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- And I'm back with another Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones Solo Run! This one took me a while to work on... even though Lute is a prodigy she did give us a run for our money! Let me know in the comments if you enjoyed this run!
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Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance handheld video game console in 2004 for Japan and 2005 in the West. It is the eighth entry in the Fire Emblem series, the second to be released outside Japan, and the third and final title to be developed for the Game Boy Advance after The Binding Blade and its prequel Fire Emblem.
Set in a separate continuity to earlier Fire Emblem titles, The Sacred Stones takes place on the fictional continent of Magvel, which is divided into five nations, each built around a magical stone said to be linked to the imprisonment of an ancient demon. When one of the five nations, the Grado Empire, invades its neighbors and begins destroying the stones, protagonists Eirika and Ephraim of the royal family of Renais set out to gather allies and halt Grado's conquest, while also trying to uncover the reasons for the war. The gameplay is similar to previous Fire Emblem games, focusing on turn-based, tactical movement of units across a grid-based battlefield. Core features of the game include permanent death for characters defeated in battle and support conversations that grant advantages to certain units in battle.
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KratosMVN is a variety streamer over on Twitch and a Fire Emblem content creator here on TH-cam, who loves RPGs, Metroidvania games, and indie games. His main focus, however, will be JRPGs as this is by far is favourite genre of games. Kratos is also a writer of both fiction and non-fiction and a freelance video editor.
This video is similar to those of Jrose11, Giant Bomb, JRPG Jungle and Faerghast in parts while Kratos also draws a large portion of inspiration from Northenlion and Ludwig.
Title: Can You Beat Fire Emblem The Sacred Stones With Only Lute? - เกม
I think, in honor of Gilliam being the first noted sacrifice of the run, that he should be your next solo run.
Gilliam is the man
Honestly, I kind of have to... you may be unto something there. 🤔
Oh Gilliam the character I always say I am going to use, but then bench as soon as I get Amelia or Dussel.
We've had sword, and axe. If not a lance user who else?
@@chaossnowkitsune6377 I've given up trying to use Gilliam. He can't keep up with Seth and Franz in movement, he can't deal with all the axe users in chapters 2 and 3, and he's not nearly as tanky as I'd like him to be.
My Lute was so weird on my first playthrough. She ended up with 14 def before promotion. That means that she leveled a 20% growth 12 times in ~18 levels. She was somehow one of my frontline tanks together with Seth and kyle for the majority of my run.
Lute the Tank is truly an amazing way for her growths to fall! Love it.
Reminds me of my max defense Faye in FE Echoes
"Tank Lute is not real, they cannot hurt you."
Tank Lute: "I am superior after all"
Did you grind tower of valni? It has a preset chain of RNG so there are certain turns that you're nearly guaranteed to gain defense.
@@garrettwidner6915 I don't think so. It has been a while so i don't quite remember, but i was doing an ironman so i wanted to limit grinding as much as possible.
As a Lute Enjoyer, it pleases me greatly to see your Solo Lute Run, it was simply epic even when you had to re-start the whole thing and seeing her perform the best out of any character you've tried so far it pretty amazing, she really is superior after all. I hope you keep going with this amazing series.
Thank you! I'm very happy you enjoyed the run. I plan on keeping up with it for a while :)
You could also possibly do a trainee challenge where you see how fast you could complete the game with Ross, Amelia, and Ewan all working together.
That's a very interesting idea! Might look into doing something like that.
Awesome idea, I love the trainees and would really enjoy watching that!
Never have I seen a better example of "famous last words" when it came to the final map, speed and the choice of tome
The literal embodiment of that lmao!
I understand the weapon durability being part of the challenge, but I think the unit doing the map by themself is more important to the challenge, so I think you should just give characters like this an extra of whatever weapon they start with
I also think you should give healers a light tome so we can see them do this challenge too
Yeah, I understand where you're coming from! I'll definitely keep it in mind for future runs!
Agree. Its not very interesting to see them struggle because of weapon use.
@@AvelineMelena Thanks for the input :)
Or Healers start with Stone Magic and a Flux tomb and learn Dark magic before being able to attack =P
@@kratosmvn_ personally I disagree having to play around weapon usage only invites more strategic and fun gameplay
Sage Lute is good for another reason.
She looks DAMN pretty as a Sage. And that is the best reason to go Sage. : 3
You're damn right about that!
