Engage LTC Chapter 26 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-22 | Chapter 26 in 2 turns0:00 preamble21:40 run beginsbond fragment expenditures:Veyle - Celica lv5, Micaiah lv3, Sigurd lv5, inherit Canter, inherit Mag+2, reclass to SagePanette - Marth lv6, reclass to SwordmasterKagetsu - Ike lv6, reclass to BerserkerIvy - Lyn lv9, inherit Spd+1Hortensia - Byleth lv5, inherit Divine PulseSeadall - Corrin lv5Rosado - Micaiah lv3, Celica lv6, reclass to SageMauvier - Sigurd lv6, inherit Lance Power 2, inherit Hit +10Merrin - Micaiah lv3, Celica lv6, Byleth lv6, reclass to High PriestLindon - Sigurd lv5, inherit Momentum, inherit Hit+15Chloe - Eirika lv5Lyn Engrave - Obscurité Roy Engrave - GeorgiosSigurd Engrave - NovaLeif Engrave - Silver GreataxeIke Engrave - RidersbaneAlear Engrave - ElfireCorrin Engrave - Brave Lancegold expenditures:bought 7x second sealbought 12x silver in gotforge Nova +3forge Ridersbane +4 to +5HP tonic for AlearDex tonic for every attackerLuck tonic for every attackerstat booster uses:Ivy 1x SpeedwingAlear 1x Angelic RobeAlear 2x Bootsstaff expenditures:1x entrap1x rewarp1x warp
Engage LTC Chapter 25 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-22 | Chapter 25 in 1 turnbond fragment expenditures:Panette - Corrin lv8Chloe - Lucina lv10staff expenditures:1x rewarp1x warp
Engage LTC Chapter 24 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-21 | Chapter 24 in 1 turnbond fragment expenditures:Kagetsu - Micaiah lv3Chloe - Sigurd lv5, inherit repositionIke engrave on GeorgiosLeif engrave on Silver Greataxegold expenditures:Second Seal for Kagetsu into Sword GriffinHP tonic for Kagetsustaff expenditures:1x rescue (saved with world tree)1x entrap (saved with world tree)
Engage LTC Chapter 23 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-21 | Chapter 23 in 1 turnbond fragment expenditures:Veyle - Corrin lv6Panette - Lyn lv2, inherit Spd +2Saphir - Eirika lv3Byleth engrave on Thorongold expenditures:HP tonic for Saphir (should have also used one on Kagetsu + Angelic Robe)staff expenditures:2x warp (one saved with world tree)
Engage LTC Chapter 22 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-20 | Chapter 22 in 10 turns0:00 preamble21:30 run beginsbond fragment expenditures:Alear - Byleth lv5, inherit MentorshipPanette - Leif lv5, inherit VantagePanette - Ike lv13Hortensia - Micaiah lv8, inherit Staff Mastery 2Ivy - Byleth lv5, inherit Divine PulseKagetsu - Sigurd lv6, reclass into Axe/Lance Wyvern KnightFogado - Lyn lv7, inherit Bow Focus 2Merrin - Sigurd lv5, inherit CanterRosado - Micaiah lv3, reclass into Lance Griffin KnightNino bond ringLilina bond ringDieck bond ringEvery engrave except Celicagold expenditures:bought second sealbought Radiant Bowbought Silence x2bought Freezebought Rescuebought many Obstructsbought Physicbought Mendforge Excalibur +4forge Radiant Bow +4forge Killer Axe +5 from +3forge Tomahawk +1 (unnecessary)HP tonic for PanetteDex tonic for Kagetsu, Panette, Ivy, Fogado, Mauvier, RosadoStr tonic for MauvierMag tonic for VeyleSpd tonic for Veyle, Mauvierstaff expenditures:2x rescue1x freeze3x entrap (one saved with world tree)2x silence
Engage LTC Chapter 21 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-20 | Chapter 21 in 1 turnsbond fragment expenditures:Mia bond ringstaff expenditures:1x Rescuearena training: Hortensia x3
Engage LTC Paralogue 5 (Ike) (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-20 | Paralogue 5 (Ike) in 1 turnstaff expenditures:1x rewarp1x rescuearena training: Panette x3
Engage LTC Chapter 20 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-15 | Chapter 20 in 1 turnbond fragment expenditures:Kagetsu - Sigurd lvlv5, inherit CanterMerrin - Corrin lv8Lucina engrave (Panette's silver axe)Mia bond ringarena training: Hortensia x3
Engage LTC Chapter 19 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-15 | Chapter 19 in 2 turnsbond fragment expenditures:Ivy - Sigurd lv3 to lv5, inherit CanterRosado - Sigurd lv5, inherit CanterPanette - Sigurd Lv3Seadall - Ike lv2 (unnecessary, forgot about Resolve and Laguz Friend lol)Leif engraveByleth engravearena training: Hortensia x3
Engage LTC Chapter 18 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-14 | Chapter 18 in 1 turnbond fragment expenditures:Alear - Lyn lv9Ivy - Sigurd lv3 (I forgot I hadn't inherited canter yet in the commentary, I just naturally had canter from the ring lol)Hortensia - Sigurd Lv5, inherit CanterPandreo - Sigurd Lv5, inherit Canter Corrin engravearena training: Hortensia x3
