Fire Emblem Character Spotlight: Roy

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🕑 Timestamps:
Story - 0:58
Personality - 11:13
Trivia - 19:34
Ending - 20:15
Statistics - 20:42
Review - 26:46
Fire Emblem Character Spotlight: Roy
Roy is a playable character and the main protagonist of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He is the son of Eliwood, the main character of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Roy's mother could be either Ninian, Lyndis, Fiora, or another unmentioned woman, depending on who Eliwood gained supports with in The Blazing Blade or if he had any supports at all. He is stated in the Hasha no Tsurugi manga to be 15 years old. He makes a brief cameo in the ending of The Blazing Blade.
His first game appearance was in the Nintendo-brawler Super Smash Bros. Melee, prior to the release of his own game, The Binding Blade. The appearance of Roy and Marth sparked a greater level of Western interest in the Fire Emblem series, and was partly responsible for Nintendo's decision to release the games internationally, beginning with The Blazing Blade.
#fireemblem #nintendo #spotlight

[@edyric2547]

"Roy is luchia's son from the future"

[@Artemas_16]

And father of Ryoma and Vaike

[@gabrielmoroz5041]

can be sister of luchia

[@LightbladeRiulo]

His mother is Xander.

[@shikitohnoreal7199]

Edy Ric Please let this be a meme

[@IAmDawnPatrol]

*Shows gameplay of Eliwood instead of Roy*

[@alishegamer8490]

"Roy is Lilina's son from the future" "Roy is a sibling of Liliana" *Shows Eliwood the whole time*

[@tpayne7020]

Alishe Gamer I often get D E P R E S S E D

[@-Ryu]

Roy seems to have this sort of Charm to him. He's not the best, he's not even a close second. But there's something about him that you just root for. I dunno, it's like if Peter Parker was a Knight in the medieval ages.

[@odd_inhd9250]

Ive never heard it put that way and its honestly so true

[@randyroy-qb8wb]

Late reply, but maybe he's a smash bros melee character? It's always nice to see a skilled Roy player in that game so I think we could feel the same in his FE game

[@TheGamersState]

If you ask me; People that love Roy shouldn't have to defend themselves against the people that say he sucks just because he's bad in his own game and that his personality is very bland. If you love Roy, love Roy, if people don't like the fact you love Roy and feel the need to point out his flaws as a way to try and make you feel bad for loving him, ignore those types of people. I ain't saying Roy's flaws don't exist but what I am saying is just because he's flawed doesn't mean you can't love his character. Roy is our boy, he always will be, flaws or not.

[@TanukQ]

Thank you :")

[@expio4257]

That was really motivational, thanks man!

[@RedParagonG]

Those are some wise words my friend. "If there's a character you like, like them for who they are, not for what other people think they are. Even if they have some flaws to them, the good more than not will outweigh the bad in you're eyes." This is a great philosophy to follow when regarding a FE character, especially if that character isn't too popular in their game like Roy. Roy's my favorite character in the franchise as a whole, and he does have major flaws in his game. But I never really let these flaws shake and rattle me too much, because he's done more good than bad for me. And I thank you for reminding me of this.

[@roytheboy6503]

Well said, Ninetails. Well said.

[@TheGamersState]

Wow! I'm actually very happy with the response this comment got. Thank you everyone!

[@Pheonixmaster1]

Nice video Mangs, I really enjoy these long spotlights and I like changing of the music couple of times in the video to mix things up! I really think Binding Blade should get an official English remake for the reasons you mentioned in this video. Roy is a very popular Lord and I think his game would sell incredibly well and much better than SoV because of Roy fans, who know him from Smash. Alm or Celica didn't have the luxury of being popular characters outside of the FE Community which Roy still is and has been for decades since Melee. So a game with Roy could help bring newer fans into the franchise similar to how they put a Lord from a new FE game in Smash but in this case, people have used him in Smash for years and developed an affinity for him. Roy with Voice acting would hopefully be able to convey his character better.

[@YurikoCorvera]

Pheonixmaster1 hi dad

[@neonthero6826]

An Fe6 remake must fix the things the everyone complains about

[@crivera1511]

Pheonixmaster1 the legend himself comments *slow clap*

[@earthliving6558]

i would die of happiness if this game was remade as the FE game in 2018

[@khristiannaimo4773]

I hope they keep Ray Chase as his voice actor too!

[@KingDanieltheDandy]

I don't care what anyone says, i freaking love Roy

[@thefuture269]

King Daniel The Dandy SAME

[@Kurayamiblack]

That comment + that profile pic = comedy

[@mistee2193]

Thanks to smash im guessing

[@thefuture269]

LunarMist y'know, his first game

[@mistee2193]

The Future nope its due to smash because roy has wasted character potential, late promotion, the first of the clone characters (seriously he made it an archetype in smash) the only time roy is likeable is in the final chapter and idoun is bad to begin with

[@kingfabru3941]

“Roy is bad with women” can marry up to 6 women in different scenarios.

