FE10 HM 0% growths chapters 1-P to 1-2 (with commentary)

[@DD151]

Here’s a cute little game for this run: Predict the next video’s thumbnail! Each video’s thumbnail and end screen will feature FE: Cipher art of a unit who played an important role in that particular video. 1. They don’t necessarily have to be the MVP of the map, so usually there are multiple options to choose from. 2. Only playable characters will be used in thumbnails; no enemy-only or story-only characters. 3. I will only use a character ONCE. So no future thumbnail will feature Micaiah. I may choose not to use a chapter's MVP so that I can save them for a future chapter's thumbnail. Leave your predictions in the video comments!

[@cooperm4185]

Sothe is next for sure

[@stinkoman20X6]

The only powerful unit before Volug/Tauroneo/Zihark show up is Sothe, so I think he has to take the next spot.

[@NieOrginalny]

I'm gonna guess uhhhhhhh Aran

[@EdwardoFE]

Illyana next, because I dunno where else she's going to contribute.

[@MrEntinen]

I'm gonna throw out a predict that 3-6 Thumbnail has Leonardo because unironically it's his best map and There just aren't that many good units in the Daien Army. Also: 1-3 Kurthnaga 1-4 Sothe 1-5 Volug 1-6-1 Jill 1-6-2 Tauroneo 1-7 Tormod 1-8 Rafiel 1-9 Black Knight 1-E Nailah

[@SuperEljafru]

was not prepared to be ambush spawned by mekkah

[@lspuria8440]

Yeah that's how ambush spawns be. Just like Kaga intended.

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

I forgot 0% growths was intended and almost commented “average Edward growth” when he got an empty level in the beginning

[@fabioangelini99]

The dawn brigade look like competent soldiers in Dondon's hand

[@cooperm4185]

The Dawn Brigade are weak newbies who suck ass. The dondon brigade on the other hand...

[@davidnathanwong6261]

Thats crazy that the AI doesnt detect that the archer +fighter can kill Micaiah and would rather not be countered and attack Nolan

[@butteredsalmonella]

AFAIK that's the reason why it's advisable to give BK a Bronze Lance in 1-9 lol

[@raho500]

I'm hyped for the BK Micy only chapter.

[@chaosflash912]

I can't wait for the next chapter where we meet Ilyana and her amazing utility of carrying items between parties!

[@tootsie_]

Hey she's also good at being eepy

[@SnowballK4T]

I won't forget when Mekkah discovered Ilyana is Dondon's waifu in a tier list episode

[@ChompsOnTheLoose]

HOLY SHOOT HE'S BACK WITH PEAK FIRE EMBLEM!!! SO PUMPED! LET'S FRICKIN GOOOOOO!!!

[@medalkingslime4844]

I can already tell that some of these DawnDawn brigade chapters are gonna be wild after that Laura shove train.

[@mikewazowski7024]

Holy fuck the legend is back i've been missing some FE10 zero percent gameplay.

[@illuminia25]

the shove train at the end of 1-2 is exactly why this playthrough is going to be great and why Tellius is peak

[@HoChiPro]

We making it out of Daein with this one! 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@CosmicEncounter7]

I like how you speedrun your own name. Really sets the tone. Great job as always, keep it up and looking forward to the next one!

[@dryzalizer]

It begins. Three chapters, and yet we're all left wanting more. I'll zag and pick Aimee as the thumbnail for next chapter. Damn, I don't think she has any Cipher art so I'll go with Aran.

[@nicholas7525]

The GOAT is returned to own Radiant Dawn. Hype

[@mauwus4322]

I was almost sad that we wouldn't get Mekkah giving all the units or groups silly names like "the scrub squad". As for the prediction for the next video's thumbnail. I predict Nolan, for he is still competent unit for now before he falls of a cliff.

[@yubli8913]

so glad you're back and very excited for this run

[@nova338]

Such a fun surprise in my sub box! Haven't watched FE content consistently in years, but I figured this would be a great nostalgia trip. And imagine my surprise when Mekkah showed up!!

[@wiiu3506]

Love those shove strats. And can't wait to see that energy drop pay off down the line.

[@Broscarf]

Having a weekly thing to look forward to is nice. Radiant dawn has a very special place in my heart, I look forward to the strategies you're gonna use!

