Chapter 3 Walkthrough

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Formulas

Damage

Normal attack damage = (Attack - Defense) x (100% +/- 20%)

Physical skill damage = [Attack x (1 + bonus%) - Special Defense] x (100% +/- 20%)

Special skill damage = [Special Attack x (1 + bonus%) - Special Defense] x (100% +/- 20%)

Hit Chance

Melee hit chance = Hit % - Evade %
                   + (20% for back attacks, 10% for side attacks)
                   + (between 20% and -20% based on height)
             
Ranged hit chance = Hit % - Evade %

Special hit chance = Special Hit % - Special Evade %

Obstacle Damage

Explosive damage = Obstacle Damage - Special Defense

Normal damage = Weight Based Damage (between 3.5 and 17)
                + Throw Power
                + (between 25% and -25% based on height)
                - Defense / 5

Additionally, obstacles always do at least 1 damage.

Obstacle Weight

Normal obstacle damage is based on unlisted weight values ranging from lightest (lantern obstacle) to heaviest (Redshield corpse) resulting in damage between 3.5 and 17.

Throw Power

Throw Power is unlisted and varies by unit ranging from 0% to 100%:

Low      (0%) Casimir, Aizu, Vera
Average (50%) Ysabel, Ivan, Vadim, Zofia, Martin
High    (75%) Tevoran
Max    (100%) Oksana, Reynold

General tips

Use the Set Direction command to adjust your units' facing at the end of your turn. Most enemies will attack a character's back or side whenever possible (receiving a 20% or 10% hit bonus respectively). Note that this can be used to your advantage when you want to call attention away from a vulnerable unit, or manipulate the enemies' positioning.

Shove is useful in positioning enemies to be attacked by characters that can hit multiple tiles. This is often a better strategy for weaker characters to use instead of using their own attacks. It is also useful to quickly bypass walking all the way around cliffs when you are in a hurry.

Whenever possible, seek a height advantage. Simply standing on a pile of corpses will reduce enemy bonuses for back or side attacks. However, this is less important than in chapter 1 and 2 since positioning to hit multiple enemies with your attacks and avoiding the same being done to your party is a lot more important, as area attacks are more common.

Occasionally your view of tiles will be blocked by enemies, fallen bookshelves or other obstacles. In these cases, using the Cursor, located in the lower left of the screen, can be helpful. It can be used to target both movement and attacks.

At any point within a battle, if you click on one of your playable characters, and then click Details, you are able to purchase new active or passive skills to help you during combat. Since you do not necessarily need to wait until the next break point to acquire new skills, this is especially useful if you have the skill points to learn something you may need in the heat of the battle. This also applies to arming yourself with new equipment acquired in the battlefield.

Enemies will get progressively stronger, with higher stats and better equipment, as you progress through the game. Passive skills may be purchased to augment your party's stats to compensate for and mitigate any glaring disparity between your and the enemy's stats.

Remember you can reset your skills when you're out of battle, just click on the skills you learned and click "Forget" to get Skill Points back so you can spend them on the skills you need. A good tip, especially for chapter 3, is to keep around 200 unspent skill points around so you can adapt to the battle field.

You can quick save the game in battle. In harder battles its suggested to save every turn.

Keep in mind that your money is limited. Think about whether or not a purchase will really help you before making it. Keep in mind that enemies can drop various items(Various consummables may be dropped, equipment dropped will usually have been of the slain enemy's gear). Also note that armor drops more often than weapons and can be kept longer since you can hand them down. A good rule is to only buy equipment that are 2 tiers or more better than your current ones, since enemies drop plenty of consumables.

It is worth noting that the game can be beaten with any set of skills, or even with no skills purchased at all. Don't expect it to be easy, though!

Note that with high damage skills such as spear triple plus or roundhouse, you can largely bypass the effectiveness of defense.

Party Members

 Ivan Vaclav

Ivan continues to be a poweful melee damage dealer.

Ivan can equip Spears, Knuckles, Claws, Light, Medium, and Heavy Armor, Jackets, and all accessories. If a new game is started without an imported save from Chapter 2, he starts with a Grey Spear, Refined Knuckle, Gatormoose Jacket, Arachnid Boots, 8-Directional Attack, Spear Plus, Smoke Attack, Selective Dexterity, Covert Aggression, and Avoidance.

• + Fast movement speed with the Greasy Leather Jacket, Arachnid Boots, and Lubrication.
• + Can equip the Foreman's Claws.
• + Has the highest range of any melee unit.
• + 8-Directional Attack lets him attack from awkward angles, and is free.
• + His smoke storm attack can be used to weaken damage (accuracy) of several foes per attack and help teammates hit them.
  • + Leather Lungs increases smoke attack power and provides immunity to Choking.
• + Can deal extreme damage with spear tripleplus at a decently low SP cost, to up to 2 enemies at once.
• + Can attack twice after moving with Agitation.
• Can Stack with Martin's Embolden And Ivan's adrenaline and Evade skills to Create Up to 90%of Evasion

Edwin Tevoran

Tevoran's role is almost completely unchanged. He still tanks hits and controls the battlefield with Mockery.

Edwin can equip Swords, Light, Medium, and Heavy Armor, and all accessories. If a new game is started without an imported save from Chapter 2, he starts with the Cold Sword, Refined Sword, Steel Chain Leather, Red Belt, Berate, Mockery, Overhead Slash, Audacity, and Suspicion.

• + His physical defense is unparalleled.
• + His Mockery skill will completely ruin enemy AI, allowing you a turn's reprieve to heal or go on the offensive. If he is far enough away, many enemies won't even attack him (out of range).
  • + If he has counterattacks, with Mockery, he can deal bonus damage.
  • - He's low accuracy decreases the effectiveness of counterattack, and let tank to damage enemies is usually unreliable, although he has the highest attack in the party.
  • - Some monsters and automatons are immune to this skill.
  • + Can use Demoralize to reduce enemy AP by half for a turn(almost no enemies are immune to Fatigue!).
• - His evasiveness is the worst of any teammate.
  • + Given his high defense, he won't suffer too much from this.
• - His SP only recharges at a rate of 4 per turn, slowing down use of his special moves.
  • + The Warden's Emblem can patch this weakness up quite handily.
  • + With the Warden's Emblem equipped the use of his Scold skill is extremely beneficial to the party's overall DPT (Damage Per Turn) especially in conjuncture with Casimir's Speed Dart skill and high damage skills on nearly all the other party members.
  • + In harder battles, if he has Warden's Emblem equipped, he can use Mockery every 2 turns. If he is kept out of range of enemies, he can literally cut the opponents' damage output in half.
  • + His new Machination skill can increase his SP regeneration by 1, allowing you to give the Warden's Emblem to someone else.

Ysabel Tevoran

Ysabel is able to either take a classic archer style using Flameblast or Break Bolt, or an assassin with the use of Dirty Knife and her new passive: Deft Carnage.

