These Refines Will Carry You - A Fire Emblem Engage Guide!

[@LinkKing7]

I learned so much from this guide it was very useful on my Normal mode run with ALL the DLC!

[@MitoRequiem]

Tfw just watched your videos about the new DLC

[@NahNope776]

Ha ha yeah, imagine playing normal mode... 🙃

[@henryreturns1397]

Dont forget to slap there the "NORMAL MODE CASUAL RUN"

[@paulman34340]

I agree with you on my Hard mode runs as well! Most of these's I found out before the information like this video came out such as the Liberation upgrade and Marth Engraving which I make a point of doing EVERY new playthrough to assure the weapon is pretty much the only thing I need for Alear along with anything like a Bane Sword and Arts later on promotion! Next to verifying I wasn't crazy or made a mistake with the ones I did find! I got to learn an extra few "I didn't know about" but glad to see your enjoying the game! F the "Maddening/Lunatic is the only way to play!" haters! I switch between Normal Classic for a casual experience ever so often and Hard Classic on major runs! I only touch maddening/lunatic once and never again. I feel Hard is a perfect balance and "Normal" mode for me! funny that I use to play every FE from the GBA and beyond on normal till Radiant Dawn tricked me into playing it on Hard Mode, and now I can't play any FE on any difficult BUT Hard (Or in the old ones Normal since Hard mode in those games is what we know as "Lunatic/Maddening" LOL! I play to have fun, not to be miserable to prove a point to idiots that don't matter in the long run!) I'm enjoying the DLC as well (Hope the next batch comes soon! I just want ALL the Emblem Bracelets before my new playthrough so I can get the best of them, those maps are REALLY harsh if you go into them with the enemies in Promotion classes at or PAST Lvl 5/25 where they have class skills) But man are the Emblem Bracelets great and they shine quite well after Ch 10/11, though early on their good because you don't have much anyway at early game! (Almost makes the bond rings meaningless!)

[@rail7646]

imagine playing on normal, don't do that to you

[@C_Box]

Alear's Resumé: - Divine Dragon - Army General - Puppy Mill Manager

[@DoTtA1123]

I think losing the ability to engrave with the lost emblem rings post 10 was a really cool design decision, I thought alot about what to invest in pre-ch10 on my second playthrough of the game. It reminded me of preparing the gen1 units for the gen2 units in fe4 in a way.

[@Keitan97]

Have a question, if you stay in chp 10 for as long as you want, will there be any downside to that, just wanna grind some SP up 😢

[@felixma9192]

@@Keitan97 you'll end up being severely overleveled for the next missions but otherwise no

[@Tom-vx7qh]

The cheap +1 refines that added +2 damage were incredible in early game

[@frknspacewizardbrett6044]

Into the mid-game, I've found Silver Daggers to be the strongest. At just +1 they have 12 might. That's the same as a Silver Sword at base but with 4 less weight, and the ability to hit 2 range. And keep in mind, before +5, all daggers increase by 2 might every upgrade. A +5 Silver Dagger has the same might as a +5 Steel Axe.

[@Ace-08]

Absolutely bonkers lol

[@astralguardian5930]

And it's nearly half the weight, at base it's 7 Wt, and I think with refines it becomes 6 maybe 5. So you barely lose any speed either from wielding it

[@degreeskelvin3025]

Ive been a bigger fan of the steel daggers because their cheaper to upgrade and they give that +10 crit. Ngl, i feel like the devs just wanted to make Yunaka OP. Thats the only way i can explain daggers being OP, coverts being dodge tanks with basically 0 effort, the Micaiah engrave, and her having a dedicated chapter built to make her shine, literally.

[@LadyViolet1]

@@degreeskelvin3025 I think they wanted thieves to still standout, but because they don't have the usual "thief utility" of other games they just gave them really good combat.

[@emrakultpe]

Celica engrave is amazing i put it on my 0 luck ivy and finally shes never getting critted again!

[@michaelpodgorski1692]

I invested into getting a Tomahawk early on and with a hit engrave, that baby was slaying even on Maddening.

[@willprivett6729]

Boucheron's raw bulk paired with Lyn Tomahawk works for me, what did you use?

[@shannonjones8877]

​@@willprivett6729Lucina engraved Tomahawk also works very well.

[@madaskueuchiha]

The same applies for Spears!

[@richardlee3679]

I swear, my Citrinne with the Olwen Ring and a +5 Thunder tome was better than most actual 'Engage' ring units. She absolutely shredded and the number of times she would just delete a boss' health bars with a refresh or two was giddying.

