Breaking Down: Constance- Fire Emblem: Three Houses Unit Analysis

[@mimief7969]

Constance's biggest issue is no s-support with f byleth 😔

[@JSFalco]

I feel the same way about Claude and male Byleth

[@mimief7969]

@JSFalco Homosexuals of the world, unite!

[@RandyNgelale]

pretty solid as usual. One thing to note is that rather than mastering valkyrie for uncanny blow, just take advantage of her authority boon to use macuil evil repelling co for the mag boost and 30 hit bonus.

[@hexmaniacciaran]

Another thing to note is her faith pool is great for ensuring she gets levels on grinding maps without hogging kill experience that can go to other units which is nice if you play on maddening where experience can be a bit tight. My personal favourite build for her is Fiendish Blow, Black Tomefaire, Black Magic Range +1, Uncanny Blow, Reason Prowess in the Warlock Class, she's my tactical nuke as I use bolting to take out gambit using enemies before I send in my dodge tanks with +26 magic damage stacking tomefaires, her battalion and fiendish blow and the magic staff. Through dark flier is valid I feel like Flayn does it better with excalibur to act as an anti-flier unit and a much easier path to darting blow

[@JonoabboFE]

I completely agree with her Faith pool, Ward is always great for that. I also enjoy warlock! I just find Dark Fliers mobility is really nice for Constance, but Warlock is a lot of fun too!

[@RandyNgelale]

same except I put her authority boon to use with macuil evil repelling co as the give a boat load of mag and +30 hit.

[@crunkers_]

It took me a lot of searching to find a series that goes over each character in depth. Definitely looking forward to future episodes.

[@JonoabboFE]

Thank you so much!!

[@andrewwatts3234]

I’ve started one of my many play throughs of three houses for what is probably the millionth time, and honestly your series has helped me find really fresh approaches to characters that I haven’t thought about using before and has made playing the game again more fun than it ever has been.

[@JonoabboFE]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words!

[@humanthing6156]

High quality as always! Thanks for doing all this!

[@JonoabboFE]

Thank you!

[@rhettmitchell]

I just love striking people with lightning 6 times in a map man

[@brandonjuno]

I think there's a good argument for Warlock as Coco's best class. While 4 Mov is limiting, particularly with regard to Rescue's utility, Bolting and Ward ensure that she has something to do and, crucially, experience to gain every turn. As Ward bypasses the Maddening Exp nerf, Constance can quickly become 4-5 levels higher than the rest of your army, and those extra levels at a 70% Mag growth rate really add up quickly. Warlock also affords her the most power for her spells at an effective +8. This makes Constance perhaps the only offensive mage in the game who can kill on Maddening without doubling. Even without her Crest, you can reliably OHKO four enemies per map, pull off defensive Rescues when needed, and gain levels (and occasionally buff Soulblade and Lightning Axe) with Ward. Gremory does the same thing of course, but with +1 Mov and -3 Mag. I'd argue the power boost is more relevant; it's really quite rare to be out of range of all enemies and allies. The mobility of Dark Flier makes much more of a difference for characters like Flayn or Lysithea, who don't have access to siege tomes and need to get in and out effectively.

[@veerigo]

i know this is late but i offer a counter point war cleric aura knuckle unga bunga constance beating the shit out of the scary bad men

[@brandonjuno]

@@veerigo strong enough for player phase but she doesn't have the defense to tank or the speed to dodge; you'd have to babysit her for enemy phase. plus her spells wouldn't hit as hard and she wouldn't be able to use them as often. one bolting vs warlock's four is a big difference. i think yuri makes for a better magical/mixed war monk.

[@veerigo]

@@brandonjuno you’re absolutely right but i live and die by the scrap

[@brandonjuno]

@@veerigo fair. valid.

[@YOOT_JJ]

@@veerigo balthus wrote this post.

[@HenriqueRJchiki]

She's good for the simple fact that you need to do her paralogue to unlock the single flying magic battalion in the game for my waifu annette to bonk people with her axes

[@selfsustainedautocannibalVampi]

Coco does have 1-3 range, it's called Levin Sword+ & a sword boon. This is a stupid build that requires a lot of work but I like it: Mortal Savant + Aura Knuckles (and obviously soulblade and her spells) Swordfair is great for Levin Swords, soulblade Wo Doa/cursed sword and Blutgag. Black tomefair is nice cause duh. 6 move is great and Dark knight can't use Aura knuckles last time I checked. I also like having Lysithea warp Coco, Coco Rescues Lysithea and then the 2 best wizards kill everyone together.

