The Perfect Fire Emblem Map You Need To Play NOW

In today's episode I talk about the best map in the fire emblem series: FE Fates Conquest Chapter 10, Unhappy Reunion. I have never had more fun getting my butt kicked by Takumi over and over and trying again each time. If you enjoyed this video don't forget to like, comment and subscribe
Shoutout to ‪@PlayertoBeNamedLater‬ for making this video's thumbnail go check him out!
Footage Credits (In Order of Appearence)
• A First for Fire Emble... - Nintendo of America
• Fire Emblem Fates - Al... - justonegamr
• Fire Emblem Awakening ... - Lacry
• Fire Emblem The Sacred... - BigKlingy
• old film grain overlay... - overlaysforedits
• Fire Emblem Fates: Con... - justonegamr
• Fire Emblem Fates: Con... - Pheonixmaster1
• Fire Emblem The Sacred... - BigKlingy
• Fire Emblem Three Hous... - Santosx07
• Fire Emblem Three Hous... - Santosx07
Music Used (In Order):
With Mila's Divine Protection - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate OST
Dark Wastes (Calm) - Fire Emblem Fates OST
Dark Wastes (Storm) - Fire Emblem Fates OST
No Justice (Storm) - Fire Emblem Fates OST
Far Dawn (Calm) - Fire Emblem Fates OST
Dim Moonlight - Fire Emblem Fates OST
A Dark Fall (Calm) - Fire Emblem Fates OST
Resolve (Dark) - Fire Emblem Fates OST

[@Taktaagic]

A Fire Emblem Fates video? In 2023? SIGN ME UP, I LOVE FATES, THIS VIDEO WAS SO GOOD

[@JordiumZ]

FE Fates videos aren't rare tbh

[@V-Jes]

@@JordiumZ Almost feels like the series is just Fates, 3H and Engage these days, along with something called Awakening that saved the series but it apparently just disappeared afterwards...

[@jimjimson6208]

@@V-Jes Awakening fans try not to mention that it saved the series™ for 5 seconds challenge (impossible)

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

​@@jimjimson6208I mean, it did. I don't like The game, but it did save the franchise from going to complete obscurity. Either the game is good or not.

[@ing5998]

@Taktaagic I feel the same, it's kind of a tradition for me at this point to play Conquest every once in a couple months just because its gameplay is soooo good, and chapter 10 is definitely one of my favorite chapters and this video explains why very well

[@ejirokirishima4604]

Chapter 10 is such a perfect difficulty fair but challenging af, this map forces you to think the entire map, what normally doesnt happen with mist maps especially defend maps

[@shadow_yato]

What I love about chapter 10, is it encompasses the sink or swim learning conquest provides If you hadn’t figured out the mechanics or understand- You will now Tonics, meals, paying attention to enemy stats and needed thresholds, mindfulness of unit placement, attack stance vs guard stance, all vital to successfully completing Chapter 10 You cannot bullshit your way through conquest (ignoring Phoenix mode) you will learn the mechanics Playing conquest completely changed how I played fire emblem. I was a casual, didn’t care for checking enemy stats and just attacked. But you can’t do that in Conquest. I had to learn, to get better, or I’m stuck And I did learn! Playing conquest led me to revisit fire emblem games I’ve played before in harder difficulties- It opened my eyes to just how much depth fire emblem has! It isn’t just anime chess pieces, but a complex web of decisions and strategies. Love you Conquest

[@okbutwhatif9905]

I don't think I learned anything from it

[@braman2539]

it is a rare case when the map is really remembered after passing. I spent 5 attempts on it, but even then it was interesting to pass it

[@ragingstorm_]

honestly i know the story is not the best but i really do love fates and it’s gameplay mechanics especially conquest

[@Octav2000]

I knew this was conquest chapter 10 immediately

[@basedgebby5820]

Revisted conquest hard on deployment this past month or so and it's honestly still just so amazing. Fates is a technical masterpiece (we will never get a UI that good ever again) and conquest complements it with peak map design and even manages to have endearing writing via supports, in spite of the narrative itself.

[@basedgebby5820]

fates dragonstone deniers when i introduce them to dragonstone + 1 tile chokepoint + draconic hex

[@okbutwhatif9905]

The UI wasn't great, I agree it arguably got worse but yeah

[@maxlimit9129]

shout out Zoran for showing off a trillion different ways to make this chapter your bitch on Lunatic

[@Chasm65]

Conquest as a whole was the first Fire Emblem game in a long while to test my patience and my sanity, and it was great. I felt like a real strategist when I FINALLY beat the game

[@CarbonMalite]

I would love to see you cover Takumi's Great Wall, that's one of my favorite chapters with how vertical and epic the progression of it is.

