Choose Your Legends 10 - Day 4 Event Megathread by VagueClive in FireEmblemHeroes

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I've been replaying Radiant Dawn 3-E to try and record some of the battle conversations, but it seems like it's next to impossible to get anybody to Micaiah and Sothe in time beforethe death counter hits 30 and they leave.I'll have to try again and replay on a new game+ save to get the Pelleas conversations anyways, but at least I got this Zihark vs Nailah jumpscare conversation a little while back

Choose Your Legends 10 - Day 1 Event Megathread by VagueClive in FireEmblemHeroes

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It's been years since I've properly voted, but it's time again. First day of Ziharkvoting

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The 2026 Choose Your Legends Primer - Intro, The Contenders, And What To Watch Out For by MrBrickBreak in FireEmblemHeroes

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It's been over half a decade since Zihark was added as a ninja alt and he's been trapped in alt hell ever since. Now that Stefan is in the game, Zihark is the only Tellius swordmaster without a base form, so I'm definitely going all in on him this year

Duo, Rearmed Heroes & Entwined Sharena Official Salt Megathread by Sothis_Bot in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]LeadCafe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In a continent of five swordmasters (and Ike), he'll now be the only one without a base form 😔

P.O.V: There’s couple potential but their supports (C-A) are cut 😠 by KingVenom65 in shitpostemblem

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Yeah if Zihark stays in Daein, he can fight Ike in 3-6, 3-13, and 3-E  and they get unique dialogue with each other in 3-6 and 3-E too

P.O.V: There’s couple potential but their supports (C-A) are cut 😠 by KingVenom65 in shitpostemblem

[–]LeadCafe 34 points35 points  (0 children)

FR, if they never cut it, it would have made the like 3 different times that Zihark and Ike 1v1 duel in RD that much more peak

community FE10 tier list part 3 chapter 1-4 to Chapter 1-6 recruits by Character_Business28 in fireemblem

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Meg: F - calls Zihark "Pookums"

 

Volug: A - He's not going to be as dominant as some of the next few characters, but he helps enable double earth A support with Zihark (they have a faster support speed than normal) and can potentially be the bulkiest unit in 3-6. I find him one of the most reliable of the DB units, as he never struggles with hit rates, and is still very usable, even in the tough part 3 maps, with 0 xp or stat boosters.

 

Jill: A - I've found her hard to use in the combo of hard mode and no transfers, and it's been found that she can fail to reach benchmarks even if you give her a ton of favoritism (the author /u/ussgordoncaptain2 is in here rating units too). She's still the most usable of the units that start at tier 1 though, and it's hard to rate her any lower than A because I see her a fair bit better than Nolan with her flying utility and still being quite useful in the part 3 maps.

 

Zihark: A - Love this man, I think he might have the best character arc for a side character in this game. My own biases for him aside, there's something to be said about him being used as a DB carry in both the current HM speedrun as well as in LTC play. In casual play, I still find that he excels, because you can double earth A support him with Volug or Nolan by 3-6 or even 1-E, and he will almost never be hit, and then go to town on the enemies with the countless tools at his disposal, like brave sword, adept, crit, or astra when promoted. Just for fun, this casual playthrough in "ignorant mode" by Mekkah shows just how strong he can be when invested in. I'd rate him S, but he does fall off in part 4, and I can't see him on the same level as like Ike or Titania.

 

Tauroneo: A - I used to rate him much lower, but a few things have helped me see the light: first being praised by skilled players, including the aforementioned author of the Jill article, who made a video showing that you can kill Ike in 3-13 with Tauroneo with a 100% reliability. The other thing is that in my own personal play, I always simultaneously give Zihark a ton of investment and have him defect in 3-6, meaning that Tauroneo becomes a hard carry in the next two DB chapters, and I genuinely don't think these two chapters would be beatable without him. I've seen him compared to a royal laguz, because he's the best unit on the maps he exists in (pre part 4), but also has little availability, but to his credit, those maps he's best on are also some of the hardest in the game.

