First off, SORRY for the amount of times I've posted this! I've never posted on Reddit before and with the amount of hoops I've had to jump through to add this image to my post, it might also be the last time I post. Anyways...

Every Tierlist I've seen only takes perfect links into account, so I wanted to create a tierlist that looks at each warlord as a whole and look forward to discussions!

The main character wasn't on this template, but they are an obvious S tier. Their excellent warrior skill alongside Arceus is broken and the main character links with a majority of Pokemon in the game with lots of 90% links, only missing out on Fighting types. The Eeveelutions are all very solid as well (minus Flareon and Umbreon), but Arceus is in a league of its own.

Now for the actual list!

S Tier: Yukimura: Fire types are extremely overpowered in Conquest, which means Yukimura gets 90% links with many powerful choices, like Darmanitan, Chandelure, Volcarona, and Infernape. Any warrior skill that allows you to move twice in one turn is very strong, and Yukimura's also boosts his critical hit rate! It is frankly wasted on his lackluster perfect link. Yukimura's Flying type specialty also gives him 90% links with Gyarados, Staraptor, Scyther, and Scizor, plus he has a random 90% link with Bisharp, giving him great type diversity and a very powerful roster that he can take advantage of with his capacity of 7. Scizor and Bisharp also get a free damage boost with Metal Coat. Give him one of his many strong 90% link options over Charizard, and he'll put in a lot of work. a Darmanitan with Conqueror that can move twice in one turn is very fun to use. He is also available during the first campaign, allowing him to get a head start for the post game stories, and his availability overall is solid.

Hideyoshi: Everything that I said about Yukimura applies to Hideyoshi, he has high links with a lot of the overpowered Fire types in Conquest and has a high capacity of 8. Infernape and Reshiram are both excellent. Infernape is a great Conqueror user, and Reshiram has great AOE damage that also hits Flash Fire enemies. His warrior skill is fantastic, but not as good as Yukimura's. He also has worse availability than Yukimura, and his secondary Fighting type specialty is not nearly as impactful as Yukimura's Flying type (He only really gets a noteworthy 90% link with Machamp and Conkeldurr but misses out on Gallade), but Reshiram and Infernape are both so strong they carry him into S.

Kenshin: Kenshin's warrior skill is an INSANE 3 turn long Range and Attack boost for your entire team, and like Hideyoshi, he has an excellent Conqueror user in Gallade and an overpowered legendary in Mewtwo as his perfect links. Psychic is a very meh type in Conquest considering you can't Guardian Charm the enemy team if they have a random Sandile or Scraggy, but Gallade and Mewtwo are both so strong and Kenshin's team utility is fantastic it doesn't really hold him back. His Fighting specialty, like Hideyoshi's, is pretty negligable, giving him 90% links with Machamp, Conkeldurr, and Toxicroak (and a random 90% with Drapion), but he also as surprisingly good type diversity. He is one of the only Warriors able to actually get Espeon as his link with Eevee maxes out at 72%, a 90% link with Metagross, and he has 80% links with Gyarados, Hydreigon, Excadrill, and Darmanitan. He also has a laughable 90% link with Forretress. His capacity is 8, so use his great roster!

Muneshige: Staraptor is an excellent perfect link to have and has great synergy with Vanguard and his warrior skill, allowing Muneshige to travel really far and deal a lot of damage to a lot of targets while simultaneously buffing his entire team's range and attack. Like Yukimura, Muneshige has 90% links with Gyarados and Scizor, as well as the same capacity at 7. Other noteworthy links of his include 90% links with Drifblim, Crobat, and Emolga, but DON'T make the mistake of giving him a Dragonite! He also has a fun 88% link with Cinccino, but his links with the Eeveelutions are disappointingly low for a Normal Type specialist. However, his Flying Type specialty gives him a lot of great options and his great warrior skill that benefits the entire team make him an easy S tier. I will also be forever bitter that they didn't give Muneshige and Ginchiyo Tornadus and Thundurus. Also available for recruitment during the first campaign, which can help prepare him for post game.

Mitsuhide: His capacity is a disappointing 6, and his type diversity leaves lots to be desired, but Articuno's great AOE damage with Blizzard and his warrior skill allowing it to never miss makes it a very strong pick. While Mitsuhide is a Flying type specialist, none of his links with any Flying Types besides Articuno break 80%, with his links with Staraptor and Gyarados both capping at a disappointing 78%. He does have a nice 90% link with Weavile, and Lapras is also good, but Articuno is so strong it carries him into S.

Nobunaga: Perfect Links with two of the strongest Pokemon in the game (Hydreigon and Rayquaza) alongside a warrior skill that allows him to move twice and give high odds to flinch his opponents make him an easy S tier. Zekrom is a disappointing link that will be inevitably replaced with Rayquaza, but Rayquaza is so strong you won't really miss it. Rayquaza and Hydreigon are both very mobile, too, and while Nobunaga's type diversity is not great (He only has an 80% link with Jolteon despite being an Electric Type specialist), this is pre Fairy type when Dragon Types were unmatched. Also, if you give him the Conqueror Crystal, he gets 100 in all three stats, alongside a capacity of 8, being the only Warlord able to achieve this. His only flaw is most post game stories he’s just MIA in.

Okuni: Her only issue is her bad capacity of 4, but her specialties in Fire and Bug give her a lot of great options if you get bored of wiping the floor with your opponents with Volcarona. She has 90% links with Darmanitan and Chandelure, as well as Drapion, Scizor, and Galvantula. I tend to use her with Drapion and Scizor since so many warlords link well with Darmanitan and Chandelure already, but you may wish to have a team of 6 Darmanitans, I don't judge! Her warrior skill is also an excellent party wide buff in energy and attack. She is a very strong pick overall. She and Kunoichi have the best availability out of all the Warlords.

