Dude. As soon as you said this was your first Maddening run, my immediate thought was, “He doesn’t know about Poison Strike, does he?” Yeah, I had a feeling Chapter 3 would kick your ass.
"What will we learn today professor?" "*we*? You seem to misunderstand my goals, kiddo. Give me your weapon and go stand on the lava between all the enemies"
16:23 yep, maddening reduces XP given based on level difference. This is NOT true of white magic, however, so healing is legitimately the best grinding method. When you missed what happened, yes, hubert has bolting in this map. And ONLY in this map.
Okay, this is extremely impressive. Also, go see a mental health professional, not just for deciding this was a good idea but for actually going through with it.
new viewer here! I wanted to say that I really enjoyed every second of this video - the pacing was great (impressive for such a long video!) and your personality really brings an energy to your content that isn’t commonly found. Thank you for this treat! Definitely earned a new sub hahah
You're funny, your editing is fantastic, you're doing an incredibly stupid challenge run of a game I very much enjoy, AND you credited EVERY SINGLE SONG on a THREE HOUR VIDEO?! IN ORDER?! Take my sub!
The ironic thing here is on Maddening, Ch. 13 is only really possible via a solo Byleth run. At least for me, I had to pump every single stat booster into him, and only attack on enemy phase. That chapter still gives me nightmares. I think I only won because the enemy missed a 90% attack.
Yes, because it's probably only doable on crimson flower. Spoiler alert for other routes: Azure Moon has Hegemon Husk Edelgard, who attacks byleth once period and then ceases, and I don't think she can be counterattacked. Crimson Flower has dragon form Rhea, who you're going to have a tough time against due to the fact that half the time she's not going to take damage. Silver Snow has dragon form Rhea but she always uses the normally 2 turn attack every turn, meaning no counters allowed.
Thank you for this very entertaining video 🤣🤣 This was pretty funny in the context of: "Ah yes the height of toxic masculinity, where your male MC who is a buff and tough manly man solo everything and everyone while forcing everyone else to 'support' you from the *back*, verbally abusing them when they are not suited for support roles, not allowing anyone else from stealing your glory. " (/j)
This video really proves that even if you’re incompetent, you can accomplish something with enough determination and trial/error. I would say research, but clearly that didn’t happen :p
Bravo!! 🎉🎉🎉 Very concise, and I really agreed with almost all your views. Here’s to another 30 years! May we be old men reviewing our anime chess in such detail!!!
If you're trying to improve weapon skill rank, use the broken weapons. It'll do less damage but still increase the weapon's rank like normal. ❤ Also have your unit and the enemy stand on grass tiles for the avoid, to help farm skill rank exp.
Yeah, the Sword of trhe Creator is Sothis' spine, and the crest stones are the hearts of the heroes who founded the noble houses. Rhea's literally out there butchering people to make weapons out of them. Or it was the Agarthans, and then Rhea tried to take control of them, it's been a couple of years since I read the lore in depth, it's one of the two though, if I recall.
It was the humans with the Agarthans' help who created the heroes relics and creststones out of the Nabateans! Rhea was one of the only survivors and decided to change history. The game devs stated in an interview it's because too many people agreed with Nemesis for her to make him a villain in history, but I've also seen people theorize it's because she didn't want her kin's remains to be misused, hence why they're sacred. So so sorry for the lore dump, I don't mean to be rude at all.
90% sure the crest stones are the hearts of the _Nabateans_ that were killed and whose bones were used to make the relics, not the "Heroes" (who were humans). That's why Byleth can use the sword of the creator despite it not having a crest stone- the "crest stone" is Sothis' heart, which is inside their body. That's also why the crest stones are in the masoleum under Garreg Mach- I doubt Rhea would want the people who murdered Sothis anywhere near her remains. It is extremely messed up when you realize that 3 Houses is a story about the sole survivors of a genocide watching the descendents of the people who wiped their entire race off the face of the earth start another war over- and using- the blood magic and desecrated remains of their family members. Like, seriously- imagine calling a truce with the people who murdered your entire bloodline only for their granddaughter to roll up to your house and throw a bomb made out of your mom's urn through your window (I know Edelgard is more removed than a granddaughter, but the sentiment is the same).
