Part 20: Justice for Kohga!

[@Zoran501]

This video is more than half as long as Scepti's entire Maid Camilla run

[@sohn7767]

Truly inefficient

[@yes1667]

It was about 2x louder too

[@paladia_gorom1973]

Someone needs to git gud

[@Oblivion776]

Imagine being Saizo getting trapped in that room. From your perspective, you have no reason to trust the Nohrians will uphold this alliance any longer than is convenient for them, so you must think that either they have seized a convenient opportunity to get rid of you, or, most charitably, have simply forgotten about you. Poor guy probably spent those turns making his peace with a slow and painful death by dehydration alone in a cold dark cave.

[@wmgflute]

I'm pretty sure there was some water in there, but still... sounds terrifying.

[@klodpraisor]

Corrin: how dare you take a captive?! Also Corrin:

[@thekiss2083]

That Savage Blow play was disgusting. How dare you be this good at Fire Emblem

[@Grimsleeper86]

The plot on this map is fun. Kaze: How dare a ninja attack from the shadows!? Corrin: Did you imprison someone we have not met and will kill in a couple chapters? Kotoro: I needed to lie about the imprisonment thing, lucky for me Garron will not care if all his kids get wiped.

[@Zoran501]

Corrin's actions here make a little more sense if you know what he’s trying to achieve in chapter 18 (in the rewrite)

[@Grimsleeper86]

​@@Zoran501 I am looking forward to seeing what the rewrite does there. I really should play it myself, but I like playing on my 3DS. Really feel the pain of every whoops by slamming all the soft reset keys.

[@renren47618]

@@Grimsleeper86 Spoilers for GGG: Corrin wants to heal Garon by making him sit into the throne and has a clearer idea behind what is actually going on, however things go wrong anyway unfortunately

[@SuperZez]

@@Zoran501 Also I notice they made Kotaro worse by saying he kidnapped and tortured Kagero rather than taking her hostage after a battle.

[@Grimsleeper86]

@@SuperZez Oh, I missed that detail. I did notice they made Corrin a little more aware that Kotaro was not on the up and up.

[@calregretsthis]

Shura having no shuriken rank will forever be a crime. Darn fates systems for not allowing that :p

[@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa]

He will always have at least C shuriken rank in my heart.

[@Kagawwy]

They really should've given the characters at least some sensible weapon ranks for promotion and secondary classes. Odin should have, like, C rank swords, or at least D rank; Shura should have some shuriken ranks; etc.

[@Zakuzelo]

Now that sounds like something worth modding.

[@theleftfootedsultan]

You can tell the game is getting good because Justice RIP is playing.

[@TopRamenNewdal]

Conquest early game tests your strategy, Conquest mid game tests your sanity, Conquest late game tests them both.

[@Hawlo]

@@TopRamenNewdal Your team building/planning, too.

[@platzohar]

ironically justice RIP plays in all of the worst maps in the game (minus chapter 18)

[@theleftfootedsultan]

@@platzohar Admittedly, that was somewhat of the joke, though I’ll also admit that 15/16/17/18 is my favorite four chapter run in the series. I am slightly surprised 30 people liked the comment with how controversial these maps are, but I guess Zoran’s comments aren’t exactly representative of the wider fanbase.

[@Zoran501]

rip to the justice imo

[@buttermink2153]

You mentioned Inspiring Song can't increase Mozu's proc chance, but what of she started a turn as someone's backpack, got dropped by them, and then Azura sang to her? She wouldn't have taken an action that turn and the inspiring song luck bonus would improve her odds of grabbing a gold bar, no?

[@Zoran501]

You’re actually right!

[@slushisimcambi2521]

Huge brain

[@ferintown6628]

He’s cooking

[@johnwise9811]

Ayo new obscure strat just dropped

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

Bro just increased our total gold gain by like 4% let’s go (Unironically that’s p cool)

[@Bulkynemesis4534]

Its safe to say Balk has made Mozu and this map very memorable

[@asmontosborne3111]

Me: *on my way to bed at 1 am* Zoran: *uploads a new Fates episode at 1 am exactly* My sleep schedule: “I’m in danger” Also shout-outs to Kotaro for sharing a name and inspiration with one of my favorite Pokémon Conquest characters, as well as being The Hottest Capturable Enemy I Wish I Could Recruit™️.

[@ferintown6628]

POKÉMON CONQUEST SWEEEEP

[@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa]

Bro Shura is recruitable and has total DILF energy

[@alexpowell1184]

that final line you offered Shura felt more like a Laslow thing to say imo, not sure why

[@Zoran501]

lol

[@GobaGNon]

This is such a fantastic joke

[@sohn7767]

1:09:25 this is why Zoran doesn’t suffer from skill issue. He understands skill is a good stat!

