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nah, music was the only bad part of this video XD

Yeah, the Antidote was queued up before Escape, sadly!

@@TailsGt1 Thank you! Yeah, with a ban on Frog Drop and Quina having to be in the back row, they’re kind of pigeonholed into item vending. I quite like this fight too! Gizamaluke’s counters give it a lot of damage potential, the Tent is 100% necessary to survive at this level!

We're fighting an evil witch/wizard! Seemed appropriate!

@@TailsGt1 Interesting problems require interesting solutions xD And yeah, it’s kind of a drag having to skip Trance in combat, so I did my best from then on empty it before hand.

Actually, thinking about it, I could have continued to use Sword Magic, Trance only increases Attack power, nothing else lol

That was something I was thinking about though it's fine. It was a good take! :)

@@TailsGt1Yeah, I just realised whilst editing it later I was like “I can, like, do something about that lol”

I thought it was about time I made him do it instead of him making me do it.

@@Kevassa Thank you! Maybe it will, maybe it won’t. We’ll see!

@@ViktorForslund Dammit Vik, you saw right through my poorly concealed emotions! Thank you for your kind words, I love singing and it’s nice to hear a complement on it 😁

@@Jamesaga Haha nothing wrong with showing emotion! And no problem, I'd love to hear more if you ever feel like doing something like this again 😁

This video has a lot of tags already, I’m just not popular enough to appear in algorithmic searches! XD I will, however, see what I can do!

@@Jamesaga Wasn't even an algorithm search. I'm typing in Tales Of Symphonia Hard Hit with every other word I can think of and STILL couldn't get this to show :*(

@@DodgeThisBam That’s what I mean, the normal search function is skewed by popularity :(

@@Jamesaga God that’s stupid

Thanks! I like to give Raine the chance to rest her back from carrying the whole team, when I can! |D Oh and I’ve been trying to reply to you on your buff video for weeks, but YT keeps eating my comment. I got the buff information from the Game Mechanics guide on GameFaqs and Symphpnia’s page on Speedrun dot com

@@Jamesaga The hell TH-cam!? Thanks for clearing that one up! I've changed my default settings so hopefully that won't happen anymore. I just hit Dragons Nest on my current run and I'm still working out how to approach it this time around. I wonder if I can make it work with a Melee build...

@@DodgeThisBam Good luck!

Thank you! Yeah, a lot of people don’t know about shortcut delay, so I thought I’d better use it in a fight to prove its existence!

@HorangiTiger Yeah I'm pretty sure this is only in GC (Default should be L if you check the button config) Learned about that a couple of weeks ago and it seems pretty insane

Thanks! Yeah, unless you read the manual you’d have no idea this feature even existed!

Thank you! And oh god yeah, I remember he was a real nightmare for you. Glad I could give you some second had joy! XD

No prob! I felt vindicated so yes, I enjoyed it quite a lot. :P

Oh it absolutely was lmao

I had a suspicion the hitbox was ground only, and it is!

My fondness for the little guy makes me do crazy things xD

I have to say, I surprised myself with that one. NEVER PUNISHED.

It’s still a No Multiplayer run if you’re all the characters, r-right?

The evil is defeated

I’M FREE

Nest Crack is blockable, but the block stun is so long it’s a massive risk the baby dragons will simply break your guard/kill you outright. Starting a melee combo is fine, but avoiding reaching that situation is far more preferable. Most artes move your character forward, which would put me in range of Nest Crack or cause the formation to be moved up. Many spells will hit the baby dragons, but something that pushes away and downs, in the form of Spiral Flare, is an absolute godsend in buying space and time. It also does a hell of a lot more damage, especially as it can hit 2, if not all 3, targets if you keep them positioned well.

@@Jamesaga Just for clarification, I was recommending Eruption for Giant Dragon, not the babies.

@@DodgeThisBam Ah I see. Yes, I did see Eruption worked, but it also forced the guard break animation which would cause it’s head to swing out of bounds so I decided against it. Not really a problem though after I decided to go full ranged lmao

I can definitely see you not lasting 10 seconds

Presea doesn’t get Hard Hit, as much as I wished she did!

