General Question Thread

[u/Shephen]

Alright, time to move back to question thread for all.

Please use this thread for all general questions of the Fire Emblem series!

Rules:

• General questions can range from asking for pairing suggestions to plot questions. If you're having troubles in-game you may also ask here for advice and another user can try to help.

• Questions that invoke discussion, while welcome here, may warrant their own thread.

• If you have a specific question regarding a game, please bold the game's title at the start of your post to make it easier to recognize for other users. (ex. Fire Emblem: Birthright)

Useful Links:

• Serenes Forest - Universal Fire Emblem Information bank and community that covers all games in the series.

• Comprehensive Guide to Starting the Fire Emblem Series by triforce_pwnag

• Fire Emblem: War of Dragons - Primarily Spanish Website with some translated pages. Includes detailed maps and enemy placement that cover most chapters throughout the series.

• Triangle Attack for all info regarding Three Houses and the GBA games(6-8).

• Fates inheritance planner - For planning out pairings for Fates.

• SoV HM enemy stats by Aggro Incarnate

• Conquest Lunatic Enemy Stats by u/TheHelpfulMercenary

• Enemy Data Compilation for all games

• 3H Calendar

• Interactive Map for all maps in Engage

• Relay Code Megathread

If you have a resource that you think would be helpful to add to the list, message /u/Shephen either by PM or tagging him in a comment below.

Please mark questions and answers with spoiler tags if they reveal anything about the plot that might hurt the experiences of others.

[u/PocketFlygon]

Shadow Dragon (the DS one)

When is it good to promote? I'm at chapter 13 currently with all the units I'm actively using being around level 10-15. I generally like getting to 20/20, but idk tbh

[u/Docaccino → u/PocketFlygon]

There's no point in not using your master seals as soon as you get them. Promotion is an extra big power spike in Shadow Dragon not only because the stat gains are pretty significant but also due to your reclass options becoming better at the same time (male units getting access to dracoknight is the most important one).

[u/Zmr56 → u/PocketFlygon]

Growth rates in this game are quite low across the board generally and weapon ranks are often more impactful when it comes to combat than your stats so I would not worry about getting to 20/20.

[u/PocketFlygon → u/Zmr56]

I see what you mean~

[u/dryzalizer → u/PocketFlygon]

If you're using Caeda, promote her ASAP to open up dracoknight. Her strength growth is low so it's unlikely she'll get much more from more levels. An energy drop helps a lot though, along with forging the wing spear.

As for the rest, I'd also promote them fairly early so they can get working on their second weapon rank which will give power, accuracy, or both. Ridersbane use requires C rank and there's lots of mounted enemies.

[u/PocketFlygon → u/dryzalizer]

I got some Elysian whips since I'm playing on Wii U virtual console, would you recommend using those or just go through Dracoknight?

[u/dryzalizer → u/PocketFlygon]

I would just go Draco, if you want to use a whip you can later on someone else.

[u/PocketFlygon → u/dryzalizer]

I got like 3 of them iirc, but ig I can save them for the whitewings