​@@Fragmaster01 it triggered Rolands follow up. That's why, Roland hits exharme from behind plus a natural damage bonus due to knights bane. Even if Frederica did 1 damage the extra follow up was basically an extra regular hit off on exharme. 78 damage is pretty hard to pass up on

@@Leah-Heala No, the one at the end of the mission, with Milo. I get the roland one. 25:15

@Fragmaster01 oh yeah, that one I just did for kicks

@@Fragmaster01 I wasn't trying to provoke exharme, I practically know all of exharmes stats by heart at this point. I was trying to hook other units. NGL, only reason I bought ezana was for rain, but wind is nice. Luck is great, just that besides sera, not a lot of units need that 5 luck. But I do think I had chances to pop luck for free that I just didn't take, soz. Benedicts dragons isn't really needed once exharme is dead. Twofold let's you ruin the life of a specific unit. Which is amazing for getting in and out in a unit heavy map like this. Thanks for the ideas/feedback though I'm embarrassed about my start though, I had a whole setup and everything and I immediately forgot it XD

@@Leah-Heala I watched the video in like 3 pieces, so I might have missed that you hit someone else. Mostly the damage on Archibald with the wind was exceptional, so it seemed reasonable to keep it up once the puddle strats failed. I'm pondering how I'd do a playthrough like this. I think for sanity's sake, I'd allow auto-life(Resurrection earrings, Geela, Maxwell), but not quietus revives. Units can get back up, but not leave the field. Medina would be the only one allowed to use healing items(no panacea pellets), and Picoletta the only one allowed to use offensive items(because that's part of their kit). I suppose you could say Hossabarra is allowed to feed people spices(tavern owner) if you really wanted to get picky and have the full set.

@@Fragmaster01 yeah, I should've kept the wind also to disrupt bowmen aim Also yeah, I'm honestly torn on medina and pico I think medina is busted but I can't use either units cuz of my restriction of no items, but idk if I wanna change that as an exception or not.

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@@terence7009 Yeah, just wish the ending wasn't so god awful. They spend the whole game going "Hyzantes really bad, like really evil, like absurdly abusive don't trust them" Then Roland's like "hey we should trust them XD"

All of the character battle themes are good but this one is super underrated. Frederica’s battle theme is used in like 6 battles.

@@medmax5941 I think this and Benedicts battle are the same rarity, just that Roland's battle gets interrupted by Gustadolphs theme until he dies. Meaning you don't get to hear it for long.

@@Leah-Heala Yeah and it's like 4 minutes long so you miss a lot. That being said, yeah, but I think they play it fairly well, in the respect that Roland basically cracks under all the pressure and sees some virtue in how hyzante keeps perfect order and the bulk of people happy. It's pretty much how religion functions in the real world.

@@terence7009 I really like how Gustadolph overpowers Roland's theme, like he's being silenced, until Gustadolph is gone, then Roland's theme returns in full

@@medmax5941 Yeah, the elite spam is crazy, and the terrain advantage gives very little in the way of actually being capable of dealing with the threats. Not to mention Lyla having a chance to just run into you. It makes it very annoying to deal with. It's either spam shutdown (tempts like Lionel or Milo, blind, immobilization, fury spam, sleeps and silences like endless speech, etc) or have so much mitigation that your backline can tank if need be (above and beyond, shield of ice spam, Ramparts, shielding stances, etc.) because eventually you just have 0 room to be able to tank everything and your backline will slowly die off.

This is a good hill to die on

@@medmax5941 I actually tried once or twice but got shredded because I didn't know the captain guard was considered a boss XD

@@Leah-Heala For some reason his dagger has 2 range

@@medmax5941 yeah but I used it for 4 reasons 1. I had TP I could burn, I'd suffer no repercussions for not spamming it 2. It was on such high ground that normally it actually hit. 3. Those mages needed to die but hughette herself couldn't solo, and Rudolph was still moving to the area. Mages have really low evasion anyways so I said that it's almost surefire to hit. 4. It's cool (I lost 2 attempts where I used the turret before this one and the turret hit all shots. I guess I got unlucky here.)