[@k-leb4671]

That's royalty for you.

[@Safetyman64]

You can even marry his teacher, no joke.

[@MoonlesssNight]

@@Safetyman64 so I guess joker and Roy have something in common, they love their teachers a tad much

[@justsomeotherguywithamusta6810]

@@Safetyman64 that's hot

[@mistertaz94]

@@MoonlesssNight i mean... HAVE YOU SEEN CECILIA?!

[@PharmDiff]

Ninian as Roy's potential mother: "I get pierced by Lord Eliwood's Durandal?!"

[@elegante8520]

Twice

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

@@elegante8520 it's more of a slice than a stab, honestly.

[@xkazi8608]

“Suffers from depression, anxiety, and self doubt” oh so teenagers today gotcha

[@shinon748]

Yea, but besides the nornal teenage anxiety that comes from growing up and becoming an adult, he also has to lead an army. I think the anxiety ridden leader fits him in that context. Plus he probably grew up hearing stories of Eliwood's fight against Nergal. So he feels like he needs to grow up to be worthy of being Eliwood's son.

[@ashencometmom5291]

just today?

[@Chadius]

Hector didn't die, he just Hectorcoptered to a magic hospital where he fully recovered sometime after Roy saved the world. He chose to retire afterwards, taking the secret of the Hectorcopter with him. That's my headcanon and I'm sticking to it!

[@LilacMonarch]

Roy: "Don't worry I got someone with a heal staff right here, we'll get you fixed right up!" Hector: "Nah man imma just die"

[@hihello7170]

0:18 “Durandal.”

[@wigglingwiggs]

Ploy_Boi whats wrong with the way he said it

[@Maelstrom210]

Durandal is his dad's sword

[@91Coolepinguin]

Izuku Midoriya his sword is the Sword of Seals or Binding Blade

[@0fuxxgiven210]

mangs probably shouldve used the line "by my blade" or something instead

[@Mangs1337]

Durandal is a cool battle cry, fite me.

[@pedr312]

FE6 needs a remake. If they could flesh out this game with voice acting and amazing art like Echoes turned Gaiden into one of my favorite games in the series, then I feel Roy could be redeemed and finally be a Lord that deserves the love he gets from his fans and finally be respected by the rest of the fanbase.

[@kingoflions827]

The problem is FE remakes tend to be on the "Keep things like the original with Better Graphics" often times being to the games detriment(stuff like shadow dragon not updating the plot and echoes not giving playable axes) ik we only had 3 so the list is not long enough but still it makes me weary. I would love it a good remake as much as anyone but i still think IS needs at least one more successful remake to win me over

[@lazerboy4942]

@@kingoflions827 Why would you want playable axes in Echoes? They would have to add several new characters to the story to make the class relevant, and probably make the villagers able to become an axe fighter. In the end they would have to either write in several entirely new characters, or let the axe become entirely irrelevant like in so many other games and not accomplish much either way. All that just to let the axe be playable in a game without the weapon triangle? Why?

[@kingoflions827]

@@lazerboy4942 Yea because 3H certainly suffered with a lack of weapon triangle. Mercenaries are abundant in this game you could always give them access. General and even pallys(fe6 and 9,10) can also wield axes. All you would realistically have to do give some characters axe access. Seems pretty pointless to get a weapom type your player characters cant use whatsoever especially since its not for balance or plot relevant reasons. Axes have been a staple weapon for ages and removing them now just seems like taking two many steps back.

[@lazerboy4942]

@@kingoflions827 How did Three Houses suffer because of no weapon triangle? Also, yes the game came out today, but I disagree with "It came out today, so it should have it". It's not them removing axes, it's keeping it the same because at the end of the day, it's a Gaiden remake. In Echoes, although it's been a long time since I played it so I might be wrong on this part, characters can't use multiple weapon types. So if they just gave characters access to axes, it WOULD be a balancing issue because now some characters can use multiple weapon types. This would be made even worse if they added back in the weapon triangle because then some characters would never have to be at a disadvantage within the triangle. The other option is wasting development time making brand new characters. Furthermore on the weapon triangle, I truly don't think it adds much to fire emblem to have it in the game. In a game without it, choosing which character should attack who is a much tougher decision, which is a good thing. With the weapon triangle, it's very clear of who should attack who because some characters are just better against some characters than others.

