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First off, let me show off my new slave companion: like the last time, wait until CH2

Oersted decides to go classic into the last map of CH1

Learned Skills:

Ranger:

Reincarnation: Revives unit with 10% max hp (Range 4, AoE: 1)
CT Burst: Deals more damage to targets with lower CT than the user (Range 4, Arc range)
Bulletproof: Unit Evades bows,guns and missile attacks

Well...........that's leaving a mark

"Oh no........"

"T-Teta?"

"Sorry big brother........I couldn't fulfill.... our promise........"

After all this years........THIS still gets me (Go and eat your heart off Aerith, this is really sad)

"Don't have to tell me twice"

For the first time in ages...... we're having a 6 vs 6 battle

Today's lackeys are here just to make killing Algus all the more annoying

Speaking of which: Just stay spread so neither death sentence or Leaf dance hit multiple people

And off to a good start we go!!!

Did you know that Counter not longer sucks? 

One down, three more to go (Sorry Bomb, you're not worth my attention)

He even tries to protect his allies to no avail

Oersted gets to finally start the buffs on Delita: IDK if Algus AI it's bugged, but he will make a beeline to Delita, so you should use that to keep him busy while dealing with the others

Gonna admit: CH1 does his job when it comes to create an antagonist that we have good reasons to outright kill out of despise

Sadly, that doesn't mean the gameplay will match this characterization at all

Not that it matters when you get distracted by big numbers like these

Next time you should check out monsters inmunities/weaknesses before become one yourself, lad

Ehhhh.......Haven't heard about Beetlejuice? If you keep repeating his name like a pokemon who knows what will-

"DELITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I told you

Overall, I like the pace of the last of the prologue battles: Lots of things to get care of, a boss which can perfectly deal with you even alone and an actually useful NPC for once. Just choose whoever you see fit and roll with it since this is the final test before shit starts to get real. next time I'm posting CH1 analysis tomorrow, so stay tuned!!!

Oersted got into power rangers recently, so here's his loadout:

Priest:

Protect: Reduce physical damage by 50% (Range 3, AoE: 1, no height tolerance)
Shell: Reduce magical damage by 50% (Range 3, AoE: 1, no height tolerance)

Wizard:

Sheer Power: Damage increased by 1/3, attacks no longer inflict their random procs  

"But.....all of her family it's blonde. Doesnt that sounds little too suspicious to you?"

"Huh? I was looking thought the window, did you say anything?"

"..................Nevermind"

"And her last words were: Cheap tactics?!? URG, no one it's a dick on her except ME"

I see what you did there with Golagros, Emmy (No I don't)

The monsters aren't worth mentioning so I will go straight to him: Be aware of his stupidly high speed or be completely surrounded

AAAAAAND done.Not exactly something I would call extremely challenging

Angst Delita almost makes me cry, but another part of me believes that Teta would tear a hole on the fabrications of reality if she becomes playable. Just another Aerith I guess................

Strats? Just smack him hard and fast and be quick with it

Gonna catch'em all

For balance reasons, this bad boy wont see the light of day until CH2 kicks in

Oersted gonna practice his heals since they're worthy on MT (Also before I forget: this a No crystal inheritance run, so I must prioritize which class needs JP to get certain skills/reactions/jobs)

"Not be so dumb, they will surely kill us"

I already know Xipha's little secret. I'm not afraid

Props to that little bird: It ends up making me laugh for hours

Jellies and Squids make a surprisingly stunning combo: since the latter will snick on you status effects, the former can walk like a dog in his home and take you down rather effectively while the bird it's the nurse. Miluda it's just a pain in the ass in general since she can cover all the mentioned points

Status effects everywhere

And screw them he does.........

Endeavor abuse and Oersted get mist out o that thing, just to be afflicted with innocent the next turn (Very funny, game)

Yeah.......Whip that ass!!! (......................Does jellies have ass thought?)

