Blue Lions is the one that always keeps me coming back. I just love Dimitri to much dammit. I’ve not yet been able to marry anybody else on that route. Anybody else have that problem?
6:33 I just want to point out that the final mission of Blue Lions isn’t the same as Silver Snow’s; the only endgames that are similar are CF and SS. That being said, I hate that Blue Lions endgame is full of long range mages
Thankfully i just happened to have my MC as a pegasus knight in that run. Ran right into the middle of the arena, tanked every single mage with passive regen while my other characters split up either side to conquer everything. I love to think how broken idve been if i had that DLC item that lets you counter from range back then.
What I love about Constance is the sheer commitment to the bit. Like it's not just a gimmick because they put so much effort in, like giving her two completely separate set of voice lines.
6:36 I don’t mean to be that dude, but you are mistaken. You don’t even see rhea during azure moon, let alone fight her. You fight a hegemon edelgard instead which means your complaints about fighting rhea right after you rescue her don’t even apply to blue lions since you never even see her. In fact actually there’s like only 3 monsters in the final mission of azure moon
So he mentions that he got sick of fighting Rhea when he did the blue lions route, but yet Azure moon’s final boss was Edelgard, not Rhea. Yes in fact, Rhea didn’t even show up after the time skip. Why?
Love the video Albino! I also did black eagles first and I felt cheated and almost gave up on the game. Then I played blue lions and it immediately brought me back in. The blue lions pre time skip is way more thematic and the missions with your house characters feel a lot more important. I wish the game had a recommendation for which house to play first because I definitely think blue lions are a perfect first house given how integral their characters are to the story.
I was fortunate enough to accidentally join Edelgard on my first run so I got to avoid the frutrations Albino mentioned, I legit didnt know what I did was optional at the time. Lucky me. Just sucks that Death Knight wasnt playable yet. Wouldve been fun.
I got extremely lucky I got the crimson flower run on my first playthrough. So I didn't go through the agony of losing edelgard and hubert. I will say I love crimson flower cause edelgard reminds me of lelouch.
Someone probably already said this, but 6:33 the final map of the blue lions route is the thrown room chapter with monster edelgard. The one that tries to snipe you across the map but rarely ever hits. I personally loved the chapter in my first run and still think its just fine if a little annoying when you just *can't* counter attack Edelgard. My only real complaint is the Those who Slither in the Dark mini boss (if you can call him that.) If only because it feels like his being there is rushed as to not have the player do the whole City without Light and Nemesis thing because that would make Golden Deer Pointless. Regardless I think its the best final chapter narratively and it has my favorite cinematic in the game.
My ranking of the routes: 4) *Church of Seiros* (This is basically Golden Deer but worse in every single way, I would suggest you just skip it entirely) 3) *Black Eagles* (It's cool to play the story from such a different perspective, but it's dragged down by a somewhat underwhelming ending and a story that really doesn't do a good enough job of justifying Edelgard's actions) 2) *Golden Deer* (Definitely the route that feels the most complete and lore-heavy, and with the best maps to boot, though in exchange there is very little actual drama or character development happening here, and as a result the entire route can feel a little bland at times) 1) *Blue Lions* (Though this route does a poor job of actually exploring the lore of the game, it in return tells what is by far the most compelling story of them all, with the strongest cast to top it all off)
black eagles was my first playthrough as well and as much as I like the house, I have to agree with you that it is not a recommended first playthrough. I actually had no idea the Edelgard route was supposed to be a sort of secret thing, I just spoke to literally everyone every single day then they hit me with the game changing decision and I went through with it. It leaves you feeling quite confused towards the end of the game if you hadnt played at least one of the other routes prior.
Shame to hear you dissing the Golden Deer, cause I love all of them. My least favorite Golden Deer is probably Leonie but I understand why youd dislike the others. Hilda is a vibe for me cause I can understand having a crippling fear of disappointment so you actively try and make yourself look worse so you never have expectations. I also think Golden Deer has the best ending for Fodland as a whole but hey thats just me
I like Blue Lions the most. They really look like a family because most of them are childhood friends. I actually love Ashe, he is a sweetheart. Dimitri has one of the best character development in a Fire Emblem game, you can pick every Heroes Relics in this run and has probably the best ending for each lord (Dimitri king, Edelgard dead and Claude back to the Almyra). But I can agree, Golden Deer has the best final boss.