[@sommeone]

I will never forget this map, it was genuinely just straight up perfection

[@ferintown6628]

The thing I love about playing this map is Even with different rosters (romhacks yay) you can still use the principles of the map A strong cavalier with Corrin backpack can solo most of the bottom right, usually your backup can handle either the top right or top left You can fly over someone on turn 1 to the left to drop someone Bows + lance dual strikes destroy the ninjas And on lunatic some more enemies are added! It’s a really good map

[@lagspike7763]

Doesn't hurt that the OST goes INSANE

[@KamiPain75]

To be honest. A lot of people complains about the story of Fates. But I’ve never seen someone complain about Conquest gameplay and the entire OST.

[@HEBUSTORLL]

I love it, but some maps are really just here to make your ass bleed (wind gimmick and dodgy fox comes to mind)

[@limechips4289]

I think playing CH10 on a Conquest randomizer has made me enjoy and master this one map even more. If you have a flier and a pretty fast unit with decent strength or magic, you can fly them over past the wall to the top left and take down two Oni Savages on the first turn. Then, if you were ballsy enough to separate the flier and the fast smashing unit, you can then FLY BACK to the bottom left to help take down two ninjas and two spear masters. And when you don't have those two units? The map still leaves room for you to work and figure out your best strategy. Because Camilla and her retainers come the third turn, which is before the wall has taken down in Hard, you can probably fly her over and take care of the left side which, might I add, will be refreshed with reinforcements in a turn or two. Basically, wow is this map fun to play. Even when modded, this map still gives you opportunities to experiment.

[@SlightlyInDepthGaming]

3DS footage look good when put on a bigger screen challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[@maxlimit9129]

theres a super good hd texture pack out there made by the guy who can also teach you how to utterly dismantle this chapter, Zoran

[@sohn7767]

It’s a great map, I did a whole run of 0% Growths on Lunatic where the goal is to use the lamest strats possible to trivialize the game. Chapter 10 still ended up being the most interesting map by far (it’s on my channel). The requirements to beat this map are actually very low but it requires a lot of knowledge and prep to make up for low resources spent

[@neiiko5712]

Some of my favorite maps in fates were the children realms, the infinity stairs, and the (luzuzu?) mansion where both armies meet eachother in the neutral land mansion

[@TheNitr01]

I first started this chapter at about quarter to 1 in the morning one night, and by the time I beat it it was 3.19am, but I had no regrets. I also kept the copy I made of my save file so I could go back and play it whenever I wanted. Such a thrilling chapter.

[@LuteSuperiority]

I did this chapter on Lunatic not long ago and it was really fun despite many retries. I had lost Niles earlier and never trained Mozu so I had no archer which complicated things, but I did reclass Jakob into strategist (I know, bad choice, but it helped a lot with healing and 2 range). In the end I beat it, defeated both Oboro and Hinata but lost Beruka sadly.

[@himeistrying]

just finished this chapter on lunatic for the 2nd time now, it truly never gets old! I'm looking forward to this map again on my future run using only captured generics, it should be fun XD

[@theboostedbaboon4586]

I can't believe I just found your channel today, truly a hidden gem of high-quality

[@VermilionRen]

This map is unforgettable. More peak like this in future Fire Emblem games, please.

[@indeaguin4294]

This chapter can be kind of easily beaten in extreme if you pair up Corrin with Silas (due to their +X damage done and -X damage received personal skills) and Rush to kill takumi after defeating Hinata. Edit: this doesn't mean this chapter is badly structured. I still think it is one of the best fe maps. And also my congratulations to the creator of the video for giving such a good in depth explanation of the viable strategies in this map.

[@box-animations]

Your video are always great you made my day

[@omegaaesir9447]

This is why Conquest is my favorite Fire Emblem

[@Unit33211]

Probably one of the best defense maps i've ever played in a strategy game. I keep a save file reserved specifically so i can replay this one chapter. Great design, perfect execution of mechanics, incredible player inventives from the villages, and of course, one of my favorite map themes in Dark Wastes. Perfection.

