If Chess had Fire Emblem ambush spawns

[@Pavise]

Once again, thank my editor Scarf for this absolute BANGER 💯💯💯

[@raseruuu3742]

Great work. A real classic

[@ZeezVovGeeFE]

The fact that they appear on Turn 2 is very accurate

[@akatsuki6371]

I always love when the reinforcements come at the end of an already brutal map, just to fuck you up

[@mlgproplayer2915]

@@akatsuki6371 Oh, the best ones.

[@TheSimmus]

Planning for up to 30 min at the start only to have it all blown away in the first round

[@mastermal7600]

@@TheSimmus lol none of that bothered me since I used cheats all the time

[@soupalex]

tbh i'd rather get all the bullshit up front and out of the way, than spend *30-90 minutes* crawling through a stage, with half my units on their last legs, only to get completely blindsided by fresh enemies literally teleporting onto the field seconds before achieving the original objective.

[@zekemaelstrom]

Well the player should have known to move the F2 pawn to F3 to prevent F3 horse ambush checkmate. A classic pitfall.

[@BHox01]

Time to add "blocking ambush reinforcements" to my chess prep

[@firewalkwithjuno5421]

Frfr, 3 Houses taught me to simply know the encounter beforehand

[@lazykatie42069]

possibly the only chess game where f3 is the best opening move lmao

[@JimLink]

Never play f3!

[@insertusername9755]

Just load a save!

[@tvtrackervideos6610]

I love how you animated the knights to move onto the board like fire emblem units.

[@opalyasu7159]

It's the little things that make us laugh

[@eqsaz]

That's a great touch, I just wish it also had the king fading with the dead unit sound at the end.

[@mlgproplayer2915]

Ikr! lol

[@robertsides3626]

Dev 1: "How can we make this fight difficult but fair..." Dev 2: "Let's get the first half done today and figure out the rest tomorrow."

[@hioman]

And they released it the next day

[@AliceMargatroid7]

Despite the fact that Damian references Eliwood in his text, the King is represented by Hector. This is actually a subtle nod to how no one plays Eliwood mode.

[@cabbusses]

I thought the joke was Eliwood being the queen because of effeminity or something.

[@thefrenchbastard1646]

dont you need to complete eliwood mode before unlocking hector?

[@mudjumper]

@@thefrenchbastard1646 yes, but a lot of people just download a save that has everything unlocked already

[@m0nkEz]

@@cabbusses the queen is too useful to be eliwood

[@zilgred3056]

that early probably matthew.

[@schnibist]

"scream if you must" is cold af

[@WaddleDee45]

Divine Pulse was the best mechanic added to chess.

[@estrum1647]

what about dragon veins?

[@spiritbaki108]

"Checkmate" "Oh no I dont think so"

[@MugApwool]

*WE CALL IT A MILA'S TURNWHEEL IN THIS HOUSE!!!*

[@paperluigi6132]

@@MugApwool I’m more inclined towards Draconic Time Crystal.

[@Galahaddruid]

I'm a more phoenix mode chess guy you know?

[@theendofmyropemydude]

"how can we incentivise buying the strategy guide?" "...i have an idea"

[@kaper54]

Don't get me started on fog of war

[@behindyou4505]

"In the game of chess you can never let your adversary see your pieces." -Zapp Brannigan

[@aishi_rei]

It should Madara of War.

[@bensoncheung2801]

444th 👍

[@moocha3689]

This is not accurate, as the moment the horse started revving up, the screen would have gone black and then “Game Boy” would appear on the screen.

[@xx_another_argent_xx]

Depending on the state of the player, it may have just ended at the black screen

[@1111-e4p]

Or alternatively, it would flash back to the previous turn and “Loaded State 2” would appear briefly in tiny red letters at the bottom-left of the screen.

[@dillpickle59]

Nah I remember when I played on the GBA as a kid that if I did that and went back to the menu to continue it'll just pick right back up at the point the unit moved in on Hector lol

[@bensoncheung2801]

@@1111-e4p144p 👍

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

It goes from "Okay, I survive this" to "Wait, does he double me" to "Oh nevermind, he's critting" in the span of 0.1 seconds

[@Johesy]

I'd love to see Mangus Carlsen playing with ambush spawns

[@MyVanir]

Magnus Carlsen doesn't know to fear the Black Fangplug.

