History TheComputerIsACheatingBastard / FireEmblem

* For ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' there are Feral Ones, enemy Laguz units that always have their transform gauges fully maxed and is therefore always transformed. Keep in mind (most) playable Laguz units have requirement of keeping their transform gauges to be combat-efficient and not easy to be defeated. Not that it matters much though since Laguz usually only can attack from 1 range (except for Radiant Dawn's Dragons which has 1-2 range), but it's a deliberate unfair advantage given that is necessary since otherwise players would easily kill the enemy Laguz units when they're in their weaker, untransformed states. It also helps that there is a plot justification for this one: making a Laguz into a Feral One requires crossing a MoralEventHorizon, which the heroes are obviously unwilling to do.

* Many arena opponents have stats higher than the stat caps their particular class is supposed to have. In addition, Murdock from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'', Fargus, Maxime, Limstella, [[CameBackWrong Brendan, and Darin]] from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]'', and [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Takumi]]]] from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates: Conquest]]'' all break the playable HP cap for Generals, Berserkers, Paladins, Sages, Warriors, Generals again, and [[spoiler:Snipers]], respectively (though the last case is justified because [[spoiler:he's been possessed by a divine dragon]]). Limstella also gets more Defense and Resistance than playable Sages can have on Normal difficulty (in Hard, she loses this due to erroneously being assigned the normal Sage class). Enemy Manaketes in Chapter 24 and the Endgame of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' get more Skill and Speed than is possible for playable Manaketes. Finally, enemies in the {{Brutal Bonus Level}}s of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' also get to break the playable stat caps.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', enemy units have infinite uses for their weapons and staves. Additionally, any enemy until ''Genealogy'' holding weapons with different ranges will automatically switch between them when attacked so they can counterattack you no matter what, when your characters are stuck with whatever weapon they currently have equipped no matter what range the enemy attacks from.

* For ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' there are Feral Ones, enemy Laguz units that always have their transform gauges fully maxed and is therefore always transformed. Keep in mind (most) playable Laguz units have requirement of keeping their transform gauges to be combat-efficient and not easy to be defeated. Not that it matters much though since Laguz usually only can attack from 1 range (except for Radiant Dawn's Dragons which has 1-2 range), but it's a deliberate unfair advantage given that is necessary since otherwise players would easily kill the enemy Laguz units when they're in their weaker, untransformed states.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', enemy units have infinite uses for their weapons and staves. Additionally, any enemy in ''Genealogy'' holding weapons with different ranges will automatically switch between them when attacked so they can counterattack you no matter what, when your characters are stuck with whatever weapon they currently have equipped no matter what range the enemy attacks from.

* Taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' with [[HarderThanHard Infernal]] and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Abyssal]] in regards to stats. On Abyssal, expect to see units with 70+ HP and Armor Knights hit the HP Cap.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' has a few tricks that could be described as "The Computer is a Cheating Bastard: The Video Game", namely the Lunatic+ difficulty (which gives the already intense Lunatic enemies skills that are incredibly powerful, such as Luna+, an always-active skill that halves your physical and magical defense) and the map "Apotheosis", which pits you against multiple waves of enemies with +30 modifiers (A little note, the best modifier you can get is +11 and that takes selective breeding of units. You can get Limit Breaker, to increase all your caps by 10, but that takes a skill slot) and adds the final boss's Dragonskin skill (negates Lethality (a OneHitKill) and Counter (returns adjacent damage) as well as halving damage taken) and Lunatic+ skills like Aegis+ and Pavise+. There is even a never-missing, Nosferatu (HP-vamping spell) wielding boss who has 99 LCK and Miracle (can save a unit who takes a fatal hit if above 1HP, activation chance equal to their LCK stat).
** Not to mention the enemy-forged weapons. Players are allowed a total of 8 Forging Points, with a maximum of 5 points in any given stat (+5 MT, +25 HIT, or +15 CRT). A basic forged weapon by the enemy uses 6 points (+4MT, +10 HIT)... they have a better "Hack Forge" that uses 12 (+8MT, +20 HIT). Expect this forge on just about everything on Lunatic.
* Also in ''Fates'' is a Sorcerer boss capable of using staves.[[note]]This is only an InformedAbility in ''Birthright'' and ''Revelation'', but he puts this ability to deadly use in ''Conquest''.[[/note]] Sorcerers can normally only do that in the DS remakes of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon'' and ''Mystery of the Emblem''; none of the sorcerers ''the player'' can have will be able to use staves.