[@Moxuko]

I understand why peoples say chapter 10 is harder than 23, at the point you reach chapter 23 we might have a super physical tank (For me it was Effie) and others nukes to finish any possible threath. Why on chapter 10 you have a list of unit that mostly cannot change and in most case (as i was) no really maxed unit for the map. Other than that the map sure is brilliant, punishing if trying to defend only and rushing forward only let the reinforsment get the easy win. Amazing video too,

[@JoSeY7]

Yes this chapter stood out to me! So much fun and not just a wave of mobs like in birthright or cheesy skill spams like later in conquest. You had to use everyone even arthur :( but that sense to do better after you finish is so relatable!

[@PhilipMurphyExtra]

This video is good, Looks like a fun game to play (If you can even find it now as even the 3DS games is slowly becoming expensive).

[@optick3554]

I refuse to buy the special edition for $500 (near me) or buy the incomplete games separately...so for now I sail the high seas until Nintendo makes these games available for purchase on modern hardware. Btw, chapter 10 really is a masterpiece.

[@G_Zumbie]

There are some online shops that are selling the Fates games at 30-40 dollars. Not the worst, but if taking the risk on that doesn’t sound too good, there’s always some good ol emulation.

[@aty4991]

Every Takumi map has you in for a ride. Chapter 10 is... this video. Chapter 13 is a slaughter-fest where there are multiple minibosses with their own squads to protect them, while outlaws creep their way to destroy the villages. Chapter 23 is a very difficult wall climb where you’re being attacked from everywhere. Endgame is the final sprint to the end of a hallway to end this guy once and for all, filled with enemies designed to sap your resources. The game would not be the same without everyone’s favorite archer to blame.

[@alexmercer2743]

I always have a forged Iron Sword ready to trade to Selena when she comes in on this map

[@victorguerra4887]

I loved this video please do more about the other Takumi fights please 🙏

[@UltimusTerminus]

I still remember when I beat the map on my blind Lunatic run at like 1 am without casualties. Felt really good and the map was fun, like pretty much all of Conquest (save for duds like Eternal Stairway and ridiculous Endgame).

[@POKENAR]

The most powerful thing in Conquest isn't Camilla, its the start button

[@valiantchris6456]

Ah, yes. Chapter 10 of Fire Emblem Fates Conquest. One of the most divisive and controversial chapters in all of Fire Emblem. You either love this chapter for being a real challenge and creative map design, or you despise this chapter for being an extreme case of difficulty spike where one wrong move will result in a snowball effect, causing you to reset the game over, and over, and over again! There's no in between.

[@leatheryfoot6354]

Chapter 10 is like an escape room. I'm trapped in a room full of tools and hints and I'm given the simple objective of, "win"

[@borjankosarac3645]

I will not accept this slander of Arthur or Beruka; the former is life, the latter is love. Great vid, BTW.

[@fen6300]

Other great maps are Radiant Dawn 2-E, Thracia chapter 14, Thracia chapter 4 to 7, Sacred Stones chapter 10 Ephraim, etc... most fun maps are defend/survive/escape maps

[@justanotherweirdo11]

My favorite map ever.

[@KhumiSunguard]

Now beat chapter 25 on lunatic without corrin cheese.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Shuriken breaker on the right, tank units on the left.

[@mercenarybdu]

Lunatic Classic for this 3rd of the game is still uber rough even with DLC. But the point is to take out Takumi before he can use the Dragon Vein.

[@GeoSage1137]

I was with you til you said 'set it to hard'. M8, Im never getting rid of my Branch of Fate Maddening file cause that took me a solid week to get

[@michaeltsang1748]

I might actually play conquest on my 3Ds again, on hard mode. I have a bit more experience with the franchise. Hard more kicked my but.

[@eink-reviews]

Just routed every enemy on this map besides Takumi on turn 10.

[@Austin_Schulz]

Beruka can become a crit monster if you train her

[@usetoothless9473]

100% agreed! This map is amazing.

[@MercuryA2000]

This is the kind of map that someone mentions and you go "Oh THAT one." Haven't played fates since maybe a year after launch, but I saw ONE screenshot and my memory flooded back. I hated this map as a kid. I appreciate it now, but man was this a nightmare when the extent of my unit evaluation skill was "gen 3 morgan go brr"

[@horsebox5138]

I fucking adore fire emblem conquest. Terrible story, one note characters (can still be enjoyable) but good god that gameplay and map design is PERFECTION.

