[FE8] Long Hike Draft

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NAME     HP  STR  SKL  etc
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[MancerNecro]

Ooh. The text is monospace right? So I can just copy/paste from a Notepad file?

EDIT: Chapter 12 - Village of Silence: 18/185

I took a little long on this Chapter because there were so many Gargoyles against my team that had 3 Sword Users. I had people dying left and right until I started going slower through the Chapter.

NAME    Level Exp  HP Str Skl Spd Luk Def Res Class
Eirika	20/--  --  30  12  20  20  15  09  06 Lord
Garcia	20/--  --  42  19  14  09  13  08  03 Fighter
Neimi 	18/--  44  28  10  13  20  13  06  08 Archer
Artur   10/07  15  33  18  13  13  07  08  14 Sage
Joshua	17/--  73  34  11  19  20  09  08  06 Mymirdon
Tethys 	05/--   7  21  01  02  15  13  06  08 Dancer
Marisa	15/--  35  31  09  18  17  15  04  05 Mymirdon
Ewan   	01/--  00  15  03  02  05  05  00  03 Pupil

EDIT2: I just went through the Tower to train and Promote Ewan. I Promoted Garcia into a Hero too.

These are their stats before Chapter 13:

NAME    Level Exp  HP Str Skl Spd Luk Def Res Class
Eirika	20/--  --  30  12  20  20  15  09  06 Lord
Garcia	20/01  00  46  20  16  11  13  10  05 Hero
Neimi 	18/--  44  28  10  13  20  13  06  08 Archer
Artur   10/07  15  33  18  13  13  07  08  14 Sage
Joshua	17/--  73  34  11  19  20  09  08  06 Mymirdon
Tethys 	05/--   7  21  01  02  15  13  06  08 Dancer
Marisa	15/--  35  31  09  18  17  15  04  05 Mymirdon
Ewan   	01/--  00  20  08  06  09  08  05  10 Shaman

Edited October 12, 2012 by MancerNecro

[MancerNecro]

Umm, bump? Not sure if this is allowed, but this Draft is still ongoing, and I'm not sure why everyone seems to have disappeared.

[Might Gaine]

My presumption is that everyone else is distracted by other things, thus not playing the game, and thus having nothing to update.

[charlie_]

Umm, bump? Not sure if this is allowed, but this Draft is still ongoing, and I'm not sure why everyone seems to have disappeared.

there are hundreds of unfinished drafts right now

don't bother bumping.

[Kon]

I've still been playing, just not as much since I got Black 2. Anyways, I guess I'll update a little.

Chapter 14 15/202

This chapter wasn't too bad. Eirika, Saleh and Colm went up the east path to get Rennac while the MANLY MEN OF IDE went to the north path and Gerik went to clear out the west side so Colm could nab the treasure later. after rennac was grabbed Colm went to break the wall and make his way to the treasure rooms, with everyone else murdering their way through the Hall. Saleh ended up dealing with the boss with minor assistance from Eirika and Rennac went shopping for killer weapons and some Physics.

Chapter 15 12/214

I hate this chapter so much. Gerik went to kill Caellech with everyone but Garcia headed south to help out Ephraim, who kept getting put to sleep by that stupid Troubadour. once the murderfest was over (Zerker!Ross got the Valter kill, btw) I had everything but the Eclipse tome, the Silence staff and maybe the Killer Bow.

No stats for now since my SP ran off somewhere, but Rennac and Eirika got my Energy Rings, Tethys got the Boots, and Rennac ate the Metis's Tome. I have no idea if I want Eirika or Ephraim to have the Body Ring.

[Kon]

Final update! Man I'm slow. D; And apparently I made a little error in logging my turns, an extra turn in chapter 5 and two in chapter 12 were missed so that bumps up my turncount by three.

Chapter 16 15/232

Fuck the Purge/Bolting Sages. Those bastards made me restart so many times with a bunch of BS deaths, so I had to take this chapter slower than I would like. Oh well, at least I got all the pretty treasure. Also, Gerik kiled the boss I think.