[@JonoabboFE]

Sounds like a fun build! Glad you can get it to work!

[@TerrennonPriv]

Nice catch with recruit at chap3 tip! Consta is my fav unit with valkyrie into warlock bolting spammer. I just focus her goals with reason and faith. So you can get more spells. (stop at heal/nosferatu/ward for exp on madning) and later focus on reason and raid. Her starting authority gives access to early boost of fire power with additional early magic staff. But what i love about her is her spell pool. Fire for occasional x2. Sagi high damage high acc spell that with indoor buff it can really get her to one shot some enemies. Later high dmg high crit Fimb for monsters that we fix with valk or battalion acc. And cherry on top global bolting with low acc that is already fixed. She also always boosts others just by holding bolting. And her supports. Best Fe character

[@AlexKlindt]

I'm going to make a strong argument for Warlock Coco as her final class here: Faith investment can be eliminated at B rank, allowing you to hone in on her Reason to maximize her black magic potential (should she be your focus) or set her sole focus to Reason and forget it to allow your lectures to focus on other, more investment-demanding units. The combination of Black Tomefaire, the +3 magic from being in the class and Black Magic Uses x2 gives her power that can't be matched by the other magic classes, blowing Dark Flier out of the water and giving her a non-insignificant leg-up over Gremory. I'd personally give her a magic staff to hold and build her Reason 5, Mag +2, Fiendish Blow, Black Mag Range +1, Black Tomefaire. Giving her the Edmund Troops from Marianne's Paralogue shores up her shaky accuracy while boosting her magic even higher. Her role: a siege mage with a minimum of 4 turns of one-shots boasting a bare minimum of 41 magic attack and likely significantly higher due to her whopping 70% magic growth while in-class and the high Mt of her spells. 4 turns is plenty of time to move her into position to be a player phase delete button and Bolting's range allows her to smite potential problem units before they ever pose a threat. If you're on NG+, I'd recommend giving her Annette's crest item to increase the chance of her casting refund even higher. Coco's best (and arguably sole) asset is her ability to leverage her titanic magic stat and not only does this build maximize her magic, but it's also arguably the most effective way to do so. Feel free to disagree, I guess? But with this Coco's basically full build at 30 and really isn't weaker than the options that you're forwarding.

[@AlexKlindt]

@@thatonecanto, I'm not entirely sure about that. I actually think that she's probably the weakest of the Ashen Wolves, granted they're all excellent units.

[@zeropat0000]

This video is so quiet to not scare constance

[@soonftww]

Very late 😭 but i ended up going with war cleric constance on maddening. Very fun build icl, she hits super hard

[@rhettmitchell]

Omg you actually did it 😭😭

[@JonoabboFE]

I did it!

[@MrMarinus18]

I kinda wish the magical flyer had been faith magic oriented. Normally that's worse but the main thing I usually use them for is physic healing on a large map as they can quickly fly back and forth to where needed. Their mobility also makes fortify a more useful spell as you can more easily get into the exact right position. I kind of have a similar sentiment towards the trickster which really should have been reason oriented instead. Since it's much more of an offensive unit and it also would have made it a good class as a transition into mortal savant. It would have solved one of the Mortal Savant's biggest problems of not really having any previous class that transitions smoothly into it.

[@zachm9964]

If you are open to recommendations, I would say Ferdinand. I think his early game while not having the best stats can be nice due to him getting seal speed and Shatter slash to become a great de-buffing character until Swift strikes memes come out haha

[@SparkBlazeWarriors]

Constance is one of my favorite units, she’s just so useful. Huge magic stat to nuke things, easily the best siege mage, and she has good utility with Rescue (especially when flying since you’re probably making her your dark flier). I think you could probably also get some good mileage out her sword boon. I was meming and putting her in Trickster on my last run as my 12th unit and it was pretty solid, there were actual times I wanted her over another unit since she could delete some squishier units with Soulbade and a Silver Sword+ with basically no investment. It’s a meme class, but she could probably be a decently performing Mortal Savant, and I also kinda wanna meme with her in Assassin to follow a tank and delete something lured out by them, if I could get her a rapier or devil sword to fuel soulblade/hexblade.