True. Sadly, I'm restricted in my current run; it's a max cavalry run, so anyone who has the option to get/keep a mount on promotion, has to go the mounted option, and first priority for promotion items goes to making new mounted units. So no Sage Lute :\
At least my next run is minimum cavalry 😅
@@TheRealMycanthrope
That reminds me of my last run, where I ended up with like 7 mounted units in my main squad. I called it "mounted mania". Sadly, because it was an ironman, in the end only 4 of them survived.
It was absolute pain watching the final boss fight. Gotta appreciate your dedication, my man.
Yeah, it was a CHALLENGE for sure, but glad of the result. Thank you very much. :)
I live for the Knoll slander 😂😂😂 I love him even if he's the butt of all the jokes! I love these runs and I can't wait til the next one!
Glad you enjoy my Knoll slander and the runs haha 😂
One day, Knoll will see his dream come true and finally die in every way imaginable
Nice video, I still remember my first playthrough using Ross and Lute as a frontal monstrosity. Ross becoming a berserker to make traversing easier while carrying Lute if needed. While Lute becomes a sage for healing stave and primal magical damage. Having the support bonuses help a lot at becoming untouchables.
Thank you, yeah having them together supporting each other is such a devastating duo, it's not even funny!
I have another suggestion: Soloing FE8 with a unit from FE7 or FE6. Could make it more interesting to see how these units operate outside of their own games. Like, maybe you could do a solo run with Hector or Lyn or maybe even Roy if you really want a challenge. Just a thought since you’re already replacing Erika and porting units between games is pretty easy.
That's a very good idea! I'll keep this idea in mind for sure because I think you're onto something really fun there, thank you :)
Instead of a death or reset counter, what about a Difficulty rating? How troublesome the character was to work with. Lute did really well but she was super fiddly. The total reset is debatable, since you could potentially consider that "user error" rather than character difficulty, but there's no denying that the early chapters will cause havoc for all players, and that definitely raises the bar on usability.
She may be faster when you finally get her working, but she's the Hare of the old story. Some might prefer the Tortoise, a character who wins slower on paper, but who is consistently safe and easy to use the whole way. I think that adds a useful point of information for viewers, and you could even potentially split into two charts, one for speed of completion and one for ease of completion. It's probably way easier than trying to "weight" speed and difficulty against each other to try forming one wonky chart.
That's an amazing idea. You bring up some great points, I'll definitely consider your input. Thank you 😊
I friggin love your videos my guy. Please don't stop them coming. I started playing Fire Emblem because of you playing my very first game !!
Oh my god! I'm so happy the videos could have this kind of impact, enjoy it my friend! 😊
I think you did a great job explaining why you’re ranking things the way you are. I’m like the ranking in that way! Can’t wait to see the Gerik run when you eventually get there!
Thank you for the feedback! :D
I'm also quite stocked for Gerik as he is one of my favourites.
When you finally took out Fomortiis I started cheering like when they score a goal in soccer
Haha nice! I'm very happy you were invested in the video! 😊
@@kratosmvn_ They're super engaging and making me want to pick back up my old fe8 challenges myself aha! I second a commenter's request for an all trainee run, though personally I'd like to see a Knoll solo (despite what everyone says he's always given me great growths in my many many runs... I ♥ Necromancy)
If I had to replay the last level as many times as you did, I would not have taken that chance to hit with 94% lol. I would fully expect a 94 miss and 54 hit in the same round.
hahahahaha, yeah I try not to get too discouraged cause sometimes it truly is a pain lmao.
Loved the idea of using the extra Units to tank the hits to evade extra uses of weapons because the limitations, you did a great job with that "new" strat. 👍
I know not everyone enjoyed this approach to it, but I'm glad you did :)
@@kratosmvn_ well, I prefer this option against the other one. I will always like the inventative way than a "fixing" one, you know... here at Argentina we have a word for that kind of stuff mentioned as "picardia" something like "cunning" but at the end is something that exist deep within the games, the idea of being limited in some way and achive what you need within that limitations, maybe that is why I really love your videos of Fire Emblem. And about the topic of resets/yes/no that didn't really matter because it won't show any real relevant information cause as you said in the video, most of those resets from zero are related to something you miss which didn't put value on the characters or their RNG nature, if the reset is related to a bad RNG for level up stats it's okey, but otherwise is just... not about the characters or bad luck, is a missplay from your part... that is why the map resets have much more value and information to compare characters, even with that still RNG will be a huge important part of the character resets per map. I can understand that put map resets will require a lot of time so don't bother. At the end what you does is outstanding and took so much time to bother with that kind of nonsense. I really enjoy how you comment the game as you were a football commentor/soccer commentor. Hahahaha that is so funny and hilarious to heard.
