Promotion Guide for Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones 

Wdym, I just pick the one with the coolest sprite.

how i played sacred stones.... "go get em seth!"

Yeah but the Idea of General Amelia is like she's in a Mec suit because it's so large compared to her. It's like a Medieval Gundam.

I'm triggered by you saying Forde sucks tbh. I'll have you know I've played the game 410 times and Forde was really good one of those times!

But what you failed to consider is that lute's sage sprite looks better than mage knight.

I've always kinda loved generals and have a soft spot for them, even though I know they're terrible for rank stars and they often (literally) fall behind, but... especially the GBA games and their sprites for Generals are so damned cool the way they animate. I've ALWAYS preferred them over paladins. it kinda took Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn for me to turn around on Paladins.

Shaman is correct. Shaymin is a Pokemon.

It would have been super sick if Rogue got 7 move since their whole thing is being the quick, shifty types who are just better thieves, and thieves have 6 move. Having a 7 move unmounted unit would have made Rennac a cool choice.

My Personal Tip:Just do what ever you want because Sacred Stones is so easy anyways.

Fun fact: if you promote Ewan to a Druid, his Anima rank will reset regardless of what it was as a Pupil, meaning that if Ewan had C Rank before promoting, it'll still go down to D.

But meeeekah! everyone NEEDS a pink General!

The main advantage of the rogue's pick skill isn't that you don't have to worry about running out of lockpicks, but that you don't have to spend an inventory slot on the ability to pick locks, which can be very useful in its own way.

Tldr of entire comment section: “Paladin Amelia is overused and general is better” “X-class isn’t better then Y-class because the utility’s are different not comparable” “I used X-class because the animations where better.” “This game is too easy for any choices to seriously matter...” “Lol first!” (Standard RU-vid comment)

I sadly keep falling for the "Promote only at level 20" OSD. Personally it feels wrong for me to promote units earlier.

Correction: Great Shield is 1% for each level the ATTACKER has, not the general itself. I know, silly game :(

My friend : all the characters are really cool and can be used effectively, you cant just rely on 1 person Me : Seth go brrrrrrr

Joshua carried the shit out of all of my playthroughs. I loved him as swordmaster and assassin alike, but assassin is definitely one of the coolest classes out there. Also fell in love with Jaffar when I played Blazing Sword so there's that.

Its great how you took this oportunity of new subs to do more guides on older fire emblems. Keep up the fire emblem quality content, its really amazing

Your vids have gotten so much better since the beginning Keep it up

0:24 “most of fe8 resembles fe7 and fe8” Uhh

New pitfall - every single time Mekkah forgets how FE8 Great Shield works (enemy level%)

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT TO ENABLE 3RD PARTY HOSTING

I keep coming back to this video ‘cause it’s so good to play in the background and chill to.

My way of playing, *COLLECT THEM ALL*

Mekkah doesn't like the rogue animations? Unsubscribed, unpledged, burned down merch.

Wyvern Knight is most definately better combatwise but Falcoknight allows you to rescue higher con units. Generally the pegs are fast enough to double anyway, and depending on your team Falcoknights might be more valuable in transporting people around if you're using dudes like Gerik/Ross/Garcia/Kyle.

This is a nice video to look at to know when I start playing Sacred Stones for myself! Thanks Mekkah!

I personally tried to get every classes in one playthrough, never cared about having the best characters possible, in any case it is not too difficult to win against the AI.

For the knight part, I usually picked arround role playing or balance choices. Like Franz looks up to Seth so he'll rather be a Paladin, if I'm using an other cavalier then he'll prolly get Great Knight because I'd like to have one for variety sake. That's also why for example I'd make Ewan a shaman so I can have one of each dark magic class with knoll and Ewan x) . This is a very casual approach though, great vid explaining various pros and cons

"I am an advocate of promoting fairly early in gba games" Unless its Cormag in an Fe8 100% growths run via Ephraims route, uh huh

One of the things missed for going Mage to Mage Knight is the extra CON gained over going Sage. It's more relevant for Lute due to her lower base CON and higher promotion gain, going from 3 to 6 instead of 3 to 4. Mage Knight Lute gets an extra 2 points of AS for any tome stronger than Fire since tomes seem to be as heavy as rocks in this game. And for some reason, light tomes are even heavier while doing less damage. Why???

I like your suggesstions Mekkah and agree with your reasoning, this was a very informative and helpful video.

