Janus Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 The solo Ike run is actually one of the easiest ways to beat the game. But has anyone tried a run where you try to avoid using Ike as much as possible? That's probably hard. With the exception of Seizing spots and possibly talking to units to recruit them, Ike cannot do anything. He cannot get any kills except in the Prologue, where he is forced to be used. Some issues that would add to the difficulty: -No uber Ike to help in battle, and he has to be guarded a lot, or possibly stay rescued for most of a battle. This ceases to be an issue once you get Savior, of course. -No Nasir, since there's no way Ike could defeat the Black Knight without many of his stats capped. -No using Ragnell to attack the final boss, leaving only Ena and the uber laguz to fight him. On Hard, you HAVE to make Ena good or there's no way you will win the final battle, since the uber laguz don't show until after Ashnard goes bonkers. Anyone up for this nightmarish challenge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Tarrasque Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Judy Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Yeah might as well ;) I got nothing better to do anyway. Plus I needed a challenge. Ena would pwn the final boss with resolve and wrath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Judy Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Done it. Wow really How did it go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 Heh, I should have figured that someone would have. Did you do it on Hard, Boo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Tarrasque Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 (edited) Both difficulties. I've done "no lord" runs on most games. Besides it's actually worse on you if you end up training Ike a lot on the first few chapters, he ends up so RNG screwed that he's not worth using and every1 else would have less EXP then than on a "no ike run". Edited October 24, 2008 by Boo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Arc Chaos Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Once I get my Gamecube back from my friend I will try this, it sounds like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tino Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 What, is it supposed to be hard then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 It sounds rather pointless really.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 You're just starving yourself of using a single decent unit. Seems quite pointless, as Fox said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikken Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 It sounds rather pointless really.... It's only as pointless as any other run. And yeah, it's not hard at all. You have several great units, many of them much better than Ike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanarkin Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 It seems like a good challenge but idk when i'll do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Rabbit Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 It's only as pointless as any other run.And yeah, it's not hard at all. You have several great units, many of them much better than Ike. I agree. It's as valid a challenge as any others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YokaiKnight Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 So would Resolve & Wrath pretty much be the best skill set to give Ena? What about Nihil? I haven't thought about it too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikken Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I wouldn't bother with Wrath since that requires you to hold on the the Wrath scroll for several chapter that you could be making use of it instead. But Resolve, yeah. Nihil isn't needed. Ashnard has no skills that you need to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 This would just make the game a lot more complicated. Because you need to use Ike every mission, you must use him for the Black Knight fight too. Another thing is who wouldn't want to use the Ragnell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowknight Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 This would just make the game a lot more complicated. Because you need to use Ike every mission, you must use him for the Black Knight fight too. Another thing is who wouldn't want to use the Ragnell. You don't NEED him for the BK; Nasir is overrated. And while Ragnell is very useful, there's plenty other weapons (forged silvers, anyone?) that can do the job just as easily. Other than the Ashnaard fight, it'll probably be pretty easy. I'm actually doing a Ike/Zihark runthrough right now. :3 They're amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonBladeSniper Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Never thought of this XD. Sounds pretty normal except Ashnard... but apparently Ena is still good so I guess it would be pretty easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanatha Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 (edited) I think it sounds very though... I might try it... sometime. Edited October 26, 2008 by xanatha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tino Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Seriously, how can it possibly be tough? Instead of, for example, 11 great characters + Ike you use 12 great characters. I don't see how not using Ike makes the game significantly harder. Perhaps 17-3 and 17-4 are slightly harder because Ike dies easily, but that's really everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibari Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Never thought about that. Sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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