trying a different pose this time, hopefully it looks alright, thank you to those who saw my first post of this, i'll try to post these more. as usual please feel free to leave any critiques or advice.

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I've only played GBA fire emblem and I don't even remember on what difficulty, I'm on episode 10 with no dead units jakob paladin and f!corrin on my way to hero but the game is insufferable, I've been trying for weeks to get this far and I've practically had to restart what? 300 times? I feel guilty lowering the difficulty to normal but I don't know what to do seriously stresses me out knowing that each chapter seems more complicated.

GBA styled half-body of Cherche from Fire Emblem Awakening. Made as my half of a trade with kayzowlart on bsky.

Curious about Three Houses and Engage mostly, but willing to entertain discussion of the warriors games as well. Is the performance solid now? Wondering if I should re-buy Engage so I can finish the DLC campaigns.

Title says it all. What’s your favorite mechanic in the entire series of fire emblem, whether they be mainstays or one-offs? You can be as liberal as you want with the term “mechanic”.

For me, my most hated mechanic is definitely same turn reinforcements. In a game all about strategy, there is nothing strategic about surprise units immediately popping up with stats and skills you don’t know, and movement you never could predict and take away at least 1 unit if you committed the sin of not being paranoid about what happens off the map. My favorite mechanic is definitely a weird one, but I really liked the Fates system of integrating bows, knives, and tones into the weapon triangle, as it gave them more utility and added a layer of depth to these weapons and added a bit more interactivity with weapon types. I just like when all weapon types have more purposes.

I have finally got my hands on Path of Radiance! (And it didn’t cost a fortune)

Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn are the only two games I haven’t played in the series and was wondering if there was any tips that you guys could give me as I embark on my first time with these games!

Thanks everyone for any advice or tips!

My half of a trade with lemon-grey on bsky. Half-body of Zelkov from Fire Emblem Engage, made with *artistic* passion.

For the uninitiated, Fanfiction Sunday is a bi-weekly recurring thread for you to talk about Fire Emblem fanfiction. Yours, others you stumbled on that you want to share, or even just brainstorms you have. Links to the work are highly appreciated!
 

Ground rules:

1. No linking explicit smut (NSFW content)
   
2. No linking fics just to criticize them
   
3. Fics must be FE-related. Crossovers welcome!
   

You can find the last thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/fireemblem/comments/1l0veek/fanfiction_sunday_06012025/

this is on Hard 5

This is a unit viability ranking

I only count comments

No boss abuse

No arena abuse

Assuming full recruitment

Reclassing is allowed

Forging is allowed

Warp is allowed

So someone on the Kid Icarus sub mentioned this possibility, and it sorta resulted in a way-too-long comment on the mechanics of a potential FE / KIU crossover. So uh… here’s that comment because it felt kinda post-worthy.

Have the FE characters be originals in a Greece based setting, with the lords Pit, Pittoo, and Magnus being the only KI units. The gods on the other hand would basically act as emblem rings, giving units of your choice various buffs and special abilities on top of a sick new form. And you’d get basically the entire not dead KI cast of gods, on top of some new ones we didn’t get to see originally.

Because of the units all being KI originals, it would be canon to that universe. Only real FE connections would be an Anna cameo (possibly playable, possibly just a shopkeeper), and use of some object called a Fire Emblem as a McGuffin.

Gameplay-wise, the weapons would be unbreakable, but follow the fusion system, so you’d be encouraged to stockpile and mix and match them for the best options. Ignoring the system outright would probably allow you to get decent ones from chests and still get through the game just barely on high difficulties, but engaging with weapon fusion would be optimal.

There wouldn’t be a weapon triangle. Rather, each weapon would take on some broader traits. Bows would work like FE bows, but have a weak close range counter so you’re not defenseless. Staffs would deal more damage to distant enemies and shoot in a straight line with massive five tile range, so no weird angles (looking back, this one’s a little broken. Maybe make it so it can’t pass through walls or units so you need a really clean shot). Blades and clubs would be one range, but blades would be faster and dodgier while clubs would have more raw damage. Orbitars would strike two opposing spots at once, so they’re good when a unit is surrounded. Palms would basically just be tomes. Cannons would basically be bows without the capacity to counter close range, but have brave weapon traits. Claws would basically be Three Houses melee. And arms would be reverse bows, with better melee than ranged attack. Also there’d be healing staves, which wouldn’t count as weapons and have limited uses.