Ysabel can equip Crossbows, Knives, Light and Medium Armor, Dresses, and all accessories. If a new game is started without an imported save from Chapter 2, she starts with a Crossbow of Terror, a Refined Dagger, Stylish Clothes, the Warden's Emblem, Limb Breaker, Flamebow, Puissance, Belligerence, and Determination.

• + Decent ranged damage output.
• + She is capable of dealing a significant amount of damage using her knife. Daggers which provide backstab bonuses work even better.
  • + Can attack twice after moving using Impetuousness.
  • + Using Dirty Knife with Deft Carnage, she can deal 300% damage to an enemy with a backstab.
  • + Ridiculously powerful single target melee burst damage requiring only 10 SP.
• + Limb Breaker stops an enemy cold for two turns. Enemy will start running out of battle once hit by this skill. They can be unable to attack for 3 turns this way - 2 turns stunned + 1 turn getting back to the fight.
  • - Limb Breaker needs 15 SP.
  • + With Tevoran's Scold skill and Warden's Emblem/Arkanad Earrings, she can use it every 2 turns.
  • - All bosses are immune to it now.
• + Flameblast can hamper bosses.
  • + Its upgrade Infernal Bolt can also be used to deal damage to crowds, notably in the two battles where many Voronese Soldiers appear.
  • - If used improperly, allies will suffer from Infernal Bolt.
• + Break Bolt can be used to reduce enemy Defense and Evade, making them easier to kill.
• - Some enemies have a 100% chance of deflecting arrows, her crossbow based skills are ineffective against this type of enemies.
  • + If she encounters with these kinds of enemies, she can use Dirty Knive. This way, you can do extreme damage.
• - Doesn't have much bulk.

Casimir Gheft II

Casimir starts to lag behind when it comes to healing compared to Oksana. Therefore, his increasing uselessness leads him to leave the party at the end of Episode 10.

Casimir can equip Darts, Light Armor, and all accessories. He permanently leaves at the end of Episode 10. If a new game is started without an imported save from Chapter 2, he starts with Lethal Darts, Padded Clothes, Regenerative Cloak, Regen Dart, Slow Dart, Precision, and Walking Pharmacy.

• + His SP recharges at a rate of 6 per turn, upgradeable to 9 with his Alchemical Deity passive.
• + His Slow Dart can affect the one boss he fights, though it isn't easy to get an angle on him.
  • + His Speed Dart skill in conjuncture with Martin's Encourage skill is a HUGE asset to the party thus making him a extremely reliable support to your highest damaging character.
• + He can heal status problems like poison or plague.
  • - Detox Dart can't cure Weak or Choking but Purify can.
• + He can be used to shove teammates or build barricades from light material.
  • - Most players wouldn't have thought of doing this.
• + With regen darts and Blessed Girdle, his healing becomes very powerful, more so if enemy damage is spread out among a few party members.
  • - In terms of heal effectiveness and cost, even so, his heal effect is not as strong as Oksana.
• - He has no way to deal reliable damage.
  • + He can situationally deal out the most DPT of the team with Plague Dart.
  • -If used improperly, allies will suffer from Plague Dart.
• - He needs the help of Celestial Drive to lift medium weight corpses.
• - His HP is pathetically low.
• - Leaves at the end of Episode 10.
  • + All of his items and SP are refunded to the player upon his departure, meaning any investment in him is not wasted.

Oksana Rospostiuk

Oksana is still a very powerful healer and damage dealer. Her equipment scales to allow her to have incredible Special Attack.

Oksana can equip Sickles, Maces, Light and Medium Armor, Robes, Dresses, and all accessories. She temporarily leaves after Episode 12's first battle, and permanently returns after Episode 12's last battle. If a new game is started without an imported save from Chapter 2, she starts with an Holy Sickle, a Bishop Robe, the Cross of Ecthain, White Bolt, Holy Blast, Heal, Niendan Bear, and Unnatural Fervor.

• + She has the best Special Attack, and her late-game Sickles and Robes, the Cross of Ecthain, and her passives can stack to make this stupidly high.
  • - Some enemy has high Special Defense.
  • + If she encounters with these kinds of enemies, she can use Uncouth Impact/Uncouth Barrage. This way, you can still do decent damage.
  • + Even better option is to use Haste or Celestial Drive and make someone else deal the required physical damage
• + White Bolt and its upgrades serve as a powerful ranged attack.
  • + She has the earliest available Area of Effect ranged attack, and the only enemy party-wide attack.
  • - Sacred Burst needs 15 SP, and Holy Storm needs 18 SP.
  • +With her Matronly Zeal passive, she can use them every 2 turns.
• + Multiheal can heal the entire party at once.
  • - Multiheal needs 19 SP.
  • +With her Matronly Zeal passive and Warden's Emblem/Arkanad Earrings, she can use it every 2 turns (and also uses Holy Blast every 1 turn!).
• + Reasonably bulky.
• + Has some good buffs in Haste and Celestial Drive.
  • + Haste only needs 6 SP.
  • - Celestial Drive needs 15 SP.
  • + With her Matronly Zeal passive, she can use it every 2 turns.
• + Gets a free Holy Sickle late in Episode 13.
• + Her SP recharges at a rate of 6 per turn, upgradeable to 9 with her Matronly Zeal passive.
• - Most of her spells rely on her SP.
  • + She has the greatest lift strength of the party(as strong as Reynold),can naturally pick up heavy corpses and objects. Which means if she runs dry, she can throw hard objects at enemies. This way, you can still do decent damage.
  • + Throwing corpses only needs 2AP, and often the damage output is not weaker than regular attacks.
• - After temporarily leaving, she does not give you any of your skill points back, and her skills can't be accessed until she returns.
  • + This can be circumvented by unlearning all of her skills before the battle, though you will have to deal with the lackluster enemies without a healer.

Aizu

Aizu gets a visible improvement when she returns at the end of Episode 11. She has learned two new special attacks which deal decent damage, and she is able to walk through enemies, as if you'd ever want to do that.

Aizu can equip Axes, Light Armor, Dresses, and all accessories. She joins at the end of Episode Eleven's fourth battle, and permanently leaves at the start of Episode Thirteen's last battle.

• + Obscurity makes her invisible for two turns, can be indefinitely maintained, and can be used to turn her into a makeshift blockade.
• + Naturally regenerates 7 HP every turn.
  • + Now regenerates 6 SP every turn.
• + Is able to reliably deal damage using Flame of Purgatory if backed up by Tevoran's Scold.
• + Has higher health and evade.
  • - She still has low HP, although her highest evade in the party alleviates this problem.
• - No skills for her to buy or upgrade.
  • + Her base skillset is generally more robust than it was in Chapter 2.
• - She leaves the party at the end of Episode Thirteen.
  • + Her equipment is returned to the inventory.