Ok Ill memorize the entire game next time. Also my amount of renown proves the high number of clear datas but you wouldn't pick up on that since you've never had renown that high :/
First don’t insult him and being arrogant second he’s right if you say is true is embarrassing how you mixed up the final bosses since Rhea doesn’t appear at all. Saying you favourite is blue lions and you don’t remember the correct boss and saying the church route is you least favourite but mixed it up 😒
you can actually do the crimson flower route in the first playthrough. but many miss it due to the steps you actually need to take. which is kinda dumb.
I’d argue a lot of these criticisms come from how many times you’ve played the game. Three houses is fundamentally designed to be played at most four times, and then you move on.
Yea...I am going, to be honest, the Golden Deer house is just...fine with a split with one half being...ok at best (Raphael, Lorenz, Ignatz and Leonie) and the other half is pretty solid (Marianne, Caldue, Lysithea and Hilda) Blue Lions: All of them are amazing...well besides Ashe as you just said he boring as shit. You can count Dedue as well but he good enough Black Eagles: Eh...I mean, Dorothea is easily the most interesting character and you do have to keep in mind that she was just an orphan, Ferdinand is...strange as I don't hate him but I don't love him either. Hubert is yea creepy, but some of his support is nice, Edelgard is easily the most interesting in terms of 'backstory' and how she impacts the plot. Casper is...kind of one-bote, If you really want a bad route...go Church Route, that route fucken sucks ass and easily has the worse Final Map hands down due to bullshit Miracle and some story moment just wanted me to go Wtf? To be fair, its not the only route that has WTF moments Black Eagles: Why is this so fucken short? Blue Lion: Seriously Claude why are you attacking us? Also, why is Byleth just standing there and letting Rodrigue die? Golden Deer: Hilda just telling us instead of a cutscene of Dimitri dying...also why is the Blue Lion focused on us?
So I have to defend my soft boys. ESPECIALLY Ashe. Idk why people say Ashe is boring despite having so many interesting beats in his character. He's a character with a lot of hidden depths to his character. He's one of the highlights of the blue lions for me personally. Ignatz' uncertainty of himself is very endearing and hes honestly just such a sweetheart and idk how anyone could dislike him. Hes just a lost individual who's forced into a really shitty situation where he cannot pursue what he loves. Hes pretty awesome and I like him a lot. Sorry if this is a lot but these are my CHILDREN and I cannot let this stand lol. Also another thing Golden Deer is my favorite house. I only really dislike Leonie and Lorenz but everyone else I love to bits.
@@Aerynnh I am not saying Ashe is awful...in fact, he...ok as some of his support are really good but the problem is..he just kind of boring. I mean yea, I was maybe too harsh with Ashe but I am not saying that he a bad character oh no...I can name a dozen Fire Emblem characters that are worse than Ashe. It just that he doesn't stand out compared to the other Blue Lion cast like Ingrid, Sylvain, Mercedes and especially Dimitri.
@@royalhistorian5109 I can understand that to a point. But only one of the characters you mentioned is really a standout to me and that's probably Ingrid. For me the standouts of the blue lions was Felix, Annette, Ashe, and Dimitri. But I do like all of them and theres none I outright dislike. That goes for every house minus golden deer having Leonie and Lorenz. But I even still tolerate them because their character writing (in supports for the most part) is still great and the standard for characters in three houses is much higher compared to most Fire Emblems imo. I think most of the dislike from characters comes from most people's personal distaste for their main traits that are put on display when you're running around the monastery and shit. But that's just my opinion tho 🤷♀️.
@@Aerynnh Yea...the Monastery is a bit of a waste in most areas as somehow...a game from a PS2 era managed to create a town way more alive than the Monastery...yea I am talking about Berwick Saga because holy shit, it doesn't compare in terms of quality as in Berwick Saga, we actually talk to the villagers/NPC which had personality, character and even depth. Heck, some of them give us personal mission or side mission like for example there was one scene that is really hearting break where the objective is to save his son during a battle who was forced into the army due to conscription. Like...I was so disappointed in the Monastery as they could have done so much more.
The Crimson Flower route (Empire) was the best one, because it was the most unique. Church, Blue Lions & Golden Deer have way too much overlap between their levels. There's also too many characters who just feel like filler for the Houses. Not everyone can have super relevance for each story path but too many of them fall into Ignatz territory. Personal Skills, Growth Rates, etc also feel really unbalanced. It makes sense that Ashe would have Lockpick, but that is a useless skill, when you can drop 2K on keys and bet set for the game.
