Water Dragon and the Stone of Might

It has 25 might. Twenty. Five. Might. Twenty-five!

0:00 - Preparations
4:51 - Battle

The AI quirk I discuss in this video—where the enemies won't ever move until you open the doors to their rooms—actually gives rise to an exploit. A couple of months ago on the subreddit's Discord, I was talking to the user Squidward about interesting things you can do with Ophelia, and I proposed that she might be able to cut the corner on this map. Whereas all the other enemies activate when doors are opened, Hans and the two generals next to him are linked to each other. If you Entrap one of them, the other two will start moving, along with four more enemies who spawn at the southern stairway.

Since the generals have Spears, it's possible to bait them with a unit standing in the hallway. After that, you can Lunge them to get inside the room. My suggestion was that Ophelia could do that and then sweep everything with Vantage. I had actually done that before, but when I had done it, I had also gone through the Sorcerer room and had opened the eastern doorway at the same time. When I tested the maneuver by itself, I discovered that if you get inside without ever opening the doors, Hans's squad and the reinforcements will attack you, but the other enemies still won't move: they'll just stand there and watch.

Therefore, if you have a couple of units with Lunge who also have enough bulk to battle a handful of Berserkers and Generals under threat of Enfeeble and Hex, then you can make your way through to Iago while ignoring most of the enemies. You might get frozen over and over, but you can inch along by separating and then pairing up again.

This means you can skip not only most of Hans's room but also both of the side rooms. And the maid in the eastern hallway can Entrap people from the starting area, so in principle, you can skip the Hero room as well. You only have to fight ten enemies: the two sorcerers in the hall, Hans, Hans's two lieutenants, the two generals and two berserkers who spawn in, and Iago.

That said, do yourself a favor: don't do the full four-room skip. It's a terrible slog. More straightforward strategies are both easier and more fun.

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ROSTER BREAKDOWN:

The entire team has a +2 Mag/Spd/Def meal cooked by Jakob. In total, I used 17 tonics.

CORRIN (male, +Mag/-Def, Mage talent)
Nohr Prince 20 → Nohr Noble 5 → Malig Knight 16 (via A Percy) → Dark Knight
Tonics: Str.

AZURA
Songstress.

BERUKA
Wyvern Rider 17 → Wyvern Lord 9 → Hero.

CAMILLA
Malig Knight 15 → Wyvern Lord.

ELISE
Troubadour 5 → Wyvern Rider 20 → Malig Knight 6 → Dark Knight 8 → Malig Knight.
Received Seraph Robe, Secret Book, and Dracoshield.
Tonics: Mag

LASLOW
Mercenary 17 → Bow Knight 5 → Berserker 10 (via A+ Keaton) → Falcon Knight (via S Selena)

RINTARO
Rallyman. Captured in chapter 23.
Master of Arms.

SILAS
Cavalier 20 → Paladin 2 → Hero 5 → Master Ninja 13 → Bow Knight 15 → Master Ninja.
Tonics: HP, Skl, Lck, Res

XANDER
Paladin 5 → Wyvern Lord 8 → Hero 15 (via A+ Laslow and S Charlotte) → Paladin.
Received Speedwing x2 and Talisman x3.
Tonics: HP, Str, Skl, Spd, Lck, Res

Camilla!SOPHIE
Recruited after chapter 20. Inherited Sol from Silas and Trample from Camilla.
Received Str +2, Mag +1, Spd +1, Def +2, Res +1 as stat inheritance.
Great Knight 9 → Wyvern Lord 15 → Paladin.
Tonics: Str, Def

Charlotte!SIEGBERT
Recruited after chapter 20. Inherited Sol from Xander and Axefaire from Charlotte.
Received HP +3, Str +2, Lck +1, Def +2, Res +1 as stat inheritance.
Great Knight 6 → Malig Knight.

Effie!PERCY
Recruited after chapter 13. Inherited Movement +1 from Arthur and Quick Draw from Effie. Received HP +1, Str +2 from parents as stat inheritance.
Wyvern Rider 20 → Wyvern Lord 8 → Hero 13 → Malig Knight 15 → Berserker.
Received Energy Drop x2.
Tonics: Str.

Elise!OPHELIA
Recruited after chapter 18. Inherited Vantage from Odin and Lunge from Elise. Received HP +3, Str +2, Mag +2, Skl +2, Spd +1, Def +2, Res +1 from parents as stat inheritance.
Sorcerer 9 → Master of Arms 11 → Onmyoji 15 → Master of Arms 16 → Sorcerer
Received Spirit Dust.
Tonics: Mag

Elise!Ophelia!KANA
Recruited after chapter 21. Inherited Trample from Corrin and Tomefaire from Ophelia.
Nohr Noble 8 → Sorcerer 12 → Master of Arms 15 → Nohr Noble.
Received Spirit Dust x3, Dracoshield x2, and Dragon Herbs.
Tonics: Mag

Felicia!FORREST
Recruited after chapter 20. Inherited Malefic Aura from Leo and Demoiselle from Felicia.
Strategist.

Peri!IGNATIUS
Recruited after chapter 20. Inherited Wary Fighter from Benny and Defender from Peri.
Great Knight.

Nyx!NINA
Recruited after chapter 20. Inherited Rally Skill from Niles and Malefic Aura from Nyx.
Adventurer 6 → Onmyoji 9 → Adventurer.
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I've installed several cosmetic mods, but I don't have room here to list them. Check my other demo videos for links.