Fire Emblem: Eliwood's Journey (S rank Lance)

Elifood, Eligood, Elihood, Elimood, Eliweed.
I guess he's Eligood this time, especially that dragon battle..
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If you actually look deep enough into his statline, Eliwood is basically a nerfed version of a male paladin. Their caps are awfully similar. Yeah, AWFULLY.
Just for 2 bonus strength cap, Eliwood sacrificed the usage of axes, 1 movement, 2 Def, and he even had lower Con compared to the other paladins. Even the 2 extra strength doesn't amount much when axes have higher might than lances. His only redeeming feature for the awful caps is the ability to wield Durandal.
Eliwood's middling issue doesn't allow him to stand out much, when comparing to the other 2 lords. If you want to dodge or double efficiently, use Lyn. If you want to rely on one-shotting enemies with a great physical bulk to tank hits instead of relying on dodges, use Hector instead. Even lances have that middling issue, compared to swords/axes.
Do note that I don't hate paladins, nor Eliwood, just their stat caps. How I wish I could use my favourite paladin, Percival, here. Oops, kinda going off topic, I should stop ranting.. I mean analyzing, for now.
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I'm left with Lyn's unpromoted journey this time. Yay.
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Future projects (probably after my exams, I'm not going to play too much for now):
FE6 Journey (Jahn's+Idoun's maps) - Team battles instead of solos, with no supports. Example: Pegasus sisters, Ostian knights, etc.
Zephiel's map is not included due to the requirements to even reach Zephiel and the ridiculously large map with too many enemies.
FE8 Journey (Lagdou Ruins floor 10 + Demon King's map in a single video). Maybe true solo, no duplicate classes for each character.
Example: If I completed Druid Ewan, I won't be doing for Super Recruit Ewan again. Not to worry, I will be doing a voting poll in the description when a character journey is uploaded, then only do for the one with the highest vote count.

[@spiritofpheonix1148]

Everytime Eliwood attacks i'm expecting that spin Ephraim does. Thats kind of annoying.

[@BunnyOnASnuman]

I thought i was the only...

[@Carnaj90]

Why do the lance lords always have terrible class change stat caps.......

[@laurenmarco6162]

Same lol I'm like "wait. The spin? Oh wrong main character" lol

[@ChaplainRaziel01]

*Eliwood crits first time* Dragon: Nani?! *Eliwood crits second time* Dragon: NANI?!?!?!

[@sbk2015]

6% critical 2 times in a row = 6% ^2=0.36% Dragon: how!?!?

[@kbfaqih9055]

@@AGZhark crits is short for critical because everyone has different personality, some use shorted version of the word other use longer one

[@Mab.ellobo]

Death not big surprise

[@JP54704]

I love Eliwood's character, I love his development arc in the story, I love his design, I love his combat animations (Seriously, his animations are the most gorgeous in the entire series imo). Easly my favorite Lord. That being said, I wish he could promote a lot sooner, since it would imensly boost his usefulness as an unit.

[@JulieLamia]

Hector Mode mitigates that a bit, but even so his growths still feel mediocre compared to, say, Sain.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@JulieLamia Sain, Best Paladin.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

Eliwood is better than Roy in so many ways as a character but both are bland.

[@JP54704]

Even on Hector mode his pomotion is still way too late to matter, despite Eliwood having the best promotion gains out of the three lords. If he could promote imediatrly after, let's say, you get into the Dread Isle for the first time, it would be a lot better. Just having a promoted cavalry unit who can rescue even the fattest uhnits in the game (Like promoted Oswin, Hawkeye, and specially promoted Hector) is already very useful on it's own. The access to lances would also increase Eliwood's survivability, because he would no longer face weapon triangle disavantage against majority of enemies. Sure, he wouldn't be any top tier unit or anything of the like, be he would be infinite times more useful overall.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@JP54704 You must really love Eliwood.

[@mechamonkeymancityboat7785]

I guess this is the canonical journey, because Eliwood has S in Lances in the Trial Maps of Binding Blade.

[@connorhilchie2779]

Maybe. Keep in mind you can S rank all weapons in 6

[@KinjiroTheThunder]

To this day, I don't like that in this game, 8, and probably 9 and beyond, you can't have more than 1 S rank unless you're Athos or somebody from 6

[@RandalfElVikingo]

@@KinjiroTheThunder The worst thing is that you can have S rank in staves, but there's not a S rank staff in the game :/

[@alejandro_rodriguez_99]

@@RandalfElVikingo that is a nightmare, I am using serra and priscilla in hhm and I need that s in anima and light before the s in staves, with and a in staves, thanks to god lucius exist with that c in staves, because s in staves is useless

[@RandalfElVikingo]

@@alejandro_rodriguez_99 Both are in Rank E or whatever with their tomes, it suck because I end up overusing them and the end up with more EXP than other important units like the pegasus or the berserker.

