I think the so called "character flaws" of Micaiah and her story are what make her so endearing. She hated everything she did in part 3 but still did it because she felt she was the only one who could and always tried to look towards the best of her situation even in the darkest of times.
I've beaten the main game in Pokemon Moon, trying to capture the guardian deities, doing the Zygarde cell fetch quest, and trying to not pull my hair out every time the Battle Tree screws me over.
I was kinda hoping to see Sakura show up on the list, since if she's given a chance and promoted/reclassed properly, she can do really well with what she does, I know most people tend to turn to Elise more, if given the option, but although Elise is faster and has more powerful magic, Sakura is a lot more versatile thanks to her growths, giving her a much more expansive reclassing list than Elise. Not only that, but Sakura has surprisingly strong/cute/interesting supports if you take the time to support with her, and you learn that despite her immense shyness and constant worry over others, she is very determined to accomplish anything she sets her mind to, and tries to be a (admittedly quiet) voice of reason that wants to help the warring nations understand each other without unnecessary casualties. Personally, she is one of my favorite units in Fates, but, I get that not everyone likes her, though that is usually because they haven't explored her supports enough, and either use Takumi or Setsuna over her as an Archer (even though the War Priestess actually has certain stats that make them better at certain things compared to Holy Bowman) , or use Oboro and Rhajat over her as Onmyoji's. Continuing on with Sakura, her reclass options allow her to work well as a Falcon Knight, since her healing proficiency combined with the amazing range and the ability to cross any terrain from pegasus knight makes her an amazing support unit, plus her strength stat growth is usable enough to allow her to do decent damage as a Falcon Knight, and if you give her the Bolt Naginata, she can really kick butt!
Sadly my opinion on Sakura hasn't changed despite me using her more and exploring more of her supports. I'll agree with you that she can be a rather versatile unit and some of her supports are very good, but for me, she just didn't do enough to make her a favourite of mine or a unit I really felt changed for the better the more I used her. That's not to say I don't like Sakura because I do and I totally get why she's many peoples favourite character, but to me, Fates has one of the strongest cast of characters in the series, and as such Sakura just kind of fails to stand out in that regard, not because she's not as over the top as some of the fates characters (I mean hell my favourite Fates characters is the most down to earth one), but rather she just really didn't stand out as a whole, at least to me she didn't.
BLAZINGKNIGHT That makes sense, if you don't find her as a favorite or a character you liked more over time, then that's alright. I am pleased you at least like her a little. Personally, she's my favorite character, but that's just because I'm a sucker for shy girls in anime or video games as a whole, as well as the fact that I really love the War Priestess class. Plus, Sakura's design as a War Priestess is high on the list of awesome character designs in Fates and Fire Emblem as a whole! Speaking of which, I wonder if she'll make at least honorable mention in your Top Fire Emblem Character Designs video?
BLAZINGKNIGHT That'd be great if she popped up. I'll keep on the look out for your next video, whatever it may be. Do you think you may do a new favorite Pokémon video sometime soon since Sun and Moon are out now?
The Tellius games are still my favorite in the series. I just wish there was more focus placed on new characters. That and the Dawn Brigade always touched me better than the Greil Mercenaries by that point. Both groups have this kinship with them but it felt more close and tight with the DB considering how they're this close family in dark times where things feel more sunshine and rainbows with the GM.
One unit that has REALLY grown on me is Hisame, Hinata's son. When I first got him, I mostly kind of wrote him off since I was near the end of the game. But the second time around, after unlocking a lot of his supports and using him on my team, he's now in my top 20 favorites in Fates. (PS, really like that you gave Kellam and HM. I've been using in a recent playthrough of Awakening, and he's been pretty freaking good)
why do people hate micaiah, I love her as a unit and character. sure she does fight for begnion in the war but she does it because of her position as a leader of the army and she was going to quit until they learn about the blood pact and she's forced to. it's not her fault she got put into a bad situation.
Except for the fact that Pelleas lacks any sense of leadership and decision-making skills, meaning that he's not a very good king. I'm all for placing your belief in someone, but only if they've proven themselves worthy by actually doing something helpful. Seriously, Daein was in this situation because Pelleas didn't read the finer point of the blood pact. I'll agree that it wasn't Micaiah's fault, she was very wrong in placing her faith in Pelleas, if you ask me. Though I think she's the most underrated unit in the game, gameplay-wise. After promotion, she's meant to be a healer, with the Light magic just for extra firepower. She also lands a good number of Critical Hit thanks to her absurdly high Luck. As for her Defense, just leave her behind a stronger unit. When have Mages ever been built for a frontline role?