@@Silburific This is correct, the Crest Stones and Hero Relics were created using the bones and hearts of the Nabateans. The Crests themselves if i remember correctly were gained by Nemesis and his gang consuming the blood of the nabateans. As a little side fun fact, Amyr wasn't one of the original Hero Relics and very heavily implied to be an artificial Crest weapon designed specifically for Edelgard by the Agarthans. It's repaired using Agarthium instead of the usual Umbral Steel of the other relics.
It was the humans and nemesis being a dick, I played golden wind last and when rhea told me that I was legit shocked, you can even notice that some of the relics move and seem "alive" very disturbing.
The things I can think of that one could do different to make this slightly less painful is to be female Byleth for even better evasion at low health, and have Flayn as Byleth's supporter, as she gives a permanent increase to damage. Other than that, I believe this was done as well as it could. Maybe Edelgard route would be easier, as some of the most difficult battles would be different, as well as it's shorter in general. Fantastic effort though! There's no understating how impressive this run was, and if the only "improvements" are to make it the tiniest amount easier, it only shows how hard it actually was. It has also given me a new view of the crit increasing skills. 100% crit rate is crazy.
You mentioned Silver Snow possibly being the other run you were considering, which is quite funny because under this ruleset of no attacking on player phase, Silver Snow's Immaculate One final boss becomes impossible the moment she enters her "true form" and gets the ability to use staggering blows without charging them up - this means you never get the chance to counterattack her and therefore can NEVER DAMAGE HER. The other final bosses are definitely harder than Nemesis on this sort of run, due to it being unreasonably difficult to break monster barriers - on Blue Lions that final boss has Monster Effect Null and regens the barrier every turn so that's completely impossible to break, and the Black Eagles final boss can be broken by weapons triple effective against dragons, such as Dragon Claws, so you'll do at least full damage half the time.
That awkward moment when I'm watching this while grinding in persona 2 and all of the sudden the p2 battle theme comes on and I'm like "wait... my PSP's sound is off, where is it coming from??" 😂 Great bg music choices lol!!
To really piss you off for ch 14 if you go the edelgard secret route that one tile that you had to cheese the archer to glitch on is just closed and the main way is the only place you need to defend
Huh... Your lord is supposed to auto level to like 20 if they are lower level post time skip... Maybe they coded that out of maddening difficulty and only give you 2
fun fact, every single class certification success and failure is predetermined each day, great strat is to save before trying, then if one fails then restart and try the next
Spoilers for FE3H. . . . . . If you decide to hook up with Rea. Know that she will technically by your daughter, your grandmother, mother, and wife at the same time. P.S. i will never forgive you for allowing Marianne to die.
My F!Byleth pegasus knight with a silver bow+, alert stance+, quick riposte destroyed everything, just need to Wait every turn, nobody can touch her then she just double + crit almost every enemy units.
Honestly this isn't too far from being a MegaTen game. Majin Tensei copied the Fire Emblem gameplay format Last Bible takes place in the Medieval era Soul Hackers 2 has the unique hair colors and Crests
I hadn't realized how broken the Chalice is. So I always put it on archers, thinking it was another way to get the "close counter attack" thing. I guess I needlessly limited myself. (Also how did I not trigger it otherwise?)
I hate having allies in Three Houses, because they always do the dumbest shit. Why does a character that will die if they are hit go up and hit a monster they can't kill? That's just dumb.
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Amusingly enough, waiting until the timeskip to level Claude would actually make him the strongest potential claude due to wyvern master bonus growth rates...
The sword of the creator is literally Sothis' spine, an your heart is literally her heart, and that's why you can use the sword of the creator without a stone in it
I like how the thumbnail implies this is an only Byleth and Ingrid run
and claude
Suprised to see the lack of replies to this comment.
Why need the rest when you can have racist mommy
Dude. As soon as you said this was your first Maddening run, my immediate thought was, “He doesn’t know about Poison Strike, does he?” Yeah, I had a feeling Chapter 3 would kick your ass.
"What will we learn today professor?" "*we*? You seem to misunderstand my goals, kiddo. Give me your weapon and go stand on the lava between all the enemies"
Everyone else: attempts challenge runs after mastering a game and memorizing all enemy spawns and stats
Jack: “The hell is a poison strike?”
