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I mean most Monks in fantasy settings have magic bullshit so armour wouldn't really be an issue. And they'd have healing magic in your example clearly they could use it. ((I'm also playing a game right now where a Monk can punch a giant dragons and do like 200 damage to it. It's not that weird in fantasy setting really XD>))

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Laguz don't have weapons that can break, but they can be untransformed. If they get attacked while in that state, they'll retaliate by punching the enemy.

seems like a fun idea! I had an idea of a whip wielding class a little bit ago myself but this seems better

sometimes the simplest things work best

Nah people won't judge you

I will judge you, harshly.

It'll probably be ruling in your favour though.

It's trendy, go for it.

And that is why you keep everyone out of Ike's range in 3-13 (or put him to sleep and charge on in). 

Nephenee is probably my favorite unit from the GC/Wii games

Yeah she's top 3 for me. The only units I like more are Ike and Zihark.

She is fantastic.  I like her a lot too.

Radiant Dawn is easily one of my favorite and still is despite some poor ideas and choices they made (seriously, people would kill for a remaster or even a port of this hard to find game and its prequel), but they did quite a bit with what they had.

But if you want to talk about story flops: Awakening was uhh...a little nonsensical near the end (I still enjoy the game for what it is...other than the big open maps and the ambush reinforcements...which they love doing). Then there's fates. Let me summarize in saying that the idea was solid, but the execution is so bad it isn't even funny.

Seriously, however wrote Fate's plot does not know how to write a good plot for a video game and should be fired/never hired again. Whoever made Conquest's gameplay though deserves a premotion. But my god, Fate's plot is just...so bad with Birthright almost getting an okay...but then the last few chapter just...bloody hell. You think Eirika is bad, you should see Corrin.

Hey. I actually intended to answer you yesterday, but I fell asleep before I could do so. Awakening was a neat game. Perhaps not as good as the older games, but still neat. Child characters were unnecessary, and yes, the story got a bit non-sensical near the end, but at least Robin wasn't a hopeless protagonist like Corrin in all three routes. (Grima floating in one place despite being able to spread destruction everywhere.)

Fates.. well, is hopeless. While one route may be less worse than another, with Conquest probably being the best, none of the plots really make all that much sense or are just plain fucking stupid. I really don't get why people try to defend the game. Visuals are nice, gameplay is quite nice and pleasant.. and the music.. the music is godlike. Almost as good as PoR/RD's OST.. well, not quite. Still, if it weren't for the story and the unnecessary fanservice, the game could've been so.. so.. so.. much better. Even the concept of the story in itself is as brilliant as it looked when the first trailers got dropped. Ah, still, not all hope is lost for this franchise. We have SOV coming up and Heroes is what it's supposed to be: A tribute and a fun little mobile game that a lot of people are enjoying. I just really hope they don't mess up the Gaiden remake, since it will be my first time taking a look at Gaiden's story. I would've played it earlier, but I really don't find it appealing in it's 8-bit style.

Anger.

Don't even get me started on Severa in her recruiting level. she would have died if you weren't there to save her, and her personality is not exactly "worth it"

Nothing is worse than the Tahran citizens from Thracia 776 though. That map literally forces you to carry them from on side of a mountain range to the other while being attacked by Pegasus Knights and teleporting Dark Mages.

The Last Promise had this one Mercenary with the Killing Edge in the Gaiden Chapter later in the game. He just annihilated the right part of the map entirely before using up his three Elixiers and going down. And the yellow units in RD sure are amazing, especially the Bishop that can heal your units in Elincia's Gambit.

but tinkering with nightmare is too much fun tho

Easily one of my favourite chapters from the game. For all of its disjointedness in terms of your roster, I love part 2 for its story.

I tend to use a combination of units that I like and units that are considered viable. Though, most of the time, even the units that are considered weak by other people turn out to be some of the best units in my roster. Eddie has done well so far, so I didn't have any reason to replace him with Zihark. But I snatched his Adept from him, haha. I also used Mia over Zihark in Path of Radiance. (I feel like female Swordmasters are quite rare, so I was really keen on using her, and she didn't disappoint. Many people may consider her worse than Zihark, but I didn't really care all that much. Still beat PoR just fine.) Perhaps I should've given Zihark a chance, ah well.. not like I'm saying that I don't like the guy. He seems to have that Swordmaster..esque "chill dude-attitude" while managing to be an overall nice guy and I really like that a lot. But in the end, I can't use everyone. ^^

Yeah, Zihark is a Navarre through and through. He is an intetesting character and unit, but I tend to prefer training up base class units into their final forms. I've never been much of a fan of pre-premotes. I didn't use Seth in FE8 or even Camilla in Conquest (shocking, I know). I just prefer growth units, like Ests, Lords barring Sigurd, and Merrics. It basically boils down to playstyle choices.

Mmm yeah I'm not trying to tell you how to play the game, you do you. I'm sure Edward will serve you well in the future, he generally does for anyone who trains him. I actually applaud you for using the characters you like, though you're spot on about not being able to train everyone, particularly so in part 1 of RD. You really just want to pick about 4 characters optimally (not including Micaiah and Sothe) and exclusively train them. For me that's usually Nolan, Aran, Zihark, and Jill. I think the view of people who go gung ho for using nothing but the best units in this case boils down to Edward is a good Swordmaster that you need to train, while Zihark is a good Swordmaster that you don't.

re-randomize

believe me, ive seen worse when randomizing lyn mode. much much worse.