Engage LTC Chapter 17 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-14 | Chapter 17 in 6 turns0:00 preamble10:21 run beginsbond fragment expenditures:Ivy - Eirika lv7Kagetsu - Ike Lv10, Lyn Lv9, inherit Spd +3Panette - Lucina lv9, inherit Dex+3 and Axe Power 1Rosado - Corrin lv8Bunet - Ike Lv5, inherit RepositionEdelgard bond ringLyn engraveLucina engraveEirika engravegold expenditures:master seal, promote Citrinne to Sageforge Bolganone+1forge Silver Greataxeforge Silver Dagger+1 (unnecessary)bought ElthunderHP tonic for KagetsuDex tonic for Kagetsu, Panettestaff expenditures:1 freeze1 warpbooster expenditures:Ivy - Spirit DustKagetsu - Energy Drop
Engage LTC Chapter 16 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-11 | Chapter 16 in 3 turns0:00 preamble6:28 run beginsbond fragment expenditures:Ivy - Ike lv5, inherit repositionHortensia - Ike Lv5, inherit repositionZelkov - Ike lv5, inherit repositionVander - Ike lv3Kagetsu - Corrin Lv8Gatrie bond ringLyn engravegold expenditures:forge Bolganone (unnecessary)HP tonic for Fogadostaff expenditures:1 silence
Engage LTC Chapter 15 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-10 | Chapter 15 in 4 turnsbond fragment expenditures:Alear - Ike lv5, inherit demolishPandreo - Ike lv5, inherit repositionMerrin - Ike Lv5, inherit demolishgold expenditures:HP tonic for AlearPure Water for Alear, Merrinstaff expenditures:1 rewarp2 warp2 rescue1 freeze
Engage LTC Chapter 14 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-09 | Chapter 14 in 4 turns0:00 preamble6:52 run beginsbond fragment expenditures:Panette - Ike lv8Fogado - Ike Lv5, inherit repositionAlcryst - Ike lv5, inherit repositionKagetsu - Ike lv6, second seal to Wyvern KnightPandreo - Lucina Lv6, second seal to Griffin Knightgold expenditures:forge Iron Greataxe into Steel Greataxeforge Thunder +1 into Thunder +2HP tonic for Panette, Vander, Alear, Merrin (Merrin's might not be necessary, not sure)Res tonic for PanetteMag tonic for Alear (since I did not get +2 from food)staff expenditures:1 warp2 rescue1 freeze
Engage LTC Chapter 13 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-07 | Chapter 13 in 6 turns11:18 run starts
Engage LTC Chapter 11 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-04 | Chapter 11 in 3 turnsI swear game audio will be back on the next one xd
Engage LTC Chapter 10 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-04 | Chapter 10 in 2 turns10:00 actual run begins
Engage LTC Chapter 4 (Maddening | Classic | FEH bonus) Verve 2023-02-01 | Chapter 4 in 3 turnsSomething I forgot to mention is that FEH bonus is already available for this chapter, but I don't actually need them at all yet. None of the weapons or bond rings improve hit rate, which is really the only manner in which it could be improved (since Chloe can't benefit from them, being a green unit at the start)
GFL x VA-11 Hall-A: The Last Rain in the World EX - 2 Turn clear Verve 2022-05-07 | 2 turns by using Architect to break Anna's shield
PBs for Dandys Time Trials with Keqing Lyre Boost Verve 2021-08-10 | Yaoguang Shoal: 9.05Qingce Village: 19.11Bishui Plain: 17.80Wangshu Inn: 10.72Mainly just uploading for documentation purposes (this was done mid-late April), as this glitch has long been fixed, much to my chagrin. I know for a fact that my Yaoguang Shoal, Qingce Village, and Wangshu Inn times are not WR. Haven't seen a better Bishui Plain though.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 22 Verve 2021-07-06 | Completed in 5 turns.There's some weaving and winding, as well as lots of enemy blockage in the left portion where I have to reach the objective. Thankfully triple Illusionists makes short work of many of these obstacles, and 5 turns is pretty blazing fast in my eyes. On the right side, I just use it as an exp farm for the last few units that I think are close to lv30.Liberty did not need to die at the end there, but I also did not feel compelled to reset for -7 HP, so we'll see how much I regret it later.Wren goes into Trickster for 1-2 range. Trickster is the only class that has 1-2 range while dealing physical damage for both ranges, which is a nice niche.Thae Lanel goes into Firelord not for any particular good reason, I thought it was a toss-up between it and Storm Spirit. But I figure just having 1-2 range with extraordinary power from the passive that converts 25% Str to Mag, will be more useful to me for the bosses in the future than 8 movement, since it already lags behind my Illusionists and Dragon Knight.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 21 Verve 2021-07-06 | Completed in 2 turns.A short and silly little map thanks to the door mechanic that's in this game, which completely refreshes your movement after warping through a door. I use Fenton here to charge at the boss over Alden/Monroe because of the physical damage type, which lets me 1 round the inquisitor that's blocking the door at the boss.