#and they could all FLY so they werent even impeded by the woods. it just made it harder for them to hit you.

[orcelito]

Sometimes I REALLY hate this game (aka. Fire emblem in general)

I've been going through all the training battles before I go onto the main thing for chapter 12. For completionism and also bc I fucking Need the training, holy shit

Anyways I got one for the rainy map from chapter 11. Aka where I was running my life. It was awful then, but WAY WAY WAY WORSE now. Bc they skattered my army across the entire map, some of whom are Very squishy, and gave us over twice as many enemies as I had units, almost all flying, and All of them advanced classes

It was a massacre. Unit after unit falling. Me desperately trying to get the survivors across the map so they could help each other survive. Hiding in the woods in hopes of them missing me, bc being out in the open is a death sentence.

One by one, my units fell. My Healers all fell. My Mages all fell. A few lingered through luck alone... but then it was down to 3. From an original 12.

Me, Alcryst, and Louis. I'd been trying to protect Alcryst bc he's my archer and there were SO. SO SO SO many fliers. I never did get him over to me. I sent Louis over to assist me bc my ass kept DYING & that gets a game over lol. So imagine a dragon princess just guzzling potions in the woods as her armor friend throws javelins over her shoulder. I made it work.

Poor fucking Alcryst though. Stuck in the woods alone, having watched the 3 around him all fall, clinging to his mini bow bc he was literally SURROUNDED and couldn't attack anything otherwise. Also guzzling potions. The literal only reason he didn't fucking die was luck alone. Those fucking woods, man. They made all the difference.

Not that it stopped me from dying like 4 times from like 13% chance hits :) I used that time reversal feature more in this battle than I have Ever before in this game.

#speculation nation #engage spoilers/ #genuinely surprised i won that bc i still had like 10 enemies left when it was down to just 3 #once the last healer went down i was Convinced i was gonna lose. but i kept going anyways bc im stubborn #see the problem is that positioning is everything in this game. especially on hard mode. #the squishies gotta go behind the higher defense units. healing the higher defense units so they can take all the hits #you have to be careful with your surroundings. pay attention to who can reach who. and account for it. #but this map? there was none of that. there was absolutely no hiding anywhere. bc the enemies were EVERYWHERE #and they could all FLY so they werent even impeded by the woods. it just made it harder for them to hit you. #so all the squishes died so quickly. i tried to protect them the best i could but they were gone Just Like That #Louis was the literal only one who was unbothered but that's bc he's got a Godly level of defense. i love armored units. #i felt so bad for Alcryst. the moment where he was surrounded on all four sides by enemies & below 25% health #i selected his unit and he made this miserably terrified noise. a resigned fear like he Knew he was going to die #that's the moment i switched him to the mini bow. had him down a vulnerary. and was like. Good Luck. #and he somehow managed to pull through!!!! it was very Very close. #like. man this entire battle was almost cinematic for how disastrous it was. yet how i still managed to pull through. #says smth about how good i am at this game maybe. hard mode will Not keep me down #also yea yea i know i dont Have to play hard mode. listen. i enjoy being forced to think extra hard about tactics #i love fire emblem For The Tactics. if it's too easy it's no fun! #i love a good challenge. unfortunately this time wasnt even that fun bc i didnt get anything good in the end :/ #just battle experience. for the handful that survived lmfao. #but you know what i made it through and that's what matters.