[@bubblebeampiplup8132]

Haxtor: *crits the dragon and nearly kills it* Elihax: "Hold my beer." *double crits and kills the dragon*

[@meta1429]

Probably the one thing I wouldn't expect, that must have been the coolest crit chance I've seen someone get in a video game

[@bubblebeampiplup8132]

Triple D Yup, thats true. Its like although the RNG Goddess is telling us something...

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@bubblebeampiplup8132 The reason why because thesiaoz prays to Saint Serra everyday.

[@joshuagabrielcatindig7607]

@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx Saint Serra roflmao.

[@bubblebeampiplup8132]

@@AGZhark I cannot decide whether or not its funny or sad you're getting triggered over an abbreviation. In any case, you need to chill out.

[@Ntimidation]

Honestly Eliwood only looks like a real Knight Lord when he’s equipped with Durandal

[@finalfantasymario]

I think poor Jerme has gotten killed with a crit in just about every journey lol.

[@TheAvalanchilator]

So true. I check all the time. The guy just gets owned

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@TheAvalanchilator Hahahaha

[@expio4257]

But could Nils crit him?

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@expio4257 Definitely, if he was a Dragon.

[@TheAvalanchilator]

@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx but he is a dragon.... *x files theme plays*

[@serisdovakhin]

Heres the real question. Why isn't Durendal a lance so that Eli, Lyn, and Hector complete the weapon triangle?

[@Scapegoat0442]

Whoa! nice question

[@williamboer8326]

Because Durandal has always been a sword? The one that Roland wielded 500 something years ago

[@ltranc]

ExaltedDawn Better question, why not give Eliwood Maltet and Lyn Durandal?

[@williamboer8326]

@@ltranc Or Vidofnir and Audhulma Oh wait wrong timeline

[@thehwwilson]

In my unpopular opinion Lyn should have been an archer so she could use the mulagir, or just be given that by Athos

[@Ragnamune]

*(horse noises intensify)*

[@Black-Soul777]

Eliwood ended the video with a double crit. noice.

[@joaquinriosrodriguez7316]

Double 6 Fucking Percent Crit

[@joaquinriosrodriguez7316]

NICE

[@Darknight4434]

Good lord, that rex hasta did more damage than durandal

[@TheAvalanchilator]

Why no uber spear... nothing wrong with using what you've been given so graciously by the mine glitch

[@sharpeylogic2907]

Have you seen the comments on "Why is Hector Hard Mode so easy?"? They were toxic af over the Uber Spear

[@thesiaoz]

@@sharpeylogic2907 Basically FE community in general.

[@endeavorrattata7839]

*in a really sarcastic tone* beCAUSE thAt iS chEaTing yUo lOSser pLay hOneSt NooB11!?1 Also the hater: uses savestates and rng abuses.

[@butteredsalmonella]

@@ltranc lmao look at the original "Why is Hector Hard mode easy" the one with Farina, not the one with Unpromoted Canas. Literally almost all of the people in the comment section is up with the whole "cheater! cheater!" Thing.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@butteredsalmonella Its a meme now when you think about it.

[@ArchetypeGotoh]

I always feel bad for Jerme in this final battle. Exactly who is he supposed to be good against? He is consistently nearly no threat, and in most of my games I’ve used Lucius and Priscilla more than the Fighters, so i didn’t even get his version of Pale Flower of Darkness; showed up in the final chapter and i was like “unique portrait, cool, but who is he?”

[@sanoga2011]

That finish.... was superb,unlike most of my elliwoods who turn into crap.

[@JB-bc2ry]

17:03 *Who did you sell your soul to to make this happen?!*

[@thesiaoz]

Dark Bishop J Saint Elimine's Restless Radiant Angel

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@thesiaoz Do you believe in St. Elimine or Ashera?

[@samuelperez6219]

@@thesiaoz [Lalala Intensifies]

[@soulhoney1908]

@@thesiaoz riev wants to dissagre with you

[@Luoru6702]

@@thesiaoz S E R R A

[@Takato2527]

6% crit rate and proc twice in a row ... =)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[@zad_rasera]

Maybe the should make Durandal less weightier when Eliwood is holding it, but it retains it's weight when every other character with an S-rank in sword does. Durandal isn't a Prf weapon in FE6, anyway.

