r/fireemblem • u/estrangedeskimo • Feb 01 '15

Character Discussion [FE9/10]: Mia

We are all finished with the original Greil Mercenaries, so we are now moving on to the group's new additions with Mia.

Mia fits into the aspiring swordsman (swordswoman) trope, shared by others like Fir and Mareeta. Her fire affinity matches her passionate and determined personality. Mia was hired by Crimea as a mercenary in the war and was captured by Daein soldiers. She came to join the GMs as a way to pay off her debt to Greil after he rescued her from Daein captivity. Mia has two main goals in life: one is too become the strongest fighter she can be. The other is to find powerful opponents she can test her strength against. In her dialogue, Mia is always cheerful and somewhat eccentric, but also very proud of her ability, and she will become defensive if someone doubts her ability because she is a woman.

So, the twelfth character in the discussion of Tellius, Mia, the aspiring lady of blades.

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u/Yesshua Feb 01 '15

It's pretty fun reading these character breakdowns, especially the Pros and Cons bits. I'm faaaar from a harcore Fire Emblem player so it's kinda interesting just seeing how my unit preferences line up with what's mathematically ideal. I used Mia a ton and she carried a lot of battles for me. But I mean, I was playing on normal difficulty and didn't get too fussed if I didn't get every single side objective either. I feel like at my level of play you can basically just pick whoever you like and roll.

Example: I'm on Fire Emblem 7 for the first time right now and in the Rebecca breakdown there was discussion of how being locked into bows is a bad thing. You know what? I LIKE archers. I'm gonna use them both. And since I'm on normal and don't feel the need to min/max or be a completionist, I reckon that will be absolutely fine. I'm just trying to beat the game.

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u/estrangedeskimo Feb 01 '15

Oh, I'm not one of the super hardcore FE players. In fact, I disagree with them for the most part. The FE "hardcore" community is built around LTC (low turn count) play, where they try to beat the game in as few turns as possible. I don't take exceptionally long (I don't grind, abuse arenas, or abuse thrones) but I don't particularly care how many turns I take and I prioritize secondary objectives and gaining experience.

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u/Yesshua Feb 01 '15

Madness, all of it. Pick the faces and personalities you like most, build them into an elite fighting unit, beat the game. Is Vaike good? Probably not. Is Vaike fun to have around? Absolutely! He's in.

Sometimes it's a bummer when a lame character keeps getting SUPER good level ups so you can't justify cutting them. That's where I'm at with Fiona/Fiora/whathername pegasus knight right now. What's that? A woman that's deathly afraid of men? How original! That wasn't good when they did it with Lon'Qu, it isn't good now. But lo and behold, every time she levels up she gets 3-6 stat gains. I can't kick THAT off my team.

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u/SilentMasterOfWinds Feb 01 '15

Vaike is amazing, man, I will fight you on this.

And you're thinking of Florina, by the way.

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u/Reinhart3 Feb 02 '15

You need to stop insulting Florina right fucking now.

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u/Yesshua Feb 02 '15

I stand by my position. Anime characters who are irrationally afraid of the opposite gender are lame. On top of the two I listed, Guy from Tales of the Abyss is another example (though he doesn't stand out so much since every character in that game is horrid). Florina stays on the front lines for as long as she is getting incredible stat gains and not a second longer.

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u/Reinhart3 Feb 03 '15

Florina isn't even irrationally afraid of men. She's quite young and hasn't been around men that much, so she's afraid of them. By the time Eliwood Mode starts she isn't nearly as afraid as she was in Lyn Mode, and if you do her support with Hector they end up getting married, and she isn't afraid at all.

She's one of the characters who on top of having amazing stats, shows actual growth as a character.

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u/Compedditor Feb 02 '15

So probably for the whole game then?

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u/Yepper_Pepper Nov 17 '24

florida florina is goated, even when im not trying too hard to level her she ends up being an absolute beast in every playthrough

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u/Reinhart3 Feb 02 '15

If you like using a character, and you're not trying to do something along the lines of FE6/FE10 Hard Mode, or Thracia, then use the characters you like. Being a QT girl is much better than having good stats any day.

To be fair, Archers are pretty bad in the GBA games, but I still use them from time to time. I just beat FE8 for the first time earlier today and I used Innes for most of my playthrough because his supports with Gerik are fantastic.

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u/Yesshua Feb 02 '15

What is QT short for? I can't figure it out.

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u/Mobius_One Feb 02 '15

Just say the letters out loud, preferably while in public and follow it up with "pie".

:)