[@shiyanth]

If you put canter/canter + on the unit it also makes it a lot easier to place the unit in safe positions after attacking

[@checkerhat327]

@@shiyanth I've never actually thought of using a 3 range attack + canter. Sounds absolutely fun to use

[@shiyanth]

@@checkerhat327 I used this strategy with Ivy and it was fantastic. She has high magic and you get flying 6 move to put her over water and flier terrain after attacking. The canter also helps you position her for dancing and you can get the benefit from her personal skill which can help with thunder's lower hit chance against bosses.

[@oof776]

Dire Thunder my beloved.

[@hujeon2149]

Also did sth like that and MAN she shreds everything although she died very often (had to rewind time like a bish)

[@The_Pikaboi]

Notes for DLC players! As you can get the Bracelet Emblems before Chapter 10 its worth noting what the engraves do for those with the expansion pass. The biggest one of note is Rivals, Edelgards Engraving. At the cost of 1 Weight you get a minor boost to mt, hit, crit, avo and dodge. Making the weapon slightly heavier for a lot of positive bonuses is worth the trade off. Rivals synergizes with Daggers well due to thier low weight not causing the engrave to slow the user down alongside its boost to mt and crit (especially on the steel dagger) Unfortunately I cant say much for Dragons, Strength, Acumen and Revelation. Dragons, Strength and Acumen give the same general bonus of increasing mt at the cost of decreasing avo and dodge. Avo being decreased is not an issue on tanks or an Ike user, but the decrease in dodge (up too -30%!) Will add a lot of variance in your survivability. Pair it with Eirika or a unit with High Luck. Revelations, Camilla, also has the same general set up as the above, but with an extra 30 crit. Its a gamble that gives both you and the enemy crit, but still may be too high variance to feel safe. Granted, all of the above Engraving also Synergize with Thunder too. Magic is Everything!

[@BIGstonks]

i like when you said "Magic is Everything!" at the end

[@brawlfan9999]

Bows, especially the Longbow, could synergize with some of those as well. A loss in Avo and Ddge is way less impactful in a 2 range weapon after all. Specifically, I am thinking of the Camilla engrave on a Killer Bow could lead to some wacky results

[@Blitz_Spencer]

Thunder/Elthunder/Thornon I think are hands down the best candidates for the Radiance engraving (Ike’s). Weight isn’t a factor since the weapons can’t normally double, so min-max the Mt and your mages shouldn’t be getting hit anyway

[@brawlfan9999]

@@Blitz_Spencer I give it to my thunder+4, you have to be careful though, because whoever wields it is absolutely gonna get doubled. An alternative is to give it to a Smash weapon like the Silver Greataxe that you intend to give to a General if you use one (or whoever is using the Ike Emblem tbh, it's kinda funny to see Great Aether delete a group of wyverns without even needing effective weaponry)

[@Blitz_Spencer]

@@brawlfan9999 true. My Citrinne has it with Thoron since I prefer the utility from an emblem ring than going for Olwen, and she’s so damn squishy, but that’s ok bc she deletes anything before they can even get close to her. And canter lol

[@Baby_boodle]

I'm proud that my careful thinking over what to refine happened to pick the same weapons this guide mentions! Overall this is an excellent little guide, I enjoyed the editing and the art, and I'd say it's invaluable help to make the game more approachable!

[@Choops6969]

great minds. great minds.

[@alchemistrpm82]

Yea I made several of these decisions without a guide. It’s more satisfying too

[@BIGstonks]

I caught a mistake at 4:05. You said "Magic is king" when you actually should've said "Magic is everything" to reference all of the hilarious Reinhardt (Fire Emblem: Thracia 776) memes that came from his appearance in Fire Emblem: Heroes where he says "Magic is everything". I think that the people who know about that reference would've really enjoyed that reference and would've felt cooler than the people who didn't recognize that reference. Well anyway, I guess the video's alright. I think you should try having more comedy in it rather than helpful information. I like to laugh, not learn. And I really like references. Here's hoping you do better next time.

[@Choops6969]

you're right.... you're always... right.

[@giovannibonfiglio9243]

Wtf is this feedback 😂

[@LoudWaffle]

Dude omg I also used Reinhardt (Fire Emblem: Thracia 776) in Fire Emblem: Heroes and would have understood that reference as well! That would have been amazing!!!