Blue Lions might have boring characters, but damn that story is great. Eldelgard's reveal and Dimitri's redemption are golden... Wait he likes the characters and doesn't like the story... Wtf? By the way the information is flawed, Blue Lions ends with Eldelgard's defeat, no Rhea. Also Golden Deer last battle is good, but wtf has Nemesis to do with Claude?
Blue Lions probably has the most interesting students considering how all of them are connected to the main story in some way. Dimitri obviously, but others such as: Dedue, Felix, Annette, Ashe and Ingrid were affected by the Duscur tragedy in some way, Ingrid and Felix losing Glenn, Sylvain affiliated with his close friends while also related to Miklan, and Mercedes related to Jeritza/Death Knight. They all benefited in White Clouds as it is like mostly if not entirely catered to the Blue Lions students
I always go Golden Deer, then I recruit Linhardt and Felix, sometimes Yuri if I remember he exists. I will never not play Linhardt, but I don't like the rest of the Black Eagles tbh. My only complaint with him is that he can't become a Gremory because IS knew he'd be too broken. I also once made the mistake of recruiting Ashe, who is inferior to Ignatz in like every way and was literally just a resource sink. I don't dislike the rest of the Blue Lions, I just prefer the Golden Deer's personalities. Except Leonie, who doesn't have a personality (she's at least funny with Lorenz tho).
Imagine liking Leonie. All she does the entire game is say "WOW YOU'RE DAD IS MY MENTOR AND IM BETTER THAN YOU." Shes so unbelievably irritating it's not even funny.
I like Leonie at any other point except when she talks to you and/or Jeralt. She can be an endearing character, but the moment you breathe in her vicinity it's "JERALT JERALT JERALT" and I hate it
I agree with the ranking, as far as the routes go, but my black eagle babies!! The slander against my favorite collection of characters😫😫 Ferdinand, Dorothea, and Linhardt are all in my top 5
There's a lot I disagree with you on but the one I'm going to bitch about is Constance being a bad unit. Her spell list is really good, the only ones better are Lysithea and Hapi. Bolting is excellent, and she has Fire and Sagittae for basic 1-2 attacking, and Fimbulvetr and Agnea's Arrow for nuking. She also has Rescue, which can be a really useful utility spell.
Pro : - Black Eagle : Strong mage and Best Lord in the game. - Blue Lions : Best physical and melee unit. - Golden Deer : Pretty balanced team. - Ashen Wolves : Very hybrid team. Cons : - Black Eagle : Few Frontliner and low speed mage. - Blue Lions : No wrap and no strong mage. - Golden Deer : No strong tank and Forward sword. - Ashen Wolves : Paid, no strong lance and bow. Recommended recruitment (Students) : - Black Eagle : Sylvain, Ingrid and Lysithea. - Blue Lions : Caspar and Lysithea. - Golden Deer : Ingrid. Recommended recruitment (Church) : - Black Eagle : Hanneman and Manuela. - Blue Lions : Catherine. - Golden Deer : Alois, Shamir and Cyril.
Humor on point. BL on point. Only thing is ....how dare you insult Dorthea and her emo phase? Some people bloom later than others, and her emo phase is came much later than most. There's only thorns left on that rose 🌹 😭 💀 . And her Voice acting was killer. Good video tho
seriously why is rhea the final boss of the church route, if your going to reuse a final boss she makes the least sense, nemesis gets a nice book end with the game beginning and ending with a battle between Seiros and Nemesis and sure the thing where she can be clamed down if you have high support is cool but you know who it would have worked better on? Edelgard, the lady you spent a year fighting side by side with and establishes even after the timeskip she would really rather not have to fight you, like ya either way its not going to be a happy ending but it could have her being in like prison instead of dieing, or dieing in your arms tragically as she talks about all her regrets, and then Rhea pulles a ten elite 2.0 and makes sure she goes down in history more heroically then she actually was
Blue Lions was my last run and I decided to try it on Maddening mode. I wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy. I still have yet to finish azure moon because maddening makes this game the biggest slog imaginable and it's arguably the worst in a Blue Lions run mostly because of Reunion at Dawn. I'd like to hear Albino's take on playthroughs in Maddening mode (if he's done one, wouldnt be surprised if he hasn't) it was fun and challenging at first but then it ultimately stops being worth it. wouldnt wish a blue lions maddening mode run on my worst enemy. anyways, loved the video as always, Albino. made me almost forget how infuriating maddening made this game for me with your humor
i have played this game to many times already have like over 700 hours golden deer is my favorite probably cus i started with it even tho i think blue loins is probably the best over all maybe the golden deer are my favorite just cus Claude is my favorite of the three lords or that i just like using mages and i get to use the best one lysithea from the start over all i can say is for a first playthrough of this game dont pick black eagles