** ''Fates'' also has quite a few enemy-exclusive weapons, including more types of 1-2 range weapons than the players can buy for themselves. Notable since most 1-2 range swords, lances, and axes were nerfed heavily in ''Fates'' to account for BreakableWeapons being averted.

* Taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' with [[HarderThanHard Infernal]] and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Abyssal]] in regards to stats. On Abyssal, expect to see units with 70+ HP and Fridges hit the HP Cap.

** Not to mention the enemy-forged weapons. Players are allowed a total of 8 Forging Points, with a maximum of 5 points in any given stat (+5 MT, +25 HIT, or +15 CRT). A basic forged weapon by the enemy uses 6 points (+4MT, +10 HIT)... they have a better "[[FanNickname Hack Forge]]" that uses 12 (+8MT, +20 HIT). Expect this forge on just about everything on Lunatic.

* Taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' with [[HarderThanHard Infernal]] and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Abyssal]] in regards to stats. On Abyssal, expect to see units with 70+ HP and [[FanNickname Fridges]] hit the HP Cap.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''L

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', [[spoiler:Shamir]], an enemy Sniper faced on Crimson Flower, manages to stack the Bowrange+1 and Bowrange+2, abilities, giving her bow a combined range bonus of ''three tiles''. Not only do the two abilities not usually stack, but Bowrange+2 is locked to the Bow Knight Master Class, meaning that a Sniper shouldn't have it.

** Chapter 18 Hubert can cast Miasma Delta 80 times. 80 times. Let that sink in.

* Many arena opponents have stats higher than the stat caps their particular class is supposed to have. In addition, Murdock from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'', Fargus, Maxime, Limstella, [[CameBackWrong Brendan, and Darin]] from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]'', and [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Takumi]]]] from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates: Conquest]]'' all break the playable HP cap for Generals, Berserkers, Paladins, Sages, Warriors, Generals again, and [[spoiler:Snipers]], respectively (though the last case is [[spoiler: Justified because it's the final boss]]). Limstella also gets more Defense and Resistance than playable Sages can have on Normal difficulty (in Hard, she loses this due to erroneously being assigned the normal Sage class). Enemy Manaketes in Chapter 24 and the Endgame of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' get more Skill and Speed than is possible for playable Manaketes. Finally, enemies in the {{Brutal Bonus Level}}s of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' also get to break the playable stat caps.

* Many arena opponents have stats higher than the stat caps their particular class is supposed to have. In addition, Murdock from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'', Fargus, Maxime, Limstella, [[CameBackWrong Brendan, and Darin]] from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]'', and [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Takumi]]]] from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates: Conquest]]'' all break the playable HP cap for Generals, Berserkers, Paladins, Sages, Warriors, Generals again, and [[spoiler:Snipers]], respectively (though the last case is [[spoiler: Justified because it's the final boss]]). Limstella also gets more Defense and Resistance than playable Sages can have on Normal difficulty (in Hard, she loses this due to erroneously being assigned the normal Sage class). Xemcel from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' gets more Skill and Speed than is possible for playable Manaketes. Finally, enemies in the {{Brutal Bonus Level}}s of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' also get to break the playable stat caps.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' take this to another level. Enemy units have infinite uses for their weapons and staves. Additionally, any enemy in Genealogy holding weapons with different ranges will automatically switch between them when attacked so they can counterattack you no matter what, when your characters are stuck with whatever weapon they currently have equipped no matter what range the enemy attacks from.

* Many arena opponents have stats higher than the stat caps their particular class is supposed to have. In addition, Murdock from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'', Fargus, Maxime, Limstella, [[CameBackWrong Brendan, and Darin]] from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]'', and [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Takumi]]]] from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fates: Conquest]]'' all break the playable HP cap for Generals, Berserkers, Paladins, Sages, Warriors, Generals again, and [[spoiler:Snipers]], respectively. Limstella also gets more Defense and Resistance than playable Sages can have on Normal difficulty (in Hard, she loses this due to erroneously being assigned the normal Sage class). Xemcel from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon]]'' gets more Skill and Speed than is possible for playable Manaketes. Finally, enemies in the {{Brutal Bonus Level}}s of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' also get to break the playable stat caps.