OmniReaver yeah she did put to much trust In him. Though besides that I thinks she one of radiant dawns better characters and unit. thou to be far you are forced to use her. so no matter you opinions you can ditch her.
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*first hearing about her* They had a kid? Aww... Huh...odd name for a nomad... *after learning more about her* MY NEW FAVORITE CHARACTERRRR she needs a hug so bad let's all just hug this poor kid.
I kind of want to see the opposite of this on a list, "Top 10 Disappointments/Underachievers." Characters that you thought you'd be impressed by that just didn't do it for you. My big one is Sain. I've heard so much good about him but every time I try to use him his stats don't cooperate; He starts missing and doesn't double anything, so I have to give him the devil axe in order to kill things in one round, maybe he just didn't turn out well, but Kent has always been more reliable, despite having less personality than a drawstring doll.
yeah! micaiah! I actually loved her right off the bat. not in terms of playability, of course, but I slogged through grinding her because I was convinced she'd be another amelia...
Tetsuya Shiina my Camilla got RNG screwed my first time through Conquest to the point where I almost benched her and she was among my weakest units that I actually used. Beruka was a godsend overall since I didn't use Arthur or Charlotte either (which I regret in regards to Charlotte at least) to the point where my Avatar ended up marrying her.
Nate Perkins his shoulders are'nt particularly broad, unless you're referring to the character portrait which is zoomed in Also........Dem Hips But yeah the name is the one dead giveaway
I'm a huge fire emblem fan, and have been ever since Path of Radiance. After stumbling onto this channel and seeing your name I knew I was going to have to stay.
I agree with Lucius being on this list; I never used him before, but in my most recent playthrough of Blazing Sword, I realized he's pretty much Erk but better
I totally relate to this list Beruka is probably my number 1 unit that grew on me. And also idk if people realize how incredibly O.P Hinoka gets as a spear fighter class. She was like Hoshidan Camilla when I classed her to that, and she could eventually wield the waterwheel as that class which made her even more godlike.
Heh. Radiant Dawn is probably among my most played FE games along with its predecessor and Sacred Stones, and I've had playthroughs where Micaiah and Sothe clear through Part 4 Endgame Map 1 pretty much by themselves.....aaaand I've also had playthroughs where Micaiah has 24 HP by that point. She is a fickle lord to be sure, and probably the only lord in all of FE that can be so bad and useless that you can get away with just not training her at all and just kind of settle for babysitting her every map shes in while she does nothing.
Got the notification and said omg again. Micaiah is never useless because she carries her chapters while being the best stave user in the game. Offensively, her chip damage is high accurate and ranged, thani nuke matters a lot in hard mode and you never run out of thani. Insta a support and guard improves her early combat. Sacrifice would be thematic if it healed x2 as more but it does 3 things: it is an unbreakable restore staff. It gives chip exp when her turn is empty. It provides clutch healing in part1 when lauras reach is low to make an aggressive play. She can be speed cursed with low survivability but she is useful out of combat, best staff user in the game with monstrous magic and great staff rank. You can buy and spam physic in radiant dawn. High range, high healing through physic alone beats many many lord.
As an advocate for most of those (especially Micaiah), I approve. I haven't played Binding Blade, but with that Sophia reference it seems like you'll want to get that helmet and ammo belt you sported with Heemin in the 3 for all video XD Btw, yay you made a FE video and it seems like you'll do a Zelda video. Top 10 favourite items list??
Give rinkah a couple of stat boost items and the double exp skill and just send her out into battlefield and watch her clear the battlefield in lunatic birthright. shes that op with the right training
#7: THANK YOU! Rinkah is my personal favorite unit in Fates (thanks to her tanking abilities, fire motif, design, supports, and voice actress) and I so rarely see anyone giving her proper credit without backhandedly mocking her because she's not the strongest unit. Very good list overall, I have no idea how I only just now found your channel but you've got another subscriber!