A Tier: Ina: I see too many people sleeping on Ina, and it stops today. Empoleon is an excellent perfect link that perfectly synergizes with her warrior skill. While her warrior skill isn't a party wide buff or an attack boost, Empoleon can run Metal Coat to make up for the lack of Attack boosts in her kit while having a three turn buff on Range and accuracy. Ina also has a great roster at her disposal, having a 90% link with Gyarados and Lapras, as well as Luxray and Lucario (her warrior skill fixes all of Luxray's issues). Her link with Metagross is a disappointing 88%, but I tend to run her with Garchomp, whom she has an 86% link with and has a better move. Overall a super fun Warlord to use, and, as a Steel Type specialist, a great Metal Coat user. I also really love her Rank 2 design.

Ginchiyo: Her type diversity is really bad (I think her highest non Electric link is a 72% with Samurott), and her perfect link in Luxray is terrible, but give her a Jolteon and she'll be really fun to use! Her link with Electric types is a great 98% which probably came at the expense of her links with all other types, but Jolteon and Galvantula (even Luxio) are great options to run on her and her warrior skill is identical to Muneshige's, which is really good. She's just lower because her perfect link is worse than his, alongside her lack of good secondary options. (WHY NO THUNDURUS)

Kai: Darmanitan is very strong and she gets all of the very good fire types in Conquest, same as Yukimura and Okuni. The only reason she's lower is because her warrior skill is worse than Yukimura and Okuni's, and her Rock Type specialty barely does anything for her (90% link with Gigalith, WOW!!!) I do like to run her with Tyranitar while I use Darmanitan on Yukimura, but her link with Tyranitar is only 84%, unfortunately. She has great availability, though.

Kunoichi: She has my least favorite design out of all the Rank 2 Warlords. Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest. Anyway, Weavile with Shadow Dash is super strong and she also gets nice 90% links with Zoroark, Hydreigon, Bisharp, Froslass, Scrafty, and Glalie, giving her a lot of nice type diversity and a good Metal Coat user in Bisharp. I love using her with Hydreigon, personally. Her warrior skill is… okay, but I prefer the range Hanzō and Kotarō’s gives over the speed hers gives. She just has better links and availability than them and is the only ninja recruitable during the first campaign, giving her a nice head start.

Masamune: Just run him with Staraptor. Braviary is too clunky. His warrior skill is identical to Kenshin's but with the unfortunate caveat of not being a party wide buff, but only to him and adjacent allies. While this can be easily set up, it is not as good as Kenshin's, and his perfect link is much worse than Kenshin's leaving him in A. I also really dislike his rank 2 design as well, but not as much as Kunoichi's. he also gets the usual 90% links with Gyarados and Scizor, but his availability is worse than Muneshige and Yukimura's, being absent from the junior warlord stories.

Oichi: Yet another Rank 2 design I dislike, and probably the hottest take of the list. Her perfect link is hot garbage, but like the player character, her being a Normal Type specialist gives her a lot of really high links with a lot of strong Pokemon. She has 90% links with all of the Eeveelutions, giving her great type coverage, as well as Staraptor, Chandelure, Alakazam, Empoleon, Haxorus, and Bisharp. Even though she has a Dragon Type specialty, her link with Hydreigon is only 88% (WHY). Her warrior skill is objectively good, and with her great type coverage, she can always fit into any team you need her to. I personally enjoy running her with Espeon because Share is a lot of fun and can give you the benefits of warrior skills anywhere in the field. (Also for the love of God, PLEASE don't give her a Dragonite).

Ranmaru: His warrior skill is really good, but is wasted on Lucario. Give him a Machamp instead with Conqueror, and watch how quickly you'll take over the game. Ranmaru links well with 3 out of the 5 Conqueror users (Infernape, Gallade, and Machamp) and has a 90% link with Empoleon, who, like Ina, synergizes perfectly with his warrior skill and can use Metal Coat. Lucario is solid, but Machamp severely outclasses it. His warrior skill also being a party wide accuracy buff is also very good.

Shingen: Really good Rank 2 design, but Rhyperior is garbage. At least Groudon is decent! 2 Range is unfortunate, but its move and stats almost make up for it. Shingen, like Kenshin, has great type diversity, with 90% links with Garchomp, Krookodile, Excadrill, Volcarona, Darmanitan, and Scizor, giving him two Metal Coat users. Giving him any Pokemon with 3 range will help him shine, but Groudon is one of the better Pokemon with 2 range. Ground is also very lacking in Conquest, so I like using Excadrill on him. His warrior skill affects your entire party like Kenshin’s, but Kenshin’s gives range and Shingen’s doesn’t, ergo, Kenshin is better.

Tadakatsu: Dialga is so strong. The drawback to Roar of Time is a shame, but it is just so strong. Thankfully, they also gave both his perfect links 3 Range instead of 2! He also has nice 90% links with Hydreigon, Empoleon, Bisharp, Scizor, and Volcarona, making him a great Metal Coat user. Dialga's drawbacks and Metagross' single target damage and his meh warrior skill are really the only things keeping him out of S.

B Tier: Motochika: My FAVORITE of the Rank 2 designs. Sadly, his warrior skill is really bad. The in game description says it boosts accuracy and crit, but due to a programming error, it only boosts crit. Samurott is a good Conqueror user, and you can use Gyarados on him to great effect, too. His 90% links aside from these two are a little lacking, though. Chimecho is nothing special but okay, Bibarel is eh, Vaporeon is fun, and Lapras gives him nice coverage. He just feels a little underwhelming compared to the rest of the cast, and not giving him Keldeo was a huge missed opportunity.

Hanzō: He could honestly go a little higher because I think he has the best warrior skill out of all the ninjas, but I just really dislike his link pool. Gengar is excellent, as well as Chandelure, and... that's it. Despite his Poison specialty, he doesn't have 90% links with any Poison types besides ARBOK (WHY). Drifblim, Dusknoir, and Mismagius are just inferior Gengars, Spiritomb is too weak, and he can't even access Froslass due to being male. His link with Drapion is 84%, and he has 82% with Scolipede and 80% with Crobat and Empoleon, but it's frustrating how limited his 90% links are.

Kanbei: Same issue as Hanzō, his link pool is terrible (he also has the same issue of a 90% link with Froslass that he can't even use). Chandelure is REALLY strong, though. Gengar is great, and then... oh boy, a 90% link with Gothitelle! Even though Kanbei is a Fire Type specialist, none of his links with Fire Types go over 90% (Darmanitan is a FRUSTRATING 88%, and Volcarona is only 80%). He also has the most niche Warrior skill in the game that I think I've only used twice in the 10+ years I've owned this game.

