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Awakening is the first Fire Emblem game I've ever played. I'm about halfway through, and my only advice is to not neglect to pair characters up in battle (you get introduced to this mechanic around the fourth or fifth chapter, IIRC). I resisted doing this for awhile, thinking that I was effectively cutting my attack power in half by only having half as many characters active per turn; but the game got immeasureably less frustrating once I started consistently using the pair-up mechanic.
I seriously don't get anyone who doesn't like this game. I've loved all the US-released games previously, but this has captured my soul and ensnared my heart with it's charm and depth.
I greatly overestimated Quick Burn/Lucky 7 in my first playthrough. I mean yeah they're fine for the first 3-4 turns for frontline units, but all around using the breaker abilities can be more beneficial and more reliable.
ALSO if you want to raise Tiki (Spotpass) for a reliably powerful dragon you can summon across multiple files via Logbook...be sure to never ever Second Seal her out of Manakete because Spotpass characters are all treated like MyUnits, so she won't have Manakete on her list if you try to change her back into one from a different class. I wish I hadn't wasted all that time teaching her Ignis and Galeforce...
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Keep in mind that the anime aesthetic turns many people off immediately. I told a friend of mine about the game and he was incredibly interested. Then I showed him the game and was instantly turned off.
It doesn't bother me too much, except for Nowi. Ancient being that just chooses to look and act like a child? Yeah, you get benched. Forever.
I completed my first run of Fire Emblem Awakening over the weekend. In the end, I lost only three characters. One I killed before I could even recruit him.
Keep in mind that the anime aesthetic turns many people off immediately. I told a friend of mine about the game and he was incredibly interested. Then I showed him the game and was instantly turned off.
It doesn't bother me too much, except for Nowi. Ancient being that just chooses to look and act like a child? Yeah, you get benched. Forever.
Nowi really doesn't bother me any. I think of her as the fantasy version of a friend of mine. She's 27 and acts about 6 half the time and 10 the other half of the time. Some people just don't want to grow up.
How's Libra as a father? He's the father of my Inigo. So far:
Chrom + Sumia
Avatar + Lucina
Sully + Stahl
Lissa + Lon'qu
Miriel + Donell (I don't know why I did this)
Olivia + Libra
Cherche + Gregor
Tharja + Ricken
Nah + Henry
Libra is one of Inigo's best fathers, tied with dads who offer him Luna access. You've got lots of uncommon pairings; Sully and Lissa's pairings have a good deal of overlap in class access, but most of the other kids get something fun to play with.
Looking forward to next week when we finally get Paragon and LB3 so I can max out my skills and build a team to farm Infinite Regalia.
I just recently beat the game, Normal/Casual. I started out Hard/Casual, but the first few levels felt a bit frustrating for my first experience with the series. I don't like perma-death, which is why I played on casual and why I've never picked up a Fire Emblem game before.
It's definitely a lot of fun, but if there's one thing about the game I didn't like, it's the leveling. It's hard to keep the game consistently challenging when it's so easy for characters to be over/underleveled. Does the the leveling system work out better on harder difficulties, or is this just endemic to the series?
I just recently beat the game, Normal/Casual. I started out Hard/Casual, but the first few levels felt a bit frustrating for my first experience with the series. I don't like perma-death, which is why I played on casual and why I've never picked up a Fire Emblem game before.
It's definitely a lot of fun, but if there's one thing about the game I didn't like, it's the leveling. It's hard to keep the game consistently challenging when it's so easy for characters to be over/underleveled. Does the the leveling system work out better on harder difficulties, or is this just endemic to the series?
Ho ho ho
This is one of two games in the entire franchise where being overleveled is really a thing.
Most other games in the series are very precisely and carefully balanced so that you're more or less at the right level all the time
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Female Avatars can marry Chrom, and that's a pretty huge deal
The siblings coming out of that union, dear God
It's the one case where Morgan can be outclassed
Yeah but that daughter will pretty much always be good.
A Male Avatar can typically pass his awesome genes down to TWO children, elevating both of them to godhood. Having the female Avatar marry Chrom, the only way for the female Avatar to have two children, condenses down that goodness into too few characters.
