Can Roy SOLO Fire Emblem The Binding Blade? (Not Really…)

[@turboslayer-k2j]

FACT: Roy holds back because he doesn't want the enemies to feel too bad

[@pinkmellyy]

100%. This is him finally unburdening himself. Also everyone like this post this man is based and deserves it.

[@turboslayer-k2j]

@@pinkmellyy Hitting a 4% crit right after a 5% was actually just because he got bored. Also thanks :)

[@pinkmellyy]

@ Didn’t realize, just another day in the realm of my luck cause I was playing Conquest and missed 2 92% hits in a row, aka a 98.8% in true hit…

[@Designated_loser]

Makes us feel bad instead 😔

[@Shita_R]

Merlinus sticking with Roy for the entire journey only for him to keep being used as a human shield and then having to carry 13 pairs of Jordan 1 Chicago's is peak FE6.

[@pinkmellyy]

Bro getting brought back from the dead just to be used for menial chores such as dying and holding vintage shoes he's not allowed to touch.

[@shadowsofvalentia]

i kinda respect the theoretical aspect that comes with 100% growths and save states. reminds me of stuff like akira sou’s LTCs. kind of amazing how it wasn’t piss easy in spite of that. having not played fe6 myself i’m also fascinated by the glimpses i’m getting like the free meatshield and the true ending requirements that were relevant here

[@pinkmellyy]

Thanks for the comment! Yeah, I genuinely did not know what on Earth I was getting myself into even with all the leniency I gave myself. FE6 is definitely a wack ass game but it's very interesting too because of it. But I'm gonna cry when I have to play the other games that have same turn reinforcements man.

[@iamthehobo]

I was immediately confused how you would get the true ending but being able to transport Roy around makes it make sense

[@dylanzlol7293]

The Mumbling asmr goes crazy

[@pinkmellyy]

Yeah I tried to fix it in editing but I should've just re recorded everything, my bad!

[@slashspade]

Killing off Cath on the first chapter you can recruit her is peak comedy

[@pinkmellyy]

Mfw you're the only unit in the entire series where the game is made easier if you are dead.

[@phoenixgemini42]

​@@pinkmellyy I'm pretty sure killing cath just makes a generic thief spawn instead. Speed runners still do it because it skins her dialogue.

[@pinkmellyy]

@@phoenixgemini42 Meant to reply to this sooner but this is actually incorrect. At least in the maps past her second time showing up but I distinctly remember looking at the reinforcements on the wiki and wondering why they weren't showing up. For some asinine reason the spawning event is directly tied to if Cath is alive and I have genuinely no clue why.

[@woltsvault6698]

Excellent job! Truly amazing! Now….solo the game with Wolt!!!!!

[@pinkmellyy]

Better yet... WENDY SOLO BABY!!! Honestly don't know which is harder and I feel there may be a death battle over this in some over universe over who's worse lmao.

[@Jacobturtle]

Roy is the best lord ever guys Also your script is funny lol

[@pinkmellyy]

BASED ALERT. Roy is the absolute goat and no slander will be tolerated at anyone who dare says otherwise. Also unironically thanks, I'm definitely still growing with my scripts and I'm doing my best to try to make them as natural as possible, while still being entertaining.

[@ShinAk1raSama]

Ah, a theoretical run where you got perfect RNG for level ups only? Neat. Looks very amusing. Somehow, someway, I was actually able to beat FE8 Hard Mode with Roy only. I also swapped Eirika's Rapier with his and Sieglinde with the Binding Blade (without the heal effect). He performed well enough that he didn't need the Supports of the other FE6 units I ported over for specifically for Supports. Hilariously, he performed better than Hector, because of better AVD and RES for Ch18.

[@pinkmellyy]

Sounds about right. Based on what I've seen about Sacred Stones it doesn't seem that challenging but I'm guessing the run would go from pretty easy to mildly annoying based on when you allowed Roy to promote.

[@ShinAk1raSama]

@pinkmellyy I have the Lords promote the same time Eirika and Ephraim would normally promote. So, pain, basically.

[@pinkmellyy]

@@ShinAk1raSama Oh wow lmao that's definitely pain.

[@FarCritical]

Roy may in fact NOT be our boy

[@pinkmellyy]

Nuh uh! Roy is so epic I mean he has a fire sword like fire and a sword that's pretty cool!!!1!