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 20 Verve 2021-07-06 | Completed in 4 turns.So I actually forgot to record my real run of this chapter, and I didn't realize until after I had already completed and recorded Ch22. Luckily I still had this save file, but the point is the video here is just demonstration of basically what happened. The levelup stats and exp will not be accurate carrying over, however.Alden is promoted to Illusionist because I decided that yes, Illusionist is pretty much the only option in LTC and idk why I ever considered Wizard.Not much else to say about this map, just kinda let Alden and Monroe go hog -wild, and letting Faust and Liberty pick up some scraps for exp.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 19 Verve 2021-07-05 | Completed in 2 turns.Abusing promotion timing, you can have a conjurer cleanly kill one enemy and reach the objective after promoting to Illusionist. I need the crit to 1 shot that enemy with Monroe (if I was using Alden, no need), but the chances aren't bad and it's just a 2 turn map, so whatever.I promote into Illusionist since it's just such insanely good utility. 9 base move, +1 phase range, and an aura which increases dodge. Of course this does come at the cost of less damage than the other classes, Wizard especially juicy for Monroe, but I think there's enough turns to be saved from Illusionist than getting some more damage. I may potentially consider a damage class for Alden though.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 18 Verve 2021-07-05 | Completed in 2 turns.Reuploaded with a different run in order to prevent Monroe from promoting on this map, for Chapter 19. Fenton tears it up yet again, in conjunction with the fact that I can freely sacrifice my support units thanks to grave wounds. Liberty gets a kill from a crit which is very nice for reaching that lv30.Liberty goes into Magician because she will not be a carry by any means at this point, also her speed is too low to be an effective conjurer without Vash's Sanguination, and is a worse user of Vash's Sanguination than Monroe in the first place. She starts at lv29 which is amazing, meaning she will have +2 phase range as an Illusionist after promoting, and would also have some nice supporting auras from Magician + Illusionist.Faust promotes into Phantom since it gives him more damage and survivability, he's not really a support unit. It would be an interesting idea to promote him into Crusader and try to activate the +3 move if a bonded ally is below 30% HP on purpose, which would give him 10 base movement. However I doubt that would be worth it over Phantom.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 17 Verve 2021-07-04 | Completed in 6 turns.Took a bit of a break, but back at it. This map is a little annoying because of the amount of enemies just blocking your way. I use Fenton to lead the charge for the prisoners in the back for a couple of reasons. One is base 7 movement, which allows for a clean 6 turn with 2 hastes on turn 1, and 1 haste on turns 2 and 3. This is even if I had not promoted midway, which I honestly did not want, but I got him a little too much exp in the previous map sadly by giving him the boss kill. Just something to keep note of for the next time. The other reason is because most of the enemies in the way are physical melee units, so Darmena's Kiss Dragoon shenanigans cleanly and reliably sweeps the enemies in the way, little RNG required. I did feed Fenton a +2 Spd booster though because there was one enemy that he lacked 1 Spd to double.Rose goes into Witch Hunter because I don't plan on using her for combat, she's just going to be a better Sophia at this point, especially with her passive Shade. Similarly, Alexa goes into Barbarian to basically be a better Benji. For some reason, she joins a chapter later than Fenton (and at the end of the map too, basically) yet is two levels lower? So that kills any incentive of her being my Darmena's Kiss carrier, not to mention I like Fenton's bases better.5 turn clear could be possible if you can promote Fenton during player phase, but it would also require having a Witch Hunter able to keep up to give haste, which seems very logistically challenging. So I'd rather not rack my brain trying to figure out the way to go about it when I could just settle for a decent 6 turn lol.