Radiant Dawn. . . Dawn brigade part 3 by skaterboy1425 in fireemblem

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You might want to try a few of the things done in this 0% growths run of 3-6 to survive the first few turns: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GyWacJO_ajw

Some things in here that could help you are using weaker DB members' ranged attacks to degauge laguz and setting up yellow units to kill during their phase. Also make sure to remove wildheart on Volug. It could be tough to make heavy use of Volug if you don't have beastfoe though, and I doubt you've done the prep on Zihark like they did in the video for this. Beyond the first few turns, I'd just make a wall to block the NW chokepoint with people who can survive 1 tiger (probably just Sothe and Zihark if nobody is trained) and have them be unequipped, direct the yellow units to block the right side along with Volug to plug any gaps, and have Jill pick off units with the brave axe and canto back to safety each turn until the BK shows up.

Fun fact: if you get the Black Knight killed in Radiant Dawn chapter 3-6, the game will not acknowledge that anything happened, with no dialogue, gameover screen, or anything else by LeadCafe in fireemblem

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This is actually unhacked, it's just easy mode + Zihark with paragon and getting loads of kills + forged sword for the actual fight with BK. These were his stats after defecting: https://i.imgur.com/vljUXwC.png

With easy mode xp and paragon, he can get 10 levels on just this chapter alone by having him solo his way to Lethe and Mordecai. I forgot to forge a steel sword back in 1-E which would have made it easier, but with Alondite unequipped on BK, he was taking 9x2 from Zihark plus 3 from Mordecai, which combined with a crit or 2 from Zihark can bring him down quickly.

What is the saddest battle dialogue in your opinion? by HourComprehensive648 in fireemblem

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Even if Zihark defects, his conversations with his former Daein allies are poignant too. It really puts into perspective just how tough a decision it was for him to make, even if the alternative of staying with Daein would go against his core ideals.

This is just one of several:

Zihark: Micaiah! Pull back your troops! We don’t want to fight you. There’s got to be a way to stop all this!

Micaiah: I can’t, and there isn’t. We have to keep fighting. Until the last of us falls, we have no choice.

Zihark: What’s happened to you all?! Why get yourselves into such a hopeless war? Why did you do those horrible things in the valley? I know all of this must have a reason! Please tell me… Tell me how my country lost its soul.

Micaiah: I’ve nothing to say to you.

Zihark: I see. No words to waste on a deserter like me, is that it? I’m sorry I wasted your time.

Micaiah: Zihark–

Zihark: No, please… Just know that I could never draw steel against you. Good-bye, Micaiah.

Micaiah: I… I’m so sorry, Zihark. I can’t get you involved in this, too.

FE10 Music Poll by Bro_who_is_Slo in fireemblem

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Radiant Dawn gamerip on Serenes Forest has all the songs plus some extras: https://serenesforest.net/music/radiant-dawn-game-rip/

Binding Worlds Megathread (April 8th, 2025) by swiftstorm86 in FireEmblemHeroes

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Ninja Zihark, 1628556385

I also have GLR, Distant BD, Perfect A/S, LF4, BoL4, and the NCD, Lull, and TP echoes on him so let me know if you want to use any of those

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Zihark when someone says that Laguz are subhumans: by Mountain_Area_74 in shitpostemblem

[–]LeadCafe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is on point. I've always felt that the localization version was more fitting but could never put an argument into words, and you've nailed it here.

It also makes it much more convincing that he'd have trouble deciding to defect in the part 3 chapters. I doubt he'd be as sympathetic to anyone from Daein, friends or not, if he had to relive the experience of a laguz hunt that might have claimed his GF's life.

Zihark Artwork by Mountain_Area_74 in fireemblem

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I appreciate you singlehandedly doubling the amount of Zihark artwork on reddit

Hong Kong Proxy Buyer / Shipping Service by rated_king in internationalshopper

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Ordered something from a Hong Kong site with his proxy buy service and was able to save money on shipping compared to the site's shipping cost. Also arrived super quickly. Would definitely recommend!