I'm glad mage knights get the extra boost to con because this is the last game I've played where I like the mage knight design/animation. They gave all of the non-dark magic users in Awakening those stupid overused mage hats and a sword in the case of mage knights... because utility is less important to a magic using class than having a magic based gimmick weapon.

It's interesting getting insight from someone who takes the game much more seriously then I do, I always thought promoting early was a bad thing might have to give it a go in one of my play throughs. I always loved maxing Ephram (how ever you spell his name) and then seeing everything but luck hit max stats it was so great.

Excuse me, but did you just say that Great knight is better than General? Ok, then answer this! Can the Great Knight hook his lance into his enemies and pull it back with a cool chain? I didn’t think so.

I appreciate it, my man. I've played Fire Emblem for a long time, but I never really paid attention to the meta so it's interesting to learn about it.

Anna was hot af in FE8

I made Amelia into a General and I have 0 regrets. Don’t let your memes be dreams.

I love the summoner class. I used to always use Ewan to bait some of the harder bosses like Valter and just use up their weapon uses...

Can someone stop this madman? I can't handle all the Sacred Stones love.

"Ewan wants to learn flux, but he only knows four moves, delete a move to make room for flux?" Fire

Thank you Mekkah for putting the music in the description not alot of RU-vidrs do that for videos like this.

One of your best videos tbh this is like my 5th time watching

Good video. I like hearing the theory behind things like this.

“Forde is bad” Well in Sacred Stones that doesn’t matter

Thank you for the guide! I'm a very casual FE-player and usually only use charaters I like rather than how useful they are. Same goes for the classes where I choose which one looks cooler (I love the Rangers) - but to know more in depth what they are actually about is certainly helpful.

Wow look the first video I've ever seen from this channel recommended to me

"Most of FE8 resembles FE7 and FE8"

I got nothing better to do so, this are my choices when promoting units: •Franz: Paladin •Gilliam: General •Moulder: Bishop •Vanessa: Falcon Knight •Ross: Pirate > Berserker •Garcia: Warrior •Neimi: Ranger •Colm: Assassin •Artur: Bishop/Sage •Lute: Sage •Natasha: Valkyrie •Joshua: SwordMaster •Forde: Paladin •Kyle: Great Knight •Tana: Wyvern Knight •Amelia: Cavalier > Paladin •Gerik: Hero •Marisa: SwordMaster •L'Arachel: Mage Knight •Ewan: Shaman > Druid •Cormag: Wyvern Lord •Knoll: Summoner

Having just beaten FE8, and only just now seeing this video, I'm happy to see that the decisions I made lined up with yours (except General Amelia, which I made for memes).

But neimi's sniper sprite is so great! I've never used a ranger in Sacred Stones. Ever.

I've always found Kyle is considerably better as a Great Knight

I always make Amelia a general because it amuses me. I imagine she operates the hulking suit of armour with a series of levers and pullies like some kind of medieval Gundam pilot.

It would be awesome to see another character sorter vid!

This was very interesting. I'm doing a funzies playthrough of ss right now. I've played it so many times sometimes I'll just pick it up when I have the itch to play fe but don't want to invest much time or effort. I think you should do this for the other games with branching promotions too, though it would be a lot more work considering marriage options.

I had a playthrough where I had ridiculously lucky defence increases with Colm. Even as an Assassin he became one of my most reliable units just due to how hard he was to kill. I generally promote units into classes that support their stats, but RNG can impact that quite a fair bit.

Go full cavalry and BOOM! Scorched Sand

I really enjoyed Assassin Colm it was such a good meme and he was my best unit even though I knew he was bad he somehow got so blessed and became God

I didn’t watch this video for the longest time because the title made me think you were just explaining how the promotion tree worked when you were actually giving good analytical advice for best choices, timing, etc

Summoner is the best class hands down. Those Phantoms are invaluable on the last level of Ruins in creature campaign to bait the zombie dragons while keeping your party safe.

This was super interesting! It is kind of a bummer how objective so many of there are though.

so sacred stones was my first fire emblem game and i loved loved loved it. i saw this in recommended and thought id give it a look and... I DIDNT EXPECT YOU TO TELL ME EVERY CHOICE I MADE WAS THE WORST POSSIBLE ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE x.x.x.x.x ehem. thank you for explaining the error of my ways lol

Me who already memorize the split promotion by heart and replaying the game multiple time to have different promotion: What an informative video!!

It's hilarious how there are so many dumb comments on this video in 2019. Like if its 2012 it would be more believable.

