Fire Emblem is a difficult series, I don't know if you guys have heard

[largedarryl]

Pinab said:

largedarryl said:

Khuutra said:
Stats don't mean a ton for Herons, as they should never be attacked.

Anyway, should I give Nephenee Imbue so she can solo this level, or Paragon so she'll probably top out?

If you have this attidute when you enter the final chapters, you'll wish your Heron had a little higher stats no matter where they are placed.

 

I attempted a playthrough on part 3-7 and realised how difficult it is to attack the black knight with Ike.  I didn't really do a lot of thought with passing over items with Ilyana, but without a speedwing it is almost impossible to attack the black knight in that level (getting to him is easy, hell I could practically steam roll the entire level with 4 characters)

 

It's piece of cake. All you need 27 speed on Ike, or you can't do it. Just let the Black Knight attack Ike indirectly (or directly if you have Nihil on Ike). If you don't have 27 speed on Ike, and no speedwings, simply use BXP on Ike, and reset if he doesn't speed up. I know that's dull, but it's better than to not get to talk to the BK.

I played it on hard just a few weeks ago, and thought that 3-7 would be impossible (had never tried talking to the Black Knight before), but surprisingly - it was piece of cake. The main problem (for me) was the Daein army, as my Jill had the most exp, and I had "stolen" her with Haar.

 

I made the mistake of not paying attention to his speed (and I had no speedwing).  So I only had a speed of 25 after using BXP and nearly soloing the level with Ike.  Taking a look at Serenesforest it looks like Ike without any speedwings will almost never reach the 27 speed prior to promotion.

On this playthrough, I have now given up on trying to attack the black knight, unless I get I can manage to get that 27 speed on the next attempt (very unlikely as I'm 2 short and chances of BXP and level up giving me speed is unlikely)