FE11 Random Reclass Run - Chapter 6x: In War's Grip

Challenge playlist:    • FE11 (Shadow Dragon) Random Reclass Run   Random Reclasses for Chapter 6x: Shiida - Pegasus Knight Cain - Myrmidon Abel - Mage Jagen - Sniper Ogma - Pirate Barst - Dark Mage Bord - Hunter Lena - Mage Merric - Archer Wolf - Warrior Hardin - Myrmidon Wendell - Sage Cord - Mercenary BENCH: Abel, Wolf Shiida, Merric and Wendell retain their classes from the past map, Wendell never having reclassed into anything besides Sage yet (obviously since this is only chapter 6x, but stating it still). Two characters end up benched, possibly owing to the fact that the map is relatively small. As a result, Wolf doesn't get to enjoy the Warrior job the RNG handed to him, and Abel is benched, too. Our first gaiden chapter, featuring the optional recruitment of Athena, who has the highest current absolute base strength stat of anyone in the game but very middling speed for a Myrmidon ready for promotion. Seeing how Athena's recruitment brings the army to 15 units, this is ample time to get somebody new killed off. Harboring some plans of using certain growth units, including elaborate support groups like those of Barst and Co, I pick Jagen as my next victim. As useful as being a promoted male unit may be, we will have other units there soon, and this is a difficulty that's more forgiving for people with underwhelming stats and weapon ranks than H5 would be. Wendell is the only unit capable of healing here, making him very useful indeed. Pity about that empty level-up, though. On the other hand, the abundance of swordlocked units is rather excessive, but that's what happens when the RNG decides your reclasses on each subsequent map. Barst is a more interesting unit than usual in this map, being a bulky Dark Mage who can afford to get doubled by enemy mercs - repeatedly - and continue contributing to the party. It will be curious to see if the future maps will enable more of such strategies. A little sad to see Jagen go, but the game hasn't been sufficiently hard to say he got to contribute a lot in those early maps; in moments of relative need, somebody like Barst was relied upon to a greater extent.