FF4 Solo Edge Part IV
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sirsystemerrorI made a solo exception to kill Zeromus a second time, opening access to the rest of the trials without having to go through the hassle of beating him three more times. Since Edge will be going over Level 70 in this final leg of the game, it seems appropriate to open with his post-70 stat growths.
~ -1 Str, -1 Agi, ±0 Sta, -1 Int, ±0 Spi
~ +1 Str, ±0 Agi, +1 Sta, ±0 Int, ±0 Spi
~ +1 Str, ±0 Agi, ±0 Sta, ±0 Int, ±0 Spi
~ ±0 Str, +1 Agi, ±0 Sta, ±0 Int, ±0 Spi
~ +1 Str, +1 Agi, ±0 Sta, +1 Int, ±0 Spi
~ +1 Str, +1 Agi, ±0 Sta, +1 Int, ±0 Spi
~ +2 Str, ±0 Agi, +2 Sta, ±0 Int, ±0 Spi
~ ±0 Str, +3 Agi, ±0 Sta, +3 Int, ±0 Spi
The last two are definitively the best. The first and the two identical ones are acceptable, though. Edge's base stats are kind of lacking, though. For the maximum strength alongside his upcoming equipment, we need at least 25 Strength. On the other hand, our offense against ZEG will (probably) consist of thrown items, and if we go with that, we can use a Hero's Shield for leniancy.
This time, I decided to get all the leveling and collecting out of the way before jumping into the bosses. Two new legendary katanas can be found in the ruins. The former gives +10 to Agility and Stamina, and the latter gives +10 to Strength and Spirit, and also casts Blink when used as an item.
In the second town in the ruins, these are accessible as well. Assassin Vest is very nice. It not only bestowes 90 Evasion, but has decent pure defenses as well. Protecting against Paralysis is very nice, as the Ribbon does not do so for some reason. The Rising Sun is the next level up from the Full Moon, and gives +10 to Agility, because why not?
Note the Assassin Dagger. This is not something Edge can equip, strangely enough - despite the fact that he can use its unused variant. It's about what you'd expect, but it can be used as a ridiculously overpriced thrown item.
It's worth noting that attack caps at 255. This could be reached even with the Rising Sun and one of the new katanas.
Here's Edge's raw stats once I hit level 99. His stats at level 70 are 59/54/47/34/25. He thusly gained 26 Strength, 32 Agility, 14 Stamina, and 31 Intellect. It's nice that he hit 64 on that last one, as it gives another offensive multiplier. Shame about the Stamina, though. With equipment, the first three stats would be 99/99/88 respectively, and Spirit is upped by 10
The Monk Brigade meant pulling out the Blue Fangs again. Their high magic defense rules out Ninjutsu as an option, but these ignore magic defense and do just fine. Edge had 99% evasion, and much like Alice in the Magicians Playthrough in FF2, absolutely nothing could touch him physically.
Nothing special about Lunar Titan. Lunar Shiva got taken out with the Fire Claw. Note that just about every boss saw a combination of Masamune and Spider's Silk get used. This includes Lunar Dragon, who casts Slow on you. Before that, Ifrit and Shiva got elemental claws. The other two have no special tricks or elemental weaknesses, so they just got beaten up.
After Edge got taken out by a Holy from Lunar Odin, I decided to take the easy way out for the sheer thrill of it. This is what it looks like, since I didn't show it last time. Note that Lunar Asura, unlike her counterpart, is not a Mage. She also has different counterattacks when it comes to physical blows, that I forgot to write down. As long as Edge stayed away from the Blizzaga counters, he had no problem.
Just like Lunar Shiva, Edge's own boss, Lunar Ifrit, was able to be victimized by a claw.