[@maxechilsemptyspace7184]

Now that we're getting to the end of Gen 1 (not really), it's a little sad to hear about the reality of our favorite characters retiring from battle more often in Zoran's commentary. It's kind of a bittersweet feeling, knowing that we won't be seeing them any longer soon, but that there'll soon be the next generation among us (technically it's already here, but that's beside the point).

[@aperson6505]

"Kaze won't be a ninja forever" 👀

[@TheLonelyNihilego]

Facts I wonder what he will be

[@aperson6505]

@@TheLonelyNihilego He's being trained to use swords... Paladin? Master of Arms? Are we about to witness Life and Death Kaze?

[@jonathanlgill]

My money is on Paladin with the Silas support, to get Elbow Room.

[@zadocr675]

The true Christmas present is a 1.5 hour Zoran video

[@cartooncritic7045]

This is one of those thumbnails where you can tell the featured character never made it into Heroes because they don't get the cool art. I'm not even a Heroes player but Shura should be in it.

[@Zoran501]

Mozu too!

[@irismarin8613]

Some of the art these thumbnails have been using looks like it's from Cipher (a now-discontinued Japanese-exclusive TCG that started up around when Fates released), but there's still clear tells

[@Zoran501]

this one's from the 4koma guidebook, I believe

[@drew_gon1617]

I’ve got to say this challenge really makes the world feel more alive, I’m actually excited to see how everyone grows & I’m thinking more about their relationships & journeys I’ll be honest in saying I normally damage stack and use as few units as possible to do thing quickly, maybe even grab galeforce, but this is very exciting!! So great job on not only doing something so awesome, but for keeping me engaged more so than the game ever did before, I’m excited to play it again 😆🥳🎉

[@Zoran501]

I’m glad you feel that way, because that was the whole point! It’s fun to see every unit play a part in the campaign and go through a full arc of their own

[@neog8029]

Kotaro: Being one of the dodgiest bosses in Fates. Certain Blow Bowzu: Cocks bow with malicious intent.

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

Mozu is always worth the investment due to her ability to game end any select enemy on player phase. It’s just so useful.

[@N_IRL]

For some reason the whole thing at 39:15 blew my mind even more than your usual shenanigans. I mean, you do things like this ALL THE TIME, but the way you timed her learning Savage Blow is just insane. Maybe it's because I actually understand what happened when half of the time I don't lol

[@shuichichirocks33]

YES MORE ZORAN 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@Rainshadowable]

An absolute treasure to get off work and see this first thing being in my subscription feed. Thank you for the great content as always, Zoran

[@vishuprathikanti9352]

OHHH THE MECHANISTS ARE ALWAYS WITH THEIR PUPPETS, thank you zoran

[@zacharybrown3010]

39:15 What an awesome strat, I realized what it was immediately before it was explained and laughed out loud. well played Zoran. The little peek into the thought process at 42:45 was also very neat.

[@williamdunbar2802]

It’s been really interesting to see how the strategies have adapted as the resource have been spread thinner and thinner; I anticipate that the final few chapters are going to be a wild ride

[@dodge7246]

Hour and a half of Zoran, inject it into my veins!

[@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa]

My boy Shura finally got his own Zoran thumbnail. Tis a happy day for Shura fans. Edit: 56:14 made me actually LOL

[@alicecrawford1033]

A Princess Bride fan too?! A man after my own heart! Another masterful clear! You truly display the beauty of the mechanics Fates has to offer! There's a question I've been wanting to ask, and this chapter happens to be the perfect opportunity for it: When do you think it's worthwhile to buy skill and/or luck tonics to improve the reliability of a clear? Obviously the answer is rather subjective, but I'm curious as to your perspective. Anyways, this was a wonderful video, and I'm always looking forward to the next one!

[@lonelycomet9814]

the relief i feel seeing this in my notifs in the midst of finals week... you are a blessing

[@cheewinkaewthai8556]

And once again you've reminded me how you are the best CQ player ever!! Your knowledge & strategy-crafting are insane man!!

[@theleftfootedsultan]

1:34:42 Evidently, Shura is not left-handed.

[@purpleecho1714]

Babe wake up a new Zoran vid just dropped

[@jonathanlgill]

These videos are so good I waited until I had a glass of red wine to be able to watch.

[@VanessaVersus]

"shura has no friends" and the other comedy stylings of zoran "conquest goat" fire emblem

[@Strawb_milk5]

Always a brightens the day with an upload

[@NicholasM200]

If I recall correctly, your previous video on this chapter was the first one from a file doing a challenge like this. Feels good to see it as part of a full LP now!