Chapter 17 6/238

Stupid Syrene and villagers. I didn't get the Rescue Staff, but Gerik crit Lyon in the face for a relatively decent clear.

Chapter 18 9/247

Another chapter I hate, mostly 'cause of the Gorgans. Saleh finally got to Warp level and assisted Gerik in killing nearly everything. Everyone else helped too, but their contributions weren't as awesome.

Chapter 19 3/250

Warp helped a lot. Saleh warped Gerik to critkill Riev and managed to warp Rennac to nab the Speedwing for Garcia to be less ass.

Chapter 20 5/255

Gerik man to the rescue! He Audhulma'd Morva in the face after a handy warp (and just barely missed offing Riev again) while everyone else just kinda self-improved.

Final 3+2/260

Warp+Gerik+Auhulma crit=Awesome first part clear. For the finale I had everyone set up on the first turn and then unleashed Gerik and Garm!Ross upon the poor creature known as Formotis. I thought Gerik would get the kill, but Ross finally decided to steal Gerik's thunder and critkilled the Demon King.

Final stats

Unit Level HP STR SKL SPD LCK DEF RES WPN SUPPORT

Eirika 20.-- 37 14 20 20 16 11 07 Sword A Ephraim C

Ephraim 20.-- 36 17 16 18 17 12 06 A Lance Eirika C

Ross 08.75 51 25 16 15 16 16 09 Axe S Garcia A

Garcia 06.12 50 18 14 13 14 14 07 Axe S Bow E Ross A

Colm 10.93 41 14 16 26 20 14 08 Sword S

Gerik 18.46 60 25 28 23 17 19 12 Sword S Axe A

Tethys 10.28 LOL DANCER STATS

Saleh 15.50 39 19 21 19 16 16 12 17 Anima S Light A Stave A

Rennac 08.33 33 13 21 23 08 10 12 Sword S

[spoiler=Unit Analysis]

Eirika: B177 W96 L4 She was pretty good until everyone else promoted and left her behind. She fell off in use almost entirely after she hit her level cap, but otherwise was alright. I kinda regret giving her the Body Ring now, since it would have been of more use on Saleh. Oh well.

Ephraim: B78 W52 L2 Same as Eirika, although his lower speed prevented him from doubling some of the faster units in later chapters, which kinda sucked. Also, I entirely forgot I had him when I went into chapter 16 and didn't realize it until I had finished it and moved on. Oh well, I doubt he would've been able to do much with his crap move.

Ross: B227 W144 L9 He was my main man until Gerik showed up and usurped his position. His biggest problem was his speed, but he was still incredibly useful.

Garcia: B179 W89 L7 There's a reason I don't usually use this guy. Even with all those Speedwings I shoved down his throat his speed was still a steaming pile of shit and his strength was pretty cruddy too. At least his FireXFire support with his son was nice.

Colm: B233 W105 L9 Theif utility and dodgetanks are always useful, although sometimes he didn't feel like dodging. His combat wasn't too awful, as long as I kept him stocked on Killing Edges and maybe a Silver Sword.

Gerik: B211 W139 L3 The God of my run. Seriously, he was wrecking everyone's shit from when he was recruited until the very end. Aside from a couple of BS deaths, I could always stick him in enemy mobs and watch him murder everyone in sight. 10/10 would draft again.

Tethys: B18 W0 L6 Lol Dancer. She was pretty damned useful, but she didn't like dodging the long range magic or anything in general, so she tended to die a good bit. Maybe I just suck at using Dancers, I dunno.

Saleh: B89 W63 L7 He was pretty good, and really useful as a healer, but he had this thing against dodging, which sucked. It also took me forever getting his staff rank up to A, but that's probably my own fault

Rennac: B40 W22 L4 CAN RECK. Pretty much the same as Colm, minus the dodgetankiness.

Edited November 5, 2012 by Kon

[Might Gaine]

Registered as COMPLETE.

MancerNecro and Ring don't seem to have finished their drafts, I don't believe...

Granted, I should double-check anyway to make sure I didn't just forget to update them.

