Current Events > Fire Emblem Three Houses Progressive Playthrough 2

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Had a lot of other things going on so couldn't game for the last two months. Finally got back into it though and cleared out Crimson Flower and got awarded with an epic two parter map with Apex of the World which is definitely my style of music. Now it's time for Azure Moon and the best story time or so I hear.

First though, I've got a bunch of screenshots, mostly of lucky level ups I want to post.
My Hanneman popped OFF this run. He was actually doubling nearly everyone but Sword and Fist users by the end of the game.

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Hubert also some had some good level ups including my first +9 level up.
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Who has the biggest booty in that game

Raphael, kind of useless in the end since he was still outsped by basically everyone but still
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Clutch Ingrid kill by Felix. Ingrid has consistently been one of the strongest enemies every time I've had to face her. It seems playable inhouse Ingrid isn't this strong.
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Undefeated Nader dies to a broken Sword lol
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Emperor is a bad class but Flickering Flower is a hilarious animation. She does multiple cartwheels with a giant Axe!
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Finishing off Cornelia with Dark Magic.
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lol wtf Seiros crits me by doing the Meta Knight side B tornado but I crit back, beautiful exchange here
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RIP king of delusion, also Hanneman and Hubert (after I'd already given him a bunch of stat boosters for the final level) got another good level up in this map.
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Clutch pavise that saved Felix from getting one shot by an Altered Golem critical.
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Final screenshots.

Lethality crit brings back Awakening memories.
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Big dragon final boss finished off by Dancer.
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Some thoughts I noted while playing:Hanneman and Dorothea had the most awkward A support lol

Some places seem to think Nader isnt killed during Edelgards Paralogue? He sure sounded strained to me. Then he blinks out of existence instead of warping away and the other soldiers act panicked like he died.

Clutch 63% dodge by Mysterious Mage in Huberts paralogue. Wouldve lost him otherwise without backtracking past a x3 umbral steel.

Hubert saying the best of our imperial army comes up short to the best of the Knights of Seiros when Ive killed all their commanders.

Holy shit, I thought Cornelia saying she wants the Kingdom army to be taken down too to just be flavor text since the titanus on the same side as them but I was goofing around and allowed the Titanus to get off a staggering blow, which I normally wouldnt do, and it turns out staggering blows actually hurts their own teammates.

Accidentally gifting someone a disliked gift while trying to gift them a neutral one is always funny.

Petra acts as if the 3 allies you get from the stronghold can help turn the tides against the hordes of enemies when each of them get one shot by a single Holy Knight lol.

Jeritzas reason to kill his father hit me out of the blue. I knew it was bad but didnt know theyd go GoT bad.

Edelgard was right!

GiftedACIII posted...

Some places seem to think Nader isnt killed during Edelgards Paralogue?

He isn't. After being beaten he goes into the weakened pose but doesn't die, nor does he clearly die afterward.

Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...

Edelgard was right!

He isn't. After being beaten he goes into the weakened pose but doesn't die, nor does he clearly die afterward.

Other killed characters like Solon, Cornelia, and Seteth/Flayn do that too though. His voice sounds like he's dying, plus if there are any reinforcement enemies left they'll go "Nader?! Impossible! Everyone, withdraw! Run!" which seems like an overreaction if Nader was just retreating like he always does.

Anyway, I just got a completely WTF level up by Dedue.
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GiftedACIII posted...

Other killed characters like Solon, Cornelia, and Seteth/Flayn do that too though.

All of those are immediately confirmed dead after the battle ends.

Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...

All of those are immediately confirmed dead after the battle ends.

That's my point! The only evidence that Nader survives despite the story's context clues heavily implying he was also killed is because of that one animation difference but those other examples show that characters don't need the "collapse" animation to have been killed.

You made me look at male mortal savant.

I hate that.

Oh, is there a difference between male and female Mortal Savant appearance? I'm making Catherine the Mortal Savant this run so I'm about to find out. I'm making some crazy builds this time. I've had it all set up beforehand compared to CF and VW where I had to wing it (especially VW the first run where I didn't know how classes worked and thought there were more Lance and Axe classes)

Ashe is going to be a Dark Knight, Bernadetta a Holy Knight, Dimitri a Hero, Mercedes a War Cleric (punching holy lady), Felix the Dancer, Sylvain a Bow Knight (gotta muscle through that bow weakness), Ingrid a Valkrie, and Lysithea a Trickster.
Also making Alois a Great Knight, Seteth a War Master, Gilbert a Grappler, Shamir a Falcon Knight, Annette a Gremory, Dedue a Paladin, Byleth a Sniper, Ignatz an Assassin, and Caspar as my one Wyvern Lord but those seem pretty standard.