[@KINFIN123]

I’m sorry I’ve listened to it 6 times and still can’t tell. “Also yes, I did the ______less”. What?

[@pinkmellyy]

@@KINFIN123 If you’re referring to the ending it was “Also yes, I left Roy maidenless.” This videos audio mixing was atrocious at times good lord.

[@AirQBert]

This never really got an official NA release, right? I played 7 and loved it (though, Eliwood DOES suck) but Lyn (despite that low STR biting me in the @$$ sometimes) and Hector were a couple of my favorite units.

[@pinkmellyy]

Yeah, 6 was never released and is still unavailable officially. (Despite being on Japanese Nintendo Switch Online I guess they don't want to take 2 minutes to download a fanmade one either) 7 definitely does seem like a fan favorite so I'm interested to see a challenge run I can pull together for it as well.

[@Designated_loser]

I've never beaten the base game even though i have a physical translated cartridge, but turns out if you get nomad roy in a randomizer and then a bow knight he's suprisingly good Crazy how a promotion makes him viable if it isn't at the end of the game

[@pinkmellyy]

Yeah it's pretty tragic. He wouldn't even be that good with a promotion earlier since his stats are way too average in a series that typically rewards specializers but it being so late just makes him do nothing in the mid game even if you've used him.

[@Sleepygarr]

I think this is why the general fire emblem community is locked in on "efficient" play. Like yeah you could rig every roy level up and solo the game with him. But it gets boring and frustrating due to his limitations. Not saying I'm super big on efficient play, my favorite unit is fe7 wil

[@leaffinite2001]

Well idk about locked in on, like ppl value it but also excellblems silly runs and videos like this one are pretty popular.

[@pinkmellyy]

I mean I kinda just did this because I thought it was funny to be honest. And I thought doing a true solo would either lead to me rigging the level ups manually anyways or getting frustrated with FE6 and just quitting. My favorite units are also usually units that I have to put training into. I would say more but I actually think that's it it's just really funny to me lmao.

[@pinkmellyy]

Love Exceblem, I want to do more stupid runs as I get more comfortable with the series tbh.

[@henrynye1608]

To be honest, the form of cheating that you used still means that it's "possible" to do this without cheating, and with HEAVY rng manipulation. Someone could actually guarantee a perfect level every time, given enough manipulation

[@pinkmellyy]

Yup, looking back I probably could've instead rigged hit/crit rng to be favorable but eh. And yeah, the point was moreso that I wouldn't pull my hair out trying to manually rig perfect level ups cause that would definitely not be fun. It is 100% theoretically possible to do it and that was mostly what I was trying to do here.

[@isuckatgaming1873]

Wow the start of this video is entirely incorrect lol Not only is roy solo on hard 100% possible (i've done it, without 100% growths, with screenshots), but also roy isnt even a bad unit. Relative to fe6, he's b tier, maybe C tier at worst. Just because hes a lord you cant unga bunga into enemies people always think hes a terrible unit, without actually looking at roy relative to fe6. But eh whatever, the videos still enjoyable

[@pinkmellyy]

Wait for real? I honestly did not think so but I did do some math on particular problem spots like later bosses and found that Roy on average could actually damage them which I didn't expect. I definitely should've rephrased parts of the beginning because I actually didn't think it was impossible, just somewhat unreasonable/unfun/uninteresting. Also, completely right in analysis of him as a unit. Getting chip damage with rapier or even getting some kills on early game hells like chapter 7 is better than more than like half the cast of this game to be honest. Whatever use after that as a support unit and in the endgame with the Binding Blade more than makes up for his non existent midgame. The early game is the hardest part of this game so any more units there is good.

[@isuckatgaming1873]

@pinkmellyy something that can also be noted, roy can guarantee 10 damage at range with the light brand if there is a boss he can't damage Trust me though, it's total pain (and I'm sure you know having done it with 100% growths) Especially 20 illia, that's such a nightmare If I didn't have 16x speed I'm convinced it would've taken months to do the run lol

[@pinkmellyy]

@@isuckatgaming1873 Oh shit I didn't even think about that cause I lost it that's actually genius. Of course this is FE6 so hit rates are still gonna eat you but it's at least something. I think later on the fact that Roy was getting doubled by bosses shows that it would be a nightmare without or even slightly under the capped stats at least I had. Nice find!