[@kingoflions827]

@@lazerboy4942 Its ultimately a difference in opinion. I think A remake should make certain changes to have the game stand on its own while keeping true to the original in some aspects and keeping somethings the same. In this case keeping Axes be enemy only was not one that should have been spells draining HP and Canon-pairings with altered character endings based on who lives or dies is. You feel that A remake should keep as true to its original as possible(At least thats my interpretation if im mistaken i apologize)and dont want changes in areas where they cam be avoided. Also The 3H comment was supposed to be sarcasm given you said Axes are meaningless in a game without a weapon triangle which I believe is not the case but thats not ended up interpreting it so i apologize for misleading you

[@forklauncher]

One thing I feel like you overlooked in terms of Roy's personality is his tactical aptitude. Roy in a way is his own tactician, making levelheaded (if idealistic) decisions throughout the story, even if his tactical sense and sound judgement are mostly presented through Merlinus being constantly wrong about everything.

[@THRACIA776ISTHEGREATEST]

I think what you said about Roy becoming the true hero of the story at the end of the story is completely true and is backed up by the lesser known subtitles of the main map themes of fe6. -The first map theme 'beyond the sky' is subtitled 'Roy's journey' -The second map theme is subtitled 'Roy's battle' -The third map theme is subtitled 'Roy's expedition' -The fourth map theme is subtitled 'Roy's courage' -The fifth is subtitled 'Roy's challenge' Roy's courage is played first at the massive battle vs murdock, coincidentally the same map on which he promotes. Roy went through this journey and finally he's found his courage and his place as a commander, Murdock titles him 'a worthy commander' and someone he wants to fight in hand to hand comabt, this truly shows how Roy has ascended to a worthy general, one worthy of his subjects and his father. All this one the chapter that first plays 'Roy's courage'. Truly symbolic isn't it?

[@samirjohnson4524]

Beautiful! You sir just opened my eyes!

[@KyrisKenshin]

Considering his popularity and the fact we never officially got his game, I think Binding Blade should get the Echoes treatment.

[@The_Evening_Sun]

@SiriusBusiness it'd also be nice if he got some sort of prepromote so he can stop being a garbage unit before chapter 21

[@r.s.7929]

@@The_Evening_Sun Maybe a high lord class before promoting to great lord? Similar to Dimitri from Three Houses?

[@spiderzsonic6581]

​@@The_Evening_Sunor at least buff him a little

[@BriskyPenguin]

Roy's our boy, I mean seriously, takes a real man to marry his hot teacher.

[@Algoalga]

Tell that to every male student in 3H

[@aeolus15]

Roy loves them Milfs👌More like Roy's our Man.

[@sonnyanderson1119]

17:09 so... Mekkkah is our boy ??

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

Sonny Anderson like a Koopa Koopaling they like Roy Koopa

[@sugarflakes1497]

Just waiting for the FE Wiki to steal this too.

[@butteredsalmonella]

And what Roi is zepheil's mother and more bullshit?

[@knee1937]

I comment at comment sections No. Roy is Luchia’s brother from the future. *insert photo of Xander*

[@butteredsalmonella]

Piccolo nope, Roy is the step-son of Chrome, Chrome married Luchia in the future, Luchia is Laslow's wife from the past. Roy is Inigo's husband in the future. *insert Xander here*

[@-Ryu]

"Roy is bad with women." *5 minutes later* "Roy wants to go back to his Student Teacher relationship with Cecilia, but realizes he can't. So he bones her instead." F A I L U R E I S N O T A N O P T I O N

[@stefandesic6709]

Roy is like magikarp

[@Mangs1337]

LOL

[@DiamondAppendixVODs]

Magikarp is our boi

[@magikarpwillsurvive2695]

Roy cannot match my power.

[@jakestavinsky3480]

GavinLaneist I wouldn't say Gyarados is amazing but he is solid

[@endeavorrattata7839]

The only thing, Magikarp evolves at level 20, not 99. Unlike Roy who promotes before the final chapter.

[@Gnarfledarf]

19:40 Outside of Japan, Corrin debuted in Smash before Fates, due to the latter's delayed release. 28:45 Roy was picked over Leif in Melee, because Sakurai liked his design so much.

[@ryangallagher9723]

i think roy was added because the binding blade came out four months later and they wanted to advertise it, which is the same reason corrin was added to smash 4.

[@RobotGuy405]

@@ryangallagher9723 I thought it was cause the game would've been out for a little bit by the time Melee had released, but was delayed last second.

[@hailthequeenFM]

So you're telling Leif got shelves for that disgrace of a Lord. Calling Roy a Lord is an insult to the other Lords, he should be called "the force deployed unit, I have to baby sit". Leif might have basically told the hungry people in Thracia to just get food north, but Roy of all Lords. At the time we had Alm, Celica, Sigurd, Seliph, Leif.