[@1echuga]

I remember when the game first came out and it was my second fe after awakening, I played on hard and got humbled QUICK

[@1echuga]

fates

[@crocworks]

Chapter 10 in Conquest is my 2nd favorite map in the entire series, and I've played every game except for the originals when a remake exists (i.e. I haven't played Mystery of the Emblem when New Mystery exists, or haven't played Gaiden when Echoes exists) My 1st favorite map overall is Chapter 14 of Thracia 776, the first Defend map in the series, and I think Chapter 10 Conquest borrowed a lot from that Thracia map. You get heavily rewarded for being aggressive (there's a village that you want to bring a specific Wyvern unit to for a reward, but you're being besieged by ballistae that are effective against fliers). Thracia is a hard game, though. And it has some really dumb maps, so fair warning to anyone who wants to try it. Its maps are either really good or really terrible.

[@swoon_tv]

“Never had more fun getting my butt kicked by Takumi over and over again” See, I’ll never understand masochists

[@thefreezenator8743]

I rememeber when i played this chapter i huddled my units near the defend point. There were a lot of casualities, including Camilla and her squad.

[@mizunospeedruns]

Recently played through Fates for the first time. No map in Birthright could prepare me for the annihilation that was my first attempt of Conquest Chapter 10 in hard. Not even Awakening could prepare me for that lol

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

That's because birthright and awakening have The same type of maps, where there îs a wide open map with a bunch of enemies placed randomly and the objective îs to route everyone. Conquest has variety with different gimmicks, map objectives like defend, seize or escape, turn limits, and even The route maps are well designed and forces you to use different strategies and to keep up the pace.

[@nodot17]

On lunatic effie with a silas pair up, a javalian, and single vulnerary can completely neutralize the right side archers with little investment

[@vicentesanchezjr.3877]

I did this map once on Lunatic with no healers. That was cray but incredibly satisfying haha

[@theboostedbaboon4586]

Idk if its better than Engage chapter 17, but* more than one map can be S-tier. Very fun and in-depth analysis!

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

It is better

[@hectorlackless]

In my last playthrough in which my purpouse was to use all awakening characters in conquest I lost Selena in the last freaking turn, like she died, then the victory screen was shown. I had to redo the chapter but it was fun.

[@JJSquirtle]

9:15 unironically 1v1 me, my Arthur goes crazy

[@lightbornindarkness]

Chapter 21 of Conquest was the hardest level for me. Especially on Phoenix mode if don’t properly set up and then ur soft locked

[@profefortoad]

Thats why i love fates

[@Josh-rs9kg]

Had me scared for a minute there seeing takumi and "masterpiece" in the same image

[@leftovernoise]

I got to this level, beat it, fuckin barely, and then decided to reatart my whole ass run lol It made me realize a lot of bad choices i made

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

I had to restart my first Conquest Ironman because of this chapter. I actually won the map, but with only 5 survivors I lost the war.

[@anathema9124]

Beat this on lunatic no camilla

[@oof5992]

BASED FATES CONTENT

[@ghostblaster115]

this place is too difficult to defend due being open offensive is the only way out without likely casualties

[@valarmis]

I acknowledge that fates, very specifically conquest, has the best gameplay, and I loved conquest chapter 10, I can never go back into it though because the story and characters always drive me away. Never even fully beat conquest or revelations

[@kellamyoshikage286]

I saw the thumbnail and immediately knew the exact map. I knew the exact scene but even if I didn't, seeing Fates would tell me it was this map anyway. It's so tightly-balanced that Lunatic's changes to the map compared to Hard are very small; most enemies don't even get stat increases. Actively spreading out your army instead of turtling is also just easier in chapter 10 because you have way more options; turtling leaves you less able to choose which enemies your units engage with in combat and this will generally just make you die. I think you're underrating the bulk you can work with for this map; Beruka suffers from no tonics here but can still tank a couple hits, Odin with tonics and nosferatu can destroy the entire left-hand side, Silas gets frankly absurd damage and bulk thanks to his personal, and various characters like Elise, Nyx, Effie, or Selena can do early reclasses or promotions to get giant performance boosts. Your bulk never gets high enough to trivialize the map, but you can actually do a fair bit of enemy phase combat. Also, I will not accept this Arthur slander. He is a bad unit, but a good guy. Takumi's border wall also isn't the hardest map in the game, it is hard, but after each area you can generally take a breather and recombine. No cheese Ryoma or endgame are standouts as well, though those have much more dramatic difficulty increases from Lunatic as well.