Reynold Chesterfield

Reynold has gained some new passives, but otherwise, his regular Roundhouse Kick will serve him just fine.

Reynold can equip Light and Medium Armor, Thug Outfits, and all accessories. If a new game is started without an imported save from Chapter 2, he starts with Stealth Gear, an Avant-Garde Scarf, Roundhouse, Gallantry, and Integrity.

• + Great damage output.
  • - Flying Roundhouse needs 15 SP.
  • + With Tevoran's Scold skill and Warden's Emblem/Arkanad Earrings, he can use it every 2 turns.
• + Best HP in the game and Medium Armor make him difficult to kill.
• + Is able to punch twice after moving with Autonomy.
• + Will always face melee attackers if Foresight is learned.
• + He is the strongest party member(as strong as Oksana), and can naturally pick up heavy corpses.
  • + Throwing corpses only needs 2AP, and often the damage output is not weaker than regular attacks.
• - He is permanently locked to 1 range.
  • - He also doesn't receive a movement passive, meaning he'll arrive at a fight a turn or two after Ivan.
• - He cannot equip weapons to improve his attack, forcing his passives to pick up the slack.

Zofia Czartoryska

Zofia has learned several new explosive methods to killing enemies, but her Molotovs and Pistols will still work fine.

Zofia can equip Pistols, Light and Medium Armor, Dresses, and all accessories. If a new game is started without an imported save from Chapter 2, she starts with a Gold Pistol, a Silver Pistol, Combat Dress, Bone Godemiche, Grenade, Molotov, Wine Chug, Indulgence, and Debauchery.

• + Her Grenade and Molotov can deal impressive damage to multiple enemies at the same time.
  • - Allies caught in the blast will suffer friendly fire. Use caution.
  • - Molotov needs 16 SP.
  • + With Tevoran's Scold skill and Warden's Emblem/Arkanad Earrings, she can use it every 2 turns.
  • - Some enemy has high Special Defense.
  • + If she encounters with these kinds of enemies, she can use Nefarious Shot/Duplicitous Shot. This way, you can still do decent damage.

• + She gets a free Gold Pistol in an upcoming battle.
• + Her Lewd Glance can cripple bosses for a turn, except the final boss.
  • + With Tevoran's Enrage skill, she can completely makes the enemies who don't has enraged or enamored immunity lose their offensive ability(If Tevoran has Machination skill and Zofia has Libertinage skill, the effect will be better!).
• - Doesn't have much bulk.
• - Low ranged damage output.

Martin Oskarand van Arkanad

Martin earns some badly-needed skills to improve his combat skills, and he still has good old Encourage.

Martin can equip Maces, Light, Medium, and Heavy Armor, and all accessories. If a new game is started without an imported save from Chapter 2, he starts with a Refined Mace, Steel Chain Leather, and the Onyx Necklace.

• + Very bulky.
• + His Encourage skill gives five AP to the whole party, letting them act several times in one turn.
  • - It costs a very expensive 16 SP to use.
  • + However, used in conjuncture with Tevoran's Scold ability, he can use encourage often.
• + Martin is able to purchase new skills at the beginning of Episode 12's first battle.
  • - Embolden is not nearly as useful as Encourage, as killing enemies before they attack you is a reliable strategy.
  • + Nonetheless, sometime defending is more effective than attacking.
• - Low evade and accuracy.

Vera Oskaria van Arkanad

Vera, the princess of Vorona takes up a similar role to Oksana. She can heal and use special attacks just like her, but has the lowest Attack and Defense out of any character.

Vera can equip Staves, Light Armor, Dresses, and all accessories. She joins at the end at Chapter 12's second battle.

• + Can inflict Stasis on enemies using Lock Beam or Lock Blast.
  • - Some enemy has high Special Defense.
  • - Requires line-of-sight to the target or the tile in question, this means she can't attack enemies in blind spots.
• + Her healing skills are slightly more powerful than Oksana's versions.
  • + Can specialize in Healing, allowing Oksana to focus on damage.
  • - She don't have Healsurge.
• + Her SP recharges at a rate of 6 per turn, upgradeable to 8 with her Conspicuous Empathy passive.
  • + Comes equipped with the Arkanad Earrings, which increases SP regen along with several other stats.
• + Can receive the Drain Staff by searching the pile of trash in the first battle of Episode 14.
  • - Her attack is so abysmal that draining health with the Drain Staff may prove difficult.
• - Has the lowest base health out of anyone in the party when she appears.
• - Lacks an AP upgrade.
  • + Can be alleviated with the Prickly Britches.

Episode Ten

Voronese Wilderness, Hills

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Scrough	Wild Boar	5
Snowball	Wild Boar	5	Boar Meat
Hull	Wild Boar	5
Leighton	Pitchfork Hillman	5	30
Samuel	Pitchfork Hillman	5	Gutter Ale
Harland	Hatchet Hillman	5
Beauregard	Hatchet Hillman	5	Moldy Bread, 13

Spawned units:

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Grits	Pitchfork Hillman	5	Putrid Fern, 210

If a new game is started without an imported save from Chapter 2, you start with 260, three Somas, three Slunk Nuggets, and a decent selection of skills and equipment.

Did you hang onto the Foreman's Claw? Ivan is now able to equip it.

Searching the shack door without first disabling the alarm (there's a switch underneath a nearby barrel) will result in the searching unit taking 10 damage. After flipping the switch, a Pitchfork Hillman will spawn from the door. Kill him without mercy to gain 5 extra points and some loot.

The logs can be rolled downhill; each unit in their path will take 60 damage.

Reynold can reach the southeastern log on turn 1 with the help of a lot of shoving; this gives him the chance to deal a solid 60 damage to three different enemies.

Voronese Wilderness, Stream

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Rhett	Hatchet Rider	5
Atticus	Hatchet Rider	5
Newton	Pitchfork Rider	5
Sorrel	Pitchfork Rider	5
Turch	Wild Boar	5
Gullen	Wild Boar	5	Boar Meat

Spawned units:

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Liggett	Hatchet Hillman	5
Rhett	Hatchet Hillman	5	25
Atticus	Hatchet Hillman	5	Soma
Newton	Pitchfork Hillman	5	35
Sorrel	Pitchfork Hillman	5	Tainted Wine

After being "killed", the Rider units will spawn a normal Hillman.

A couple of turns into the battle, the vile Liggett will make an appearance, holding a bridgelike platform. Kill him before he reaches the river to prevent him from creating another path for your enemies. Since he's often hiding behind another boar rider, it can be difficult to kill him in one turn: have Zofia use Lewd Glance while Ysabel pelt him with bolts. He'll not use his platform but retreat to take the long way around. It should buy you enough turns to deal with him. Then, block the botthm-log with two characters one after another and Oksana to heal the one who will tank. It's only a matter of time before your ranged attackers will remove all opponents. An extremely easy fight.