[@kaisser8915]

I guess I need to comment on this video since it has Roy

[@marus8368]

Same.

[@dx_67]

You read my mind

[@thestevi]

Same over here

[@haphaja3352]

yeaa

[@Mangs1337]

Apologies for the mistake regarding the CYL poll, I have no idea how that even made it in, and it seems having three script proof-readers isn’t enough sometimes. It’s hard to get everything correct in this spotlight (if only KZbin would bring back annotations so I could correct them). Thanks for pointing them out though, I’ll keep trying to improve

[@michaelgutierrez7980]

Mangs "You amaze me" _ mekkah

[@DarthWillSmith]

Well on the subject of corrections... You said there's a single lightbrand on chapter 23, But I'm on chapter 12 right now wondering how Roy got ahold of the light brand he he's using right now.

[@tacticalstampede5678]

Also, I just finished replaying BB, and on chapter 23, there's a store that sells as many Light Brands as you want. Granted that was on normal, so I don't know for sure if it's that way on hard.

[@tacticalstampede5678]

I know that, just correcting mangs on a minor, pointless point

[@Green13Gaming]

I feel bad for Roy, he sucks in smash melee, meh in smash 4, meh in fe heroes, and not good in his own game

[@seovania9601]

Roy's our BOI ! And as a matter of fact, the truth is... I do kinda like Roy. Since I was a young boy, I always found him cool-looking. There, now I can rest in peace.

[@durandlewis1382]

Forever our BOI!

[@kliffalibur3497]

@Merciless Freak don't be a dick to other people for having different tastes to you.

[@gustavomaiaf]

Utility: Without Roy chapter 1 takes infinite turns to finish. 5/5 stars

[@kamena5576]

*The entire game* All the chapters are seize throne I believe Roys still 5/5

[@koiiblitz]

In my personal FE6 randomizer, Roy turned into a mage and he was able to help in the front lines, funny to learn that Cecilia was training him in magic, now Mage Roy is head canon to me xD

[@Kamui_Azur]

I love this video. I've liked Roy since I saw him in Melee and when I heard that others disliked Roy for his personality, I was confused. I saw him similar to Marth as depicted in Shadow Dragon, unsure of himself and wanting to save everyone and refuses to accept that he can't. I see in this I wasn't entirely correct. While Marth was roughly 17 when he took up his role as leader of an army and the Prince of Altea, Roy is 15 and has yet to comprehend his role. Only when he takes up the Binding Blade is that he finally comprehends it and fully accepts his role. Marth had the time to realize his role that Roy has none of. This makes a difference. Utility wise he is poor but remember, he's 15 and probably hasn't had that training Marth and Ike had. And his closest friends, Wolt and Lilina, don't use weapons that they can spar against him with as he uses swords. Eliwood had Hector, an axe user, which helped him out in that department. I think Roy's late promotion is due to him not wanting his role as he feels that he's not fit for it. Once he realized that he can lead and takes up the Binding Blade, he promotes. Roy isn't the best but he's far from the worst(A certain blue haired Vanguard as he appears in Radiant Dawn takes that spot for his lack of personality alone). For me, Roy gets 4 stars out of 5. He good as is but could use the FE Echoes treatment like Alm and Celica got to help flesh him out and make who he really is known. That being said, great video. I enjoyed it. Truly, Roy's our boy.

[@tanyaharmon6739]

Couldn't agree more.

[@BigKlingy]

Fun fact: According to the Making Of book, Roy was supposed to become King of the Western Isles at the end of that arc. WHY. DIDN'T. THEY. DO. THIS! It would've solved SO many of Roy's issues! One, it would've given him a decent character arc (look what suddenly being thrust into a powerful leadership position did for Ike), two, it would've been the PERFECT excuse for an earlier promotion, which would've solved one of his biggest gameplay problems. I agree that the very bad initial translation patch might be responsible for most of FE6's characters being labelled as "bland", and I was hoping I'd come out of the Supports section of this video liking Roy more. ...It actually made me like him less. Most of his supports are really generic and boring, with only one or two individual conversations standing out, and I don't think any amount of better translating could save them. One thing it did make me notice though: FE6 sure had a lot of 4th-wall-breaking supports. From Roy/Allen and Roy/Cecilia to Dyan/Yodel talking about Affinities. This was the first FE with supports so they were still finding their feet, but I think I'm starting to realize why I hate FE6's supports so much: the seem to focus more on lampshading gameplay mechanics than on developing characters. The main issue I have with Roy as a character is wasted potential. Some of his core ideas are excellent concepts (what other FE Lord struggles with depression over leading an army?), but none of them are expanded on. There's one story Roy moment I really love, where he surprises Elphin by working out that he's a prince just through basic logic. But those moments are few. Gameplay-wise, blah blah blah late promotion blah. Nothing more to say. I've been realizing lately how similar Roy and PoR Ike are, but at least Ike promotes MUCH earlier, has supports that don't take a billion years to build, and has some great skill options. Both start out bad only to become 1-2 range monsters in the endgame, but Ike at least has a decent midgame. And wow, 27 chapters of being forced to use crappy 5-move Roy, made even worse by every chapter being Seize. Roy's still my least favourite Lord. Corrin is worse from a story standpoint, but Roy being bad in both story and gameplay is a deal-breaker for me. I really hope a potential remake saves him.

