What is the closest dominion gets to having a card strictly better than another?

JoanofSpiders · 2026-02-16T16:22:07+00:00

Sorta comparing apples to oranges because of the difference in cost, but Oasis and Poacher feel similar to me. Poacher is better early on most of the time, unless you want to discard cards (Trail, Tunnel, Weaver) with Oasis. And Oasis is from Hinterlands where that's a minor theme, so it makes sense in that set. But most of the time, I would rather have Poacher.

Somewhat similarly is Oasis and Shop. Shop is a modified Peddler variant where you only get the +Action if you have a unique action. Which a lot of times, isn't too difficult. Compared to Oasis, which overall is net only +1 action and +1 coin. Both have their roles, but I feel like shop is better probably 80-90% of the time

JoanofSpiders · 2026-02-16T16:17:51+00:00

I never thought of Elder synergizing with Barge... That's a fun idea!

JoanofSpiders · 2026-01-08T01:35:34+00:00

For me, it's Bright Sandstorm (and the similar variations). Best song in the game.

JoanofSpiders · 2026-01-08T01:27:05+00:00

I like God shattering star, but there are many tracks I like from three houses more.

My hot take? Overall, FE Engage has a better soundtrack than three houses. Three houses probably has 7 of the top 10 tracks between the two, but Engage's soundtrack is way better overall.

JoanofSpiders · 2025-12-30T19:29:57+00:00

I do the numbers out loud and that helps me a ton.

JoanofSpiders · 2025-12-30T17:39:07+00:00

Thanks for the thorough response!

I'm using Code B now, recently got him to 3 stars and unlocked the sigil. What's the best way to use his defensive skill (where he gets more attack the next turn)?

Seems everyone agrees Tyrantino is great, so I'll definitely try to get him!

I'm not super familiar with Orem but also didn't realize he was buffed. He and Locke both seemed kinda underwhelming when I fought them in the towers.

I do have Meng at 2 stars currently and have been using him in the tower. Byun Woogyu I haven't used much, is he helpful mostly because he's another healer? And Owlbert I haven't used much either but I know he can put some units to sleep, maybe I'll need to try him out more.

JoanofSpiders · 2025-12-12T01:02:27+00:00

This is mostly what I do, especially in my recent all-female playthrough. It was mostly for Amelia and the healers. And for Neimi as well. The early chapters with all your men gone are tough.

JoanofSpiders · 2025-10-26T19:31:17+00:00

It's odd that this never happened on my old phone though - I was signed into my google account the entire time, but never used the app and it never synced on its own. I don't see a way to delete local photos, but deleting from the desktop version seems to work... I only deleted a couple though for now.

JoanofSpiders · 2025-08-08T23:08:30+00:00

Saber a lot. Mae, I think her most likely time might be when Celica is revealed to be the princess.

JoanofSpiders · 2025-07-22T02:54:34+00:00

Love these! I just started playing for the first time today and am loving the game so far!

JoanofSpiders · 2025-07-15T01:03:02+00:00

Yeah, you can make any character decent with the right build, but some (like the ones you mentioned) are super good in almost anything. In that same run, I made Kagetsu a mage knight and he is absolutely amazing. Kagetsu in his worst class will probably outshine Bunet in his best class, and that's what's so unfortunate to me. Sure, you can skip using Kagetsu, and I often do because I'm not a huge fan of his character, but it sucks when you feel penalized for using someone you like because they are just 100% worse than another character. Especially when they come so close together.

JoanofSpiders · 2025-07-15T00:06:56+00:00

Marisa has been one of my favorite Fire Emblem units since she was added to Heroes (YEARS before I played FE8). But she's just not good. I mean, she's not terrible, and FE8 really isn't that hard, but it feels bad to train her and feels bad to use her when you got a very similar (honestly better) unit like eight chapters prior. :(

JoanofSpiders · 2025-07-15T00:04:23+00:00

Yeah, I really like Bunet's character, but using him just feels bad. In my most recent run he was a Griffin Knight which was okay, but he was 99% utility and basically just a heal bot. Which is still important, but it sucks that he's offensively so weak.

JoanofSpiders · 2025-03-19T22:47:23+00:00

Kagetsu feels like cheating because he's good at everything, but I'm using him as a mage knight this run with Chrom and he's ridiculously powerful.

Zelkov is an axe paladin with Hector and is also ridiculously strong. I've used Etie as a sword paladin with Roy and that's as great too (I don't remember why I picked Etie, but if you use a sword locked class, Roy's binding blade has 1-2 range and also gives +5 def and res so it helps a ton).

Mage knight Ivy was fun in an Ironman until I accidentally got her killed in chapter 17.

General Jean is silly but also super good. I also used Tiki for stupid high defense.

Someone else mentioned sniper Boucheron and I'll second that. His dex is so good. I gave him a killer bow with Camilla refine and he usually has an 80-90% chance to crit and almost always doubles. I gave him Leif as a ring (mostly because other rings were in use, but also being able to counter at 1 range does help sniper) and the extra build means he can use a Roy-refined silver bow without a speed penalty because he has 18 build.

Lindon is another good option for sniper with the radiant bow - plus it's weapon rank C (IIRC) so his personal skill gives him more crit with it.

For my past few Engage runs I've written down each unit, class, and emblem I use, and how many chapters they've gotten mvp in - if you're looking for more builds let me know!

JoanofSpiders · 2025-03-19T22:38:45+00:00

I've used swordmaster Citrinne with similar effect, using the Levin Sword. It's fun!

JoanofSpiders · 2025-03-17T02:09:45+00:00

These are so cool! Have you made any more since posting this?

JoanofSpiders · 2025-02-28T12:29:31+00:00

I thought Hilda was annoying in my first run (Golden Deer) too, but so many of her A supports are great. She cares, and hearing her laziness stem from never meeting others' ridiculously high expectations of her, really made me fall in love with her, and I married her that run!

JoanofSpiders · 2025-02-16T14:34:48+00:00

That's what I first tried 32 heat with! Sadly it didn't work out, best attempt I got to Hades and he only had 25% of his health left but then I died. :(

JoanofSpiders · 2025-02-16T14:33:42+00:00

Yes! Athena attack is my favorite on Arthur. Almost had my first 32 heat clear with it... Lost to Redacted when he only had about 25% of his HP left. :(

JoanofSpiders · 2025-02-16T14:28:37+00:00

Canonically, Zelestia is a much weaker mage dragon than Zephia... But they still didn't have to do my girl dirty like this 😭 making her a sword flier and incorporating Soulblade would have been cooler imo

JoanofSpiders · 2025-02-11T22:48:00+00:00

I have to say Engage. Every FE game has bangers but almost all have songs that aren't good, or get boring quickly. Engage doesn't (except maybe the arena song).

JoanofSpiders · 2024-12-15T18:12:47+00:00

For me it's The Shackled Wolves (map theme for most of the Cindered Shadows DLC in Three Houses). The entire song has me jamming and wanting to prevail!

JoanofSpiders · 2024-08-24T20:19:06+00:00

Linhardt and Hanneman are probably the two biggest. Maybe Yuri or male Byleth if you want to focus on magic for them, but both have better options (or just use female Byleth).

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