[@ralek592]

@@MyVanir would be interesting to see the best chess player against a _fanged buttplug_

[@CaptainCFalcon]

​@@MyVanir God fucking dammit, I chocked on my water reading this comment. That was absolutely amazing bro.

[@amperesclaw9203]

Ding Liren!!

[@pacerrecap6386]

Magnus: FORBLAZE!!#

[@t-qb1sq]

List of moves: 1. e4 Nf6 (King's Pawn Opening & Alekhine's Defense) 2. d3 N3e1# (Maroczy Variation & Damian's Ambush into Checkmate)

[@brendansage6876]

As a chess and FE fan, this is the best comment I've seen here XD

[@QuantemDeconstructor]

Ah, of course, the Damian gambit, whoever could see that coming?

[@xanderlastname3281]

Ah cool, ill be sure to study this later. I could definitely use this opening

[@t-qb1sq]

​@@xanderlastname3281They actually nerfed this strategy a long time ago with the Sacred Stones patch. The main part of this update is that Lords now have full health, which used to not be the case so as to promote castling. Still, Damian is a good option if the enemy Lord doesn't have good combat skills. Otherwise, I would recommend you use Conomor.

[@residentevilfreak3oo]

I hate how accurate this is

[@rpgaddict314]

Whoever defends ambush spawns should play me in chess and I'm allowed to do this.

[@timce9220]

They’ll still win and chalk it up to some vague reasoning in why they won

[@SBlazeable]

The worst spawns are ambush spawns that appear randomly and before the start of enemy phase with an effective weapon against what the map designed for you to put there. tight hallway and lots of enemies? Put your armored knight forward, *bushes rustle* *alelelelelele* elfire sage ambush spawn against your armored knight.

[@Keitan97]

U gud? 😅

[@zena2239]

"Can't help but notice you're an armor knight, be a shame if I had a... H A M M E R."

[@FirebunbunYT]

It's kinda funny, because what you wrote is amazing from a tactical assessment, but just feels bad from a game perspective.

[@Fimbu1vetr]

FE is a strategy game

[@hookah6579]

@@Fimbu1vetr it's not. It's terrorism and pedophilia with sprites. And you're a retard for defending it and I hate you even more than the devs

[@estrum1647]

I hate when that happen in chess tournaments

[@Leafsw0rd]

I like that the killing edge did 14 damage and your character, already weakened, started with 15. Just to give one more piece of hope to dash against the rocks.

[@nm5329]

To be fair, Damian had a 30% crit chance. By FE logic, there was never a chance of survival to begin with.

[@ZorotheGallade]

@@nm5329 He was probably going to double anyway.

[@jawwer00]

@@ZorotheGallade funny thing is, Damien has 8 speed in HH. He literally can't double base Hector.

[@ZorotheGallade]

@@jawwer00 Oof.

[@thecasul1524]

It's a Killing Edge. Those things have a 100% chance of doing crits at the worst possible time

[@Bluzlbee]

this is not a video, this is PTSD

[@SkiKoala]

If you checkmate instead of check: "Uugwoh... Can't believe... you...beat... me... You've...lost... your way... to...the Dread...Isle... for good..."

[@virgyvirgil]

goddammit....where's the reset button on this chessboard

[@dashhunterx735]

Flipping the chess board in a rage, it's a viable strategy now

[@researchinbreeder]

On the underside of the board

[@kylecyrus9457]

Don't have ti. Hector dying is an automatic gg

[@Ehtis1]

The way that the knights show up like actual GBA reinforcements is gold

[@the13thjoker]

God I hate how accurate this is. Reinforcement came from nowhere, have no warning, and the worst part get the first turn at the same time they respawn. Now if they bash your cleric instead...

[@ethannelson8656]

You gotta make one of these, but there's a recruitable piece on the other side of the board.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

That recruitable piece can only be recruited by the King. Good luck.

[@Fungo4]

The fact that he comes in with a Killing Edge just to crit a normally survivable attack... *shudder*

[@dilly2760]

I don't play FE but 4 knights spontaneously appearing on the board gave me a good chuckle

[@survivorofthecurse717]

You honestly should! Three Houses is a great starting point for the series, and they also released FE6 on the GBA if you have Nintendo Switch Online

[@Dethraxx]

@@survivorofthecurse717 FE7*

[@survivorofthecurse717]

@@Dethraxx at the time, I got the 2 mixed up :/

[@Dethraxx]

@@survivorofthecurse717 It's easy to mix them up and to be fair, both protagonists have red hair lol

[@QuantemDeconstructor]

​@@DethraxxIt's silly because 6 is after 7 story-wise

[@Fibless]

im showing this to everyone I know who doesnt understand Fire Emblem bs, actually perfect video

[@voidishprattles4319]

I assume this is what non chess players feel like when they play chess against someone who does play lmao.