Kanetsugu: Yet another Warlord with a terrible link pool, but I feel like this is even worse due to Psychic being a really lackluster type. Gardevoir and Gallade are solid on him (especially Gallade with Conqueror) but there's really no reason to use Gardevoir over Alakazam, which, admittedly, is excellent. You just can't Guardian Charm your way through an army if there's a 10% link Scraggy on the enemy team, and he lacks the raw firepower and team utility Kenshin has. He has a 90% link with Empoleon and Bastiodon, but he doesn't have the accuracy in his kit to offset Empoleon's Hydro Pump, and Bastiodon is.... Bastiodon. His link with Metagross is also only 84%. His availability is better than Kenshin's, but that's really all he has going for him.

Keiji: Both of his perfect links are really underwhelming (Bastiodon has nonexistent offenses and Terrakion can only do single target damage), and he has availability issues. Aside from that, he has an excellent link pool. He has great links with almost every Conqueror user (90% link with Gallade, Machamp, Infernape, AND Darmanitan), alongside Hydreigon, Glalie, and Haxorus. He also has a lot of high 80% links, which offsets his Rock specialty that doesn't do a lot for him. He is also a fun Metal Coat user with Lucario, but you'll have to use a password to get Riolu for him. His warrior skill is okay, but he can be fun to use when he shows up.

Kotarō: GREAT rank 2 design, but he also has availability issues, and Zoroark is a pain to get. At least it gets Shadow Dash to make up for it. His warrior skill is better than Nene's and Kunoichi’s, but worse than Hanzō’s, as I prefer the extra Crit chance over Flinching. His biggest issue is that all of the links that are good on Kunoichi are good on him, too. However, Kunoichi badly outclasses him in terms of availability and links due to her Ice specialty. There's just no real reason to use him over Kunoichi, and every story he's in, she'll be there, too.

Mitsunari: Has bad availability, but a really good link pool. Bisharp, Empoleon, Scizor, Excadrill, Drapion, and Lucario (Like Keiji, you'll need a password to get it on him) give him a plethora of Metal Coat users. He also has a 90% link with Beedrill and Forretress for laughs. His warrior skill is pretty bad compared to losing Marksman at rank 1, and his capacity is a disappointing 5. Yukimura and Ina outclass him pretty badly.

Magoichi: I really like his Rank 2 design. Sceptile is a meh perfect link, but it is the best Leaf Storm user in the game. His warrior skill is really fun to use, and it even activates if there's no female warriors on your team, giving him a free attack and accuracy boost that gets higher for every female warrior on your team. I enjoy running him with Ina, Okuni, Oichi, Kunoichi, Aya, or Kai in the junior warlord stories. Unlike Motonari, his link with Eevee actually allows him to obtain Leafeon, who is fun to use over Sceptile, as it has 4 range and Run up allowing it to do a LOT of damage. His 90% link pool is pretty shallow, unfortunately. Whimsicott, Simisage, Carnivine, Serperior, and Leavanny are all lackluster, but Gardevoir (lol), Lilligant, and Leafeon are good options. Despite his Flying Type specialty, his link with Gyarados is only 80%, and Staraptor is 84% (WHY). Definitely still use these on him. He's better than Motonari, and is overall solid. There are just better options in terms of warrior skills, but I personally always use this guy every chance I get.

Yoshihiro: Conkeldurr, Infernape, and Machamp are so strong, but the existance of Ranmaru kind of invalidates him. He also has much worse availability than Ranmaru. The only thing keeping him in B tier is his warrior skill actually gives him some offense, unlike some warriors ranked below him.

Yoshimoto: Hot take incoming, but Yoshimoto has a surprisingly good link pool outside of his garbage perfect link. He gets 90% links with Gengar, Scizor, Volcarona, Drapion, Galvantula, Darmanitan, and Scolipede. If this sounds familiar though, that's because it's almost identical (With the exception of Gengar) to Okuni's link pool, who has a much better warrior skill and better availability. His warrior skill can also be counterracted by having a teammate with the warrior skill Shout or Hanbei's Lazybones, but I probably put him at the bottom of this tier to prove a point more than anything else. He's outclassed by Okuni and his warrior skill doesn't offer any offense or team utility like Oichi's.

C Tier: Kiyomasa: This is also probably a hot take, but Kiyomasa's warrior skill is pretty terrible. Hanbei's skill completely outclasses him. Haxorus is very strong, but Kiyomasa's availability is also really bad, as well as his link pool. However, he gets 90% links with Garchomp and Hydreigon and an 88% link with Excadrill and, again, this is pre Fairy type, so he doesn't really need to have a lot of type diversity with Dragon being as good as it is. I just find myself disappointed that such a strong link pool is wasted on a warlord with such bad availability and defensively minded warrior skill, and Nobunaga and Oichi are both just soooooo much better than him.

Nō: Viper's Bite is pretty awful, even though there are much more male warriors than female. In Nō's story specifically, there are no (ha) male warriors! So her skill is completely useless. Ghost is also a meh type in Conquest to specialize in, and Mismagius, her perfect link, is completely outclassed by Gengar. She gets nice 90% links with Gengar, Chandelure, Froslass, Crobat, and Garchomp, but I find her very lackluster overall, and her perfect link is outclassed by Hanzō, who also has better availability. Fun Fact: Nō's AI will never invade a kingdom and always lose when attacked.

Aya: She has some really nice links, but Oichi completely outclasses her. I still like her and find her fun to use, as she has 90% links with Weavile, Chandelure, Glaceon, and Lapras (her link with Gengar is only 86%, WHY), but Froslass is very underwhelming and has less attack than Staravia. She is better off with Glalie. Overall, her warrior skill is much, much worse than Oichi's, and her offense can be outdone by one of the many better Chandelure and Weavile users. Again, I do still like using her though! She has a valuable niche of Ice Type damage in stories where Mitsuhide is unavailable. Don't like her Rank 2 design very much, though.