[@user-pp3tn2lt3q]

Seliph has that "Pressured Leader" thing already though.

[@user-pp3tn2lt3q]

Again. Roy is Marth LITE. The same thing. But without things really like about it.

[@user-gr9kh2jv2f]

You forgot Lot and Lance in those 4rth wall breaking supports

[@user-pp3tn2lt3q]

I've read a lot of FE6 Supports. A LOT. Almost all of them except for about 3-5. Pretty much none at all were like that. And when they were it was pretty light.

[@xionvixon3387]

Everone hating on my boy Corrin. Sad days

[@IAmDawnPatrol]

28:42 His big, flaming, ass... sword.

[@blackwolf100k6]

In my opinion Roy is one of the more relatable and human characters in the series. I actually don’t find him bland at all, especially compared to other lords in the series. Also maybe it’s bc I over leveled him a lot but Roy was never a liability for me when I played Binding Blade lmao

[@GinkgoPete]

Broke "He settles down with one of his 6 potential wives" Woke "He settles down with his 6 wives"

[@spaceelf8386]

Roy tanked 52 in the first official CYL poll? What? He was second.

[@Yeagerzard]

Roy's our boi

[@iLegault]

No

[@N0T4K0P]

Roi is our boy

[@marciashortee3263]

Yup

[@mistee2193]

NOPE BURN HIM GIVE HIM THE SAME FATE AS RINEA

[@marciashortee3263]

LunarMist why did you even push a spotlight on roy if u dont like him

[@Omojuze41]

For those we must protect, Onward! Love that quote.

[@TheBlueGreens64]

As your next spotlight, do the Chrom. He needs his chance.

[@chopper8209]

Roy’s our Boy! -Brave Roy

[@LightbladeRiulo]

(Roy is one of the worst lords.) NOT A BRAVE ENOUGH BOY FOR THIS!

[@SacredRikaccino]

I felt bad for him when I heard that I mean, think of him being alone on a team, and having to give himself encouragement. It'd just make me feel worse for being able to solo people with him in Heroes.

[@Exisist5151]

Ninian: Hey Eliwood I'm purgnet Eliwood: GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR8 he's gonna be a half dragon he's gonna kick ass hes gonna..... Ninian: Wellllllllll Eliwood: What Ninian: Theres a 50/50 chance that he'll be a dragon Eliwood: Why? Ninian: You see there are these things in dragon land called punnet squares....

[@l.n.3372]

Exisist Roy is only 1/4 dragon if Ninian is his mother

[@Exisist5151]

I never said he wasn't I'm thinking of being a dragon as a gene that has incomplete dominance thus meaning if you inherit it but have a human parent you age like sophia which is slow but less slow than Fae. which i guess is what Ninian is. Think like this DD is pure dragon. Dd is half dragon. dd is human. If you breed Dd with dd there is a 50% chance he'll be a half dragon and a 50% chance to be a human.

[@mikesharpmni4264]

As far as gameplay is concerned, I look at Roy as if he were the King in chess. In chess the whole point of the game is to protect your king. The same is true for Roy over a majority of the game. Furthermore, the King gets some usage in the lategame by many players, just like how Roy becomes a servicable unit in the lategame himself. The parallels really show. Less movement, liabilities for most of the game, and servicable later on.

[@hailthequeenFM]

I didn't know that chess had a mechanic where if your king wasn't that captured the final boss, you'd get locked out of the true ending of game.

[@rose-lt8wn]

I'm happy it's finally time for Roy to shine!

[@roblux7370]

Rose "Utility 1 star"

[@mistee2193]

Rose We can finally see how terrible of a unit roy is stat wise

[@tyrantravealpha]

Before I started my time with fire emblem, playing as Roy in smash was such a joy. And then when they revealed his updated design for Smash Wii-U, I was so happy to see him return. He is a cool character, fight me.

[@user-pp3tn2lt3q]

I think the reason Leif is more mature than Roy despite being the same age,is because of how much of a harsh childhood he had. Sure. He is a bit naive at first, but also brave deciding he doesn't want to run from the empire anymore. Leif does however feel insecure when compared to Seliph or Ced,but Ced reassures him of how many obstacles hes faced. Its kinda why I love the conversation so much.

