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Fire Emblem: Three Houses (FE3H)

Prologue: A Skirmish At Dawn Walkthrough

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This is the battle walkthrough page for your first battle in the Prologue of Fire Emblem: Three Houses (FETH, FE3H). Read on to find out map features, what enemies you will encounter, and tips for winning!

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- Prologue: An Inevitable Encounter Chapter 1: Rivalry of the Houses

Prologue - Map and Overview

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For the first battle of the game, you will be joined by Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude with Jeralt as a guest character. This group of bandits won't stand a chance.

Victory Conditions
Defeat the enemy commander.
Defeat Conditions
All of your units fall in battle.
# of Player Units 4
# of Enemies 7
# of Ally Units 1

Prologue - Enemies

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Position Enemy
A Thief A
B Thief B
C Thief C
D Thief D
E Thief E
F Kostas

Enemy Stats

Kostas

Level 3 HP 28 Movement 5
Class Thief
Attack Hit Rate Critical Hit
18 77 6
Attack Speed 2 Protection 6 Resilience 1
Avoidance 2 Range 1
Weapon Iron Axe Dropped Item Iron Axe


Kostas

Level 3 HP 29 Movement 5
Class Thief
Attack Hit Rate Critical Hit
19 87 6
Attack Speed 2 Protection 7 Resilience 1
Avoidance 8 Range 1
Weapon Iron Axe Dropped Item Iron Axe

Prologue - Chests

Chests are introduced a little later so you won't find any in this chapter!

Prologue - Map Features

This chapter will introduce you to Forest tiles that give you a huge evasion boost.

Tiles Description
Forest +30% Avo, +1 Def, No effect on fliers

Tips and Tricks

Make Use of Forest Terrain and Combat Arts

As this is your first battle, it won't be difficult by any means, but to make things a little easier keep your units hidden in Forest tiles when possible to minimize damage and use Combat Arts to take out enemies quickly.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Related Links

Part 1 - White Clouds Battle Walkthroughs

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Part 1 - White Clouds
Prologue: A Skirmish At Dawn Chapter 1: Rivalry of the Houses
Chapter 2: Red Canyon Dominance Chapter 3: The Magdred Ambush
Chapter 4: Assault at the Rite of Rebirth Battle Chapter 5: The Gautier Inheritance
Chapter 6: The Underground Battle Chapter 7: Battle of The Eagle and Lion Battle
Chapter 8: The Remire Calamity Chapter 9: Salvation at the Chapel
Chapter 10: Sealed Forest Snare Chapter 11: Conflict in the Holy Tomb
Chapter 12: The Battle of Garreg Mach Chapter 12: The Battle of Garreg Mach (Black Eagles)

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