@BSO I really appreciate you saying that! Hopefully, the videos can't keep living up to your comment 😄
My go-to promotion for Lute is sage because her sprite looks better
Right!!! I never realized how good her Sage sprite looked!
Great video! The Reset counter could be valued by why you had to do the reset. Let's say you had to reset Vanessa only twice, and it was because something you could have did better. But you had to reset Knoll 6 times because of bad stat rng. Not only did Knoll have to be reset more it was for a much worse reason and would be out of your control. So Resets are based on why and how many was done. Maybe two different types of resets, rng based and personal fluke based. RNG weighs heavier than the later. either way, I'm looking forward to more of these, love your narration!
Thank you! First off, I love that you used Knoll for your example in the bad RNG... because we all know that exact scenario will happen haha.
In all seriousness, you're right that surrounding it by context may be the best way to add that.
@@kratosmvn_ No problem! I'm sure you'll think up a good system for it. The Knoll video, (probably the last one for your sanity I'm guessing) will be glorious I'm sure! I'm just waiting for my girl Amelia, or Ephraim just to get a good comparison to Erika.
Either way, loving the content! Been some fun videos to watch when I get home from work.
@@xShadowbane451 Well thank you! I'm glad you've been enjoying the videos.
I'm very excited to test out Ephraim too, should make for an interesting run!
This showed up in my feed and I wasn't sure if I wanted to watch it. But eventually after like 5 days I was like "OK let's check it out"
10/10, I loved it. I'll surely watch all your future ones
I'm happy you ended up checking it out! Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed.
You should definitely do a Ewan only run
Ewan is on my list for sure, I'd be intrigued to see if he could outpace Lute.
@@kratosmvn_ I feel like he has the potential to
@@destroyt294 Oh yeah for sure!
Seth Solo Run will just be a TH-cam Short
I lowkey wanna do that for the meme now lmao.
I am playing FE8 rn on Normal tho for the first time and Lute is in my team and damn boi that genius slaps.
Truly a GOAT in all my playthroughs!
Of course you can, we're talking about superior skills here.
Lute is SUPERIOR after all!
Great video! I really like this series. Lute is my favorite Fire Emblem character, so this one was peak :)
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :D
Hey dude! Wanted to say, I love your content, and I have started solo running myself because of it. I have already completed a Céline, Dorothea, and Robin solo, and am in middle of an Alear and Chloé maddening one. Thanks for the great content
Yooooo, thank you so much, that means a lot to me! I'm glad you're enjoying it and also enjoying solo running. :D
This was cool and I loved the reset as it gave us a more informed us on how a more informed playthrough also the Tomb Strats I didn't see coming I thought you'd be forced to giver her another so that was realy impressive
Gilliam must have his Vengeance (I also feel bad for ya it'll be slow)
I agree it was nice to get this additional level of context for this run specifically! Gilliam seems to be a popular next choice.
Loving this playthroughs :D For the reset counter, if they are a thing when coming to Late Game, I believe there should be at least a second playthrough on all character, one for the first feelings, and a second with more knowledge about what works. This Lute-s one you can really tell about the optimization process by the experience of the first shot haha
Yeah, I see what you mean, but unless I have to, I'd like to not have to do these runs multiple times. As fun as they are, it would be quite tedious to do each run twice.
Haha I was considering Ivaldi too, mostly for the defense. I like to think I would've checked/calc'd the final boss doubling. When you hyped up that it was finally over so much I almost felt like you were setting up a big twist. I saw it was 93 to hit and was like "...wait does she miss here?" Good for the prodigy she pulled it off.
Yeah, not checking stats ahead of time was my major mistake. I just sometimes assume I know this game well enough and get surprised by little details that never come up when doing regular runs!
Hey, I think you’re channel fits a really cool niche in making digestible fire emblem content. I think you’re gonna blow up pretty soon so keep it up!