[@JonoabboFE]

"It’s a meme class, but she could probably be a decently performing Mortal Savant," Really funny you should say that because I've recently been leaning towards it unironically being her best class from an offensive perspective. Hexblade with a Steel Sword+ is higher damage than any of her spells, and obviously with soulblade and the more powerful swords she has potential to go way beyond that. The fact that swords are largely uncontested also helps a lot here, since she can quite easily stake a claim to the Devil Sword, Rapier, Zoltan (AM especially), etc. Swordfaire and Black Tomefaire, 6 move, and a really easy path to the class sets it up for her very nicely.

[@SparkBlazeWarriors]

@@JonoabboFE Between swords being “bad” and mortal savant being seen as bad when viewed as an upgrade to a sword based class vs a magical one I just think a lot of us have been sleeping on Hexblade/Soulblade users. I’ve been thinking about this more as I think about my next run and how good it could be to up that kill potential that mages lack at times. Quite excited to try them out more myself as well as see how Dorothea does as your run progresses and she eventually hits Mortal Savant. And also just up the excellent content!

[@OperaQueen85]

I’m also hoping to try out MS Constance. What was your endgame build, if you don’t mind me asking? I’m concerned about her low growth rates in defence and other stats one would be looking for in a physical unit. Though I suppose there’s probably nothing you could do to Constance that would help her take hits. Certification in Armoured Knight? I did that to Lysithea and Annette one play-through but I don’t think it was worth it, at least on Lysithea. Give her Thrysus and make sure she never gets hit. Annette went Wyvern Lord on this occasion with Lightning Axe, and maybe that helped her defence but it still wasn’t great. She was good on armoured units but struggled with other unit types.

[@SparkBlazeWarriors]

@@OperaQueen85 I put very little thought into my Trickster Constance build since it was a 12th slot support unit I was just kinda experimenting with. I think I put Fiendish Blow, Dark Magic+Sword Prowess, Axe Breaker, and some filler. I’d probably put Uncanny Blow or Hit+20 on MS where hitting with attacks actually matters. Survivability will definitely be an issue without stealth or flight. I don’t love taking time to train armor so I’d just gotta play careful with how you position her or have ways to bail her out if she needs to go into enemy range for a ko.

[@ThisIsntAYoutuber]

The best part? Mortal Savant allows Constance to throw hands if you so desire. So you can have a siege mage that has close quarter options with her fists.

[@muchluck7981]

Here is my question....is Constance a good dancer? A boon on swords and having a decent magic list means that she can dance for allies and help them get more turns and if needed, use her magic for combat

[@LinkachuHQ]

yeah she's a great dancer, especially in Crimson Flower as she supports Edelgard/Ferdinand/Jeritza and can give them linked attack bonuses with Bolting

[@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa]

Yes, but she has a lower Cha growth/base and you'd be giving up a pretty powerful mage. If you're cool with working with all that tho, she makes a great dancer, the only thing that would be better would be if she also had a Riding boon for easier Mov +1.

[@OttyDoo]

She makes a pretty good war cleric. Helps with her poorer speed

[@OttyDoo]

Also can u do balthus or hapi next??

[@nightwish1453]

on normal yes but for harder diffculties like maddening it may be best to ignore it entirely

[@idkdk569]

@@nightwish1453 i tried war cleric coco on maddening NG CF, not the best thing ever, especially since aura knuckles are A-rank and you cant train brawl in battle till level 20, but not terrible, she still rescued and bolting'd just fine

[@scrapyarddragon]

Constance is a straightforward character and I always feel the biggest debate with her is "why use her over other mages", and the only answer to that I have is bolting spam and and rescues, maybe with a ward or two to bait out enemy siege tomes. I see the logic of using dark flier for rescue mobility but I think the best route for her is monk->mage->valk->gremory. First two speak for themselves, Valk gives uncanny blow and can be switched back to even in the late game if you need the increased movement/canto/range over what gremory has, and by actually being IN gremory Constance has doubled boltings, which is the main reason to bother using her as an offensive mage. If she isn't going to be deleting problem units from safe distances with bolting, I just have to ask "why use her over Lysithea or Hapi". Lysithea is the nuke we all know and love with the massive warp range, which can win maps all on its own even with only 1/2 uses, and Hapi is handy for dealing with monsters, and has a spell list full of utility. Putting constance in dark flier lets her do funny things with rescue sure, but thats kind of it compared to her other options, and said other options still CAN do rescue things. Plus, constance isn't the only unit who can do good things in dark flier, and you only get one magic-oriented flying battalion. I've actually found myself putting annette into it more often because it lets her zip about rallying units before canto'ing to safety, all while still being able to throw magic around when needed.