[@ebicbarton]

That's because there is no Eliwood in FE6 tho

[@ryandavis6674]

Another splendid performance! RNG was moody in this journey! This entire year of FE content has been a hoot for me this year and I have you to thank for it! The Journeys, The FEH Videos and especially, the Zero Growth Series have been an incredible delight to see while I'm having my meals after a long day or night. They were also, a big incentive to get me into FEH! You have my heartfelt gratitude for being one of the few channels that breathes life into what FE used to be! I hope the school year for you goes just as great as you made this year with your stylish, stunning gameplay with this entire game series! About Eliwood, In my opinion, I think he is the perfect balance of the three lords, he's the middle. Lyn is Speedy, Hector is tanky but, Eliwood got a little of both worlds. I like using him in HHM so he can promote earlier, even though, I like his unpromoted self a little bit better his growths balance out very well once he does promotes. I've never had a problem using him and have enjoyed every battle he's been into! Still trying to get him in FEH though despite him looking a little off there XD. It's been awhile since I've actually shared my thoughts anyway. It's been hectic for me for the last month and a half but rest assured, I've caught up on all your recent videos, enjoyed them and definitely, looking forward to the FE6 ones for I've never have played it before. Something I plan on changing sometime next year. Do take care and keep up the fantastic work!

[@thesiaoz]

Ryan Davis Aww, thank you for the continued support. Even though my channel would be rather inactive due to school, but I'll try my best to squeeze in a video or two whenever the weekend approaches! :)

[@ChrispyBoiYTP]

Fun fact, eliwood is the only non magic user that can one shot the dragon final boss (canas and athos can with luna too)

[@Xamuswing]

This makes me want a version of Eliwood with Rex Hasta in Heroes, complete with tons of Spd and HP.

[@pokefan7446]

Xamuswing I’d like that. Maybe make Rex Hasta a lance version if the Meisterschwert, or a DC weapon like Gradivus with a stat boost.

[@redpikmin6330]

We have Marquess Eliwood these days

[@TeeDubbleDee]

*Gets epic sword specifically for killing dragons, uses normal spear instead.*

[@ebicbarton]

Who needs Durandal, when you have STICK

[@regalblade8171]

@@ebicbarton pointy stick > legendary and millenial-old sword made to kill dragons

[@runefaustblack]

17:00 Not fair, Thesiaoz! I want an RNG like yours!

[@thesiaoz]

Miguel de Lima Are you sure about that? It comes with a cost of having Brendan striking you at 36%, Ursula's 38%, Linus' 29%, etc...

[@runefaustblack]

I'm currently playing through Four-Fanged Offense in Hector Mode. Just in this chapter I've missed five 82 Hit strikes and two 93s, been hit by three 30 Hit or less strikes, and gotten six one-stat levels. Also, in the run I've failed six times to get a critical hit out of killer bow Rath (with 40 Crit odds). So I'd love to at least have a different RN God.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@runefaustblack Which means you should try to use other units like Nino or Florina if your RNG is acting weird.

[@joaquinriosrodriguez7316]

@@runefaustblack you pray to Serra, Lucius, Uber Spear or St.Elimine? Theziaos pray to Serra I think, I pray to the Goddess Icons every hour and... None of my character can max stats, EVEN Athos... the game hates Goddess Icons and me too...

[@runefaustblack]

@@joaquinriosrodriguez7316 I shall never pray to any deity other than Aidios, but I admit my stubborness may harm me when I'm out of Her watch.

[@pandaneon6361]

Good video! Now only missing Hector Rango (S) Swords

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

He doesn't have a save file.

[@OmegaCKL]

*yes*

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Elihax

[@cinnamoone3553]

Eliwood: misses 4 10% crits in a row also Eliwood: lands 2 6% crits in a row

[@wilhemtehlynx]

HE IS ELIGOOD For some reason, Eliwood was beast in my playthrough. He had an iron sword and he still destroyed everything. He probably got more crits than anyone in the game aside from Lyn. Despite his late promotion, training Eliwood was damn worth it. He’s blursed. The Snipers and their 0/0/0 battle stats. Oh, how they try. Now that is a glorious horse. It literally just *materialized* under him when he got Promoted. 32 damage plus a crit... clocking in at a scary 96 damage. I’m not sure if I’ve already mentioned Eliwood’s dodge animation. 44 damage to that Druid? Jeez! Kenneth remains with 1 HP left. So close. DOUBLE 6% CRIT WITH A LANCE. Eliwood sure knows how to make a stylish finish.

