. A Ilyana, B Mist. Smite.
HP: 60
Str: 24
Mag: 2
Skl: 15
Spd: 16
Lck: 15
Def: 17
Res: 6

(From start of Endgame)
Brom, 20/10.33. A Lances, E Swords.
HP: 47
Str: 22
Mag: 5
Skl: 22
Spd: 18
Lck: 7
Def: 25
Res: 9

(From start of Endgame)
Stefan, --/15.21. S Swords. Smite.
HP: 44
Str: 23
Mag: 9
Skl: 29
Spd: 28
Lck: 9
Def: 14
Res: 11

Reyson, 9.00. A Ike. Canto, Blessing.
HP: 26
Str: 1
Mag: 12
Skl: 14
Spd: 17
Lck: 18
Def: 3
Res: 24

Lucia, --/17.77. A Swords. Parity.
HP: 40
Str: 17
Mag: 13
Skl: 24
Spd: 26
Lck: 19
Def: 12
Res: 10

Oh, and this is actually the first time I've beaten Hard mode in this game.

EDIT: OH SHIT, THIS IS A TRIPLE POST. Well, I bet no one will notice anyway, so....

Also, putting all this in my first post.

Integrity, when you record this, change my name to Red Fox of Fire.

Edited January 7, 2011 by Yui

[Integrity]

RfoF: Triple posts and the like are generally okay as long as you're updating a project thread like this.

I'll go change your name now.

[Integrity]

Have not forgotten.

C10: 5 turns clear = 65 total

Fucked up the plan a little and didn't free Nephenee to compensate. Poor girl. Rhys proved himself useful by opening Kieran's door while the real team kept moving. Ike would have ended one square from Escaping but Rhys shoved him while he wasn't busy for win.

C11: 6 turns clear = 71 total

This took some doing because I kept missing my estimate of the BK and he'd kill Rhys.

Kieran was a bro. Boyd and Titania abused their new C support to cap together. Got the Dracoshield and the Killer Lance, left the middle house to die.

C12: 8 turns clear = 79 total

No Marcia and no Jill means it doesn't matter how many Ravens Boyd could 1RKO per turn - I'm limited by how fast they aggro. Boyd officially surpasses Titania in level.

Edited January 8, 2011 by Integrity

[Kaoz]

Update...

Chapter 15: 2 Turns

Forged another Steel Axe (I think so at least), BEXP'd Jill to level 7 and gave her a Speedwing which allows her to double Muarim. That's pretty much all there is, Sothe got Guard and the Silver Blade, Volke stayed outside of enemy range on turn 1 and grabbed the Boots on turn 2 after being shoved by Zihark and Ike.

Chapter 16: 4 Turns

Jill gets the Boots for 11 MOV and I forged a +5Mt Steel Sword. Titania rescued Ike on turn 1, Jill rescued him on turns 2 and 3 and killed the boss turn 4, allowing Ike to seize.

Forgot to take stats...

[Integrity]

C13: 8 turns clear = 87 total

HAHAHAHA FUCK YOU CHAPTER THIRTEEN I AM SUPERIORRRRRRR

C14: 4 turns clear = 91 total

Wow, my play was sloppy. It didn't actually cost me any turns, but Lord Almighty...

Edited January 26, 2011 by Integrity

[Junkhead]

Wasn't it a 10-turn Defend chapter.

[Narga_Rocks]

I think that one ends when you rout. At least, I remember it ending on turn 9 if the ravens all escape. If you get everything done by the end of turn 8, it should say that. Though I suspect it might say 9 turns in the final display if you need a raven to retreat for it to end. If you kill everything on turn 8 instead of letting them run away, it probably says 8 turns.

[Junkhead]

I killed everything with the ravens escaping/dying and had to wait for turn 10 alot of time.

[Krad]

It can end as early as turn 7 if you rout and get the ravens to escape. If you don't believe me,

[Integrity]

C15: 5 turns clear = 96 total

Great success! Got all the treasure I needed, and Boyd was EXACTLY 2-range from Muarim on turn 5 courtesy of a Gatrie push. Forged Iron Bow gave me great credit and victoly!

C16: 7 turns clear = 103 total

Goddamn I am so happy I forged that bow back in C9 or whatever. Kieran gets the Boots and is credit to team. Boyd gibs the fuck out of the boss. Missed the Physic and Bolting which made me sad, but I wasn't willing to truck over to the left treasure hut.

C17-1: 5 turns clear = 107 total

Rout! EDIT: Motherfucking Boyd missed two shots on a Myrm. Five turns clear.

C17-2: 5 turns clear = 112 total

Ike tradition ensues: Kieran was ONE SQUARE from Arriving on Turn 4. FUCKDAMMIT. That means I got fucked by nothing more than the stupid autopositioner. Why can't you reposition on the extra stages? Why?

