@@OnlyTASOr do both! Three Houses is much more of a black sheep than it felt like at launch, but it offers a different experience to Engage. Engage is better imo but Three Houses isn’t nearly bad enough to be skipped. Also probably a better first game, Engage doesn’t seem great for beginners, as much as I loved it.
My guess with Hilda and Raphael learning axes is you might have been going for brigand as it's mastery ability death blow is useful on anyone using physical attacks regardless of weapon
29:53 you don't actually have to cut him off. If he escapes, the victory condition just changes to "Rout the enemy" Edit: Funny thing about chapter 21 is that the Titanus and Viskam spawns can be deactivated by going into the rooms marked by arrows and killing the enemies in them.
@@CMeeCraftGaming I’ve done lots of them! There are lots of videos of them if you look. My NG Maddening Brawling Only run is currently on hold for my first playthrough of Engage (Maddening) yes. I am a masochist
@@Evelyn_Rose1151 Brawl only honestly doesn't sound too terrible all things considered. Lions would definitely be the best house thanks to in house Felix and Dedue being solid early units, and training gauntlets are just good weapons in general early on thanks to low weight. The main issue is you can't abuse vanwrath dimitri but honestly he's still just fine doing player phase stuff
@@hellothere2570 I did choose Blue Lions. But I overlooked Constance when planning my Roster and she’s a Great War Monk. Brawl is great for damage but dealing with monsters can be tricky because there’s not long range options. At least until you can master War Monk. I would say the best part of the challenge is the healers. Training up Flayn to be a punching machine and healer is very satisfying
Its super awesome to see you playing Three Houses! Definitely my favorite game that came out in 2019 and still holds up as one of my favorite JRPGs on the Switch!
I’m surprised you didn’t use cyril since he can get wyvern pretty easily and get the combat art that automatically doubled with bows at C level without needing sniper
for those that are watching and dont know things here a note. getting high support reduces the requirements for the recruit. at b support you can generally just get whever you want. it really helps especially if someone wants charm
@@cryguy0000 armor is still a decent thing to train early game because armor knight's base defense is 12, which means you're likely to get like 4 or 5 more defense if you promote at level 10
For me personally, I would've made Hilda learn Flying to become a Wyvern Rider. At least, that's what I did for my Hilda in my first playthrough. Though it wasn't Bows only so maybe it's less viable than I thought. At the very least, Hilda does have a talent in Lances so she could've become a Bow Knight as well.
Also, for future consideration, recruiting Linhardt to help get Leonie the Inexhaustible is a great idea. Inexhaustible is basically a Brave Bow with Recovery, it's fantastic.
Im glad you did this especially on maddening bc on hard this is kinda close to how you would normally play the game lol. But in maddening bow spam is still super good Hope you do an engage challenge at some point Also I didn't know the enemy could raging storm abuse as well lol
I usually consider challenges like this in the same way as nuzlockes in pokemon: The challenge doesn't REALLY start until you get pokeballs, or in Three Houses case, access to your students... So i have tried this challenge with every weapon at this point, and i gotta say, Faith magic is by far the hardest challenge, as spells are very limited, with only Nosferatu being on all characters, and most of the spells have VERY limited uses! Literally only 13 of the 40 playable units even GET a second offensive spell! So if you REALLY want a challenge, try doing a Faith magic only run...
Ok first congratulation to beat the challenge. However, I must say bow only barely even a challenge. It is the best weapon type in 3H. The easiest solution for bow only just made everyone except Claude, leonie, and cyril a sniper. Sniper had one of the best combat art. All you need just solid str stat or mag stat (mag bow)
lowkey my first maddening run was like 90% bows and magic w/ magic being the only real difference in chapter 2 bc you will not surprise that map w/o bows to avoid the counter attacks
Ah, the discovery of the Magic Bow: The moment you turn all your casters into Snipers and obliterate foes with Hunter's Volley. Additionally, because 3Houses doesn't weapon-lock you based on your class (in some cases. Mages can't use Gauntlets, for instance), you can absolutely class a tanky unit like Raphael into something like War Master/Fortress Knight for Enemy Phase and still complete the challenge.
