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That said, I call for a bird fad!
I don't even remember Wind Cutter. I was thinking Tornado (unless Zandyne is more damaging).Wind Cutter's better than either. Zandyne is heavy damage, Wind Cutter is mega damage. With Force Boost, I think it usually did about 600 to something without any weakness/resistance.
I'm about 90% sure that Freikugal is NOT ITD and hits reflect (either that or it hit absorb, whichever SMTN considers "best").That's definitely reflect. Pierce hits enemies with Drain Phys, but not ones with Repel Phys.
Focus is pretty useful, buuuuut... gut checks that Freikugel 2HKOs average at minimum, Focus thus is only needed against really good opponents, and he just doesn't have the time for Focus in a field higher than Bluelike is my feeling. I could be wrong here! Badly so! If that's the case, drop... Fog Breath, yeah. If he needs two elements (field with Jenna Angel, for example) drop Force Boost and Wind Cutter for MT versions of his wind/electric magic.
Fog Breath, sure, is screwed over by ITE, but ITE attacks tend to be less powerful than ones subject to accuracy, and Fog Breath does a hell of a lot to evasion and accuracy - as was said earlier:
Actually, this isn't really true. A lot of games make their physical skills ITE, and those tend to be stronger than basic physicals (ex. Grandia series, Skies of Arcadia, Phantasy Star 4)
In any event, it's really devestating at max, since I think that reduces enemy accuracy to 1/8 base effectively.
Arguably this is just a tiebreak system, or you can throw that battle system element out (I probably do the latter) and just do Agi scaling. In the latter case he's a fast bugger.Arguable, considering stats are determined by the player. He -can- be a fast bugger, but then he's not as strong/good with magic/able to survive. That said, I'm thinking Agi and Str are his best options here in most cases, so he would be fast.
Taking only maingame/shop-bought rewards... he's a flexible Godlike, I'd think? Can wall a ton of the DL still anyway, and isn't someone most would want to fight. As a slight side note, I don't remember status being too effective, but I've not tested it extensively. He's still brutish as a mage/fighter/staller, whichever he needs to be.I'm judging that more by enemy accuracy with similar skills, seeing as I didn't tend to use status much. The only one I've really mentioned is Panic, which would tend to be very accurate (probably because it doesn't always affect the sufferer). Think Panic stops the target attack about 2/3 of the time, and probably hits about 75%. Overall, seems pretty useful for those who are vulnerable to status, although there'll usually be better alternatives.
Doesn't Demifiend get ID blocking below L60 as a skill? If not, huh. That opens up the field further (Rika/Tir, Tir amusingly not being able to survive two rounds unless he doubles average).He does, but it's a sidequest Magatama, which I wasn't including. That said, he can still equip the Anathema Magatama to void death, which means he doesn't have any trouble with it.
Endgame. See, this is where it gets fuzziest for me. I'd peg endgame as ~70-75... BUT my opinion is honestly skewed, I did Hard Mode which screws everything up a bit.Hmm. 60's probably a bit low, actually - that was a run with most sidequests done, but incomplete Labyrinth of Amala and minimal training. Going by TDE, it's probably closer to 65-70. Going up to 70 for the level does give him a few extra skills (Void Death and Avenge, for example) but nothing that changes things -too- much.
One other final "The Rest Of The DL..." interp note: most people, myself included, wouldn't let him switch skills between battles. Primarily because you can't relearn skills you drop, and that's the best reflection. So if he loses Masakados as an option he's kinda fumbling to make sure he can cover all his bases for the season, though Magatama swapping helps there.Hrm, makes sense. That said, I doubt it'd cause too much of a problem still. Some attacks would be standard regardless of the opponent (Fog Breath/War Cry), and Magatama and a Void Skill lets him null two elements and have no weaknesses. That leaves 5 skills with which to beat 4 majorly debuffed opponents - Diarahan, Mana Drain, Divine Shot, Focus & Endure? Seems like Endure and Diarahan is good for taking out a fair few Godlikes, to begin with.
Yeah, I was referring to Masakados there, pretty much (mass stat boost+skillset+wall everything). And yeah, the Gravestone Time Attack challenge. The movepool... is impressive, but not stellar. (Pierce is a nasty touch, though.)
Of ranked people, he... probably charge-OHKOs Zophar, since apparently Fate Storm (according to the topic? I don't even remember seeing it in-game above 50% HP, so it'd make sense) is HP-triggered, Zophar can't stop him from pulling it off. Yuna wins with Aeons no prob, without it gets dicier (depends on what element you consider her Holy as, as well as if you see him as blocking FF Holy element. This has come up before, Yuna vs. Jenna Angel. I'll leave off there lest I reincarnate the argument). Aside from those two... depending on how you view SMT:N speed, the non-elemental nukemages (Johnny, Ryu2) give him fits. At worst he's a spoilable High Godlike, though, and I'd just move not to rank him on grounds of being pretty much a nightmare.
Djinn: Second press turn, unless I'm misremembering wildly, is a NG+ feature.
Only other major note I have is to keep that Pixie. It can mutate (and should pretty quickly), and it can be fused, but keep it around for a later event door.
Finally, his argument for Bluelike is something you may or may not see later, depending on your choices ingame. Rest assured, though, that he merits the position, even if he's just a Low Bluelike.