[CT075]

they didn't

[MancerNecro]

I'm going to continue the Draft soon, since I still have my save file. I'll make sure I finish it by the end of December.

[MancerNecro]

I promoted Neimi before starting Chapter 13. These are my characters' stats:

NAME    Level Exp  HP Str Skl Spd Luk Def Res Class
Eirika	20/--  --  30  12  20  20  15  09  06 Lord
Garcia	20/01  00  46  20  16  11  13  10  05 Hero
Neimi 	18/01  --  32  13  14  21  13  08  10 Sniper
Artur   10/07  15  33  18  13  13  07  08  14 Sage
Joshua	17/--  73  34  11  19  20  09  08  06 Mymirdon
Tethys 	05/--   7  21  01  02  15  13  06  08 Dancer
Marisa	15/--  35  31  09  18  17  15  04  05 Mymirdon
Ewan   	01/--  00  20  08  06  09  08  05  10 Shaman

Edited December 6, 2012 by MancerNecro

[MancerNecro]

Chapter 13: Hamill Canyon (4/189 Turns)

This Chapter was a dreaded pain for me. After a multitude of tries, I finally got it done though.

I let Marisa and Ewan head top to handle the Mercenary and Archer there and liberate the Ballistae. Neimi went south to kill one Archer, then, with Tethys's help, she moved down and killed the other Archer.

These movements allowed me to eliminate the threat of the two Ballistaes raining down on me.

After that, I sent Eirika, Ewan and Marisa west to handle the reinforcements (Marisa subsequently got Sleeped, so she didn't do much). Joshua and Garcia, with Neimi and Artur's support headed east and charged the boss. I passed a Halberd to Garcia and a Lancereaver and Armorslayer to Joshua. These items allowed me to handle the enemies towards the east with much greater ease than on the previous chapters.

Garcia and Joshua killed the boss. Garcia did 30 damage with his Halberd (I think), and Joshua dealt the last 14 damage with his Armorslayer.

NAME   Level  Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika 20/--  --  30  12  20  20  15  09  06  A   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Garcia 20/02  35  47  20  16  11  14  10  05  C   A   -   -   -   -   -   -  Hero
Neimi  18/01  62  32  13  14  21  13  08  10  -   -   -   A   -   -   -   -  Sniper
Artur  10/07  45  33  18  13  13  07  08  14  -   -   -   -   B   C   -   A  Sage
Joshua 19/--  44  36  12  20  20  09  08  06  A   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Myrmidon
Tethys 05/--  47  21  01  02  15  13  06  08  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Dancer
Marisa 15/--  64  31  09  18  17  15  04  05  C   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Myrmidon
Ewan   02/--  46  20  09  06  09  08  05  10  -   -   -   -   -   -   D   -  Shaman

[MancerNecro]

Urgh, I just lost my save file due to a crash with my game and the save file got corrupted (I'm playing on an Emulator, sue me).

I'm going to pick this up again some time soon, because I have way too much attachment to this draft, but it might not be any time soon. I'm really sorry Might Gaine, for not being able to complete the draft that quickly.....

[Might Gaine]

Hey man, it's not a problem.

Bad things happen, and there's nothing we can do about it.

At times like this, we must calm down, look deep within ourselves, sing Hakuna Matata, and continue onward with hope for a better future, in which our save files will not crash.

[MancerNecro]

Don't worry, I most definitely WANT to complete this Draft, this being my first Draft on SF.

[MancerNecro]

Prologue - The Fall of Renais [4/4]

I ended the first turn. The two Fighters came up to attack Eirika and she got lucky criticals on both of them. Then, I moved her to the boss. Had to use a Vulnerary since O'Neill got a hit onto her but otherwise this chapter was done easily.

NAME   Level  Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika 02/--  67  17  05  08  10  06  04  01  E   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord

Chapter 1 - Escape! [11/15]

I moved Eirika up and 2HKOed the Fighter with the Strength point gained in the previous chapter. Manoeuvred Seth up past the Soldier.

Placed Eirika on the fortress and she managed to 2HKOed everyone except the boss in this chapter.

