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Frostshock posted...

Florina is definitely the flier you want to invest in. The only other good alternative is exclusive to Hector's mode and she comes late .

Fiora and Heath aren't that bad.
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Aw, Matthew is leaving the party to attend to business. Good thing he warned me so I could get my stuff off of him. I forgot about the Angelic Robe he got from a chest. Who should I burn that on?

If you plan on using Florina, which you probably should, her. Her durability is ass, actually her stats are pretty ass at first in general, so getting her the ability to actually get into combat more is pretty helpful for ensuring she can level up enough to start contributing in more ways than just rescue chauffeuring people around.
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Florina was who I was leaning to. I'm afraid of using her much out of fear of her dying, which is why I spent so long trying to weaken other enemies and feed her. That and throwing her at the mages. They couldn't do much to her.

Went ahead and used it on her. Bumped her health up real nice.

Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Aw, Matthew is leaving the party to attend to business. Good thing he warned me so I could get my stuff off of him. I forgot about the Angelic Robe he got from a chest. Who should I burn that on?

Either Lyn or Florina. They both tend to have bad survivability, so any boost they can get will help.

Edit: Oh, you already robed Florina. Good choice.
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I also vote Florina. She's great, but way too frail.
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Also, Kent is really good. If I'm trouble I just throw him at my problem and he fixes it.

Sain is quite a bit better than Kent, even if his sprite is much uglier. For a variety of reasons, raw power is more important than skill.
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Maybe, but so far Kent has been the Problem Solver, while Sain has mostly been on cleanup.

Kent is really good but Sain is just nuts. Enemy speed in FE7 sucks, so he still doubles almost everything once he gets a couple of levels to get started, while Kent has a bit more trouble actually killing things once the enemies start to get better durability.
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Annnnd first down. Was stomping this round, but Kent the Problem Solver went to solve the problem of the boss by using an Armor Slayer, but the Boss decided now was the time for a Critical Hit and my man Kent went down.

Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Annnnd first down. Was stomping this round, but Kent the Problem Solver went to solve the problem of the boss by using an Armor Slayer, but the Boss decided now was the time for a Critical Hit and my man Kent went down.

If you're still in Lyn's story, don't worry too much about it. Any characters that fall in battle during her part of the story aren't permanently killed off. They'll still show up in the Eliwood/Hector part of the story later, but you'll lose the level ups you got in Lyn's story and they'll come with default base stats. For some characters (Kent is one of them) they're a couple levels higher than you first met them in Lyn's story, but probably lower than the level-ups you got for them in those earlier chapters.

But once you get into the Eliwood/Hector part of the story, permadeath is on for real.
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Ouch. Sounds like TC missed his first side chapter.
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Oh? What'd I miss?

Wait, which gaiden chapter did TC miss? Because I'm going to be severely disappointed in him if he didn't kill Heintz in 15 turns. There are like, 3 or 4 Lyn mode units actually worth training, so chapter 7 should've been an easy map to blitz. I mean, practically speaking he didn't actually miss anything from the Lyn mode gaiden other than extra experience, but it's the principle, dammit.
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Calwings posted...

Frostshock posted...

Florina is definitely the flier you want to invest in. The only other good alternative is exclusive to Hector's mode and she comes late .

Fiora and Heath aren't that bad.

Hell, Heath is arguably better, as long as he doesn't get speed-screwed(which is a possibility).
Fiora is fine. Really, none of the potential peg knights is bad, it's just that Florina gets a huge head-start on them.
As for Kent vs. Sain, the latter obviously has the better growths, particularly for how this game works, but it's not outside the realm of possibility for the former to outperform the latter. Almost no one in Blazing Blade has growths so good(or bad) that outcomes are certain.

Kircheis posted...

Because I'm going to be severely disappointed in him if he didn't kill Heintz in 15 turns

Oh! That guy? Yeah, I spent a ton of turns on that one. Was feeding Florina.

DISAPPOINT. You could've fed her all the mercenaries in chapter 4 (I think this map is actually kinda fun if you play it as a rout map), and the most a Lyn mode unit can hope for is level 6 or 7 without boss abusing due to how quickly your exp gain falls off, so you don't even really have to kill your pace that much just to feed the good units.
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Just for clarification, here are the Lyn mode units I think are worth investing in:

Kent, Sain, Florina. Needs no justification. Lucius, he's a good candidate for an early promotion due to his high magic and res, and promoting him early makes Serra even more obsolete than when you recruit Priscilla.

