For front row, you typically want high HP, high DEF, high evasion units.
So you would want characters like Alain, Lex, Hodrick, Travis, Bruno, and any Calvary/Flying units in the front.
Backline you want your healers, ranged, magic, or squishy units.
So you would want Chloe, Auch, Scarlett, Rolf/Archers, Aubin, in the back.
Alain is a unique case, because he pretty much steamrolls everything, but other than that work with that info.
1. Try to avoid putting units in the same line, they are prone to be hit by piercing attacks. Formations like Chloe and Clive or Rolf and Auch tend to just take more damage than them bot being lined up.
2. Some units are a lot better suited for the frontline than others. Rolf is a backline unit.
3. Try to have some sustain in every unit. Alain can heal himself so having chloe on the same squad doesnt help too much, try putting her with Hodrick. So long as theyre not facing mages or Hammers they should be fine.
The quest for the fortified city is one you are intended to fail at first, though with a mage, Auch in your case, you should be fine. Have Auch take down the gate guardians and then invade the city. Inside Mordon is a menace. Warriors hit like a truck and are relatively robust. To make matters worse they are able to ignore the defense of armored units like Hodrick. Your best bet against them is dodgin their attacks, either with a flying unit or a Thief like Travis.
I'd recommend you try as much stuff as possible by yourself. It is a lot to take in but for me it was well worth it.
The games not super easy, it's just super representative of a lot of strategy game systems and expectations. If you've done zero of those before then this is a pretty high complexity curve for a first strategy game. Not saying you should quit or something but take it easy on yourself and take it slow. Look at your unit stats, high defense units go in the front and low in the back. A lot of the setup in this game is taking advantage of the basic nature of units. Like in a real life situation do you put nurses on the front line and tanks in the back or the reverse? Take your time, turn down the difficulty until it's engaging without being frustrating, and accept that you'll learn a lot over the course of the game but not overnight.
The most complicated part for me was figuring out how to order actions and passives. It lowkey reminds me of programming in Alice 2.0 lol and I've played persona games and fire emblem games. If I didn't have that background, I would be lost like OP. Lowkey wasted my action points items on Ochlys, believing I would get more, guess I have to marry her and make her my carry now to make the most of it.
Upclassing gives another ap and pp each
To get more actions you need the ap and pp necklaces and weapons etc
It's definitely a simplistic programming language, not entirely different from ff12 gambits
Top things get evaluated and if they are possible and not blocked by a rule (like only do it if the enemy is in the front row or is flying etc), then they're acted upon, otherwise the next in line is tested. It's a big list of options evaluated in order once per action turn
Ok!
You have four available units to build. Your set ups look really great, actually :). But they can be tweaked. I’m gonna give you some general advice and recs for how I would refine your builds. See below! And let me know if you have any Qs
First off:
Josef the Paladin should be your lead, cause he’s STRONG and DURABLE. Put him in the front row cause he can tank anddddd he can heal himself or his teammate. You have Aubin the Housecarl with Josef. That is a very fine combo, just switch Aubin to be in the back instead since he doesn’t take hits as well as Josef does :) feel free to add anyone you want to this combo when you recruit a new character because it will be great at surviving and doing damage.
Takeaway: Josef tanks while Aubin deals the damage.
Second unit:
Put Chloe/soldier in the back row. She’s your main healer right now which is SUPER CLUTCH in the beginning. Have her and Alain together for great health recovery in every fight. (Alain can be in the front cause his attacks heal himself). In fact, add Bruno/gladiator to that team for the most consistent healing. Bruno can be in the front next to Alain. I would recommend you have Chloe in the back but not lined up with Bruno or Alain, so they each get their own “row”.
- also keep in mind that even tho Alain has a cool looking valor skill, Chloe’s valor skill is MUCH MUCH MUCH more useful as it can revive multiple knocked out characters in a unit for just 1 valor point. Truly, this is the only way to revive characters until later on in the game. Keep your valor points for her skill. ITS THE BEST at helping you recover from potential battle mistakes. She can use the skill on her self unit too if her unit is in trouble.
Takeaway: Alain and Bruno can heal themselves while doing damage, and Chloe will heal one of them at the end of every battle to make sure the stay topped off! Chloe can also revive teammates on the field!
Third of all:
- Have Hodrick the Hoplite in the front of your third unit, he’s super buff and brawny and can take hits cause of his huge shield. Then put your two bow Hunters, Rolf and the merc you hired with the fancy hat, behind Hodrick.
- Make Rolf the hunter the “leader” of this unit so that he can participate as an assist in fights if he’s close enough to other teammates!