Search the bush in the middle of the map to find the Prickly Britches, an accessory which raises AP by 2. Riding the raft provides a fine means of easily reaching it. With two characters, you can have one operate the raft forth, have the second move to the bush, take the loot and get back, so the first character can operate the raft back as well.

Now may be a good time to purchase Casimir's Neutralization, as it will prevent him from taking gas damage in the following battle.

Gilbrecht's Mansion, Foyer

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Lt. Alistair	Voronese Officer	10	Gold Pistol, 70
Lt. Florian	Voronese Officer	10	120
Melvin	Voronese Soldier	5
Norman	Voronese Soldier	5	25
Gunter	Voronese Soldier	5
Bertrand	Voronese Soldier	5	Canned Yams
Eckbert	Voronese Grenadier	5	52
Layne	Voronese Grenadier	5	Sardine Tin

Spawned units:

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Finkle	Voronese Grenadier	5	Tepid Coffee

Search the paintings to reveal various things of interest behind them. The leftmost painting hides a switch to turn off the poison gas. The middle painting conceals a switch which will spawn a Voro Grenadier and a couple of crates. Hey, you need those points, don't you? You'll have to topple the bookshelf to reach the rightmost painting - behind it lurks a stash holding 240 and a Holy Beverage.

Toppling the bookshelf deals 40 damage in a 2x3 area.

Examine the bottom-most section of fence and it'll drop, allowing you access to the area below. The switch at the far left corner of the room will lower the rest of the fence and a section of stairs. Careful use of ranged attacks against the enemies down here can ensure that you can avoid this area entirely.

Gilbrecht's Mansion, Laboratory

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Gilbrecht van Arkanad	Nobleman	25	Stylish Fedora, Sinister Suit, 233
Cpt. Ignatius	Voronese Captain	10	Canned Yams, 110
Lt. Octrick	Voronese Officer	10	Jhurukian Pure
Hugo	Voronese Soldier	5	25
Sid	Voronese Soldier	5	Soma
Canute	Voronese Soldier	5	Foot Grease
Tormod	Voronese Soldier	5	Slunk Nuggets
Jens	Voronese Grenadier	5	27
Ronald	Voronese Grenadier	5
Fastwin	War Priest	5	85

You have a limited number of turns to rescue Vera - failing results in game over! Using the Foot Grease dropped by Canute can make reaching her conveyor a bit easier.

A damsel in distress.. going for the BBQ.

We've got some more switches here, folks. The right one, as you might expect, operates the 3-person elevator to which it's attached. From there, going left, the next switch raises the center platform. Once this platform is raised, you can access a switch which will stop the large group of conveyor belts from moving (but not Vera's!). Finally, flipping the switch at the far left will disable Vera's conveyor, after which you need only kill Gilbrecht at your leisure to win the battle.

A tip to speeding up your movement to clear out all enemies without using foot grease: have a party member pushed down to the elevator and ferry 3 members down. Then rush them to the second switch at the low ground to bridge the two high grounds, then run the rest of your team straight to Gilbrecht. - ignore elevator, use shove and push to get a member down next to the second switch with the first turn. When bridge is raised ignore 3rd switch and shove team member off on to raised section by the enemy war priest (seems to be the crossbow girl(Ysabel), use grease if possible at that point). Have her stop the conveyor. Then turn all attention to killing Gilbrecht.

Strategy 2 (To save Vera, clear out all enemies and finally eliminate Gilbrecht with Flawless Victory):

Turn 1: Oksana gives Haste to Reynold. Reynold moves in front of Zofia (southwest of her). Zofia shoves Reynold down the ledge (he receives around 47 damage). Move Reynold in front of the central switch and activate it. Move the rest of your party members towards the newly raised platform. Make sure to get rid of Sid. Tevoran uses Mockery but positions himself far from most enemies' attack range.

Turn 2: Reynold attacks (eliminates if possible) Tormod. Keep your party advancing and attacking your enemies. Have Zofia use Lewd Glance to keep Gilbrecht distracted and unable to attack (his Bomb attack may damage most of your party). Try to damage Fastwin with some ranged attacks so he is busy healing himself instead of attacking. One fast-moving party member (recommended: Ivan, with Greasy Leather Jacket) must approach the wooden machine but try to keep out of most enemies' range (next to the switch appears to be convenient).

Turn 3: Tevoran uses Mockery. Have the party advance and damage or eliminate your enemies, preferably the Grenadiers first. Use the fast-moving party member to cross enemy lines with the help of Oksana's Haste, Casimir's Speed Dart/Martin's Encourage and Arachnid Boots, shoving enemies and having Reynold create some "corpses stairs" in order to approach the switch to the far left. Tevoran's Mockery will protect the character from being attacked.

Turn 4: Your vanguard character can reach the switch and stop the conveyor belt. Now focus on eliminating enemies one by one, prioritizing Grenadiers.

Following turns: Tevoran and Zofia use Mockery (on everyone) and Lewd Glance (on Gilbrecht) alternately to prevent enemies from attacking and forcing them to approach your party (Note: If you are unlucky, Cpt. Ignatius' Tactical Order will negate Mockery just after you used it, so try to eliminate him quickly). To do this, you will be required to give Tevoran the Warden's Emblem or his Machination skill to have 5 SP regen per turn (the skill is recommended to allow Martin to keep the Warden's Emblem to cast Encourage more oftenly).

Final turns: If Gilbrecht has been subject of Mockery and Lewd Glance through most of the battle, he won't have had the chance to attack oftenly. Most likely the only enemies left will be Gilbrecht and Lt. Octrick shooting from the highest level. Pursue them with Ivan and Reynold, shoot them with Zofia and Ysabel and heal/support with Tevoran, Casimir and Oksana.

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After this battle, poor, beleaguered Casimir will permanently leave the party. (He will instead run the shop). His equipment and points will be recovered. Martin temporarily leaves as well, but is kind enough to leave behind any accessory that you've equipped him with. Keep in mind that despite what the cutscenes might suggest, Zofia does remain in your party.

Episode Eleven

Tierva, Tevoran's Hideout

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Igor	Tiervan Guard	5	Tiervan Guard Gear
Yuri	Tiervan Guard	5
Helm	Tiervan Archer	5	25
Cpt. Alaric	Tiervan Captain	10	90
Cpt. Karel	Tiervan Captain	10	Stink Beacon
Nevzor	Tiervan Archer	5
Hagen	Tiervan Archer	5	25
Broda	Tiervan Shield Guard	5	Antivenom
Staszek	Tiervan Shield Guard	5	39

Enemies will spawn over several turns, from both the upstairs windows and the main floor doorway. The floor, steadily ravaged by the march of time, will finally give way during this battle, causing fall damage to any hapless unit which happens to be standing upon it. Oh, and don't stand to close to the windows or the front door, because for this one battle, the enemies are able to act as soon as they enter the house, since they spawn at the end of your turn.