7:15 oh, HELL naw, I don't agree with this statement. Narratively speaking, Blue Lions has the WORST outcome out of all routes: the slithers get to return to their fancy dubstep capital with Dimitri being none the wiser about their location or who they are exactly and they're free to threaten Fodlan at a later date UNLESS you pair him up with Hapi (a DLC! character), then they magically figure out everything they need to know and beat the slithers offscreen; and if this feels like a cop-out to you you're right because it is a cop-out. Golden Deers aren't doing much better outcome wise either because sure, you wreck the empire, Shambala, Thales, Nemesis and what not, but the slither's big busty bimbo in charge of Faerghus goes into hiding and both the remnants of the empire and the slithers join forces at a later date to kick your ass, a goddamn mercenary who really had to business running a country, much less a newly formed one, and you would have canonically lost had it not been for Claude's sudden with almyran reinforcements. Plus there's still a certain former dragon archbishop that can degenerate at any given moment. The Black Eagles route is probably the one with the best outcome: Cornelia is dead, Rhea is dead, Fodlan is unified, the slithers are 100% dealt with (too bad it happens offscreen) and you get your humanity back. Bonus, you're not even forced into a position you're SORELY unqualified for and you're free to do whatever you want with your life: want to go the Ike route and take over your father's mercenary group? Go ahead. Settle down in a remote village and life a quiet and peaceful? You deserve it after how long you've fought. Marry the empire's most sought after bachelorette, help her reorganise the newly formed country, then step down and find yourselves a nice cabin in the woods to live the rest of your lives there? Just bang already!
My least favorite routes are the Church and the Blue Lions. Church is because I don't really care for Rhea, and Dimitri is a character I find interesting, but not really likable. As for my favorite it keeps going back and forth between Crimson Flower and Golden deer. Every house has characters I like and enjoy using though.
Constance is best girl surpassing the previous holder of the title, Annette. Also she is a fantastic unit when I use her on Maddening. Rescue is useful when Warp skip isn't an option plus silence and a mix of Saggitae and Fimbulvetr to deal heavy damage. Natural dark flier is a bonus too.
Ehh, Golden Deer may be better for the lore, but once you play through it once the Blue Lions take their place as the rightful best house, even if the end is a slight slog to get through.
The church route is pretty much pointless when you think about it. It's really just a worse version of the Golden Deer route. It goes through all the same story beats but without the cool final fight against Nemesis. It is however the only route that I ever used any non-student characters. I pretty much had too since I didn't know I was about to lose Edelgard and I had no good frontline replacements so I was kinda forced into using Catherine. Thank god I happened to recruit Lysithea to replace Hubert.
Every point was spot on for me except for leonie, she got annoying very quickly. Also think the golden deer is just more fun, altho blue lions feels more like the de facto story canonically
>Beaten the game ten times
>Can't remember the Blue Lions final boss
Blue Lions is the one that always keeps me coming back. I just love Dimitri to much dammit. I’ve not yet been able to marry anybody else on that route. Anybody else have that problem?
Sameee. When I went to another route I felt incomplete cus I can’t have him 🥲
6:33 I just want to point out that the final mission of Blue Lions isn’t the same as Silver Snow’s; the only endgames that are similar are CF and SS. That being said, I hate that Blue Lions endgame is full of long range mages
Thankfully i just happened to have my MC as a pegasus knight in that run. Ran right into the middle of the arena, tanked every single mage with passive regen while my other characters split up either side to conquer everything.
I love to think how broken idve been if i had that DLC item that lets you counter from range back then.
its nothing when your Ingrid has defiant avoid 😎😎😎😎
Yeah, that was so scary, I had like 2 wyvern lords and a warmaster
Use Stride battalions. It works wonders at getting to them to make many of them run away.
You can actually support the empire your initial run! That’s what I did actually!
Same ! I actually stumbled into it blind my very first playthrough and didnt even know there was a 4th route with the church 😂
Same
Yeah, my first run was also an Empire run which I stumbled upon by accident.
SA: Can you guess how many houses are in 3 houses?
Me:... 4?
SA: that’s right! 4
What I love about Constance is the sheer commitment to the bit. Like it's not just a gimmick because they put so much effort in, like giving her two completely separate set of voice lines.