[@PurpleShift42]

I started playing Heroes (after getting stuck past the prologue because I didn't have the storage for the later patches) for the FEH weapon pack in Engage, and I was also thrown when it wasn't a Reinhardt reference (it helps that 5* Reinhardt's availability is amazing, because he's the reward for Heroes' Path level 5)

[@fancyclown3593]

💀

[@schemes1425]

I would also recommend Sigurd's Engraving for Libération as well, as the +20 Avo you get for it does go a long way especially if u get yourself Avo +10/+15. The +5 Dodge doesn't do much, and the 90 hit the weapon comes with is more than good enough and doesn't need upgrading.

[@tristanbowles7258]

Yeah, I run Sigurd’s on mine as well, and threw Marth’s on Yunaka’s Silver Dagger (that I rushed early game(

[@thefrenchbastard1646]

but your wasting one of the better weight reduction engravings on a unit that isn't even the best candidate for the avoid bonus

[@thefuture269]

Will definitely come back to this whenever I do my next playthrough

[@rowboatcop4451]

Love these helpful Engage vids, there's so many options in the game i get analysis paralysis. If you could give tips on Emblem Ring pairings that would be amazing!

[@raditzace]

A somewhat quick answer: any ring that completes the units personal skill (example: panette and ike are powerful together and with vantage++ skill bought with sp makes her a killing monster.

[@tristanbowles7258]

My recommendations, Yunaka or Zelkov with Corrin Sigurd on General (although I’ve been liking Edelgard on Great Knight, but I’m assuming no DLC) Lucina on Alear for 90% bonded shield, or if you don’t like that (like me), Lucina on a Wolf Knight has great range of effect and the chain dagger attacks DO poison. Allowing you to poison enemies who your wolf knight would do 0 damage against I like Micaiah in Seadall, gives him more utility, but I also see Sigurd as a good option. I looooove Pannette Ike. Lyn turns nearly any units into a top tier, but I recommend Alcryst in specific for ungodly range in Astra Storm and the fact that Luna can proc on every hit of Astra Storm. Personally, I like having Byleth on a non combat support unit. On my current maddening playthrough that is the flier cleric you get at the same time as Byleth. Marth on Alear is bread and butter I actually think Celica is pretty meh, throw her in any mage Lief… sucks, but on my Hard run, I used him well on Diamant while inheriting Ike’s skills. Roy is also pretty meh imo, but he works on literally everyone, so just give him to however doesn’t have a ring yet. Erika is also kinda meh imo, but I think she has a surprising great niche in 4 hit Brave weapon users like Kagetsu. Then for DLC Hector on Timerra Camilla on Alear until you get Marth back, then put Camilla on the obvious replacement I’m doing the funny Martial Master Jean Soren build, a bit finicky, but working Edelgard can go on anyone, but I say longbow users and classes that can have axes and lances at the same time are best I have Tiki on high priest Anna, but Tiki can go in nearly anyone. Aaaaaand that should be it. Also Olwen is godtier, I love her on Lindon

[@GMKGoji01]

0:34 Oh, you had to go there! Because I’m not EMOTIONALLY ready for Chapter 10!

[@sboy172]

Literally made a steel dagger+4 early game and have never taken it off Yunaka. Its goated.

[@Choops6969]

yeah its freaking great. i was worried it wouldn't be worth since u get a steel in ch 10, but that refine really takes it over the edge and synergizes so well with Yunaka.

[@philahn9846]

I love this - not generic tips like so many other videos and no clickbait

[@postman6553]

One more thing about the levin sword: If you get silenced, you can still use it. Celine and Mage Knight Anna appreciate this.

[@hemmydall]

That's an interesting point. Then again, I never got silenced except near the start of Tiki's map.

[@JoeyEnexty]

Started my first blind playthrough on Hard, definitely found that the iron dagger and levinsword were definitely must haves

[@brawlfan9999]

Thank you once again for the killer content choops, it may be a little late for it to benefit my first run as I am nearing the finale and had to figure out a good chunk of this the hard way, but it will certainly help on subsequent runs, and it will help my siblings who are starting the game (they are at Ch 6 right now. Thank you as well for the bond ring guide, I saw it a little bit after playing through Ch 10-11 sadly, for which it would've been most useful, but I got a lot of value from that knowledge and boy have these Olwen and Claude rings been paying off.

