Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Draft (Spoilers Ahoy)

Yeah I forgot about the Rescue Staff, and if I hadn't I likely could have done so, with a bit of creativity. Still, a 4 turn clear is pretty decent in my book.

I really wish I could emulate this:

However, due to a complete lack of dragons, Lehran, laguz royals not named Nailah, and the ability to perform multiple triangle attacks, it appears it will take me two turns to subdue Ashera once.

And by that I mean all that's left is for Ike to strike the finishing blow, but I'm tired and don't want to watch the epilogue and such tonight. Conclusion tomorrow.

Ooh, hold on, in this difficulty mode she only recovers 10 health when showing off her immortality, not all of it. All right, Danved, Fiona, Sothe, Nailah, and Leonardo, take your best shots before Ike ends it!

HUMILIATION

edited 9th Jul '12 11:31:29 PM by montagohalcyon

FINISHED!!

• 4-E-1: 3 turns
• 4-E-2: 1 turn
• 4-E-3: 1 turn
• 4-E-4: 1 turn
• 4-E-5: 2 turns
• Total: 8 turns

• Combined Final Total: 271 turns

Considering it was my first time through every chapter past 3-1, I think I did quite well. I can repost my record for any prior individual chapter or Part if anyone's curious and doesn't want to search the thread, btw.

Top 5 units were Gatrie, Ike, Shinon, Edward, Nephenee. I am okay with this. Congrats to Edward for making 2nd despite not being a Greil affiliate.

So where does this put me so far? I didn't make note of DC and asterism's final totals, which I should have.

Getting started with Rebirth, I bring everyone in my party save Renning, which is Ike, Sothe, Micaiah, Kurthnaga, Ena, Skrimir, Naesala, Janaff, Rhys, Volug, Titania, Nolan, Elincia, Lucia, and Rolf.

I'll post stats and stuff before the 4-E-5, right before the battle with Ashera.

Gah... Not used to a party this big, or with this many Laguz. More manpower I suppose...

Managed a 3 turn clear of Rebirth 1, with Naesala killing Lekain, and Ike finishing Hetzel. Micaiah made herself useful thanks to Thani, though she got silenced at the end of turn 2. The dragons sadly didn't do much, the time constraints heavily limiting their usefulness. Everyone else helped in ripping through the enemies, so the increased workforce did help the chapter end faster.

Gave Kurth Ire for better damage and Ena Imbue because lol40MagicCap. Ike then smashed the BK's head in with the Hammer for a 1 turn clear.

Will finish off Endgame tomorrow hopefully.

So, some family stuff came up and I can't finish for a little while. Possibly next week.

I won't be able to finish tonight, despite what I said. Stuff came up, and it sapped most of my free time, so I'll hopefully be able to finish tomorrow for real.

Alright then, time to finish off this draft! To start, These are the weapons being blessed by the Beorc units save Ike (just them, since Laguz aren't exactly changeable).

• Micaiah - Thani
• Rhys - Rexaura
• Nolan - Tarvos
• Titania - Urvan
• Rolf - Double Bow
• Elincia - Amiti
• Lucia - Wyrmslayer (will make 4-E-3 faster, and isn't a horrid weapon on it's own).
• Sothe - Baselard

I didn't expect Dheginsea to be so easy. I took him out in 2 turns (no herons meant that's the best I could manage), but I didn't need the Wyrmslayer at all, so I should likely have blessed a Brave Sword for Lucia. Ah well. Skrimir, Naesala, and Ike with Ragnell and a Blood Tide boost from Ena were all I needed to take him down.

Lehran fell just as easily, on the 2nd turn as well. Skrimir did the deed himself this time, the super awesome lion prince being able to one round him, after the spirits around him were taken care of.

Here are my units stats, before I finish off Ashera. Laguz stats are for when transformed, and bold means capped.

• Ike, Level 20 Vanguard - 65 hp, 37 str, 9 mag, 40 skill, 37 spd, 26 luck, 32 def, 15 res

• Micaiah, Level 5 Light Priestess - 47 hp, 20 str, 36 mag, 27 skill, 29 spd, 40 luck, 22 def, 35 res

• Sothe, Level 15 Whisper - 49 hp, 28 str, 15 mag, 38 skill, 37 spd, 35 luck, 21 def, 25 res

• Kurthnaga, Level 40 Black Dragon - 75 hp, 46 str, 18 mag, 24 skill, 32 spd, 30 luck, 44 def, 38 res

• Ena, Level 37 Red Pink Dragon - 70 hp, 40 str, 40 mag, 30 skill, 26 spd, 29 luck, 28 def, 40 res

• Skrimir, Level 40 Lion - 80 hp, 48 str, 10 mag, 26 skill, 34 spd, 28 luck, 46 def, 18 res

• Naesala, Level 40 Raven - 67 hp, 40 str, 20 mag, 44 skill, 50 spd, 30 luck, 34 def, 38 res

• Rhys, Level 20 Saint - 50 hp, 25 str, 36 mag, 30 skill, 30 spd, 35 luck, 22 def, 40 res

• Titania, Level 20 Gold Knight - 55 hp, 34 str, 18 mag, 35 skill, 33 spd, 30 luck, 28 def, 22 res

• Nolan, Level 20 Reaver - 68 hp, 40 str, 10 mag, 36 skill, 35 spd, 30 luck, 30 def, 20 res

• Volug, Level 40 Wolf - 40 str, 14 mag, 46 skill, 36 spd, 35 luck, 30 def, 14 res

• Elincia, Level 20 Queen - 50 hp, 30 str, 25 mag, 32 skill, 33 spd, 40 luck, 22 def, 34 res

• Lucia, Level 20 Trueblade - 50 hp, 31 str, 20 mag, 40 skill, 40 spd, 33 luck, 23 def, 26 res

• Janaff, Level 40 Hawk - 65 hp, 38 str, 10 mag, 46 skill, 42 spd, 35 luck, 32 def, 20 res

• Rolf, Level 20 Marksman - 60 hp, 36 str, 9 mag, 40 skill, 34 spd, 30 luck, 32 def, 25 res

• Nasir, Level 34 White Dragon - 74 hp, 14 str, 48 mag, 26 skill, 16 spd, 19 luck, 24 def, 42 res

And that's that. Now time to slay a goddess!

Ashera is destroyed in two turns, and that concludes this draft run. Here are the Top Five units in the run, as well as my final Draft turncount.

• 5th - Volug, 87 wins
• 4th - Rolf, 95 wins
• 3rd - Nolan, 130 wins
• 2nd - Ike, 137 wins
• 1st - Titania 140 wins

My final turncount is 259 Turns (checked the Combat Records in extras so I wouldn't risk fudging any math). This was quite fun, since I had to deal with a situation that I was not used to (namely trying to manage all my BEXP with the crazy number of Laguz I drafted, as well as trying to get good turncounts), and it made going through the game far trickier than it usually is.

edited 12th Jul '12 1:22:17 PM by Alfric

Very nice!

You might want to check the turns yourself, actually, because I noticed in the epilogue the game was adding a turn on a few chapters (don't remember which, but it's probably like the GBA installments tacking on for defense missions). Since I didn't go by that it'd put you at a disadvantage...

...Except that doesn't really matter since I'm pretty sure you beat us all anyway. Congrats!

Thanks! Both for the congrats and for the turncount warning. I added them myself and it's 256 turns total without the games added turns for defense chapters.

Playing RD for turns is apparently a new thing for me, since I checked the rest of the turncounts in the records (I also checked and saw that I've now beaten the game 18 times) and the lowest turncount after the draft is a 470 turn clear of the game, with the highest reaching over 800 turns.