6:36 I don’t mean to be that dude, but you are mistaken. You don’t even see rhea during azure moon, let alone fight her. You fight a hegemon edelgard instead which means your complaints about fighting rhea right after you rescue her don’t even apply to blue lions since you never even see her. In fact actually there’s like only 3 monsters in the final mission of azure moon
This Ashe slander cannot stand!! What you say may be true but _I will not accept it_
THIS. T.T I FELT THIS. I was like "...DID HE JUST SLANDER MY SON? Granted, yes, it's true, but... it's Ashe, he is too cute."
Ashe and sylvain are the best
So he mentions that he got sick of fighting Rhea when he did the blue lions route, but yet Azure moon’s final boss was Edelgard, not Rhea. Yes in fact, Rhea didn’t even show up after the time skip. Why?
Love the video Albino! I also did black eagles first and I felt cheated and almost gave up on the game. Then I played blue lions and it immediately brought me back in. The blue lions pre time skip is way more thematic and the missions with your house characters feel a lot more important. I wish the game had a recommendation for which house to play first because I definitely think blue lions are a perfect first house given how integral their characters are to the story.
I was fortunate enough to accidentally join Edelgard on my first run so I got to avoid the frutrations Albino mentioned, I legit didnt know what I did was optional at the time.
Lucky me.
Just sucks that Death Knight wasnt playable yet. Wouldve been fun.
I got extremely lucky I got the crimson flower run on my first playthrough. So I didn't go through the agony of losing edelgard and hubert. I will say I love crimson flower cause edelgard reminds me of lelouch.
Oh I was so salty I lost them on my first play through . I level grinded them for a WHILE
Someone probably already said this, but 6:33 the final map of the blue lions route is the thrown room chapter with monster edelgard. The one that tries to snipe you across the map but rarely ever hits. I personally loved the chapter in my first run and still think its just fine if a little annoying when you just *can't* counter attack Edelgard. My only real complaint is the Those who Slither in the Dark mini boss (if you can call him that.) If only because it feels like his being there is rushed as to not have the player do the whole City without Light and Nemesis thing because that would make Golden Deer Pointless. Regardless I think its the best final chapter narratively and it has my favorite cinematic in the game.
How dare you attack Ashe? Albeit accurately, but how could you?
Can you rank the battles ??
My ranking of the routes:
4) *Church of Seiros* (This is basically Golden Deer but worse in every single way, I would suggest you just skip it entirely)
3) *Black Eagles* (It's cool to play the story from such a different perspective, but it's dragged down by a somewhat underwhelming ending and a story that really doesn't do a good enough job of justifying Edelgard's actions)
2) *Golden Deer* (Definitely the route that feels the most complete and lore-heavy, and with the best maps to boot, though in exchange there is very little actual drama or character development happening here, and as a result the entire route can feel a little bland at times)
1) *Blue Lions* (Though this route does a poor job of actually exploring the lore of the game, it in return tells what is by far the most compelling story of them all, with the strongest cast to top it all off)
black eagles was my first playthrough as well and as much as I like the house, I have to agree with you that it is not a recommended first playthrough. I actually had no idea the Edelgard route was supposed to be a sort of secret thing, I just spoke to literally everyone every single day then they hit me with the game changing decision and I went through with it. It leaves you feeling quite confused towards the end of the game if you hadnt played at least one of the other routes prior.
Shame to hear you dissing the Golden Deer, cause I love all of them. My least favorite Golden Deer is probably Leonie but I understand why youd dislike the others.
Hilda is a vibe for me cause I can understand having a crippling fear of disappointment so you actively try and make yourself look worse so you never have expectations.
I also think Golden Deer has the best ending for Fodland as a whole but hey thats just me
6:12
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WHY HIM HE IS THE CUTEST BOY I HAVE EVER SEEN ON MY ENTIRE LIFE ;^;
I like Blue Lions the most. They really look like a family because most of them are childhood friends. I actually love Ashe, he is a sweetheart. Dimitri has one of the best character development in a Fire Emblem game, you can pick every Heroes Relics in this run and has probably the best ending for each lord (Dimitri king, Edelgard dead and Claude back to the Almyra).
But I can agree, Golden Deer has the best final boss.
I'm definitely Crimson flower, Dimitri annoys me too much. Haven't played golden deer because I don't like any of the characters
I was worried Golden Deer was going to be at the bottom, this was a pleasant surprise.
They have the best final map in my opinion
"I played 11 times"
Gets several facts wrong including the final boss. Don't lie about the times you have played next time
Ok Ill memorize the entire game next time. Also my amount of renown proves the high number of clear datas but you wouldn't pick up on that since you've never had renown that high :/
First don’t insult him and being arrogant second he’s right if you say is true is embarrassing how you mixed up the final bosses since Rhea doesn’t appear at all. Saying you favourite is blue lions and you don’t remember the correct boss and saying the church route is you least favourite but mixed it up 😒
I really loved Ashe.
