Finally! Beat Apotheosis Secret Battles!

[Volke29]

Yes, I'm very late to the party. But, I can now say that I've beaten the secret battles of Apotheosis under the turn limit, thus earning the Supreme Emblem, which isn't much, but it'll be cool to sport on by SP team.

What was the key to my victory? Believe it or not, it was A) help from members of this forum and B) turning Chrom from worthless mule into a class A Sniper. Going into the battle, I had just one Sniper (Noire). Having two Snipers on the map was the key to winning, at least for me. Because I never used Chrom, I had to pair him with DLC member the Black Knight.

I had the BK setup as a War Monk so he can use staffs and still give Chrom decent pairing bonuses. This was done because at this point of the game my options were A) grind a character I never used for better support or B) use a DLC character I was already using that was maxed out. I did so much grinding to get here and I wasn't up for more.

But honestly, Chrom with Double Bow + Rallies + Aether is more than deadly. Noire delivered the killing blow against Anna with a Double Bow and Astra. I love it when she gets all crazy like that.

My team (maxed out unless otherwise noted) with skills (other members just listed):

Morgan, Sorceresses -

• Vengeance (HP: 3/85)
• Vantage
• Tomefaire
• Galeforce
• Limit Breaker, only used forged Celica's Gale

Paired with Owian, Warrior -

• Limit Breaker
• Armshift
• Gamble
• Zeal
• Astra

Severa, Sorceresses -

• Galeforce
• Armshift
• Vengeance (HP: 1/85)
• Vantage
• Limit Breaker, mainly used a forged version of the stronger version of Waste (I renamed it after I got it forged, forgot what it was called).

Paired with Inigo, Assassin -

• Galeforce
• Armshift
• Pass
• Patience
• Limit Breaker, used forged Brave Bow and forged Brave Sword

MU, Sage

• Ignis
• Limit Breaker
• Armshift
• Solidarity
• Tomefaire, mainly used forged Celica's Gale and Rescue

Paired with Aversa, Sorceresses -

• Galeforce
• Shadowgift
• Limit Breaker
• Life Taker
• Vengeance, mainly used forged Celica's Gale

Cynthia, Assassin -

• Galeforce
• Limit Breaker
• Lifetaker
• Renewal
• Movement +1, mainly used forged Brave Bow and forged Brave Sword

Paired with Batman, Hero

• Swordbreaker
• Limit Breaker
• Acrobat
• Pavise
• Sol, mainly used forged Brave Sword and Brave Axe

Noire, Sniper

• Limit Breaker
• Hit Rate +20
• Bowfaire
• Astra (really helpful)
• Skill +2, mainly used Brave Bow and Double Bow

Paired with Brady, Sage

• Dual Guard+ (Saved me on key turn that I messed up on!)
• Galeforce
• Magic +2
• Tomefaire
• Limit Breaker, mainly used forged Celica's Gale and Rescue

Chrom, the unsuspected hero, Sniper

• Dual Strike+
• Aether
• Rightful King
• Bowfaire
• Limit Breaker, mainly used Brave Bow and Double Bow

Paired with, Black Knight, War Monk and also one of my favorite FE characters of all time

• Luna
• Limit Breaker
• Rally Defense
• Rally Magic
• Defender, mainly used forged Brave Axe and Rescue

Lisa, Sage

• Limit Breaker
• Dual Support+
• Rally Magic
• Galeforce
• Tomefaire, mainly used Celica's Gale and Rescue

Paired with Donnel, Hero

• Zeal
• Armshift
• Limit Breaker
• Sol
• Rally Skill, mainly used Forged Brave Sword, Brave Axe

Others -

These are other team members that contributed, but did not kill anyone. Could not have done it without them. All are maxed out except for Kellam -

• Cordelia, Falcon Knight, primary Rescuer
• Olivia, Dancer, for my Snipers mainly, sometimes Rallies
• Katarina, Rally Bot
• Micaiah, Valkyrie, Rally Bot 2, Rescuer
• Cherche, emergency killer (if enemy had less than 10 hp), but mainly flyer for Kellam (Trickster), who was paired with her as Rescuer. I used the Deliverer skill, which I think is underrated.

That's it! That was my team. By the time I faced the archers, I had Severa and Morgan with very little HP. IMO, the toughest round was the round four, where the enemy has flying units in upper left corner with Mire (the ranged attack). I was able to figure it out, but took a lot of flying. Didn't use Luna once for the map, even though two units had it.

For anyone that cares, thanks! Any thoughts on my team would be cool to hear from. I did A LOT of grinding, and finished this after 107 hours of game play. I'm sure if I did this a second time around, it would take less, but yup, it took me 100+ hours to beat the secret battles!

Edited September 24, 2013 by Volke29