I appreciate that :D
Hm
I was going to remark on the choice between Mage Knight and Sage
Because on one hand, I really like Lute as a Sage
Ever since I've first known about Limstella, I've had an admiration for Female Sages in GBA FE games, as they're the only magic unit who can reach 30 stat cap on Mag, the highest anyone can get, so when I knew that Lute was the only possible female sage, my choice was set in stone
Then there was Mage Knight, which now that I'm older, I can see more of the benefits
Movement is generally considered to be the best stat (depending on if you consider it as a stat or not considering it doesn't increase by level up) because it gives you a lot of options, whether offensive or defensive
Then there's speed, which is the next best stat to that, because same as Mov, works both offensive and defensive, with being the source of doubling, and evasion, and Con is sort of connected to that stat
But then I saw the last part of the vid and so nvm, Sage Lute can still double so it's a moot point
Great video! I know she isn’t that good but Marisa is one of my favorite FE characters. Would love to see you try this with her.
Thank you! I'm a huge Marisa fan, so I can't wait to get to her.
Love your channel, dude. Maybe a Neimi solo run could be cool.
Keep it up! Liked. 💸 💰
Thank you very much
#LUTESWEEP!! awesome video, glad to see lute shine! i’m sure someone’s already mentioned this, but i think resets should be counted differently depending on whether they were done because of error in planning or because of level rng that wasn’t good enough. personal error resets don’t really reflect badly on the character as much as they just show how much forethought is needed to get the most out of them. a character with ten planning error resets is still leagues better than a character with five rng resets, i think. anyways, love your videos! can’t wait for the eventual l’arachel sweep where she bonks enemies with her staves until promotion
Thank you so much for the kind words! Can't wait to try something insane with L'arachel lmao. Awesome feedback, you make great points, I'll keep in mind to see if I decide to add the reset counter.
How about an early game unit tag team? Neimi and Natasha? It could be a fun way to make up for healers having no attack to pair them with someone similarly hard to use early. I think it might be a neat change of pace from solo challenge runs.
That's a pretty neat idea. Thanks for the heads up.
Love the video dude! Sacred Stones was my favorite Fire Emblem game as a kid and I dumped so many hours into it. Keep up the great content
Thank you so much! I love FE8 too, one of my favs for sure.
Not sure if someone has said this already, but the reason you didn't S rank Anima before your promotion is because you can't S rank any weapon proficiency until you promote. It will stop at A rank.
If I remember correctly the trainee units weapon proficiency stops at C rank before you promote them for the first tjme.
No one said anything, but thank you for the info. I had NO idea, I'll have to keep that in mind for future runs!
I can totally see some people not noticing as most people probably don't look at the weapon proficiency screen often.
I only really noticed it because I used Erika and Ephraim a lot in my many playthroughs over the years and noticed that the bar that fills up to signify weapon experience didn't fill for them after they reached A rank. Though when they promote they get a bit of weapon experience.
I kinda like that they do this as it shows the unpromoted characters can't their full potential until promotion.
@@chaossnowkitsune6377 it's great that it does happen. I'll keep an eye on that for future runs.
I think the current format (turn/time) is good as is! Trying to account for deaths/resets seems like a lot of work for not a lot of payout.
Thanks for the feedback! It's duly noted :)
Amazing series as always. Omg 376 turns for solo run was unbelievable.
Thank you very much! I was also very surprised by how little turns it took.
I say no to the seset counte, because when units have multiple weapon types and use choose the "wrong" Sacred weapon, it's not truly a reflection on the unit. And that'll probably become prevalent when you use start using cavalry, or a general that can use all three weapon classes.
That is very fair! Thank you for the feedback.
"I'm afraid I can't let you threaten my natural superiority." - Lute
😂😂😂
These types of runs are so much fun! I'm really enjoying these.
As a side note, at one point, I started a Summons only run, where the idea is that I try to get to Ewan and Knoll and promote them to Summoner asap and then only use the summons for the rest of the game. Obviously, this would probably be impossible in a normal run, so it'll be heavily RNG manipulated, which I think is fine in this context.
I've been wondering for a while whether I should hack in Ewan as Eirika and train him up or just slug it out using everyone and get to Ch12 asap.
In the end, I'm guessing the first option is the best, because then you can start training Ewan up right away and get to Summoner and start the actual 'challenge'. It's a little sad though, because I've routed the game all the way up to Ch9 of Ephraim route (and well, with Ewan as Eirika, no Ephraim route for you).
I'm glad you enjoy the videos! 😊
As for your summoner run I would hack Ewan in from the start personally, but that's just me!
@@kratosmvn_ That sounds like a good idea! I downloaded FE Builder and honestly, I can't seem to figure it out properly. I managed to get Eirika as Ewan, with the items he starts out with, but I couldn't fix his exp gain. How would I fix that. Or alternatively, should I use a different tool to hack Ewan in?