Female Avatars can marry Chrom, and that's a pretty huge deal
The siblings coming out of that union, dear God
It's the one case where Morgan can be outclassed
I'm going to have to disagree with you there, and raise you marrying Nowi.
Nobody wants to do it. For very obvious reasons.
BUT..
Nah gets every female class (including Tactician) AND Counter, and Morgan gets Counter AND Manakete.
Individually, they can solo maps with Ignis, Counter, Galeforce, Lifetaker, and Limit Breaker (or Armsthrift/Wyrmsbane).
Now if you'll excuse me, the police are here.
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This was first FE game one of my friends played. I told him to start on casual but he didn't listen. He got about 7 or 8 chapters in, losing most of his army along the way (including all the females), stopped playing and then traded the game in about a month later.
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This was first FE game one of my friends played. I told him to start on casual but he didn't listen. He got about 7 or 8 chapters in, losing most of his army along the way (including all the females), stopped playing and then traded the game in about a month later.
Well then SCREW HIM!!!
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Chrom wants you
digital vs. retail was a tough choice, as much as it'd be nice to have it always ready to play...that cart art? sealed the deal for me.
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Oh! Cordelia and Frederick was another pairing, I forgot about that one. I put them together when they both realised they couldn't have Chrom. And it was HILARIOUS.
Looking to pair up the others now, I think I have... two left?
I pretty much paired people up based on how awesome it made the kids. Eugenics > love
Stats were less of a concern than class/skill options. Which is why I have weird combos like Sumia/Henry and Panne/Ricken.
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Female Avatars can marry Chrom, and that's a pretty huge deal
The siblings coming out of that union, dear God
It's the one case where Morgan can be outclassed
I'm going to have to disagree with you there, and raise you marrying Nowi.
Nobody wants to do it. For very obvious reasons.
BUT..
Nah gets every female class (including Tactician) AND Counter, and Morgan gets Counter AND Manakete.
Individually, they can solo maps with Ignis, Counter, Galeforce, Lifetaker, and Limit Breaker (or Armsthrift/Wyrmsbane).
Now if you'll excuse me, the police are here.
If you think a case where two kids having the exact same stats, classes, and skills sets constitutes Morgan being outclassed, you are wrong
There's only one sibling who can outclass Morgan, and that's because that sibling can get Rightful King and Aether together while Morgan can't
A single skill really doesn't outclass being a dragon, or the combination of two in Rightful King and Aether. If you think it does, you've clearly never had Morgan as either Nowi or Tiki's daughter.
I've fought plenty of Limit Breaked Lucina in Spotpass teams, she comes close, I'll give her that, but not far enough. If Parallel Falchion could be forged or improved in some way, then maybe.
Lucina doesn't really need to be spoiled with all class options, you're almost ALWAYS going to have Aether, RK, and Galeforce, if you buy DLC then you're using Limit Break. That leaves 1 or 2 slots at the most. She's good enough as is without showering her in options you're not going to use.
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Female Avatars can marry Chrom, and that's a pretty huge deal
The siblings coming out of that union, dear God
It's the one case where Morgan can be outclassed
I'm going to have to disagree with you there, and raise you marrying Nowi.
Nobody wants to do it. For very obvious reasons.
BUT..
Nah gets every female class (including Tactician) AND Counter, and Morgan gets Counter AND Manakete.
Individually, they can solo maps with Ignis, Counter, Galeforce, Lifetaker, and Limit Breaker (or Armsthrift/Wyrmsbane).
Now if you'll excuse me, the police are here.
If you think a case where two kids having the exact same stats, classes, and skills sets constitutes Morgan being outclassed, you are wrong
There's only one sibling who can outclass Morgan, and that's because that sibling can get Rightful King and Aether together while Morgan can't
A single skill really doesn't outclass being a dragon, or the combination of two in Rightful King and Aether. If you think it does, you've clearly never had Morgan as either Nowi or Tiki's daughter.
I've fought plenty of Limit Breaked Lucina in Spotpass teams, she comes close, I'll give her that, but not far enough. If Parallel Falchion could be forged or improved in some way, then maybe.
Lucina doesn't really need to be spoiled with all class options, you're almost ALWAYS going to have Aether, RK, and Galeforce, if you buy DLC then you're using Limit Break. That leaves 1 or 2 slots at the most. She's good enough as is without showering her in options you're not going to use.