Do you think you might redo your worst Fire Emblem units list? (Granted you probably have enough on your plate at the moment so I can imagine that we either won't see it ever or not for a while)
Franz is a unit that has grown on me, personally. I used to not remember his existence until my current run of Sacred Stones, where he ended up capping Speed and almost capping Strength by level 20 unpromoted.
Hinoka has always been my favorite character in Birthright. She's consistently outperforming even Ryoma in my playthroughs. She quickly became my favorite Pegasus Knight in all of Fire Emblem (assuming we don't count Elincia because she's a Lord.) In terms of character, Hinoka's supports give her all of the depth and development the main story doesn't, so her lack of presence in the main game never bothered me. Micaiah is a character I gained a metric ton of respect for in my second playthrough of RD. RD was my first FE game and thus Micaiah didn't really have a great showing. Second time around, I started appreciating the subtle nuances of her character a lot more. Ended up liking her far more than Ike, at least in RD. Because in RD, Ike is boring af. Elincia is still the best tho. Anyway, as a unit, once I learned the importance of Speed and shamelessly began save spamming, Micaiah shot up through the ranks at a blistering pace. With a maxed out Speed stat, Micaiah becomes a force of nature. She can dodge tank like nobody's business, will double literally every enemy in the game except E-2 Trueblades, and can nuke shit with her disgusting 40 Magic cap. Plus she can heal and mage tank. Sure, I had to manipulate the game in order to get the right speed stats, but I don't even care. It was so worth it to have my three Lords fighting side by side and watching them each pull their own weight. I feel the same way about Astrid as you do.
Anthony Velez I don't really like Pegasus knights as a class too, they're not very strong and are really fragile. The only one I like was Tate was binding blade, and florina was fe7 was really op but I didn't like her character
Potato I like that they're fast, nimble, and mobile. They're Str is a problem, but not an insurmountable one. Fates didn't really have the best characters, but I found Hinoka to be the standout to me.
On my second playthroughs of each one, I think Orochi grew on me the most for Birthright after finally giving her a shot and Ignatius the most for Conquest. The latter of which actually ended up not only being surprisingly endearing but also a total beast on the field.
Wow hearing Blazingknight apologize to Astrid like that was the kicker that makes me a moral person and not a salty noob for disliking the Top Ten worst units video. Yaayyyyyyyyyy Also, she starts with freaking Paragon are you serious rn?!
Well it was unfair for me to only judge her based on her Radiant Dawn incarnation (which I still think is awful as a unit and character), also Paragon is so good that without it Astrid would be one of the worst units in POR next to Sothe lol
You may know me as Dark Knuckles here but it is actually I, RavageRepede! I also write Supports to on Fire Emblem Amino but my most noticeable ones is Robin S+ Support Series. You should give them a read when you get a chance to.
What's funny is I used Setsuna more than Takumi in my only Birthright run(lunatic), by end-game she was more reliable when it came to doubling quick enemies and 1rkoing(could be because of forged silver bow and Kaze support). Though the units I used most were Ryoma/Oboro pair-up and Rhajat with Galeforce to hit and run, she also took zero magic damage.
Sophia can actually be pretty useful(and can be quite powerful) but she needs ALOT of care in order to get there and, more then likely you have someone like Lilina( and Lugh, who can also be pretty awesome) who are better and already close to class changing by chapter 14.She's pretty much the Donnel and Mozu of Binding Blade, but she's a lot more fragile and comes in a little late(unlike the other two who can join early in the game, when enemies are still weak and aren't super dodgy...not to mention...this IS Binding Blade so...yeah).
Sad thing is, I can make someone like Fiona pretty useful in just one chapter(getting her promoted right after her join chapter) compared to Sophia in about 10 or so(give or take a chapter). ...still both better than Meg though...(poor girl, she joined at a BAD time...)
Micaiah can be a beast if you know how to use bonus exp. It will always give 3 stats, and Micaiah max her magic and resistance really early, so after that is done you can use bonus exp on her and resets to up her bad speed, and use an item for her hp. Her really bad aspect is having access to her tier 3 class much too late. But stat wise you can make her the best mage in the game with a good use of bonus exp.
I equipped Astrid with adept and got her to silver knight in Radiant Dawn. She absolutely killed hit after that. She double hits (and occasionally quadra hits) hits everything.