Poor bird gets locked into a reraise loop

Miluda also gets screw by the RNG missing FOUR raises in a row. I guess that's what she gets from being a total bitch on Delita

Let me explain this picture: Xipha cast sleep, Jelly moves in between my monsters, spell goes off, everyone goes zzz and Othelos's Synchronize goes off, essentially shitting down four of six party members. The AI sometimes scares me

And then she dies from poison. LAME

Overall, status effects deal quite well with anything this battle can throw at you. You should take this chance and unlock some classes since CH2 could potentially get you locked out (not as 1.3, but your strats would be more prone to luck than anything)

Meanwhile..............

So yeah: Golagros just manages to kidnap the only brunette in the whole Ivalice, yet everyone know by a fact that ALL beoulves in history are fucking blondies. This is why you deserve to die, you nickwit

*Google translate said: Sorry, she's fucked. Can someone take me to the bathroom?*

"No one called you, Algus"

"Well..........fuck"

Delita proving that bloodlust wasn't a waste of a skill on him

#FRIENDSHIPITSMAGIC

And that's the last thing we know from Algus (at least for now). Oersted decides to clear his mind killing monsters somewhere, thus getting some new skills:

Knight:

Circle: Reduce MA by 3
Square: Reduce PA by 3
Bloodlust: Br% of gain +1 PA after succefully deal an attack with the grasp flag

Gameplay:

I need bloodlust in my life, if you don't mind

Skills Learned:

Squire (MASTERED):

Throw Stone: Deal damage at distance
Arms Mastery: Inmunity to steal/break skills, unit can exchange equipment mid-battle, unit can found items on hidden tiles
Poison Heal: If unit has poison, it heals 1/4 Max Hp
Rough Skin: Deals 4 x PA back to the enemy when attacked

Knight:

Mp Break: Deals Mp damage + Inflict Rasp

Ranger:
Neutralize: Removes Faith and Innocent
Guts: Unit deals 50% more damage if it has a negative status effect

Cutscenes: Delita decides to be a bro and take one from the team, but I'm better than that

("AAAAAND this is the part where Delita and I get expeled")

Okay..................("...............WHAT JUST HAPPEN HERE?!?!?")

Old Balbanes wasn't kidding when he entrust us with the task of being a true Beoulve it seems.........

So........We're going to fight against the only female captain, huh?

I prefer your rather not, Algus

As I said before, today's objective differs from the last few battles:

Birds are generally just hard to hit and chocobos don't need any explanation whatsoever. Miluda however can solo your whole party if you let her do her way

Algus decides to put some use to his rather underwhelming reactions by proc Mega-Flare on the poor bird (that spell cannot be reflect BTW) 

Delita and Oersted should dry their Mp to avoid Mp switch and annihilate the chocobo as fast we can muster: Haste or Shell/Protect on Miluda it's outright a reset unless you have a sparkle ready to self-destruct

Poison Heal + Poison + Guts: A wreaking ball (And I'm getting bloodlust after this)

The birds this time manage to inflict Haste,Transparent,Reflect and Shell on Oersted in this battle. I won't complain (I still reraise the sparkle since the two previous attempts ended up in defeat after they proc charm on Delita and he just destroy my ass along Miluda................)

FFT AI: Shit, they're about to kill her........let me throw sorcery at her!!!!!!!!  :yes 

"You're fucking fired"

Can just calm down, dude?

"Feh..... sympathy it's for the weak. Next time, I'll kill you for sure!!!" *Escapes*
 

I'm asking the same to you, you psychopath

There's no too much to be said: Miluda will try to kill everything on they field, you dispose of her before that happens. The only threat the rest of the enemies would pose it's getting charmed or they focus on your designed nuker, but otherwise a easy battle overall

Going back to basics

Learned skills:

Priest:

Cure: Restore Hp (Range 4, AoE 1)
Raise: Revives unit with 50% Hp (Range 4, no AoE)

Time Mage:

Haste: Accelerate CT gaining by 50% (Range 4, AoE: 1, no height tolerance)
Slow: Decrease CT gaining by 50% (Range 4, AoE: 1, no height tolerance)

Being killed by the plot or my hands? A hard choice indeed........

