Veronica's map isn't based on any specific map. It is instead based on a gamemode called Aether raids. Also the 3H DLC emblem is amazing, Boucheron is actually nuts with it. His incredibly high build and speed means he can avoid being doubled with raging storm early game, a rather large weakness of using it.

Don't forget about that silver card on Tiki's map. Getting 30% discount on prices can really save a lot of gold on your maddening runs.

Soren was always one of my favorite characters, and him being completely broken is quite nice

One underrated feature of star sphere is the bonus to BLD which some units have a growth of 0, throughout a play through a low build unit might be able to carry a bolganone by the end of the game.

While I think chapters 7-9 are the ideal time to do the dlc maps *in general* I think that given how many there are it's potentially useful to save a few for later in the game after you have a more finalized party, or after Solm where you potentially had to bench units you intend to use and they need to catch up, since the dlc scales the exp does too, even if not quite as well, and if you know that you're doing a run that say won't make use of Camila, leaving her benched for exp isn't a terrible idea. Like how you mentioned that Ivy, Zelkov, and Kagetsu all join at a pretty awkward time, so if you want them, or a late join like Rosado, to get a bit of love, that's a better way to do it I think than the few, terrible spawn maps that occur on maddening. I feel that Tiki is the only DLC that it's necessary to get within the first few chapters, largely because I think she's the only emblem in the game that *falls off* lol. She starts as S tier but as you mentioned the stats level bonus has deminishing returns the longer you go. Similarly, while the extra life bar is amazing, it too gets less life changing as your units get bulkier and their builds get more solidified so it's easier to only let units who can take hits get hit. But also, once your builds solidify, Tiki turning into a dragon kind of sucks, like I want my units doing the things they do best, and they can't heal, or bonk, or 1-2 during enemy phase as intended if they are stuck as a dragon with worse offense capability for three turns after I did Tiki's best trick lol. So I feel like in the back half of the game the only unit she can possibly work on is Seadall, since he can still dance as a dragon, the extra bulk helps, and sacrificing a single dance for a health gem isn't that much of a cost.

Surprisingly, The camilla and veronica braclets have had some of the most interesting additions for builds for me. I can't wait to lean into the others more on another playthrough 😂

The Tiki paralogue is an sp grind machine.

Personally I like the 3 houses bracelet the most just because the gimmicks are all neat.

Thank you got the detailed analysis of the emblems and maps. I really like the options the engravings and the emblems adds to the game. Magic emblems were really limited before Soren/Camilla/Veronica(Shoutout to mystical Byleth tho). Hector also giving like one of the best enemy phase passives combined with Erika(Or Eclipse brace) with brave weapons is ultra fun. Also plus points for the best voice line recorded!

I hate how nobody realizes just how powerful Camilla actually is. Like. They think she is only good for her extra movement and her dragon veins. But trust me. Give her to someone like Chloé or Céline, basically any unit with solid growth in magic and strength and a decent res, and she is god tier for taking out armors and mages. Camilla Axe gives a whopping +10 res and gives bonus damage equal to target Res minus their Def. Meaning against mages and Gryphon Knights you’ll be targeting their weaker defensive star and using their stronger defensive stat against them. Bolt Axe is the only 1-2 range magic axe in the game, making it more versatile than the Hurricane Axe, and since it’s a magic axe it hits armored enemies hard while being able to break non-armored Lance enemies. Both of these are super solid weapons that have netted me some insane kills I otherwise wouldn’t have gotten.

I keep the three houses on alear since he can get engage back faster than everyone else. So I can burn all the engage meter and take 2 turns while getting it back fast.

I think edelgard's weapon sync ability makes a warrior or axe/lance wyvern the best candidate for her bracelet. Those two classes have 2/3 weapons that benefit from weapon sync, meaning you have a 2/3 chance of having +5 attack (+7 attack with weapon sync+) on any given turn, which is huuge dmg cause that can be +10-14 dmg if your unit can double

Emblem Soren with that one late-game character i wont mention because you know, spoilers, has been so fun. Crits and Nosferatutanking for 4 whole turns is no joke. I also really liked Emblem Vero!

I really found Camile to make mage knights AMAZING since they have cavalry type and high magic already. And if they are lance or sword mage knights, you give them weapon triangle versatility. Also Tiki on dancer in underrated because you can actually still DANCE while transformed into a dragon and it lets you divine blessing cleanse status effects

my favorite emblem has been emblem Soren because he is so funny and really strong with citrinne too!