For one, he didn't call anyone a 'rabbid cur'
Hell yeah, Blue Lions for the win!
you can actually do the crimson flower route in the first playthrough. but many miss it due to the steps you actually need to take. which is kinda dumb.
What happened to the three houses stream as it ended on episode 14??
I’d argue a lot of these criticisms come from how many times you’ve played the game. Three houses is fundamentally designed to be played at most four times, and then you move on.
Also Ashe leaves your party in the Golden deer.
Church was made before Golden deer route.
Yea...I am going, to be honest, the Golden Deer house is just...fine with a split with one half being...ok at best (Raphael, Lorenz, Ignatz and Leonie) and the other half is pretty solid (Marianne, Caldue, Lysithea and Hilda)
Blue Lions: All of them are amazing...well besides Ashe as you just said he boring as shit. You can count Dedue as well but he good enough
Black Eagles: Eh...I mean, Dorothea is easily the most interesting character and you do have to keep in mind that she was just an orphan, Ferdinand is...strange as I don't hate him but I don't love him either. Hubert is yea creepy, but some of his support is nice, Edelgard is easily the most interesting in terms of 'backstory' and how she impacts the plot. Casper is...kind of one-bote,
If you really want a bad route...go Church Route, that route fucken sucks ass and easily has the worse Final Map hands down due to bullshit Miracle and some story moment just wanted me to go Wtf? To be fair, its not the only route that has WTF moments
Black Eagles: Why is this so fucken short?
Blue Lion: Seriously Claude why are you attacking us? Also, why is Byleth just standing there and letting Rodrigue die?
Golden Deer: Hilda just telling us instead of a cutscene of Dimitri dying...also why is the Blue Lion focused on us?
So I have to defend my soft boys. ESPECIALLY Ashe. Idk why people say Ashe is boring despite having so many interesting beats in his character. He's a character with a lot of hidden depths to his character. He's one of the highlights of the blue lions for me personally. Ignatz' uncertainty of himself is very endearing and hes honestly just such a sweetheart and idk how anyone could dislike him. Hes just a lost individual who's forced into a really shitty situation where he cannot pursue what he loves. Hes pretty awesome and I like him a lot. Sorry if this is a lot but these are my CHILDREN and I cannot let this stand lol.
Also another thing Golden Deer is my favorite house. I only really dislike Leonie and Lorenz but everyone else I love to bits.
@@Aerynnh I am not saying Ashe is awful...in fact, he...ok as some of his support are really good but the problem is..he just kind of boring. I mean yea, I was maybe too harsh with Ashe but I am not saying that he a bad character oh no...I can name a dozen Fire Emblem characters that are worse than Ashe. It just that he doesn't stand out compared to the other Blue Lion cast like Ingrid, Sylvain, Mercedes and especially Dimitri.
@@royalhistorian5109 I can understand that to a point. But only one of the characters you mentioned is really a standout to me and that's probably Ingrid. For me the standouts of the blue lions was Felix, Annette, Ashe, and Dimitri. But I do like all of them and theres none I outright dislike. That goes for every house minus golden deer having Leonie and Lorenz. But I even still tolerate them because their character writing (in supports for the most part) is still great and the standard for characters in three houses is much higher compared to most Fire Emblems imo. I think most of the dislike from characters comes from most people's personal distaste for their main traits that are put on display when you're running around the monastery and shit. But that's just my opinion tho 🤷♀️.
@@Aerynnh Yea...the Monastery is a bit of a waste in most areas as somehow...a game from a PS2 era managed to create a town way more alive than the Monastery...yea I am talking about Berwick Saga because holy shit, it doesn't compare in terms of quality as in Berwick Saga, we actually talk to the villagers/NPC which had personality, character and even depth. Heck, some of them give us personal mission or side mission like for example there was one scene that is really hearting break where the objective is to save his son during a battle who was forced into the army due to conscription. Like...I was so disappointed in the Monastery as they could have done so much more.
The Crimson Flower route (Empire) was the best one, because it was the most unique. Church, Blue Lions & Golden Deer have way too much overlap between their levels. There's also too many characters who just feel like filler for the Houses. Not everyone can have super relevance for each story path but too many of them fall into Ignatz territory. Personal Skills, Growth Rates, etc also feel really unbalanced. It makes sense that Ashe would have Lockpick, but that is a useless skill, when you can drop 2K on keys and bet set for the game.