[@JonoabboFE]

It's always a tough question to answer for Constance, but I will say that the more I have played, the more I have ended up using less and less combat and kill units, and more of a core 4-5 with the rest being utility to support them, so I have started using her more in this fashion, which I think goes some way to explaining my preference for Dark Flier.

[@paladinslash4721]

IMO Marianne is a fantastic dark flier. Flying physics and silences are life savers, darting blow combos well with her spell list, and transmute is made for Res tanking.

[@fukunaga-kane]

I always find the Lysithea + Warp a bit overrated , because I don’t think the most player are going to enjoy a 1 turn play style that much. It’s kinda odd people tend to place her up high (over Constance) in tier list just because of her Warp magic utility. I always find myself in situations where I used up Rescue and Bolting over Warp.

[@fukunaga-kane]

@@paladinslash4721 Hapi has a similar use like DF Marianne + silence , her Banshee spell can cut movements of enemy units and leaving them immobilized for that turn. You can use it against final boss as well and leave them useless

[@fukunaga-kane]

Not to mention all her magic spells are on the harder hitting side

[@Artu_emblem]

Hey do you know if black tomefaire stacks with the one learnt at S+ or S (I don't remember lol which rank it was lol)? Great vid btw!

[@JonoabboFE]

Yep! They do stack!

[@tommyortiz6623]

Constance needs to be an armor knight first just like most mages to give them more hp + defense

[@unitlonda4925]

Just stumbled onto your channel and I've been really enjoying your breakdown of all the characters! If I had to suggest a character it would be Yuri ( not just because I'm very biased djehe). I think he's a pretty interesting case with his rather... unfortunate set of banes so I think it would be really interesting to hear your thoughts on him! He's been hard-carrying me on my black eagles hard mode run but I don't know how he would hold up on maddening ^^

[@JonoabboFE]

Thank you so much, I'm really glad you have been enjoying them! Yuri is definitely an interesting unit and I'm looking forward to doing him when I do get around to him!

[@AlexKlindt]

Yuri's basically a god on maddening. I went thief into grappler while feeding him the game's speed boosters and giving him his relic. He dodgetanks off of his stats alone and quads with canto and thief-type movement. If if her somehow can't one-round, he has fierce iron fists to fall back on as well as excellent authority. Not to mention a Mt support with Byleth. Needless to say, absurdly strong with the ability to steal on aux battles or the other 2 times it's relevant in the game.

[@unitlonda4925]

@@AlexKlindt Ahh I'm honestly really happy to hear that! Yuri is one of my favorite characters so I was worried if his banes were a big hindrance to his performance. I'm playing black eagles hard mode for the first time right now and made Yuri my dancer and also gave him the chalice and I swear he's a monster right now! Going to try out brawler Yuri next time then! What would you say is the best route for a first maddening run?

[@AlexKlindt]

Probably Crimson Flower because you get to skip hunting at daybreak and Edelgard is the second best unit in the game whose best class is the best class in the game. (Save for Barbarossa) Just make sure to make a detour to hunt Dune Worms in part 1 for the Agarthum to repair her relic and she can reliably solo maps should they prove problematic.

[@unitlonda4925]

@@AlexKlindt Thanks for the tips! Yeah that does sound reasonable, especially considering that it's shorter than the other routes

[@LouiNotStewy]

Are you planning to do this with all the students? Btw I really injoy watching this

[@JonoabboFE]

I am, yes! The next one will be out tomorrow!

[@Hexahydrate]

I do love Constance, literally one of my favourite units in the game. But at the surface, she is just slightly worse lysithia which makes me sad

[@samash.32]

why use constance...? I LOVE her gimmick. I'm going to do a constance only run... probably in crimson flower because of you know... hunting by daybreak....

[@xXphili11xX]

This series is very good content. I've watched a few of your videos now and you earned a new subscriber. I made a similar video on Constance a while back, so feel free to check that out some time if you want to (but don't feel obligated). Keep up the great work in the future!

[@JonoabboFE]

Thank you!