Actually, I've been lurking in the Fire Emblem LP's as well. I've only played the GBA Fire Emblems, so seeing the other entries in the series is very interesting.
God Marty shows just how insane scroll abuse is: Cake Attack managed to get a character with 0 starting speed and a 15% growth to CAP(!) speed. A +6 promotion and 20 cap help, but still, Marty capping speed
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