But then Morgan and her sibling are tied.
Wyborn was pointing out that Lucina as the Avatar's daughter meant that she was better than Morgan as the Avatar's son. If Nah is Morgan's sister, then Morgan has one equal and no betters. Lucina as Morgan's sister has no better and no equal, while Morgan is surpassed.
(And counter? Unless you're going for spotpass dickery, it's worthless. Mind, it IS good for that dickery.)
Female Avatars can marry Chrom, and that's a pretty huge deal
The siblings coming out of that union, dear God
It's the one case where Morgan can be outclassed
I'm going to have to disagree with you there, and raise you marrying Nowi.
Nobody wants to do it. For very obvious reasons.
BUT..
Nah gets every female class (including Tactician) AND Counter, and Morgan gets Counter AND Manakete.
Individually, they can solo maps with Ignis, Counter, Galeforce, Lifetaker, and Limit Breaker (or Armsthrift/Wyrmsbane).
Now if you'll excuse me, the police are here.
If you think a case where two kids having the exact same stats, classes, and skills sets constitutes Morgan being outclassed, you are wrong
There's only one sibling who can outclass Morgan, and that's because that sibling can get Rightful King and Aether together while Morgan can't
A single skill really doesn't outclass being a dragon, or the combination of two in Rightful King and Aether. If you think it does, you've clearly never had Morgan as either Nowi or Tiki's daughter.
I've fought plenty of Limit Breaked Lucina in Spotpass teams, she comes close, I'll give her that, but not far enough. If Parallel Falchion could be forged or improved in some way, then maybe.
Lucina doesn't really need to be spoiled with all class options, you're almost ALWAYS going to have Aether, RK, and Galeforce, if you buy DLC then you're using Limit Break. That leaves 1 or 2 slots at the most. She's good enough as is without showering her in options you're not going to use.
But then Morgan and her sibling are tied.
Wyborn was pointing out that Lucina as the Avatar's daughter meant that she was better than Morgan as the Avatar's son. If Nah is Morgan's sister, then Morgan has one equal and no betters. Lucina as Morgan's sister has no better and no equal, while Morgan is surpassed.
(And counter? Unless you're going for spotpass dickery, it's worthless. Mind, it IS good for that dickery.)
Oh. I guess I read that wrong. Then yeah, I totally agree.
Counter is the best male skill, makes units who -have- to attack directly punished for it. Yeah later on it falls off in usefulness but what else are you going to use, Wrath? Gamble? HP+5?
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Female Avatars can marry Chrom, and that's a pretty huge deal
The siblings coming out of that union, dear God
It's the one case where Morgan can be outclassed
I'm going to have to disagree with you there, and raise you marrying Nowi.
Nobody wants to do it. For very obvious reasons.
BUT..
Nah gets every female class (including Tactician) AND Counter, and Morgan gets Counter AND Manakete.
Individually, they can solo maps with Ignis, Counter, Galeforce, Lifetaker, and Limit Breaker (or Armsthrift/Wyrmsbane).
Now if you'll excuse me, the police are here.
If you think a case where two kids having the exact same stats, classes, and skills sets constitutes Morgan being outclassed, you are wrong
There's only one sibling who can outclass Morgan, and that's because that sibling can get Rightful King and Aether together while Morgan can't
A single skill really doesn't outclass being a dragon, or the combination of two in Rightful King and Aether. If you think it does, you've clearly never had Morgan as either Nowi or Tiki's daughter.
I've fought plenty of Limit Breaked Lucina in Spotpass teams, she comes close, I'll give her that, but not far enough. If Parallel Falchion could be forged or improved in some way, then maybe.
Lucina doesn't really need to be spoiled with all class options, you're almost ALWAYS going to have Aether, RK, and Galeforce, if you buy DLC then you're using Limit Break. That leaves 1 or 2 slots at the most. She's good enough as is without showering her in options you're not going to use.
I am rolling up a magazine to strike you with it right now
And I don't care that much for manakete as an offensive class; on Morrigan it would be little more than a curiosity
And you're never going to have a SpotPass team showing off what a character can actually do regardless
Lucina with Limit Break, Rightful King, Aether, Ignis, and Armsthrift is just about the best character for giving a ranged A-rank weapon and leaving in enemy range for the enemy's turn. Nobody else really comes close.