Today's battlefield. Jellies are a nuisance if you rely on magic to deal damage, meanwhile bomb can be quite dangerous since critical quick/self-destruction never gets old. Please take note of Delita's PA

Le buffs and bait

Just look at this beautiful clusterfuck...........They already lost

Goblins are generally good in this match-up: Eye gouge can shut down any threats, meanwhile endeavor can bypass their hp advantage and put them on the kill zone quite fast

Delita or Oersted can also contribute to the cause drying out their mp reserves to avoid nanoflares and MP-switch procs

random attack + counter flood: A confused ranger

Delita + Bloodlust: A scary foe

Airburn manages to piss off everyone out there. I must give him a cookie 

HA:The joke's on you!!!

Just look at this monstrosity.........To put it on context: Oersted will reach that PA naturally by CH4

"You can't go from pickpocket to outright kidnapping people"

"And what are you arguments?"

"Well, you see................."

"That's.............pretty convincing.......BLARG"

"I.....think I'll come back later, kay?"

And this is why you don't send three squires to do an army's job.

Overall, I feel this battle a little easy compare to the last time: The enemy once again needs to catch you before doing anything and Jellies can be dealt easily since they lack long-range options.You can also put a meat-shield in front of one door and watch as they pile up trying to kill said unit, just to get them destroyed by the rest of your party (hasted to make it more quick)

Oersted feels the magic and decides to go full nuke as Wizard

Learned Skills:

Chemist:
Soap: Inflict Regen on target
Plague Skull: Inflict Mist on target
Auto Potion: Use Potion when attacked

Wizard:
Nanoflare: Non-elemental spell (Range 4, no AoE)

My team. Oersted is making the game slightly hard since he got a lead on lvls and the enemy scales with the highest lvl in the roster

"Ohhh shoot: Bad guys at three o'clock. Please be quiet every-"

"DAMMIT ALGUS!!!!!"

The opposition. Getting rid of those kittens it's top priority for now

Setting up my emergency plan

Our friend over here decides to spam mana bomb on Chikka, but Delita goes in with the objection

Dream team confirmed

Oersted too stronk, pls nerf

Helligor it's all bark, but no bite

Chocobos does excels at their jobs: Being a nuisance in general

They almost manage to delete Chikka from existence too

Bad chocobos: GET SPANKED!!!!!

And to keep up with the festivities........

"It's a frigging bird. Just let me handle this"

"Hmph......As you wish............"

"Hey buddy: The name's Oersted. See this seed sack? If you don't want that thing in a "unpleasant" place, you better start talking NOW, capiche?"

I was about to do a joke but it was too mainstream so....................

Let's talk about this map: You already know how handle several enemies, but this time you can get completely decimated by their superior jump. as last time, stay inside the starting zone and make your way killing one at a time. Chocobos are the least of your troubles since wish it's just prolonging the inevitable, but a well place bite/sleep can mess you up pretty badly, so watch out and keep everyone spread. This place it's a field-trip with a Squid, so bring it if you can (not doing it here since next time can also be useful)

Learned skills:

Chemist:
Poison Ivy: Inflict Poison on target
Throw Item: Use item command at 4 range

What's better than one person applying poison? TWO persons applying poison, of course

Delita it's looking more like my inner thoughts by the minute, folks

Battlefield: This is one constant on Monster Tactics: Most of the time, you're outnumbered and you gotta play smart the first couple of turns or otherwise, you're getting raped

Also, don't rely all your offense or support duties on these two: Their equipment and skills gets randomized between fights

Ramza starts doing his only job: Haste everyone 

Airburn does quite a chunk of damage on the goblin over here, attracting the chocobo on my trap, eliminating both as a threat

Algus does his best at being nasty and gets blow up as result

The real MVP it's Airburn however: Endeavor it's quite the useful skill when it's combined with reraise/a well timed revival

Helligor doesn't slack off however: cat kick it's the perfect thing to avoid short range sandbagging 

Delita also dispose of the second Goblin while the last one reflex about his life choices as he dies on poison food

And since this is and LP, it has to end with a Self-destruction

This is by far the hardest battle for new players on CH1: This is the first time you get a lot of things happening on screen and little time to react accordingly. My best advice it's to chill out where you start and let them charge at you so you can pelt them from apart while they waste their CP chasing you. Hell, even veterans can find themselves losing the battle just because of a nasty self-destruct, so keep you AT list on hand and think before act and you should avoid unnecessary deaths (Algus was on purpose because fuck him)

First of all: best to get those poison ivys since poison it's fucking powerful on CH1. Going back to the story:

"I don't know, he just keep following me talking nonsense about revenge and become my servant"

GET BENT

Battle formation

Oersted goes to spend some quality time with his elder brother, so Algus decides to pester Delita about his boring and yet annoying backstory

Good lord there was a ambush out of nowhere to stop his bitching

This map it's straightforward like almost all CH1: Beat their shit and avoid getting destroy

Alma doesn't seems to get the memo however.........