However Sheena is still PURE CRAP though but isn't Presea's Heavy HIT skill the same as Sheena's Hard Hit ONLY Heavy Hit is from a lv 3 ex Gem for Presea and is NOT a Ex skill.

Hey, it's really uncool to go around promoting one's run in someone else's comment section. You should stop doing that, it's rather disrespectful to the creator!

@@Kevassa Shit really? I thought it was a great way to compare how we each approached the challenge. I’ll stop it at once. Thanks for the heads up.

Asserting dominance with Neutralizer |D

My bad. Hard to see with GC multiplayer camera. LMAO

Thanks! I do have some more things I want to test with, so hopefully there’ll be more soon!

The Pinion seals also do more damage than the Absolute seals and they Compound Special Attack with Hurricane Thrust, so they’re useful in a couple of ways! When I have to choose, I take Serpent and Mirage Seal Pinion, then Power Seal Absolute!

@@Jamesaga i just love having a reliable Stat drop for the enemy, especially since I usually rush the game underleveled.

@@DodgeThisBam​​⁠Honestly the debuff is still pretty consistent on the Pinions, and you get two rolls as both hits can proc. You can see in the video 7/8 SSP debuffed evasion, which is pretty good! Not to say the Absolute seals don’t have their uses. On top of the 100% chance, they have more range than the first hit of Pinions and better cancel points, so are much more consistent in combos.

@@Jamesaga Having seen this, along with マーキュリアス • Mecuriasu's Presea combo video (th-cam.com/video/-P0ZZRyVgio/w-d-xo.htmlsi=WdxkVPShc3_lQe9t) I think I'll give the pinions a shot. Since I'm RUSHING the game in my LP I need all the stat boosts I can get so I'm thinking of running |Sheena (Summons buffs along with CC from Cyclone and Pyre)|Colette (Holy Song, Ranged when necessary and Juggles well with Sheena)|Zelos (Heals when needed, All around great character)| and Presea for use with (PChage and the CC.) With all the Stat boosts she should be hitting like a truck to help negate the level difference. Ignore this if you like but would you be willing to join me and a few other ToS content creators on discord to go over a few things about your Heavy Hit findings? discord.gg/j8vU9pc4

I do regret not slipping it in at the end of this one, so soon TM

Thanks Muc! The power of mansplaining finally coming in handy! XD For real though, I just wanted to make a source of reliable information. I’ve committed so many things to memory about this series that have been proven completely wrong in the past few years!

Thanks Vik! Yeah if Sheena had some more interesting moves, you could do some real sick combos with all this hitstun!

Thanks!

Thanks! I just keep finding random things and make note of them when I do xD

Thanks! Yeah, it’s way more useful than it looks on paper! I really wish Presea had it, she’d really benefit from it!

Got it!

Some titles in the game grant characters different outfits at the expense of stat bonuses on level up. These costumes I'm using were unlocked at the beginning of the game, as I had save data for the other Tales games on my PS3!

Thank you very much! Yeah, even with concentrating on keeping her safe, Sheena still got clipped quite a few times. I’d have had her go Corrine spam, but Kratos has a lot of Iron Stance for Lloyd solo and starting combos through Grave with earth immunity on Sheena was very helpful!

@@Jamesaga As nice as Corrine is for starting combos it’s keeping Sheena FAR away from the fight I like best about him!

@@Jamesaga I can't believe I only just realized you were using two Stone Charms and the Card of Earth to give her Earth immunity! I'll definitely be making use of that when I reach him in my current LP! I'll be sure to credit you too! I might just use her as my primary attacker and keep Lloyd ranged (or dead)

@@DodgeThisBam With earth immunity and alternating Sheena between Hold Position and Frontlines, I could get her to attack him safely whilst I dodged Grave. As his Iron Stance is completely gone during casting recovery, it let me start a new combo with ease!

@@Jamesaga I want to see if I can spell cancel combo him with Hard Hit on Sheena. Not 100% sure it’s going to work!