So dang quick, it's just impressive 👏

5:16 When Ilios dismounts he loses 1 strength, going from 10 when mounted to 9 base strength when not mounted, but that dismounted Ilios has 10 strength when dismounted, how is this possible?

Tuesday tuesday tuesday!!

nephenee got one shove in lets go

I never made that connection with 3-5 and 2-E even though now that i think about i kind of just bum rushed the boss in both maps in my first playthrough

I bet This thumbnail threw everyone for a loop and was not expecting heather

Who’s that person in the thumbnail?

Part of me wishes thieving utility could keep being this relevant for at least the majority of the game

I think the narrative aspect to Elincia's Gambit heightens the experience for the average player since it's treated as a climactic moment, even if breaking it down to brass tacks exposes how fragile the victory conditions are when you optimize gameplay for either one of them. I'd also hazard to say that most players may be interested in seeing what it looks like to optimize a Fire Emblem game, but aren't interested in playing the game to such a degree themselves, so in that aspect a lot of people are playing both these maps without cheesing a win out of them. That plus there are more available units that are consistently good for 3-5 than there are for 2-E. Just my own thoughts on that one, but the narrative difference between "this is our final stand against the coup" and "we were just resting to go back and meet up with our allies and got attacked" significantly paints the context behind both maps in a different color.

"Fundamentally they (2-E and 3-5) are pretty similar to each other" 2-E feels a lot more tense if you play it straight, for both narrative and mechanical reasons. But I do think playing this chapter straight is actually pretty fun in a way that is comparable to 2-E.

I think the big difference on why people like 2-E more than 3-5 is that 2-E has much better tunes and hilarious Partner NPC interactions. On that note, looking forward to seeing what's gonna happen in 3-6.

If I remember plot-wise, there is a ceasefire going on while the Laguz army retreats, but the ceasefire is broken because racism. Not-so relevant story beats aside, glad to see some Reyson Bran action, even if he is the weakest of the three Herons in an LTC run.

I think what makes people remember 2-E fondly but find this one forgettable is the difference in narrative stakes, like 2-E is the climactic confrontation with Ludveck that whole part had been building too, while 3-5 is just kind of a filler chapter

I love this map, and I like this 2 turn clear of it as well. Trying to think of where Energy Drop is going to get used. Thoughts turn towards birds. Janaff, Ulki, or Naesala. Only other thought is perhaps to make Ike kill BK in tower one turn sooner? Hmm. Not sure.

i think the biggest difference between this and 2-E is the units available to you. haar is a little less invincible and there are more thunder sages to worry about. haars supporting cast is notably more frail (the strongest ones are weak to the numerous crossbows) also, making it more challenging. with this chapter you have the chance to snowball your strong units ahead of time and can roflstomp it

To your point of 2-E vs 3-5, I think the main reasons people may love one and just be fine with the other are twofold. One is the story buildup for those who care about that aspect. Ludveck is simply much more memorable than Lombroso, and this is just a small scuffle in the Laguz Alliance War compared to the climax of the Crimea Rebellion. The other is map detail. Personally, I love choke points, and 2-E has a bunch to choose from: the stairs to the left of the throne, the stairs below those stairs, the stairs to the right, and the passages on the righthand side. Here the only ones are ledges and the two-person stairways, which are harder to maintain most of the time unless all your units are Defense-blessed. Plus, the Paladins in the field are somewhat of a nuisance with Canto to get away on Enemy Phase, causing your units to take more chip damage the farther you push (assuming you want to defeat the boss). Of course, this is all just anecdotal, and others may have different reasons

The return of the King!! Always excited for more from dondon.

Great episode

Heather’s here to steal the energy drop and the heart of any woman she meets.

That AI tip about the cavaliers is gonna be so helpful for future playthroughs for me thanks

Turn 1 heron problems, goes to show you just can't count on original Reysons.

The return of the king.

So I'm guessing that +2 Str on someone is going to save more than one turn later on, huh. Looking forward to it!

If you the player want an easy one turner that doesn't steal from the boss Haar with the short axe from chapter 2-P can one shot with a crit. A few resets and it can be yours. But honestly in a normal growths playthrough there is a lot of juicy exp walking around up for grabs.

Resolve Heather drawing all the enemy heat, great play

huzzah to the return!

rolf ballistae sniping a swordmaster was not on my bingo card for this chapter

9-7 Given that I had penned down heather for 3-7, this score is gonna go so poorly for me.

Wow corrosion, truly a good skill for the utility of selling it

First😎

We're so back

omg we are back

We're back! For now... It's going to be hard to maintain a consistent upload schedule as nearly every chapter from 3-6 onwards is significantly longer than each of the ones before.

9:32 Why did you give Sol to Sara?

don don????

Hi boys, i don't know if you will read me, i hope you answer. Did you reload the game to get a "perfect run" in some point? or did you do the run without save a game to revive some character and try again?

really weird that this chapter has the objective “Bartre”. not even a second word? odd…

this is actually the best chapter ever because Dart is a perfect male specimen. god bless america

Silly cats, always coming over for pets

Radiant Dawn has so many anti-horse maps in it. I love it, if only because the horses rule the most of the franchise. …we don’t talk about flyers. 🙂‍↔️

I love how you get a massively straight upgrade in the form of Ulki and janaff 3 levels after : -can fly -better gauge -better bases -canto -higher starting level -mariginally better growths Like why game

"lee-thee" okay Mekkah's saying it too, am I nuts? I thought it it was one syllable

What was the plan if the Axe General survived combat with Ike on Turn 3 Enemy Phase?

Yo I heard you like ledges so I put a ledge i. your ledge so that you could climb the ledge while you ledgeclimb.

Mekkah don't neglect the laguz when they need help what the hell man.

Awesome content as always, good luck with the obligations and such!

Run Ranulf, run! Nice AI manipulation.

Ranulf is so painfully close to being a decent unit in FE10 but he really needs to eat grass every single turn in order to stay transformed and not die. At least Janaff and Ulki are good.