Fire Emblem Three Houses, but it's just Byleth practicing Self-Defense
I can't believe that Blunchy married Ingrid after becoming the leader of the UK, truly shocking
16:23 yep, maddening reduces XP given based on level difference. This is NOT true of white magic, however, so healing is legitimately the best grinding method. When you missed what happened, yes, hubert has bolting in this map. And ONLY in this map.
Might have been a good idea to master Archer for that sweet Hit+20. Would have saved you a LOT of suffering in Chapter 14.
Okay, this is extremely impressive. Also, go see a mental health professional, not just for deciding this was a good idea but for actually going through with it.
Petra: "Oh, right. I should make the change of my tactics."
*Runs across the entire battlefield to Claude*
The fact I sat through thr whole 3 hours while being consistently entertained is such an achievement
new viewer here! I wanted to say that I really enjoyed every second of this video - the pacing was great (impressive for such a long video!) and your personality really brings an energy to your content that isn’t commonly found. Thank you for this treat! Definitely earned a new sub hahah
It’s interesting to see someone who is fairly new to the meta and lore of the game do a challenge run like this
11:52 "We're looking for these blue balls here".
20:58 "Let's harvest our seeds"
1:36:43 "It seems to make them come"
You're funny, your editing is fantastic, you're doing an incredibly stupid challenge run of a game I very much enjoy, AND you credited EVERY SINGLE SONG on a THREE HOUR VIDEO?! IN ORDER?! Take my sub!
I love that Jack fought Nemesis on the heal tile the whole time instead of just leading him off of it.
I see that Jack has finally found out about the curse of green unit AI.
The ironic thing here is on Maddening, Ch. 13 is only really possible via a solo Byleth run. At least for me, I had to pump every single stat booster into him, and only attack on enemy phase. That chapter still gives me nightmares. I think I only won because the enemy missed a 90% attack.
is it wrong that I kind of want to see other routes attempted
Yes, because it's probably only doable on crimson flower. Spoiler alert for other routes:
Azure Moon has Hegemon Husk Edelgard, who attacks byleth once period and then ceases, and I don't think she can be counterattacked. Crimson Flower has dragon form Rhea, who you're going to have a tough time against due to the fact that half the time she's not going to take damage. Silver Snow has dragon form Rhea but she always uses the normally 2 turn attack every turn, meaning no counters allowed.
holy hell, I can't imagine that this had been easy... massive props to you, hope this comment boosts this in the algorithm a bit
“I’m going to need to convince this woman to attack me” 💀
Ooh, an entire 3 hour Jack Benci video. I'm very excited to watch this, gonna settle in and enjoy :)
Thank you for this very entertaining video 🤣🤣
This was pretty funny in the context of: "Ah yes the height of toxic masculinity, where your male MC who is a buff and tough manly man solo everything and everyone while forcing everyone else to 'support' you from the *back*, verbally abusing them when they are not suited for support roles, not allowing anyone else from stealing your glory. " (/j)
I certainly had fun watching it! Silver Snow, Crimson Flower or Azure Moon when? Or better... Azure Moon solo Dimitri Merciless when? ^^
The Red Canyon paralogue was the biggest Three Houses moment of all time. Love this game lmao
This video really proves that even if you’re incompetent, you can accomplish something with enough determination and trial/error. I would say research, but clearly that didn’t happen :p
Bravo!! 🎉🎉🎉 Very concise, and I really agreed with almost all your views. Here’s to another 30 years! May we be old men reviewing our anime chess in such detail!!!
well thats my meal time videos sorted for the next 2 weeks
16:21 - "What!? That's mad!"
almost like that's the name of the difficulty or something lmao
You have no idea how many times Twitch chat thought the same thing...
Jack is alive!
In the very beginning "this is a weird megaten game" literally made me choke on my water laughing 😂
If you're trying to improve weapon skill rank, use the broken weapons. It'll do less damage but still increase the weapon's rank like normal. ❤ Also have your unit and the enemy stand on grass tiles for the avoid, to help farm skill rank exp.
What the shit? Cant believe how much effort this took, looking forward to watching this
This is exactly the sort of long-form content I love having on while I paint. Very glad I found the channel 👍
Yeah, the Sword of trhe Creator is Sothis' spine, and the crest stones are the hearts of the heroes who founded the noble houses. Rhea's literally out there butchering people to make weapons out of them. Or it was the Agarthans, and then Rhea tried to take control of them, it's been a couple of years since I read the lore in depth, it's one of the two though, if I recall.
