Fire Emblem Three Houses

Crucial linkage

Neoseeker guide: https://www.neoseeker.com/fire-emblem-three-houses/

FE3H.com (character guide & analysis, etc): https://fe3h.com/

Alphabetical Lost Items List: https://www.rpgsite.net/feature/8781-fire-emblem-three-houses-lost-items-guide-all-lost-property-by-person-and-item

Character pairings: https://fe3h.noobsaigon.com/

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NG+ run, Cathedral, "Tsovayne"

Subtitle: "and the Valkyries"

Squad Goals

• Tsovayne was originally going to be a BK but what if... Holy Knight? For the ultimate lulz.
  • Progression
    • Whatever else, master Brigand for Death Blow. DONE
    • Go through Paladin mastery for Aegis at the very least.
  • Goals
    • Cav requires Lance C and Riding D (we're already D+). Paladin needs B in both.
  • Faculty Training
    • Riding: Hanneman, Jeralt, Jeritza.
    • Faith: Rhea, Manuela (need this for the "hidden talent" unlock, sigh).
• Shamir is wife goals, and this time we're going to try making her a bow-equipped Falcon Knight.
  • Progression
    • Master Brigand for Death Blow. (Give C Axe to unlock the class, or try at lower Axe level and hope RNGesus smiles on her, then use Lance as actual weapon.)
  • Goals
    • Sword to eventually unlock Falcon Knight. Authority on general principle, for now at least.
• Annette with the Bolt Axe+ (forge from Steel Axe, remember this) as a Dark Flier? YES PLZ.
  • Progression
    • Monk (optional Mag +2) -> Mage (mastery for Fiendish Blow) -> Dark Flier.
  • Goals
    • She's got C+ Axe for Lightning Axe, but needs B to wield the Bolt Axe, so keep at it.
• Bernie-Bear is... going to be a mounted lancer, probably just straight-up Pally. Because Vengeance and Pass from the "budding" of Riding, etc, as well as if she is damaged at all she gets +5 ATK. This could be interesting.
  • Progression
    • Master Brigand for Death Blow.
  • Goals
    • Lance and Riding at B gets her Paladin.
• Catherine... could be an Assassin. Let's try for that. It's at least different.
  • Progression
  • Goals
    • Need to see what I can cheese when she's recruited.
• Dorothea as Mortal Savant seems... broken and wrong, so obviously needs trying. She'll also be our Dancer candidate. *shrug*
  • Progression
    • Myrmidon -> Archer (mastery for Hit +20) -> Mage (mastery for Fiendish Blow) -> Assassin -> Mortal Savant
  • Goals
• Flayn is a benchwarmer, that is, adjutant of some flavor. We'll give this thought once we're stuck with her. For now, she's a baby flapflap.
  • Progression
    • N/A
  • Goals
    • N/A
• Hapi will be a DK, by way of Valk.
  • Progression
    • Monk -> Mage -> Cav -> Valk -> DK
  • Goals
    • Lance for DK, Faith to get those spells unlocked (Warp at A).
• Hilda can't be recruited until just before timeskip but we'll do what we can with her nonetheless, and the ideal outcome is War Cleric, provided that isn't genderlocked.
  • Progression
  • Goals
    • Going to need a lot of Brawl and Faith, the latter of which we may have cheesed at the end of the Azure Moon run...?
• Ingrid as Dark Flier? Because we can't have enough of those? And she's... actually a viable mage? Well then. (It's not her strong suit but it's different and that's one of the goals here.)
  • Progression
    • Needs the Mage's Fiendish Blow mastery, among other things.
  • Goals
    • Somehow she needs to get to B+ Reason for DF, on top of the C flying.
• Lysithea has to be a Dark Flier. Vyx has been raving about that combo for days.
  • Progression
    • Mage's Fiendish Blow is definitely a requirement.
  • Goals
    • Authority on general principle, Faith to get at those spells (Warp at effing B, WTF).
• Marianne also probably Dark Flier with her Frozen Lance, after she unlocks Silence and can play as off-healer besides.
  • Progression
    • Mage's Fiendish Blow, same as the rest of the DF brigade.
  • Goals
    • Same as Lysi, gotta grind Flying training, but even more importantly she's never had any Reason, so that's primary goal now.
• Manuela as Trickster (which is a sort of EO-adjacent distaff-Mortal-Sav thing)? Seems doable. She's never going to be important to the team but this gives her something to aim for. I misused her last game, I want to make it up to her.
  • Progression
    • Thief, then Trickster, mostly. Might backfill another class later, but we have nothing to cheese at this point.
  • Goals
    • Sword to B (currently C+) will unlock Trickster. Also, if we can get her (bane) Reason to A she gets... Bolting.
• Mercy is best healer. Let her do what she does best, but this time from horseback as a Valkyrie. A healer (and go-faster battalion user) with Canto? Heck yes.
  • Progression
    • Monk -> Mage (yes get Fiendish Blow) -> Valk (hopefully)
  • Goals
    • Will need to have Riding as a goal a lot because we don't want Cav as an intermediate step at all.
    • Got into Valk, so accumulating some actual Authority for better mercs might not be bad? Hard to say. Might loop back to just super-pushing Faith later.
• Petra is probably going with the Wyvern Lord game plan. Note that SPD is really her best stat, and build accordingly. She... also has a boon in Bows. Which just seems broken honestly. Can she cosplay as Claude?
  • Progression
    • Myrmidon -> Brigand (Death Blow) -> Archer (Hit +20) -> Peg Knight (mastery if possible?) -> Wyvern Rider (mastery if possible?) -> Wyvern Lord
  • Goals