If you didn't already do so during the previous interval, make sure you allocate Casimir's points to your remaining party members!

Enemies will have the unique item, Capture Warrant, which gives them extra jump, so trying to wall them in is futile. The exception is the Tiervan Shield Guards, both of which spawn from the main floor doorway.

In the next interval, you may wish to stock up on healing items, as the coming battle will leave you without a healer.

Tierva, Brothel Vestibule

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Strauss	Fierce Bouncer	10	Phorian Opiate
Ilya	Fierce Bouncer	10	60
Slag	Bouncer	5	Slunk Nuggets
Janos	Bouncer	5
Kiril	Bouncer	5

Spawned units:

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Sergei	Bouncer	5	Slunk Nuggets, 45

Locked Doors

A: 500 , Itch Powder, and Emerian Vintage

B: Bouncer

C: Fat Patron

You're limited to Tevoran, Ivan, and Reynold in this battle. Since none of these are healers, it is a good idea to purchase a few health and defense passives, and not confront the enemies directly.

Reynold can learn Rustic VIgor or Rustic Purge to heal himself, which might be useful to have in a pinch.

Take note that the bouncers all have abnormally high jump for some reason, and can jump up ridiculously steep walls like it's nothing. (Because bouncers... bounce?)

A fair amount of secrets can be found here, but to access most of them you'll need the keys. To find them, search the cash register from the northeast. This will enable you to open two of the upstairs doors along with the brothel's moderately conspicuous lockbox.

The lockbox contains 500 , Itch Powder, and Emerian Vintage. Of the upstairs doors, the left will yield a Fat Patron, which can be thrown repeatedly by Reynold (or another character with a strength boost); the right yields another Bouncer.

You can draw the curtain in the leftward area of the map, which will unveil a sleeping(?) patron. Searching his mattress after he's been removed will yield 75 .

Lastly, the chandelier can be dropped by means of the chain in the upper right of the map. Any unit within its range will take 50 damage.

Strategy 1 (by ghasting):

The absence of a healer means that one should exercise caution. Rather than rush out to confront all the bouncers directly, simply run away as fast as you can. Send Reynold to nab the keys from the cash register, then move him back as far as possible. Hopefully, Ivan has the greasy leather jacket and/or lubrication, and perhaps even the arachnid boots equipped. Either way, he should be sent to raid the lockbox, before moving back too.

On the next turn, most of the bouncers should be near the left side staircase, except for the one who started on the right side. Naturally, one would gang up on the poor guy and beat him into the ground, before fleeing up the same staircase to escape the wrath of his brothers. If you're quick enough, no few bouncers will be within chandelier range, for some free damage.

Now, simply hold the bouncers off at the top of the stairs with Reynold or Tevoran, and if you wish, send Ivan over to the left side of the map to raid the mattress. If you send Ivan over too soon, note that some of the bouncers might aggro onto him and head that way instead.

Mockery is useful in this fight, as is usually the case, but it might also be worth considering Ivan's Defensive Stance, given the tightness of this map. Many of the bouncers lack range, and there are many narrow potential choke points, which Defensive Stance can take advantage of, while height difference might not.

Tiervan Brothel, Brothel Interior

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Krasimira	Harlot	10	160
Elszebet	Harlot	10	160
Perun	Fierce Bouncer	10
Myrna	Trollop	5	Paramour Dress
Lydia	Trollop	5	55
Chunder	Bouncer	5	Putrid Fern, Itch Powder
Bretik	Bouncer	5	Slunk Nuggets

In this battle, your only units will be Ysabel, Oksana, and Zofia.

Nothing to see here, folks! Unless, that is, you're of a carnivorous inclination, for a very intriguing steak lies amidst the room! Eat it to gain increased attack power (150%) and the ability to throw Fat Patrons. It's recommended to use this on Zofia or Ysabel, since Oksana can already lift heavy characters.

Using the steak, one can do a massive amount of damage. You can use Zofia's Wine Slam to stack an even higher damage bonus, or Ysabel's Deft Carnage/Adroit Carnage for even greater knife and backstab damage. This can easily stack up to around 100 damage per normal hit, assuming you have the best equipment available, and go even higher with certain skills.

Note that the itch can spread to the bouncers.

Beware of using Zofia's Lewd Glance on Trollops or Harlots! They'll enter a Jealous rage and target Zofia whenever possible.

Tierva, Brothel Abattoir

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Jedmesz Ludizret	Nobleman	25	Hyper Meat, Soiled Bib, 400
Nadia	Harlot	10	Courtesan Claws
Dziragosta	Harlot	10	120
Nivek	Fierce Bouncer	10	Stealth Outfit
Plamen	Fierce Bouncer	10	65
Jasna	Trollop	5	Canned Yams
Zalateka	Trollop	5	Antivenom
Svetlana	Trollop	5	50
Kivetopluk	Bouncer	5	Soma, 30
Visestan	Bouncer	5	Slunk Nuggets
Zbylut	Bouncer	5	Slunk Nuggets

The gates along the northwestern section of the map can be opened using the two switches. Use them to let allies pass through or to keep enemies restrained. NOTE: Enemies can still pass through the center gate from the inside when the gate is closed. Unsure if this is a bug.

Note that you can attack and be attacked through the bars with both melee and ranged attacks. However, objects like corpses cannot be thrown through the bars.

As with the previous battle, Zofia's Lewd Glance will not have its usual effect upon Harlots and Trollops. Rather, they'll target her in particular.

Episode Twelve

Niendan Steppe

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Oleg	Bard (Type A)	10	Oleg's Balalaika, 145
Cactus	Cactus	5
Cactus	Cactus	5	Cactus Juice
Ang	Niendan Barbarian	5	Gutter Ale, Slunk Nuggets
Burnov	Niendan Barbarian	5	Barbarian Gear

Note that after this battle, Oksana leaves the party temporarily, and her skill points are not refunded, so be careful when investing too much in her. The interlude just before this battle is the last chance to reassign points to her for a while. In fact, she will be absent from the next three battles, which are significantly more difficult than this one, so it is not a bad idea to simply bench her for this fight, and reassign all her skill points to other members.

Aizu returns to the party here. Her skills have been upgraded, and she should be more useful than in Chapter 2.

Martin will also return, with a whole new set of skills to purchase at the start of this battle.

Oksana will temporarily leave the party after this battle, though she'll leave behind any accessory that she'd had equipped.

Beware, for using Mockery, Enrage, or Lewd Glance on the Niendan Barbarians will plunge them into Berserker Fury, increasing their attack, hit rate, movement, and action points (Oddly enough, Innuendo won't infuriate them)!

Since the Cacti are immune to all status effects, it is likely not worth the trouble to use AI manipulating skills, if the only one safely affected is Oleg.

Oleg's Balalaika will grant 2 SP to its bearer, and if equipped before the start of a battle, the bearer will gain 1 extra SP, if that holds any significance to you. If it doesn't, you can just give it to Aizu. Giving it to Martin before the start of a battle will allow him to use encourage on the next turn without a SP regen boost.