The reward for defeating him is the Hanzo Gloves. Many of the Lunar Ruins items upgrade certain characters' commands, and for Edge, this changes Steal into Plunder. If a Steal is successful, Edge will execute an Attack command after. This isn't very helpful, in some cases even counterproductive. You sometimes will want to avoid damaging an enemy as so to repeatedly steal items from it. And unlike later games' Mug command, the attack only occurs if the steal is successful rather than the two being independent, so it's not a command you can substitute for your regular attack. And what's worse are its stats.
- Protect Ring's stats: 10 Def/15 Eva/12 MDf/10 MEv, +10 Sta, Resist Fire/Ice/Lightning
- Hanzo Gloves' stats: 15 Def/0 Eva/8 MDf/6 MEv
5 extra defense is not worth all that. Especially considering he won't ever be getting hit by most physicals anyway!
Edge simply had enough HP and defense to tank anything Lunar Bahamut tried to do to him. Mega Flares only did this much, and physicals around 100. Total walkover. What was not a walkover was Lunar Ramuh, who would counter with Thundaga for 1000 every time Edge attacked. He had to dip into the Elixir stash every now and then on both fights, but moreso the latter one.
Lunar Leviathan was another victim of the claw.
I didn't run into Brach when heading to ZEG, and didn't feel like going for him this time. Edge was finally able to make use of the items he'd been saving up to throw against ZEG, including two Assassin Daggers. The Grimoires locked him down and made sure he couldn't do anything, ever. Check out the video, which apparently made my computer throw a hissy fit with the audio. They really are brokenly powerful, though given the alternative is the HP Leak + Critical combo, it's kind of a wash.
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[04:51:23] {darknil} honestly soloing that game with anything that isn't Tellah or maybe Edge is going to steamroll it.
Well, I guess I disproved the latter notion, eh? Edge genuinely surprised me with his versatility. He can do a bit of magic, stealing lets him easily do things no one else can without tedious amounts of grinding, he can stall out physical attackers with Image, he has high speed and the ability to give himself Haste and the enemies Slow at will...and when all else fails, just start throwing things.
I knew full well going into Edge that he was anything but a suicidal choice. Up next is a character who may or may not be suicidal. There's also a reason to do it on PSP that I've brought up vaguely before...if I'm not lazy, that is.
Index
~ -1 Str, -1 Agi, ±0 Sta, -1 Int, ±0 Spi
~ +1 Str, ±0 Agi, +1 Sta, ±0 Int, ±0 Spi
~ +1 Str, ±0 Agi, ±0 Sta, ±0 Int, ±0 Spi
~ ±0 Str, +1 Agi, ±0 Sta, ±0 Int, ±0 Spi
~ +1 Str, +1 Agi, ±0 Sta, +1 Int, ±0 Spi
~ +1 Str, +1 Agi, ±0 Sta, +1 Int, ±0 Spi
~ +2 Str, ±0 Agi, +2 Sta, ±0 Int, ±0 Spi
~ ±0 Str, +3 Agi, ±0 Sta, +3 Int, ±0 Spi
The last two are definitively the best. The first and the two identical ones are acceptable, though. Edge's base stats are kind of lacking, though. For the maximum strength alongside his upcoming equipment, we need at least 25 Strength. On the other hand, our offense against ZEG will (probably) consist of thrown items, and if we go with that, we can use a Hero's Shield for leniancy.
This time, I decided to get all the leveling and collecting out of the way before jumping into the bosses. Two new legendary katanas can be found in the ruins. The former gives +10 to Agility and Stamina, and the latter gives +10 to Strength and Spirit, and also casts Blink when used as an item.
In the second town in the ruins, these are accessible as well. Assassin Vest is very nice. It not only bestowes 90 Evasion, but has decent pure defenses as well. Protecting against Paralysis is very nice, as the Ribbon does not do so for some reason. The Rising Sun is the next level up from the Full Moon, and gives +10 to Agility, because why not?
Note the Assassin Dagger. This is not something Edge can equip, strangely enough - despite the fact that he can use its unused variant. It's about what you'd expect, but it can be used as a ridiculously overpriced thrown item.