Ignoring E because we're going church not state.

Relationship Goals

• Tsovayne and Shamir
• Annette and Mercy
• Bernie and Ferdie
• Ingrid and Seteth
• Petra and Caspar
• Hapi and Linhardt
• Marianne and Hilda
• Doro and Manuela (again, but otherwise they're both bachelorettes, so...)
• Catherine and Rhea (if it's actually possible)
• Lysithea - bachelorette (because Cyril's her only other option, and no.)
• Flayn - bachelorette

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NG+ run, Blue Lions "Rael"

Squad Goals

• Rael (M!Byleth) - I'll have fliers (Hilda, Annette, Cathi, Seteth) galore, maybe dual up on Assassin & the native Enlightened One. DONE
  • Classes: Myrmidon (mastery for Swap) -> Thief (no mastery) -> Assassin (mastery for Lethality)
  • Goals: TODO - See what we need to do "faculty" training toward, maybe with an eye toward next game cheesing. (Riding?)
• Dimitri - As the head-of-house, he's got his inherent special, but he's the god of lances so probably something mounted for mobility wouldn't hurt.
  • Classes: Soldier (mastery for Def +2) -> Mercenary (mastery for Vantage optional) -> Cavalier (no mastery) -> Paladin (mastery for Aegis) -> inherent High/Great Lord
  • Goals: TODO - He's in Great Lord mode, check on if just going for S+ on Lance is the best plan, once we can actually do goals-related things, ugh.
• Anna - Can't be a Dancer, so... benched for now really.
• Annette - One of our mages, she's no Lysi or Doro and might in fact (given her axe buffs... Lightning Axe at rank C Axe training??) make a good axe-wielding Wyvern Lord using Bolt Axe+ to go ham on folks.
  • Classes: Monk (mastery for Mag +2) -> Mage (mastery for Fiendish Blow) -> Armored Knight (just unlock and change into once for the stat buffs) -> Pegasus Knight (mastery for Darting Blow) -> Wyvern Rider (mastery for Seal Defense) -> Wyvern Lord
  • Goals: Axe and Flying for Wyvern stuff once she masters Peg Knight
• Ashe - Bow Knight as he's our resident Bernadette-type. Easy call.
  • Classes: Fighter (mastery for Str +2) -> Archer (mastery for Hit +20 hell yes) -> Cavalier (no mastery) -> Bow Knight.
  • Goals: Riding to A+ for movement +1
• Catherine - Falcon Knight FTW
  • Classes: Follow Ingrid's route, basically.
  • Goals: Lance and Flying to get to Falcon Knight
• Dedue - Tanky ground-pounder, almost certainly FortKnight. Of course we lose him for several months (or permanently) so... meh?
  • Classes: Don't care. Work toward FortKnight however, not wasting planning time or effort on this.
• Dorothea - Magic nuke, was thinking Lysithea but without Lorenz (for reasons) to get the Thrysus from his paralogue, there's no point.
  • Classes: Follow Mercy's route. She's already in Monk, excellent.
  • Goals: Reason to get range +1 at S rank.