In this fight, and the next one, I recommend using Tevoran to shield from the cactus's ranged attack, as if a single character takes the brunt of such attack, up to 110 damage is possible. I think Dart Cleaver will help, as every single spine released can be deflected, and if you have the Bulletproof Clothes you'll become nearly immune to their attack.

Niendam, Mountain of Trials

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Agari	Giant Spider	5
Imre	Giant Spider	5	Spider Gland
Tkach	Mountain Spider	5	Spider Gland
Szabo	Mountain Spider	5
Cactus #1	Cactus	5
Cactus #2	Cactus	5	Cactus Juice
Mtn. Cactus #1	Mountain Cactus	5	Cactus Juice
Mtn. Cactus #2	Mountain Cactus	5

You can buy Barbarian Gear for only 75 gold before the battle. If it is better than any of your current armor, be sure to buy some.

Every few turns a boulder will become dislodged. Any unit in its path will sustain 50 damage.

Zofia's Medicate ability will help a lot, especially if a squishier character sustains both poison and is constrained.

Martin's new skill, Embolden, can be used to counteract being lagged by the Mountain Cacti, if it bothers you that much, but it means he will have fewer chances to use Encourage.

Cacti Blast attacks act like Ysabel's Shotcrossbow skill. Many projectiles are fired, and the chance to hit is calculated across each arrow. This means that it is hard to dodge all spines, but by the same token, it is rare for a unit with any reasonable evade to be hit with the maximum damage output. In this instance, evade stat actually mitigates a proportional percentage of damage instead of just providing a chance to recieve all or avoid all damage, so having higher evade will reduce the amount of damage taken. Of course, for characters with low or negative evade, their defense applies for each spine, so high defense scales multiplicatively.

Dart Cleaver gives a 50% chance to chop arrows, and Deflect Arrows from Bulletproof Clothes gives a 25% chance to deflect arrows. This should result in a 0.5*0.75=0.375, so 37.5% chance for each spine to hit. For this reason, Tevoran is cited as being good at tanking Cacti Blasts, since this setup more than halves Blast damage recieved, without even considering defense and natural evade (of which Tevoran admittedly has very little of the latter).

One might also note that Blast attacks from a longer range seem to be less accurate, but have a higher spread, and a chance to hit nearby units. This reduces focused damage, but increases risk of collateral damage if you stay grouped up.

Vera joins the party at the end of this battle, and will make a fine replacement for Oksana, as she is a predominately special attacker and healer.

Niendam, Mountain Cave, Part One

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Stalagmite #1	Stalagmite	5	Minion Ichor
Stalagmite #2	Stalagmite	5
Stalagmite #3	Stalagmite	5
Stalagmite #4	Stalagmite	5	Holy Beverage
Wall Chunk #1	Wall Chunk	5
Wall Chunk #2	Wall Chunk	5	Grotesque Fungus
Wall Chunk #3	Wall Chunk	5

The high defense of these stony foes makes Ysabel's Break Bolt a fine purchase choice for this battle. You can also abuse their lack of special defense and kill them with special attacks. Keep in mind that the burn of Flameblast and Infernal Bolt are not affected by armor and will do high damage as well.

Vera's usefulness is emphasized in this fight, as rocks are weak to her powerful special attacks, and are not immune to stasis, which makes Vera's lock beam and lock blast ideal.

The Stalagmites' healing ability is triggered when they fall below 76 .

Strategy by Ghasting:

Divide the damage output by type, and send them in two directions. Special attackers like Vera go right, while Ysabel and Ivan go left. I use a Scold archetype to sustain special attackers' SP and keep Break Bolt available as often as possible, so Tevoran usually also goes right, so that side has some bulk.

On the left side, Ysabel frails enemies with Break Bolt, so Ivan can deal clean up with Spear Tripleplus or Triple Fist. Reynold generally takes a while to join up with the physical attackers since he starts on the right, so I give him the Arachnid boots to compensate.

On the right side, Vera and Aizu are dedicated special attackers, though Vera tends to have more SP. Zofia usually doesn't see as much action as I would like, since all are specials have high costs, and I tend to situate her towards the central ledge, to cover any gaps on the left if she has an off turn with no AP. Tevoran is mainly there for positioning and tanking hits.

I generally have trouble finding the right timing for Encourage, since Ivan can usually chew through a frail enemy quickly enough to leave most other units with AP to spare, and SP regen usually isn't fast enough to justify using two to three special attacks in a single turn.

The left side tends to clean up a lot faster than the right, since I try to play the right side less aggressively, due to the lack of bulk.

Niendam, Mountain Cave, Part Two

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Nidh-Perquunos	Abomination	25	Tranquil Chime
Gaeri	Gorgyle	10	Canned Yams
Tushterne	Gorgyle	10	Stink Beacon
Taerokhorz	Gorgyle	10	Crystalline Fungus

The Abomination's Blue Bolt attack becomes stronger when it falls below 200 HP and 100 HP, inflicting increasingly strong forms of the Hallucinating status, which cannot be cured. It is better to clear the gargoyles before bringing the Abomination down to 200 HP or below.

Gorgyles may use their Solidify ability upon reaching 100 HP, which will heal them and cause physical attacks to backfire for 1 turn.

At the start of the battle, stay out of the Gorgyles' range and use Tevoran's Scold. The gorgyles will move close enough for most of your melee attackers to wreak havoc on them. At the start of the next turn, have Martin Encourage the party and attempt to destroy them. If you've coordinated well, you can destroy all three of them in one turn.

Episode Thirteen

Tierva, Vaclav Manor Library

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Cpt. Winckel	Tiervan Captain	10	75
Olssen	Tiervan Elite Guard	10	Soma
Rotham	Tiervan Elite Guard	10	Steel Plate Armor
Artyom	Tiervan Flamethrower	5	Burn Salve
Leckner	Tiervan Flamethrower	5	30
Hasen	Tiervan Flamethrower	5
Dewalt	Tiervan Sniper	5
Haggar	Tiervan Sniper	5	Eel Extract, 50

Milan Vaclav has an entirely academic interest in preserving literary works of moral turpitude. As such, he'll grant the party 50 for each of his precious shelves that manages to survive this battle untorched.

Bear in mind that the Tiervan Flamethrowers are so dead set on their work that neither Mockery nor Enrage will deter them from their task. You can delay their torching with stun and stasis.

Suggested strategy to save all 18 bookcases:

Ivan: Spear Tripleplus, Overt Agression, Agitaiton, Lubrication, Arachnid boots, Greasy jacket. If you don't have Greasy jacket, purchase Perfidiousness for Zofia or give her Prickly britches.

Tevoran: Mockery.

Oksana: Sacred Burst, Matronly Zeal, Oleg's Balalaika.