[@hedgehogpower194]

Being honest, it's better try to get a S rank in the seccondary weapon of the lords Since they already have a special weapon

[@cvg8603]

Wow double crit... gee why can criting with Durandal be that easy?

[@koiiblitz]

I do like the concept of FE6 Journey & FE8 Journey

[@Scapegoat0442]

That damage of Durandal to the Dragon 😮

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Eliweed, STRONK AS ***K!!!

[@lpfan4491]

for shits and giggles,i compared the damage lyn and eliwood can do to the dragon if their effective weapons have defnegate and they have capped strengh. lyn can do 60 and eligood can do 84. eligood be buff

[@ケンシロウ677マリータ]

80hp fe gba nothing

[@orichalcosamvmaker3866]

This... this is extremely impressive. I could never get Eliwood up to S-Rank Axes... mostly because I promote Lyn first on Hector Hard Mode(What I always play) because she always ends up a lot better than Eliwood by that point.

[@Darknight4434]

Well, is ridiculous hard to have S-rank Axes on Eliwood as he cant wield axes

[@kirbydoggears]

Cool so who next for the journey run

[@andrewrobinson8995]

kirbydoggears Lyn’s unpromoted journey

[@kirbydoggears]

@@andrewrobinson8995 thx

[@endeavorrattata7839]

Linus (who hitted Twice), Uhai, Ursula, Jerme and Brendan has around 30% chance to hit and it still fucking hits, Rng is just really unfair (But Blaming Rng is a Pitfall) Also that double crit though. If you sacrifice something, it will pay you back.

[@adrianwojdat6530]

Fire Emblem logic. Make Durandal height higher than lord + let him use it with 1 hand. You need to leave that right hand sometimes Eliwood. Serious note: i don;t like this sword, somebody withoot imagination made it. He had some complexes

[@ApenasChris]

Eliwood really pulling those crits like Yuji spamming black flashes at Sukuna

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

well in fe6 eliwood became a paladin so... also the thing with durandal and the other weapons is that went made for the purpouse of fighting dragons. from when athos got the sol katti? also it would be great that obteaining the S lord weapon make them promote, and an special chapter for lyn too.

[@wolf-marks9353]

I'm so glad the switch has this game

[@paperluigi6132]

If you hack the game, it’s possible to use Leila.

[@TheAvalanchilator]

If you hack the game. You can use literally anyone.

[@sharpeylogic2907]

Even Bramimond

[@geenobe9941]

Does it really matter though? All you need is Bartre.

[@Hadaron]

Geenobe I think you meant to say that all you need is baby Guinevere.

[@geenobe9941]

But Guinevere can't use the Devil Axe, therefore Bartre is better.

[@user-eq3kq7yd9q]

Ohh best Journey... I love Fire emblem

[@romaindaurib3574]

Arrête de naviguer aussi vite dans les menus stp, ça me donne la gerbe👍👍🏻👍🏼😁👍🏾👍🏿

[@ammonil1261]

wait what tf is that super spear

[@AzumiArya]

Eliwood: *Ready his Rex hasta* Dragon: Hehehe i will kill you- Also Eliwood: *Crits The Dragon 2x* WELCOME TO THE RICEFRIEND MTF Dragon: HOW?!?- *dies intensely*

[@spencerhutcherson5624]

s-rank lance **uses Runesword** yep

[@thesiaoz]

Spencer Huycherson Didn't read the first caption *writes sarcastic comment* yep

[@faiqmuhammad3388]

Eliwood : *doing critical* Dragon : !?!? Eliwood : *second critical* Dragon : !?!?!?

[@michaelgum97]

You did the unpromoted Lords run, you did the S rank Bows for Lyn's run and S rank Lances in Eliwood's run, but where's the S rank Sword Hector run?

[@kadabrium]

because who needs support from girls

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Fiora's and Lyn's support is not that bad, Wind Affinity* Ninian is the terrible choice you will make.

[@kimitohanahala8674]

When Brendan hits Eligood horse got pissed so he landed a crit. Good horse

[@ninjavanish2361]

Is that everyone from the FE7? Has everyone's journey been completed 100%?

[@ebicbarton]

What?

[@clannad1327]

Double critique for the finish, it's amazing.

[@lazwardazure9669]

Hey about the fight with Nergal why is Eliwood's Pre Fight Conversation Different than i remember

[@levinseve3471]

I believe it changes depending on the path

[@henman123456789]

Nice video 👋

[@GhostVanguard]

How do you get all the stat increasing items in the supply?