I personally prefer mobility over extra power. I can have units with outstanding stats, but moving 5-6 squares won't make them enjoy the battle when a good 7-8 unit can do the job quickly and better. I did a cavalry + flier run (+rogues) and it was really funny, also made me discover that my favorite class is the Ranger/Bow Knight

New videos everyday. Nice

I wait until level 20 to rank up because on sacred stones, it's so much easier to level up later in the game as well as getting a big Stat boost when you class up, so they become so much more powerful than the pre-promoted characters (such as Innes or Seth)

I always turn Amelia into a Knight and I have never regreted it.

Quality video. More of them! Especially in 144p aka. the perfection.

Thanks for the vid!

i needed to write this for my dad and this just made it 10 times easier

I like using ewan and knoll as summoners to pick off some easy enemies while they focus on the stronger ones.

Holy Shit 720p

I made Lute a sage initially because I liked the sage aesthetic more, but training her light magic skill and slapping a Mending on her, she's pretty much able to be an offense blitzer mage, healer/staff bot, and Shaman + Monster killer. That's like 3 things other classes are specifically good at in 1

Thanks for this guide, I've been dealing with annoying people who say you should promote at level 20, also 2:44 Seth calm the hell down

Until chapter 17 I did not realize the falcon knight could use swords.

would have liked to have promotion bonuses displayed for each promotion

I'm doing a girls only challenge in sacred stones and I need someone to take hits, so the advice with Amelia will help me out a lot. Thanks!

Nice work

I always just went with Speed/LTC Run = highest movement promotion (or most potential damage if movement is equal such as the case of wyvern vs. falcon), CC = highest caps/weapons available, bishop being the only exception." For example Amelia (you wouldn't use her for a speed run, but just for the example) would be best as a paladin because the cavalier is waaaaay better then armor knight when running through the game, and after promotion paladin has the highest move of her options. When running the CC (or maybe link arena I guess) general is the obviously superior choice due to the highest stat caps, weapon triangle control, great shield skill, and the ability to max movement with swiftsoles so she is as good as a mounted unit. With maxed stats and potential taken in to account, paladin has absolutely no advantage over the general other then moving in hills, which I think isn't a big deal since they basically never appear in the CC.

Oh the microphone i can finally understand best boy mekka

This game is literally my childhood. I did like 20 playthroughs.

THANK YOU FOR THE SUPER TRANIE SO MANY DON'T REVERENCE IT!!

They could have made Sure Strike cool by instead making it a bonus roll for crit (Edit: or a copy paste of Pierce), and Snipers should have had a boosted crit rate anyways.

I love rocking up to the final boss with my 3 bishops who can use dark magic,

Summon is the best ability in the game if you're playing honestly because they let ewan level up and they save you money, plus you can draw your enemies with them

My favourite classes in any game since this one, have always been; Swordmaster, Warrior, Berserker, General, any Wyvern class and any foot bound spear class

watch in 144p for the most authentic experince

If I'm being honest. I promote Amelia to Knight and then General because I'm already satisfied with the number of Cavaliers already available in Sacred Stones and I find it interesting to see an armored unit that can double consistently. (Even though as someone who hasn't played the Tellius Duology I can already say that I'm gonna pass on the Brom's daughter from RadiantDawn that last time I check BlazingKnight couldn't stand) It's just a simple matter of preference and I understand why other people choose Cavalier because I made Amelia a Cavalier in my first full playthrough of Sacred Stones.

I have a question. Do you know of any guides posts anything that just goes over “what weapon/class is favored in each game”? Cause I’ll occasionally hear something like awakening magic, being weapon locked in ______ sucks. Etc.

Thanks Mekkkah, nice video :^)

Idk why but I feel urged to use Great Knights, Wyvern Knights, Summoners and Mage Knights since they're exclusive to Sacred Stones. I'm currently on my 1st playthrough of FE8 (I've been neglecting it for a while) and I have Tana, Vanessa and Cormag ALL AS WYVERN KNIGHTS. I just love 'em.

Will you do this type of video on the other FE games

Cool I always wanted one of these

It's kinda of interesting that in a later video, he changes his mind on summoners [from eh to use it if possible].

Knight - Upgrade Item = ad

This makes me want to try an all mount run.

When in doubt, pick swordmaster. It might not be the best class, but it sure crits a lot.

Currently made the mistake on playing sacred stones in hard mode after not playing an FE game for a year and a half. This will be very useful

Anyone who doesn’t go Berserker with Ross is playing the game wrong. Also always go ranger over sniper and hero. Also Knoll is a summoner.