C17-3: 10 turns clear = 122 total

Predictable/10. Sothe cheats himself out of the only kill he's likely to get for the first half of the game by missing a pair of 87%s. Fucker. Oh well.

C17-4: 5 turns clear = 127 total

AHAHAHA OH GOD THAT WAS CLOSE. Turn 5 a bunch of reinforcements show right on top of Sothe. Gatrie shoves Boyd which puts him just close enough to Kieran to throw him his Forgebow. Kieran would have onerounded Oliver with a regular Iron or Hand Axe - as long as Nosferatu didn't hit at 69%. Not my kind of chances. Oh well, stats time!

This is BEFORE the C17 BEXP is doled out.

Ike      / 1.00  44|20| 7|18|20|13|15| 9  B Titania
Rhys      16.32  28| 1|17|13|10|15| 3|20  B Kieran, Serenity
Kieran   / 8.58  42|21| 5|21|21|12|18| 8  B Rhys, Sol
Boyd     /12.71  55|26| 1|23|24|14|16| 9  C Titania <--fuck this grows slow as ass
Titania  /10.67  41|17| 6|18|18|15|15|10  B Ike, C Boyd, Counter
Sothe      1.76  20| 5| 1| 7|11| 5| 4| 0  Blossom
Gatrie   / 2.50  44|22| 2|16|11| 7|21| 6
Tormod    18.60  26| 4|16|12|14|11| 6|14  Delicious, delicious Celerity

Edited January 26, 2011 by Integrity

[Junkhead]

I'm jealous of you guys not-sucking at this game.

[Integrity]

"You guys"? Soul, I'm fucking terrible at FE9. If my turncounts are even respectable it's sheer luck.

[Integrity]

C18: 8 turns clear = 135 total

Boyd stayed back, Kieran went forward. Tally ho! Sothe grabbed all the treasure and nobody else really did anything.

C19: 5 turns clear = 140 total

Assigned Wrath to Tormod on a whim. Had to take a single turn out of the way to grab Naenae's Canto Ring for somebody, hooray!

Edited January 27, 2011 by Integrity

[Integrity]

C20: 5 turns clear = 145 total

Lex could have finished it in 4. Turn 4 ended with Kieran on top of the point. Everything else was really self-improvement. Got the Rescue staff!

C21: 14 turns clear = 154 total

Had Kieran down by the boss room on Turn 7 on a previous run but Ike got his shit knocked the fuck out by T-Ron. I took it a little slower this time.

SUDDENLY STATS

Ike     / 3.39  45|21| 7|19|21|13|15|10  Aether, Titania B
Rhys    / 5.50  34| 2|25|19|15|19| 7|25  Serenity, Kieran A, Ulki C
Kieran  /16.00  47|25| 6|26|24|14|21|10  Sol, Rhys A
Boyd    /14.29  56|27| 1|24|25|14|16|10  Titania B, Ulki C
Sothe     2.01             lol           Tormod B
Gatrie  /11.00  52|27| 2|21|16| 9|26| 9  Smite
Tormod  / 4.97  32| 7|20|16|18|13| 9|19  Celerity, Wrath, Sothe B
Ulki      8.01  42|16| 4|14|13|10|14| 9  Vigilance, Rhys C, Boyd C
Titania /13.00  44|18| 6|20|20|17|16|12  Counter, Ike B, Boyd B

Excelsior!

Edited January 28, 2011 by Integrity

[Integrity]

C22: 5 turns clear = 159 total

Got two-thirds of the treasure precisely, but I didn't care about any of it. Managed to not kill any robes for great justice and Ashera staff!

[Frosty]

It's about time for me to break my silence while reading the results and progress of the draft tournaments...

Gosh... I can't stop... staring at those stats, Integ! They're so... SHINY!!! MAH EYES!

I LIKE THE PWNAGE.... *cough*fanboy*cough*

Edited January 29, 2011 by Frostbite

[Integrity]

C23: 7 motherfuckin' turns clear = 166 total

I hate this chapter just as I hate it in the fucking sequel. Worse, actually. Petrine wasn't doubled by Kieran so he had to settrle for a 3RKO and make me take an extra turn. Ulki (?!) proves useful as a second line to Gatrie's rearguard. He, Tormod and Rhys kick the fuck out of Haar to save my own ass after Kieran fails to kill Petrine. Poor guy.

[Junkhead]

Lol, Rhys as a combat unit.

[Integrity]

Besides the "getting doubled and dying" part, Rhys isn't a bad combat unit.

[Integrity]

C24: 4 turns clear = 170 total

Got Savior, fuck Nihil.

[Integrity]

C25: 8 turns clear = 178 total

Acceptable. Physic broke and I don't have a replacement which is troubling. I had to burn a charge of it instead of Hammerneing it and :/

MVP IKE. Wat.