[@double2254]

Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! Roy’s are boy! I actually secondary Roy in Smash 4 and Roy is my favorite Fire Emblem character so I was excited when I saw this. Great spotlight!

[@double2254]

And I went in knowing he is a bad unit... I’m not going to say he is good because he sucks but I cannot help but field him...

[@brianmidkiff5408]

*our

[@aeolus15]

Roy: "Now the true battle begins.." Always love hearing that quote after seizing victory in Smash. His spikes are so satisfying with the Sword of Seals. He's always been one of my favorite Lords and his game and story remain as one of my favorites. I also like how the Melee announcer says... ROY!!!

[@SeanTheShinigami]

*Unpopular opinion incoming:* I enjoy Roy for the most part because of how he sees himself in a realistic light. Of course, he is the noble leader of a grand army, but in reality, he is still a growing boy who has been suddenly thrust into this situation. He is doing nothing but his best, even when being compared to his father at times. Heck, his stats showcase that, they're just tampered with horribly. And before I get comments saying, "oh but Ike has no nobility and denied being royalty etcetera etcetera...." it should be known that Ike is almost no different than Roy. There were times when Ike was also compared to his father whilst leading the Greil Mercenaries, and even allowed some of these comparisons to be placed in his head. That being said, Ike is *also* a growing boy, as he was *also* thrust into position so suddenly. His deny to being of royalty not only showed that he grew up, but that he could entitle his heart to a family beyond blood. I see Roy as no different, simply because he entitled his entire cause, body, mind, and soul to fighting on the behalf of humanity itself, despite the chance that he might've never lived up to Eliwood. All in all, Roy is great character-wise. I feel as if 75% of the Roy haters only dislike him because of how he plays in his own game.

[@icelerate8141]

Yeah, I see Roy and Ike as very similar character wise. They also meet up with the princess very early on and have a similar relationship with them. They are put into leadership because something bad happens to their father early on. Despite being of such low class, they both command a coalition army who they normally wouldn't be allowed to command. Both are very idealistic and have a strong sense of justice and go against their morally grey advisor. Both are very inexperienced in leadership at the beginning but become capable leaders in a short period of time. Both have a pretty bland and unemotional way of reacting to events in the story. So I find it odd there are plenty of Roy fans who dislike Ike and Ike fans who dislike Roy.

[@neonthero6826]

Icelerate This Literally Red Vs Blue

[@zad_rasera]

I had the same opinion on him as yours. His personality is pretty much like Seliph, but Seliph gets much less hate.

[@SeanTheShinigami]

Zad Ras Which is crazy, to be honest.

[@icelerate8141]

Zad Ras There was a poll on FE Subreddit which is probably the largest online FE community and both Roy and Seliph were ranked quite low. The same was true on the FE Heroes Subreddit. i.imgur.com/k6sfCVA.png i.imgur.com/lXqv6md.png

[@Niko_gamer-nq4xd]

That was an amazing video, good work. I personally wouldn't consider Roy a terrible unit, maybe I'm being too optimistic but I never had a problem with him.

[@jerry3115]

there is almost nothing NOT wrong with roy as a unit

[@Niko_gamer-nq4xd]

Like I said, Maybe I'm being too optimistic but I never had a problem with him

[@jerry3115]

I really don't see how anyone can not have problems with him, he is really bad early on, and even if ultra blessed STILL REALLY bad later on.

[@Niko_gamer-nq4xd]

Again, Maybe I'm being too optimistic

[@angelgonzalez4871]

@@jerry3115 dude chill its his opinion

[@rexming7234]

I’m happy Roy’s our boy is in almost all of the comments it’s amazing even though he’s a bad unit. P.s at least he’s good in heroes

[@durandlewis1382]

Leave it to Fire Emblem Heroes to finally give our BOI the justice he deserves!

[@artorios637]

Dragon units need to fear him when they see him

[@aweirdoontheinternet8543]

Guys he’s not a bad unit, you’re just not hitting the sweet spot on his sword

[@samirjohnson4524]

@@aweirdoontheinternet8543 Ultimate Roy is BUSTED.

[@blueflare3299]

@@samirjohnson4524 Ye I'm a Roy main, An it feels nice as this is pretty much the only game Roy is featured in where he's good gameplay wise.

[@Ubersupersloth]

With every spotlight, we get closer and closer to the inevitable spotlight for Owain/Odin.

