[.86][Strategy] Paragon Result

I thought I should show this crowning glory moment of my paragon'ed super champion. He's wearing champion gear and the lightning hammer (for the per-level bonus to damage). I've noticed that "Paragon" (the spell) gives enough XP to level, but this XP still gets modified by the champions Int-bonus to XP; so using Paragon along with picking Int-increasing options (as well as the governor path with army-training options) and wielding the green cap of +5 Int means that casting Paragon can frequently net you 2 levels. Unfortunately I realized this too late to focus on getting Brilliant or other powerful Int-options.

For a long time my battle was one of stalemating with the other factions as it was difficult to hold territory with only one potent unit. Eventually though my champion became powerful enough to strike out with impunity and travel the world razing cities for several turns before recapturing territory lost in my core map area.

In combat he crit-ed very frequently, I'd say about every attack was a crit (for about 500-600 damage) though the majority of the time I used his abilities (especially Sweep which is a complete battle-clearing powerhouse).

 

Super Champion

 

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Reply #1 Top

Wow... That is some champion you've got there...

Reply #2 Top

Uh, wow.  Never even contemplated L65.  

Reply #3 Top

How did you get your Sovereign's stats high enough to cast it so many times?

Reply #4 Top

I'm assuming that after your soverign reaches the minimum you can cast it as many times as you want with no penalty.

Reply #5 Top

I set the limit for this spell to minimum 10 in each stat. Hopefully that balances things out.

Reply #6 Top

Quoting UmbralAngel, reply 4
I'm assuming that after your soverign reaches the minimum you can cast it as many times as you want with no penalty.
End of UmbralAngel's quote

 

I'm pretty sure that's exactly how it doesn't work.

Reply #7 Top

Looks like it is a bug. The spell reduces your base stats only, which appear to not be able to go beneath zero (or doesn't factor in); however, any bonuses you have are considered when checking if you meet the minimum requirements. Once your base stats are gone and you have traits that push you past the minimum, you can cast it with no penalty. I'm not sure if equipment contributes to the minimum or if it's just traits.

Here is a save that is capable and ready to reproduce the unlimited Paragon bug:  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10727888/Elemental/FE_Beta/save3.EleSav

Reply #8 Top

zomg you definitely needed the burning blades and evade buffs on him ! :)

Reply #9 Top

Yea, I think the Paragon is a bit buggy with the minimum stats. I managed to take Sergenes to about level 30 with "legit" stats on my sovereign. He's already a frightening monster at that time. I haven't experimented yet, but the XP-gain thing I mentioned could possibly be exploited to get a hero to around level 40 with legit stats on the sovereign - one paragon casting later on definitely gives 2 level-ups.

One of the key considerations on the sovereign is picking only traits that increase stats. Nothing "useful".