[@Choops6969]

thank you for watching either way! glad i could help in someway

[@Luxocell]

I'm in my maddening run blind on ch24 and getting the Olwen ring was a run changing moment. Great video choops it felt cool to see some of my early blind refine choices here! I did however missed the mark on many lol, I have like two refined Scrolls in my Convoy getting dust since forever lmao

[@Fantastic-Dan]

I really had zero clue which weapons to engrave with what, so I just haven't used engravings at all. Thanks for these great ideas, Choops!

[@Choops6969]

np glad i could help!

[@Ultimabuster92]

Oh my god, your videos are so helpful. I already finished the game once on hard mode, so i didn't REALLY need to follow your advices until now, but since i'm starting my maddening run without DLC soon, i want to learn a bit more about the game

[@Da_Juice]

I know this is post chapter 10, but I've found the fates engraving on a refined Peshkatz insane (at least on hard). Consistent +60% crit rate, and easy 100% avoid

[@Choops6969]

i never really gave the 1 ranged daggers a shot, but ill give it a try this run for sure!

[@Da_Juice]

​@@Choops6969 I'm running Merrin with Lucina, for dual strike. Chain attacks with knives also stack poison.

[@Lightmgl]

A bit closer to midgame but some weapons are really really worth upgrading types/tiers on for example Iron Greatlance which you can buy in Chapter 8 can be fairly cheaply upgraded to a Silver Greatlance with 30+ MT absolutely crushing things for the next 10-15 chapters. You can use the same technique to get Crit weapons very early on and begin upgrading them too which is also worthwhile since they last the entire game and are top investments for refining too.

[@mechonis_buster]

I'm glad that everyone can now know just how busted iron dagger refines + micaiah engrave can be. I saw how good that avoid bonus from her engrave was and Yunaka made for one of the best frontline units. Barely anything without an emblem attack can even come close to killing her

[@raininseptember]

I love your narration style; thank you for the great tips and laughs!

[@Mettie7]

I was thinking about this this morning and lo and behold, my man's got a video about it!

[@astralguardian5930]

I know for me one of my favorite tools in my run was when I did Sigurd Engrave on a Killer Bow. Got that to +5 and the crit rate with it was monstrous. 12 Might in the end isn't the worst thing ever, especially when you should have around or over 50% chance to crit using it.

[@cantraandora6243]

maybe it was just my FEH bias, but the FEH weapons for linking your account are pretty darn good for early game and its really easy to do. I never regretted getting a couple refines on them

[@Choops6969]

THATS CHEATING. YOURE A CHEATER. give me a few hours to savescum for dire thunder so i can really teach you a lesson.

[@BIGstonks]

@@Choops6969 sounds like someone's jealous

[@skeletonwar4445]

Definitely. All three weapons are insane. Noatun+1 with Marth's engraving is a straight upgrade over even an Iron Greataxe.

[@jerrytealeaf]

The feh weapons really do feel like cheating, especially in the early game. High might low et and cheap refines make them better to ttphan steel and even silver weapons and you get them super early

[@BIGstonks]

@@jerrytealeaf cheap refines? uhh idk about that part. They do come basically as steel weapons (which the game also gives you for free) but they dont just solve the early game for you thats for sure

[@mrkisukes]

Some might have questions on what late game weapons are worthwhile, specifically the S rank weapons. The only worthwhile S ranks to invest in are: Brionac, Cinquedea, and Nova. S ranked weapon for sw/ln/ax/bw at max investment are 2mt higher and 10 crit higher than their silver counterpart max forged but cost way more silver ore and gold; however unlike with the sowrd, axe and bow, the Brionac is 1-2 range, the Cinquedea will actually be 3Mt higher and 20 crit higher than the silver dagger, and Nova is a brave tome.

[@Choops6969]

u should def look at the refine costs before u decide investing in an s rank weapon.

[@migu6528]

Venomous is really great too if you can manage to get it somewhat early it cost Firene lv 5 to get but right out of the bat its the same might as a Silver Greatlance +5 (34 mt) with equal hit rate(80) and +10 crit that can also apply poison and with just +1 forge(3 silver + 3000 G) its already stronger then the Silver could ever be. Its really strong in particular with the Sigurd ring for powerful overides and and Eirika thanks to the Eclipse Brace + Smash weapons combo that give enemies the vantage effect but minimizes that negative by healing you on your counterattack and in general its an incredibly strong enemy phase weapon.

