TAS - FE9 - Maniac Mode - WIP 7 (Ch. 19 to 22)
8Unlike lower difficulties, I can't simply Shove & Dance Marcia to kill the chapter 19 boss on turn 1 because his soldiers are perfectly protecting him from 1-2 range attacks. He could theoretically be killed by a longbow or siege tome user, but I have neither the weapons nor the adequate users for it to be worth the time investment (16 level ups on Rolf lol). He is also moving last on enemy phase, so putting Marcia next to him also doesn't work. Instead, his soldiers will naturally move out of the way on the first enemy phase, so that I can do the usual strat on the next turn.
Chapter 20 was tricky due to the amount of time wasting enemies near the boss. Calill can OHKO him but there are only a few spots from where she can target him, and even with 11 move Marcia struggle to reach the throne with all the enemies blocking the path. I ended up only slightly approaching on turn 1 while making sure my path would not be blocked, so that on turn 2 I did a 4 man dance to solve my boss/throne issue as well as getting the Rescue Staff from the village. The base after this chapter was the perfect moment to equip skills to ike while also removing the time wasting Blessing from Reyson.
Only Ike and Marcia were deployed in Chapter 23 to "skip" some on the enemy phases while standing above water. With the Shade skill, the enemies are forced to target Marcia first instead of Ike, which will be a recurring strat to not be body blocked after dropping him.
Chapter 22 is as you would expect, though I also got the Bolting tome as my Meteor alone won't be enough later on.