I just finished a HHM run and Lucius was the MVP throughout pretty much the entire game. With an A-support with Raven and a B-support with Karel he dodge and res tanked all of late game with divine tomes. At 20/20 he'd also capped everything except for luck and defence (not like those stats mattered anyway since nothing could hit him). So yeah, he's a very lovable character all around haha.
18:58 Chapter 8 of Birthright and 16 of Revelation is when Hinoka is playable. Chapter 4, Hinoka was there yes but as an ally unit. Or Chapter 6 of Birthright to be more specific when she was first playable but you didn't get EXP with her.
The Jagen archetype in general has grown on me. Mostly because of Hector Hard Mode. HHM also made me appreciate Lowen a lot more has he was super tanky and had high movement so he could reach choke points faster.
Every unit on this list except Sophia, Lucius, and Beruka is a character I used and loved on my first playthrough. I was loving these units before BLAZINGKNIGHT thought it was cool.
watching this list made me realize something . how cool would it be if you could fight other players online with your army ! i mean there are some setbacks but still
Want to know something interesting about Hinoka? In Kibayashi's first draft of Fates, Hinoka didn't exist. This was before the game was split in three and the royals weren't equally split. This is why she has very little story presence.
I have a love hate relationship with Sophia. I mean I'd never try to defend her as a unit, not a chance. She's horrible. But as character she has somethings going for her, being a half human half dragon alone makes her more interesting than the vast majority of blandness that is binding blade's cast. If only she had Est like growths or better bases, or both, wasn't made intentionally terrible by the creators.
One unit that really turned himself around for me was Caesar from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. Initially I wrote him off because of his lower level and stats than my team at that point in the game, but on my second play through, I decided to grind some levels with the arena, and he eventually replaced Ogma as my main Mercenary, as he gained more speed and defense.
I had the same issue with Astrid/Stella. I had played FE10 before FE9, so all the info I had on her was how badly she performed on my first 2 playthroughs of that game. So, when I finally played FE9, I didn't bother using her (in fact, I tried to take her Elite skill right after getting her, which was then when I learned that FE9 skills were lost upon removal). But when i finally took the time to train her... oh boy... Stella is one of the best units in the game, outshining Shinon by miles! The only reason you would want to train Shinon instead of her is if you REALLY want to put that S rank bow to use! With her Elite skill, she can easily level up by merely landing the last blow on a mob unit early on, she takes much less bonus EXP to raise, WILL max out her speed (mostly thanks to her item), has decent growths overall and great mobility, with her only weaknesses being maps that restrict movement and the fact she can't use certain bows. Pro hint: do NOT put any occult skill on her. She will not take damage or damage enough to justify putting Sol on her!
Rinkah's personality sounds a HELL of a lot like Lon'qu to me. Not interested in making friends? Why bother. They'll only slow you down. But if they can hold their own on the battlefield? Sign me up!
I've found I've had something of a tendency to pretty much never use any character who comes promoted, not even on purpose usually. Like for Fates siblings, in birthright I used Sakura, Takumi and Hinoka but in Conquest I only used Elise. As an extension to that I probably used some less popular characters like Beruka and Hana (basing that on praise for Ryoma, don't actually know.) just something about raising them from the base class that feels better to me.
Rinkah was my MVP on Lunatic Birthright. She has a lot of flaws: Low HP, Low Luck and Low Strength being among them. She makes up for the low strength in two ways. First, her personal skill allows you to do more damage if you're willing to play more dangerously (below full HP). This is consistently good at any point in the game, especially if you get a +1 HP level up. Secondly, the oni chieftain has some of the best skills in the game, especially death blow. This skyrockets any character's crit rate and Rinkah is no exception. Her high crit rate and personal skill supplement her lowish damage. Luck can be patched up with rally luck, which shrine maidens learn in Birthrate and which is actually an underrated ability. HP is a more difficult problem to resolve, but every now and then I'll give her a tonic. Rinkah is also one of my favorites personality wise. I like how she views the Flame Tribe's alliance with Hoshido as purely business and holds no great love for Hoshidans in particular. She's a bit aloof but she isn't mean. She just values different things than other characters. Her supports with Saizo and Hinata were all pretty good and shows her growing as a character. I also like her supports with Azama because she somehow manages to irritate him in a role reversal of sorts.