[@paulman34340]

Max Liberation with Marth's Engraving turned the thing into a RIGHTEOUS weapon that left more slots for Alear to equip other weapons! Basically it gives the sword the MT of a Silver Sword, with the weight of an Iron Sword (meaning if you been getting some good blessings from SPD, Alear will be doubling! Take note Liberation WT is Alear's STARTING Build/Bld! Meaning you'll never suffer a Spd DROP THAT AN actual Silver Sword would do to Alear if that Bld doesn't grow! I honestly give Alear a Wyrmslayer to deal with the occasional Wyvern Knight! Also don't forget killing foes with Liberation means the Engage meter will be filled an extra bit! Seeing that Alear is the only one (well their personal classes anyway) with the Dragon Battle Style, this makes sense as their meant to be engaging almost a large amout of times in the battle (since they bring out the best of the emblems special traits and abilities! Hell even the Magic focus Celica, Soren and Micaiah are useful if Alear's Mag stat is good enough, nothing one or two Spirit Dust Cocaine can't make useful!) Happy with this guide video though! Some like the Liberation example I found out on my own and happy to see validated! and the Dogs! The moment I learned the first three dogs gave me Steel and Silver Ingots, I just "kidnappe....I mean ADOPTED" every dog I could find to have them all over the Stable. But others I didn't know like the donations (I barely touched it in fear of money till I learned how to gather it smartly around CHAPTER 21!) and the Bane Weapons (I knew I should have at least got some of them to +2, I had a weird dream before this video on upgrading Bane weapons, but I shruged it off, seems my subconcious and you my friend are smarter then my dumb ass!) Seeing how Recreation is a new activity from the updates to get Support points more quickly! I hope they add some other functions to make it abit more easier on you with the Gold gathering (Nothing to BREAK the balance, dear god I hate to see that, so far they've kept the balance even with the new stuff and free items and money and still keep it Balanced, yeah you'll break Normal in half, but Hard and ESPECIALLY Maddening are still unforgiving if your stupid or just plan unlucky!)

[@Wegelius.]

Came from your Trails in the Sky guide. I don't even even play Fire Emblem but liked and commented to boost algorithm.

[@Choops6969]

sick. ty

[@hadokenexe]

Gonna throw another one out there: Tomahawks. Refined and engraved for a bit of accuracy and your axe users will just shred anything on enemy phase. My Anna 1 rounds pretty much anything with her high speed allowing her to double almost anyone

[@esrohm6460]

it's so funny how they just said lets make magic the best thing you could possibly do in this game. i have used levin swords and radiant bows on the last chapters on 10 magic units and they still do more damage than using physical weapons with way higher strength. but gatcha is king so the heroes weapons are kinda to good for being free starting equipment. i have done multiple run and every time use them till the last chapter thats just how good they are especially nóatún as a light weight silver axe

[@redwrath5]

Nice guide choops, hope this pops off!

[@Chunkywhitebao]

Love your content man very underrated especially the thumbnails !

[@jacobhanson9116]

Amazing guide! Thanks Choops.

[@keeysOST]

This'll be extremely helpful once I start my second playthrough. I found myself broke in both gold and SP, so late game was really hard due to no refined/upgraded weapons, and a limited selection of skills.

[@slanax]

Hey now, the Celica engrave has its purpose. Leif's Adaptable for some reason has a real hard-on for Dodge so the Celica engrave will rig a weapon much higher in Leif's priorities than it would otherwise be. I mean the Byleth engrave does that too but maybe you want the Byleth engrave on a good unit instead of whoever's left over and got stuck with Leif

[@Choops6969]

that's great info honestly. thank you.

[@Izanagi-Arsene]

leif does have his uses, from not having the unit equipped break when engaged and a high luck covert can net you 1k gold with quad hit.

[@slanax]

@@Izanagi-Arsene see the funny part about that is that when you get broken you lose your enemy phase offense, but Leif also makes you lose your enemy phase offense on his own already- Genuinely I think one of the better uses for Leif would be to just use him for his Avo+20 for Covert units when engaged and deliberately keep his Bond at Lv9 by not getting the B convo, that way the Light Brand doesn't get in the way of your counterattack damage. Sniper can use him as an on-demand Close Counter (and Alcryst's Luna can proc on each hit of Quadruple Hit so it might even do actual damage sometimes) and Thief can be funny and carry 1-range crit knife with a Ddg forge with them that they will then always switch to when attacked at 1 range (well except against lances because of the Killer Axe, but hey) (and then sometimes you might get some extra pocket change out of it I suppose. I've tried using Anna, wasn't impressed, and can't imagine it's any better when it only works on your engage attack)

[@OroborOSX11]

Iron Dagger+3 with Micaiah’s engraving was something I did EARLY. It carried my homemade Maddening+ ruleset run HARD for Yunaka as an untouchable dodge tank.