[@Samsonsamurai]

I can’t wait for Legendary Roy in fire emblem heroes! Thanks Mangs for this spotlight

[@ItsRainingYaoi]

Fancy shining the spotlight on Marth next? Also, fantastic analysis on Roy. He's my second favourite Lord in the series, right behind Marth, and while I fully agree he isn't a good unit...there's something endearing about him that makes me love him.

[@terrabranwen2492]

OUR BOY

[@lennardnorden]

I like Roy a lot, but I hope that if his game ever gets a remake, he will be made a good unit.

[@PragmaticAntithesis]

Roy's our boy!

[@Mark-nh7ng]

Finally, thank you so much Mangs. Roy will always be my boy. Now I'm satisfied.

[@sirkingpinmonroe4439]

My favorite Fire Emblem character, Roy's our Boy!

[@donovanagee]

One of my favorite lords in the series I play Roy's game and I love it and I hope they remake his game in the future

[@frankseward7017]

Someone get Blazing Knight, he'll love this spotlight.

[@darthrevan4748]

YES!! ROY IS OUR BOY!!!!

[@Brave_Tsubasa]

After watching this Roy one I want a Marth spotlight so much

[@zyc8198]

20:10 They really should make Johnny Yong Bosch Roy's voice actor for FEH considering the fact that his Japanese counterpart is 福山潤. It came to me only recently that Negal can actually be Roy's grandfather. Also didn't expect pm1 here.

[@manaphy32184]

Awesome job! Makes him seem like he's the spiritual successor of Leif, which makes sense due to the status of the series at that point

[@pasutkhwanphae5538]

Roy : DURANDAL Also Roy: uses The Binding blade

[@MrValandas]

Ahh, I was wondering where the LP was today, but this is a much better treat.

[@FUTURETRUNKS16]

19:45 Roy did not get 52nd on the first Choose Your Legends, or 88th on the second one. Roy ranked 2nd in the first Choose Your Legends, making him one of the most popular Lords in the series (probably because of Smash memes, but hey, he's our boy.) Plus, he was out of Choose Your Legends 2 from the beginning, because he had already "won" Choose Your Legends 1 (Top 2 for each sex got alternate versions), along with Ike, Lyn and Lucina.

[@rontheauraknight9606]

Actually technically Roy would be a 1/4 dragon if Ninian is his mother as Ninian is also a 1/2 dragon.... (Her Mother Aenir? or something similar was an Ice Dragon and her father Nergal was... well Human...)

[@derkuchenmacher1455]

Roses are red Violets are blue Roy is the best lord The Fire emblem wiki speaks true

[@holyflamelegendvargas2804]

Der Kuchenmacher "Inigo is the son of Luchina"

[@vandaitran7341]

*Ephraim is the best lord*

[@holyflamelegendvargas2804]

Van Dai Tran Perhaps...but Sigurd is definitely hotter.

[@theSTARR101]

Lol

[@user-pp3tn2lt3q]

Seliph=Best Lord.

[@teono6057]

It's our boy

[@DmodGmodLetsPlays]

Your editing skills have gotten so much better from the start of this series and your information you deliver is much more informative too. Keep up the great work!

[@AbelMusa]

It's so cool that they had the balls to make Roy just a boy, with the skills of such and the personality of such. He's like if Cyril was a main character. This is something that will never happen again, specially with the recent (and annoying) trend of protag worship in recent games. This is why Roy and Eliwood are so special.

[@takyuumi]

Finally! Thanks Mangs

[@mimief7969]

I find Roy to be a really solid unit, no complaints. He's reliable and isn't hard to buff even tho he promotes late.

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

I never play Fire Emblem but this is my favorite character on Smash Brothers and that made me want to look it up

[@user-pp3tn2lt3q]

Roy does have personality. Its just Marth's but not as good.

[@Mellion555]

Imagine a remake combo of both 6 and 7 in one game that takes Geneology as inspiration: you start by playing through Eliwood Hector and Lyn's story, pairing units off and whatnot, then you start Roy's story, with any children units inheriting from the parents you gave them, some having different backstories depending on their parents. And because Echoes started the precedent of adding characters for the sake of fleshing out the story, they can include not only Lyn, but give her a canonical child (perhaps a new recruited unit?) in the story. Could you imagine how amazing such a remake could actually be? It would easily be one of the best Fire Emblems ever made.

[@epikkondor7803]

I mean that child Lyn could have can be Sue. Since she can be her mother. It also makes sense in some degree.

[@zyc8198]

Roy is one of my favorites if not THE character of the entire FE series. I sometimes wonder if this particular character is more appealing to Japanese and other Asian players instead of American. Personally I like him so much simple because I felt like this character is me while playing FE6: trying to make sure that every blue unit survives without any death; a teen (when I first played this game I was about the same age as Roy) who has no noteworthy characteristics has to face all the sudden changes and challenges of life that he was not prepared for; and very often when comparing with people around felt nothing but falling behind; etc.