Just a tip, in Shambhala the titanus reinforcements can be stopped by opening up a building at the top left of the map and killing a mage that's controlling them
"Finally; and truely; ending the war" Yes; but Byleth uses a sword in that cutscene. So was it worth it? Also dosen't they use a sword to kill Edlegard? I think you have to do Silver Snow for a true Bow only run. I don't recall any cutscene where another weapon is used.
Bows and fliers are the most broken thing about fe3h. Get a flying mount and maybe bow knight snipe, curve shot, and dead eye everything. And let's not talk about the best gambit ashes to dust with claude's canto....bows tough early game, mid to late game straight broken.
Now comes the million dollar question: We know it's beatable with bows and axes.... But what about magic? It'd be a cut above most other challenges, as each character's spell repertoire is different to each person.
Sword only is EASY. This is because the invincible towers internally attack by briefly spawning a swordsman holding a weapon with 10 range, and this weapon just so happens to be a sword. Thanks to some hackers obtaining this weapon, setting it to be sold to other players and then connecting to the internet, and other players who bought it also setting it to be sold and connecting to the internet, it is fairly easy to find an opportunity to buy this weapon off other players in the monastery by connecting to the internet. It also happens to cost a mere 1 gold because it isn't supposed to be obtainable and thus doesn't have proper price data.
Will I watch a 40 minute challenge video about a game I've never played? Yes, absolutely.
Would definitely recommend playing this game at some point, is what a lot of people consider one of the best games that came out in 2019!
Play it, you're missing out
Will I watch a 40 minute video about a game I played but never did this spefic route? Yes, absolutely.
Consider playing FE Engage, it's far better
@@OnlyTASOr do both! Three Houses is much more of a black sheep than it felt like at launch, but it offers a different experience to Engage. Engage is better imo but Three Houses isn’t nearly bad enough to be skipped. Also probably a better first game, Engage doesn’t seem great for beginners, as much as I loved it.
My guess with Hilda and Raphael learning axes is you might have been going for brigand as it's mastery ability death blow is useful on anyone using physical attacks regardless of weapon
I unironically would've had all the physical students go through that path. Brigand into Sniper would be optimal.
29:53 you don't actually have to cut him off. If he escapes, the victory condition just changes to "Rout the enemy" Edit: Funny thing about chapter 21 is that the Titanus and Viskam spawns can be deactivated by going into the rooms marked by arrows and killing the enemies in them.
Ah, interesting. Good to know.
I always stopped the titans by just putting a strong unit where they spawn
I really like challenge runs of this game, it's sad that not many people do them
They're really fun.
@@CMeeCraftGaming I’ve done lots of them! There are lots of videos of them if you look.
My NG Maddening Brawling Only run is currently on hold for my first playthrough of Engage (Maddening) yes. I am a masochist
@@Evelyn_Rose1151 Brawl only honestly doesn't sound too terrible all things considered. Lions would definitely be the best house thanks to in house Felix and Dedue being solid early units, and training gauntlets are just good weapons in general early on thanks to low weight. The main issue is you can't abuse vanwrath dimitri but honestly he's still just fine doing player phase stuff
@@hellothere2570 I did choose Blue Lions. But I overlooked Constance when planning my Roster and she’s a Great War Monk.
Brawl is great for damage but dealing with monsters can be tricky because there’s not long range options. At least until you can master War Monk.
I would say the best part of the challenge is the healers. Training up Flayn to be a punching machine and healer is very satisfying
as someone who has Bernadetta and had to use her to finish off things I know the pain of getting a bowsman strong enough to solo kill
I did a solo Bernadetta run. I never completed it, just thought I'd share
@@calebk4232 how far did you get?
@@cravonomire9971 I went silver snow on accident, and got to post timeskip defending Garregg Mach battle
@@calebk4232 better than I could
@@cravonomire9971 I had bernadetta certified in both paladin and wyvern rider classes
Its super awesome to see you playing Three Houses! Definitely my favorite game that came out in 2019 and still holds up as one of my favorite JRPGs on the Switch!