[@Noahs_Chair]

I feel bad for Shura, the main issue he faces in my opinion is that fighter really doesn't make him any favors. Yes, It has Sol but he isn't the bulkiest and doesn't have access to damage stack until Shuriken Faire and everyone has that. If Shura had something else like Archer, Mercenary or anything that could complement his first 2 classes he would be a lot better. But as It is, he really just exist in 0% growths and nowhere else and that makes me sad.

[@RLCguy]

I'm so glad to see this again. I kinda checked out of the relay after the Einherjar shenanigans

[@NoCryinRyan]

I could not get past this chapter on my Lunatic attempt and sadly, the 3DS that had Fates had its battery expand to the point of breaking the system. So, seeing you rip ninja hell into shreds is such an endorphin rush.

[@brawlfan9999]

I gotta afmit, you're making me wanna play Fates again. Never thought that would happen

[@christopherpho9424]

Early promoted Kaze was so good for me here (when I recruited him, he was level 15). Early access to Golembane was really nice.

[@zacharybrown3010]

WOO-HOO HOUR AND A HALF ZORAN UPLOAD

[@auroraborealis4468]

Camilla is so brutally powerful. Up there with the likes of Seth, Titania and Robin imo, just breaks the game in half out of the box and only gets better the more you use her

[@cartooncritic7045]

I think she’s a much happier medium of “busted but not invalidating” kind of way as opposed to Seth, though. CQ is balanced in a way where even heavy use of Camilla still leaves a lot of room for other units to shine in some way.

[@renren47618]

She and Xander are these kind of characters done right, they can carry you in the midgame and early game(Camilla) but if you rely only on them you will not be able to finish the game unlike these that you mentioned which maybe except for Titania can solo their own games

[@sohn7767]

@@renren47618 nah don’t think Xander is good. He is needs very little player skill to be used. He invalidates a lot of maps too

[@cartooncritic7045]

@@sohn7767 Xander does need at least two Seals and a few stat boosters in order to reach his full game-breaking potential, though. That’s arguably more investment than a lot of units rated lower than him on most tier lists. Not to mention he doesn’t join until halfway through the game so in my eyes he’s more similar to FE10 Titania than FE9 Titania.

[@sohn7767]

@@cartooncritic7045 he only needs all that speed support for funny juggernaut orkoing, which to be fair is overrated and unnecessary if you are willing to simply wait one or 2 extra turns. Xander does well even without sealing, but sealing alone just make him invalidate maps. And in terms of effort, his innate wyvern takes non at all and if you like most players just use backpack hero is almost a non brainer too. His joining time is late indeed, but that he’s still available for more than half the game where most of the difficulty is. This is not about if Xander is good, it’s more about _how_ he is good. Get it? If he lets you not play the game by design then that’s bad in my eyes

[@kellamyoshikage286]

While I like a lot of the upscaled images and the main characters generally look good, a lot of the villagers have had their eyes ruined by the upscale, and this is iirc the first case of this with a boss character. Kotaro's left eye in his default face looks like the iris is melding into a weird mesh of eyelashes below and his angry face makes it look like he has pink eye, or I guess brown eye in this case.

[@BR-yj6ho]

I can't believe we are finally at Kotaro's Fun House!

[@brunaolinto560]

“Since Corrin is no longer female” Not only does my man Zoran shows an excellent clear full of game knowledge and explanations of strategies (short & long term), he also respects the transmasc swagger of M!Corrin. Here, King, for you 👑

[@auroraborealis4468]

his transition went so well, I'm happy for Corrin!

[@Lucas17031]

Only confusing part is how his soon to be offspring also transitions, yet the other way, ironically Transfem Kana moment?🤔

[@ronnocneerb9014]

@@Lucas17031they traded chromosomes

[@addambarcelos]

Mozu gaming in action, let's go!

[@maniacallyhappy]

Finally! Been waiting a hot minute

[@masterkuja9137]

Hello Zoran, thanks for the video, this one hour and a half passed like a capped SPD Kaze, every turn was fun to watch. But there is one question to you: are you happy with what they are showing for Engage? Because the game really looks like a "Fateslandia 2", along with the obvious aesthetics similarities, the gameplay will be very player phased. We manage and combine the current resources available to us(with the emblem rings and stat modifiers), the enemies look strong, weapons don't break, the staves look identical (Freeze is back baby!), debuffs exist, there isn't big monastery and Lilith is back! Of course, there is a chance that, in practice, the "correct way"to play the game will be 100% different. But I hope this is not true, the chances favoritize Fates too much to be a lie.