[@ghqst-_-3145]

This is my favorite character

[@zad_rasera]

One star in Utility? This is where I cross the line, Mangs

[@sleepylinny_]

I really love his character design, so cool

[@werewolf4925]

I sure hope one day you make a spotlight for Kurthnaga :D

[@icelerate8141]

That's an interesting choice. Hopefully you like this thread. serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/82854-kurthnaga-character-analysis/

[@GalacticHero_]

Roy is honestly my favorite character. I have a pretty decent Roy in my Heroes game. I would play Binding Blade, if I could.

[@johann296]

Roy: glory to the alliance, stand as one! Sylvanis: ugh, hes omnipotent now....

[@andrewsallee]

Thank you very much for this video Mangs. Roy is definitely in my top half of favorite lords.

[@solarsonic7178]

18:15 Correction, Roy would be quarter dragon if Eliwood marries Ninian. Since Nergal, a human, is Ninian's father, that would make her a half dragon. So Roy would be quarter dragon.

[@otaku-warrior0017]

Fascinating story. I had no idea how Roy's background was though a bit confusing with the wives bit. All in all, great video. I am going to use him more in Heroes and Smash Ultimate, I just need the training to do that of how to build and use him. Roy's that boy after all

[@ZeNsmash]

*Y E S*

[@aldoenriquez6294]

I'm so glad that this finally came to fruition. I've been waiting patiently for this and it was worth the wait. Great job as usual, Mangs

[@drskk4652]

You forgot the fact that a skilled roy can beat any fox (or Bayonetta if Sm4sh) Come to think about it Sakurai stayed loyal to Fire Emblem by making him underpowered in smash bros as well, especially compared to Marth

[@lordgoenutz1094]

OUR BOY IS HERE!

[@greenherring1057]

Our Boy Roy!!!!!

[@randombrawl]

The character that won 52nd in the first Choose your legends was Masked Marth. The character that won 88th in the second Choose your legends was Faye. Roy won 5th overall in the first Choose your legends (second highest male, earning him the brave variant) and was not able to be voted for on the second Choose your legends poll because he won before.

[@darkadvent610]

I cannot wait to finish watching this video... Hope you do Leif next!

[@argentthefish2204]

This character spotlight hits me with a big dose of nostalgia.

[@chewyster3033]

19:50 Didn't Roy win CYL 1, only loosing to Ike in the guys part?

[@song6771]

Interesting thing to note, Roy actually isn't all that weak in his game. I've played the game three times over now, and he was pretty much my best unit (well. Except for Marcus. But Marcus is Marcus XD). I feel he's brought down *purely* by how late he promotes, though you can always supplement with boosters and blades like the Armorslayer and Durandal. He's not as tanky as someone like Chrom or Hector, but he isn't meant to be. He's an attacker that's meant to dodge yo shit. And as for him being "bland", that's far from the truth. Roy's personality is defined not only by what he does, but by what goes on around him. Given all that he endures, his ill father, his crush and childhood friend being in danger, watching a mentor bleed to death, leading a war for his continent at the age of 15, up against a behemoth like Zephiel, who commands freaking Dragons, and yet he remains a bright-eyed kid that carries himself on the battlefield, and yet still is clearly disturbed by the death that happens around him while seeking to understand his soldiers. And even in the face of a corrupted being like Idun, he wills his sword to free her from her own darkness out of empathy for her. Not to mention a detail that has always been a facet of his identity, from Binding Blade to Heroes; "I Believe in the Good of Mankind." At the end of the day, your opinion is your opinion, and you have the right to hold it. But no matter what anyone says; *Roy's Our Boy.*

[@nikogtavae8647]

The people saying is very weak need to realize he's just 15 in the game from what I have heard and still goes to war not as a soldier yet as a leader now you guys in his place will probably will pee their pants and die xD

[@breadfei]

roys our boy. Roys our boy. Roys our boy! ROYS OUR BOY! ROYS OUR BOY!

[@arnelpagarao8116]

ROY IS MY BOYYYYYY

[@amandagreene7008]

Thanks for doing this video! I was always more curious about him since I haven't been able to play his game yet. I hope they do a remake of Binding Blade.

[@shiinoobi3453]

Obviously our boi!

[@awesomealan12]

If I ever play binding blade, I will use Roy -Because I have no choice in the matter- . He'll always be our, underdog boy

[@hauntershunter5336]

Ahhh Roy, while my dad share the same name as him, he's as bland as stale bread. His design is cool, even if a flaming sword isn't the most original thing in the world.

[@neonthero6826]

A Roy's spotlight, I can now die happy.