I remember playing through SS the first time and my Lute always got +1 on EVERYTHING EVERYTIME so she was my best unit in the game. I just thought this was the coding because of her title. Nope, she just got lucky every time. My friends didn't complain because she paved the way for my love of other units in future games.
She can be quite the menace and when it happens she does some good work.
Very worth. *Puts glasses on Amelia solo.*
I mean, we'll have to see, cause Amelia Solo might be a tough time...
Lute was my MVP on my first playthrough! I love mages so much they ended like monsters at the end of the game 😂
Yeah, Lute is a monster in most of my playthroughs.
I love that TH-cam decides to recommend more FE stuff now that I started playing it agian after like 10 years. Lovely video concept x)
Glad you enjoyed the video. It's great that you indulge in this re-emerging passion also through TH-cam.
Lowest con in the game is actually a perk for mounted units. They can rescue the heaviest units in the game which is useful. I don't give body rings to anyone who has a mount as a result.
That's right! I never thought of it this way.
I don't think a reset counter is too relevant, unless it's down to bad level ups alone. It seems to me that the strength of a character within the context of a solo run shouldn't be tied to how long it takes to find the correct strategy for them. Lute shouldn't be "penalized" because you tried an Ivaldi route (although I also liked the idea of an Ivaldi route on its face), and it didn't work out. Each character should be evaluated based on how well they complete the run *with their optimal strategy in place* (for some loose definition of "optimal").
True, I think it may be nice to track, but maybe not give them any value as to the ranking since you're right that if it comes down to mistakes it's not 'fair' to the character. I had so much faith in the Ivaldi strat haha, turns out I was wrong.
@@kratosmvn_ It's so easy to overlook something in a full-game playthrough too! I'm a big fan of a Pokemon solo challenge runner (shoutout to Jrose11), and despite him having done dozens of them, he still has to restart and reapproach certain sections of the game for each Pokemon. Each solo run is going to be different, and that's what makes them fun! But it also makes these one-shot style challenges tricky to plan for, so it doesn't make much sense to evaluate based on those external factors. Can always still use them as a tie-breaker if you feel like two are close anyways!
Big shoutout to Jrose, huge inspiration for me! I agree with everything you're saying there.
I love how my Boy Seth carries the early game of this Lute Solo run truly a goat
Seth always gotta flex that he's the top dog somehow lol
Gilliam: *dies*
Knoll: first time?
I love these videos, and wanted to try my own Ross run. Is there a chance you could explain how to change the main character sometime?
That is a very good idea! I'll defo get on that asap for you all!
@@kratosmvn_ that'd be amazing! Thank you in advance
The format is perfect as is
Thank you for the feedback!
"I'm definitely gonna double the final boss and the one point of damage won't matter." And then...
Famous last words 😭🤣
I think the addition of a reset counter would be interesting but not entirely necessary, I don't think it would influence much in the overall ranking?? But that's just my take... this was a great video I really am loving your FE8 solo runs ❤️❤️ you have to do Knoll next seeing just how good Lute was haha
Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. Despite my dread when it comes to Knoll, I'm still intrigued at how well he'll do in the end.
Gilliam next for his sacrifice, then it’s knoll time
Gilliam may be a good contender for next!
love the content!:)
I'm glad you enjoyed it :D
Lute in this walkthrough: Lute, or Lutaya (Fierce from Russian), sharp as a sickle blow to the balls, and hard as a hammer blow. A living Renei coat of arms. They say it's impossible to kill this bastard at all
W video I look forward to the next one
Thank you , glad you enjoyed 😊
Hello Kratos, I know this video is a little old but I have a challenge for you. Would it be possible to beat the game by only using iron weapons? Thanks you for your content, I've always loved Fire Emblem and your videos remind of my childhood. Keep doing good!
That's actually a really fun and great idea, I'll definitely explore it at some point. Thank you for the kind words :)
Oh! Just to make sure you know this, but there is another thing to take note of in this game! Certain classes have different stat caps depending on their gender. For instance Lute's max magic stat is thirty as a Sage while the guys have 28. There are a good number of other instances of this. Usual only a point or two difference, but as we saw here That can make all the difference
Thanks for the heads up! I had read about that somewhere before, but I had forgotten until now.
Probably one of the most worrying ones in my eyes is Amelia as a Paladin. Her max strength stat in that class is 23 instead of 25 like the guys. Though... considering she will most likely be using the S rank Lance which raises strength by five I believe it might not be too bad.