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 16 Verve 2021-06-27 | Completed in 4 turns.I didn't really bother to optimize this map futher in terms of equip upgrades and rerolling for better luck, since the margin between the 3 turn and 4 turn is currently too wide. I think 3 turns is possible in the future when there are more bug fixes, as currently Sara's personal skill & the aspect with similar effect do not work currently (attacks apply a mark on enemies that are hit, marked enemies take 10% more damage). It's an effect which seems quite literally designed for use against bosses, yet it doesn't work right now which is tragic. It isn't working against normal enemies either, just to be clear. Don't remember if Faust joined this chapter, but either way I classed him into Acolyte because Acolyte busted woohoo. Also his base stats are disgustingly good, and starts at lv28 very close to promotion. Easily one of the best characters in the game imo.Fenton classed into Dragoon because he will be my Darmena's Kiss holder, since he's got good bases and like Faust starts lv28 very close to promotion. Dragoon into Dragon Knight with Darmena's Kiss is good, don't really need to say much more.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 15 Verve 2021-06-27 | Completed in 1 turn.Super easy map to cheese. First, remove (optionally replace) all of your units with good stats, except for one who holds Vosh's Sanguination (Monroe is perfect for this). Then equip all of your selected units with their worst weapon. Afterwards it's as simple as getting one small push from Benji or a haste from Sophia or something, in order to reach a tile that is in range of all clones, then it's done and dusted.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 14 Verve 2021-06-25 | Completed in 8 turns.So the tragic part about this map is that 7 turns is possible, but I need Sloane to be in Magician for Phase +1 range. And I don't think she ever really needed to be in Conjurer this entire run (I classed her that way since I was not expecting to fall this far behind), so rip. I may do another run at some point after this one with the knowledge I have gathered in order to make some improvements such as this.Alden gets stuck on the right failing to 1RKO one of the dudes, I had planned it so that he could reach the chest with the Def booster exactly, but not sure if that actually works in practice due to enemy aggro + blocking the entrance, so I'm not really miffed about it. I approach the boss room from the left side for a few reasons. 1. it has the space to phase Monroe past one of the walls, 2. it's shorter regardless because the twists and turns of the hallways are shorter, the right side has some long windy corriders, 3. there's several inquisitors on the right side who have massive Fortitude, it's basically guaranteed turn loss trying to get through them. On the other hand, the left side has enemies pretty weak to magic, so it's a no brainer to go that way. I let Monroe solo in order to catch him up with Alden in terms of exp, he starts the map at lv 23 to Aldens 25.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 13 Verve 2021-06-24 | Completed in 7 turns.I absolutely hated this map at first, but after getting the 7 turn, it was pretty damn satisfying actually. Benji + Linhera's Whisper to prevent him from getting doubled is clutch, and his push+1 definitely put in the work, along with Sara's phase+1 and the haste ladies.In the base prep, I fed Monroe three Spd boosters and upgraded his balance weapon, so that he could stand to 1 round the early enemies without any procs, and possibly kill some of the peskier enemies near the end with some procs. He doesn't have quite as much magic as Alden, but at the moment his speed is high enough such that he will be able to farm exp independently on a slower map. Maeve classed into Strider because every other class's bases SUCKED. Like really bad. Strider is also the best combat class in there imo so I wasn't miffed. Thae'lanel is a Gale not for any particular reason, but I figure if I manage to get him promoted, he the Gale skills are much better for late game. That being said, if I don't end up with him promoted, then I'd probably prefer Surge in the short run like all of my other adepts. Wren Duelist for similar reason, if he can promote then Duelist Trickster is by and far the best thing you can do in the Rogue class. Though I think Duelist is still good regardless I think.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 12 Verve 2021-06-24 | Completed in 4 turns.So going into this, I was unaware that the map objective only requires you to defeat the storm spirits that are IN the boat, not the ones on the outside. So the strat that I'm doing in the video was actually intended to 5 turn the map if you did need to kill the ones outside, but it worked out all the same for 4 turns. I don't think a 3 turn is feasible due to enemy formation blocking the beeline upwards.Monroe is a conjurer due to that class being busted and Monroe having good stats. I will try to keep him up with Alden but it will probably be difficult. Iris got classed into Surge because I think it's the most useful throwaway class for Adepts (1-2 range, accuracy proc, long distance chains), and same thing for Ford being classed into Thief (long distance disarm).