Wil is a GBA archer, that makes him bad by default.

Dorcas is obsoleted by Hector.

Serra's obsoleted by Lucius regardless of when he promotes.

Erk is obsoleted by Pent, and is legitimately kinda susceptible to getting stat screwed. He's like the Eliwood of magic users, he's either bad or good with no middle-ground.

Rath is better than Wil just for being mounted, but he joins kinda late and he's hard to level in Lyn mode due to his high base level. And Nomad Troopers aren't even all that great since they still lack 1-2 range.

You need Matthew for exactly two things, lockpicking and stealing. You'll get a better thief by the time it's apparent that Matthew's strength (if you care about that) is never going anywhere, and if you want an Assassin, I'm pretty sure you actually get an RNG-proof Assassin before you even get the first thief promotion item.

When going for all Hector mode gaiden chapters, you'll actually need to level Nils up to 7 to access one of them, but other than that he doesn't need training at all.

Wallace is just here to make sure you can beat Lyn mode, Eagler and Lundgren are actually pretty tough compared to previous bosses. That said, Wallace isn't even essential, and he's a General, so that makes him bad by default. There isn't even any guarantee that you'll see him again in Eliwood mode due to a typical player starting with the mindset that you HAVE TO train your lords. Speaking of which...

I guess Lyn would be obligatory just because, but you don't actually need to train the bad lords just to beat the game, so Lyn isn't even essential. I mean, yeah, use her first playthrough if you want, I just wanted to put that out there.
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Kircheis posted...

he's a General, so that makes him bad by default.

Oswin is an indestructible tank though. Besides that, I agree with everything you said.
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Most things were really hurting Florina before that chapter. The mages and stuff on that one couldn't do pretty much anything to her. So she was pretty much free to chip away their health until they finally died.

Calwings posted...

Kircheis posted...

he's a General, so that makes him bad by default.

Oswin is an indestructible tank though. Besides that, I agree with everything you said.

He's pretty great at the beginning when maps are still small, but his usefulness falls off considerably when maps start favoring mounted units, and he's so fat that there are like, 3 mounted units with low enough con to ferry him around. He's still a good combat unit...he just has trouble actually getting to the combat. He's really more of a Merlinus guard than an active front line unit. And as for giving him boots like another poster mentioned earlier in the thread...Hector is mandatory, and he's easily the best lord, so he has first dibs. Sorry Oswin.
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It's good but I prefer Sacred Stones tbh
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Kircheis posted...

He's really more of a Merlinus guard than an active front line unit. And

Why would you give the unhittable tent a guard?
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Frostshock posted...

Kircheis posted...

He's really more of a Merlinus guard than an active front line unit. And

Why would you give the unhittable tent a guard?

He's going to get hit eventually the longer you neglect him, and some of your A-listers can really benefit from staying behind to guard him depending on what type of unit comes out to harass him. And the more you ensure his survival, the sooner he can promote and actually be useful.
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Welp. Ballista got Wil. Reset.

Got it this time. Things look grim. They were thinking way ahead of Lyn and Friends. Got an imposter Lyn, set up Kent and Sain as traitors. Now we going back to find Eliwood. Should have just gotten his help while you were there the first time.

Oh, we got a badass old bald guy. Hell yeah.

Oh, and I gotta promote him right away. Ok. Old Bald Guy is even more of a badass now.

Badass Old Bald Guy is why I recommend playing Lyn mode again on hard mode, should you decide to play Hector mode. The enemies aren't any stronger, the only difference is that it's not scripted. This means you can boss abuse Eagler/Lundgren with Kent or Sain and promote one of them instead. Ideally Sain, LHM promoted Sain is just ludicrous in the early game.
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And cleared Lyn's story. I'm still sad that's all for her storyline. Eliwood seemed like a cool dude and all, but Lyn was great. I know she comes back, but she's gonna be more like a secondary and that's kind of sad to me.

Also come on man, why'd my Robin gotta go and leave? Be more like Robin and stay with your boy Chrom, er, your girl Lyn.

