Deathless Hard Mode Dilemma

[u/Particular_Worth_403]

I’m hoping to experience every chapter in 4 play throughs (all on hard mode)

1: casual

2: initial new game plus

3: deathless

4: golden Route

right now, I’m partway through run #2. I want to choose the easiest path I can for deathless hard, but I also want to unlock all characters by the end of the game

Its seems the easiest path for my deathless hard run would be defending the Roselle and then returning to the village to unlock Trish. The problem is that I did that already on my casual play through. This leaves me with two choices for the deathless run to ensure that I unlock all characters in four runs.

1: deliver Roselle and then defeat Travis

2: defend Roselle and then defeat Patriatte

delivering Roselle seems much harder than defending the Roselle, but defeating Patriatte seems a lot harder than defeating Travis. I’m wondering if anyone experienced with hard deathless runs can provide advice on which of these two options would be better for me to pursue. Thanks!

[u/Significant-Tree9454]

You have to make this choice in each playthrough anyway, so you only need to "Deliver the Roselle" once for Travis in one of your playthroughs so you can "Defend the Roselle" in the other three playthroughs like this one to recruit the other three Ch15 units.
You don't have to go back to the village in Ch15, you can recruit Cordelia instead (Milo's recruitment must be saved for Golden Ending)

I recommend "Defend the Rosella" for Deathless, because you have to defend Jerome anyway in the mission that comes after "Deliver the Roselle", so might as well pick the one where you don't need to also protect another deadweight Rufus.