[@Mixxium]

It's funny to suffer from success, but it's hilarious to feast from failure with stacking units on enemy phase. On one hand you're happy to have your character not be banked, but it's also just pathetic.

[@pinkmellyy]

So true, especially with no 1-2 range lmao.

[@nicholasapodaca9886]

As somebody who rigs level ups, I find it hilariously comedic that you edited them all to 100%. I would have just reset the game hundreds of times and complained. Only time I was happy was Engage maddening fixed level up system.

[@pinkmellyy]

That's genuinely the reason I did it lmao. Otherwise I would've just lied on the internet and rigged them anyways and been like "that's crazy I can't believe my Roy capped every one of his stats!" In the future if I ever do any solo runs though I will pick ones that are easy enough without maxing out growths because it's funni. And yeah Engage fixed mode should really be added to every game, sometimes I just want to see what a character should be able to do and not get screwed/favored by RNG.

[@starterking]

Roy 6v1 a bunch of wyverns with his wife in chapter 21 without a doubt his best showing pre premonition. I'm not sure why they targeted Roy and not Sue guess she had that much evasion.

[@quickpawmaud]

I mean if you just rig every dice roll in your favor it is surely possible. If enemies have 99 hit they always miss and if Roy has 1% crit he always crits he should be able to win. I also don't get why you keep saying "game design" as if you are implying FE6 is poorly designed when you are not playing as intended and are doing a challenge you designed after changing the game's code. I am not saying FE6 game design is good or bad but you designed this game you are playing not them.

[@pinkmellyy]

Fair, I just thought it would be a funny little run tbh. Going off of your other point, FE6 IS a wack game, regardless of these rules. I have played the game before and have knowledge of the game. I'm not implying FE6 is a broken game because you can't easily solo it with a bad unit I'm saying there's problems with the game that I know and it's mostly just for the sake of comedy.

[@quickpawmaud]

@pinkmellyy yeah I don't like vanilla FE6 and change stuff myself to make it more fun or play Project Ember instead.

[@pinkmellyy]

@@quickpawmaud Makes sense. I should probably try Ember at some point.

[@quickpawmaud]

@@pinkmellyy Roy can promote with a Knight Crest into a mounted unit.

[@pinkmellyy]

@@quickpawmaud Lmao that’s definitely one of the ways to make a unit good.

[@voltron77]

I mean, being sword locked isn’t that bad in fe6.

[@pinkmellyy]

Good point. Although I don't think Swords are like the end all be all for weapons in this game they're definitely a lot better than later. More so they're just lucky with the classes they're in because all of the classes have something going for them. Whether it's flight, crit, or axe access. Many late game enemies have lances though so they're kinda niche sometimes.

[@voltron77]

@ Meh, the weapon triangle barely matters in fe6 and with swords having the best accuracy of any weapon, most often than not, your character will just dodge the Lance.

[@pinkmellyy]

@@voltron77 Oh yeah weapon triangle doesn't matter for hit. A weapon triangle disadvantage sword still has much more hit than a weapon triangle advantage axe. I won't pretend that I know much about FE6 hard mode since this is the only time I've played it but I assume it's still marginally important to actually kill the generic enemies you're fighting. Eventually enemies become weak but having 1-2 range and weapon triangle advantage over lances with somewhat decent hit rates means you're at least doing something. I think.

[@voltron77]

@ Sadly, no since axes are the worst weapon type by a fair margin and the only good axe unit, Gonzales, is carried by his insane bases and primo gains more so than by axes. Really, except for chucking javelins with your Christmas cavs, 1-2 range is pretty useless in fe6 and I like that, it makes swords more balanced in comparison to lances and axes, although like I said, axes are horrible in this game. I feel like fe6 is a hybrid between the next fe games and the old ones when it comes to weapon balancing since it truly is the last time that swords were better than axes.

[@pinkmellyy]

@@voltron77 Yeah swords are definitely better but I swear I remember someone saying axes were better on non fighter/brigand units since they actually have skill stats. Plus having some control of the weapon triangle even if it's not there can be nice if you have high enough skill.

[@domdude64dd]

I don't get the butthurt comments. Sure it's *possible* to beat it without perfect growths or save states but aint nobody got time for that.

[@pinkmellyy]

@@domdude64dd True, plus it’s funny.