Zofia: Libertinage, Cross of Echtain.

Vera: Lock blast, Grace, Conspicious Empathy, Arkanad Earrings.

Other skills and equipment: whatever you want.

First turn: advance Oksana and cast Sacred Burst on everyone. Mock with Tevoran then move and shove Ivan towards the stairs. If he doesn't have Greasy jacket shove him further with Zofia. Move Ivan to the leftmost point upstairs so he can attack two Flamethrowers with diagonal attack. Use Tripleplus and normal attack. Move Zofia to the corner between the stairs and the bookcase. Throw grenade in the Elite guard Olssen. Shove Vera twice with Martin, then twice with Ysabel towards the stairs. Move Vera up the stairs so she could hit Sniper Dewalt with Lock blast. Make sure you hit. By now you should have two Flamethrowers dead and one stasised. If one of left Flamethrowers is alive (due to misses or low rolls on damage) you can move Aizu to the left and shove her twice with Reynold so she could finish him with Flame of Purgatory. Advance with others. End turn. Due to Mockery you shouldn't take any damage.

Second turn: use Aizu's Flame of Purgatory on the last Flamethrower and finish him with Reynold's Roundhouse (shove Reynold if necessary). This should secure bookcases. Grab the corpse and throw him on archers. Punch with Ivan through the railing (if possible) then move and throw two Flamethrowers' corpses on captain and guards on stairs. Use Oksana's Holy Blast on them also. Try to finish the captain with Ysabel and one of the elite guards with Vera. The survivors shouldn't be a problem because they don't have enough damage to kill someone. This should secure Flawless victory and 900 zloteks bonus for saved literature.

Alternatively, all of the Flamethrowers can be stopped from burning the bookcases for one turn with a Demoralization from Tevoran. Martin should have the Warden's Emblem for an Encourage, and Zofia with Libertinage for a Molotov. After Demoralizing the enemies, Oksana should grant Haste to Vera, allowing her to move close enough to Lock Blast everyone except the Flamethrowers. Then move everyone closer to the guards. Only the Archers are able to attack, but they don't have enough SP for Stasis Shot. After that, it's just a case of easily murdering them all with your nearest characters.

Tierva, Train Station

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Mercer	Assassin	10	Phorian Opiate
Shultt	Assassin	10	Spider Gland
Toth	Assassin	10	Canned Yams
Whitnick	Assassin	10	Murderous Dagger

You can only use Ivan, Ysabel and Tevoran for this battle. Any Assassin who reaches 50 HP or lower will use Toxic Immolation, an explosive suicide attack that poisons anyone within its range.

Tevoran's Dart Cleaver can deflect the Assassins' shurikens, so you may want to use that along with Mockery when you can. Stay out of their Dagger range, as they will constantly use Fatal Precision to make use of their backstab bonuses. Focus on one enemy at a time and attempt to kill them in one turn without letting them use Toxic Immolation.

Focus on eliminating one assassin at a time, rather than all of them at the same time. Use Ysabel's Dirty Knife and backstab them to make them taste their own medicine.

If you used the Demoralize strategy in the last battle, then it'll work great with this battle! The Assassins can't live without Fatal Precision and will use it for Misdirection bonuses if they don't already have it. They also suffer from having only 7 AP, meaning that Tevoran's Demoralize will render them useless for a turn. If you get Tevoran's SP up to 20 with 5 SP Regen, he can shut down the buggers for 3 turns, which is enough to annihilate them.

If, for whatever reason you find this battle too hard, you can pair Demoralize with Korova Milk to get a massive SP Regen boost (+10 regen for 3 turns), allowing you to keep Demoralize up for a long while, along with other abilities if you need to.

Tierva, Leithar's Abode

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Leithar Heistrand	Nobleman	25	Anachronistic Bowtie, 360
Cpt. Butwinick	Tiervan Captain	10	115
Wutson	Tiervan Elite Guard	10
Braleck	Tiervan Elite Guard	10	Soma, 40
Ulf	Tiervan Sniper	5	Slunk Nuggets
Marisk	Tiervan Sniper	5	Slime Residue
Fritz	Tiervan Shield Guard	5
Jonck	Tiervan Shield Guard	5	Phorian Opiate
Sedar	Tiervan Flamethrower	5	Dr. Gheft's Burn Emolient
Cliff	Tiervan Flamethrower	5	35

You may wish to avoid using Zofia's Lewd Glance or Innuendo on Leithar. Doing so will infuriate him, causing him to target Zofia at every opportunity.

If Leithar uses Disparaging Admonition,Counter it with Martin's Embolden

Jonck will be inflicted with the Itch for three turns at the start of the battle, so stay away from him until it wears off.

The Tiervan Sniper near Leithar will constantly harass you with arrows. Ysabel can probably shoot and kill him if she doesn't get hit by his Stun Shot, which has a lower range than his regular arrows.

If Aizu stands on the wall above the throwable lamp on the right side and uses Obscurity then all of the enemy melee units will be unable to reach you leaving only the two Snipers able to shoot you.

Leithar will use the Canned Yams once he reaches 140 HP, which will heal him for 130 HP

Tierva, Northeast Gate

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Moser	Voronese Grenadier	5	36
Langley	Voronese Soldier	5	Spider Gland
Kief	Voronese Soldier	5
Behar	Voronese Grenadier	5
Peter	Voronese Soldier	5	Slunk Nuggets
Graffe	Voronese Grenadier	5
Troy	Voronese Soldier	5	Tepid Coffee
Moulder	Voronese Soldier	5	Canned Yams
Wright	Voronese Soldier	5	42
Cpt. Hogan	Voronese Captain	10
Onan	Mercenary Archer	5	Refined Plate Armor, 25
Nadir	Mercenary	5	40
Graham	Bishop	10	Purity Sickle
Xavier	Mercenary	5	Cold Sword
Chuff	Voronese Soldier	5
Lt. Heath	Voronese Officer	10	Soma
Eggman	Voronese Grenadier	5	Bull Testes
Humbert	War Priest	5
Lt. Faber	Voronese Officer	10	Korova Milk
Cpt. Lawrence	Voronese Captain	10	70
Rhys	Mercenary Archer	5	66
Turgon	War Priest	5	Grotesque Fungus
Cpt. Reichart	Voronese Captain	10	Canned Yams
Lt. Wembly	Voronese Officer	10	50

This battle won't be won until all enemies have spawned. Boulders and plague corpses will rain down upon the map periodically. Anyone hit by a plague corpse will acquire the Contagion status, which inflicts 25 damage per turn and will be spread to adjacent units. It's very much possible that the corpses won't do anything, as they fall in the back half of the map, but throwing them applies Contagion.

Contagius bodies, reused corpses by Vorona Army or somewhat poured by elixir to make it smelly?

You are assisted by two Tiervan Guards and an Archer. They aren't very strong, but they'll be able to soak up some hits for your team. Note that keeping them alive is NOT required to achieve a Flawless Victory.