[@regalblade8171]

He collected them all, those are all of the stat boosters in Hector Hard Mode

[@nerudafran528]

Its unpromoted Lyn the only one who's left?

[@Darknight4434]

Y

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

Eliwood lack the Con to wield Lances...

[@zad_rasera]

Blake Blast Body rings?

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

@@zad_rasera It's a joke

[@TheSuperschmuck]

Eliwood literally being weighed down by durandal was the main reason i was glad to see weight checks gone after Tellius, and why i dont really consider them canon.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

JUST USE THE UBER SPEAR!!!

[@endeavorrattata7839]

*in the most sarcastic way i can as possible* nOoO!! bUT thAT is ChaetEnG nUUB!?!11

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@endeavorrattata7839 We must break the limits of our human shell to create the ULTIMATE LIFEFORM!!! But seriously though, the Power of the Uber Spear is greater than that of the Legendary Weapons, rivalling the Sol Katti.

[@sauce4279]

I hate life right now Why you ask? I have a godamn cold. Also wargroove is STILL not out.

[@endeavorrattata7839]

Lol stick to the Retros. Even still to this day, i play the original "Airport 1" game. Same with Fe, 6, 7 and 8 will never get old.

[@ludgerkres.1437]

"If you want to dodge or double efficiently, use Lyn." No. Lyn is a bad character. I would much rather use javelins than swords+bows. Hector doesn't even get a mount, so he isn't that good either.

[@thesiaoz]

John Westwood Efficient dodging/doubling is based on Lyn's high speed growths, and here you are talking about "Lyn is a bad character", but you didn't state how. Even if you did, this has nothing to do with what you quoted from my description, which is just based on speed. Anyway, javelins will slow down Eliwood with his low Spd cap even more, your comment is definitely not convincing. *"Hector doesn't even get a mount, so he isn't that good either."* Again, you are not even explaining why not having a mount is bad. Anyway, Isadora has a mount, and Harken doesn't have a mount, it's ironic when their usefulness in-game are so far apart. Kinda like your reasoning for "not having a mount isn't good".

[@ludgerkres.1437]

@@thesiaoz I personally find that having mounted units is much more useful and viable than having Lyn's high stat caps. Granted, her speed may be good, but she does not have 1-2 range in enemy phase, or a mount to move more than 6 movement at base. Also, her durability is an issue, having 12 average def and 45 average hp is not stellar (assuming no stat boosters and 20/20 stats). Her res at 16 average is also kind of lacking; she may be a dodge tank, but lacking 1-2 range hurts more. I am just saying that being swordlocked or bowlocked is bad if you want someone to tank in enemy phase, matters not if she can avoid. Lyn is just slower at killing enemies than someone who can use 1-2 range javelins. Another thing is that Eliwood can do is move after using an item, rescue/dropping, trading, which is much more useful than Lyn's stat caps. One last thing; having lower stat caps is perfectly fine when you have a good movement stat. I prefer a good movement stat over infantry like Lyn and the swordmasters. They are considered of the worst characters for a reason.

[@ludgerkres.1437]

Also, the reason why I said Lyn is bad, over just saying her speed is good, is because I wanted to say using javelins (and hand axes) is far more useful than 30 speed.

[@thesiaoz]

@@ludgerkres.1437 Note that I said "if you want to dodge or double efficiently, use Lyn". Basically this is a stat comparison betwen the lords, mainly with speed, Eliwood is just being the middle of Lyn/Hector. I don't understand why you need to bring movement into the picture when that part is only about combat. Your point of having 1-2 range is fair enough. Still, you excluded Hector in the discussion, where he actually performs better than Eliwood during the enemy phase, due to his higher stats. By using pure water, you could easily ignore Hector's low Res to handle magic units too. Do note that this is still talking about Eliwood's middling stat issue. If we really have to talk about movement, yes, Eliwood has the advantage over the 2 lords (only by 1 point if comparing to Lyn). However, the entire focus of the description, or actually, the video itself, is that Eliwood is just a nerfed version of paladins. Other than 2 Str cap, the amount of stuff Eliwood sacrificed is not worth it. Whatever you want him to do, any paladin could handle it better, isn't it?

[@bvd_vlvd]

@@ludgerkres.1437 that was so off topic. Consider yourself annoying Here's a reward Serra wielding an uber spear Get annoyed prick lolol

[@UrinalPissbert]

How do you manage the Save File stuff for every character? do you just load a savestate where you just own everything the game gives you or have you got multiple save files for things like hector and eliwood mode?