It was the humans with the Agarthans' help who created the heroes relics and creststones out of the Nabateans! Rhea was one of the only survivors and decided to change history. The game devs stated in an interview it's because too many people agreed with Nemesis for her to make him a villain in history, but I've also seen people theorize it's because she didn't want her kin's remains to be misused, hence why they're sacred. So so sorry for the lore dump, I don't mean to be rude at all.
90% sure the crest stones are the hearts of the _Nabateans_ that were killed and whose bones were used to make the relics, not the "Heroes" (who were humans). That's why Byleth can use the sword of the creator despite it not having a crest stone- the "crest stone" is Sothis' heart, which is inside their body. That's also why the crest stones are in the masoleum under Garreg Mach- I doubt Rhea would want the people who murdered Sothis anywhere near her remains.
It is extremely messed up when you realize that 3 Houses is a story about the sole survivors of a genocide watching the descendents of the people who wiped their entire race off the face of the earth start another war over- and using- the blood magic and desecrated remains of their family members. Like, seriously- imagine calling a truce with the people who murdered your entire bloodline only for their granddaughter to roll up to your house and throw a bomb made out of your mom's urn through your window (I know Edelgard is more removed than a granddaughter, but the sentiment is the same).
@@Silburific This is correct, the Crest Stones and Hero Relics were created using the bones and hearts of the Nabateans. The Crests themselves if i remember correctly were gained by Nemesis and his gang consuming the blood of the nabateans.
As a little side fun fact, Amyr wasn't one of the original Hero Relics and very heavily implied to be an artificial Crest weapon designed specifically for Edelgard by the Agarthans. It's repaired using Agarthium instead of the usual Umbral Steel of the other relics.
@@Silburific correction Edelgard is granddaughter of Rheas human homies that fought Nemesis.
It was the humans and nemesis being a dick, I played golden wind last and when rhea told me that I was legit shocked, you can even notice that some of the relics move and seem "alive" very disturbing.
Wouldn’t an armor adjutant have helped more in some of those fights? 🤔
The things I can think of that one could do different to make this slightly less painful is to be female Byleth for even better evasion at low health, and have Flayn as Byleth's supporter, as she gives a permanent increase to damage. Other than that, I believe this was done as well as it could. Maybe Edelgard route would be easier, as some of the most difficult battles would be different, as well as it's shorter in general.
Fantastic effort though! There's no understating how impressive this run was, and if the only "improvements" are to make it the tiniest amount easier, it only shows how hard it actually was.
It has also given me a new view of the crit increasing skills. 100% crit rate is crazy.
Holy Shit 3 Hours of Jack !!!
This is better than Christmas
im a bit disappointed you didnt show the cutscene of killing nemesis because his sword breaks in it hahaha
2:42:11 tbf Tronald Dump is probably a great nickname for him.
this is so disgusting. AMAZING
1:30 I didn't look at the time before, so I checked... And yeah damn, much longer than I thought
A convoluted challenge run that requires an absurd amount of grinding? 👀👀👀
A wise man once said "as a friend, you are replaceable. Farewell"
As such I salute you for the bloody sacrifices you had to make this playthrough.
Your hit rates during the beginning chapter were bad because of you not having the appropriate prowess skills equipped
"If I could equip Gateleeper."
Hey so how about you'd do this in Three Hopes, where on Crimson FLower you actually get a playable Gatekeeper
actully to get gate keeper in three hopes you need to beat the game 3 times then he will auto join you
@@asuraofwrath ooooh. That makes a lot of sense
See you in 6 months for the engage video
Holy shit. I'm gonna enjoy every second of this!!
I enjoyed the random Perth phone call story.
Did this man forget he can start combat
41:30 “we will get a crit here” well he wasn’t wrong, just right in a way he didn’t like
Wow the editing on the fishing part is so good lol
There will be BLOOD
SHED
You mentioned Silver Snow possibly being the other run you were considering, which is quite funny because under this ruleset of no attacking on player phase, Silver Snow's Immaculate One final boss becomes impossible the moment she enters her "true form" and gets the ability to use staggering blows without charging them up - this means you never get the chance to counterattack her and therefore can NEVER DAMAGE HER.