It's so good!
I'm just sad we didn't get some PBV action from Cyril early-game, honestly top tier unit as soon as he joins and gets c+ bows
Fun fact, Cyril can one round literally every enemy on his join chapter except for miklan, though sometimes he needs rally str or Hilda's personal
pretty sure your past self wanted to train axes to reclass into brigand and get death blow, +6 damage is pretty nice
I’m surprised you didn’t use cyril since he can get wyvern pretty easily and get the combat art that automatically doubled with bows at C level without needing sniper
I think you might have been trying to make Raphael and Hilda wyvern riders? that's the only answer I could come up with that makes sense
Now that you mention it, I think that may have been it.
wow, didn't think I'd see you do another three houses challenge run
for those that are watching and dont know things here a note.
getting high support reduces the requirements for the recruit. at b support you can generally just get whever you want. it really helps especially if someone wants charm
@@TARDISES and ya know...a lot more viable of a thing to train
@@cryguy0000 armor is still a decent thing to train early game because armor knight's base defense is 12, which means you're likely to get like 4 or 5 more defense if you promote at level 10
This is my favorite game of all time and golden deer was my favorite route this vid was amazing
Thank you!
@@CMeeCraftGaming your welcome and hi
This is legitemately one of the coolest challenges i've ever watched.
love challenge video's of strategy games like fire emblem always fun seeing neat strategies due to the limitations of turn based combat
a 40 minute video which includes a whole character arc/romance plot???? thenk u cmeecraft 4 my lyfe
You can disable the Shambhala titanus’ by going into one of the bunkers and killing the named grunts
Now we just need the swords only run and then you can call this a Trilogy.
For me personally, I would've made Hilda learn Flying to become a Wyvern Rider. At least, that's what I did for my Hilda in my first playthrough. Though it wasn't Bows only so maybe it's less viable than I thought.
At the very least, Hilda does have a talent in Lances so she could've become a Bow Knight as well.
Also, for future consideration, recruiting Linhardt to help get Leonie the Inexhaustible is a great idea. Inexhaustible is basically a Brave Bow with Recovery, it's fantastic.
"Is it possible to beat Three Houses with the best weapon type in the game?"
Im glad you did this especially on maddening bc on hard this is kinda close to how you would normally play the game lol.
But in maddening bow spam is still super good
Hope you do an engage challenge at some point
Also I didn't know the enemy could raging storm abuse as well lol
Yeah, I was kind of shocked when Edelgard destroyed half my army in a single turn.
I usually consider challenges like this in the same way as nuzlockes in pokemon: The challenge doesn't REALLY start until you get pokeballs, or in Three Houses case, access to your students...
So i have tried this challenge with every weapon at this point, and i gotta say, Faith magic is by far the hardest challenge, as spells are very limited, with only Nosferatu being on all characters, and most of the spells have VERY limited uses! Literally only 13 of the 40 playable units even GET a second offensive spell!
So if you REALLY want a challenge, try doing a Faith magic only run...
God-Shattering Star in the beginning filled me with so much nostalgia
I'm guessing it was Barbarian for death blow being the reason you trained Hilda and Raphael in Axes? Or maybe death blow was just on the mind?
I've actually seen this challenge already can't remember who but it was recently so must just be a coincidence
Yea I saw another guy do this challenge although I will say this variant is much more creative
Maybe it was the ytber poledoo, he tends to do bow only runs for the last couple of games in this series
Only fire emblem game I played was the one on GBA whose name I don't even remember but Mariane's story arch made me emotional
Ok first congratulation to beat the challenge. However, I must say bow only barely even a challenge. It is the best weapon type in 3H. The easiest solution for bow only just made everyone except Claude, leonie, and cyril a sniper. Sniper had one of the best combat art. All you need just solid str stat or mag stat (mag bow)
that Edelgard play was insane
That was not the fight against Cynthia I was expecting!
chapter 5 maddening be like: You sure Gilbert isn't an enemy agent sabotaging us?
