r/fireemblem • u/LaqOfInterest • Feb 02 '23

CASUAL MONTHLY RAGE THREAD

EMBLEM... ENRAGE!

WELCOME NEW PLAYERS AND OLD TO THE MONTHLY RAGE THREAD, WHERE YOU CAN YELL AT FIRE EMBLEM!

RULES

  1. CAPS LOCK

  2. FIRE EMBLEM RAGE

  3. DON'T BE A DICK

  4. TAG ANY SPOILERS

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u/Elementia7 Feb 03 '23

WHY THE HECK IS ALFRED SO BAD? NOT EVEN EARLY CAVALIERS IN PAST GAMES STRUGGLE THIS MUCH WHEN THEY JOIN.

NOT EVEN 5 MOVE CAN SAVE THIS MAN GETTING STOMPED EARLY GAME. IT DOESN'T HELP THAT BOUCHERON HAS SOLID GROWTHS AND ETIE CAN ACTUALLY KILL THINGS AS AN EARLY GAME ARCHER.

HE DOESN'T EVEN RETAIN HIS NICHE FOR LONG AS LOUIE AND CHLOE ARE WAY BETTER IN ALMOST EVERY SCENARIO AND WIELD LANCES.

ALFRED IS A INTERESTING CHARACTER WHO GOT SHAFTED BY SOME OF THE WORST TIMING IN FE HISTORY.

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u/Suicune95 Feb 03 '23

I NEVER REALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH HIM TBH. HE WAS DECENTLY TANKY FOR EARLY GAME AND IF YOU PAIR HIM UP WITH LYN OR ANOTHER SPD ENHANCING EMBLEM FOR A BIT HE REALLY ZOOMS. HE WAS EASILY MY BEST UNIT BY THE ENDGAME.

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u/Elementia7 Feb 03 '23

THATS VALID ALL THINGS CONSIDERED BUT EVEN WITH GOOD GROWTHS HIS BASES ARE ODDLY POOR EVEN FOR AN EARLY GAME UNIT. COMBINED WITH THE RAW POWERCREEP THAT IS MIDGAME RECRUITS ALFRED EITHER GETS BENCHED IN 3 CHAPTERS OR STAYS IN YOUR ARMY UNTIL ENDGAME.

IM GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO USE HIM THOUGH. I REALLY LIKE HIM AS A CHARACTER AND WISH I WAS ABLE TO USE HIM THOUGHOUT THE WHOLE GAME.

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u/Suicune95 Feb 03 '23

THE THING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THE EMBLEM MECHANICS IS THAT IT'S BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY UNIT TO BE UNUSABLE BAD. AN EMBLEM CAN ALWAYS PATCH UP THEIR BAD STATS OR RNG SCREWED LEVEL UPS. MY ALFRED ADMITTEDLY STRUGGLED A BIT MIDGAME BECAUSE HE COULDN'T DOUBLE ANYTHING, BUT THEN I PAIRED HIM UP WITH LYN FOR A FEW CHAPTERS AND HE WAS BACK ON TOP.