Can you beat Fire Emblem 8 with 0 Strength and 0% Strength growths?

Recap Playlist: • FE8 0 Strength Recaps
Stream Playlist: • FE8 0 Strength Streams
Hard difficulty.
All player units start with 0 Str/Mag and have 0 Str/Mag growth. Enemy units are normal. Everything else is unchanged.
Only source of strength/magic is weapon might, supports, statboosters, promotions and metis's tome
Ironman challenge (no loading saves/resetting, dead characters stay dead, run's over if I lose)
Everything else is fair game if needed
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Prologue
00:01:10 Chapter 1
00:02:05 Chapter 2
00:03:16 Chapter 3
00:04:22 Chapter 4
00:05:19 Chapter 5
00:06:30 Chapter 5x
00:07:33 Chapter 6
00:08:28 Chapter 7
00:09:12 Chapter 8
00:09:56 Chapter 9
00:10:56 Chapter 10
00:11:59 Chapter 11
00:12:44 Chapter 12
00:13:40 Runesword grinding
00:14:35 Chapter 13
00:15:49 Chapter 14
00:16:46 Chapter 15
00:17:46 Chapter 16
00:19:00 Chapter 17
00:20:31 Chapter 18
00:22:11 Chapter 19
00:23:25 Chapter 20
00:25:40 Final Chapter
00:27:30 Demon King
00:30:22 Epilogue

[@AnOriginalName500]

This doesn't make Seth as weak as Eirika, it makes Eirika as strong as Seth. THAT'S terrifying

[@GribbleGob]

the good old "horse sized duck or a duck sized horse" conundrum

[@zdelrod829]

I love how semantics work with the English language.

[@funny250wall]

Hey you’re the guy from Pavise stream chat

[@AnOriginalName500]

@@funny250wall yessir

[@conor3645]

Orson having 15 STR because he's secretly an enemy unit is pretty funny

[@davialmeida4442]

One of these things is not like the others!

[@Zorothegallade-gg7zg]

Unfortunately, his wife had zero strength.

[@the_beans_man1524]

​@@Zorothegallade-gg7zgHer HP is also 0

[@Cerbleur07]

People don't mention this but Vanessa was the MVP on this round as she saved Ross which was the one who saved the run.

[@samkeiser9776]

Vanessa flew so that Ross could walk on water.

[@davialmeida4442]

@@samkeiser9776 and defy gravity with his flying axes

[@jakavious1611]

"Who are you saving those bullets for? God?" killed me

[@Liezuli]

>proceeds to run out in the last chapter

[@LunaAndPals]

@@Liezuliyeah the LAST chapter in a challenge run lmao

[@LillyTensei]

The fact he used enemy control to get the spear, but not the glitch to recharge Myrrh is really funny to me

[@cooperm4185]

Ross is so strong he couldn't even kill himself

[@IvanezRus]

"If I can't kill myself, is this because I'm too strong or too weak?"

[@robertst.pierre1341]

I don't know why but the Vanessa not being able to damage big spider due to 0 str and being dead line was hilarious

[@hajoeijgenraam295]

It's the subverted expectations. You expect him to say because she has 0 strength like every other episode

[@nathanielzarny1176]

I find it funny that yes, you should have saved myrr for God and not wasted her on the home invaders

[@joho4430]

I feel like mentioning triangle attack is the first step for most characters dying

[@Zorothegallade-gg7zg]

Hmm yes, let's place not one but three of the most notoriously physically frail units around an enemy that most likely has a lot of comrades coming through the same route, what could go wrong.

[@NexonPlayerNA]

"The boss, Orson, who has 1 strenth, because I messed up while editing his stats." This fucking guy lmfao

[@appelofdoom8211]

The pontifex being stronger than anyone on your team is still funny.

[@ThunderCorrCrafting]

the run that managed to kill seth

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

The vine boom every single time "0 strength" and "0 magic" played made me laugh every time without fail

[@C_Raccoon23]

The use of the waterphone sound effect is also just as funny.

[@GPhipps]

It's amazing how quickly his opinion turns against Amelia due to recruitment differences.

[@rossedwards3623]

Amelia 😊 Amelia a few minutes later 😢

[@karlrudd8914]

Thats kinda how I feel about Amelia after maybe 2 minutes of thinking. Hey its Amelia I might train... nah.

[@auraguard0212]

Your window for feasibly training growth units is limited. For some units in some games, such as Fir in FE6, it's literally just the same chapter you get them.

[@BurningFyre]

@@auraguard0212 i mean, the tower is right there

[@butteredsalmonella]

Can you imagine if you can fix Sophia by just grinding in the Tower of Valni LMFAO

[@just-mees]

The fact that an enemy picked neimi over a phantom, the penultimate enemy prioritiser tool, is extremely funny to me.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

It makes sense. The enemy will prioritize the weakest thing it can, and a flimsy incorporeal being of unsubstantial presence is definitely weaker than a phantom.