@@Leah-HealaIt is very cool. Also I find it hilarious that the turret missed an immobilized Gustadolph multiple times

@@medmax5941 well... yeah, but now that I'm sorta thinking about it and using jens more... The more I realize that the turret is REALLY underused, it's not bad actually, Jens is a lot like Seranoa, in that most of his TP costs are 1-2, except unlike Seranoa, who uses hawk dive a lot, you tend to use spring trap, and get the -1 TP cost upgrade, making it 1 TP, and due to it being only a max of 3 and sometimes not needing to spam it EVERY turn, and not to mention sometimes just getting TP batteries, sometimes you have a LOT of TP you don't need to use, and burning it on a turret... doesn't seem that bad, at worst, it's a distraction for 1-2 enemies to waste their turns on... at best though... it does several hundreds of damage to several enemies and tanks a few hits for certain units. I think it's underrated because people expect it to be like... idk, 4 dragons, but honestly... the turret goes hard as a "oh hey I have 4 TP, time to throw down a turret cuz why not?"

Hughette’s shutdown is unparalleled

"Gustadolph Aesfrost has only begun to fight!" *Literally is the last one alive running for dear life whilst also getting bullied*

@@Leah-Heala *proceeds to run into spring and dies* Too good 😂

@@KingDiaMaru wanted svarog to kill him but the spring trap was so fucking funny it actually hurt laughing

Yeah, they truly are doing a last stand. TBF none of the endings are a just cause, I just, as someone who has seen religious trauma in the people I love, feel a bit iffy on this particular route, but Benedict's uber capitalist society might honestly be really terrible too. Not to mention Frederica's ending literally plunging all 3 nations into a civil war that was told to last for... well... a long time. Like imagine you're a regular person in house wolffort, and your lord just... leaves you, you aren't brought along, your land is invaded by Hyzante, Glenbrook which was once a nation that just somewhat reclaimed itself, is now BACK into disarray now that the king is just gone... You still are hurting due to salt shortages perhaps even more now due to the wars... Except now you have just Benedict, your house's military might is all but gone, and now you're just sitting in the middle of 3 nearly dead nations all looking at you. I cannot imagine being almost betrayed like that by someone who is your leader and supposed to protect you.

@@Leah-Heala Plus the Wolffort people uproot completely from their home and all move to crown city, then are at the center of yet another war and only after several years they get to go back to their home while the war is still ongoing. It sucks because Frederica’s route feels the most human on the surface but you’re forsaking the rest of Norzelia. Benedict’s route sucks too because even though Hyzante has been crushed and Aesfrost was brought to heel, Norzelia still has the scars of Hyzante and Aesfrost’s warped ideologies. Plus another war is likely to break out with Roland and Idore joining forces. I really like that the non-golden endings clearly show their flaws but I also like that the golden route exists.

@@medmax5941 Yeah I feel that a game as constantly bleak and painful as Triangle Strategy has a sort of happy ending. It feels nice especially if you go through all the endings first.

@@KingDiaMaru just understand some of the strategies are different from others simply because of the fewer tools are your disposal. For example fighting idore the deluded. If you use optimal setups not restricted by my challenge, you can beat the boss in about 5 minutes. If you do limit yourself... It's an hour and 30 minutes slog fest. That being said it's truly a fun game and I'm working on more, but I'm having a bit of a skill issue on avlora chapters XD (help me I'm going insane, she crit Milo from the front for an instant kill from full HP while she had an ice tile, and 2 evasion bracelets.)

@Leah-Heala oh geez. Yeah, I can definitely see that being the case! Honestly, I love challenges like this in strategy games! It lets people try all sorts of different unit combinations and unorthodox strategies, so I totally approve! With this game in particular, I always feel like deathless is a fun and worthwhile challenge. And best of luck with Avlora: gotta love when RNG just says "no" to a calculated risk :')

@@KingDiaMaru idk why but I just seem so comfortable with Exharme missions, but unfortunately avlora and Gustadolph make me want to cry

@@medmax5941 I tried that and did ok, but spell for speed plus the elites plus no items and no quietus, or even revives, eventually I simply just bled too much hp

@@medmax5941 Not yet, I might

I beat the map, but my audio didn't record, it's not working, and I do not know why, which sucks because this was an hourlong battle. NVM fixed the problem, still sucky tho

well, this comp as dumb as it is... Is pretty funny, it's hilarious against any target on high ground, Julio gives decimal TP to spam height, Benedict just spams now, archibald spams as well, seranoa can give damage spices, and help TP charge etc. Then you can bring literally anyone else, I just called it siege artillery cuz that's kinda what it is. It's actually not bad, I beat lyla's golden route fight with it if you want to see that. further edit I should bring ezana, so Archie gets raging winds damage up

@@medmax5941 if I had to guess, Exharmes defeat at castle Wolffort. and cutscene in the golden route when he says "I still have my talent for rousing rabble." Eventually gives him the title of "Swordmaster" in Piercing the shield.