Speaking of fe4, what chapter are you currently on? Also, it would be cool if you did a top 10 list for fe4 specifically, of course once you're through with it
Tharja hasn't grown on me, that's for sure. I think the characters that grew on me were L'arachel and Maribelle, both troubadours coincidentally. They both seemed to have this "holier than though" demeanor to them. However I find Maribelle is really a very nice person and L'arachel is pretty hilarious to interact with in her supports.
I never thought about pairing Lissa with Vaike, but now that you mention it... Omg. Vaike, Lissa, Owain/Odin and then Ophelia... That whole family makes SO much sense! Well, I‘m with you now, Lissa x Vaike is now canon in my book.
Yarne has been, hands down, my favorite character. He's funny and cowardly, but he does try hard to push through his fears. And quite honestly, in every playthrough, he is one of my mainstay, finest units. Usually with the pairing of Avatar/Panne, I make sure he gets Ignis and either Lethality or Vantage from his mother. With his high Skill, he procs Ignis/Lethality quite often, and I use items to raise his MAG. I usually change him over from Taguel to Merc to grab Armsthrift, and then Swordmaster for Astra. Between Ignis, Lethality and Astra, all with the saving grace of Armsthrift to help weapons last longer, he is the ultimate killer bunny.
There is only one time Astrid in Radiant Dawn makes something her past self would do. That is, confronting Lekain, revealing that he was her supposed fiancee and running away from him was the most proper choice she has ever made and she'd really love to put an arrow right in his head. That might not make up her constant defense of Makalov, but to me that kinda makes me not completely just give up on her, that parts of her past self is still there, somehow (though I'm still going to have headaches on that defense). And let's face it, as much as a scum lord Makalov is, he'd look like a saint compared to Lekain.
"There is no way Owain got his personality from anyone other than Vaike"... Henry. Henry also gives Owain equal STR & MAG, which can be a good or bad thing. He's great with a Levin Sword and you can take the Odin route and make him a Sorcerer! Plus Henry gets to be part of a family again if you marry him with Lissa.
Are you going to do a top ten/twenty overwatch heroes? or even better, a 3 for All between TF2 and Overwatch (and maybe another third team based FPS, but it's those two that are compared most often and I'd like to see your take on the tf2 vs overwatch argument)
Also yesss Beruka love. I reclassed her as a ninja by getting her to S rank with Kaze (who I eventually reclassed as a samurai), and her and her daughter Midori were some of my best units. Kaze sucked tho.
for me from FE4 it's Elthyn, Quan, Brigid, Dew, Holyn, Azel, Sylvia, Patty, and Leen. From FE8 it's Tana, From Awakening God I'll need a MOTHERF--KING VIDEO ON IT Maribele, Sully, Cherche, Gerome, Inigo, Henry, Gregor, AND ESPECIALLY Brady, Severa, Sumia, and Olivia
I had a funny experience with Fiona I could not get a great strength score out of her but her magic defense and resistance almost always rose So combined with that skill that heals hp equal to magic She was effectively an incincible tank that archers could hide behind Also watching a half dozen myrmidons all doubling at zero damage (and sometimes getting criticals) was hilarious
I look forward to watching you play Binding Blade! I started playing it at the beginning of the summer and I've been struggling to make it through chapter 10 for months now :/
Rainbow Jolteon depends if Trec supports with any of your team, but alen has better growths and support options than trec. And Alen and Lance A support is extremely good
Would it be evil if I said Elise was a character that grew on me? Because I was very hesitant at first. From the cutscenes with her before requiring her as a unit, it just seemed like she was going to be the "Onii-Chan! Onii-Chan!" little sister archetype. But after acquiring her and reading her supports with other characters, I started to like her very quickly. In Awakening however, Severa will never grow on me. Never!
There's noting wrong with that I thought Elise was gonna be the same at first, but thankfully it didn't turn out that way, also I understand Severa never growing on you, she's not exactly on my best list.
Why does it feel like I'm the only person who actually likes Severa? Okay, her character isn't that great, but as an Unit she kicks ass. She is one of the strongest Mercenarys I've ever used, being almost as good as Raven.
Nikita Akashya I have said before that Severa was a good unit to use in battle. But she is the only Awakening character I didn't like for her personality, I do count that in as well as gameplay. Luckily the vast majority of Awakening's cast had both a great personality and were great to use in battle. Plus I'm not a huge fan of tsundere's.