Marriane and Hilda as horse archers is so satisfying
Can you please continue your fire emblem engaged let's play series
lowkey my first maddening run was like 90% bows and magic w/ magic being the only real difference in chapter 2 bc you will not surprise that map w/o bows to avoid the counter attacks
However… can you beat FE3H maddening without ever using bows? I’m not crazy enough to try xD
I did try it with punch only challenge. It was quite fun tho to play around with brawl combat art positioning
This makes me want to do a magic only run
That's just called playing the game optimally lol
No Claude upside down joke? Pathetic
But damn, nice run
(Also swap Lysithea's and Marianne's roles or we are gonna have trouble)
30:53 I was interested in seeing you do the side missions and then you mention patrion...
Ah, the discovery of the Magic Bow: The moment you turn all your casters into Snipers and obliterate foes with Hunter's Volley.
Additionally, because 3Houses doesn't weapon-lock you based on your class (in some cases. Mages can't use Gauntlets, for instance), you can absolutely class a tanky unit like Raphael into something like War Master/Fortress Knight for Enemy Phase and still complete the challenge.
I figured you were training axes to get them into wyvern rider classes, the free movement would've been useful for hit and run strats
28:06 POV: Crimson Flower
Just a tip, in Shambhala the titanus reinforcements can be stopped by opening up a building at the top left of the map and killing a mage that's controlling them
At the bottom right, another building has the operator of the viskam sentry turrets which can be killed to shut them down as well
"Finally; and truely; ending the war"
Yes; but Byleth uses a sword in that cutscene. So was it worth it? Also dosen't they use a sword to kill Edlegard?
I think you have to do Silver Snow for a true Bow only run. I don't recall any cutscene where another weapon is used.
In silver snow byleth uses a sword in the cutscene after the timeskip
I actually attempted this myself recently but gave up early on
I can understand why. Thise early levels especially were quite punishing.
Took ya a bit, didn’t it Mr. CM?
im surprised by the lack of healing focus
Bows and fliers are the most broken thing about fe3h. Get a flying mount and maybe bow knight snipe, curve shot, and dead eye everything. And let's not talk about the best gambit ashes to dust with claude's canto....bows tough early game, mid to late game straight broken.
You're like a puppy stumbling around. You have no clue what you are doing, how adorable.
Now comes the million dollar question:
We know it's beatable with bows and axes.... But what about magic? It'd be a cut above most other challenges, as each character's spell repertoire is different to each person.
Love Marianne.
What is music at 0:35 called?
god shattering star, from the the three houses OST
I do it for my no ng+ maddening run and it was very easy... hunter's volley+killerbow too strong
Please do a fire emblem warriors three hopes challangerun
No clue why people love this game so much, a few hours in and I despised the game. But I'll still happily watch this video about it.
Not everyone has a credit card~
I like fire emblem
Same 😎
It’s really great.
Great, now where is the Lance only, sword only, gauntlet only, unarmed only, and magic only videos
Unarmed is basically just gauntlets though lmao
@@failure4452 but, like, weaker. Because it's unarmed, there is no combat arts
@@calebk4232 I mean, yeah, but there’s no point making it a separate run
Sword only is EASY. This is because the invincible towers internally attack by briefly spawning a swordsman holding a weapon with 10 range, and this weapon just so happens to be a sword. Thanks to some hackers obtaining this weapon, setting it to be sold to other players and then connecting to the internet, and other players who bought it also setting it to be sold and connecting to the internet, it is fairly easy to find an opportunity to buy this weapon off other players in the monastery by connecting to the internet. It also happens to cost a mere 1 gold because it isn't supposed to be obtainable and thus doesn't have proper price data.
I'm pretty sure Bernie can solo this game so yes, but watching nonetheless.
Fire Emblem Pew Pew
WEAKLING I've Done the same but JUST with Bernadetta and Byleth (hard though)
Cool
Guns are overated, Bows are my weapon
A 3 years challenge? Sign me in
Oh, come on. MALE Byleth? Why? Just why deny the waifu?
Edit: I'm sorry, that was perfect
Male Byleth is simply a better design. Sorry chief.
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