Yeah, female mortal savants are dressed in a decent looking kimono rather than the male version of bulky as shit samurai armour with a fur half cape on the back. It's still not the best look, but far superior to the male version.

I imagine you've seen some enemies wear it.

But really you should have used Felix's default outfit to hide that monstrosity.

There aren't many mortal savant enemies and the ones I do remember, I think they were male and I mostly just focused on the intimidating masks. The only ones I remember seeing in my CF run was in that Nader paralogue actually and I'm pretty sure every enemy there was male.
I keep forgetting that default outfit option exists. Gonna make Bylass change out of that ridiculous getup right now, thanks for the heads up.

Damn, this far and I'm still getting surprised by supports. Sylvain hit on Ingrid's grandmother when he was 8, absolute bruh moment.

Also some base stat gains for future reference maddening mode.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/204445-fire-emblem-three-houses/78135845
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My sweet, sweet granny!

GiftedACIII posted...

There aren't many mortal savant enemies

Only major appearances I can recall for them are late in Azure Moon.

Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...

Only major appearances I can recall for them are late in Azure Moon.

iirc pretty much every Master class that isn't Falcon Knight, Wyvern Lord, or occasionally Bow Knight only appear in the literal last 2-3 chapters. At least in VW and CF.

Some more screens.
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My Dedue is really Defense screwed though. Only got 1 defense in 5 levels. Isn't he supposed to be a tank?
Man, Dimitri is such a nice guy with all this apologizing lol. Sylvain's C support with Dedue was interesting, gave him more depth than I thought. Still irritates me that he has less paired endings than fucking Jeritza, limiting my pairings by forcing him to take the few ones he has.
Also it's interesting that Ashe struggles with "math" (I'm guessing Reason magic is why Annette is so good at it) when I'm tutoring Ashe to become a mage.

Also just saw this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CyNTO79IXQ
Dimitri kills someone just by blocking

Ingrid ain't beating the bad unit allegations anytime soon.

GiftedACIII posted...

My Dedue is really Defense screwed though. Only got 1 defense in 5 levels. Isn't he supposed to be a tank?

His personal ability and base def is what makes him tanky. If he keeps getting screwed somehow just certify him for Armored Knight

Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...

Ingrid ain't beating the bad unit allegations anytime soon.

His personal ability and base def is what makes him tanky. If he keeps getting screwed somehow just certify him for Armored Knight

tbf, this actually works out pretty good since this run I'm making her a Mage and Valkyrie. My VW run where I recruited her at chapter 8 had her getting to a tanky 30 defense/res as a falcon knight by the end of the game too.

I feel like it's a bit of a waste to armor knight him. I've already planned on making him a cavalier, making his goals into getting his lance and riding skills up (I want him to vengeance kill the Death Knight) and am planning to armor certify Annette to get a sweet +5-7 defense boost)

Anyway, just got Dedue's first C support, lol at Dedue being the one trying his hardest to get a conversation going when Byleth is too stoic for even him.

tfw you go into an auxillary battle 4 levels below the recommended and you forgot you reclassed your only healer into a melee class. So glad I mission assistanced Lysithea instead of Caspar. Both Ashe and Ingrid got Heal in the very next tutoring session too.
At least she got a decent level up.
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My first crit this run.
Speaking of Blizzard, I thought it was a high tier move in previous games and was surprised to find out it did so little damage the first time I used it.

Felix is absolutely savage against Dimitri, damn. He makes Lorenz look like a sycophant. I wonder how people who don't know what Dimitri can turn into would think when they first saw this.

I would like Three Houses so much more if not for the "Students gather in a semi-circle to verbally fellate Byleth" segments the game has a bunch of.

And the map designs sorta suck which makes it less replayable than most other Fire Emblem's.

Still fun tho.

What is going on? My Dedue has two speed over his defense. He thinks he's a Myrmidon.

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xXfireglzXx posted...

I would like Three Houses so much more if not for the "Students gather in a semi-circle to verbally fellate Byleth" segments the game has a bunch of.

And the map designs sorta suck which makes it less replayable than most other Fire Emblem's.

Still fun tho.

Yeah, those are perfectly understandable complaints and ones I've seen quite a bit. Still though, the atmosphere feels pretty good when I'm experiencing a new squad for the first time. This game definitely has a lot more of a VN feel than other FEs, and that's fine since I haven't played a VN since GAA 2 years ago

Dedue is one of the fastest units in the game

EpicMickeyDrew posted...

Dedue is one of the fastest units in the game

I actually randomly very luckily got this level up.
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Cavalier makes it so that his speed growth is 10%. He can now avoid being doubled by the Death Knight while holding a Training Lance even while mounted. Although I believe he can survive getting doubled once by him if there are no crits anyway. Death Knight has to 3rko him.