[@Not_Alanius]

A no damage run called, Neimi says she wants her substantualism back-

[@just-mees]

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Amnesia1998]

A father and son tag team the demon king while everyone else plays defense. Sounds about right.

[@juicyjuustar121]

"Oh, Pierce exists, this run would be perfect for my favorite character Vanessa!" Vanessa dying in chapter 2:

[@gabrielbitencourt1879]

I thought just like that! Yeah vanessa will shine, she is my third favourite character!! Seconds later...

[@shirakorimio1363]

"X who has 0 strength" I love this //farms infinite runeswords //is in a perfect defensive position "I DECIDED I MUST HAVE THAT RUNESWORD." //gives up position for runesword Fucking comedy gold I love this channel LOLOLOL

[@justanotherguywithamoustac8893]

And so at the end of the day, it turned out Ross was the hero of legend to beat the demon lord

[@anqeal]

some of the inserted sounds effects made me lose my shit. i wasnt expecting them and it was really funny

[@Liezuli]

It's the LEGO Yoda death sound whenever a green unit dies that really gets me

[@elevate07]

Every time Myrhh attacks I giggle like a small child

[@Dimguye360]

Cool another compilation I can watch three times a week

[@davialmeida4442]

Jaigen getting killed by a 1% crit, Seth being killed by a series of attacks with 0,85% chance, it seems prepromotes are not welcome in Exelblem videos

[@Flametix]

What an interesting run to show off the different tools and approaches to FE8 played mostly straight. It really feels like playing out a desperate struggle against undead beings like the narrative implies and calls back to the first war how the demon king was surrounded by the dead before he finally fell.

[@nicocchi]

watching all chapters in a row makes the constant WHO HAS ZERO STRENGTH even funnier. Make a drinking game out of it, end up in the hospital from alcohol poisoning

[@kay_faraday]

the subversion with the sudden "WHO HAS 15 STRENGTH" really got me

[@stephenq7510]

What a great run, scuff to the max, yet still entirely possible.

[@SilvarusLupus]

Grats to Ross for ending with 7 strength!

[@auraguard0212]

This man found a use for Eclipse! Imagine if it were FE6 Eclipse, which brought HP down to 1 but had TEN base Hit.

[@Not_Alanius]

Then it straight up wouldn't have a hit rate on the Final Boss, and Ewan might have lived to be killed by reinforcements.

[@StormEagleCH]

The best part of this run was finding out you weren't even strong enough to crack some eggs

[@logging_co]

I loved they way you covered everyones strength as you recruited them, such an overlooked detail most playthroughs

[@noiseisgold3n42]

I am absorbing as much of your power as possible before Engage drops tonight.

[@julienvlmk4932]

" Who has zero strength" was my favorite quote of this video

[@mochachip4727]

Ross the boss my beloved, in my top 10 fire emblem units of all time for sure

[@The_Pikaboi]

Ross really did say "Its rossing time" and rossed all over the Grado Army

[@somethinggold187]

I didn’t expect for this series to be so amusing to watch. Stream and compilation

[@MagickAura]

This is my comfort video

[@maxhogue5362]

Chapter 20 in this run was an epic tale akin to the tales of Alexander the great

[@scarocci7333]

yes it genuiely made the final chapters look like the legendary final showdowns they should be

[@90kalos1]

My friend walked by right when you said "betray us and indulge in necrophilia", which caused him to give me a weird look lol

[@evann0809]

Lore accurate final battle lmao

[@skeletonwar4445]

This video is so good, I keep rewatching it. Well done, Mr. Blem.

[@JDSlidemaster]

Honestly your channel came out of nowhere for me and I now find myself in love with your content and style of wit. Keep up the great content and god bless the algorithm.

[@styxranger436]

Even after all that wishing and betting, Myrrh still didn't die. Maybe I'll try satanic rituals when he plays Engage

[@Mark-nn2ce]

Nice. I really like the compilation videos. I know they're just a video made of other videos, but with them like this you can put them in playlists.

[@DargusBlub]

Bro busted out the fire emblem engage hoodie

[@Tilkino]

Ross, the main MVP, throughout all maps. Not that the others didn't do their parts, but he makes the BIG kills.

[@SeedyZ]

A run for the ages

[@PKspectre]

I will never get tired of these scuffed runs, I love this so much

[@angrybread478]

You ever think about how the run could of ended if Ross got the devil axe crit?

[@Holacalaca]

Honestly, taking down bosses with effective weapons/myrrh is good design imo, even if the game also has skirmish grinding it rewards good planning as well as good luck

[@Dpyrt]

I can only wonder what other GBA ROM edited challenges he'll come up with. He can only get more powerful as he gets acquainted with hacking.

[@vauro2526]

A randomized Hector hard mode Ironman run sounds like it'd be pretty scuffed.

[@saltyralts]

@@vauro2526 that can be literally impossible depending on the seed

[@vauro2526]

@@saltyralts From personal experience, yup. Luckily, most of the time you reset is at the start of the game so you don't lose much time. The jank really adds to the fun.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Terrible Female Armor Knights Only hack when?