[@CuteHimbo]

No it's worse. It feels like being raided by Black Knight, Echoes Grima, post-timeskip Wyvern Lord Edelgard, RD Haar, Camilla, Robin and Sigurd all at once.

[@seab4519]

Idk why but the knights storming into the board exactly like units do in fe is hilarious to me

[@TakunHiwatari]

This is how it felt playing FE7 for the first time. And for some reason, 13 year old me thought it was fun.

[@fuglytard1293]

It was way worse in FE6

[@TriAzF]

@@fuglytard1293 I love FE6 but yeah it’s STR are um… quite bad. Most definitely a game that’s better on subsequent play throughs

[@dominicjannazo7144]

There's not even that many, and most don't move the turn they arrive. But this particular ambush on this map? This is exactly how it felt to me.

[@super-zw3ep]

I don’t remember the old FE games having game ending ambushes like this

[@fabriziocossio3336]

​@super for the most part, FE7 is generous because most spawns are regular one, not ambush spawns ....awakening tho its ALL ambush spawns

[@BM03]

The stage just opened and Hector is already wounded. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if whoever puts these ambushes in would think that's a GREAT idea.

[@MrHildebrand]

I like the additional touch of Hector having 15hp left and Damian will only hit 14, but of course he will crit.

[@Octorocker743]

LMAO this is awesome. Side note, I've always wondered why there hasn't been an official FE themed chess set as merch or a pre order bonus for an edition. I mean....Street Fighter has one, but not Fire Emblem?

[@francescocastelo7214]

bc chess is a better game than fire emblem, and if IS did that it would inevitably cut into sales of main series games

[@sptflcrw8583]

@@francescocastelo7214 how the hell would it cut into sales lmfao

[@sonjaa.martin6269]

@@francescocastelo7214 I mean the two are similar but this is an odd comparison, ones a video game and ones a board game 🤧 obviously they're for different crowds

[@starbitscg4563]

@@francescocastelo7214 lmao

[@Aeivious]

could easily just have themed sets too, like marth pack where him and caeda are the king and queen and theme the other pieces around it

[@hydrusalphy4654]

I never realized the King in chess is actually a Fire Emblem Lord.

[@estrum1647]

Bro, it's a lord with roy or lyn base stats.

[@hydrusalphy4654]

@@estrum1647 And no growth rates. Like all the other pieces (though pawns can promote).

[@CuteHimbo]

-King is a Lord, his survival is key to victory. -Queen is a Jagen, she's broken but will fall off/die eventually for most players. -Cavaliers can move past usually unaccessible tiles, meaning that they're either Pegasus Knights, Wyvern Riders or Echoes Witches. -Towers have a lot of movement, making them Cavaliers (and since they're two, most likely Christmas Cavs). -Pawns are all Villagers : one ranged locked terrible units with great potential.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

@@CuteHimbo One of those pawns is Ross and one of them is Donnel. They will both get to the other end of the board and absolutely clear the rest of the board by themselves.

[@Professor_Utonium_]

​@@CuteHimboIs this like British thing to call the knights and rooks cavaliers and towers? lmao

[@zadayaz]

for some reason the sound effect when all the pieces come storming in kills me every single time

[@LucidTech]

The way the knights move onto the board is actually perfect.

[@prizmic3448]

I hate Ambush Spawns! I hate Ambush Spawns! I hate Ambush Spawns!

[@TheGuzeinbuick]

For some reason when I was about 14 I wanted to make a rom hack of Fire Emblem that was just chess. So many years later and I still think it's kind of a fun idea.

[@jhxe]

\*sigh* That's another reload after turn 20

[@lewis9s]

“Yeah I’ve played Fire Emblem, I’m probably pretty good at chess!”

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

Should've castled Hector onto the Fortress tile. Rookie blunder

[@mueezadam8438]

I was just playing in the club room when some total stranger walked up to the board and placed their queen behind my king, really annoying because I would have won too if I didn’t get crit the next turn

[@iSearchYoutube]

Damn it Hector, why didnt you have Wolfbeil, you actually double this dude!