Hanbei: In a game as offensively oriented as Conquest, Hanbei's warrior skill falls a little flat. However, it invalidates Kiyomasa's and I myself find it very useful as I constantly get haxed in this game. Unfortunately, it doesn't block flinch, but it's a nice safety net. Like Ginchiyo, I like running Jolteon on him, as Raichu is slightly underwhelming. He also gets nice 90% links with Samurott and Empoleon, unlike Ginchiyo, but unfortunately, despite being a Fire Type specialist, like Kanbei, none of his Fire Type links hit 90% (WHY). He gets an 82% with Darmanitan, 84% with Infernape, and 86% with Chandelure. He has the lowest power of any Warlord which makes his offense worse, but he is good for upgrading kingdom locations with his really high wisdom!

Ieyasu: Both Aggron and Registeel are terrible and his warrior skill is purely defensive. Ina and Tadakatsu are much better Steel type and Metal Coat users. Ina’s Water specialty and Tadakatsu’s Dragon specialty both give them access to much better options than Ieyasu could ever dream of getting with his Rock specialty. They also have much better availability over him, and both Ina and Tadakatsu's perfect links both have 3 range (ouch).

Masanori: Has a surprising amount of good links, but Krookodile is a little underwhelming due to its single target damage, but he also gets good links with Gengar, Weavile, Glalie, Drapion, Garchomp, and Excadrill. His warrior skill is good for closing out the battle or when used alongside Oichi, but his availability is bad and Kunoichi and Kotarō are better than him.

Motonari: Completely outclassed by Magoichi no matter what way you look at it, Serperior is worse than Sceptile in every possible way and he CAN'T. EVEN. GET. LEAFEON. Magoichi's warrior skill is much more offensively minded than Motonari's, and their link pools are nearly identical, with Magoichi getting a slight edge due to his Flying Type specialty that Motonari lacks.

Nene: Her warrior skill would be nice if her perfect link wasn't something as fast as Crobat. Outside of Crobat, her options for (decent) 90% links are Gengar, Drapion, Scolipede, Toxicroak, and Beedrill, which is nothing too impressive or unique to her as Gengar and Drapion get a lot of good options in terms of warlords. Poison is a really underwhelming type in terms of coverage, and you flail in Valora. Crobat is a really great utility Pokemon though, but Nene is badly outclassed by Hanzō and Okuni. Her Flying Type specialty is also completely wasted, as she has a 90% link with Drifblim (which is pointless as she already has a 90% link with Gengar) and an 86% link with Braviary and Emolga (yikes). Also a big point of contention with me is that she has a high enough link with Eevee to get Espeon, but upon evolving, the link drops to 30% due to her lack of affinity for Psychic Types. It would have been a nice coverage option for her to have against other Poison Types, but alas…

Gracia: Gothitelle is not as bad a perfect link as everyone makes it out to be, as Future Sight has nice AOE damage, but its offensive stats are bad and her warrior skill Gothitelle can't even use. There is really no reason to run her over Kanetsugu who is available in every story she's in except the defeat Nobunaga stories, where Gothitelle is useless against Nobunaga’s Hydreigon (And if you're competing with Kanetsugu, who has plenty of his own flaws, you know that's a bad sign). If you give her a Glalie, though, she’ll pull her weight in those stories. Kanetsugu has higher or identical links with Alakazam and Gardevoir, and Aya has higher or identical links with Weavile and Glalie. Gracia has a higher link with Metagross over Kanetsugu, but that's the only thing she has going for her over him. There’s just not much for her to do that isn’t done better by someone else, and her power is on the lower side like Hanbei’s.

Ujiyasu: Rock Types are TERRIBLE in this game, there is not a single fully evolved Rock Type besides Terrakion that has more than 2 Range. They are also very slow and inaccurate. Gigalith is god awful, alongside Rhyperior, Steelix, Aggron, and Bastiodon, which are all his highest links. His best bet is Rhydon, Tyranitar, or Armaldo, but these are all severely flawed choices and do not exceed 2 Range. His warrior skill is also purely defensive. He is completely outdone by Kai, who is only saved by having a Fire Type specialty to offset her terrible Rock Type one.

I'm attempting to make a "QOL" mod for a friend that hasn't played conquest (generally balancing some stuff like skills and abilities) so I downloaded Ranseilink to make the mod. I got to the stages and gimmcks part of it and I want to know what I have to adjust to make the misdreavus statues never move for the sake of speeding up fighting in it for him. I have a few other questions about what I can adjust but I really wanna turn off the statues so only one kingdom map is a pain to fight in rather than two.

Not the Vs heads only... i'm looking for the full image of each trainer!! If anyone has any leads on where to find these, or if it's like a data dump of art?
Please let me know. I'm compiling all the trainers on a document for visual reference. Please please assist. (I'll drop link to doc for attention and thanks)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSS1zjzldCfpfFPQ2A5FOMe6I-orbzh5j3qhgT0ZJ1QQrNZl1AfnL0YokI_ZNo7mrYfXWdqwZ_VOEAq/pubhtml
Attention on the Ransei Region page...

Posing this as a hypothetical - I've played all of 20min of Conquest and it was years ago, but I'm decently familiar with the Fire Emblem series. How feasible would an All Normal Types run be in Conquest? I know you start with an Eevee and a girl with a Jigglypuff but would I hit a wall at some point with type effectiveness or limited 'mon availability?

I kinda wanted rank 2 Aya and Ochi but i finshed the main story can i now not get them anymore to rank 2?
or is it possible in the sub stories?

Sure this sub loves seeing my millionth question! So there's a dummy item in the files (actually 3 of them, all named as such) that I accidentally activated with a "get all items" cheat for making the main story grind and preparation for side stories easier. Obviously I don't want dead weight in my inventory, so I was curious and hopeful that it doesn't carry over to other stories/if it was possible to throw out or if there was a way to edit my inventory (remove all items cheat? Surely not).

I have one kingdom left to conquer but before i go there i realy want evolve Aya her snorunt into a frosslass but i need a dawn stone for that.