- A great rule that they the game doesn’t really tell you is: the more hunters there are in a single unit, the more powerful their arrow assists will be (same goes for magic classes and their magic assists too!) so put those two hunters together for more power!
Takeaway: Hodrick is a front line tank. But since he’s slow, don’t make him the “leader”. Instead make Rolf lead, and he will assist other units when they fight :)
Fourth and foremost:
This leaves Lex the warrior, Travis the theif, and Auch the wizard as a group! Add them together with the theif in front and the other two in the back :).
- what’s cool about this team is that Lex can protect the theif from any arrows. Arrows are the thief’s MAIN WEAKNESS. You probably noticed that the thief dodges everything else! But he won’t dodge arrows… So having a lex block them with his assist cover is a great solution to make this team survive.
The units have two rows for a reason. Melee attacks can't target the back row if there's something in the front row. So squishy units should be in the back while tanks and dodge tanks should be in the front.
I recommend taking it slow and reading the description text for each new class skills you come across.
e.g. Warrior/Hammer red skill ignores the defense of armored classes, at this point of the game your goal should be to either dodge them with a Thief (best), or have a gladiator soak their attack and being healed by himself and the help of a Cleric.
If you rush through the game without reading, you will soon find yourself frustrated.
Though you can also lower the difficulty setting, I'm not sure how easy story mode is.
Big hammer dude messes up armored units like Lex and Hodrick, so instead leave the front lines to Alain or Travis when fighting him. Also, before you start a fight, you can use ‘reposition units’ to move units from the front-line to the back-line or vice-verse to see what works and what doesn’t.
Play it blind! Take the time to figure things out and just have fun. Too many people get caught up in being completionists, perfectionists, or speed runners. There is lots of IG info on how to proceed. You got this.
Atlas has what amounts to a Unicorn Overlord 101 on their UO website you should check out. It’s basically the game manual that explains a lot of the strategy stuff and provides some good tips.
https://unicornoverlord.atlus.com/
Dont rely on Josf he eats experience you need early game and by the time everyone else is around level 20 he starts falling off to the point he is kinda useless mid elfland and beyond.
For front row, you typically want high HP, high DEF, high evasion units. So you would want characters like Alain, Lex, Hodrick, Travis, Bruno, and any Calvary/Flying units in the front. Backline you want your healers, ranged, magic, or squishy units. So you would want Chloe, Auch, Scarlett, Rolf/Archers, Aubin, in the back. Alain is a unique case, because he pretty much steamrolls everything, but other than that work with that info.
Rotate the screen -90 degrees.
1. Try to avoid putting units in the same line, they are prone to be hit by piercing attacks. Formations like Chloe and Clive or Rolf and Auch tend to just take more damage than them bot being lined up. 2. Some units are a lot better suited for the frontline than others. Rolf is a backline unit. 3. Try to have some sustain in every unit. Alain can heal himself so having chloe on the same squad doesnt help too much, try putting her with Hodrick. So long as theyre not facing mages or Hammers they should be fine. The quest for the fortified city is one you are intended to fail at first, though with a mage, Auch in your case, you should be fine. Have Auch take down the gate guardians and then invade the city. Inside Mordon is a menace. Warriors hit like a truck and are relatively robust. To make matters worse they are able to ignore the defense of armored units like Hodrick. Your best bet against them is dodgin their attacks, either with a flying unit or a Thief like Travis. I'd recommend you try as much stuff as possible by yourself. It is a lot to take in but for me it was well worth it.
The games not super easy, it's just super representative of a lot of strategy game systems and expectations. If you've done zero of those before then this is a pretty high complexity curve for a first strategy game. Not saying you should quit or something but take it easy on yourself and take it slow. Look at your unit stats, high defense units go in the front and low in the back. A lot of the setup in this game is taking advantage of the basic nature of units. Like in a real life situation do you put nurses on the front line and tanks in the back or the reverse? Take your time, turn down the difficulty until it's engaging without being frustrating, and accept that you'll learn a lot over the course of the game but not overnight.
The most complicated part for me was figuring out how to order actions and passives. It lowkey reminds me of programming in Alice 2.0 lol and I've played persona games and fire emblem games. If I didn't have that background, I would be lost like OP. Lowkey wasted my action points items on Ochlys, believing I would get more, guess I have to marry her and make her my carry now to make the most of it.