[@SamuelTheAdept]

Black Fang ambush moment

[@gstellar96]

Damn it's amazing just how much the graphics still hold up thanks to the fluid yet snappy animations and the stylized sprite work.

[@Demi-Joker]

"You don't yet know to fear the Black Fang. Start grieving... for I will teach you that fear" Me who finished Trails in the Sky FC: *starts sweating*

[@Rean_Wheel]

bad timeline Joshua be like

[@shroomoid9403]

FE7 but Nergal is Weissmann

[@CharlesWorkPPL]

THIS is what you get for not buying he official Chess strategy guide from Nintendo Power. Should have seen this coming.

[@dauntless1866]

0:09 Hector: ?!? Damian: "nothing personal kid"

[@MemeAnt]

This is the best meme I’ve seen in a while

[@djoshawott2850]

This is just Shogi.

[@tacticaljunk1608]

Honestly that's what you get for overleveling your queen but not the main lord.

[@TheDimensionDweller]

GBA Fire Emblem sound effects my beloved

[@NotTheWheel]

Chess Ambushes actually sounds like a fun puzzle idea long as it doesn't end in an automatic loss.

[@Cerbleur07]

I KNEW IT!! Hector was the queen of Eliwood all this time.

[@Insulted25]

This is an S rank shitpost.

[@Luigiofthegods]

Um sKiLl IsSuE you just have to look up the ambush spawns on WoD and position the queen ahead of time while assuming they roll the max possible stats 🤓

[@spongbobsquarepants3922]

Actually, it would be better to move the f2 pawn to f3 so that the ambush spawn is not in range of the king.

[@Luigiofthegods]

@@spitfiremanlizerd There are a few ambush spawns in FE7, like Damian, the bottom ship enemies in the next chapter, and even some in Lyn Mode (although imo they're done right in this game, since they always start far away from you and aren't that strong)

[@fabriziocossio3336]

​@Luigiofthegods yeah unlike other games like awakening Where ALL reinforcements are ambush spawns

[@GearTech147]

@@fabriziocossio3336 Don't they always warn you ahead of time though

[@nameplease8811]

Where are my allied reinforcments

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Dead.

[@TotallyCluelessGamer]

You gotta find them on the map and talk to them.

[@ChillavaKirby]

I’m actually still mad at the fact that Fates finally realized how terrible of an idea this was and then Three Houses just casually put it back in for one game.

[@PhillipOnTakos]

Yeah but at least in Three Houses they can't move when they spawn in which if an ambush spawn has to exist that's the way to do it. Can't tell you how awful my first playthrough of Awakening was just because of all the ambush spawns that immediately move and kill my healer.

[@ChillavaKirby]

@@PhillipOnTakos Yes they can. Or I wouldn’t complain about it.

[@SMt155]

​@@PhillipOnTakos They can move as soon as they spawn in maddening mode.

[@navadax4541]

@@PhillipOnTakos the definition of an ambush spawn is one that moves on the same turn it appears. On maddening mode they do.

[@IceBlueLugia]

@@PhillipOnTakos No? I’m literally playing Three Houses on Maddening rn (well, on and off between TotK lol) and the reinforcements attack on the same turn they spawn. It’s no as bad thanks to Divine Pulse but it’s still awful design

[@happiness7544]

I Swear every time I am thinking the battle is going well they just throw more enemys at me, so I replay the battle knowing they are there…AND THEN MORE SHOW UP

[@-Raylight]

Pro chess players : *"Now it's fair"*

[@natsusatsujinki8342]

As a person that plays chess and Fire Emblem this is both hilarious and accurate.

[@kate_wn]

That Hector would've survived if Damian didn't crit makes it even more frustrating

[@jordanforbes149]

I played a solid amount of FE but didn’t think I knew what “ambush spawns” were until I watched the video. No. I know. I know very well.

[@Keitan97]

What’s with the current surge of Fire Emblem memes? I’m lovin it lol

[@RolandTheJabberwocky]

Everyone knows in reality that Hector would have tanked it and crit him back.

[@pokkiheart]

Rookie mistake, you gotta heal your lords

[@Milkiia]

It’s so dumb how much this made me laugh 😂

[@Ender41948]

Honestly, this just makes me think that an online chess game with Fire Emblem mechanics would be pretty dank. Pieces battle instead of just being captured, kings are your lords, that sorta thing.