It's worth noting that attack caps at 255. This could be reached even with the Rising Sun and one of the new katanas.
Here's Edge's raw stats once I hit level 99. His stats at level 70 are 59/54/47/34/25. He thusly gained 26 Strength, 32 Agility, 14 Stamina, and 31 Intellect. It's nice that he hit 64 on that last one, as it gives another offensive multiplier. Shame about the Stamina, though. With equipment, the first three stats would be 99/99/88 respectively, and Spirit is upped by 10
The Monk Brigade meant pulling out the Blue Fangs again. Their high magic defense rules out Ninjutsu as an option, but these ignore magic defense and do just fine. Edge had 99% evasion, and much like Alice in the Magicians Playthrough in FF2, absolutely nothing could touch him physically.
Nothing special about Lunar Titan. Lunar Shiva got taken out with the Fire Claw. Note that just about every boss saw a combination of Masamune and Spider's Silk get used. This includes Lunar Dragon, who casts Slow on you. Before that, Ifrit and Shiva got elemental claws. The other two have no special tricks or elemental weaknesses, so they just got beaten up.
After Edge got taken out by a Holy from Lunar Odin, I decided to take the easy way out for the sheer thrill of it. This is what it looks like, since I didn't show it last time. Note that Lunar Asura, unlike her counterpart, is not a Mage. She also has different counterattacks when it comes to physical blows, that I forgot to write down. As long as Edge stayed away from the Blizzaga counters, he had no problem.
Just like Lunar Shiva, Edge's own boss, Lunar Ifrit, was able to be victimized by a claw.
The reward for defeating him is the Hanzo Gloves. Many of the Lunar Ruins items upgrade certain characters' commands, and for Edge, this changes Steal into Plunder. If a Steal is successful, Edge will execute an Attack command after. This isn't very helpful, in some cases even counterproductive. You sometimes will want to avoid damaging an enemy as so to repeatedly steal items from it. And unlike later games' Mug command, the attack only occurs if the steal is successful rather than the two being independent, so it's not a command you can substitute for your regular attack. And what's worse are its stats.
- Protect Ring's stats: 10 Def/15 Eva/12 MDf/10 MEv, +10 Sta, Resist Fire/Ice/Lightning
- Hanzo Gloves' stats: 15 Def/0 Eva/8 MDf/6 MEv
5 extra defense is not worth all that. Especially considering he won't ever be getting hit by most physicals anyway!
Edge simply had enough HP and defense to tank anything Lunar Bahamut tried to do to him. Mega Flares only did this much, and physicals around 100. Total walkover. What was not a walkover was Lunar Ramuh, who would counter with Thundaga for 1000 every time Edge attacked. He had to dip into the Elixir stash every now and then on both fights, but moreso the latter one.
Lunar Leviathan was another victim of the claw.
I didn't run into Brach when heading to ZEG, and didn't feel like going for him this time. Edge was finally able to make use of the items he'd been saving up to throw against ZEG, including two Assassin Daggers. The Grimoires locked him down and made sure he couldn't do anything, ever. Check out the video, which apparently made my computer throw a hissy fit with the audio. They really are brokenly powerful, though given the alternative is the HP Leak + Critical combo, it's kind of a wash.
__________
[04:51:23] {darknil} honestly soloing that game with anything that isn't Tellah or maybe Edge is going to steamroll it.
Well, I guess I disproved the latter notion, eh? Edge genuinely surprised me with his versatility. He can do a bit of magic, stealing lets him easily do things no one else can without tedious amounts of grinding, he can stall out physical attackers with Image, he has high speed and the ability to give himself Haste and the enemies Slow at will...and when all else fails, just start throwing things.
I knew full well going into Edge that he was anything but a suicidal choice. Up next is a character who may or may not be suicidal. There's also a reason to do it on PSP that I've brought up vaguely before...if I'm not lazy, that is.
Index