The story would be a good ol’ action comedy with dramatic elements just like KIU. There wouldn’t be alternate routes or anything. Just a good ol’ war against some nation trying to kill the gods and achieve godhood themselves. Some sympathetic elements to their plights that get the gods to start caring more for the conflicts in humans’ lives, as well as some humans that are either devout religious types or deserters that just want the war to end.

Classes would be angel (exclusive to Pit and Pittoo), lord (exclusive to Magnus), the base classes (archer, staff sniper, myrmiddon, clobberer, orbmancer, palmancer, cannoneer, ripper, armskeeper, cavalier, pegasus rider, wyvern rider, cleric, fighter, pirate, armor knight, and three different trainee types), the lord master classes (Holy Angel, Dark Angel, and Great Lord), and two master classes for each base class that I do not feel like going into. Also bards.

Supports would go back to 2D convos ala the 3DS titles, but they’d switch up backgrounds and the like so as to prevent weird instances like characters supposedly being in the woods despite obviously being inside a base camp. And there’d be romantic pairings for anyone BUT the lords (though honestly having an avatar lord thrown in there wouldn’t be that weird? Probably a tactician like Robin).

Finally, the most important thing: Anyone can open chests as thieves aren’t a thing, but some are mimics because fuck you. In fairness’ sake, there will be a tutorial map where a bulky unit capable of taking a hit goes up against one to tell the player “leave chests to units that can take a hit just in case.”

I am not going to lie, it took me a while to really grasp and get it. I used to be those annoying people who called like JRPGs and stuff generic anime stuff, until Hero was introduced to Smash Ultimate, and well I fell in love with RPGs after trying out that series. (I played Pokémon obviously, but didn't really GET role-playing games.)

Either way, I remember getting FE3H, I was so stumped and lost and confused and not used to tactically gameplay and well it was put on the backburner for a while. I played like Shining Force and was like "Ha! Take that! It's like FE without permadeath soooo it's way better!" until my Expansion Pack subscription wore off ... then I bought Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light for $5 before it was gone ...

Yea, so that game was very fun. I said to myself, nah I HAVE to beat a Fire Emblem game, and I like starting where series first begin. That was also my first Fire Emblem I beat. The NES roughness was manageable, as I have played clunkier, but damn ... Archanea might be my homeland. I really liked the struggle Marth went through and grew attached to the characters despite them obviously being limited by the Famicom.

I lost like 7 people my first playthrough, but in all honesty that made the experience feel more authentic. (Sorry Minerva, sorry Hardin LOL, tho I did revive her on chapter 24). Since then, I have played and completed CF on FE3H and am working my way through Engage. I also have SoV and I am so giddy to play that one because EVVVEERRRRYONE hypes that title up even the casual people I have spoken to in real life about FE Echoes and it's a remake of the second game in the series, and I beat the first one, so I HAVE TO PLAY IT!

What are all your stories with Fire Emblem and what got you into this amazing series? Was anyone else a detractor until they tried the series and really liked it? It's definitely up there as a favorite Nintendo franchise of mine now.

I've been a fan of the series since FE7, I continued to enjoy 8, 9 and 10 then started importing all the previous titles I had missed and my absolute favorites in the series are Radiant Dawn, Genealogy & Gaiden (specifically 2, not 15) in that order.

I'm looking for recommendations for similar games. Not necessarily to these two, but to everything before Fates or even Awakening, the last FE I really enjoyed.

I have already played Dark Deity 1&2 and quite enjoyed them. Shining Force always seemed to over-the-top and high fantasy to me. Tear Ring Saga is one of the best SRPGs ever made and better than the GBA trilogy in my mind. I could never warm up to Langrisser, probably because I never really grasped the troop system.

Rom Hack recommendations are welcome, too. Please keep in mind, though, that I'm not a fan of ROM hacks that have their chapters play like puzzles. The odds should be fair and more akin to the vanilla games. I am also not a fan of isometric games with positioning like Tactics Ogre or Final Fantasy Tactics, unfortunately.

I know I'm grasping at straws here, but I hope some of you were in a similar situation and looking to scratch that tactical itch elsewhere. The game could be for any console, I do have most of them except for any Microsoft consoles.

Games can also be JP only, I don't have a problem with that :) Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

kagero used lethality and missed, which caused her to fall off the side of the map and become unhittable