[@miamesa8652]

The worst part about losing to an ambush spawn is that reloading your save is pointless, since it'll always be on the enemy turn, and they'll always do the same thing So it's back to the very start of the chapter :D

[@XX-sp3tt]

This is the line between a good game and being "realistic". Such random unfair sudden ambushes make perfect sense for a battle, but for a tactical game it's a breach of the social contract.

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

you forgot the part where the opposing army is usually much larger than yours.

[@Shady_Fungus]

Oh you didn’t know they could ambush you ANYWHERE on the map and kill your main piece? Sound like a skill issue.

[@osaka5754]

One of the greatest videos I've ever seen

[@PrinceSilvermane]

So I was playing FE7 and got this EXACT situation. Except... Damian attacked Lyn. She dodged. Counter attacked with a Crit. I laughed hard.

[@RedMage95]

Ah so fire emblem awakening ambush rules, where they act the turn they spawn with no chance to plan or react. Always my biggest gripe about awakening.

[@runningdecadeix4780]

The best thing is the reinforcements can attack on the same turn they appear, very fair for a strategy game

[@latioshunter]

And now you've got to fight against the ambush and try to get your weakest unit thats farthest from the enemy to there so they can talk to one of them to recruit them, all while hoping your units don't retaliate and kill against that one person, losing the most valuable person in the end-game.

[@gentlemancharmander4411]

That’s basically just shogi

[@aBlackMage]

This is actually hysterical oh my god

[@jeremyrossi2716]

Imagine if there was a fog map for chess. That would be absolutely evil.

[@silverflight01]

Comes in at Turn 2. Yep, sounds about right

[@pacerrecap6386]

Denning and his 15 bishops.

[@RexcorJ]

This is Lego Chess on another level.

[@feyblade866]

Fun fact: If you're playing normal mode on an FE released in the west, ambush spawns do not exist. Except for the boss that appears in this video. Damian here (and a few FE7 fodder enemies the devs forgot to switch to non-ambush spawns) is the only ambush spawn a casual western player would encounter

[@JJfriday]

Alright I laughed so hard I spat out a lung. I'll be alright, I got one more.

[@ryanhernandez8324]

This is just footage from playing with ChatGPT. Good video anyhow, mate!

[@HunterIsRad]

Now we just need the other side: Risk with CO Powers.

[@Trashingcanine]

Lmao, I had a wonderful idea of making chess an actual strategy RPG were pieces have actual health and resistances

[@taylorwest6986]

Time for my tenth restart!

[@CuratorKay]

He totally would have won that with Armads.

[@lighthouse6543]

Just seeing the title and the thumbnail killed me for about 2-3 minutes

[@mysticknight1494]

This is why I stand by the Turnwheel mechanic 😭

[@flight_knight_]

If they’re ambush pawns I think I’ll be fine

[@Kalenz1234]

The weirdest thing about Fireembelm are the rng level ups. If you'd always get the best stat increases possible you'd be walking around with unbeatable god units so even those reinforcements would be a joke. If you're unlucky with stat increases that one time bad luck will have an effect on the rest of the playthrough as your units are too weak. Just seems like the devs are making it harder on themselves to balance the difficulty with that.

[@OdaSwifteye]

Why are stat increase even random? That has the potential to tank an entire run without meta gaming on the player's part.

[@Liezuli]

​@@OdaSwifteyeIt's practically impossible for an fe game to become unbeatable purely because of bad level ups, because there's plenty of remedies for it. From the stat booster items the game gives you, to the new units joining you as you progress through the game, to the stat increases upon promoting, you'll always have a way to make your weaker units stronger, or just replace them with better ones. It's to the point where some fe games are beatable with 0% growths, or even with negative growth rates.

[@Raxxes]

Fire Emblem's GBA animations were on point.

[@Ashai]

this is one of my favorite videos

[@docere_xeno]

This makes me feel extreme emotions

[@jamesprimmer355]

This stuff made lunatic mode so wild in Three Houses because they could spawn and move in the same turn, lol.

[@Metal_Sign-Friday_Patchouli]

The Extra Stage Boss of Chess

[@xander0901]

Turn 2 reinforcements that act immediately? Just Fire Emblem things.