[@dietsprite2322]

the return of the king

[@jerry3115]

That 1-1 clear was pretty sick, talk about threading the needle

[@Gerd0]

Shove is such a fun mechanic

[@camdude7234]

Let’s go was looking forward to this video all day and now it’s here can’t have a better day

[@johnwalsh6683]

Can't wait to see the scrub brigade tackle 3-6

[@ninjacolin7982]

RETURN OF THE KING

[@OfficialXeyo]

Ayo I just watched the first 3 chapters finished before I would finish the prologue o.o

[@LukeSkynoober]

Wqtching this was a blast c: This makes me want to play Radiant Dawn so badly again, and raise my poor lovely Laura into a monster.

[@graemetang4173]

What an absolute unexpected treat

[@iamthehobo]

DON DON DON DON DON DON

[@usedchicken4510]

Love the Mekkah jumpscare

[@timothyburger6715]

HES BACK

[@Quaelandys]

> Not hacking the enemies' skill stat to be 0 in order to facilitate Laura dodge tanking Are you really playing the game?

[@typhooncarter]

Ok Ruadath

[@VG_Yugi]

My goat is back 🙏

[@halcyon_echo42]

So fast, so effective, wow

[@slowpokemasta6542]

Hype for this playthrough!!

[@EdwardoFE]

The audio in the Prologue clear seems a bit off, but the other chapters are good. Cool clears, looking forward to seeing who gets the boosters. I think its gonna be Volug but I'm not sure.

[@terranproulx721]

Good job Dondon

[@MetaDash]

I thought Edward would get 2 shotted by the bandits but I guess that's not *quite* yet. Gotta love the Wrath odds (much much worse in JPN RD) So so tense to have the upper cluster in 1-1 while Nolan/Leonardo are about to die.

[@ralphismyname4940]

man i missed this dondon goodness

[@grayfox8310]

Ooo this will be good!

[@ixlness]

Mekkah the best type of ambush spawn

[@godofbacon4]

Excited for this series! Legitimately thought this would be impossible to 0% given how bad the dawn brigade is, but of course dondon knows how to do it

[@epicgamer6678]

Holy shit, is that a real thumbnail!?

[@waffleman9000]

getting energy drop? thats an even worse misplay than stealing the lockpick in fe7 chapter 11!

[@Sylasha]

I was sure this was an old video because i thought you stopped making videos x.x

[@ralphismyname4940]

watching chapter 1-2 makes me wonder how the hell youre gonna be able to even do the Scrub Squad chapters in Act 3

[@gabrielleite32]

Volug, probably

[@SirVyre]

Clearly Kurthnaga will be the box art for the next video, because you'll have some way to body block with his giant HP. Or something. Ok, probably not. But that's my guess anydangway!

[@toxicstar5405]

Is it the DonDon brigade?

[@MrWaffles1030]

Do special skills affect enemy AI? Sorry if you said it in the video and I missed it, but I'm curious as to whether something like Wrath would make the AI avoid attacking a unit they'd otherwise want to chip.

[@DD151]

So generally skills that are not Provoke, Shade, and Stillness don't affect targeting priority, to our best knowledge. Daunt does, insofar as simply modifying enemy hit rates (there's otherwise nothing special about Daunt). Enemies also don't take into account Wrath or Resolve, probably because in JP FE10 they weren't guaranteed to activate if their HP thresholds were met.

[@Thunder_Mage]

ebic

[@evanseifert8858]

5:09 Up led-gay

[@KBM_Studios]

There's no weapon triangle????? Oh noooooooooooo

[@thomasnguyen4427]

wait, this is also supposed to be an LTC? it wasn’t in the title, and I forgot what was the title/intro blurb from the announcement video. But maybe dondon is just doing it out of habit lol

[@DD151]

I think all of my 0% growths runs are LTCs without them being overtly stated (except in their playlist descriptions). But maybe I'm misremembering lol

[@ussgordoncaptain]

I find it amazing how the 7 turn of 1-P has 0 chance of death and has >80% chance of success while 6 turning it is such a clownfiesta (and don't get me started on 5 turning it, 4 turning it is reserved for Toffee) how do you get the axe fighter to go after edward? Annoyingly he kept attacking nolan in some of my tests :( cool strat with shoving the stupid fighter, for some reason I didn't think about that, that would have been a lot easier (and was the reason I couldn't find the handaxe in my clear So this was amazing to find out, if edward is at C swords and level 5 the enemy movement order is different, this allows for a different opening on 1-2 which has better chance of success, dondon couldn't do that because his 1-P clear prevents edward from getting C swords in time.

