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Don't worry, I'm not starting another playthrough or anything like that; I was just playing around with Binding Blade last night, and decided to write up a report of what I found out. I'm too lazy (and busy) to actually carry out any of the stuff I'm posting here, but hopefully someone else will do it. In case you aren't familiar with it, the first chapter of FE6 can be completed in 3 turns via the "rescue-death exploit," in which suiciding a unit carrying another unit (usually Roy) on the PP allows you to gain an extra turn for the rescued unit. A video of this clear can be found below: Since the map is pretty much the same in HM, it seems like it would be entirely straightforward to generalize the strategy used here to HM. However, the problem one runs into is that all of your characters suck Wolt and Roy are no longer capable of OHKOing enemies with critical hits, and Lance isn't able to either unless a fighter spawns with a very low Def, which is highly unlikely (and can't be rigged properly since this is the opening chapter of the game). Taking that into consideration, let's review what is necessary for the 3-turn clear: - First of all, someone needs to kill the boss. Marcus is the only person who can reach him in 3 turns, and fortunately still has the stats to whack him with a Silver Lance crit, so he has to do the deed. This requires him to full-move every turn, which means - someone (not Marcus) has to kill the closest fighter on the first turn PP - Marcus has to occupy the forest tile on turn 2 PP - We need to have someone perform the "rescue-death exploit." Bors and Wolt are out of the question for obvious reasons (too little mov or no short-range attack), and Marcus is killing the boss, so it has to be either Alan or Lance. Examining the map, one realizes the in order for one of them to get Roy close enough to seize on turn 3, they need to be on or beyond the forest the Marcus has to occupy, which means - they need to be rescue-dropped forward by Marcus, since Marcus is occupying the forest - the space west of Marcus has to be clear of enemies on turn 2; since the brigand on the village will inevitable occupy this spot on EP1, someone (not Marcus) has to kill him - again, since Marcus is occupying the spot, the brigand can't be attack from up close, so he has to be Javelin critted. - In fact, Alan needs to Javelin crit him, since Lance doesn't have the Str to OHKO him regardless of his stats. This means that Alan has to be the one who is sacrificed, unlike in NM, where you have a choice between Alan or Lance. It also means: - The brigand needs to spawn with 1 Luck so that Alan can crit him - The fighter east of the boss has to spawn with 1 Luck so that Alan can crit him on turn 2 EP (no one else can target him on turn 3 PP besides Marcus) - More importantly, Alan needs to not be rescued at the start of turn 2 PP. This means that in order for Marcus to rescue-drop him, Lance needs to be able to rescue him on turn 2. - Last but not least, we have to get Roy to Alan on turn 3. This means that someone needs to rescue Roy on turn 2 PP; the cavs are busy and Bors is too slow, so it has to be Wolt. - Since this means pretty much everyone is busy on turn 2, we have to make sure that no random enemies get in the way during this phase. In order to do that, it is convenient to have Roy rescue-dropped east of Marcus on turn 1. So putting all of that information together, here is what should be a turn by turn strat with screenshots (minus actually doing the RNG abuse): First of all, play through the entire introductions scene (you can mash B) to get the enemies to spawn with the right stats. In particular the 2 people get 1 Luck, and the closest fighter gets 2 Def so that Lance can kill him. Turn 1: Roy takes a step east and takes Lance's Javelin. Burn some RNs, then Lance crit-kills the fighter from below. Alan trades his Iron Sword for Roy's Javelin, rescues him, and goes around to convene with Lance, one space short of fullmoving. Wolt moves ahead of him and takes Roy, then Marcus does the same, and drops Roy east. Turn 1 EP: Roy will get attacked by 2 fighters and an archer, and Lance by a fighter. Neither of them can crit-kill anything, but I recommend having Roy crit the bandit to his east (since I think he will attack Lance on turn 2 EP, not sure) for EXP gain later on, and rigging a Lance dodge. Roy can afford to get hit (he won't be in any danger for the rest of the chapter) as long as he doesn't die. Turn 2 PP: Burn a lot of RNs. Alan Javelin crits the brigand (39% hit, 1% crit), Lance rescues him and takes his spot (taking the Javelin as well), Marcus moves onto the forest, takes Alan and drops him east. Alan should only have an Iron Lance if everything is done correctly. Roy moves 2 south of Lance, then Wolt moves above him and rescues him. Turn 2 EP: This is going to be a real nightmare to actually carry out. Wolt (weighed down by Roy) has to survive attacks from 2 fighters and an archer, all of whom double and 2HKO him. If that wasn't bad enough, Alan has to get hit by the fighter who charges him, and then (49% hit, 1% crit) kill him as well. Lance probably kills the guy who attacks him if Roy critted him earlier, and should be OK to survive otherwise. I don't have a screenshot for this because I didn't do it. Turn 3 PP: If you somehow manage to accomplish the above, things should be easy from here. Wolt moves forward and gives Roy to Alan, Alan suicides on the other fighter near the boss, and Marcus crit-kills the boss with his Silver Lance. Before Roy seizes, Lance can crit-kill someone in order to hit level 2 (pick someone who got injured by Lance/Roy on a previous turn). You might notice that I haven't mentioned Bors at all in this post. That's because he doesn't have to do anything in this strat! Which means that unlike the video posted above, he's free to head east and pick up the 5000G from the village (the fighters won't bother him)! Hopefully this inspires someone to carry this out.

Hey so I was stuffing around in RD part 2 and I noticed that if you disarmed the myrmidon on top of the staircase you can steal and use the venom edge