No House Stands Equal - 3H's Difficulty from a Design Perspective (V2.3).xlsx

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1	V2.4: Removed some factors which were deemed to not truly impact difficulty after some feedback about it.																		Byleth
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6																				Byleth
7																	•	Same character, but genderlocked classes change.
8															•	Only Female Byleth can automatically recruit Sylvain with no requirements whatsoever.
9																•	This means Female Byleth can also give both BE and GD one free Hero Relic.
10																	•	Speaking of which, Byleth always gets at the end of Ch. 4...
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14																	•	Which gets upgraded midway through Ch.10's story mission
15														•	But back to the main topic; at the start of the game, you must pick one of these 3 starting roster of characters.
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19								Black Eagles											Blue Lions											Golden Deer
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21						Starting Roster in Ch. 1											Starting Roster in Ch. 1											Starting Roster in Ch. 1
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25						Edelgard	Hubert	Ferdinand	Linhardt	Caspar	Bernadetta	Dorothea	Petra				Dimitri	Dedue	Felix	Ingrid	Sylvain	Ashe	Annette	Mercedes				Claude	Hilda	Lorenz	Raphael	Ignatz	Lysithea	Marianne	Leonie
26						Black Eagles Exclusive		Can be recruited in BL and GD from Ch. 2 onwards.									Blue Lions Exclusive		Can be recruited in BE and GD from Ch. 2 onwards.									Golden Deer	SS/BL/GD	Can be recruited in BE and BL from Ch. 2 onwards.
27																												Exclusive	Exclusive
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29		Church faculty that can always join																									Church faculty that can conditionally join
30		•	Unlike students from other houses, these characters either join automatically, or only require Byleth to be at a certain level to join when talked to																								•	These characters require Byleth to be at a certain level to join when talked to, but won't always join around the same time, nor at all
31							•	The level thereshold can belowered the more supports you get with them																						•	The level thereshold can belowered the more supports you get with them
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36				Flayn					Shamir					Hanneman	Manuela					Alois												Catherine				Cyril
37		•	Automatically joins after beating				•	Ch. 6 onwards				•	Ch. 8 onwards					•	Ch. 11 onwards													Blue Lions and Golden Deer only
38			Chapter 6				•	Requires Lv. 15 Byleth				•	Requires Lv. 15 Byleth					•	Requires Lv. 15 Byleth												•	Ch. 4 onwards			•	Ch. 5 onwards
39																															•	Requires Lv. 15 Byleth			•	Requires Lv. 10 Byleth
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42					Crimson Flower										Silver Snow											Azure Moon											Verdant Wind
43			•	Base class: Black Eagles										•	Base class: Black Eagles										•	Base class: Blue Lions										•	Base class: Golden Deer
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45	Do they acquire a Hero Relic, Sacred and/or Rare Weapon by default?											Do they acquire a Hero Relic, Sacred and/or Rare Weapon by default?											Do they acquire a Hero Relic, Sacred and/or Rare Weapon by default?											Do they acquire a Hero Relic, Sacred and/or Rare Weapon by default?
46	Note: Offensive Hero Relics give units with matching Crests unique Combat Arts.											Note: Offensive Hero Relics give units with matching Crests unique Combat Arts.											Note: Offensive Hero Relics give units with matching Crests unique Combat Arts.											Note: Offensive Hero Relics give units with matching Crests unique Combat Arts.
47	Meanwhile, defensive/equipment ones provide enhanced effects in offense, defense, and/or support.											Meanwhile, defensive/equipment ones provide enhanced effects in offense, defense, and/or support.											Meanwhile, defensive/equipment ones provide enhanced effects in offense, defense, and/or support.											Meanwhile, defensive/equipment ones provide enhanced effects in offense, defense, and/or support.