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 10 Verve 2021-06-23 | Completed in 9 turns.This one took a while to come out because I kept trying to get faster than the turn limit, but it was too hard to beat the RNG. Now that I think about it, I've never confirmed if the map even ends early if you rout all enemies, since the map does constantly pump reinforcements. So maybe the resetting was all for naught.Alden solos the left side because that section contains the fastest enemies. Top is mostly solod by Brooke because there are a lot of melee enemies up there, which suits duelist well. Lincoln and Sloane gum up the right side with their lifesteal, and most of the rest focus on the bottom side. I do wish I had made Corvan the duelist here, since Brooke is pretty much assuredly weaker than him by the time he joins. I actually had to buy two speed boosters for Brooke so that I could double various enemies, including doubling the defenders with the power weapon. Corvan duelist would be at a similar speed but with better strength, and would have let me use boosters elsewhere, like more speed for Sloane probably. I'd like to shoutout Aurima who I thought was pretty bad in my casual playthrough, but he's really useful here actually because of his high dex and therefore high accuracy, in conjunction with his pretty good mag.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 11 Verve 2021-06-23 | Completed in 3 turns.Unlike the previous chapter, I knocked this one out quick. I had just enough supporting skills to let Samara with her 8 base movement (7 from class + 1 from personal skill) to exactly arrive at the objective in 3 turns. The distance from her starting point is 37 tiles, so that means I boosted her for a total of 13 tiles (3 hastes, 2 push, 1 push+1, 1 phase, 1 phase+1 = 3x1 + 2x1 + 1x2 + 1x2 + 1x4 = 13). So I'm very happy with my class selections leading to this 3 turn clear, namely Samara Guardian and Benji Barbarian. To note that it's actually a shorter distance if Samara started on the spot to the right where Brooke was, only being 35 tiles away from the objective; however, the problem that arises when going from the right side is that Samara gets surrounded by the increased amount of enemies and cannot charge through. Thus, the left side with its sparse enemy count is the only feasible option, even though it requires a bit more support.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 9 Verve 2021-06-21 | Completed in 3 turns.Another map where Alden bumrushes the boss with some phase/push support, while everyone else just tries to grab some scraps of exp. I debated turning Corvan into a duelist, as he is immediately better than Brooke due to his higher level, but I felt like Brooke was already doing fine and having a good Marauder may come in handy (they have better DMG and Spd bases than duelist). I went with Defender for Helena knowing that she will be useful in the next map and her low movement would not be a problem. Though, we'll see if I regret not having a second smiter.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 8 Verve 2021-06-21 | Completed in 3 turns.While this map does involve Alden doing his thing, Brooke gets some time in the sun with her Duelist class actually doing some work in the left section. This map has some early instances of extremely dodgy enemies, most of whom are to the right which is why I don't push far that direction. Thankfully I only really need to deal with one of them before the map ends. Also, Caius is very good in Strider class, he can fight things and do big damage for a while. In base prep, I upgraded Alden's balance weapon twice, Brooke's balance weapon once, and Bianca's power weapon once. If Alden gets a Magic growth on level up, he can start to 1-round the cavs without any procs. I bank on getting a speed growth for Brooke on level up, in order to double the cavs on the left with the balance weapon. I considered buying her a speed booster, but decided that the 50/50 on the growth being basically the only thing reset-worthy in the map was fair enough and not too scummy.