[@maagic2031]

I.... was just checking the channel for updates a couple of minutes ago. Not gonna complain, but kinda weird!

[@Kyronex0]

Something to note for others, though obviously not applicable to this run: If you keep Saizo alive, he has a pretty good chance to hand the Kotaro kill to you on a silver platter. Just remove the caltrops around him, shelter/dance out, then let Saizo initiate. He can survive two hits from Kotaro, doesn't get doubled, and will hit him with Poison Strike, Pyrotechnics, and (if he hits) debuffs that leave Kotaro one hit away from death. Very helpful if he's giving you trouble due to his high avoid!

[@teaghanmoreno8724]

Nothing is better than letting Shura get his revenge and forcing Laslow to commit war crimes

[@ChagasFivePoints]

Wait...did that Mechanist just use the animation for a Ninja/Master Ninja's Pair Up Attack at 40:44 ?

[@Zoran501]

I… think it did? Not sure if that’s a bug with the game or if it’s a mod issue

[@N_IRL]

I didn't notice that, that's hilarious lmao

[@electricvgc3146]

34:32 Dang, I didn't know Shura was actually Chillindude's real name

[@maxlimit9129]

Shura does start in the Outlaw class tree, meaning he's not lawful...

[@johnwise9811]

And thus Kotaro the six fingered man was brought to justice.

[@thomasnguyen4427]

30:00 so what if you shelter'd a non-gray'd Mozu, transfer then separate, thus she is now gray'd out without taking a turn-ending action, sang for her, and then took an action? Does that work?

[@Zoran501]

yes it does!

[@electricvgc3146]

1:11:27 I'm surprised you mention Nyx for Heartseeker, but not Benny for Fierce Mien, given he's great at walling out Ninjas, not completely terrible in combat against them, and has a lot more flexibility for positioning

[@vaalhazak4196]

Yo, a feature-length Zoran movie 👀

[@EchoesAct4]

43:57 I love Mozu's crit animation. Definitely confident in her technique - and showing off on a fellow lance user

[@saggsman]

Nice Princess Bride reference by the end

[@sebastians7806]

Zoran feature length film yay!!!

[@baltemys6097]

Effie going back to the bench so she can bench press

[@wmgflute]

Wooo new video!

[@bigshower]

Wake up babe

[@HeeCawRoo]

"shura doesnt have any friends", while correct, is the funniest way to say that for sure.

[@halberdex1068]

make this man the general of the united states military and its OVER💀

[@renren47618]

China and the whole world would poop in their pants if Zoran had to lead the US on WW3

[@cesarmejia59]

28:40 Vaya no sabia eso, esa información puede ser me de utilidad en un futuro. Ya han aparecido dos de los cuatro enemigos con diseños que me encantan, el Master Ninja y el Sword Master, los otros dos siendo la Maid y el Dark Knight. Lastimosamente Mozu hoy no cometió genocidio con los ninjas de refuerzo 6/10. Nah mentira buen video como siempre Zoran.

[@sohn7767]

39:13 beautiful

[@N_IRL]

100% agree, just got finished making the same comment. It's just pure badassery, and my little pea brain can actually understand it!I think that's why it's so much cooler to me than most of his other shenanigans, even though they're probably all equally impressive

[@sohn7767]

@@N_IRL yeah train everyone has become my favorite okay to play fire emblem. Let’s me get a fair chance of what a unit is worth and absolutely brings one to the verge of managing *everything*

[@N_IRL]

@@sohn7767 I like to see what everyone is worth, too! By that I mean that I am trying to get every single support conversation in the game lol. All that and I still haven't beaten Conquest on Lunatic (even though I could cheese it with DLC). My 959 hours and 57 minutes playing that game have been spent very well

[@renren47618]

When will you get the Conquest PhD? Lol I never saw someone be this good at FE before

[@SuperZez]

40:50 "Luckily this dual guard saves Silas from being debuffed by a silver shuriken" (Cue second silver shuriken mechanist who debuffs him anyway)

[@yassin9782]

I think the point of it was that his defenses wouldn’t be reduced the first time so he’ll take less damage from the second mechanist.

[@hugoesaucruzmorales7614]

In fact, some of my runs of conquest I had utilized Nix like adventurer and her hits rates were afwul less than 50% even with triangule advantage. But for some reason she always hit in of all them in this specific map. I do not know if I was lucky with her but I will never doubt about her again,

[@BlazingRaptor]

I'll never forget when the NPC Saizo managed to crit kotaro. His rate was well below 50%...