On an unrelated note: I still stand by what I said on the Ross video and say Colm might straight up be impossible due to the chapter 1 boss. Unless Seth's steal sword can give him the damage output needed.
@@chaossnowkitsune6377 S rank lance vidofnir gives +5 defense, not +5 strength. It's Eirika and Ephraim's legend weapons that give +5 strength. And for amelia run he may actually want to run her as either general or great knight so she can S rank axes to use garm for its +5 speed
Include a reset counter because it's fun but don't have it affect the ranking - the more you play consistently, the lower those resets will be which will skew the results.
Thank you for the feedback :)
I have a question. Do you suppose you could try a solo run with other gba Fire Emblem characters? Would that even work? Maybe if you could replace the brace with their promo items or only use the promo items after you get the brace? Is this possible?
I'd argue that going Sage and getting light magic helps a lot in the late game as well
Yes, that is also very true!
Videos are amazing!
Thank you very much, I'm glad you're enjoying!
Given how much guff people give Amelia, it really does show that it's a very easy time to play with her. Or is it more just that Lute's just so fragile by even magic user standards?
Good backlog of videos to go through. Reminds me of my old friends and I how we'd focus so drastically different in team dynamics and who to invest in.
Glad you're enjoying the videos. I think Lute is just very frail and low con paired with the weight of tomes can make things a little trickier.
I’d likely find a reset counter interesting. Even if certain resets may be do to mistakes, the fact that a run can be killed in however many ways is notable to the difficulty of a character. It might also give more context to the time on the scores. A run that has to reset has the advantage of having its routing refined in a way that a first try wouldn’t.
So it would be interesting to see, for instance, if there were two runs close to fastest if one might have been significantly more difficult to figure out.
Thank you for your input! :D
Of Course!!!! She is superior after all
The prodigy on all levels.
I'm not surprised a mage was able to out do a beast like your last video
Magic users in the GBA games are truly busted haha.
I had a feeling how things would go when you mentioned choosing Ivaldi over Excalibur...
Yeah, I should have known hahaha
I've seen the Ross run. I've seen to Amelia run...is there a Ewan run? (If not you MIGHT have to hack in an extra tome or two for him before Chapter 4)
There isn't an Ewan run, and Amelia run yet from me, but there will be one down the line for sure.
Something that might be helpful for fliers is that in chapter nine if you rescue all the villages you get another Angelic robe. Though nobody other the the four fliers(Six of you count the Glen and Valter) in the game will be able to make use of this as I think it is literally impossible to make it to both in time otherwise.
Don't worry I know about the angelic robe! Gonna be fun to devise a plan to be able to save both villages!
Ah okay. I just wanted to make sure as I was just replaying the game and got it. I had completely forgotten about it until it happened.
Keep it how it is, also do Franz next he's my favorite fe8 unit
Love Franz too, can't wait to get to him.
@@kratosmvn_ Ah sick! I want him to be the next one too since he's always overshadowed by Seth.
On the reset counter: Interesting to track, but I don't think it should have a ranking impact.
It seems to be the prevalent thought so far. Good thing to track, but maybe not give it any weight.
Comment for the Alg-Gods. Thanks for the content, man.
Thank you for the comment! Glad you're enjoying the content 😊
Honestly I don't think a reset counter would work too well because ultimately a lot of the time a reset is caused by user error rather than the unit itself.
Very true, especially in my case lmao.
If you think about it, Ivaldi is also +3 speed because it weighs 3 less :)
Yeah, but Excalibur's +5 passive speed technically makes it an 8 weight tome. And I hadn't thought about that lmao.
@@kratosmvn_ Made the comment before the end. Excalibur def is the play. The 19 spd making it just above doubling limit is so tilting lmao
@@bolognious2263 It's like right there haha
You already did Ross, but consider: General Amelia!
Do you, but Amelia's my fave trainee.
Amelia is on my list soon enough I'll get to her.
Sages being able to use light magic was my favorite part of this game.
It really makes them that much stronger, gotta love it.
In regards to Defense vs Speed, my Matthew says you can't hit what you can't see lol
I mean that's not untrue at all lmao
Flowers for Ivaldi Lute💐💐💐😭
She tried so hard, but ultimately couldn't do it 😭
I love Knoll but all the slander is absolutely deserved
He's as durable as a wet paper tissue, I've seen him die too many times to low percent crits that I just don't expect much else from him
My expectations for him usually are quite low! 😂
Why would you cheese strat and use other units as tanks instead of just adding fire tombs to the armory or an extra in Seth's inventory? I mean Lute is already hacked to be the main character, idk why an extra fire tomb is out of the question.