[@bluntlyhonest6803]

chapter 23 hard? I just flew xander and corrin up alongside camilla and a leveled up Beruka and that wall was history.

[@klodpraisor]

Unfortunately, having a level 36 kinshi knight azura might be a slight advantage unanticipated by the devs

[@greengaleproductions]

As a casual who was playing this game for the first time, I freaking hated this map. I didn't understand that the game DIDN'T want me to Turtle, it's a defensive map that I was playing for the first time. Because of that, it resulted in one of my only Game Overs in the game, and I was super frustrated. I didn't understand the level of freedom I had, I thought I was limited in what I could and couldn't do. It left a super sour taste in my mouth because of how everything seemed to go wrong, and I wasn't able to see what it had to offer. I'm glad that you were able to find joy in this chapter, but Younger Me will still hold a vendetta against it until I finally replay the game (which may not happen for quite a while).

[@Designated_loser]

This map was super easy (i played on phoenix and didn't pay attention to the game like at all because i loaned it from a friend and it's fates)

[@daxwolf455]

God this map I beat it on easy then years later tried to play it on lunatic and bro I keep losing units Most I could do is get to like turn 10 xd

[@noishfanboy1141]

conquest fans explaining why all the maps are good (chapters 19-21 not included)

[@anathema9124]

lunatic instead of hard tho

[@KtheSongbird]

Ok, I am intrigued. The gameplay sounds very interesting, but are the story/cut scenes really that bad?

[@plates7245]

Story is bad but Gameplay is one of the series best. You sadly would probably get a better story just playing maps and ignoring cutscenes.

[@KtheSongbird]

@@plates7245 shit, that's unfortunate. I'm very much a story person, so I'm not sure I could suffer through a terrible story.

[@meko750]

Quite bad, yes. There’s some story mods to make it less egregious, but Conquest’s story is notoriously awful for a reason.

[@KtheSongbird]

@@meko750 what about the characters? Are they also badly written?

[@meko750]

@@KtheSongbird The main characters aren’t great (especially Azura), and the good side characters that are there get pushed to the side (as usual for FE). Support conversations are your best bet and they don’t have a shining success rate either.

[@jaden149]

i recently replayed conquest and i gotta say kinda disagree with the end statement the story was not that bad its been years since i read it last so doing it again i can at least say its far better then engage at least since i at least enjoy a lot of the fates characters to some extent fates story is really over hated

[@PockitGames]

imma be real, chapter 10 was what initialy made me quit the game... i didn't know anything about fe and was playing on classic with many lost units. the map was legit impossible and extremely fustrating with the waves of enemies this map made me had to restart the game and left a permanent scar in my head so now i never let a single unit die in any game on any condition

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Skill issue

[@PockitGames]

yep

[@blankblank6214]

Hard ? You mean lunatic right?

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Tryharders when they find out that someone can have fun on lower difficulties.

[@gerdysertorius]

Imagine liking Fire Emblem when the superior EasyTech MOBILE GAME exists.

[@badingott]

Great point unfortunately you just praised Fire Emblem Fates but lucky you it's Conquest so we can still acknowledge you as Fire Emblem fan. But to be Fair this map was really memorable when I first played it back then since I tried turtleing and it really faild miserable.

[@Big_Dai]

I hate this Fire Emblem, actually

[@NGB1122]

Nah I'm good. Play Radiant Dawn and Elincia's Gambit instead.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

The one where you can win by putting haar în a chokepoint? Nah thanks, I Will stick with chapter 10 conquest, it at least has variety

[@theleftfootedsultan]

2-E isn’t even the best defend map in Radiant Dawn.

[@shanedunn8932]

What a wonderfully designed map for a terribly written game

[@oreganothankyou]

Wonderful video but I will not stand for this pitbull slander. Pitbulls are very gentle dogs and are just as safe to leave around children as any other breed of dog.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Cope

[@Daniel-wr9ql]

on lunatic it's literally peak fire emblem

[@matiastorres2553]

having effie and sylas promoted helps a lot, ofc nosferatu corrin is also a must

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Never used nosferatu corrin, and I am sure it's not a must.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Also promoting effie early îs bad of you want to use her for The rest of the run. Silas promoted îs ok. But you can do it without promoting anyone

[@mizunospeedruns]

Recently played through Fates for the first time. No map in Birthright could prepare me for the annihilation that was my first attempt of Conquest Chapter 10 in hard. Not even Awakening could prepare me for that lol