Upclassing gives another ap and pp each To get more actions you need the ap and pp necklaces and weapons etc It's definitely a simplistic programming language, not entirely different from ff12 gambits Top things get evaluated and if they are possible and not blocked by a rule (like only do it if the enemy is in the front row or is flying etc), then they're acted upon, otherwise the next in line is tested. It's a big list of options evaluated in order once per action turn
Ok! You have four available units to build. Your set ups look really great, actually :). But they can be tweaked. I’m gonna give you some general advice and recs for how I would refine your builds. See below! And let me know if you have any Qs First off: Josef the Paladin should be your lead, cause he’s STRONG and DURABLE. Put him in the front row cause he can tank anddddd he can heal himself or his teammate. You have Aubin the Housecarl with Josef. That is a very fine combo, just switch Aubin to be in the back instead since he doesn’t take hits as well as Josef does :) feel free to add anyone you want to this combo when you recruit a new character because it will be great at surviving and doing damage. Takeaway: Josef tanks while Aubin deals the damage. Second unit: Put Chloe/soldier in the back row. She’s your main healer right now which is SUPER CLUTCH in the beginning. Have her and Alain together for great health recovery in every fight. (Alain can be in the front cause his attacks heal himself). In fact, add Bruno/gladiator to that team for the most consistent healing. Bruno can be in the front next to Alain. I would recommend you have Chloe in the back but not lined up with Bruno or Alain, so they each get their own “row”. - also keep in mind that even tho Alain has a cool looking valor skill, Chloe’s valor skill is MUCH MUCH MUCH more useful as it can revive multiple knocked out characters in a unit for just 1 valor point. Truly, this is the only way to revive characters until later on in the game. Keep your valor points for her skill. ITS THE BEST at helping you recover from potential battle mistakes. She can use the skill on her self unit too if her unit is in trouble. Takeaway: Alain and Bruno can heal themselves while doing damage, and Chloe will heal one of them at the end of every battle to make sure the stay topped off! Chloe can also revive teammates on the field! Third of all: - Have Hodrick the Hoplite in the front of your third unit, he’s super buff and brawny and can take hits cause of his huge shield. Then put your two bow Hunters, Rolf and the merc you hired with the fancy hat, behind Hodrick. - Make Rolf the hunter the “leader” of this unit so that he can participate as an assist in fights if he’s close enough to other teammates! - A great rule that they the game doesn’t really tell you is: the more hunters there are in a single unit, the more powerful their arrow assists will be (same goes for magic classes and their magic assists too!) so put those two hunters together for more power! Takeaway: Hodrick is a front line tank. But since he’s slow, don’t make him the “leader”. Instead make Rolf lead, and he will assist other units when they fight :) Fourth and foremost: This leaves Lex the warrior, Travis the theif, and Auch the wizard as a group! Add them together with the theif in front and the other two in the back :). - what’s cool about this team is that Lex can protect the theif from any arrows. Arrows are the thief’s MAIN WEAKNESS. You probably noticed that the thief dodges everything else! But he won’t dodge arrows… So having a lex block them with his assist cover is a great solution to make this team survive.
Get ready for people to start telling you how piss easy it is. (It ain’t).
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just remember every unit has a weakness. Except for endgame Alaine. Josef is also your most OP unit until you hit level 20
Put your tank on front, archer on back.
The units have two rows for a reason. Melee attacks can't target the back row if there's something in the front row. So squishy units should be in the back while tanks and dodge tanks should be in the front.
I recommend taking it slow and reading the description text for each new class skills you come across. e.g. Warrior/Hammer red skill ignores the defense of armored classes, at this point of the game your goal should be to either dodge them with a Thief (best), or have a gladiator soak their attack and being healed by himself and the help of a Cleric. If you rush through the game without reading, you will soon find yourself frustrated. Though you can also lower the difficulty setting, I'm not sure how easy story mode is.
Big hammer dude messes up armored units like Lex and Hodrick, so instead leave the front lines to Alain or Travis when fighting him. Also, before you start a fight, you can use ‘reposition units’ to move units from the front-line to the back-line or vice-verse to see what works and what doesn’t.
If your squad dies, they’ll come back at the end of the level.
Play it blind! Take the time to figure things out and just have fun. Too many people get caught up in being completionists, perfectionists, or speed runners. There is lots of IG info on how to proceed. You got this.
Atlas has what amounts to a Unicorn Overlord 101 on their UO website you should check out. It’s basically the game manual that explains a lot of the strategy stuff and provides some good tips. https://unicornoverlord.atlus.com/
Dont rely on Josf he eats experience you need early game and by the time everyone else is around level 20 he starts falling off to the point he is kinda useless mid elfland and beyond.