Hades has the following actions:
– Cleave. KOs Eiko
– Judgment Sword. Reduces HP to 1 (can miss). Not used if Eiko has 1 HP
– Freeze. Inflects Freeze (can miss)
– Mustard Bomb. Inflects Heat (can miss)
– Reflect. Only used if Reflect isn’t applied
– “Powering sword.” Starts a countdown to 3
After a countdown, Hades uses
– Curse. After odd countdowns. Effectively KOs Eiko and inflicts Mini
– Doomsday. After even countdowns. Shadow damage and heals Hades ~6000 HP
Hades must not use Cleave, and also must not use Reflect or Curse before Eiko casts Holy 3 times. With Body Temp, Freeze and Mustard Bomb are free turns. Eiko can also squeeze in two actions during each countdown.
Here, Eiko is almost in Trance, allowing her to use an extra Holy. I messed up the first menu, causing Hades to get an extra turn.
I was surprised to win before Doomsday, which would likely lead to needing an extra turn to use a Dead Pepper to win.
Holy damage: 8961-9999
– Eiko is level 1 with 39 Magic
– Eiko has Magic Racket (Raises Holy Elem-Atk)
– Holy has 113 spell power
– Hades has 10 Magic Def
– Hades is weak to Holy
(113 – 10) * [[39 * 1.5] * 1.5] = 8961
(113 – 10) * [[(39 + [(1 + 39) / 8]) * 1.5] * 1.5] = 10197
Dark Matter does 9999 damage and is not affected by Mini. One is obtained from the Treno auction house and two from Ozma. Dead Pepper does 30 * (# of Dead Pepper) = 2970 damage. 99 Dead Pepper can be obtained from a chocobo in Chocobo’s Paradise.
Abilities
– Auto-Life. For Curse
– Half MP. For Holy x3
– Body Temp. For Freeze and Mustard Bomb
Equipment
– Magic Racket. Holy damage x1.5, +2 Magic
– Holy Miter. +1 Magic
– Magic Armlet. +2 Magic, +16 Magic Eva
– Minerva’s Plate. +2 Magic
– Pumice Piece. Absorb Doomsday, +2 Magic
Characters stay at level 1 because story bosses give 0 EXP. Non-boss enemies can be defeated with Petrify (Needle Fork + Add Status) or Stop (Oak Staff) to avoid EXP. Zombie and Virus can also be used.
Eiko has additional Strength (HP), Magic (MP), Spirit, and Magic Stones from leveling Marcus from 1 to 99 with +6 Strength (Steepled Hat, Bone Wrist, Chain Plate, Power Belt). This can be done in an Excalibur II run due to a glitch in the PS4 version: after loading a save, the clock doesn’t advance until changing screen or opening the menu.
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