FE6 HM 0% growths chapter 16 (with commentary)

[@flippyflapperson872]

This series is such comfy ASMR. I love watching it before I go to bed or when I'm just chilling. The commentary is very subtle and nice.

[@BeastFormal]

*"17 minutes of torture."* Never has there been a more inaccurate statement; I love every minute of these. :) Keep it up!

[@Mangs1337]

This is actually one of my favorite chapters in FE6. Itæs big, an in-door map, with alternate pathways, treasure chests, dangerous enemies, and tons of objectives!

[@marinos101]

gotta say its fun going through the comments and seeing people argue with dondon about bad units being good

[@EdwardoFE]

DOUGLASSSS I still hate his recruitment conditions.

[@nathanm5533]

Edward still better than Xavier!

[@domc8089]

At least hes not Cath

[@satchelsguitarshop]

Do an LTC of the tutorial

[@swimr93]

I think at the end of this playthrough, you guys should upload a video of the bloopers or all the times the RNG screwed you over, etc.

[@KBM_Studios]

Fantastic as always

[@Rengor1997]

You know, with all the hate Eclipse tome gets in this game, it does make for an excellent wall breaker, since they have so much HP. Actually, can you get an Eclipse prior to this chapter for Raigh to use?

[@DD151]

No, the earliest Eclipse is chapter 17 on Sacae route or chapter 19 on Ilia route.

[@quackyoin5096]

They target the units who are in the very first of the unit list, the latest unit you obtained, in this case Fa.

[@Hanes2307]

How many turns would the warp staff have saved? Or was Cath recruited here? EDIT: Nvm, you address this in the video.

[@randomuser5663]

Oh so Dondon can read Japanese ? I thought he just memorised everything he did on the preps. Damn

[@delgande]

I can read it too, well a little You just need to know the particles that are constant and know the images of the weapons and a but of katakana knowledge to play these games I didn't know how to patch games years ago so I played fe 4-6 in japanese Its not that hard, you just need to know what menu option does what and you're good

[@AlexKurosakiMH3]

Love your videos! Why don't you upload in a higher resolution though?

[@DD151]

The GBA is 240x160, I record videos at 240x160, for some reason after I upload them they become 144p? I don't know, KZbin is telling me that the videos are 240p by default.

[@AlexKurosakiMH3]

How good of the quality is your source recorded file? Are you editing the video at all to add audio or is everything recorded live? Is the answers are "very good" and "live" I can show you an easy and fast way to get better quality uploads.

[@DD151]

Alexander Xu The source recorded file is 240x160 and commentary is added post-production, not live.

[@AlexKurosakiMH3]

Is the quality of the source better than what we see on KZbin? Also, you could get better quality by exporting to a higher resolution like 720p.

[@DD151]

Alexander Xu I don't think it's better than what you see on KZbin. I thought it wasn't possible to upscale a video and actually improve the visual quality? I mean, if you start with 160p, you can't just create pixels that aren't there.

[@texrolyat]

since merlinus isnt on this map is he throwing away the hero crest with saul at the very end?

[@ezzenious9923]

No, Merlinus doesn't need to be deployed to send stuff to the convoy, but you have to deploy him if you want to take stuff out.

[@JP54704]

A question: Do Hugh and cath recieve Hard Mode Bonusses?

[@johnmatthews8184]

A little late, but Cath recieves HM bonuses for all the chapter she is present in, her stats will generally be higher the later she is recruited though it is not that noticeable. Hugh appears to have HM bonuses before you recruit him, but after paying the gold his starts return to their NM values

[@IschmarVI]

JP do Ó afaik recruitable units only receive hm boni if they appear as reinforcements (which is why Ray and Douglas don't get any). Hugh is a special case though due to how his stats are generated upon recruitment.

[@smaragdchaos]

Wait, shouldn't Hugh be really good for 0% growths? Perhaps not entirely for speedruns, but Hugh has the best base stats of all playable mages, and he has confirmed 11 defense upon promotion, and he loses no speed from any anima tome in the game.

[@DD151]

Good stats don't mean much when a character doesn't bring anything useful to the table. Anima use in itself is not useful and Hugh's stats aren't actually that good.

[@smaragdchaos]

DD151 Hugh's stats are actually very good, having that high base defense is a brilliant asset in hard mode, where every enemy physical unit deals monstrous damage upon hitting. Hugh having confirmed 11 damage as a lvl 1 sage is outstanding, the other magic units would be absolutely envious of that stat. The only stat Hugh has weak is resistance, but that is still higher than average. Hugh doesn't require as many stat boosters as Lilina and Lugh do in 0% runs. I guess Hugh has that disadvantage of having only E-rank in staves when he freshly promotes, but at least he gets instant B-rank of anima if you promote him right away, which allows him to use Aircalibur, aka the most useful magic in this game minus Forblaze.

[@DD151]

I don't know who you're trying to convince; I analyzed the costs and benefits intensively and concluded that Hugh was worthless. It costs an extra 10,000 G to use him (since full stats = 5,000 G and Guiding Ring = 5,000 G), which I needed on stat boosters, and Hugh doesn't save any turns. B rank anima is not useful because Bolting is A rank and Aircalibur is underwhelming except against flying enemies. 11 def is very mediocre in a vacuum.

[@smaragdchaos]

DD151 So I assume you sold your guiding rings as well then? What do you mean by that?

[@DD151]

Yes, I sold just about everything. Watch chapter 21. Aircalibur isn't really that good. It's the same MT as Flux and Elfire except against flying enemies, but it's not strong enough to OHKO them. Hugh's 11 def is good "for a mage" but it's not good compared to actual good units.

[@airtempest8945]

Hugh is actually quite a decent unit if promoted from base. I feel like he gets a lot of unwarranted hate just 'cause Lugh is available for so long, even though Lugh is arguably worse than Hugh 'cause Lugh can get Magic screwed easily, where as Hugh has bases that are solid across the board, and is easily trainable, and can just promote off base.

[@sillyslim4769]

Lugh is better because of availability and you dont need to spend a lot of money on him. Money is also very important in FE6 in particular, because of the secret shop with boots Hugh seems decent though, being a mage and all. Itd be nice if he was a sage with a decent staff rank or something though

[@allenkeettikkal3149]

Hugh comes with E in staves upon promotion. Lugh himself isn't exactly that great to begin with since he faces a lot of competition for a guiding ring with Saul, who makes much more use out of it since he gives you early warp and workable enough combat (if you are playing a growths runs). Hugh in the end just becomes one of those units that you use not necessarily because he is particularly anything special, but because you like him. I mean, he can sort of work on casual plays but really you aren't missing out on anything by benching him I know this comment is 4 years old but I just felt like giving my thoughts on the issue.

[@airtempest8945]

@@allenkeettikkal3149 Yeah 🤣 Hugh is bad lol. I know at the time (And still now), I just enjoyed using him and tried overrationalizing it 'cause I was bad 🤣 Only difference now is I'm aware of how biased I am lol.