[@rimouks]

4:04 I was so ready for Magic is Everything...

[@BIGstonks]

missed opportunity ngl. lowers the quality of the video.

[@isyf1523]

I really like micaiah's engrave on a short knife, that one has a higher base dodge and avoid than the rest of the knives. When you get corrin you can give it to yunaka or replace it with the corrin engraving, but both make her a stupid dodge tank that won't be hit by anything.

[@BladeArtist100]

Poison is x3 stackable. First stack adds 1 unblockable damage, second & third add 2 unblockable damage each. Total bonus damage of 5 per hit at 3 poison stacks to all hits. This bonus damage ignores defense & resistance, and will proc even if your Might is lower than their respective defense or resistance.

[@Choops6969]

yep I realized that I made this mistake the day after i put out this video. funnily enough, you are the first person to notice it. bwahahaah

[@neil5458]

Great upload brotha

[@cyberpanda777]

Thank you for this video, definitely the best guide on youtube!

[@WillWonkeyTertel]

Choops dropping koality content as usual

[@danvocals123]

This is the video right here! And that's why you're the best choops

[@edwardgregorio9754]

Glad that you are back, I love your videos!

[@Marklar3]

Nice guide. I like to make a lot of stupid choices in Fire Emblem games, just for fun, and this should help me compensate for that.

[@Choops6969]

my first run was 95% stupid choices. Can't learn unless you experiment!

[@raulrojas9253]

What I do is Ellfire tome, use Micaiah Engrave and give it to my Anna, she will kill everything and dodge everything and some times give me money. It works.

[@ryanladuke9399]

God Damn it Choops how are you so good at editing!?

[@ElijahLotusShield]

What carried my early game was louis, especially on chapter 11 I had him promoted as a general with a silver great lance, the enemy froze his movement and that was part of my master plan. He stayed behind and killed everyone except the hounds and corrupted drake who was chasing my team.

[@Sterncold]

i entirely agree for the dagger especially since you will get another steel dagger during chapter 10 meaning that if you need a dagger with higher might to be able to do damage you will have the ability to do so.

[@Choops6969]

yeah it's about applying that dawn engrave when u have it. otherwise you'll lose access for a good chunk of the game.

[@Shog64]

Hi, I know this video is about Forging but I got the Olwen Ring later in my first playthrough and it was completly nuts. Cannot wait for my first Maddening run with K N O W L E D G E. Also, do we know what each animals gives us? Maybe in the end it was Camel Emblem all along.

[@Choops6969]

bwahahaha. I wish my whole stable was marmots. they're so cute.

[@brandobond]

Finished my first playthrough on hard and it was way too easy. Was also excited to do a maddenning run but now that I am a good way into it (like chapter 12) I am discovering it is way harder than "hard." I'm contemplating quitting since I can barely make any progress (don't get any crafting materials so I can't upgrade any of my weapons and get so little xp and sp that I barely have any skills). I'm wishing there was a difficulty in between like hard+ or something!

[@geran4473]

@@brandobond I think Maddening with DLC is basically gonna be hard+.

[@brandobond]

@@geran4473 Fair point. I am on chapter 25 now and my problem was that I was trying to do the paralogues and skirmishes as soon as they appeared. Once I realized I needed to wait a while they were doable. I still feel like Engage maddening is way harder than 3 Houses maddening (I was hoping for a maddening+ in that case)!

[@timm8998]

@@brandobond To me 3 houses maddening was like 3 times more difficult than engage maddening. Funny how people can experience things so differently. Maybe you used some OP stuff in 3h? Also I did do some effective stuff in engage maddening, like only stable dogs etc. I also had the DLC, so got tiki and 3h ring.

[@Eliwoodfan10]

Gracias señor Choops. This will make future maddening easy.

[@NahNope776]

Idk man, Dodge is the most important stat to have. Celica's engrave is OBJECTIVELY the best

[@quinnmcdonald3763]

Choops never fails to give me the full analysis of new game mechanics just when I need it.

[@Eliholz]

I really love my Levin Sword Yunaka.

[@quinnbeasley94]

Hard classic, with dlc. It's my first FE game. I think I'm in love.

