Part 35: Smoldering Resistance: - Battle
Chapter 15 BattlePromotion Time
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Owain gets promoted to Swordmaster, gaining a lot of strength and even more overkill speed and skill.
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And yes, Swordmasters carry two sheathes along their regular sword. And never use them ever.
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The selected team coming along, with Gaius as the last member after a long hiatus. Let the invasion commence.
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So, two things here to start off. As I mentioned before, the bottom half is basically a desert so the bottom forces won't be a problem for quite a few turns.
The second thing is that if we want Say'ri as a party member, she has to be saved from the Valmese and Chrom has to talk to her. If she dies in battle (she currently has nothing except a Concoction), she'll still join for story purposes but can't be used as a fighting unit. This is basically the same rule as Lissa/Sumia/Frederick when they fall in combat.
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Robin joins with her daughter, then steps up north to chip the beefy General to 10 HP.
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Gaius rides with Cherche, while Cordelia pairs up with Henry.
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Gregor teaches the wonders of overkill strength to Owain as he takes out a Cavalier.
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Cordelia trades her Armorslayer to Gaius so he can actually dent and kill the General.
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Gaius starts off strong with a great level, hoping to stay on the team.
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Lissa supports Maribelle to give her enough magic juice to Rescue Say'ri from the enemy forces.
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Morgan tags along with Donny as he equips a Bronze Axe to build weapon rank and help block off the gap.
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Owain takes out one Cavalier on the enemy turn before the rest got in safe attacks and crowd the blockade.
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Owain clears out an enemy, then Gaius took out a Mage in its place for a hit-and-run.
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Maribelle then Rescues Gaius being attacked a million times. Some formation changes include Lucina taking wall duties with a Bronze Lance in hand.
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Chrom recruits Say'ri.
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The what now?
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Say'ri is a stronger Owain, along with the same insane speed and skill. The one major flaw is that while she has great stats, her Support list is extremely limited to Robin and a character we don't have for quite a while.
She'll borrow a Silver Sword from the convoy to end the turn.
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Lucina holds her own against a Knight, while Owain chips a General for a good level.
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The Ylissean siblings continue to cover the gap with Lucina healing herself via Falchion and Owain with his Renewal.
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Gaius takes down another General for more strength.
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More hit and run. Maribelle gains every stat except HP and speed from all that Rescuing.
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Morgan with Donny supporting ends the turn to bait out a Cav.
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Lucina takes out the Knight from last turn, while Morgan's plan goes perfect.
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Lucy starts murdering the attackers one by one, gaining a level with every stat except magic and defense.
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Robin joins in on the fun for a...well, it's magic at least.
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Things are starting to clear up after Lucy kills like 5 enemies. She moves ahead to block the lower gap and heals again.
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Gaius and Gregor (Okay, more like Gaius being bailed out by Gregor) takes out the Cavalier on the upper right gap.
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Morgan takes out another Cavalier and gains B rank Tomes.
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Gaius heavily chips an attacking Knight for his next EXP meal.
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Lucina's lance motions combined with her sword-stab style suggests she trained with them when she was young before acquiring Falchion. She certainly seems more natural-looking with it.
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Some people just have a death wish. His was crispy.
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Lucy gains another excellent level off that kill, getting everything but magic and resistance.
Another Cavalier dies before the remaining enemies moved in to end their phase.
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Team Plucky Youngsters takes out the last remaining beach Mage for a double level-up.
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Morgan gains everything but magic, defense, and resistance. Donny doesn't get skill, magic, or resistance.
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Gaius finishes off his prey for a decent level. The strength train had to end sometime, I guess.
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Gregor takes out a Knight from long range with a critical from Owain.
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Say'ri transfers Cherche to her spot, then switches the lead back to Cherche. Chrom blocks the upper-left gap with a Bronze Lance in hand.
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Lucy and Lissa each take out more Valmese.
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It's amazing Lissa can get a spell off, let alone hit twice with that much vertical shift.
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Cordelia barely scratched the paint on an attacking General with her Bronze Axe. Henry didn't even do that much on a Dual Attack.
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Lucy defeats another Cavalier and gets a free Steel Sword. Chrom gets attacked by a Cavalier and Dark Knight.
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That is one evil-looking class.
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Gaius joins with Blue and takes out the weakened Cav soldier.
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Cherche takes on the Dark Knight, emerging victorious with Say'ri's help.
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Gregor takes out the Mage, then Maribelle rescues Cherche from the eyes of the General.
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Morgan takes out a General easily, then Henry waits in a sweet spot where only one enemy can hit him.
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The Bronze Ax duo did decent damage on the Knight, but more importantly, Henry hits D rank axes.
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D rank means HAMMER TIME
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Oh come on, what is that. At least he got a Steel Lance out of that battle...
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A 360 spinning slash puts the last Dark Knight out of commission. Donny gets an Arc Thunder as a prize (10 Mt, C rank Tome, 10 crit, 30 uses).
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Maribelle gains another level from healing. Resistance isn't that great, though. She's turning out decently, though really her stats could be 0's except for magic for her purpose.
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Gregor chips the General for a pretty good level, gaining everything but magical stuff and speed.
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Well of course Lucy activates Ignis+critical when I de-equip Robin for chipping purposes.
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Gaius gains EXP from an Event Tile, while Cherche flies to the third house from the left.
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Cherche receives a Physic staff.
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Next turn, Cherche visits the far right house.
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He gives out a Large Bullion, which is good because I'm starting to run low on funds after buying Rescue Staves and Second Seals from Anna.
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Gregor visits the 2nd house from the left.
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Gregor gets an Arm Scroll. Useful to get someone out of E rank hell for the future.
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Henry slightly overkills on the final mook of the map.
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What is wrong with his eyes? Is he...napping? Just look at that expression. I think he was just chilling before we interrupted nap time. That's why he didn't move at all!
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Gregor visits the last house, on the far left.
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And this one gives out a Second Seal.
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Where did you learn that?
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Uh, anyways, Gaius chips the boss for a level before Lucy ends it.
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Jerk.
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Strength is some sort of curse word, I swear...
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And a free Master Seal to boot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4GsgcDCT2s
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Extras
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Say'ri
Starting Class: Swordmaster
Weapon Ranks: Swords (B)
Abilities:
-Vantage
-Avoid+10
Swordmaster Support Bonus: +5 Spd, +3 Lck
Reclass options: Pegasus Knight, Wyvern Rider, Myrmidon
Base stats-Hard Mode (Growths)
HP: 41 (90) Spd: 27 (65)
Str: 18 (55) Lck: 21 (45)
Mag: 7 (20) Def: 13 (40)
Skill: 24 (65) Res: 11 (40)
Say'ri is another very good pre-promoted unit, except unlike Libra, she comes with only two support options to increases her maximum capabilities. If you're willing to keep away the Avatar from his/her other supports, Say'ri can more than pull her weight with her insane bases.
Official Bio: The upright and dignified princess of the Chon'sin dynasty. Her old-fashioned speech and manners set her apart from the Ylisseans. She loves her brother Yen'fay fiercely. The most talented skin diver.