Sup Forums plays Fire Emblem 9

LAST TIME
>Because the sub-humans refused to help us, we had to head back to occupied Crimea.
>thankfully, neither Putin or the Burger King were able to stop us, and we made it onto our ship, heading off to Begnion via ship

What's going on?
>I'm playing through Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, taking inputs from you
>I'll be asking for input on who gets used, who gets stat items, etc.
>no restarts for lost units, barring game overs

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>Which game is this?
this is Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, the first (and only) fire emblem game released on the Nintendo Gamecube.
>I'm new to Fire Emblem. What's a good game to start with?
Fire emblem: The Blazing sword(aka Fire Emblem in the USA) is a fantastic starting point, featuring a comprehensive tutorial. Alternatively, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones also has a briefer tutorial and is all around easier.
>I heard this series is just shitty waifu pandering
that's Awakening and Fates.
>what does each stat do?
HP-health. lose it all and your unit dies(permanently)
STR- how much damage you do with physical attacks. this is augmented by your enemy's DEF and your own weapon's MT. In Path of Radiance, STR functions similarly to how CON did in older games, determining how much you're burdened by your weapons.
MAG - how much damage you do with magic tomes, staves, or magic weapons. This is augmented by your enemy's RES.
SKL- your chance to hit with attacks, as well as score crits
SPD- if your SPD is high enough, you'll be able to double-attack enemies, also affects your chance to avoid enemy attacks.
LUK-affects accuracy and avoidability, and reduces enemy crit chance.
DEF-affects defense against physical attacks
RES-affects defense against magical attacks
CON- unit's weight. this affects who they can rescue or be rescued by, as well as whether or not they can shove or be shoved by a unit.
>Why are you so shitty?
I'm impatient.

Game Over/Reset count: 2

>Nasir is a laguz
I sure hope he's not a triple agent or anything like that.

Nah, look at that portrait, hed never do anything like that

What's with pointy ears in animeland and how do people always fail to notice them?

How in the world was KIERAN the MVP? I only put him in a few battles. Boyd and Lethe both had far more fights and kills.

>Letting a nigger on your ship
That's a mistake

people apparently didn't notice how he's black or has a laguz marking on his forehead either.

maybe but they werent KIERAN

a dirty stowaway THIEF!

and he's looking for his mary-sue mother figure!

it's his ship.

>travels with Laguz
>travels with a nigger

Why is Ike so fucking bluepilled?

Niggers don't deserve ships. He probably stole it. No offense

reminder that 3 years later, Micaiah sue is Sothe's love interest instead of a parental figure.

Cant be a redpill in a FE game user, plot wouldnt move at all

He went with the pill that matches his hair.

>Sothe's love interest
>not Ike

>Micaiah sue is Sothe's love interest instead of a parental figure.
That's hot, though.

Volke is great.

Not when its a retard

Sothe gets fuckin tall, though. Meanwhile, Tormod remains a manlet

This is gonna be a good thread.

Ike you're so full of crap.

Is Rolf in the team or did he get killed early this time?

Who does Volke support with?

He's getting by with lucky crits, he's being typical growth wise however

bastian

nobody is dead yet.

Bastian. The C support is probably one of the best in the whole series.

Mist is getting there.

>Just Bastian
I love the guy, but I'm almost disappointed

>two str levels in a row
How much strength does Mia have right now?

not enough, though its unfair to compare to greil genes, what's ike looking like btw nigger?

Well it fits his character well. I know that gameplaywise it's shit, but lorewise, it makes sense. It's also something that I like about the pre-Awakening games. It doesn't make sense when a loner is suddenly able to socialize with literally everyone in your army.

Which Myrm started the trendy of edgy Swordmasters?

>already level 17
Did you save all your BEXP for her and Rolf?

Hey buddy, what do you think you're doing around these parts?

neph was close too, so I tipped her over.

all kinds of average.

Just 10 more strength to a Runesword.

:^)

and Ilyana.

For most? Probably Karel, or rutger if you want semantics

Navarre, although myrmidons and swordmasters weren't a thing on FE1 yet

Navarre from FE1. It's an Archetype, dontcha know?
I would've at least given him a support with Ike or Sothe. Little thief kid learns to thief

You're not benching Ilyana?

basically just for her.

I used a bit to tip over people close to their level though.

why would he bench a mage who actually wants to carry her tomes with no SPD loss?

Soren is the mage you bench in PoR.

>all that protein she eats lets her carry tomes
>destroys dragons with the only S rank tome you get
>falling for le stats meme

I want to fuck Ilyana from behind while she is eating a whole roast chicken.

Except Soren is the best mage in PoR, although all of them are useful except Tormod.

oh, and here's our new unit: Sothe.
60% 55% 10% 70% 65% 55% 35% 30%


He's unable to promote, and his skill, Blossom, halves his EXP.

On the other hand, it also super beefs up his growths, raising them to...
84% 79.8% 19% 91% 87.8% 79.8% 57.8% 51%

>except Tormod
FUCK you, he's cute

>Soren
>best mage in PoR

How could you NOT use an unit with growths like these?

alright, I got this recently. Should I give it to boyd?