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Some other level ups. Ingrid's not doing too bad I think.

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Tanky mercie?
Actually I think she's blessed in everything except HP by 1 and Dex which she is very screwed in. I just realized she didn't get a single boost in 10 levels despite it being a 45% growth.

Fun fact, the enemy peg knights are a different class than the play peg knights. I suspect it's because you can class into it as an intermediate class, but they wanted them to remain relevant enemies even during parts of the game where most of your army is in advanced classes.

And unrecruited Ingrid is considered to be in that class for several chapters. If you recruit her then, her stats will scale to those significantly higher growths even though she'll change to a regular peg knight once in your army. Easy way to give out of house Ingrid a big boost

I've heard about that. Apparently they're considered advanced classes with 1 more Mov, lancefaire and higher growth rates and this specialty is exclusive to Ingrid who otherwise has a jack of all mid growth rates (even though she seems to have one of the highest growth rate totals)
Speaking of classes, only on my third run did I learn that there is actually another enemy exclusive class... Ruffian that only exists in the prologue that's the enemy equivalent of commoner/noble with 4 mov and 0 in every base stat except 7 strength.

Anyway, death knight time.

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I'm hungry???

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I have 6 units he can't one shot and the 4 he can I'm keeping out of his range.
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18 damage with a mercie smash!

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I think I'll just beat him up with her fists instead.
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Nice level up from defeating her lil bro.

lmao this giant man on a horse impaling a bunch of kiddies still in their school uniforms. Not one of them could do a single point of damage.
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Jeritza reflecting on who punched him out in the previous chapter.
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Mercedes claims shes not as fast as Annette but has a higher speed base and growth
Ok I got surprised by Ashe and Felix. I thought hed call him out and bring up Glenn but instead he actually praises Felix for being like the Knight in the story lol.
Felix also continues his savage spree with Dedues support. He even brings in Huberts creepy ominous theme. I dont remember any of his cross house supports with the Black Eagles and Leonie when I recruited him in CF be this abrasive.

Boy thats awkward, Ashe was a former thief and Caspar wants to execute someone for stealing. I didnt know he was that gung-ho.

When you nearly cause a terrorist attack in the dining hall for a support

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Ashe, a better mage than physical unit????

That Mercedes Annette B support

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Well I'm saving this one for after the timeskip.
Her (Mercedes) B support with Dedue was so much more touching, my god. It might actually be one of the more touching supports I've seen so far.

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Also "I'm so content in this moment". Who speaks like that

Just had Annette sweep chapter 6 taking 0 damage. That armored knight certification and merchant battalion is clutch.
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Damn, Felix has a knack of accidentally witnessing girls embarrassing themselves and them trying to bribe him with sweets to cover it up

Trying to reduce support points from the Dining Hall during the Bonding Bites event and it causes every food to be raised by one level. (Neutral becomes liked, Dislike becomes neutral). This means that the Small Fish Skewers (basically just burned fish that practically nobody likes) suddenly becomes food that were their favorite and they loved it since they were a kid.

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My Mercedes is built different.
Tanking a crit in the brawling tournament.
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This is interesting, Dedue and Annette smile (without their portraits) at Dimitri's inability to make jokes here and Dimitri gets an entire monologue about it but this option nets you no support while the option that gives you support is only a single line of Dimitri being voicing thanks and nothing else happens.

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Edelgard goes from a neutral face to smiling when she sees Byleth smiling. It's interesting they have such details within the model that's not shown within the dialogue at times because I otherwise don't really care for the models.

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Clearing the proper conduct tournament as soon it's announced. Death Blow is a lifesaver. Manuela thinks she can beat me lol. Why is she 10 levels above what her recruited self would be tho.
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Nice Ashe level up.
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Ignatz and Caspar giving a strong showing out the gate.
Keep Bernadetta, Catherine, and Lysithea on the bench for now while I get their Reason and Sword rank up respectively so I can class them them into Mages/Thief to get their base stats up.

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i'm on my 4th playthrough, doing the SS route and not gonna use any flying units and making an axe gang but with some physic/warp medics
i like mercedes handling an axe, she'd be my replacement for edelgard

Nukazie posted...

i'm on my 4th playthrough, doing the SS route and not gonna use any flying units and making an axe gang but with some physic/warp medics
i like mercedes handling an axe, she'd be my replacement for edelgard

Nice, your last route? I'm doing an Ashen Wolves focusing route for that due to not using them at all beforehand. And yeah, physical Mercedes is hilarious. I'm making mine a War Cleric this run. Hard to train up that axe rank though. Need her to get to b+ for Warrior auto levels before timeskip.

Had my birthday a few days ago.

Got a bit sidetracked by resident evil. Will playing again soon