Had to pass Franz's Vulnerary to Eirika to allow her to tank the boss's hits cause she kept missing.

Seized the gate on turn 11.

NAME   Level  Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika 06/--  25  21  06  09  12  09  04  02  D   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord

Chapter 2 - The Protected [9/24]

Made a stupid mistake and missed out on two great Eirika level ups with her gaining two points in Strength from those two level ups. Turns out that if you let Ross die, Garcia doesn't join your team...

Eirika visited the two villages and recruited Ross in this chapter. Ross recruited Garcia after that.

Eirika basically led the charge and soloed this chapter. Garcia took only two kills, one on an Archer and one on a Fighter.

NAME   Level  Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika 09/--  09  23  06  11  14  09  05  02  C   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Garcia 04/--  38  28  08  07  07  03  05  01  -   C   -   -   -   -   -   -  Fighter

Chapter 3 - Bandits of Borgo [11/35]

This chapter is pretty standard without much difficulty. I let Colm do whatever he wants to in this chapter while Eirika, Garcia and Neimi charged east. I got the Javelin in the chest. Garcia got the boss kill so that I could save a turn seizing the throne with Eirika.

NAME   Level  Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika 10/--  65  24  06  12  14  10  05  03  B   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Garcia 06/--  31  29  08  09  07  04  05  01  -   C   -   -   -   -   -   -  Fighter
Neimi  02/--  00  18  05  05  06  04  03  02  -   -   -   D   -   -   -   -  Archer

The bad level ups this chapter..... Edited September 15, 2014 by MancerNecro

[MancerNecro]

Chapter 4 - Ancient Horrors - [x/35+x]

Gah, I forgot to check the turncount again.....

This chapter was easy. Garcia and Neimi took out the Revenant and Skeleton near the starting location. They went to break the stump and kill the skeleton over the wall. When the reinforcements came, Garcia went up to destroy them while Neimi stayed in a safe area out of all the enemies' ranges. Garcia goes back down once the reinforcements are defeated and surprises me by doubling and killing the last skeleton across the makeshift bridge. That doubling was why I didn't manage to check the turncount. I thought I still had one more turn left.

Eirika and Artur went to the right. Eirika damages the first Revenant for Artur to kill before she goes to the bridge and creates a chokepoint there. Artur kills the Skeletons and Eyeball monsters (I forgot their names) on above the bridge while Eirika mans the chokepoint and thins out the number of Revenants. The rest is easy, Eirika charges down to weaken the last few enemies while Artur finishes some of them off.

Name   Level Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika 11/-- 03  26  07  14  16  11  05  04  B   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Garcia 07/-- 95  30  09  10  08  04  05  01  -   C   -   -   -   -   -   -  Fighter
Neimi  03/-- 69  19  06  06  07  04  03  03  -   -   -   D   -   -   -   -  Archer
Artur  05/-- 60  21  07  08  08  03  02  08  -   -   -   -   -   E   -   -  Monk

Basically, my Eirika got another point of Strength and my Arturs all decide to be Speed screwed for some reason. I hope Artur's Speed increases soon. Edited September 17, 2014 by MancerNecro

[MancerNecro]

Chapter 5 - The Empire's Reach [11/46+x]

Garcia goes by the left path and kills the Fighter and Archer. He goes up and takes on the Soldier as well as one of the Fighters around Joshua.

Eirika charges east to handle the two Brigands.

Neimi and Artur head east as well in order to handle the Soldiers and Archer that charges down the centre path. With help from Eirika, those three enemies as well as the last of the two Fighters around Joshua are killed.

There goes the hardest part of this chapter: The initial rush of enemies. Eirika tanks Joshua's attack and Natasha recruits him. At this point, Garcia visits the village with the Secret Book.

Eirika and Joshua leads the charge to the boss who is then massacred easily by Artur.

Chapter 5x - Unbroken Heart [18/64+x]

Traded all the lances to Kyle, Vulneraries/Elixirs to Orson and Swords to Forde. Orson rescues Kyle and follows behind Ephraim as a portable supply convoy.