** If you play Bernadetta's and Petra's paralogue on Verdant Wind, Azure Moon or Silver Snow you will fight against [[spoiler:Hubert]] and he has access to Meteor, a spell that is impossible for him to learn when he is a playable unit.

** If you play Bernadetta's and Petra's paralogue on Verdant wind,Azure Moon or Silver Snow you will fight against [[spoiler:Hubert]] and he has access to Meteor, a spell that is impossible for him to learn when he is a playable unit.

** If you play Bernadetta's and Petra's paralogue you will fight against [[spoiler:Hubert]] and he has access to Meteor, a spell that is impossible for him to learn when he is a playable unit.

* Always in VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses If you play Bernadetta's and Petra's paralgue you will fight against a Hubert.And he get the Meteora spell.A spell that is impossible for him to learn when he is a playable unit.

* Always in VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses If you play Bernadetta's and Petra's paralgue,you will fight Hubert and he get the Meteora spell.A spell taht is impossible for him to learn when he is a playable unit.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', [[spoiler:Shamir]], an enemy Sniper faced on Crimson Flower, manages to stack the Bowrange+1 and Bowrange+2, abilities, giving her bow a combined range bonus of ''three tiles''. Not only do the two abilities not usually stack, but Bowrange+2 is locked to the Bow Knight Master Class, meaning that a Sniper shouldn't have it.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'' take this to another level. Enemy units have infinite uses for their weapons and staves. Additionally, any enemy in Genealogy holding weapons with different ranges will automatically switch between them when attacked so they can counterattack you no matter what, when your characters are stuck with whatever weapon they currently have equipped no matter what range the enemy attacks from.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'' take this to another level. Enemy units have infinite uses for their weapons and staves. Additionally, any enemy in the latter two games holding weapons with different ranges will automatically switch between them when attacked so they can counterattack you no matter what, when your characters are stuck with whatever weapon they currently have equipped no matter what range the enemy attacks from.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' features the "feral" Laguz; Laguz who have been warped by drugs, forcing them to remain in their beast state at all times. Essentially, that limitation on Laguz, that they have to build up their transformation gauge before they can shift, as a measure of balancing their crazy stats? Doesn't apply to the AI. Post-Chapter 19, the only Laguz you'll be fighting are the Feral Ones.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the AI doesn't seem to particularly care about accuracy. Expect enemies with 19% accuracy to seemingly hit about as reliably as your units do at 75% accuracy.[[note]]This is actually a result of the game's bizarre hybrid [=RNG=] system; hit chances over 50% are weighted to make the actual odds of hitting higher, while hit chances below 50% are not weighted in any way, meaning that that 19% chance of hitting is actually the just-about-1-in-5 chance it bills itself as, and not secretly less as in most previous installments.[[/note]]

** ''Fates'' also has quite a few enemy-exclusive weapons, including more types of 1-2 range weapons than the players can buy for themselves. Notable since most 1-2 range swords, lances, and axes were nerfed heavily in ''Fates'' to account for BreakableWeapons being averted.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening'' has a few tricks that could be described as "The Computer is a Cheating Bastard: The Video Game", namely the Lunatic+ difficulty (which gives the already intense Lunatic enemies skills that are incredibly powerful, such as Luna+, an always-active skill that halves your physical and magical defense) and the map "Apotheosis", which pits you against multiple waves of enemies with +30 modifiers (A little note, the best modifier you can get is +11 and that takes selective breeding of units. You can get Limit Breaker, to increase all your caps by 10, but that takes a skill slot) and adds the final boss's Dragonskin skill (negates Lethality (a OneHitKill) and Counter (returns adjacent damage) as well as halving damage taken) and Lunatic+ skills like Aegis+ and Pavise+. There is even a never-missing, Nosferatu (HP-vamping spell) wielding boss who has 99 LCK and Miracle (can save a unit who takes a fatal hit if above 1HP, activation chance equal to their LCK stat).

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' features the "feral" Laguz; Laguz who have been warped by drugs, forcing them to remain in their beast state at all times. Essentially, that limitation on Laguz, that they have to build up their transformation gauge before they can shift, as a measure of balancing their crazy stats? Doesn't apply to the AI. Post-chapter 15, the only Laguz you'll be seeing are the Feral Ones.