[@xSimplyChronox]

Sniper Etie + Killer bow5 + Eirika engraving + Emblem Lyn = Profit

[@LinkachuHQ]

This but with Tireur d'elite Alcryst!

[@xSimplyChronox]

@Linkachu HQ I tried it with Alcryst but figured that Emblem Lyn is better on slower but stronger units like Etie, even with luna procs my Etie is just better than my Alcryst, not sure if he got STR screwed or not (I'm playing on maddening so I don't think that's the case)

[@MLmaster135]

@@xSimplyChronox if its a first playthrough maddening then everyone's got forced fixed growths so Alcryst and Etie are turning out how they're expected to turn out. this excludes any special investement you do so your Etie sounds better since she's prob been your most invested unit. so her fixed levels prob got a lot of strength compared to Alcryst who'd prob get more dex for Luna activations. if its the random growths thats unlocked after you beat the forced fixed growths first playthrough of maddening, then thats deff a maybe, cuz fixed growths will often have empty levels before a good stat increase every few levels. while random grwoths'll have at least 1-2 every levels

[@renewedit]

Love me an extreme stream to make sense of this game. Cheers Choopi

[@brettripley895]

There aren’t many defensive weapons but the one I think best fits celiac’s engraving is shielding art. It helps to make my Jean less likely to be killed whenever I have him acting as a support.

[@CrimsonNight55]

This a friking excellent guide, thanks bro! Playing the game in hard/clasic and I'm only in chapter 10.

[@michaels9198]

Need more guides like this! Im preparing on attempting maddening.

[@Choops6969]

I'll have another one out by Monday that will help a lot. hold on!

[@TheRiceDude]

I love your content and style, been watching since 3H, glad to see you back

[@Choops6969]

I appreciate that!

[@mrsagreen6429]

During my first playthrough I thought engraving just meant naming your forged ridersbane Glue Factory like in previous games...oops!

[@FourBoxComix]

On the dagger note, I did a wolf knight only run a few weeks ago. I had forged 3 silver daggers for my first 3 wolf knight candidates, the rest got steel due to a resource shortage. The steel dagger units performed consistently better long term than the silver dagger units

[@raikaria3090]

I've been refineing weapons, and actually got bottlenecked with *Iron* I've also been mostly refineing Steel weapons. Silver is a lot more expensive and resource-heavy, and I'm doing perfectly fine with Steel weapons instead. There are a few things I've bumped up to Tier 3 now I have some silver; like Citrinne's Elthunder -> Thoron. Thoron + 2 just... vaporizes things. But Yunaka is perfectly happy with a refined Steel Dagger. Alfred is content with his refined Steel Lance, and so on. Silver is heavier; more expensive to upgrade and only a bit better than Steel. The percentage difference between a +5 Silver and a +5 Steel isn't much. This lets me save my gold and silver to upgrade things like the Levin Sword.

[@Valimar11]

Solid song choice, thanks for the guide too

[@KaladinStormBlessed190]

just in time! im on chapter 9 and wasn't aware about this thing about losing the ability to engrave!

[@Hyuinn]

To be fair, I could make use of the Celica's engrave in the Fensalir weapon from the FE Heroes DLC. I lightened it just enough for Chloe to double, without sacrificing too much power. Basically a SIlver Lance with the weight of a Slim. Another thing that I did was having Micaiah's engrave on the Folkvangr to not stack too much avoid in the dagger (I gave it the Sigurd's engrave). Since Folkvangr gets +3 damage when below 50% HP, it evens out with Micaiah's -3 might penalty. It made any sword unit, especially fast ones like Alear and Lapis, as reliable dodge tanks.

[@windsweeped]

I subcribed for celica engrave

[@tristanbowles7258]

Personally, I don’t like putting Micaiah’s engrave on any active use weapon BUUUUUT I like putting it on a Shielding Arts early game. Then having that sit in my inventory until I get Seadall and give it to him, that way if he is put in danger, he is far more likely to survive. As for dodge tanking in maddening, that’s where having a backup steel dagger with a -Avo engrave come in handy. If my Yunaka is TOO evasive with her silver dagger, I can do a controlled nerf to get her just in the range to be targeted and still never be hit. Her main problem keeping her from soloing is still Mystical units tho

[@ddogh26]

Thanks for the info. Love these videos. Very useful.

[@yukithesnowman314]

In too deep on my current run for these tips but I'll use them in my next one.