• Felix - The Internet says Bow Knight or War Master, but he's primed by the devs to be a Mortal Savant, which The Internet says sucks. It might, but I don't like Felix so screw it, Mortal Savant he gets to be. DONE
  • Classes: Myrmidon (mastery for Spd +2) -> Mercenary (mastery for Vantage optional) -> Mage (mastery for Fiendish Blow) -> Assassin (mastery) -> Mortal Savant
  • Goals: Sword for the A+ and S rank benefits.
• Flayn - Dancer, her goals and build are irrelevant.
• Hilda - We will have two other flying axemurderesses. What about a Great Knight?
  • Classes: Fighter (for the mastery) and/or Brigand (for the mastery) -> Armored Knight (Armored Blow mastery) -> Fortress Knight (Pavise mastery) -> Great Knight
    • Main problem might be getting enough Riding up, but fixing that without wasting time in a Lance-using class is tricky. Cavalier at least lets you use an axe, and we don't care about its mastery (Desperation, lawl), so maybe put that into the mix.
  • Goals: Brawl and/or Faith to build toward next run.
• Ignatz - Bow Knight par excellence
  • Classes: Follow Ashe's route. He came already in the Fighter class, which helps.
  • Goals: Riding to A+ for movement +1
• Ingrid - Falcon Knight and that's DONE.
  • Classes: Fighter (mastery for Str +2) -> Brigand (mastery for Death Blow) -> Armored Knight (just unlock and change into once for the stat buffs) -> Pegasus Knight (mastery for Darting Blow) -> Wyvern Rider (mastery for Seal Defense) -> Falcon Knight
  • Goals: Lance for the S rank benefits if possible.
• Mercedes - Gremory, she's the healbot of healbots.
  • Classes: Monk (mastery for Mag +2) -> Mage (mastery for Fiendish Blow) -> Bishop (mastery for Renewal? optional) -> Gremory
    • Note the lack of Priest, which has the terrible mastery among other things. Meh.
  • Goal: Faith for the S rank range buff.
• Petra - Marriage material, going to go Wyvern Lord this time because she's strong in Axe and Flying (?!?!) training as it is. Dang.
  • Classes: Arrived as Myrmidon. Need: Brigand -> Peg Knight -> Wyvern Rider -> Wyvern Lord
  • Goals: Axe for the A+ and S rank benefits.
• Seteth - Another Wyvern Lord, eventually.
  • Goals: Axe and Flying to get to Wyvern Lord from Wyvern Rider some day.
• Shamir - Bow Knight rox
  • Classes: She'll start as a Sniper so will probably need time as a Cav somehow.
  • Goals: Riding for Bow Knight (needs A) (hey let's go for A+ to get the Movement)
• Sylvain - Dark Knight, but this time make sure to master Mage along the way for Fiendish Blow (plus maybe some Mag growth along the way).
  • Classes: Soldier (mastery for Def +2) -> Brigand (mastery for Death Blow optional) -> Mage (mastery for Fiendish Blow) -> Paladin (mastery for Aegis) -> Dark Knight
  • Goals: Reason and Faith to boost spell access and maybe get Reason A+ benefits.