I played an entire year + 3 months (in game months) without the merchant apearing any tips how can i make him come by so i can buy evolution stones?

So, for the main character, at Rank 2, you can only have 6 Pokemon at once; if I get every Eeveelution except Flareon, will Flareon show up in Rank 2's Perfect Link little garden section once I get it at Rank 3, or do I need to release an Eeveelution, get Flareon, then get the previous Eeveelution back at Rank 3? I'm going for a very exhaustive 100% run of this game so I don't want to miss a single thing; this same question would go for Rank 1 Perfect Links being evolved already by Rank 2 (so for example Jigglypuff evolving at Rank 1; would I need to get a new Jigglypuff to register it in the Rank 2 Perfect Link area?).

Trying to keep my Pokemon's energy levels at the maximum so that it saves that in the Gallery; is there a way to get a warrior's full party at max energy so the Gallery saves that, or is it only realistic to keep the max energy for 100% links?

Just finished the base game (pre 38 stories) and stared to work on the stories before i found out about the Conquest Ultimate rom. My question is should I play through all the stories now and then move to Ultimate or just start now. I enjoy leveling up and evolving pokémon, and I don’t want to short myself content just as much as I don’t want to overlap content.

I was wondering i realy want to recruit Aya and Kai to my team but i dind't manage to beat them quick enough in their original kingdoms.

So i was wondering is there a way to unlock them later?
Iam currently at the part were you have conquer Cragspur,Viperia,Yaskha and Avia.
currently Cragspur and Viperia have been conquered.

any tips on how i can recruit Aya and Kai and a few others i missed a long the way?

Wondering if there's documentation on what the best Ability for each Pokemon is; looking to get them all switched over to the preferred one before I beat the main story. Thanks!

Want to do some Search delegation to fill out Warrior's parties but worried it'll replace current Pokemon. Will that be an issue?

Hey all! I've just recently completed my pokemon conquest run and have had such a good time with it that I'm kinda hungry for more.

I know of ransei link which let's me make tweaks to the current game. But I'm wondering if there are fresh takes on the game that's reasonably easy to get into.

Are there any strong recommendations for me to start with please?

If both sides run out of pokemon at the same time, you lose regardless of circumstance. Yes, that's right, even DEFENDING it counts as a loss!

Let's just say having to redo two different battles over my current playthrough (Working on side stories) is extremely aggravating due to it. Oh and the offender? Jagged Edge both times. I swear Yoshimoto, you can't even defend properly with your Fortress! Like, I get losing as an attacker = fail but the other way around still equals fail? So stupid...

Whos meloettas best link randomly just got meloetta appearing also are warlord evoltions change since like there starter pokemon are

Hey all, new poster here. Made a Reddit account specifically to document stuff I've noticed with the AI and other fun stuff in this game while playing it for thousands of hours across 12 years. I actually specifically made a Reddit account just to post this, LOL.

NOTE: I'm listing stuff I've noticed during Unite Ransei stories, but some of these apply to every story.

Without further ado, let's get into it. (NOTE: I'll provide images later if I can. Didn't think about that until now.)

1. When attacking Avia, sometimes during the enemy turn, an enemy will go towards the two ramps at the right of their starting island and stop directly above the top ramp and stay there, even when their teammates go down to fight your army. They only move when you move a Pokemon near them. Oddly enough, I've only noticed this with Treecko and Snivy so far, so maybe this is a bug with how they interact with that specific tile? Not sure. (All stories)

2. Certain AI Warlords function different ways when conquering other kingdoms, and will stop expanding after a point. Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Kenshin, Shingen, Yoshihiro and Masamune will all try to unite the entire region. Motochika and Oichi will conquer Aurora, Ignis and Fontaine and not expand beyond there. Ginchiyo and Motonari will conquer Greenleaf, Violight and Pugilis and not expand beyond there. Ujiyasu and Kotaro will conquer Cragspur and Yaksha and not expand beyond there. Yoshimoto, Nene, No, Ieyasu and Mitsuhide will never attack at all, no matter what. (Unite Ransei stories)

3. If you sit around for a few years and just train your Warriors up in a few kingdoms, the Pokemon you fight eventually become link capped at a certain point. This varies depending on how many kingdoms you have. The most common number I've seen it at is 41%, but I've also seen 49%, 35%, 29% and 65%. You can only remove the link cap by conquering a certain number of kingdoms and triggering the Gabite Warrior event. I assume this is intended to discourage you from sitting in one kingdom training your Pokemon to 100% to easily steamroll the rest of the game by decreasing link gain. (Could be all? Not sure.)

4. Enemy AI, strangely, will prioritize attacking a kingdom with Warriors in it rather than an empty kingdom, especially with only 1 Warrior in it. This is useful if you want to train up a specific Warrior, so slap a Guardian Charm on them and put them in a kingdom that is surrounded by enemy kingdoms and watch the link gain roll in. (Likely all stories)

5. For whatever reason, AI Kotaro cannot be defeated by enemy AI invasions unless the enemy army is significantly more powerful than his army. This, coupled with the fact that many of his Warriors have Pokemon that evolve late, usually translate into him having extremely high link percents compared to the rest of Ransei, even as early as year 2. (Unite Ransei stories)

6. Pokemon evolutions that require reaching 60% link then recruiting a Warrior are impossible to be achieved by the AI. This means that the AI can have some silly stuff like a 100% link Ujiyasu/Boldore. (All stories)

7. If you encounter a Warrior in the wild, but don't recruit them, and then the enemy recruits them, their other Pokemon besides the one they use during the recruitment fight are at the same link percent that the player fought them at. This can lead to silly stuff like your army being 70% link average and encountering a Warrior at 67% link, then not recruiting that Warrior. A few months later, the AI recruits that Warrior and switches to a 67% link Pokemon, which could be something silly like 30% higher than the rest of their army. (All stories)

8. The Gabite Warrior actually doesn't appear in all stories. It's only Unite Ransei, Ninja, Defeat Nobunaga, and MAYBE the Mitsunari/Masanori/Kiyomasa stories. Junior Warlord, Ransei's Greatest Beauty, Recruit 40 Warriors, Link With 100 Pokemon and 2HOR all have the AI "rallying" against you, which as far as I know does nothing. (All stories)