[@larryhedden5341]

Love the first bit of Sea Shanty 2 when you're talking about the runeswords

[@chriskettle-frisby8610]

This is such a fantastic video, interesting, funny and excellent timing.

[@perr0263]

I'll never understand why Eirika and Lucina were designed as Swordmasters

[@yamiryushi]

Thanks for letting us know everyone has zero str/mag, there was no way in hell for us to know that in a 0 str/mag run!

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Just think. Orson wouldn't have been funny at all if we didn't know he didn't have 0 strength

[@nodot17]

moral of the story axes sugoi

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

What Fire Emblem Says: Swords are the weapons of heroes and nobles, axes are the weapons of bandits and unskilled thugs What Fire Emblem Shows. Repeatedly: Lmao axes go brbrbrbr

[@brandoncarter3042]

This was the first Fire Emblem game I ever played and loved the heck out of it!

[@CobaltContrast]

Dam that was so close. Yikes. That's a ton of casualties. You had so many deaths you counted who survived.

[@APerson-ws4cw]

That's an excelblem run for ya

[@DanBottiglieri]

I thoroughly enjoyed this, good job

[@nocturnalnights27]

This was hilarious, great video!

[@OGRadion]

I feel personally attacked by Amelia description.

[@OGRadion]

I now feel personally reattacked by her second description

[@ZorotheGallade]

In these days I have found myself in a bad place. The winter chill, some health problems, and the day to day tedium, activities where I used to pour my energy and creativity seemed pointless and exhausting. You could say I have had zero strength as of late. But hell, if a country boy with zero strength can single-handedly turn the tables in the fight against an immortal demon king, there HAS to be hope for me too.

[@damakuno]

honestly, same for me, I've been trying to pick up digital art as of late to try to break out of my low energy state, hope everything goes well for you!

[@APerson-ws4cw]

We're all gonna make it guys

[@johnfrancis89]

youre so real for that amelia unit analysis

[@isaac3000]

Yes I enjoyed this video I am glad I was able to watch it. Do it again.

[@champion5545]

holy shit the little blurb/rant you have on amelia's utility cracked me up, so true though honestly

[@IDESTROYER236]

Short answer: Yes. Resistance ignoring tome goes brrr.

[@crapshit1000]

Love the long video like this

[@pksprite6401]

Sacred Stones moment

[@jhumza]

Great run. You should try doing something similar for awakening or any other fe that allows grinding.

[@feri7mble]

Epic run

[@auraguard0212]

I love this video dearly.

[@PokeShadow77]

17:42 subdiving valter in constituent atoms bwahahaha also nice nice fire emblem radiant dawn ost

[@roberth1723]

Spectacular!

[@254zero]

Even with zero strength Ross is a beast

[@fedrick1connery607]

The fates music at the end hahaha

[@rubadub15]

Amazing video.

[@blueflare1433]

Fire emblem is stressfully fun

[@chosencode5881]

Legendary dude

[@007blond]

"[character], who has zero strength" was so annoying, but goddammit i fucking cackled each and every time lmfao 😂🤣

[@ZuluThePenguin]

You have me dead at chp 16 with the myrrh bit

[@joe6y]

are you using some kind of filter to make it look better, if so can you tell me what it is?

[@Regunes]

Your channel is a surprise to be sure. Weird I never got recommended that content before.

[@Shimmeringashes.]

This reminds me of someone who got an Ike with no strength ups

[@LanLeonhart]

What song is playing in the background during chapter 3?

[@frog_muncher]

god tier video

[@duyanhpham9227]

If the enemys dont deal uber damage to you in return it feels manageable but what if you mod the other way around absolutely every one of your units has absolut 0 def and res and absolut 0 def and res growth?

[@soniclechat2825]

even in my dreams i hear that damn violon

[@bressingham6]

Incredible

[@somesktfan8917]

How do you get that darker look for the game? Mine is so bright

[@eggroll1777]

hey excelblem, what build are you playing this league in path of exile

[@literallyjustants7821]

What music is used for chapter 20?

[@craigyeah1052]

Honestly, what a run.

[@yomama8212]

That Cormag sacrifice for no reason lmao

[@mlzx1429]

Ah yes, my evil childhood friend, Lion

[@daxwolf455]

16:44 hit bro so hard he turned into a youtube ad XD

[@sparkleprizm199]

I love that Eirika shines more than Seth in this setting. ❤❤❤

[@PokeShadow77]

12:40 ayeee moulder

[@gc6096]

Ok now 1 strength challange here we go

[@calvin659]

5:28 yeeeeee boiii, Joshua do be fast as fuck.

[@improcrastinator7130]

every time a dead character was mentioned i had hoped for the phrase: "due to their hp stat also being 0"

[@VanessaVersus]

Those Amelia notes were unfathomably based

[@someguy2350]

I can't tell what his real opinion on Amela is, lmfao. I'd also love to see a tier list for this run, seeing who's the most useful without strength.