Blue Lions might have boring characters, but damn that story is great. Eldelgard's reveal and Dimitri's redemption are golden... Wait he likes the characters and doesn't like the story... Wtf? By the way the information is flawed, Blue Lions ends with Eldelgard's defeat, no Rhea.
Also Golden Deer last battle is good, but wtf has Nemesis to do with Claude?
Blue Lions probably has the most interesting students considering how all of them are connected to the main story in some way. Dimitri obviously, but others such as: Dedue, Felix, Annette, Ashe and Ingrid were affected by the Duscur tragedy in some way, Ingrid and Felix losing Glenn, Sylvain affiliated with his close friends while also related to Miklan, and Mercedes related to Jeritza/Death Knight. They all benefited in White Clouds as it is like mostly if not entirely catered to the Blue Lions students
I always go Golden Deer, then I recruit Linhardt and Felix, sometimes Yuri if I remember he exists.
I will never not play Linhardt, but I don't like the rest of the Black Eagles tbh. My only complaint with him is that he can't become a Gremory because IS knew he'd be too broken.
I also once made the mistake of recruiting Ashe, who is inferior to Ignatz in like every way and was literally just a resource sink. I don't dislike the rest of the Blue Lions, I just prefer the Golden Deer's personalities. Except Leonie, who doesn't have a personality (she's at least funny with Lorenz tho).
Imagine liking Leonie. All she does the entire game is say "WOW YOU'RE DAD IS MY MENTOR AND IM BETTER THAN YOU." Shes so unbelievably irritating it's not even funny.
I like Leonie at any other point except when she talks to you and/or Jeralt. She can be an endearing character, but the moment you breathe in her vicinity it's "JERALT JERALT JERALT" and I hate it
Are you really that dense?
@@raphaelsorel6907 ???? Lmao
@@Aerynnh That’s not all to her character if you’re just gonna focus on a quirk.
Constance is the GOAT 🙌🏻 having bipolar disorder she really clicks with me
I agree with the ranking, as far as the routes go, but my black eagle babies!! The slander against my favorite collection of characters😫😫 Ferdinand, Dorothea, and Linhardt are all in my top 5
I’m glad you understand Constance is fucking broken
There's a lot I disagree with you on but the one I'm going to bitch about is Constance being a bad unit. Her spell list is really good, the only ones better are Lysithea and Hapi. Bolting is excellent, and she has Fire and Sagittae for basic 1-2 attacking, and Fimbulvetr and Agnea's Arrow for nuking. She also has Rescue, which can be a really useful utility spell.
Hell yeah sunburned albino ranking list this is a good day.
Fire emblem too?! Love this channel
Pro :
- Black Eagle : Strong mage and Best Lord in the game.
- Blue Lions : Best physical and melee unit.
- Golden Deer : Pretty balanced team.
- Ashen Wolves : Very hybrid team.
Cons :
- Black Eagle : Few Frontliner and low speed mage.
- Blue Lions : No wrap and no strong mage.
- Golden Deer : No strong tank and Forward sword.
- Ashen Wolves : Paid, no strong lance and bow.
Recommended recruitment (Students) :
- Black Eagle : Sylvain, Ingrid and Lysithea.
- Blue Lions : Caspar and Lysithea.
- Golden Deer : Ingrid.
Recommended recruitment (Church) :
- Black Eagle : Hanneman and Manuela.
- Blue Lions : Catherine.
- Golden Deer : Alois, Shamir and Cyril.
Humor on point. BL on point. Only thing is ....how dare you insult Dorthea and her emo phase? Some people bloom later than others, and her emo phase is came much later than most. There's only thorns left on that rose 🌹 😭 💀 . And her Voice acting was killer. Good video tho
Except you don’t fight a berserk Rhea in Azure Moon, only in Silver Snow.