[@kingdomheartsispeak4724]

Fave weapons in this game: liberation, levin sword, killer sword/lance/axe/bow, radiant bow, ukonsomething, wille something

[@fabioalvesshow]

I love Fire Emblem Engage

[@milesg7877]

I feel very satisfied about my mage, wolf rider and warrior build after seeing this.

[@Yellloow]

Actually a life saver.

[@Choops6969]

ty!

[@jaimereupert4247]

4:57 For the Levin Sword, I have 2 atm, one for Chloé (with the Sigurd engrave already) and a second for Anna (both are Griffin Knights. What emblem engraving should I put on the 2nd sword?

[@jared8164]

Fates engrave on any Killer weapon guarantees a greater than 50% crit rate even before any refinement. Super helpful in the late game

[@NJ_sports_and_travel]

"sweet sweet dog milk" got me laughing for 5 minutes 😂 thanks

[@derColt]

Awesome Video! As always!

[@921tensazangetsu]

Apparently Dogs are also Divine Dragon's best friends

[@jaimereupert4247]

7:51-7:55 But what weapon do you engrave with Cèlica's emblem?

[@rodchester3]

got dilk

[@turtle_jones]

I guess that’s one way to finish a video. Heh. I may have jumped the gun and blew my refinements on a silver dagger after all the Yunaka videos swarming around. Does the avoid outweigh the might loss with dawn? I tend to set up dagger to be a 2 range move. Good ol’ Diamant hides Yunaka and Alchy lurking behind. I don’t have Corrin yet so Yunaka hasn’t had a major reason to go off alone.

[@Choops6969]

yeah it's worth being able to have high avoid off terrain and be able to bait/block with reliable dodge rates.

[@マリー-v4p]

So: Long bow Iron dagger (to steel dagger) Thunder tome Levin sword Alear’s prf Effective weaponry

[@Choops6969]

yeah!

[@kindergrinder3920]

I definitely prefer Killer Bow over Longbow. Claude S bond ring (from emblem Byleth) gives +1 on range when archer's HP is full, which is really nice, but during the last few chapters emblem Lyn is also good (or maybe even better) because of her Speed bonus and Alacrity skill. Not to mention that you can engrave it abd give your Killer Bow even more bonuses in crit rate. Sacred and Fates (replaced with Fire later in the game) are definitely my top choices for this bow.

[@themaskedswordmaster2714]

I’ve been able to cheese maddening with yunaka and corrin thanks to that dagger because there have been so many times when she has single digit hit rates and pair up stops chain attacks amazing I made sure to add hold out and unyielding before ch 10 and she turned out better than zelkov

[@rpgnerd7610]

I only found a use for Celicas engrave on stuff like Steel Lances/Axe

[@JoshuaPAMployee]

Lady Anna would love you all to give her a Levin Sword.

[@JonnyJayKhan]

I have questions on weight.., I don’t have the Thunder bond ring but when I use Elthunder or Thoron on Ivy or Celine they seem to be more vulnerable on enemy phase since they only hit once vs two hits of Elfire+3 which kills anything, so I have to position them further back than I want, am I missing something that makes it good or is Thunder+5 the only good one? Also on the Levin Sword isn’t it too heavy for Celine to use and still double? Again for me it didn’t seem stronger than Elfire+3, I’ve only used it on Fogado who always doubles everything

[@idreadFell365]

Killing Edge with Micaiah’s engrave does wonders for avoidance rate. Lately, only backups and special emblem moves can touch Lapis. She like a speed tank with a lot of aggro.

[@PXander]

Wowzers! Time to second seal as much as possible and only use Thief units with a Steel Dagger +2 (Dawn Engrave) Maddening mode? More like easyening mode!

[@Choops6969]

bwahahaha

[@canadadry5449]

Honestly, because of Steel Dagger's crit bonus, it ends up beings great end game weapon. I typically prefer it over Silver dagger.

[@rfinaldragon]

Ty for the guide i hope more guide for the other emblems

[@Haunter_1616]

If you are using the Thunder tome with dire thunder (pog strats, thanks choosi) I think a better engraving would be Ike's because you get an additonal +1 might while not suffering any avoid penalties. You are DOUBLING the weight of it compared to Roy's but honestly the weight doesn't matter if you only attack with it on player phase while keeping out of harms way

[@Choops6969]

this thing is, you lose access to the Roy engrave before Ike engrave becomes available, so while I agree the Ike engrave is better than the Roy engrave for thunder, the Roy engrave will have more milage because of its availability.

[@m.a.dmatt6689]

This, this guide *French kiss*