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 7 Verve 2021-06-21 | Completed in 6 turns.This one has the potential to be rough on the left side. There's a shaky 63% hit for a 1HKO on an enemy Strider, who threatens Sloane if alive. And then later missing a single one of those 87% hits from Sophia on those inquisitors in addition to Bianca getting hit once leaves it up to the RNG gods whether Cia can clutch it out. This is because I have to miss an attack healing Bianca if she gets hit, and then that's missing two attacks total if Sophia misses, meaning they have to stay occupied with the two inquisitors on the left and can't finish off the one to the right in time, thus Cia must clutch it without getting hit one too many times. Besides those two things though, everything else is pretty RNG-proof. Right side has time to spare for errant misses, and the inquisitors in the middle can be dealt with on enemy phase if Alden doesn't proc anything on the player phase.I use Elias to bait the... w/e the tanky cav knights are called, into the center. It seems that these enemies don't continue to aggro when nothing is in their range, so if I bait them into the center with Elias and Benji as sacrifices, they will stay there and not be a big nuisance with their insane defense. Benji I went with Barbarian because it has smite utility (pushing 2 range), but it's possible that Dragoon is better by having 1 more move for the push. We'll have to see, but for now I think this is the right call. It's unfortunate he's useless in this map due to his awkward starting position, so I have to just use him as sacrifice bait. In the base preparations, I upgraded Brooke's power weapon, and Alden's power weapon twice (total cost: two tier 1 tokens, one tier 2 token), such that Alden could bring inquisitors down to 4 HP naturally and either kill with any skill proc, or let Sloane be able to enemy phase with her 2x2.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 6 Verve 2021-06-20 | Completed in 4 turns.Alden carries the left side, Lincoln with his shiny new Acolyte promotion carries the right side. Sloane carries the middle for the most part. You may see a common theme that 1-2 range + magic is really good, who coulda figured.At base beforehand, I upgraded Lincoln's Power weapon which allows me to clear all of the guys on the right side even if I get 0 magic growths, which is in fact exactly what happened in this run. At least I got speed, so I didn't feel compelled to reset.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 5 Verve 2021-06-20 | Completed in 2 turns.Sara is promoted to Magician for Phase +1 range, which allows me to beam Alden directly onto the warp that leads to the boss. I haven't fully planned out my run or anything so Brooke and Samara's promotions are less thought out. I went with Duelist Brooke thinking I might use her as a dodge tank, but I'm guessing I will probably regret it and would rather have her in Marauder. For Samara I'm more confident that Guardian is the most useful one, though Priest may have its use too. But having a base 8 move char this early (when I get her back, anyway) I think is too good to pass up.For the boss, I either need a crit with the finesse tome, or a Sorcerer's Sting proc with the balance tome. If I had 1 more point of speed, I could double with the power tome for a clean 1 round, but that's not an option here. I think balance tome with Sorcerer's Sting is the most reliable strat, but I was still messing around with finesse in this instance and it ended up working out.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 4 Verve 2021-06-20 | Completed in 5 turns.At base, I sold the +2 Str and +2 Spd boosters and all of my healing items in order to afford buying two +2 Mag boosters and two Tier 1 tokens (maybe didn't need to buy the tokens yet). Fed the boosters to Alden in order to 1HKO the mages in the map. Upgraded Alden's Power weapon once in order to guarantee 1 round on the boss (assuming +Mag on the level ups) without any procs. Upgraded Alden's Finesse weapon twice because I think I may need it for Ch5, there's no base before that map so I would need to do the upgrade now.I promote Alden into Conjurer because it has lifesteal a la Nosferatu on all attacks, pretty much a no-brainer to use as my LTC carry.
Dark Deity LTC (Hero Difficulty) - Chapter 3 Verve 2021-06-19 | Completed in 5 turns.This is the first chapter where you get access to the base before combat. I used the two Tier 1 tokens I got from the previous chapters in order to upgrade the Balance weapon on Alden twice. I also sold the +5 HP stat booster I got for 4k gold, and then bought the +2 Def stat booster which I then used on Alden. As you can tell I'm investing pretty hard into Alden to get him into juggernaut territory ASAP, and he's already showing shades of it in this chapter.