The battle is surprisingly simple once you deal with a few select units. The small staircase lets jen almost always push the mage into your team so you can annihilate them, with any TP battery with Lionel can almost perma halt all 3 rouges, and if one of them doesn't sleep Jens can spring trap them into your team so you can beat them down. Patriatte is a bit touchier... It took me a few games to realize where he goes so, I can trap and surround him, Hughette has a 45% blind chance too if you cannot afford to take a hit which isn't bad for a boss, allowing you to more easily chew through his HP. Benedict is my "oh shit" character where if things go sideways. However, I accidentally used Raging beast instead of Bulwark on Anna. Symon isn't actually THAT bad of a green unit he does good damage and has ok stats. He, Erador and a few other units can CC and dispatch everyone else. Segmenting the 4 key threats is key to this fight.

Yeah, and if one of them evades the sleep jens can spring them into your team so you can nuke them.

Yeah, the traps give more of an atmosphere and you get to hear objectively the best soundtrack in game (confirmed by me of course.) Honestly the only reason I bought Ezana was cuz the rain looked cool XD. I plan to do Roland's Battle, but Gustadolph is actually really God damn annoying, he can do upwards of 400 damage to virtually every unit you have. Not to mention he's immune to silence, sleep, and fury, meaning that I need to hit a paralyze on him or he's just going to nuke me twice and it's GG, and even if I do tank it, his elite healers have Grant TP.... The mages can immobilize... Svarog is either getting himself killed (if your team is forward enough, he rushes the elite blade and the bowman.) Or he's non-existent in the battle at all (If your team is far enough back, he instead reroutes down to you which takes about 5 of his turns.) Basically, Roland's Battle deathless no quietus, and no items is so hilariously brutal that it'll take me a while.

@@Leah-Heala How does it compare to the Gustadolph battle on Roland’s route? I feel like it could be easier since the map is bigger, Gustadolph takes a few turns to approach, and Exharme does decent damage. But Exharme also charges in and gets himself killed, and Gustadolph has Absolute Zero with its huge range.

@@medmax5941 It sucks but is manageable simply because there's a few tactics you could use if you truly are that afraid. For one you could bring narve and a TP battery and just unfreeze all squares, if you don't wanna use ice stones. You have significantly more range, you could simply have a battery and outrange him with say... Archibald, decimal, etc. I for the most part always try to include the main cast because I think that just looks cool in these types of videos and bringing along those that have dialogue with the boss. However sometimes it gets... Weird, and is suboptimal. So I typically play with one hand tied behind my back. But if I need to I will swap to a more adequate character. But Roland's Battle is harder. Because... Mainly the fact that most of the enemies are in one area, there's two mages you need to kill that can be batteried by the healers. The hawk blades also need to be shut down. Aesfrosti blades both elite and regular suck because crippling blow can do 75% of your units HP. Elites have physical counter and sweeping slash. Gustadolph has a huge damage AOE, and there's a few Aesfrosti bowmen. Along with that... If you camp at the back Gustadolph will join and you have to fight him and his entire army at once. If you push, you can kill quite a few units... However this causes svarog to rush. He rushes an elite blade and bowman. He cannot win that fight. So you have to send a unit to aid him. So you need to shutdown the remaining forces, while also protecting svarog. It is tough. I do not use quietus, so no lightwave, or missed opportunity or restore. No items so no additional healing. If I don't bring geela, if a mage hits immobilization on my units they're actually literally just stuck there for 3 turns. It's not an impossible battle just the unique circumstances are brutal for what I want and might require me to forego some units I want to show off dialogue for... In order to win the fight. (Ps, this is also why I made some suboptimal plays in this battle like having Milo follow up Seranoa.)

I'd try new game too but idk if I am ready for that type of hell. Everything is so much more painful when you don't have the equipment for it