FE10 HM 0% growths chapters 1-8 and 1-9 (with commentary)

This is chapters 1-8 and 1-9 of my FE10 HM 0% growths playthrough, commentated by Mekkah and me. They are completed in 2 and 7 turns, respectively.
At the start of 1-8, I also surveyed the soldiers and mages for their biorhythm rolls. Their biorhythm in this video was generally unfavorable (the dracoknight was also at best biorhythm, which I checked off-camera). If all enemies were at neutral biorhythm, Tormod would've had a slightly higher ~12.7% chance of ORKOing the boss and surviving this chapter. The stat rolls on the bandits took so many resets to get that I was willing to go with whatever biorhythm profile the enemies had.
A L16 bandit's expected stats in part 1 are:
39.7 HP | 17.4 str | 1.4 mag | 15.9 skl | 16.5 spd | 15.6 def | 7 res | 9.8 luk
I think these bandits have a -4 personal base str, which is why they only have 13 str in the recording. Expected generic unit stats are pretty simple to calculate in FE10, it's just class bases + (level - 1) * class growths. Stat variation is low in FE10 , but it's more pronounced as enemies get more level ups and in stats with higher growth rates. If you're double checking at home, do note that generics in part 1 get 1 fewer level up than what their displayed level would suggest.
Now on 1-9. The way that 1-9 works is that Jarod shows up at the start of a player phase if there are no enemies left (this excludes any reinforcements that would appear on that same turn). I verified this by editing maximum vision onto the BK and playing through the chapter. Incidentally, FEWoD's reinforcement list is slightly wrong: the turns 6, 8, and 10 reinforcements actually appear on turns 5, 7, and 9, and the listed turn 5 reinforcements don't show up at all.
When I mentioned enemies who don't OHKO 0% Seraph Robe Micaiah, I forgot about a couple of Javelin soldiers, but that doesn't matter - I did experiment with Wrath Micaiah for a bit and couldn't find any viable approaches that would reduce turn count.
Stat checks in 1-8:
Priest L15: Rolls 15 res instead of 16 res - very likely
Bandit L16: Rolls 16 spd and either 7 res with 40 or less HP, or 6 res - very unlikely
Bandit L16: Rolls 15 def and 40 or less HP - very unlikely
Itemfinding in 1-9: Coin (50%)
Forging: Fire (+5 MT, +5 hit, +15 crit, -1 WT) for 4960 G
The 1-9 strategy without Celerity in my potato video: • FE10 HM Chapter 1-9 (0...

[@DD151]

Apparently there are bandits in 2-1 that I've never seen before I should stop trying to state facts about enemies cuz I never get them right ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@awo64]

To be fair, there might as well be no reinforcements whatsoever on 2-1 because well . . . we'll see

[@keykanon]

oh my god they promoted nolan for the extra point of move

[@johnwalsh6683]

Yo! This is Youngster dondon, got a minute? Remember my super cool 1-8? My 1-8 is different from regular 1-8. It's like my 1-8 is in the top 10% of all 1-8.

[@bobbobingson1235]

Tormod is the thumbnail of this video because he’s the MVP of 1-9. I loved when he said “it’s tormodding time” and put on the black knight’s armor and turned his awesome forged fire tome into the alondite. Thank you Torgod!

[@DD151]

This is actually only possible if you forge -1 WT onto the Fire

[@krashboombang1898]

It's time for the TorSquad to truly shine.

[@blindcocostudios]

It was a short time in the sun, but boy was it bright.

[@SharurFoF]

"one of the chapters of all time" It truly is.

[@chaosflash912]

The end of Part 1 is drawing close - can't wait for Part 2 of Radiant Haar!

[@PrinceOfKoopas]

Radiant Dawn Bandits are fascinatingly really good.

[@StefanIsReal]

It's really interesting to me how they exist but there's no berserker class for Largo

[@brunaolinto560]

TorGod Sweep is real 🎉🗣️ Also very funny to see this many itens being sold just to afford a forge. It’s such a wild system and I absolutely love it when it’s featured in game.

[@Miguelxcool]

1-8 in two turns blew my mind

[@EdwardoFE]

nolan promoted solely to shove zihark, poor guy

[@cooperm4185]

Very much looking forward to whatever strats demand Sanaki needs both a 2 Wt Thunder Tome and a 2 Wt Fire Tome

[@thesuperthingymabob8209]

Interesting to see that 1-9 still has strats relayed to it, I kinda just assumed that the bk being unaffected by 0% would mean it would be pretty similar to normal lol

[@Yuglyoshi]

I always thought it was hilarious/ridiculous that Jill was banned in this map for presumably being too good, and Fiona was banned presumably for being *too bad.*

[@medalkingslime4844]

Black Knight gotta be 1-E I guess. I'm *really* interested to see what the split army planning looks like next chapter.

[@ViciousSal]

The Boy burned bright. And now his time of spotlight has come and gone. Maybe some limelight leftover, but the fire tome will be passed to another down the line. Shove is still one of the best additions to FE.

