Grandia 2 LLG -
Crimson Tail x2-
Random boss on the reef. These things hit really hard. I ended up underestimating them originally, no thanks to RICHARD.
<Tide|EphisGrandia2plot> boss is right now
<Tide|EphisGrandia2plot> See
<Tide|EphisGrandia2plot> GIANT ENEMY CRAB
<@Richard-GrueWorldProblems> lol
<@Richard-GrueWorldProblems> like these guys are a threat
Anyway, Scissors Storm deals 980 damage or so to my 1400 HP party, and Phantom Echo deals about 500 LT and always adds -1 Defense on a clean hit. I get caught with one that hits everyone once, followed immediately by a Scissors Storm leading to instant death. They only have 9800 HP each though, which is key, since one Crimson Tail by itself is a bad joke. We conserve Icefang stones even though we have like 99 of them as it will be a while before we get another restock. Thankfully, we have other forms of adequate offense for the job. From Elena's Whirlwind Staff (about 550), Burnflame from Tio (around 600) to Mareg's physicals (about 600 as well). I lose Tio once and Elena once, but the rest of the fight goes downhill for the boss once I get one Crimson Tail out of the way. If I had treated them more seriously from the start, they probably wouldn't have died. Overall, pretty good.
Melfice -
Big upgrade point with all coins remaining at this point. I consult with RICHARD and our plan ends up being as thus:
[21:07] <@Richard-GrueWorldProblems> Here's the plan:
[21:07] <@Richard-GrueWorldProblems> SC:
[21:07] <@Richard-GrueWorldProblems> Cancels to level 3
[21:07] <@Richard-GrueWorldProblems> Work on getting SUPER ITAMS after that
[21:07] <@Richard-GrueWorldProblems> MC:
[21:07] <@Richard-GrueWorldProblems> Try to get reasonable levels in Cold and good heals
[21:07] <@Richard-GrueWorldProblems> Heal is no longer worth it
[21:07] <@Richard-GrueWorldProblems> Whatever else you think you need
Unfortunately, Item Recovery costs a ton of coins, so I only invest up to level 3 for now. Act gets another level moving it to +40 ACT now. Tio, Mareg, Ryudo get their techs pumped up to Level 3 while Elena's sits at level 2. To open up Item Recovery, I invest in levels into Abandonment (+Evade) as well as Defensive (reduce IP damage on receiving damage) as well. For magic, Alhealer gets maxed 3/4 levels into Healer is invested. This is given to Elena. Cold is opened up on one of the eggs and given to Ryudo. Soul Egg starts with Healer and I upgrade that to levels 3/4 and pump up Cold to at least level 3 here as well.
For equips, Ryudo sticks with the Silver Freeze and has Bonds of Trust as his accessory. Elena has Bonds of Trust as well and the Glass Slippers. Tio has a +40% evasion set up. Mareg doesn't get anything notable for equips. Holy Egg is given to Elena, while Ryudo gets the Soul Egg and Tio gets the Chaos Egg. Mareg, doesn't really matter. For skills we have Ryudo with Skilled Item Use, Item Recover and Life Up. Elena has Life Up and Skilled Item Use. Mareg has Defensive and Strength. Tio gets Life Up, Zapfire Chant and Abandonment.
The battle strategy is simple. Debuff Melfice down, take out the Regenerator so it can't heal (or rebuff the parts) and ignore the Sword. In fact, the Sword helps out because once you cripple their move, Melfice ends up running on the spot for basic physicals, meaning he ends up wasting his turn. For offense, we stick with the 90+ Icefang Stones in my inventory and everyone throws those at Melfice and his different parts whenever the chance permits. For Freeze, Cold, Stram (Move/Act/Attack debuff), we have Ryudo and Tio. Elena has Diggin to help buff up defense. Mareg has nothing really, but it doesn't matter. With the debuffs stacking up rapidly, Melfice is eventually slowed and he ends up wasting a lot of turns attempting basic physicals. This in turn gives us lots of open opportunities to nuke him with items. Spread out to avoid taking collateral damage from GT spells and cancel out Demon Horde Slash when possible. Even with +5 Defense and some attack debuffs, it still deals 800+ damage to 1500 HP at most. So we cannot afford to give him many chances to actually hit us. Thankfully, with this strategy, he doesn't and after about half an hour, he falls.
Level after are 23/22/24/23 for Ryudo, Elena, Mareg and Tio respectively.