It's not out of the question, I was trying to stay as close as possible to 'What if you start the game with Lute'... A lot of people did suggest adding a tome and such, and others seem to prefer what I did. I'm gonna take in all the feedback and see what I end up settling on for future run where this is an issue. If anything it would have just made Lute's run quicker.
I'm excited for ewan or amelia
They will be very interesting runs for sure.
Future runs I am really looking forward to are as follows:
Dozla: Mostly because I think he is just a bad character. His stats are pretty bad. Sure he will probably do pretty well in the early game... provided he can make it through to chapter two without breaking his starting weapon.
Arthur: Because Bishop is broken late game so should be fun.
Gerik: he's got pretty good stats, starts with a hero crest and can become a hero. So should be interesting.
One final one would be Myrrh. Though considering it is literally impossible to do this with just her 50 uses of her Dragon stone maybe give her access to some of the monster "weapons" as she can use them if you use a glitch to give them to her. Or alternatively just give yourself a bunch of Dragon stones and see how many break before you beat the game.
Those are all very interesting runs! I'd love to try them all out for sure. In the case of Myrrh, I'm still working out the how I'll approach that one lmao.
Understandable for Myrrh. Would be best to make sure you have something that will work.That
... And randomly I was just hit with a rather amusing idea. Not sure if you would be able to do this, but a run as the Demon King would be amusing.
"How fast can the Demon King destroy his imposter!?"
Or something like that.
See, I don't need to watch this video, because I already know the answer. I've done it on every single playthrough, after all.
25:17 this map sucks for some and is a joke to others, but, hey it’s possible with enough luck
Sure sucks the dragonstone is only 1 range though
I'm truly terrified that it might be a major roadblock down the line.
A good April fools video would be to do a myrrh solo with an infinite dragonstone
That's a pretty fun idea ngl!
Would you be willing to try this with knoll? Summoner class seems like it might be interesting for this run
As much as I rag on Knoll, eventually I'll have to get to him haha
curious what other fe games u play and u could include heroes if u play that?
I have played all the GBA games, Tellius Games, Awakening, Shadow Dragons, Echoes, Three Houses and Engage. Still a few to play in the series mainly older titles and 3DS titles. I have never played Heroes, but would be interested to try at some point.
Fun fact Ross and Garcia are homages to Dragonquests Ortega and his son.
I never knew! Thanks for the fun fact. Dragon quest is a series I'd love to get into some day!
How? other than Ortega using an Axe and being Erdrick's father, there isn't anything those two duos share
@@GribbleGob If you don't realize that Sacred Stones is FULL of homages from other fantasy style games, and is a lot different in story compared to its predecessors and done intentionally, then I don't know what to tell you friend.
@@ThatGuyThai You still haven't told me how having an axe and a son is a direct reference to DQIII other than being a passing similarity. but keep being a snob about your imagination instead of actually elaborating. people like you ruined Fire Emblem.
For runs like Lute, Artur, Knoll, and other magic users and other users of rare/later game weapon types-I say you just allow yourself to have extra base level equipment 'early' at the prep screen armory prices, which are already a ripoff. Maybe throw away the silver lance seth starts with so you can't sell it to buy more gear for your soloing unit? The stuff you did with lute and shuffling around Seth and rushing to seize the gates/thrones is interesting, but will almost certainly just get really obnoxious to do repeatedly, especially with weaker units or ones that can't counter at range 1, like Neimi or innes, and I think it's more interesting to see the units you are soloing with actually take out most/all of the enemies on the maps. Also-having to use Seth for tanking/rescuing and escorting Lute to the bosses to rush the thrones/gates sort of goes against the spirit of the solo run since it's really supposed to be unit vs the world, not unit+guard/chauffeur Seth vs the world for the first few maps, as well as using other units as decoys to lure away other enemies like with gilliam in chapter 3
'We use the solo unit in place of Eirika, so we always use eirika's route as well to keep the solo unit.' It's gonna be interesting to see you do an Ephraim solo run lol
Mage knight lute-honestly I've always gone sage lute, seems much better to me, and lute actually wants the high magic cap because she's definitely going to either hit it or get close. Also using the convoy glitch to give Lute stone so she can use all types of magic which is always fun
light rank S for sage lute-ehhh, I don't agree here. Light might help against the gorgons and other dark magic monsters, and lyon to an extent, but it's a lot heavier than anima tomes, especially the higher tier tomes, and they all have less uses and might for their weapons vs equal level anima tomes. The +5 crit from S rank and +5 crit with thunder tome would make getting crits against most regular enemies and monsters more likely, which I think is the bigger deal for solo runs since you have to have your single unit solo every single enemy they have to face, so having a good chance to crit and one shot an enemy to save time, weapon uses, and reduce chance of getting hit with a counter attack. I know light tomes also have slightly boosted crit rates, but the low constitution lute has makes her take a larger speed penalty from using light tomes, especially the higher tier ones that are much heavier
forgetting metis tome-not that big of a deal really, she does have some extra levels to grow with boosted growth rates, but I don't think it would have made too big of a difference in the end.