The other final bosses are definitely harder than Nemesis on this sort of run, due to it being unreasonably difficult to break monster barriers - on Blue Lions that final boss has Monster Effect Null and regens the barrier every turn so that's completely impossible to break, and the Black Eagles final boss can be broken by weapons triple effective against dragons, such as Dragon Claws, so you'll do at least full damage half the time.
That awkward moment when I'm watching this while grinding in persona 2 and all of the sudden the p2 battle theme comes on and I'm like "wait... my PSP's sound is off, where is it coming from??" 😂 Great bg music choices lol!!
this video is just dodge crit simulator
To really piss you off for ch 14 if you go the edelgard secret route that one tile that you had to cheese the archer to glitch on is just closed and the main way is the only place you need to defend
Seeing him react to all the weird lore at the end was pretty funny
I still can not believe you can alter space time. In a game where it's just hardcore chess (that's all I understand what Fire Emblem is.)
Huh... Your lord is supposed to auto level to like 20 if they are lower level post time skip... Maybe they coded that out of maddening difficulty and only give you 2
the level 20 thing is only on easy iirc, on hard is also only a few levels
fun fact, every single class certification success and failure is predetermined each day, great strat is to save before trying, then if one fails then restart and try the next
Spoilers for FE3H.
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If you decide to hook up with Rea. Know that she will technically by your daughter, your grandmother, mother, and wife at the same time.
P.S. i will never forgive you for allowing Marianne to die.
Three hours? We're well fed today boys
My F!Byleth pegasus knight with a silver bow+, alert stance+, quick riposte destroyed everything, just need to Wait every turn, nobody can touch her then she just double + crit almost every enemy units.
Honestly this isn't too far from being a MegaTen game.
Majin Tensei copied the Fire Emblem gameplay format
Last Bible takes place in the Medieval era
Soul Hackers 2 has the unique hair colors and Crests
I hadn't realized how broken the Chalice is. So I always put it on archers, thinking it was another way to get the "close counter attack" thing.
I guess I needlessly limited myself. (Also how did I not trigger it otherwise?)
Professor Blunchy: I was hired to teach and protect you all
Warmaster Blunchy: I will end this war at all costs, especially your lives
damn 3 hours of a fully edited video that's amazing !!
actual Genocide Jack from Danganronpa
I hate having allies in Three Houses, because they always do the dumbest shit.
Why does a character that will die if they are hit go up and hit a monster they can't kill? That's just dumb.
Amazi g how you credited the original creators! Maybe you could show Sssniperwolf how that works Lmao
I am sorry but I have a LONG standing rule. Any video where Ashe dies gets an instant dislike.
1:24:13 is just breathtaking work
Fire Emblem but its smash bros and we spam counter
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At 40:20, when he said restart while laughing it sounds like scooby and I find that funny
Oh my goodness you are right.
Great vid!
ß is a sz rather than a ss
Not only is it possible but it's easy to set up if you know what you are doing.
*Spits a whole Large Glass of Iced Tea* THREE AND A HALF HOURS?! Welp, this video is gonna be a LONG LONG Haul to watch, posisbly for a few weeks O_o
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@@Oddigan eesh, hotdamn
Your videos are top notch :3c
Blum chi came back for more
Sweet video so far
Checkpoint 2:49:55
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Amusingly enough, waiting until the timeskip to level Claude would actually make him the strongest potential claude due to wyvern master bonus growth rates...
I was waiting for this, HELL YEAH
oh my god it's like Dokapon kingdom, you unlock classes by mastering classes, then all mastered classes give you access to items and traits
The sword of the creator is literally Sothis' spine, an your heart is literally her heart, and that's why you can use the sword of the creator without a stone in it
Leds go, Jack is back!
Some would argue that it's actually Szlunchy. You don't need to listen to them though.
they "balanced" maddening by wasting all you pulses with ambush spwns :/
How did he get counterattack
When is the sauna plausible to use?
Ey yo, why does he keep getting so many crits? I want this luck for my maddening run!
The PQ2 New Cinema Labyrinth music is always so nice.
This brought me joy, made me laugh, and now my dishes are done. Thank you!
2:22:30
Woo, everhood ost! We're killing the sun with this one!
Whenever you refer to yourself in the 3rd person I get so confused
does he... refer to himself in the third person?
On this week's episode of Assassination Classroom...
i wonder, with how the 2nd half went, if jack ever watched excelblem
I am late to this, but that fishing montage was the best thing ever! Lol