NM 35 minutes

[Chiki]

I did this playthrough on a whim today, without any planning, so there's probably a lot of room for improvement. I think sub-30 should be possible; I may try and plan a proper playthrough soon.

For the first few chapters I used Frederick with a Chrom pair up. Once Renown became available, I sold the Ultimate Emblem and Bullion L, and bought myself a capped Dark Flier Micaiah (to Mire Validar behind the barrier in chapter 23, as the Avatar and Chrom were both level 1). The entire playthrough consisted of Micaiah owning everything.

[Aircalipoor]

I wonder which game is faster to finish: FE11 or this one. Skipping the enemy phase really helps.

Found it: 13.50 minutes, but only in game time.

http://speeddemosarchive.com/FireEmblemSD.html

[Chiki]

This game has a lot of rout maps, which makes it longer than it should be.

[charlie_]

What skills did Micaiah have?

Shadowgift/Galeforce/Deliverer/Pass/??? would be my guess.

[Chiki]

She also had Movement +1.

Next time I'm going to give her Armsthrift instead of Movement+1 though. That'll help with weapons breaking and such.

Edited May 19, 2013 by Olwen

[charlie_]

Maybe get a capped Falco for Rescue and help with routs? stuff like getting Say'ri out of the way might also be helpful.

[Chiki]

I thought of recruiting two characters for rout maps but that's worth several extra seconds (moving two units, Galeforce, etc.).

I don't know. A Falco would be good for Say'ri's chapter.

[charlie_]

She wouldn't need to be deployed for non routs.

Did you undeploy everyone before every Chapter?

[Chiki]

Other than the boss chapters, I did. You have to undeploy everyone for routs anyway.

[charlie_]

Maybe it'd faster on Classic. You wouldn't have to worry about undeploying Virion if he's dead.

[Chiki]

But I'd have to deal with their death convos, as well. It also takes effort to get a unit killed (and waste time since enemies take their time moving to kill instead of going to the person who's soloing the map). Undeploying is gonna happen no matter what.

Edited May 19, 2013 by Olwen

[Vicious Sal]

And they said Micaiah was too frail and could only thanibomb and heal after promotions. >_>

Little did the haters know...

Great effort!

[Missile]

And I thought 1h16 was awesome, I feel ridiculous now ._.

[shadykid]

For the first few chapters I used Frederick with a Chrom pair up. Once Renown became available, I sold the Ultimate Emblem and Bullion L, and bought myself a capped Dark Flier Micaiah (to Mire Validar behind the barrier in chapter 23, as the Avatar and Chrom were both level 1). The entire playthrough consisted of Micaiah owning everything.

wait so you CAN use mire there?

Edited May 19, 2013 by shadykid

[Chiki]

Yeah, it was established in my 33 turn playthrough.