Edit: And Counter is a good skill for Streetpass teams because it's good for annoying your enemies, but it's not a good skill against the CPU if only because the damage economy will not work out in your favor.
Wyborn on
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Female Avatars can marry Chrom, and that's a pretty huge deal
The siblings coming out of that union, dear God
It's the one case where Morgan can be outclassed
I'm going to have to disagree with you there, and raise you marrying Nowi.
Nobody wants to do it. For very obvious reasons.
BUT..
Nah gets every female class (including Tactician) AND Counter, and Morgan gets Counter AND Manakete.
Individually, they can solo maps with Ignis, Counter, Galeforce, Lifetaker, and Limit Breaker (or Armsthrift/Wyrmsbane).
Now if you'll excuse me, the police are here.
If you think a case where two kids having the exact same stats, classes, and skills sets constitutes Morgan being outclassed, you are wrong
There's only one sibling who can outclass Morgan, and that's because that sibling can get Rightful King and Aether together while Morgan can't
A single skill really doesn't outclass being a dragon, or the combination of two in Rightful King and Aether. If you think it does, you've clearly never had Morgan as either Nowi or Tiki's daughter.
I've fought plenty of Limit Breaked Lucina in Spotpass teams, she comes close, I'll give her that, but not far enough. If Parallel Falchion could be forged or improved in some way, then maybe.
Lucina doesn't really need to be spoiled with all class options, you're almost ALWAYS going to have Aether, RK, and Galeforce, if you buy DLC then you're using Limit Break. That leaves 1 or 2 slots at the most. She's good enough as is without showering her in options you're not going to use.
I am rolling up a magazine to strike you with it right now
And I don't care that much for manakete as an offensive class; on Morgan it would be little more than a curiosity
And you're never going to have a SpotPass team showing off what a character can actually do regardless
Lucina with Limit Break, Rightful King, Aether, Ignis, and Armsthrift is just about the best character for giving a ranged A-rank weapon and leaving in enemy range for the enemy's turn. Nobody else really comes close.
Edit: And Counter is a good skill for Streetpass teams because it's good for annoying your enemies, but it's not a good skill against the CPU if only because the damage economy will not work out in your favor.
I'd say a Morgan who's Lucina's kid at least comes close, but otherwise, yeah.
And Counter's bad enough under normal circumstances, but in Apotheosis, the one map where you need to optimize your team or your tactics to some extent, all the enemies are immune to counter and lethality. Not resistant. Point blank immune.
Axefaire's better for passing down. Or even gamble.
Manakete is good fun, but it falls to Luna+/Apotheosis. You're better off doubling up on brave weapons for potentially 12 attacks a turn, which is why Celica's Gale is so rad.
And boo Counter, I pass down Axefaire every time. Even on kids who won't use it ever, like Henry Cynthia.
I don't usually like doubling up on skills that can only activate one at a time (i.e. Ignis and Aether). But if you want to make an offensive beastmonster, sure.
*shrugs* I love Lucina, she's quite possibly my favorite character in this game. I'm just saying max-stat Manaketes with Dragonstone+ and Ignis makes you a slightly more monstrous threat. Nowhere near as flashy, and you sacrifice using different weapons, but raw damage is definitely unparalleled.
But if you want to speed run the game and not have a Galeforce party? Hell yes your female MyUnit should marry Chrom (or male Myunit marry Lucina).
I could understand passing Wrath over Counter but that's about it.
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Manakete's speed is so low it's not really a viable offensive class, even ignoring the problem of lack of weapon variety and the inability to forge dragonstones. It's there to tank. I don't need a huge number of physical tanks in the first place.
Actually when I take on Apotheosis I think I'm going to make Nah into a General and give her Helswath for the cases where she needs to defend - Brave Axe/Lance for when she needs to support offensively
I've been grinding RnR3 lately and it's very rare for me to actually take damage. And when I do it's maybe 5-10. Compare that to doing 100+ damage with each attack and I don't see how anyone could argue that counter is a good idea.