Here is where I notice something: Dusk decides to go around, chasing some ladies while Othelos and Xipha gets fucked

Algus does something for once and poison the boss and with just that I won this battle

It's not like it was struggling or something however

Poor thing.......he just wanna go home...........

As his last move, decides to seppuku on me just to die by triggering counter flood. I guess that's better than poison ticks

Overall, this is quite a good show: ??? enemies are quite the roadblock if you're going for the first time, but this is also the best of times to show off status effect as the best answer to deal with those enemies (confusion being my personal favorite: I just cannot get tired of seeing units being goofy). Vanilla and 1.3 players can also be surprise by how tamed this bosses can be when you know their weaknesses (this can also backfired in some situations, however)

Behold.........MY NEW TEAM (sans Airburn and Dusk since I like those guys.They can stay)

Oersted: Wait a sec: Lynn, why did you change your name?

Pisco: Well, you see....................

I decided to change Oersted into Chemist because being versatile its the best thing ever. He learns:

Squire:
Wish: Revive with 1% Hp
Tackle: Physical hit. Can Proc Silence
Remedy: Heals several status effects
Yell: Add Haste on target
Cheer Up: Add Protect/Shell on target
CT Save: Br% chance of restore 20 CT when hit

Chemist:
Plume: Add Reraise on target
Potion: Restore 50% Max Hp

Team formation. But before doing anything, let's see what old Balbanes has to say

Yeah..........Moving on!!!!

Do you really have to ask? (Spoilers: Screw his ass)

The oposition: they're kinda handicap since those thiefs are like: "GOTTA GO FAST!!!!!..............and do 1 damage"

First order of business: NO REVIVES ALLOWED

Since the AI doesnt recognize some of emmy new skills until certain levels (like Siphon), they just got stuck dealing weak damage via tentacle (rule 34 strikes again)

In the end, I got old fashioned and do an Overkill because (Really, I'm loving the new Delita)

Overall, it's kinda telegraphed: Chocobo will go and suicide on Ramza and Co if Algus becomes less of a desirable target (easily done with a Plume), Piscos will go kamikaze on me just to die horribly and the thieves are the bards of this fight. I do like how despite of that, you can still lose if one of the thieves manage to land a steal heart or the chocobo evades every hit (which is quite possible). Good battle, but easy nonetheless

And before going to sleep..........................

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Spoilers: He comes with us  (-_-)

Our default team. I can already tell Emmy has touched some numbers here and there with the new EXP/JP system going on, but regardless of that we have in our pockets all the basic cover: Healing/Revival, Buff/Debuffs, Physic/Magic attacks and Unique niches. Ramza of course it's your typical jack all trades, so use him as you see fit

I decided to put both my Chocoling, Goblin cub and Kitten on stand-by because I don't need them here (And before you ask, I will change their names later)

The foes. I kinda like how despite all the hype we got from the game, this squire over here ends up being the most dangerous since CT Save it's so powerful on tanky units

The battle it's just a matter of who gets the first strike. I waste a turn of my Pisco because I forgot the fact that he still doesn't have enough MP for spells.

Sadly, they make a huge mistake: One of the flotiballs gets on critical and the goblin decides to heal him, wasting his turn and also killing his partners since I took down the thing before his skill resolved, giving me a full round of hits on them.

Overall, this is just prologue part 2: Enemies are more dangerous since they are more competent, but you should beat them if you know how CT works (and even then sandbagging like crazy can also do the trick)

Before ending this little update, I noted this brand new skill on Delita. I cannot wait to abuse the hell out of it