Ephraim just leads the charge all the way to the boss and throne ignoring all the chests and doors and enemies that did not block the way to the throne.

Name    Level Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika  13/-- 77  26  07  15  17  11  05  04  A   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Ephraim 11/-- 66  29  10  13  13  13  07  03  -   -   B   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Garcia  09/-- 78  32  10  11  08  04  05  01  -   B   -   -   -   -   -   -  Fighter
Neimi   05/-- 05  20  07  06  08  05  04  03  -   -   -   D   -   -   -   -  Archer
Artur   08/-- 14  22  09  08  09  04  02  10  -   -   -   -   -   D   -   -  Monk
Joshua  05/-- 45  24  08  13  14  07  05  02  C   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Myrmidon

Edited September 17, 2014 by MancerNecro

[MancerNecro]

Chapter 6 - Victims of War [9/73+x]

Basically, I moved my team east and set up camp near the Fortress and Mountains on the map.

I cleared up the all the units and Cavaliers that charge towards you and then press on towards Novala. Garcia ORKOed Novala with two hits of his boomerang axe (the Hand Axe).

I was one turn short of getting the Orion's Bolt but whatever. I'm getting the Master Seal at chapter 15 for Neimi since I doubt she will level up so fast anyway.

Name    Level Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika  15/-- 10  27  07  15  18  12  05  05  A   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Ephraim 11/-- 66  29  10  13  13  13  07  03  -   -   B   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Garcia  13/-- 11  35  13  11  10  06  05  01  -   B   -   -   -   -   -   -  Fighter
Neimi   05/-- 74  20  07  06  08  05  04  03  -   -   -   C   -   -   -   -  Archer
Artur   08/-- 99  22  09  08  09  04  02  10  -   -   -   -   -   D   -   -  Monk
Joshua  07/-- 78  25  08  14  15  09  05  03  C   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Myrmidon

Garcia gained two Speed in this chapter and it helps out a lot by allowing him to double the Fighters and Archers in this chapter. He ORKOs quite a bit of stuff. Artur remains sad without his Speed though...

[MancerNecro]

Chapter 7 - Riverside Renvall [13/86+x]

Garcia, you are AMAZING!! Basically, Garcia just charges forward towards the Soldiers and kills both of them with ease. He moves forward to lure the next Fighter over (which he doubles and kills). Joshua charges forward after that to lure and kill the other Fighter.

I placed Neimi in the spot right below the cliffs where the Mage with the Thunder and Energy Ring can attack her. He attacks her and she kills him on the next turn.

Meanwhile, Eirika and Artur finish off the other Mage while Joshua kills the Archer.

Garcia moves forward to tank the Mercenaries and Joshua and Eirika picks up the kills.

After that, Garcia charges towards and lures (doubling and killing) the 2 Soldiers and 2 Archers right below the boss (yes, Garcia can double everything in this chapter except the Mercenaries).

Joshua, Artur and Neimi handles the Fighter and Mage coming from the back while Eirika trails behind Garcia and one rounds the boss.

Character analysis coming after I complete Chapter 8 (aka right before the path split).

Name    Level Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika  16/-- 47  28  08  16  18  13  05  05  A   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Ephraim 11/-- 66  29  10  13  13  13  07  03  -   -   B   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Garcia  15/-- 28  37  14  11  11  08  06  01  -   B   -   -   -   -   -   -  Fighter
Neimi   06/-- 55  21  08  07  09  08  04  04  -   -   -   C   -   -   -   -  Archer
Artur   10/-- 01  23  10  08  10  05  03  12  -   -   -   -   -   D   -   -  Monk
Joshua  09/-- 09  27  09  16  15  09  06  04  C   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Myrmidon

Garcia even gains another point in Speed this chapter to prove just how amazing he can be in this playthrough. Artur finally gains some Speed and Neimi got a good level up although her level is trailing behind since she can't kill anything on the Enemy Phase. Eirika and Joshua both just got another nice Strength point. This chapter is pretty good for my characters' stats.