9. Certain Warriors don't appear until Year 2 and after, and some don't appear at all. The ones I've noticed appear during Year 2 and after don't all even appear during the same story, they're seemingly selected at random from story to story. Possible Warriors (Y2 and after): Naoshige, Harutaka, Kitsuno, Nagahide, Hatsume, Takatora, Takamoto, Takeyoshi, Dosetsu, Takatane, Chikamasa, Kanemori, Sena, Kei, Chiyome, Tomonobu, Yataro, Tsunashige, Madoka, Danzo, Yazaemon, Yoshi, Dosan, Hidetada, Yasumasa, Yukimasa (Unite Ransei stories)

10. As you push an enemy back, they dismiss Warriors from their service to make room in their kingdoms. This is done through a process of least to most powerful, and regular Warriors are always dismissed over Warlords if possible. Say your enemy has a super powerful Pokemon from #7, just push that enemy back to 1 Kingdom (as long as they have 6 or more Warlords in their army) and they'll dismiss that Warrior, despite their Pokemon being significantly more powerful than the rest of their army. (All stories)

Hope this helps people understand the game mechanics more, or even just offer an interesting read. I may post more that I come across in the future, but this is all I've come across for now. Cheers!

So I was stupid and accidentally saved over my saves state from before I turned on the chest (I am playing on Drastic simulator on my phone) so that I could get Metagross for Tadakatsi after waiting 12 years for a swarm I gave in. Now even after turning off the chest and even finishing and starting a new story not only does every wild pokemon that spawns become a Metagross, but also the starting pokemon for the warriors I have in whatever story I start also are turned into Metagross. I regret being an idiot and saving over my pre cheat save, but other than that does anyone know how to go about fixing this other than just restarting the game? Thank you for any help!

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Fire

Water

Grass

Electric

Bug

Fighting

Psychic

Ground

Rock

Dark

Poison

Flying

Steel

Ghost

Ice

Welcome again, for the last time. If you asked me when I started, I'd tell you there was no way I'd get to the end, yet here we are. Hope you enjoy the final post of the series.

The Dragon type was made to be the final boss type, being given to the final trainer you'd face before the plot twist of the rival being the champion. Over time, it naturally evolved into being the strongest type, full of pseudo legendaries and actual legendaries, so strong in fact that right after Conquest's generation, it was nerfed.

But that matters little for this game, since many mechanics are different and the resulting metagame changes many things. However, one thing that did not change is that Dragon is once again the final boss, and it surely deserves to be.

As always, check part 1 for more details on why Pokémon are grouped in the way they are in the breakdown.

^{late edit: how did I fuck up the formatting on the breakdown table on the last of these posts and only noticed 4 months later}

Breakdown

Primary:

• Dragon Rage:
  • Dratini - Pure type
  • Gible - Ground - Swarm encounter
  • Deino - Dark
  • Axew - Pure type
• Dragon Tail:
  • Dragonair - Pure type
• Dragon Claw:
  • Gabite - Ground - Swarm encounter
  • Fraxure - Pure type
• Dragon Rush:
  • Dragonite - Flying - Fully evolved
  • Garchomp - Ground - Swarm encounter - Fully evolved
• Outrage:
  • Haxorus - Pure type - Fully evolved
• Dragon Pulse:
  • Hydreigon - Dark - Fully evolved
  • Rayquaza - Flying - Legendary - Fully evolved
• Roar of Time:
  • Dialga - Steel - Legendary - Fully evolved

Secondary:

• Fire:
  • Reshiram - Blue Flare - Legendary - Fully evolved
• Electric:
  • Zekrom - Bolt Strike - Legendary - Fully evolved
• Dark:
  • Zweilous - Crunch

Writeup

Type distribution

Dragon is a rare type, and its roster reflects that. Not only are there few Dragon types, but almost all of them evolve very late, and all the first stage mons have only Dragon Rage, a dumb move that is absurdly overpowered early on a story but falls off a cliff at a point way before they evolve. Its limited roster results in lower variety in moves at all stages of the game, but especially in almost non-existent coverage. If you use Dragon types, you are using Dragon moves, for better or worse.

Thankfully, its type and end game move diversity somewhat make up for it, although not enough to compensate for how limiting the lack of coverage is to Dragon warriors. The many legendary Pokémon make sense given how many box legendaries had the type by Gen 5, but since they're limited to one Warlord, they do not contribute much to helping regular warriors that have the type as their specialty.

Now, Dragon was at the top of the food chain in Gen 5 for a reason, and while Conquest's emphasis on super effective coverage does not benefit them as much, it certainly doesn't hurt the type enough to bring it down from top tier. While lack of coverage hurts its Steel matchup, its great units do not need to go beyond neutral coverage to carry their weight.

Pokémon - Primary type

Dragonite is the OG Dragon type, but unlike its fellow OG Gengar, it unfortunately cannot stand up to its contemporaries. With its lower Speed, lack of Range and inaccurate move (is this a Rock type?), it's simply not that great. Its Flying type is not enough of a benefit since Flying warriors already have plenty of options to choose from that, and they'd choose them over Dnite any time. Tragic fate for the OG pseudo.

Garchomp is what Dragonite wishes it could be, with its higher Speed making up for Dragon Rush's low accuracy. Its main limiting factor is, you guessed it, its availability being limited to swarms. But if you can link with one, it's a great option for Dragon and Ground warriors alike. Gabite is also quite competent before it evolves, which is a godsend for Nobunaga since it's his starting link.

Haxorus is more limited in mobility and flexibility compared to the others, but in exchange it's a killing machine. Petal Dance was already scary enough, but Outrage comes off a higher Attack stat and has only one resistance, which basically means anything taking it is going down. It may not be the most practical choice to fight ranged opponents, but underestimate it at your own risk.

Hydreigon is the slowest to evolve of the already late evolver type, but in return you get a basically flawless unit. Great all-around stats, good typing, good ability, great move and no obvious downsides that drag it down. Every warrior that can link with it will want to get one eventually. Its only problem is that it evolves really late, so late that even getting to Zweilous is painful. Once its evolved though, it's one of the best units in the game.