The final map and first attempt rushing to attack fomortiis-why didn't you heal? It's a different map/chapter (or at least I count it as a different map/chapter since the map does change and it's clearly a sequence of 2 maps for the final section of the game, not a single map), so the '1 healing item per map' self rule you have would still have allowed you to grab another elixir to heal up.
Later-yep, called it that excalibur would have been a better choice for the doubling factor, as well as the better damage. Also-it's actually a difference of 2 damage because of the x2 sacred weapon might to monsters/demon king. But big, big oof of having to restart the run at the end because of using S light rather than S anima. At least Lute v2 was much better in stats than v1, aside from HP. Good job with being more tactical on the final map by doing stuff like going outside of the dracozombie range to prevent it from attacking you as well
for future runs-units that don't/can't reach 22-23 speed are going to have an *really* rough time against fomortiis because of not being able to double him. Axes units and anima mages will have a much easier time reaching that speed because of Garm and Excalibur both boosting speed by 5, so for units that have class sets that can use Axes or Anima magic, that may be a factor worth considering of getting them to S Axe/anima to use Garm/Excailbur vs the demon king and other late game monsters. Reset counter could be interesting to see, but not necessarily needed. Could also be demoralizing to you to see how high it gets for some units, especially on the last maps
Thank you for the comment, very insightful stuff. I'll keep the idea of giving an extra tome in mind for future runs.
Yeah, any unit that won't be able to get that 23 speed consistently will have a tough time against the final boss for sure.
9:46 Lute: WE NEED SOME HEAT MAN!
okay so if u are planning to do a solo run in heroes as I said, 3 dancers and one of your favorite unit of your choice. lets say u like caeda? u go for red orbs. if u want like cordeilla a lance flier unit u go for blue. if u want nohr maid felecia, u go for colorless white orbs, and if u want like cherche an axe flier unit, go for green orbs. but anyways I go more tips when I see u upload fire emblem heroes then I know u have some interest
"Tellius Games, Awakening, Shadow Dragons, Echoes, Three Houses and Engage" so about those games and if u play fire emblem heroes? I was wondering if u could do a solo challenge for each of them? like shadow dragon caeda, engaged alear only with no rings, and radiant dawn could be only mia. awakening solo fredrick. and if u play fire emblem heroes? mabe your favorite unit of your choice and 3 dancers for events
I'm planning to get my hands on all those other games in due time! So hopefully I get to those runs soon enough :)
You should really try cycling your save slots. Normally I save to the next slot down (going back to the first when I hit the third) every time to avoid stuff like losing the Guiding Ring, but this shows it might also be a good idea to alternate between two save slots and keep a third where you haven't gotten an S rank for characters with multiple weapon types like this.
Yeah, it's a great idea. I should be a little more careful on that front.
Hey, did you know that a units weapon skills will not be raised to S rank before promotion?
I didn't know at the time, but now I do.
I would say the reset counters could be added just as a nice quick visualization of which characters are easier/more consistent than others. Like yeah an optimal lute was faster than other characters but that doesn't mean she's easier to run.
That's fair! Thanks for the feedback, I'll take it into account.
Weirdly Lute is a character that I never really used in my SS playthroughs. Not sure why, maybe her personality just doesn’t jive with me 😅 She definitely seems like a beast from this run!
It took me a while to warm up to her initially, but she can very hit or miss for regular runs since her personality can be quite off putting
She is indeed a beast!
I love fe8 runs so much!
It's a great game :D
tana solo run? and if u have action replay I was thinking a gorgon or arch mogall solo run?
I can't wait to try Tana! Maybe at some point I'll try monster runs for sure.