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50																							Thunderbrand			Lance of Ruin			Spear of Assal & Caduceus Staff					Thunderbrand			Spear of Assal & Caduceus Staff		Thyrsus
51																							Recruit Catherine			After beating Ch. 5 or			Seteth & Flayn's paralogue					Recruit Catherine			Seteth & Flayn's Paralogue		Lorenz's Paralogue
52	Spear of Assal & Caduceus Staff					Aymr		Scythe of Sariel					Spear of Assal & Caduceus Staff					Axe of Ukonvasara								Sylvain's Paralogue								*Missable
53	Seteth & Flayn's Paralogue					Ch. 13		Ch. 13					Seteth & Flayn's Paralogue					Ch. 13
54						*CF exclusive		*Only in CF										*Missable
55																							Lúin			Aegis Shield			Axe of Ukonvasara		Sword of Moralta				Freikugel			Failnaught	Axe of Ukonvasara
56																							Dorothea & Ingrid's			Felix's Paralogue			Ch. 13's story mission		Ch. 15's story mission				Hilda & Cyril's Paralogue			Ch. 13	Ch. 13's story mission
57																							Paralogue			*Missable			*Missable		*Missable							*AM/VW exclusive	*Missable
58			Bow of Zoltan				Arrow of Indra									Thunderbrand
59			Ch. 13's story mission				Hubert's Paralogue									Ch. 12
60			*Missable				*CF/VW exclusive									*Only in SS																			Blutgang			Sword of Begalta	Axe of Zoltan
61							*Missable																	Areadbhar			Crusher			Failnaught					Marianne's Paralogue			Claude's Paralogue	Ch. 19
62																								After beating Ch. 16			Annete & Gilbert's Paralogue			After beating Ch. 19									*Missable
63																								*AM exclusive			*AM exclusive			*AM/VW exclusive
64													Axe of Zoltan			Sword of Zoltan			Bow of Zoltan
65			Axe of Zoltan				Thunderbrand						Ch. 18's story mission			Ch. 20's story mission			Ch. 20's story mission
66			Ch. 15's story mission				Ch. 18						*Missable			*Missable			*Missable											Sword of Zoltan					Sword of Zoltan			Bow of Zoltan	Arrow of Indra
67							*Only in CF																	Axe of Zoltan			Bow of Zoltan			Felix & Dimitri B Support					Ch. 21's story mission			Ch. 21's story mission	Ch. 22's story mission
68							*Missable																	Ch. 19's story mission			Ch. 21's story mission			Ch. 21's story mission					*Missable			*Missable	*CF/VW exclusive
69																								*Missable			*Missable			*Missable in Ch. 21									*Missable, can't be forged.
70	What about by having the cast be part of a cross-class paralogue?											What about by having the cast be part of a cross-class paralogue?											What about by having the cast be part of a cross-class paralogue?											What about by having the cast be part of a cross-class paralogue?
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74												Lúin			Rafail Gem				Scythe of Sariel
75												Dorothea & Ingrid's Paralogue			Caspar & Mercedes' Paralogue				Caspar & Mercedes' Paralogue																		The Inexhaustible
76												*Missable if Ingrid's not			*Unavailable in CF				*Missable																		Linhardt & Leonie's Paralogue
77												recruited												Scythe of Sariel				Rafail Gem
78																								Caspar & Mercedes' Paralogue				Caspar & Mercedes' Paralogue
79																								*Missable				*Unavailable in CF
80		Lúin						The Inexhaustible
81		Dorothea & Ingrid's Paralogue					Linhardt & Leonie's Paralogue						The Inexhaustible				Ochain Shield & Lance of Zoltan																				Ochain Shield & Lance of Zoltan
82		*Missable if Ingrid's not recruited					*Missable in CF if Seteth & Flayn die.						Linhardt & Leonie's Paralogue				Ferdinand & Lysithea's Paralogue																				Ferdinand & Lysithea's Paralogue
83																		*Unavailable in CF																				*Unavailable in CF
84																		*Both Missable																				*Both Missable
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86												...And through other means?											...And through other means?											...And through other means?
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89																Seiros' Shield											Seiros' Shield											Seiros' Shield
90																*Requires Rhea's C-Support or more											*Requires Rhea's C-Support or more											*Requires Rhea's C-Support or more
91																*Unavailable in CF											*Unavailable in CF											*Unavailable in CF
92	Do characters leave/join during the story by default?											Do characters leave/join during the story by default?											Do characters leave/join during the story by default?											Do characters leave/join during the story by default?
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97												•	Leaves in Ch. 11				•	Leaves in Ch. 11
98												•	At the start of the chapter				•	Just before the chapter's story
99	•	Briefly leaves in Ch. 11				•	Briefly leaves in Ch. 11					•	Isn't replaced by anyone in					mission starts						Seteth				•	Leaves in Ch. 12
100	•	At the start of the chapter				•	Once the chapter's story						Reunion at Dawn				•	Takes away her deployment slot for					•	Joins in Ch. 12				•	At the end of the chapter