Fire emblem help

i just picked up fire emblem again and now i love it. im on chapter 9. i lost dorcas, kent, serra, and uhh the pegasus night. could someone help me with it? any tips? i lost the people when i was doing well in a level and i didnt have time to re-start it. please help me...i like the general guy u get in that chapter.

Uh oh....If you've lost that many people, then you might be in trouble...Oh well, so anyways what kinda advice do you want?

i know i lost a ton of people. i think ill start another file so that i dont lose anyone. the kinda help i want is like strategys for levels or just regular tips. anything wouldbe apreciated.

NOOOO! DO NOT RESTART!!! Don't worry for now, the whole game is made of three parts, the first is just an introduction....You should get everyone back in the second part if I'm correct, but if you loose anyone in the next two parts, then they're gone forever.

EDIT: Oh yeah, the advice
Generally some weapons are stronger than others. Here's the order: Sword>Axe>Lance>Sword again
It's basically a circle and you should use the right weapon against enemies to gain the advantage.

For magic it is: Anima (Fire, Erk uses Anima magic)>Light>Dark>Anima again. Use magic like you would weapons to get the best advantage.

Bows don't fit in anywhere, but are very useful, level up archers a lot to deal lots of damage from a distance.

Everyone can only level up 20 levels. Then you can upgrade them with their corresponding item (Wallace uses Knight Crest, but it's different for each class). ALWAYS level up to 20 BEFORE upgrading to get the most stats...(Exception to already upgraded units). You can only upgrade once...

Always equally train your people, they'll come in handy in the the future. It is easy to beat the first 20 chapters with about five people but as you go along you'll need all the people... especially to recruit the new ones.

when do u get the people back? i would like to no. and when i said i would start a new one, i meant not over that one. just in another one of the 3 slots. thanks for the help, everybody.

NOOOO! DO NOT RESTART!!! Don't worry for now, the whole game is made of three parts, the first is just an introduction....You should get everyone back in the second part if I'm correct, but if you loose anyone in the next two parts, then they're gone forever.

Yes. You should definitely restart. EVen if you get them back later, you'll miss out on valuuable experience because of the tutorial levels they missed. And really, if you don't have time to restart levels, then you shouldn't be playing Fire Emblem... unless you're good enoguh to not lose people in the first place, which you clearly aren't.

Always equally train your people, they'll come in handy in the the future. It is easy to beat the first 20 chapters with about five people but as you go along you'll need all the people... especially to recruit the new ones.

No... there's a limit to the people you can have on the field at a time, so why waste experience on people who you'r enot going to use? It's best to only level up those you plan on using through the entire game, and ignore everyone else.


And I can't really give advice without specific circumstances that you're having trouble in. General advice isn't my specialty.

i just got to chapter 11, dorcas comes back. you play with eliwood and some other people. im going to start a second file, not restart. the second one is going to ge perfect, and im not going to lose. this file i am currently using is just to get through the story. and with the second file, it is going to be perfect. And please dont tell me if Lyn comes back but i think she does. Don't ruin anything for me. its happened to much.....

A good strategy to use on levels with a lot of hard enemys, is to keep your fighters together. It's an especially good idea to make your formation so that it uses each of you character's powers to the optimum efficiency. You should keep your archers behind your warriors, keep your mounted characters or foot soldiers to the front depending on the weapons your enemy is using.

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You get most of them back at Chapter 15. Then I sometimes feel like there are too many to handle and which ones to send out but I live with it. After that you get bombarded wth new characters. You get Lucius back in chapter 16 and I think thats all the old ones... No wait Wallce comes back later in the game, and so does Nils. You also get to use Ninian later.

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lord-of-shadow EDIT: He said nto to spoil anything for him. I've put the spoiler tag in, but next time I won't be so lenient.