seriously why is rhea the final boss of the church route, if your going to reuse a final boss she makes the least sense, nemesis gets a nice book end with the game beginning and ending with a battle between Seiros and Nemesis and sure the thing where she can be clamed down if you have high support is cool but you know who it would have worked better on? Edelgard, the lady you spent a year fighting side by side with and establishes even after the timeskip she would really rather not have to fight you, like ya either way its not going to be a happy ending but it could have her being in like prison instead of dieing, or dieing in your arms tragically as she talks about all her regrets, and then Rhea pulles a ten elite 2.0 and makes sure she goes down in history more heroically then she actually was
Blue Lions was my last run and I decided to try it on Maddening mode. I wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy. I still have yet to finish azure moon because maddening makes this game the biggest slog imaginable and it's arguably the worst in a Blue Lions run mostly because of Reunion at Dawn. I'd like to hear Albino's take on playthroughs in Maddening mode (if he's done one, wouldnt be surprised if he hasn't) it was fun and challenging at first but then it ultimately stops being worth it. wouldnt wish a blue lions maddening mode run on my worst enemy. anyways, loved the video as always, Albino. made me almost forget how infuriating maddening made this game for me with your humor
I wouldn't mind seeing a new Fire Emblem, but given that 3 houses isn't even 2 years old yet I think it's going to be a little while longer.
Usually a new Fire Emblem game comes out every 2 to 3 years so there is a high likelihood that a new one could be coming out soon.
i have played this game to many times already have like over 700 hours golden deer is my favorite probably cus i started with it even tho i think blue loins is probably the best over all maybe the golden deer are my favorite just cus Claude is my favorite of the three lords or that i just like using mages and i get to use the best one lysithea from the start over all i can say is for a first playthrough of this game dont pick black eagles
I will always side with the golden deer
ALL HAIL GOLDEN DEER
7:15 oh, HELL naw, I don't agree with this statement. Narratively speaking, Blue Lions has the WORST outcome out of all routes: the slithers get to return to their fancy dubstep capital with Dimitri being none the wiser about their location or who they are exactly and they're free to threaten Fodlan at a later date UNLESS you pair him up with Hapi (a DLC! character), then they magically figure out everything they need to know and beat the slithers offscreen; and if this feels like a cop-out to you you're right because it is a cop-out. Golden Deers aren't doing much better outcome wise either because sure, you wreck the empire, Shambala, Thales, Nemesis and what not, but the slither's big busty bimbo in charge of Faerghus goes into hiding and both the remnants of the empire and the slithers join forces at a later date to kick your ass, a goddamn mercenary who really had to business running a country, much less a newly formed one, and you would have canonically lost had it not been for Claude's sudden with almyran reinforcements. Plus there's still a certain former dragon archbishop that can degenerate at any given moment. The Black Eagles route is probably the one with the best outcome: Cornelia is dead, Rhea is dead, Fodlan is unified, the slithers are 100% dealt with (too bad it happens offscreen) and you get your humanity back. Bonus, you're not even forced into a position you're SORELY unqualified for and you're free to do whatever you want with your life: want to go the Ike route and take over your father's mercenary group? Go ahead. Settle down in a remote village and life a quiet and peaceful? You deserve it after how long you've fought. Marry the empire's most sought after bachelorette, help her reorganise the newly formed country, then step down and find yourselves a nice cabin in the woods to live the rest of your lives there? Just bang already!
New vid! New vid!
Raphael is best boy change my mind
My least favorite routes are the Church and the Blue Lions. Church is because I don't really care for Rhea, and Dimitri is a character I find interesting, but not really likable. As for my favorite it keeps going back and forth between Crimson Flower and Golden deer. Every house has characters I like and enjoy using though.
God I can’t stop laughing 😂 😂 even when ur trashing someone I like ur doing it in a funny way lmao
There are some character stuff I'd disagree with but then again I haven't played the game 11 times
You need to do a waifu ranking for Huniepop 2!
Constance is best girl surpassing the previous holder of the title, Annette. Also she is a fantastic unit when I use her on Maddening. Rescue is useful when Warp skip isn't an option plus silence and a mix of Saggitae and Fimbulvetr to deal heavy damage. Natural dark flier is a bonus too.
Ehh, Golden Deer may be better for the lore, but once you play through it once the Blue Lions take their place as the rightful best house, even if the end is a slight slog to get through.
Not at all.
@@raphaelsorel6907 Not at all what? The end being a slog, or the Blue Lions not being the best house overall?
@@a-aronander-son5861 The latter.
The church route is pretty much pointless when you think about it. It's really just a worse version of the Golden Deer route. It goes through all the same story beats but without the cool final fight against Nemesis. It is however the only route that I ever used any non-student characters. I pretty much had too since I didn't know I was about to lose Edelgard and I had no good frontline replacements so I was kinda forced into using Catherine. Thank god I happened to recruit Lysithea to replace Hubert.
Why you disrespect my boy Ashe like that?
GD supremacy.
Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish (Luke 13:3)
Early gang
Every point was spot on for me except for leonie, she got annoying very quickly. Also think the golden deer is just more fun, altho blue lions feels more like the de facto story canonically