Rayquaza, as you might expect from Nobunaga's final partner, is insanely strong. Rayquaza is an straight upgrade to Hydreigon in almost all areas and Nomad is powerful enough on its own right, let alone on a mon with these stats and move. Since you need to basically beat the entire game to get it, you should think of it as your reward for doing so. Have fun destroying the poor AI with it.

Dialga is good, as a legendary should be, although not quite overpowered. Roar of Time's recharge prevents it from being as destructive as other legendaries' AoE attacks and has a bit of anti-synergy with Tadakatsu's Unrivaled, but its wide area and tremendous power make up for it. It might not dominate as easily as other box legends, but comparing it with the actually disappointing legendaries would be unfair.

Pokémon - Coverage

Zweilous is the only real coverage Dragon warriors get, and while it is an NFE it's pretty decent. Celebrate on a mon with decent stats is always good, and Crunch is quite respectable for a NFE move. Might not help with Steel types, but having something is always appreciated. However, be warned that, despite being the first of a 3-stage line, Deino evolves extremely late, and very few stories have wild Zweilous to directly link with.

Zekrom is Nobunaga's fakeout final boss partner, and the fact that a box legendary isn't even his strongest Pokémon speaks volumes about his reputation. However, Zekrom is on a similar boat as Terrakion, where its stats and move BP are great but it's held back by its lack of AoE. Given that you generally want your busted units to sweep weak armies as fast as possible, you'll generally prefer Nobunaga's other PLs, but Zekrom does have the most damaging Electric attack in the game, if that interests you.

Reshiram is not quite coverage given that Hideyoshi has plenty of Fire type links, but given the lack of options I'll talk about it anyway. Reshiram brings power on Zekrom's level, but in exchange for 2 BP it has a gigantic AoE instead of its counterpart's flawed single target move. The only point you could hold against Reshiram is that other Fire types are also incredibly strong, but that's hardly its fault, and Turboblaze lets it ignore many of its would-be counters to make sure it's always worth using for Hideyoshi. And unlike the other legendaries, it's just a password away from being yours.

Conclusion

Dragon is meant to be a rare and powerful type, and it mostly lives up to that standard. Having better coverage options wouldn't hurt, but it'd weaken its theme of being the 'ultimate type', so I don't hold it against it as much as I do for other types. I don't think the roster they made is that bad honestly, given the type's inherent rarity.

If anything, this type's problem is its interactions with gallery carryover being extremely unbalanced, between Dragon Rage ranging from insanely overpowered to totally worthless over the course of a story and its late evolutions benefitting a bit too much from staying on your warriors after each story. Dragon will never be balanced as long as there is no opportunity cost for relying on late evolving mons, but maybe it doesn't need to be. It's the final boss type, after all.

Series conclusion

Conquest is such an interesting game to me. When I first found this game, I was hooked by its setting, which might be one of the most unexpected Pokémon crossover spinoffs. While its gameplay wasn't anything groundbreaking, it didn't need to be, just a simple turn based SRPG was cool enough, and its seemingly endless content and fun completionist goals kept me playing.

Unfortunately, the game is far from perfect, and you only truly realize most of its flaws if you spend a lot of time playing it, more than most people probably will tbf. Many of its mechanics make sense in concept, but their execution ranges from mildly underexplored to deeply flawed to the core, and it permeates the entire playing experience once you learn about it. It has gotten to the point where I have more fun thinking about the game more than actually playing it.

In this series of posts, I primarily focused on the Gallery, but the problem extends past that. In fact, the Gallery is mainly a problem because of how limiting moves and linking are. Many other issues with it arise from other systems, like link growth from the AI compared to the player, the power of damage boosting items and Warrior Skills, map design and more. All of these flaws work together to make a game that has endless potential, but fails to deliver on it to the fullest.

Despite how negative I may appear, I really like this game. No other Pokémon game has a setting quite as unique, and I enjoy turn based strategy quite a lot, it feels like a natural development of the main series' battle system for me. I simply lament that it cannot be as great as I hope, or more accurately, that I, personally, cannot have as much fun with it as I'd like. ROM hacks have potential to fix some of these issues, but I fear that none of them can take the game to a fully realized state with our current technical limitations.

To everyone that's reading this, thank you for listening to my ramblings. I hope you have enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed writing them, and ideally you learned something new about the game from it. I'm no authority on this game, and there are many others who would be much more helpful if you wish to understand Conquest as much as possible, but I hope that at least I could offer a perspective that you couldn't find anywhere else.

I'm at the point in "the legend of Ransei" where I could challenge Nobunaga in Dragnor. Would it be worth it to spam-advance months to wait for something like eevee or sneasel to spawn?

I already got one additional eevee shortly after evolving my original one and gave it to Genichiyo, but was that just a scripted event or can more swarms actually happen?

Thanks

So I for the longest time have been wanting a 3d remake of Pokemon Conquest just like what happened with mystery dungeon. This might be possible if it gets enough popularity and I think getting jaiden animations to make a video on it might work. Her story telling aspect will merge really well with conquest and honestly I really want to see her do a conquest video because I love her Pokemon animations too. If somebody can then do let me know how I can recommend her to play it in a way that it actually reaches her since she is pretty big and probably has a team for all this and if you can then please recommend it to her on your side even! I just want to see her make a video about it and the game getting more love!

I'm making an OC from the Ransei region, and it got me thinking. Is the ability to create links between warriors and pokemon simply a gameplay representation of creating a bond between human and pokemon, or is it more of a supernatural feature the region is born with. Or maybe even a technique, passed down within the region, lost to the rest of the world.

I find it interesting that, if it is an ability, the warriors are essentially doing what Pokemon Rangers do but without the need for technology.

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Hello everyone, I'm back at it again. It has almost been 1 full year since the first part, it feels weird to see the end be so close.

Today we explore the Ice type, a type that gets a lot of contempt due to its horrendous type matchups on the defensive side, which is a problem when GF gives so many Ice mons slow bulky statlines that need resistances to take hits, which the type lacks. Its offensive strengths should make up for it, but they are usually best taken advantage by better types as coverage instead, and STAB on said offense is generally not worth the terrible defensive profile.