Mark has no story importance whatsoever. In future playthroughs, you have the option of skipping Lyn's story (though you really shouldn't). When you do that, Mark just doesn't exist.
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But who will tip the scales if he's gone?

Kircheis posted...

Calwings posted...

Kircheis posted...

he's a General, so that makes him bad by default.

Oswin is an indestructible tank though. Besides that, I agree with everything you said.

He's pretty great at the beginning when maps are still small, but his usefulness falls off considerably when maps start favoring mounted units, and he's so fat that there are like, 3 mounted units with low enough con to ferry him around. He's still a good combat unit...he just has trouble actually getting to the combat. He's really more of a Merlinus guard than an active front line unit. And as for giving him boots like another poster mentioned earlier in the thread...Hector is mandatory, and he's easily the best lord, so he has first dibs. Sorry Oswin.

Give him some boots. Oswin is a beast. A fucking monster.
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Kineth posted...

Kircheis posted...

Calwings posted...

Kircheis posted...

he's a General, so that makes him bad by default.

Oswin is an indestructible tank though. Besides that, I agree with everything you said.

He's pretty great at the beginning when maps are still small, but his usefulness falls off considerably when maps start favoring mounted units, and he's so fat that there are like, 3 mounted units with low enough con to ferry him around. He's still a good combat unit...he just has trouble actually getting to the combat. He's really more of a Merlinus guard than an active front line unit. And as for giving him boots like another poster mentioned earlier in the thread...Hector is mandatory, and he's easily the best lord, so he has first dibs. Sorry Oswin.

Give him some boots. Oswin is a beast. A fucking monster.

But Hector is beastier and wants those boots even more and dancers always want boots.
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The tactician is just there to be a window through which you view the story. He literally doesn't do anything
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Ah, these are always fun to read.
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Well, hey, it's Rebecca, I remember her from Fire Emblem Heroes.

And my Robin came back. Well, not really, just so happened to be in the town that Eliwood is in instead of hanging out with Lyn.

Oh. And Marcus is my Seth, right? Avoid using him until I need him.

Gheb posted...

dancers always want boots.

Not in FE7 where you have two different dancers for chunks of the game, boots are much better spent on a unit you actually keep the entire time.
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OH SHIT! The recriument music started up out of nowhere and it's my boy Dorcas! And some other dude.

...Bartre? As in that guy who shows up in Heroes whenever I pull a green orb? Where's his mustache?

Popcorn_Fairy posted...

...Bartre? As in that guy who shows up in Heroes whenever I pull a green orb? Where's his mustache?

In the future.

Popcorn_Fairy posted...

Oh. And Marcus is my Seth, right? Avoid using him until I need him.

Unlike Seth, Marcus has terrible growths. He's useful early(especially in Hard modes), but he'll inevitably be eclipsed by units with good growths. If you don't need him for combat, he can always lug some one around.

I like that Dorcas remembers Robin and gave an update on his family. It's the little things that make me happy. Dorcas is a bro.

Unknown5uspect posted...

In the future.

Oh so he shows up in the sequel game too?

ElatedVenusaur posted...

Unlike Seth, Marcus has terrible growths. He's useful early(especially in Hard modes), but he'll inevitably be eclipsed by units with good growths. If you don't need him for combat, he can always lug some one around.

Noted. He doesn't seem as cool as Seth either. Seth is the man.

So Matthew is chilling with Hector and Serra now. Interesting combination.

Oh, Hector starts with a unique axe, great, now I wanna avoid using him so I don't' break it.

It might be a controversial opinion but I'm glad they did away with weapon durability in Fates because of stuff like that.
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I put too much faith in Dorcas. Got swarmed and got got. Can't lose Dorcas.

ArthasReborn posted...

It might be a controversial opinion but I'm glad they did away with weapon durability in Fates because of stuff like that.

I agree. Weapon Durability sucks, especially on unique weapons.

The_Juice_ posted...

Gheb posted...

dancers always want boots.

Not in FE7 where you have two different dancers for chunks of the game, boots are much better spent on a unit you actually keep the entire time.

Ninian and Nils are functionally the exact same unit. Same stats, same inventory. If you put 'em on Ninian, they'll still be in play with Nils.
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