I have no problem double-attacking (after Limit Break at least), and that issue would probably be resolved in this case with a Myunit with a speed asset. The occasional Swordmaster may avoid getting doubled but usually gets killed in one hit anyway...
OK it doesn't hit 4 times you have me there, but it does above 60+ regular damage against most lv. 20 promoted units-greatly improved by Ignis to occasionally be a OHKO-has range (which a normal unit would have to switch their Brave weapon to do), and boosts your overall stats making you a great deal more defensive and improving various skill activation rates, which Brave weapons do not do. The sooner you can do 80 overall damage-and be able to deal with both short and long range threats-the better, no?
But if the discussion seems to be shifting towards the most relevant way to approach Apotheosis then sure, forged Multi-hit weapons > anything else.
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That's kind of reasonable, but Manaketes have pretty low skill caps and Dragon Stone+ only gives another 5. They're not super good at the skill thing! A Dark Knight has the same skill activation rate as a DS+ Manakete for example, while other classes have much higher
I'm not saying Manaketes aren't great, they certainly can be, and I use Nah as a Manakete no matter what
It's just that they fill specific niches and I don't think having Morgan as a Manakete is a great use of her potential skills
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I greatly overestimated Quick Burn/Lucky 7 in my first playthrough. I mean yeah they're fine for the first 3-4 turns for frontline units, but all around using the breaker abilities can be more beneficial and more reliable.
ALSO if you want to raise Tiki (Spotpass) for a reliably powerful dragon you can summon across multiple files via Logbook...be sure to never ever Second Seal her out of Manakete because Spotpass characters are all treated like MyUnits, so she won't have Manakete on her list if you try to change her back into one from a different class. I wish I hadn't wasted all that time teaching her Ignis and Galeforce...
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It doesn't bother me too much, except for Nowi. Ancient being that just chooses to look and act like a child? Yeah, you get benched. Forever.
Nowi really doesn't bother me any. I think of her as the fantasy version of a friend of mine. She's 27 and acts about 6 half the time and 10 the other half of the time. Some people just don't want to grow up.
Libra is one of Inigo's best fathers, tied with dads who offer him Luna access. You've got lots of uncommon pairings; Sully and Lissa's pairings have a good deal of overlap in class access, but most of the other kids get something fun to play with.
Looking forward to next week when we finally get Paragon and LB3 so I can max out my skills and build a team to farm Infinite Regalia.
Who're you pairing with Cordelia?
(the answer is Avatar)
Sully/Avatar used to be my favorite pairing but Cordelia's really grown on me.
It's definitely a lot of fun, but if there's one thing about the game I didn't like, it's the leveling. It's hard to keep the game consistently challenging when it's so easy for characters to be over/underleveled. Does the the leveling system work out better on harder difficulties, or is this just endemic to the series?
Ho ho ho
This is one of two games in the entire franchise where being overleveled is really a thing.
Most other games in the series are very precisely and carefully balanced so that you're more or less at the right level all the time
I'd say that male avatars and female are about even, except one thing.
Male avatars have a daughter waiting when they get hitched. And she is the best.
Why I fear the ocean.
The siblings coming out of that union, dear God
It's the one case where Morgan can be outclassed
Good magical father. Nothing mind blowing, but decent.
And Nah cannot support Henry. I think you meant 'Nowi'
Yeah but that daughter will pretty much always be good.
A Male Avatar can typically pass his awesome genes down to TWO children, elevating both of them to godhood. Having the female Avatar marry Chrom, the only way for the female Avatar to have two children, condenses down that goodness into too few characters.
But this is pretty much the only way she gets Armsthrift and Ignis, so
In my full completion save, L. is Morgan's mom.
There are not words.
Why I fear the ocean.
I'm going to have to disagree with you there, and raise you marrying Nowi.
Nobody wants to do it. For very obvious reasons.
BUT..
Nah gets every female class (including Tactician) AND Counter, and Morgan gets Counter AND Manakete.
Individually, they can solo maps with Ignis, Counter, Galeforce, Lifetaker, and Limit Breaker (or Armsthrift/Wyrmsbane).
Now if you'll excuse me, the police are here.
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Well then SCREW HIM!!!