[@alexread6767]

39:11 This is a fun moment

[@LoudWaffle]

You said that the reliability of the hitrates was a big challenge for you on this map. I know a KZbinr named Bad At Life who has some strats which make this chapter 100% reliable, maybe get in contact with him?

[@PaperSidewalk]

I think it's challenge for him in this run. In other runs where he doesn't need to train everyone, he'd probably have no problems.

[@alexread6767]

1:37:14 No No Nohr is just fighting

[@gabrielclamens3151]

While it is geat that Kotaro pays for his crimes, I don't understand in any logical way why Corrin decides to murder his own ally to help his enemy just because that's "the good thing to do" I know it's fates but still...

[@MegaScytheman]

Because corrin isn't truly tied to nohr. They're just with the kingdom as a means to stop the war, as the dialogue at the start of conquest suggests. Therefore, corrin mostly makes decisions with their own morals in mind (times when Garon/hans is watching notwithstanding)

[@gabrielbitencourt1879]

I can only dream of a Fates Remaster where i can truly side with Nohr and crush the Hoshidans. That is my dream.

[@gabrielclamens3151]

@@gabrielbitencourt1879 wait no, make a real rebellion this time xD

[@jeffreycollins237]

Does checking the growths progress of characters factor in on the decision to promote early? It seems I have placed too much importance on maxing levels to 20 before promote and I now see more of the benefits gained by early promotion... Love the RPG element you employ amidst the master tactics🥰

[@Zoran501]

Kind of but not really. This run is a lot less reactive to my growth luck than you might think. I’ve been working ahead using a file that has fixed growths, and for the most part what I’m doing when I prepare to record is making sure that my actual stats align with the average stats as closely as I can, allowing me to replicate largely the same tactics. Occasionally there’s a significant difference caused by small variations in stat gains (see part 23), but usually I have enough tools available to compensate

[@Muuhiro1]

does fighting together while pair up gives as much support points as fighting together dual strike? also how many support points it gives?

[@GerrytheHeeHo]

hey zoran, buddy, friend, pal, amigo, my little homie. listen, i notice you have multiple mods installed to your game, you should do a tutorial on how to mod fire emblem: fates on citra, that would be to awesome and yes! the fans would love it!!!

[@Zoran501]

I would love to help people install mods, but I really don't think a video is a great format for that, especially given that Paragon is under active development and the rewritten version currently doesn't have all the importation/merging features the old one had. Beyond Moonling's basic tutorial at gamebanana.com/tuts/13215, I think the main issues are working with multiple code patches or multiple mods that touch the same parts of the ROM (which is particularly common with GameData.bin.lz). For the former, you can merge different code.ips files from different mods using a tool such as this one: gbatemp.net/threads/release-ips-merger-tool.471090/. If your mods don't affect the same parts of the code, then they probably shouldn't cause problems for each other when merged. Be careful to use code patches for your specific version of Fates, though. For the latter, say you have Mod A and Mod B, and Mod B came with an exported JSON file from Paragon to help you merge it with other mods. You could create a project for Fates in Paragon and move the Mod A files into that project's folder; open that project in the old Paragon and import the JSON from Mod B; and then save the result. Your files in the project folder would then be updated with the edits from Mod B added on top of whatever changes Mod A had (overriding Mod A where applicable). If more than one of your mods lacks a JSON export file, and there are conflicts with files from other mods, you're basically out of luck. The only way to reconcile them would be to transfer all the changes manually in Paragon.

[@jaenuchiha]

There is something I don't understand. When facing the 2 Samurai and the Swordmaster by the entrance of Kogha's hideout, my damage benchmarks are the same as yours, almost to a tie with some growths and other stuff I made it happen with, still, the first samurai goes for Keaton but instead of the second samurai going right after, the darn Swordmaster gets in the way lunging Selena right in front of Keaton so he can't get that kill. What did I do wrong? I hate the rng of this map. I've come to this point countless times and happens the same every time. I've tried weakening Laslow a bit with a Bronze Sword instead of a +1, but the result is the same. I don't get it.

[@1japanfan883]

Is the relay over?

[@sohn7767]

Still ongoing, schedule has been changed to be 1 vid per week cause some of us will be on vacation

[@psio4213]

So proud of Corrin's transition! Trans pride slayy

[@RLCguy]

Is that Shura vs Kotaro conversation vanilla or a GGG addition?

[@Zoran501]

That’s vanilla

[@RLCguy]

@@Zoran501 Wow, I didn't think they'd actually put that in. I think Revelation dumbed down my expectations

[@fortello7219]

Was that the first player crit in the series?

[@YahicoX]

Zoran, fire emblem mod revelation overhaul for siegfred