[MancerNecro]

Chapter 8 - It's a Trap! [15/101+x]
Garcia leads the charge up with Eirika trailing behind him. He obliterates everything (by being able to double them all).

Joshua leads Artur and Neimi westwards to help Ephraim's party.

Garcia and Eirika continue on and spend a few turns trying to kill Tirado (Garcia +3 uses of an Elixir tanked and killed him).

Name    Level Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika  17/-- 80  29  09  17  19  14  05  05  A   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Ephraim 14/-- 33  31  12  15  14  15  07  03  -   -   A   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Garcia  19/-- 92  39  16  12  12  11  08  02  -   A   -   -   -   -   -   -  Fighter
Neimi   07/-- 65  22  08  07  10  07  04  04  -   -   -   C   -   -   -   -  Archer
Artur   10/-- 92  23  10  08  10  05  03  12  -   -   -   -   -   D   -   -  Monk
Joshua  10/-- 08  28  09  17  16  09  06  04  B   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Myrmidon

Eirika got a nice point in Strength and Garcia's OP Speed just got another boost (it's already higher than my promoted Garcia from my previous save file). No one else levelled much this level.

Character Analysis:
MVP: Garcia - He's got really great stats this playthrough. Compared to his average stats, he has -1 HP, -1 Str, -1 Skl, +2 Spd, +3 Luk, = Def, -1 Res. His Speed stat made him awesome since Chapter 7 as he can pretty much double everything at that point in time. With his high Strength and the axes' high base damage, he can ORKO most enemies. He's quite shaky in the beginning before he gains his Speed but he wrecks the enemies once he does.

Eirika - Compared to her average stats, she has +1 HP, -1 Str, = Skl, +1 Spd, = Luk, -3 Def, -1 Res. Her defensive stats suffer but she will be dodging most of the hits that matter so she doesn't need the defenses. Her Strength is lacking, as usual. I never get an Eirika with proper Strength before. This doesn't stop her from destroying all of the Axe-wielding enemies in the early game though. She's a beast right until the point where all the Lance-wielders appear at Chapters 6 to 7. The point in Strength she gained in the Prologue allowed me to save many crucial turns by allowing her to ORKO all the enemies in the next few chapters. All in all, an awesome unit.

Joshua - Comparing to his average stats: = HP, = Str, +2 Skl, = Spd, +1 Luk, = Def, +1 Res. His stats are clearly above average. He is an awesome unit but joins at a really opportune point in time, when all the Lance units appear. He is able to hold his own against them though but is not as useful as Eirika as he is not around at the time when all the Axe units are around.

Artur - Comparing to his average stats: = HP, = Mag, -2 Skl, -1 Spd, +1 Luk, = Def, +2 Res. His Speed is lacking but luckily, not by too much. He is hard to use since he is so frail but he gets a lot of powerful hits against low Res units and smacks Knights really hard as well. He gets usage points because of his use in Chapter 4 where he is able to take out quite a lot of monsters. Considering promoting him to Bishop for the Slayer bonus.

LVP: Neimi - Comparing to her average stats: +2 HP, +2 Str, -1 Skl, +1 Spd, = Luk, = Def, = Res. Her stats are nice and above average but I find her a burden because she cannot counter attack on the Enemy Phase and because she's so frail. Regretting drafting her now but since I have, I just have to suck it up and move on with her. Hopefully, she will be easier to place and position once she gains more levels and has a nice Avoid stat. Her nice Strength should hopefully allow her to ORKO most enemies on the Player Phase later on.

Unranked: Ephraim - Comparison to his average stats: = HP, -1 Str, +1 Skl, -1 Spd, +2 Luk, -3 Def, -1 Res. It is impossible for me to rank him for now because the chapters that he is used in, you're forced to use him with no other units to help out. His stats are below average. He only has above average Skill and Luck, two stats which don't really matter at all. Hoping for his stats to improve slightly (especially Speed since that's the most important stats imo). He's quite a solid unit because of his nice bases though so that's something to thank.