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Chrom wants you
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Stats were less of a concern than class/skill options. Which is why I have weird combos like Sumia/Henry and Panne/Ricken.
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If you think a case where two kids having the exact same stats, classes, and skills sets constitutes Morgan being outclassed, you are wrong
There's only one sibling who can outclass Morgan, and that's because that sibling can get Rightful King and Aether together while Morgan can't
A single skill really doesn't outclass being a dragon, or the combination of two in Rightful King and Aether. If you think it does, you've clearly never had Morgan as either Nowi or Tiki's daughter.
I've fought plenty of Limit Breaked Lucina in Spotpass teams, she comes close, I'll give her that, but not far enough. If Parallel Falchion could be forged or improved in some way, then maybe.
Lucina doesn't really need to be spoiled with all class options, you're almost ALWAYS going to have Aether, RK, and Galeforce, if you buy DLC then you're using Limit Break. That leaves 1 or 2 slots at the most. She's good enough as is without showering her in options you're not going to use.
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But then Morgan and her sibling are tied.
Wyborn was pointing out that Lucina as the Avatar's daughter meant that she was better than Morgan as the Avatar's son. If Nah is Morgan's sister, then Morgan has one equal and no betters. Lucina as Morgan's sister has no better and no equal, while Morgan is surpassed.
(And counter? Unless you're going for spotpass dickery, it's worthless. Mind, it IS good for that dickery.)
Why I fear the ocean.
Oh. I guess I read that wrong. Then yeah, I totally agree.
Counter is the best male skill, makes units who -have- to attack directly punished for it. Yeah later on it falls off in usefulness but what else are you going to use, Wrath? Gamble? HP+5?
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And I don't care that much for manakete as an offensive class; on Morrigan it would be little more than a curiosity
And you're never going to have a SpotPass team showing off what a character can actually do regardless
Lucina with Limit Break, Rightful King, Aether, Ignis, and Armsthrift is just about the best character for giving a ranged A-rank weapon and leaving in enemy range for the enemy's turn. Nobody else really comes close.
Edit: And Counter is a good skill for Streetpass teams because it's good for annoying your enemies, but it's not a good skill against the CPU if only because the damage economy will not work out in your favor.
I'd say a Morgan who's Lucina's kid at least comes close, but otherwise, yeah.
And Counter's bad enough under normal circumstances, but in Apotheosis, the one map where you need to optimize your team or your tactics to some extent, all the enemies are immune to counter and lethality. Not resistant. Point blank immune.
Axefaire's better for passing down. Or even gamble.
Why I fear the ocean.
And boo Counter, I pass down Axefaire every time. Even on kids who won't use it ever, like Henry Cynthia.
My wife's avatar married Chrom, and both kids were monsters without peer
Neither of those is something to sneeze at - blue-haired Morgan is the way to go
*shrugs* I love Lucina, she's quite possibly my favorite character in this game. I'm just saying max-stat Manaketes with Dragonstone+ and Ignis makes you a slightly more monstrous threat. Nowhere near as flashy, and you sacrifice using different weapons, but raw damage is definitely unparalleled.
But if you want to speed run the game and not have a Galeforce party? Hell yes your female MyUnit should marry Chrom (or male Myunit marry Lucina).
I could understand passing Wrath over Counter but that's about it.
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Actually when I take on Apotheosis I think I'm going to make Nah into a General and give her Helswath for the cases where she needs to defend - Brave Axe/Lance for when she needs to support offensively
OK it doesn't hit 4 times you have me there, but it does above 60+ regular damage against most lv. 20 promoted units-greatly improved by Ignis to occasionally be a OHKO-has range (which a normal unit would have to switch their Brave weapon to do), and boosts your overall stats making you a great deal more defensive and improving various skill activation rates, which Brave weapons do not do. The sooner you can do 80 overall damage-and be able to deal with both short and long range threats-the better, no?
But if the discussion seems to be shifting towards the most relevant way to approach Apotheosis then sure, forged Multi-hit weapons > anything else.
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I'm not saying Manaketes aren't great, they certainly can be, and I use Nah as a Manakete no matter what
It's just that they fill specific niches and I don't think having Morgan as a Manakete is a great use of her potential skills
She's great for solo farming Limit Breakers.
Yep
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