Support Rank Goals

• Rael (M!Byleth) and Petra
• Dimitri and Mercedes
• Annette and Ashe
• Ingrid and Ignatz
• Felix and Sylvain
• Hilda and Seteth
• Dedue and Shamir

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NG+ run, Golden Deer "Ellie"

Squad Goals

• Ellie (Byleth) - Falcon Knight. And maybe or maybe not bother with unlocking the Talent.
  • Requirements - Pegasus Knight: Lance at C, Flying at D. Falcon Knight: Sword at C, Lance at A, Flying at B+.
  • Faculty Training in Lance comes from Jeralt, Gilbert, Seteth, and Shamir.
• Catherine - Our only other sword-user at the moment, and she comes with her own Relic weapon. Future plans...?
  • Possibly Falcon Knight like Ellie. Lance C and Flying D to get her airborne to start.
• Claude - Wyvern Lord-or-whatever. Will need to make sure Authority stays up. Don't aim for horses, aim for Wyverns.
  • Requirements - Wyvern Rider: Axe at B, Flying at C. Wyvern Lord: Lance at C, Axe at A, Flying at A.
  • He eventually ends up Wyvern Master -> Barbarossa, which is a flying sniper-from-hell anyway. DANG.
  • Talent is in Axe, which we'll need for the Wyvern stuff anyway.
• Dorothea - Another Gremory, I guess? We got her, after all.
• Flayn - She's the easiest pick for Dancer but also the skeeviest so... meh.
  • We got Mercedes so Flayn can just be a PegKnight, baby Hilda as it were.
• Hilda - Wyvern Lord.
  • Requirements - Wyvern stuff, see Claude.
• Ignatz - Bow Knight by way of Sniper. There's no other choice.
  • Maybe unlock his Reason hidden Talent, maybe.
  • Requirements - Bow Knight: Lance at C, Bow and Riding at A.
• Leonie - Bow Knight. See above req's.
• Lorenz - Dark Mage, then eventually Dark Knight.
  • Requirements - Dark Knight: Lance at C, Reason at B+, Riding at A.
  • Make sure we get enough Lance (C+) to unlock Frozen Lance (Combat Art).
• Lysithea - Gremory. Totally.
  • Requirements - Gremory: Reason and Faith at A.
  • Lorenz's Paralogue mission might get us Thyrsus, a range-buffing item for Lysithea? Guess we're doing that, yeah, holycrap.
    • Magic range +2, and "chance" to halve incoming damage. WELL THEN.
• Marianne - Holy Knight.
  • There's no such thing as a flying mage w/o the DLC, so she stays grounded. Guess she's becoming this run's Ferdie.
    • Especially since her Hidden Talent in Lance unlocks Frozen Lance so yeah, I think we have a winner.
  • Requirements - Holy Knight: Lance at B, Faith at B+, Riding at A.
• Mercedes - Dancer is the goal, need to make sure CHA is up enough. In the meantime, Gremory is the side-goal.
  • Also S level support, obvs.
• Raphael - Grappler then War Master, almost assuredly.
  • If Grappler then War Master, with Authority at B, give him the Leicester Mercs.
  • Requirements - Brawler: Unarmed at C rank. Grappler: Unarmed at A rank. War Master: Axe and Unarmed both at A rank.
• Shamir - Starts as a Sniper, not sure what to do with her just yet. Bow Knight, probably. She just needs Riding at A, she already has the other two req's.
  • Or Falcon Knight w/ a bow, which is a thing you can do, well then.
• Sylvain - Our other Dark Knight (see Lorenz).

Recruiting

• Manuela - Chapter 8 or later, Ellie needs to be lvl 15+. Still want her for Warp and Levin Sword and such, off-healer while Mercedes dances around?