Edited September 23, 2014 by MancerNecro

[MancerNecro]

My next character analysis will come after Chapter 15. Then, one will happen every 5 chapters until the end of the game.

Chapter 9 - A Distant Blade [24/125+x]

Garcia is god. He is my main tank and charges forwards, luring and killing the two Soldiers. The melee characters then go up slowly to kill the initial wave of enemies. I let the enemies rush towards my units instead of charging downwards. I only charge downwards after all the enemies that are charging towards me are killed.

Eirika and Joshua prove really useful in this chapter. Garcia is just awesome as usual, being able to double everything except the Mercenary, Myrmidon (which he OHKOs anyway) and Sniper with his Steel Axe. He is definitely awesome if he gets the early Spd points.

Garcia gets the boss kill because he can double the boss with his Steel Axe. Wasted 2 turns with the boss cause I thought both the Archers around him and he himself would run towards my units when I placed them in his range.

Name    Level Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika  19/-- 52  30  10  17  19  15  05  06  A   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Ephraim 14/-- 33  31  12  15  14  15  07  03  -   -   A   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Garcia  20/-- --  40  17  13  12  11  09  02  -   A   -   -   -   -   -   -  Fighter
Neimi   09/-- 85  24  10  08  12  08  04  06  -   -   -   C   -   -   -   -  Archer
Artur   12/-- 53  23  11  09  10  05  03  13  -   -   -   -   -   C   -   -  Monk
Joshua  12/-- 96  30  11  18  17  09  06  04  B   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Myrmidon

Neimi gained a lot of Strength suddenly and might actually become a decent Sniper later on. Artur still needs some Speed. Joshua has quite a good amount of Strength now too. Just pretty afraid that Eirika might fail to cap her Speed since she's pushing it very closely right now...

[MancerNecro]

Chapter 10 - Revolt at Carcino [13/138+x]

This chapter took me multiple tries to complete as it has many points where you can easily scoshua and Garcia tanks the enemies at the start of the map while Artur and Neimi snipes the enemies from afar.

Joshua, Eirika and Artur proceed east while Neimi proceeds west and Garcia heads south.

Neimi kills the Archer there, opening a path for Tana to fly down to Innes.

I leave Artur on a mountain to deal with the Brigands while Eirika and Joshua heads towards Pablo. Joshua is the one who finally kills Pablo. Neimi used the Ballistae to snipe down the Falcoknight reinforcements before I seized the gate.

Name    Level Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Eirika  20/-- --  31  10  18  19  16  06  06  A   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Ephraim 14/-- 33  31  12  15  14  15  07  03  -   -   A   -   -   -   -   -  Lord
Garcia  20/-- --  40  17  13  12  11  09  02  -   A   -   -   -   -   -   -  Fighter
Neimi   12/-- 01  27  10  08  14  09  04  08  -   -   -   B   -   -   -   -  Archer
Artur   14/-- 06  24  12  11  10  05  03  14  -   -   -   -   -   C   -   -  Monk
Joshua  16/-- 03  34  13  20  18  10  07  05  A   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Myrmidon
Tethys  01/-- 31  18  01  02  12  10  05  04  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Dancer
Marisa  05/-- 63  23  07  12  13  09  04  03  D   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  Myrmidon

Eirika didn't max her Speed... Artur desperately needs more Speed soon. He might or might not be promoted early due to the desperate need for healing on my team. Joshua's Strength is nice and Neimi's stats are still great. Marisa is quite low levelled but I think she will grow fine.

Promoted Garcia into a Hero with the Hero Crest gotten from this chapter:

Name   Level Exp HP S/M Skl Spd Luk Def Res Swd Axe Lnc Bow Anm Lgt Drk Stf Class
Garcia 20/01 00  44  18  15  14  11  11  04  C   A   -   -   -   -   -   -  Hero

Edited September 25, 2014 by MancerNecro

[Kon]

Jeez Mancer, took you long enough to get that ball rolling XD

It almost makes me want to try redoing this draft to see if I can suck less... almost

[Elieson]

Mancer you're still here? That Artur is sooooo below average (except in Luk/Res I guess)