Tiki's paralogue also gives you the Silver Card.

with veronica you can have the three house user attack up two more times for a total of 8 times if you get all the positioning right

I’m interested to see what all gets added with wave 4 we know new classes I’m guessing enchanter and the armor magic cannon unit as playable classes but I’m interested in what else could be added

Veronica’s Book of Worlds is super flavorful as each stage is based off the next story from Fire Emblem heroes. The second book was all about the kingdom Nifl (Ice) vs muspel (fire) so the freeze and flames makes sense. Book 4 was all about dream fairies so healing makes sense. It’s not perfectly aligned but still cool :-)

I'd say it's better to do the DLC in an order to get the bonus dialogs from the main cast rings

Nice video! Did you play the wave 3 dlc maps on hard? B/c in my chrobin’s map, chrom did have 2 revival stones and robin had 1

My problem with Hector is that on maddening, the units who would technically benefit the most just get way too high defense from it and then enemies ignore them entirely, making the enemy phase benefits entirely useless. The best use I got out of it was the piercing glare skill that gave hard area denial.

Wave 1 honestly has the best/most broken emblems. 2 is a mixed bag and 3 is decent. Can't wait to see if they add more in wave 4. Would love to see Eliwood, Seliph, Sothe, Sothis and maybe even Kris and Azura. Game is solid, and offers a lot of different builds with the DLC, even if it makes the game a lot easier.

Using Chrom and Robin on Alear is amazing. It allows Alear to meet the speed requirements to quad enemies with a brave sword even into the late game which combined with the strength that this emblem gives is usually enough to one round any enemy.

With the addition of the well maybe you can buy starsphere much earlier and make more use out of it? Then again there are a lot of skills that are worth getting in the early game, so it might not be a good investment (and also I'm not sure how much SP you can reliably get from the well in the early game).

I wanna know how many people put Tiki on Alear so that their dragon could actually turn into a dragon?

I was honestly guessing they would do Shez instead of Veronica. But at least Veronica is unique!

now that the well given a ton of sp giving your early game units starsphere is very cheap i gave like 7 units starsphere before chapter 10 and have skill scrolls to burn

The edelgard emblem is broken on your main dps. Houses unite+, Raging storm, Dance, goddess dance, atrocity/fallen star is an easy boss kill setup. The soren emblem is good on anna and pandreo. just send him/her out to nosferatu tank for 3-4 turns. Bolting is also handy for aggroing bosses to come to you. Chrobin emblem is good on merrin or chloe to make use of their physical attack and switch to levin sword for low res enemies.

Camilla is the best Sedall emblem and it’s not even close. Flying dancers are as broken as they were in tellius.

I put tiki’s star sphere on everyone using the sp books from the wells, so any unit can be good even if their initial growths suck ass

Eh, 3 points in every stat (build!!) for 20 level ups is def worth it. With the well in the game, there's no way you can't get it on every unit before they're on their last 20 level ups of the game. Some units potentially more.

I both love and hate the dlc in a maddening perspective. Its not impossible to do all the dlc asap. There's a method to that madness but you can easily lvl 20 every unit your fielding using dlc and it's an actual challenge and feels rewarding. It does trivialize half the remaining game since you're basically 1 rounding everything you face. But it also allows for nicer builds. All in all I see why people don't like the dlc for challenge runs. Absolutely agree with it. But it's still a challenge in its own right with low resources and stats.

Soren and Citrinne is absolutely disgusting with a +Hit skill and Hex.

It’s so fun how busted they all are. Other than Chrobin, honestly. I love them but IntSys made them pretty meh compared to the other DLC and a lot of base game emblems. And maybe they’ll add a maddening+ or lunatic mode for people using the DLC since it makes regular maddening so much easier 🤞🏼

I'm not trying to be rude, it's just something I noticed and was curious about as I'm new here. If it is an insecurity of yours I'm sorry, and again I mean no ill will. Do you have a lisp? It just sounds like it comes through every so often, however for the most part its not noticeable. It's more that I find it interesting how much someone can change their speech from how it would come out naturally. If you do have a lisp, or some kind of speech impediment, I just want to say how impressive your control over your speech is.