SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2 - Vritra (Low Level, Hard)
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
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Lowdown on the restrictions of this challenge:
EXP gain is only permitted in boss fights and forced encounters, and must be minimised by only having 1 character active at the end of each battle.
Autolevelling must also be minimised as much as possible. Argilla and Roland take all XP before they leave the party to reduce the impact of this later on, and Argilla's level must not exceed 12 so it doesn't affect Sera's starting level.
This is a cycle 2 playthrough on hard difficulty with no data transfer bonuses.
I will be fighting all bosses rather than doing a true minimum EXP run, cuz that's more fun. And let's face it, you're only here for Satan.
The use of Data items to permanently raise stats is forbidden for as long as possible - at least until Shiva.
This is the hardest story boss, but if I'd spent a few more hours grinding I could've made it easier. The real danger of this fight is Sera getting hit with Agidyne, so the difficulty is entirely dependent on how many mirrors you're willing to grind - 10k a pop is still a sizable chunk of money at this point. I was fed up of grinding and the ones I got in the Power Plant/as loot were enough to carry me through in just a few attempts. As an aside, Sera does survive Agidyne with max buffs, but will still die to any follow-up attack that connects. If a character dies and loses all their buffs it's generally a downward spiral from there, and probably best to just start over.
Start by throwing mirrors each round and maxing out on defensive buffs. Once the mirrors run out switch to Ice Drain and start stacking damage buffs. This opens Sera up to Agidyne as well as the irritant that is Silent Howl. It takes 4 Wild Bombs and an Impact Bomb to finish off the tentacles, but make sure Cielo is in human form so you can start damaging Vritra right away. It's especially important to get everyone to +3 in all parameters before killing them, because you won't have time to transform back and reapply buffs in the latter half of the fight.
From here it's a case of reducing his 3080 HP with Neutron Shot. Even with below average rolls you should be able to do this before they respawn. Sera's huge damage multiplier on Cielo's gun combo really helps here. As long as you don't fall below +2 defence everyone should be able to survive Inferno Roar from max HP and heal up - a Media from Gale will generally be enough but if his HP went below ~15 I threw a Medical Kit for extra safety. He always follows up roars with Sonic Wave, so keep a Void Panic shield up at all times.
I can't lie, even though I was keeping a rough track of his HP I was kinda bricking it in that last round. A satisfying way to end things though ;)
If you're wondering why I don't just put Sera in human form, this would mean somehow slotting her skills onto Cielo/Gale, which would also require a whole lot of additional grinding, and I wouldn't be able to use her OP Neutron Shot. So again, safer, but even more grindy than spending ~100k extra on mirrors.
Hunting Betrayal is SO GOOD here. Very fitting for the situation and overall atmosphere of the fight.
9:28 Hang on guys I gotta vacuum real quick
5:26 Best boi sound
EYY
*EEGH*
These Camera work is why i love DDS so much
Cuong Hoang someone who appreciates the camerawork like I do???? we must be long lost brothers
I love it because the spell animations are quick, so you can enjoy them and not feel bogged down or like the game needs a "skip" feature. I hate skip features
I also love them in Nocturne, particularly how the camera is directed fixed onto the model so when they're moving around during their spell casting animation the whole camera moves with it
@@CC_Reads A game having animation skip is usually a red flag for me
Though long animations for me are fine if they look good and the sound desing is great
Watch out for the audio jumpscare @ 0:04
Thanks man
Where was Kingdom Hearts 2 during hurricane Katrina, huh?
Thank you Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
@@eggdawg8672 now go get me my supper woman.
@@the_j_machine2254 don’t make me use the belt
0:21 Cielo Avatar:Uwarr!!
Vritra:Ow that's rlly cute lemme try now 0:33
that screeching is music to my ears
PS2 Megaten sound effects are this for me
I straight saved one video of regular gameplay just because the sound effects were such an eargasm for me
DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!! You are amazing I struggled with this boss at like level 42-47 but wow. You truly are amazing.
I defeated vritra relatively easy with all my team having zionga and rakukaja at level 36
"eyy" - CIELO, 20XX
Return of the EHY
Man I finished this duology around the time you were uploading these (really impressive) low level hard difficulty runs & watching them now makes me want to replay them.
The gameplay, soundtrack, & story are just 👌
Love low level runs- would love to have the patience to do it myself one day but that would be a lot of work. Well done though.
Cielo puttin in the WORK
BEHOLD! IT IS VRITRA!
Been waiting a while to make that reference. =V
That's because you don't have a Sephiroth battle in this game
Only Demi-fiend's Lingering Will
Heat: Dragon. DRAGON. Not lizard. I don't do that tongue thing 0:33
How smooth things are going to be after this? Do you still need to make some hunting farm or story battle will be enough?
Also, do you get free exp for someone when getting the items for shiva and vishnu?
Ohh, there's a lot of grinding coming up. If I was only doing story bosses that would pretty much be it, but for the optional bosses there's a huge amount of grinding to do before going to the sun. And yea, there's a small amount of XP from those fights.
Who wants to sign a petition to make jim reaper do dds videos again?
Signed
i click videos that i know are going to have hunting betrayal in them
did you already clear all of jack frosts questions?
Yes, ho! While grinding for skills pre-Abaddon, hee.
@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe nice; his days are counted then.
Dragon Scream seem like hurting my ears 😅.
Is this zone of the enders?
How do you grind for atma points without gaining Exp? I know that you can do field hunts to do it but don’t you gain Exp by defeating the Mitamas at the end?
In DDS2 you gain a small amount of AP even if they run away (this is not the case in DDS1)
Very time consuming though, you get way less than if you devoured them but then you'd also get XP as you say.
I'm pretty sure vritra is scripted to use gelid torrent on turn 5, you could've saved yourself a magic mirror there
Say what? That's oddly specific. I seem to remember it being basically random, are you saying he's guaranteed to use it every 5 rounds or just on turn 5?
@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe I'm pretty sure that dialogue is scripted to happen on his 5th turn and then he uses gelid torrent, that was my experience for my like 3 attempts and it seems to have happened here. I don't think he can use gelid torrent before that dialogue
@@FungalFury It was a long time ago, granted, but I could've sworn I saw the dialogue trigger earlier, even on the 1st round sometimes... but it's possible there's a hidden counter and if he hasn't randomly used it by turn 5 it triggers automatically?
@@FungalFury The Dialogue isnt scripted on Turn 5. On whichever turn he so desires the dialogue happens and he'll use Gelid Torrent. There's a chance he'll never use it unlike Inferno Roar.
Why KG2?
... what's this KH2 joke about?
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@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe What the fuck? Now I'm even more confused!
@@ZKtheMAN Nocturne beat KH2 at some awards show.
*VROOOOM*