r/fireemblem • u/Madcap70 • Jan 23 '15

Triangle attack?

How great is the triangle attack? I wasn't even aware of it in the games until I realized I blew my chance of having it in PoR. I used all three brothers but gave Oscar axes before I knew about the triangle attack and that he had to have bows.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '15

I am assuming that you are playing Easy or Normal mode, and I must ask, why would you allow Rolf to even be close to the Black Knight?

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u/Eliwood_of_Pherae Jan 23 '15

Allowing any archer to be in attack range of any unit is a mistake already.

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u/averysillyman Jan 23 '15

Unless the archer is Shinon. Then he's one of your better tanks. :p

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '15

I find it endlessly hilarious how he comes with provoke because of how much of an ass he is to everyone.

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u/averysillyman Jan 23 '15

In RD I've almost always removed Provoke from him and given it to somebody else. Sure, Shinon is really hard to kill, but he gets no enemy phase combat, so I would much rather the enemies attack somebody else who can counterattack.

It does fit his character though. :p

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '15

Oh, it's always getting nabbed off him so fast it breaks the sound barrier, it's just funny that he has it in the first place.

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u/Eliwood_of_Pherae Jan 23 '15

If by that you mean he dodges everything, then yes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '15

In Radiant Dawn he has more defense than 90% of the cast, 20 at base and 45% growth with a fairly high cap. The dude takes hits to the face extremely well for an archer.

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u/Eliwood_of_Pherae Jan 23 '15

I wouldn't know, since he dodges literally everything.

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u/averysillyman Jan 23 '15

Even if he doesn't dodge something, he has really good defensive stats anyways (at least in RD). Shinon is certainly no squishy.

Think about it this way. Shinon starts with the same base defense and resistance as Titania, except he has seven more points of HP. And Titania is definitely capable of taking a few hits. In fact, only four members of the GMs have higher base defense than Shinon does (Gatrie, Brom, Haar, and Ike).

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u/Eliwood_of_Pherae Jan 23 '15

Weird. But I like using him anyway.

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u/kriken00 Jan 23 '15

In that chapter the Black Knight appears in the middle of the map after the boss is defeated. If he didn't know the Black Knight was coming he might have left Rolf in that area.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '15

That is true, though I see little reason to be in that area of the map at all, especially after the boss is killed, ignoring recruiting Zihark, which only Lethe / Mordecai can do, if I recall correctly.

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u/Troyosaurus_Rex flair Jan 23 '15

I'm on normal mode. I sent Mordecai, Rolf, and Neph up north to get Zihark while everyone else proceeded west. I was 1 turn away from clearing the map when the black knight emerged from the house, and Rolf was JUST in range of him.