FE Sacred Stones DimitriLTC: Chapter 5 - The Empire's Reach

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Published on November 17, 2020 4:11:33 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU0267n0Oqc

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Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (2004)

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Chapter 5 is DimitriLTC'd in 3 turns (17 total).

It's finally come to this; the first chapter that's considerably different when routing the whole map. Normally, you can leave some enemies alive when you go for the bosskill, probably the fighter and the mercenary to the north, two enemies that are hard to reach. The main challenge lies not in killing the enemies left and right whilst rushing for the boss with Seth, who's as good as he always is this early in the game, but getting that coveted Guiding Ring early for Artur to promote to Bishop later. Bishop's instant C staves makes Artur the best Warper we could get in this run, with Ephraim's route having very late availability for Saleh, the other candidate for reaching Warp in Eirika route runs.

While Seth destroys (and needs to not kill Joshua in one hit so that I can recruit him and get his Killing Edge for later critrigging), the rest of the army tends to struggle. Franz's offensive growths have reached a level when the stats can be called spectacular without any exaggeration, though his defence and luck stats lack begin - Kyle's bulk will be a welcome addition to the party when he joins the main army in chapter 8, with Franz being a glass cannon for now. He starts out by ORKOing a soldier, and eventually gets good combat outcomes against enemy archer and fighter as well.

Everybody else... is not anywhere as good, not yet at least. Ross and Vanessa would be happy to be taking on soldiers but end up facing totally different foes. Artur needs to dodge a fighter to avoid dying on the first enemy phase, feeding off the enemies Franz has weakened for experience. Ross also scavenges kills, reaching lv. 7, just 3 levels away from Pirate (getting to lv. 10 in the next map may not be attainable, but we might as well try). Vanessa mostly keeps a low profile, with the heavy task of visiting two of the farthest houses on turns 2 & 3. She kills a soldier with a javelin on her way, but I keep her out of enemies' range on turn 1, as I can't expose her to fewer than two at a time, and they kill her all too easily if I risk. Her time will come later... I hope, at least.

The swordies Eirika and Joshua contribute as well. Joshua takes out stragglers, while Eirika deals with the bandits going after the southern house. Critting is pretty much necessary to be done with them on time.

I didn't think I could do it in 3 turns, but with enough effort it can be done without RN burning, as you can see.

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