[@SharurFoF]

Radiant Dawn bandits are indeed super weird. Definitely not conforming to stereotypes.

[@ussgordoncaptain]

This is one of those amazing maps where the difference of 1 turn is dramatic 1 turn makes the map literally 8x more reliable, stat rolls are no longer an issue and survival stops matttering, this is because Sothe gets to do most of the stupid combat that TorGOD did on this map. Zihark cleans up the south like normal, but unlike before he has the ability to take his time with the brave sword and doesn't need to get lucky. Good job on the turnsave though

[@d_drarky]

TORGOD HAS BEEN DEPLOYED I REPEAT, TORGOD DEPLOYED Anyways I'm loving this LTC thank you Dondon and Mekka ❤❤

[@terranproulx721]

"How much weight can you handle" Not much better remove some from the tome just to be safe

[@MetaDash]

Well thanks, now I have the mental image of Micaiah sprinting out of the swamp to heal Zihark then falling over near dead.

[@mikewazowski7024]

1-9 is really one of the fire emblem maps of all time, truly an engaging and skill-based addition to the series.

[@dryzalizer]

I understand now why Torgod has to leave, he's just too good. 1-8 in two turns, amazing.

[@Baker7153]

Lets try the thumbnail challenge exactly once: ilyana will be the most important en 1-End because you may equip her with something to save turns on part 3

[@DD151]

Oooh I love this take

[@ChompsOnTheLoose]

Wow, you're right Mekkah, I was not familiar with the 4 shove strategy. I didn't know Tormod would be so useful! Alas, that makes me 0 for 5 on thumbnails. I'm going to guess Nailah for 1-E. Last I checked, she does some awesome Pass shenanigans and clears the way for everybody. I'm guessing the Black Knight will be featured much later in the game.

[@DD151]

It's OK Chomps, you're 5 for 5 on thumbnails in our hearts

[@iamthehobo]

I totally assumed TorGod was a joke and then you started investing in him.

[@hansgretl1787]

Not gonna lie, I forgot all about Sacrifice removing status conditions. If you ever feel useless, remember that antitoxins exist in this game. Wrath Micaiah sounds great similarly to how Dodge Tank Rebecca sounds great, until you actually start thinking about it.

[@oval7862]

Omg it's my greatest contribution to the FE community: the 1-9 clear!

[@Silith13]

Did you forge -1 wt on the firetome for long term Sanaki tactics?

[@DD151]

Sanaki noodle arms

[@shiina4826]

commenting in my class lecture again, ill watch later...

[@catast9968]

Anyone want to predict what Ilyana will be carrying at the end of 1-E? Expecting Celerity for sure

[@Makornak]

which programming language did you have to learn a bit of for this?

[@DD151]

ussgordoncaptain wrote the script in Ruby, so that's what I had to learn.

[@aclashoffireandice4084]

Okay, so Tormod's survival odds aren't great, but at least you're not working with Japanese Resolve's Str% activation rates, right?

[@DD151]

Let's not talk about JP Resolve

[@astoocities]

TORGOD TIIIIMEEEE

[@namelessfaerie1302]

Oh boy I wonder who'll get the thumbnail for the last chapter of part 1

[@waffleman9000]

tormod is fire

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

I remember the first time I’d played 1-9 I had abused a healing bush in a few previous chapters to power level her to her cap so I had her ruin everything along with the black knight lmao

[@dizzymetrics]

TORGOD TORGOD

[@kylemanocchio5044]

Who thought not letting us use Jill on 1-8 was a good idea?

[@akinako4064]

Soooo next Thumbnail gonna be BK right?

[@MrEntinen]

Welp, with Black Knight not thumbnailing 1-9 he is so thumbnailing 1-e or 3-6 so my predicts are gonna get so screwed XD 3-2 score for me :P

[@Quaelandys]

Oh... no Black Knight thumbnail? A bit disrespectful And ig Nailah is gonna be on the one for 1-E Then again, I suppose this was the only chance for Tormod

[@Chyun98]

I'll always laugh the Daein Liberation Army's infallible strategy of sending Tauroneo to move boxes instead of, I dunno, help fighting in these chapters. Though I'm not sure how much Tauroneo would contribute much in your run. 1-9 pisses me off so much. The concept could've been a fun movement minigame but it's completely ruined by the fog of war, instead turning it into some bootleg kaizo Fire Emblem. I actually just look up your old guide to get the damn thing over with. ... And also because embracing the urge to give Micaiah the Paragon/Resolve scroll for this chapter just makes it 1000% more frustrating.

[@chrisdao]

MONDAY IS HERE!@#!@#!@#@!

[@soulmate5589]

Thor-mode

[@chrisdao]

is there any RNG manip in this series?

[@DD151]

Aside from brute force resetting for enemy stats, there's no mid-map RNG manipulation!

[@chrisdao]

@@DD151 WOO okay thats sick and makes this series more enjoyable

[@squatch1565]

Wait, you mean you can clear 1-8 in only 2 turns?