Intro I am a long-time fan of the Fire Emblem series, ever since I started playing on GBA. After a few hundred hours in Three Houses playing every route and the DLC, it has earned a place in my heart. Though at first, the sandbox character build experience was a little strange to me since …
Intro There are two iconic flying base classes in Fire Emblem: the Pegasus Knight and the Wyvern Rider. Pegasus Knights and Wyvern Riders have been franchise staples since the beginning, with unique advantages and disadvantages over the other. You can always find healthy debates about which is the better of the two. But let’s face …
Intro The plots of many Fire Emblem games center around the main character and co going up against immeasurable odds. Typically, an empire suddenly declares war on the world and strikes at countries in every direction. Despite them logically being outnumbered, they always manage to put the rest of the world on the ropes. The …
Intro We’ve covered Wyvern Riders, so now it’s time to delve into the history of their older siblings, the Wyvern Lords. Wyvern Riders have received quite a few promotion options over the years, but the Wyvern Lord class is the only option that has stuck around. And I can see why Intelligent Systems got attached …
When I think of the Dancer class in Fire Emblem, it brings me back to a scene between Jon Snow and Ygritte in Game of Thrones. It’s the one when Jon explains the purpose of drummers in an army, and Ygritte is unable to wrap her head around the concept. Why be on the battlefield …
There are all kinds of characters in the fire emblem universe. It is normal and natural that there are more beloved characters than others. And one of the characters that have won almost overnight the affection of most fire emblem players is Mercedes. After all, she is one of the characters that fulfill several of …
Intro Magic-based classes are some of the most useful units in Fire Emblem. Whether it’s providing invaluable utility as Staff users or raining down arcane destruction on your foes, magical characters have a lot of upsides. One of those upsides, however, is rarely mobility. Most magical characters are infantry units and suffer from pretty mediocre …
Intro When you think of monks in video games, you think of bald guys in brown robes that are good at martial arts. That’s not how they work in Fire Emblem. Think of monks in Fire Emblem as sort of like the magical equivalent of John Wick. The villains of their worlds grind their gears, …
Similar to the Golden Deers, today we’ll be looking at the Blue Lions House from Fire Emblem: Three Houses and the students from the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus who occupy it. While this route will leave you with some questions about the overarching story, the story this route offers is a lot more personal to …
One of the most interesting parts of Fire Emblem Fates is that the series of games gives three very different perspectives on every member of the main cast. Fire Emblem is a game that allows the player to get close to, and even marry, the various NPCs that they ally themselves with. However, just like its …