[@DD151]

Are you talking about 1-1 or 1-2 for the fighter going after Nolan? TBH I've never encountered that (or maybe it happened like once on a reset) but depending on what turn you're talking about, it may have to do with Nolan dodging the soldier once, which is required to spend an action getting the Hand Axe.

[@TheMadRedHatter]

Laura is needed to seize in chapter 3, so surely she’s a good unit right?

[@aclashoffireandice4084]

I was wondering whether you were going to rig the 3% crit with Micaiah in 1-P - I found that accidentally when starting up my first-ever HM run of this game not long ago. I guess it's too much to ask for in a map that's already relying so much on Wrath.

[@DD151]

Yeah so something which I find funny is that the 5-turns that I've found on video (Chiki's and ruadath's) either skip the first turn entirely or load from a memory card suspend save that already has the 3% crit rigged. There was a forum post from awhile back where one of them claimed to have paid their little cousin to reset the console until they got the 3% crit.

[@hansgretl1787]

Is thhere a reason you made Micaiah use Sacrifice on Edward in Chapter 2? As far as I can tell there is nothing to gain by leveling up Micaiah.

[@DD151]

Excellent question! We didn’t cover this because it was too abstract: There’s a chance that the fighter whom Edward crit is still alive by that turn (sometimes he stays wedged below that pillar), so the heal allows Edward to take another hit.

[@hansgretl1787]

@@DD151 Ah, I see. Edward didn't face combat afterward, so I assumed you did it for Micaiah exp. But it's not like she needs to reach promotion benchmarks or anything.

[@squatch1565]

Such a fast video, can't believe it's already donedone (you can ban me if someone has made this joke before)

[@missilesilmi7326]

Maybe you already answered that question but why do you toggle auto turn end off ?

[@DD151]

It's so that I can use the fast enemy phase trick every turn. If you end turn while the cursor is moving quickly, it makes the camera move faster on enemy phase.

[@missilesilmi7326]

@@DD151 hold on does it work in every FE ?

[@DD151]

@@missilesilmi7326 No it's only for FE9 and FE10. Funnily enough I discovered it by accident in FE10 awhile back and now it's a critical time save in all of the speedrun categories

[@chrisdao]

EPISODE TWO PLZ... ITS MONDAY!@#!@#!@#

[@ZirexNorcruin]

at the beginning, when introducing yourself, did you forget to say a 1 during 151 or is just too fast for me to hear?

[@DD151]

I think I just mumble it really fast

[@mysmallnoman]

Eh even 0% growths Miccy can ohko with Sothe's support some knights with Thani lol, and with growths she has much better chances of doing or being extremely close to do so

[@IschmarVI]

the problem is that getting Thani is slow because is so out of the way and also guarded by two enemy units. Getting it would probably lose several turns, especially if you ALSO want the energy drop, pretty much forcing you to leave it behind. And base Micaiah without Thani is .... well, I guess she gives Sothe support boni, lol.

[@mysmallnoman]

@@IschmarVI i was talking in general, outside of LTC context DD151 doesn't have any good opinion on Miccy anyway regardless of the context of the run as evident by his reddit discussions

[@IschmarVI]

@@mysmallnomanto be fair, I would consider Micaiah a unit that is "pretty hard to assess in terms of usefulness". I do think she is good (outside of stuff like 0% LTC of course) because she fulfills unique niches throughout the game that cannot really be replicated by anyone else in the same way, but she certainly has a lot of flaws as well. Still, very interesting and cool unit concept. -also, if you are crazy like me, you just grind her up for lategame, give her resolve and miracle and throw her into the enemies. It works ... much better than it has any right to, lol-

[@DD151]

I mean it's kind of a weird point to bring up a discussion from a recent Reddit thread and qualify that Micaiah can OHKO an uncommon enemy type IF she has a support in range from a much better and more mobile unit and IF her growths keep up past 1-3, but okay In 0% growths the only armors that she ever OHKOs (with Sothe support) are the ones in 1-3, and you''ll see in the next chapter why that wasn't ever in consideration. Even with growths her combat is almost worthless; in fact I could even argue that she will be more useful in this 0% growths run than in vanilla runs because her chip damage is actually needed.