Four more boss battles, most of them fought by Stocke alone. I would say that the Special Forces battle is the most difficult out of the ones shown in the video. First Stocke has to take on Heiss one-on-one for the first time. Heiss can drain your health, and though he doesn’t use that move very often, it can be annoying and prolong the battle (it’s also noticeable stronger than his regular attack). I poisoned him and then did some physical-magic-physical comboing, which brought his health down to where the battle was pretty much over (you can’t kill him now). The poisoning was unnecessary, I guess, but it did stack with my other attacks. Next was a battle against Special Forces, and this one depends on luck so much it’s very possible to lose. Stocke solos two enemies and they like setting up a Power Zone on the central column. Once it’s been set up, they might use their turn to position themselves on the zone, and their damage potential will skyrocket from very minimal to seriously menacing. If one of the soldiers steps on the power zone, Stocke can just push him out. However, if both decide to do that, the damage will eventually kill Stocke (since he can’t push and heal at the same time). I guess having a mana burst ready would help, but only for one turn. Mostly a luck-reliant battle that can be easy or hard depending on what the enemies do. Then we fight some soldiers in Granorg Palace, and it’s actually a really easy battle compared to what we had in the past against …
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Kainmaster says:
Note: In case you don’t know, hitting Start skips a cutscene. I use it a LOT to skip watching the same cutscene a billion times ^_^
Heiss: Attack>Fire>Attack. What.
Special Forces: I never did see those guys as a boss…
Granorg Palace: Any reason you did the Frost-Thunder-Frost combo?
Rosch: Poison stalling; because you know you’re badass.
AshcrementVII says:
Ken Stocke Masters in the final battle … Shoryuken -> Fire combination. What makes it even more apt is Stocke’s attire and hair color.
MoogleBoss says:
@Kainmaster
Casting spells of different elements doesn’t add anything to the combo, I believe. I was just sure I was going to kill those 3 archers anyway, and I was too lazy to go for a longer chain. Changed my mind later into the chain apparently, lol.
I skip with Start too, and you can hit X if you are afraid to skip important dialogue (like, to be sure you are doing something meaningful and not just repeating the same scenes over and over), or when talking to the two Historia kids.
rock1644 says:
I just started playing this game recently, and I had a feeling Heiss was evil. Why did he have to go off and turn into a freak too?
MoogleBoss says:
@rock1644
His motivation isn’t revealed at this point of the game yet. You just fight him over a piece of paper for now. And yeah, his sprite does look creepy enough.
Heck, you seem to be forced to fight everything that moves in this game. Besides guys like, I dunno, Kiel? And Sonja. And the entire Granorg nobility. Uh, yeah. Okay, but you still fight a lot of folks with storyline significance, good or evil.
PistolOfShame says:
Ok this game was just made to confuse me. I thought Stocke was the little guy with the sword who early in your playthrough was your healer.