#the vast majority of my units had exactly zero battles lmao

[pathetic-gamer]

I FINALLY BEAT SILVER SNOW ON MADDENING MODE I don't wanna talk about how long it took lol (the final battle took 38 turns and an embarrassing amount of time)

recap below:

Okay, it's been a WHILE since I actually finished the run - I'm updating it now (1/2023), but originally posted it in 10/2021. This is normal behavior.

so, the original post:

Ingrid best girl w her almost 800 battles lmao

And of COURSE I used the wayseer to lock down the pair I would die for

the update:

I decided to update this because, after giving all the other runs detailed recaps, I thought it would be fun to write down the things I remember about this one. It was my very first maddening mode run, and, despite having already played the entire game four times before this, there were some very basic mechanics I didn't know about. For example: I didn't realize you have to actually equip skills until well into part two LMAO. I basically brute forced my way through nearly the entire run, and I'm actually kind of proud of that.

This was foreshadowing for my Triangle Strategy run, where it took me five chapters to realize you could keep your EXP after losing a battle and eight chapters to realize there are mock battles you can use to level up your units.

Ingrid was, of course, the final MVP, but I don't remember who was the overall MVP because I foolishly didn't clip the recap thing.

I don't remember the majority of the final pairs, but I know I s-supported Seteth and we got netteflix and sylvgrid. I've decided that Seteth is the absolute best s-support in the game. "Courage, my love!" YES

Units and final classes:

Byleth: enlightened one

Linhardt: bishop

Petra: wyvern lord

Dorothea: dancer

Felix: assassin

Ingrid: falcon knight

Annette: dark flier

Lysithea: gremory

Balthus: war master

Constance: dark flier

I remember chapter 13 being absolutely hellish, since the only eagles I was using at the time were Petra, Dorothea as a dancer, and Linhardt (who is a lover, NOT a fighter). I made like a dozen attempts (okay fine, two attempts) at that battle before finally accepting that I wasn't going to be able to save everyone, so I let Caspar die. That was the first time I had ever actually let someone go, and I'm not gonna lie it was kind of devastating. (Whether or not I wrote a fic about it is between me and the Goddess...)

Enbarr infiltration was a nightmare and I ended up having to just have Ingrid and Petra do it alone and win by the third turn, Petra taking Hubert and Ingrid taking Jeritza. Also working on a fic about that one, but it's coming out to around 30k words, I think, and still isn't finished.

The final battle was incredibly difficult and I'm still having war flashbacks about it over a year later. Balthus was a walking disaster and i think 70% of the Divine Pulses I used were on him (and yes, you bet ur bottom dollar there's a tiny little fic about it.). By the time I got to the end of my last successful attempt, I was actually making a list of which units I was okay with sacrificing for the sake of victory (they ended up all surviving, dw). I think it took me around 12 hours to beat (failed attempts included, of course), and I believe I made a total of four tries? The final attempt took something like 34 turns.

so there's the recap from memory! It was very hard and very fun and I will remember it fondly forever lol

Anyway. Luv u bye

#i s supported seteth of course #ingrid ended up with sylvain #lost exactly one student #rip caspar your death was a calculated sacrifice #fe3h #the vast majority of my units had exactly zero battles lmao #fe3h maddening mode #pg plays fe3h #pg plays #silver snow maddening mode #run recap #pg plays fire emblem