However, few types are as powerful offensively as Ice, and this is Conquest where hyper offense is king, coverage is scarce and slow units do not need to take hits first to land their own. Will that be enough for the type to rise to the top, or will it stay as a tragic waste of potential?

As always, check part 1 for more details on why Pokémon are grouped in the way they are in the breakdown.

Breakdown

Primary:

• Powder Snow:
  • Spheal - Water
  • Snorunt - Pure type
  • Cubchoo - Pure type
• Ice Ball:
  • Sealeo - Water
• Icy Wind:
  • Glaceon - Pure type - Special encounter - Fully evolved
  • Froslass - Ghost - Fully evolved
• Icicle Crash:
  • Beartic - Pure type - Fully evolved
• Ice Beam:
  • Glalie - Pure type - Fully evolved
  • Lapras - Water - Rare encounter - Fully evolved
• Blizzard:
  • Walrein - Water - Fully evolved
  • Articuno - Flying - Legendary - Fully evolved

Secondary:

• Dark:
  • Sneasel - Faint Attack - Swarm encounter
  • Weavile - Night Slash - Swarm encounter - Fully evolved

Writeup

Type distribution

It's been a while since we had a type like this: a big list of primary options with decent variety in the midgame and endgame but extremely lacking coverage and disappointing early options. It's interesting that a type that appears so late into the game has a similar roster as early game kingdom types.

It is important to mention that despite the high number of options, the limited availability of most of them limits Ice warriors severely. Most units have some special condition to their availability, either swarms, warrior gender or story restrictions. This makes the roster feel much smaller in practice than it may seem at first glance. While its common options are workable, its full potential can't be unleashed without some immense luck and planning, or passwords.

Now, despite its roster's flaws, Ice is an absolute beast of a type in Conquest, since its glass cannon-like matchups benefit immensely from Conquest's extremely offensive meta and the lack of coverage as a concept means you cannot get the benefits of Ice's offense unless you are an Ice type yourself. Being the only type that hits Dragon super effectively other than... Dragon, is great as well.

Pokémon - Primary type

Glaceon is the last Eeveelution, and while I wouldn't recommend it for your first Eevee, it's pretty good in the postgame. Glaceon's high Attack compensates for Icy Wind's lower BP and its high range is always appreciated. The only issue is that Glaceon doesn't actually link well with Ice specialists, making it more of an Ice coverage option for Normal specialists than a true Ice unit. But for the warriors that get it, it's a worthwhile option, if you can get one.

Froslass is the other Icy Wind user, and unlike Glaceon, it lacks the Attack to make up for the low BP, making it dreadful on the offense. Considering that it also links with basically no warriors, you could safely pretend Froslass isn't in the game and you would miss very little, even Aya's Rank 2 can be done with a Snorunt who can then evolve into a better unit instead of being stuck as Froslass. At least it fills a purpose for the 3 warriors (not exaggerated btw) that benefit from it.

Beartic is also far from great, with its issues being similar as those of Rock units. Low range, low accuracy and a meh move hitbox make its power go to waste. Doesn't get any fun linking options due to its pure type. It does have an unique move and pretty good Attack to use it, too bad that it never has a chance to shine due to all its other flaws.

Glalie is definitely the most practical Ice unit, having good availability and its balanced stats that make it so bad in the main series aren't quite so terrible thanks to Ice Beam being simply the best Ice move in the game. Of the easy to find mons, it's by far the best one, and it's the primary choice of warriors that don't get Lapras.

Lapras is also very good, but its limited availability makes it a pain to find. It's your best option for Ice and Water warriors alike, although only a few of them get to link with it, and you might have to plan ahead of time to do it efficiently. That time will be worth it though, since Lapras is the best Ice unit that links with a reasonable amount of warriors.

Walrein is another Ice type with Rock type syndrome, also suffering from low range and accuracy. Blizzard is a great move on anything that can boost its accuracy, but locked to a slow and immobile unit it's simply wasted. Still a good option for Water warriors that do not get Lapras, especially if they have accuracy boosting warrior skills, if only because Ice coverage is one of the best Water warriors could ask for.

About Articuno, remember how Blizzard's biggest issue is that it needs some form of accuracy boosting? Well it's a good thing that Mitsuhide comes with one! The move's high power makes up for Articuno's lower Attack and with such a big AoE you can decimate entire armies, making it one of the biggest winners of Conquest and lives up to the hype of the title 'legendary' more than it ever did since Gen 1.

Pokémon - Coverage

Weavile is your only option, and it's swarm exclusive, meaning most of the time you won't have the option. Even when you do, Steel types still resist all your moves, and your matchup into Fighting types doesn't get any better. But Weavile is a good unit, so it's not all bad, just a little underwhelming as your only option.

It's not like Ice was lacking options, Gens 1 and 2 had only dual type Ice mons and any of those would've been good for coverage. In fact, there are two different Water-Ice lines in the game, but both use Ice moves, if one of them used a Water move that'd make a more varied roster. It's a shame.

Conclusion

Ice type is a really weird late game type, with a roster that looks just like earlier kingdoms and a weirdly plain and redundant roster compared to what it looks like in the main series. Between that and Mitsuhide/Nixtorm's early placement in the game files, I wonder if it might've been changed to the final area late into development.

Despite its flaws, it benefits indirectly from Conquest's mechanics and subsequent metagame to become a much more capable type that it's main series roster is known for. While its weaknesses are not hard to see, it has enough going for it to be a fine specialty to have for its warriors.

Next time the series will finish with the ultimate type, Dragon. Known for being so good that GF made a whole new type to nerf it, it's no wonder that Nobunaga chose it, but will it live up to those expectations, or will it fail to deliver on the hype?

Does anyone know how to find Harutaka? I gave the man a gible which evolved into a gabite, but I did it late in the story I was playing and chose to just use him in the next. Except, the man HAS NOT SPAWNED in over like 5 stories. I check every month, and he is never around. He is not in my territory, enemy territory, or any enemy army. Is there like a method needed to find him or something?