Because he doesn't promote and knives to pitiful damage?

>Except Soren is the best mage in PoR
But he isn't. His Spd growth is mediocre, he lacks the Str to carry tomes without AS penalty and his only notable thing is a proc skill - something you can't rely on from a tactical standpoint.

Calill is better than him and would be the best mage in PoR if she had staves instead of knives. I'm still sure they made this knife sage a thing just to prevent you from getting She-Pent.

>he's unable to promote
you need a thief anyway, so bring him along for the ride.

>best mage
Maybe for you in your blessed version of PoR but in most cases hes middling which along with his absolutely shit tier STR growth makes him even worse, adept doesnt cover up his weaknesses. also wind magic a shit

Wow, he'll be a great unit on promotion!

Promotions and decent weapons are there to cover lack of raw skill.

It procs on Skill, right? Mia

Good thing thieves should be stealing.

Mia's benched

>caring about combat on your thief

I guess you can bring him around if you're trying to save money and don't want Volke to jew you.

>Dodges 90% of the time or dies in one hit
>Let's put counter on her

Boyd is good.
He takes relavitely lot of damage, but can tank it with his HP I hope.

Hell want to use him regardless assuming hes still planning to carry save data to RD, will make his down brigade portion a little easier

Soren has higher speed, magic, and skill than Ilyana. Plus Soren has only 1 or 2 fewer of magic, speed, and skill at level 1 than Ilyana at level 6. He has a much better innate skill, and he has more availability. His affinity is better, and while he has fewer support options, one of them will always be used. There is literally nothing Ilyana does better than Soren except possibly wielding heavy siege tomes.

>Mia's benched
What happened with the thing of Sup Forums choosing it for you?

>He doesn't want an edgelord assassin

I'm not doing RD hard mode, sothe doesn't need transfer bonuses.

they chose to bench her.

>wields heavy tomes with no spd loss, offsetting any gain soren has on SPD since Soren gets str once in a blue moon
>has better starting magic as wind is crap and is the only S rank mage tome available in base PoR
ill give you adept but that's nothing to base a character on

youtube.com/watch?v=pMhfbLRoGEw

Soren's speed growth is 40, higher than Ilyana, and only 5 lower than Tormod and Calill. AS penalty from carrying wind is minimal. Elwind is 2 wt. And forges are a thing, meanwhile you can't forge speed.

>would be the best mage in PoR if she had staves instead of knives.
And Mist would be the best Berserker if she could wield axes, had high strength, high HP, and could walk on water.

You underestimate the difference of Str between Soren and Ilyana compared to the Spd difference between both. The difference of Spd between both is 10%, while Str is 20%. Not to mention that 40% Spd's of Soren isn't even good, it's just average.

And what do you mean one of the will always be used? Ike? Hell no, he's better off with Oscar. In practice you shouldn't even be using any of those two infantry mages.

>>wields heavy tomes with no spd loss, offsetting any gain soren has on SPD since Soren gets str once in a blue moon
Ilyana needs to be 20/1 to wield Elthunder without speed loss. Soren needs to be 20/1 to wield Elwind without speed loss.

FLYING subhumans? I sure hope we get a flying subhuman hunter soon...

>Hell no, he's better off with Oscar.
Neither Ike nor Oscar wants to waste their supports on another earth.

Best girl incoming.

But Wind magic is shit.

>those pirates are on goldoan soil

strange that nobody is in trouble for THIS.

>Dragons are literally 10 feet away

>Not to mention that 40% Spd's of Soren isn't even good, it's just average.
You can't just look at growth rate. You have to consider their join time, availability, and bases. Soren will have the highest speed among mages because he joins early, has high base speed, and good growth. Soren on average hits 20 speed at 20/7. Calill hits it at 20/12. Ilyana hits it at 20/17. Tormod hits it at 20/8.

>he doesn't want 30% avoid

It kinda sucks. Don't you get a vantage scroll in this game? Give him that instead.

any party changes?

Then Oscar. It DOES proc on Skill, right?

Sothe solo

vantage belongs more on a unit with a useful skill like...oh, say Wrath.

Bench Nephenee for Lethe. You don't need a crutch and Lethe needs to prepare to get Ike's D.

Rhys instead of Rolf.

>Using sub-humans that aren't royals or herons

This or Zihark, myrms a shit.

Put in Sothe, Volke, Mordecai, and Rhys.

>Not taking Laguz

You fucking shitter. Take one at least. Support one of them with Zihark too.

I was hoping to use the ravens for exp, hence why I also benched titania.

second this

>Benching your safety net

I agree with this only because I take pleasure in seeing you get one of your units killed.

This is assuming that Soren is always using Wind tomes, which gives him terrible versatility. On the other hand, his low str makes it difficult to branch out, because he'll need to wait until he's a Sage to properly wield Fire/Thunder, and he'll always get slowed by the respective El-tomes. Not saying Soren is shit or Ilyana is better, just something to consider.

Also, looking at their bases, Soren has more con than Ilyana. That's funny.