Waves spawn both on the wall and from the gate. Anyone standing in front of the gate when enemies first walk through are knocked aside and take damage.

Abusing Mockery in this battle is very effective, as it gives your main damage dealers a chance to rotate up and down the wall. Note that you cannot hit enemies who have just spawned from the gate while on second stairs or above with ranged attacks.

Enemies that spawn in from the gate are susceptible to Holy Blast and Lock Blast. Lock Blast is especially helpful as it prevents them from moving while you deal with enemies on the wall.

Strategy 1 (by Kangrets)

By using Aizu keeping obscurity up and the trashcan provided at the start, both positioned at the second step of the second stairs, you can ignore all enemies spawning on the wall as long as you stay out of range of the Grenadiers.

All that is left is assaulting the enemies spawning through the gate in Rounds 3, 8 and 10 and the battle should be easily won.

Tiervan Wilderness

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Duriken	Chancellor	0
Fallon	Mystic	0
Taylor	Voronese Soldier	0
Lewis	Voronese Soldier	0
Ortega	Hrvancais Sniper	0
Garamond	Hrvancais Sniper	0

Your only goal here is to run. Your movement is limited by a non-curable status, and both Duriken and Fallon are protected by Backfire status, which returns physical damage to the attacker. All party members must reach the specified 4x4 grid of glowing yellow tiles at the southern end of the map. Use Shove to move faster. Don't let anyone die or you'll get a Game Over. Try to keep your units spread out, and hopefully Duriken and Fallon will target each other instead of you. Using Tevoran's Berate every two turns along with Oksana to help him keep up with Haste is an effective way to flee. Since you won't be using your actions points to attack, you can also split your movement to have your characters strategically shove each other toward the exit zone.

If you feel the urge to kill Duriken and Fallon, remember to keep your units spread out. Corpses and Infernal Bolt are the most effective ways to deal damage, along with a Molotov or two, as your healers will need to spend their time healing.

Duriken and Fallon themselves are rather evenly matched: Duriken has a lot of health, whereas Fallon's siphonblast can drain the health of multiple units at once, in some cases even fully healing her. Both of them are way out of your league, so just let them fight it out between themselves.

Hopefully you got a flawless victory in this fight.

Episode Fourteen

Underground, Tunnel Hole

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Andore	Corrupted Mutant	25	Turgid Vest
Oliver	Corrupted Foreman	10	Burn Salve, Soma
Wonhu	Corrupted Foreman	10	Slime Residue
Lopar	Corrupted Miner	5	Slime Residue
Gubii	Corrupted Miner	5	Glowing Fungus
Uguu	Corrupted Miner	5	Slunk Nuggets
Roni	Corrupted Torchman	5	Stink Beacon
Ardo	Corrupted Torchman	5	Strange Meat
Dagu	Corrupted Torchman	5	Canned Yams
Nayas	Corrupted Cave Spider	5
Payech	Corrupted Cave Spider	5	Spider Gland
Karpo	Red Mushroom	5
Muishi	Red Mushroom	5	Grotesque Fungus
Nakhda	Green Mushroom	5	Crystalline Fungus
Yinxi	Green Mushroom	5

Ah, the Subhumans! The primary thing which ought to catch your eye is the stash in the northmost corner. Within, you'll find the unique Drain Staff for Vera along with the fabled Grotto Merkin, an accessory which prevents hallucination, choking, poison, and constraint. The Drain Staff's stats are nearly identical to the expensive Gold Staff available in the next interval, with the bonus of being free and draining any physical damage Vera happens to inflict (though that in itself is unlikely). To get there you have two ways: 1. Pile up some subhuman corpses or crates to create a set of stairs and have a character equipped with Arachnid Boots climb to the high platform, or 2. Stand in front of the switch with a chain hanging in front of it, activate the Transport Chain for 2AP and it will gently lift and carry your character to the high platform.

To avoid being trapped up there, pile some corpses near the southeast of that level to enable you to jump back down. Failing all else, there's a switch you can flip which will shove your unit back into the thick of things, though you won't like the fall damage incurred. Keeping a squishy support or ranged unit up here is also highly effective.

Stalactites will fall periodically, causing 40 damage to anyone they happen to impale. A bit of warning rubble will fall, and you'd do well to heed it!

There's a decent method of doing reliable damage, if you have a certain skillset. First, Tevoran needs Scold and Machination. Oksana with need Matronly Zeal, the Warden's Emblem, and Holy Storm. See where this is going? Equip the Warden's emblem on Oksana and have Tevoran Scold. At the start of the second turn, have Oksana switch to the Cross of Ecthain and unleash her Holy Storm upon the enemy group. Keep up the Scolding and she'll be able to blast the enemies for several turns in a row. But you'll have to watch every enemy regenerate tiny bits of health at the end of each turn. Have everyone else repel anyone that gets too close. When you feel safe, go ahead and grab the Drain Staff.

Vorona, Palace Steps

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Roger	Voronese Grenadier	5	25
Jimbo	Voronese Grenadier	5
Hengest	Voronese Grenadier	5	Jhurukian Pure
Rupert	Voronese Grenadier	5	Canned Yams
Hines	Voronese Soldier	5	Slunk Nuggets
Trystan	Voronese Soldier	5	55
Salty	Voronese Soldier	5	Putrid Fern
Keis	Voronese Soldier	5
Nico	Voronese Soldier	5	Dr. Gheft's Burn Emolient
Turret #1	Machine	5
Turret #2	Machine	5
Smith	Voronese Soldier	5	Itch Powder
Mayer	Voronese Soldier	5	Tepid Coffee
Cpt. Godwin	Voronese Captain	10	Cactus Juice, Aurochs Jerky
Lt. Enoch	Voronese Officer	10	72
Lt. Clase	Voronese Officer	10	Slunk Nuggets, 25
Visser	War Priest	5	Bishop Robe
Wattson	Bishop	10	Minion Ichor
Cain	Assassin	10	Hidden Gear

Note that if you want to buy multiple copies of items such as the Sword of Blight, Titanium Pistol, and Shadow Dress, you need to buy a copy before this battle and a copy afterwards.

You've got a bevy of enemies in your face, but you're in luck! The residents of Vorona seek too to overthrow the increasingly insane monarch who rules them, and so you'll find some allies here.

Each door you see can be searched. The lowest yields the Shopkeeper, whose Confusing Tirade acts similarly to Tevoran's Enrage. Searching the second door from the bottom will grant you an Acolyte, who for all his faults serves as fine cannon fodder. At the topmost door, you'll meet the Streetwalker, who can both Beckon (draws enemies in like Zofia's Lewd Glance) and Grope (inflicts the Itch, similar to Tierva's trollops). Use them wisely, but recognize there's no penalty if they fall on the battlefield.

The civilians will drop items when killed, and if it may interest you to kill them before defeating the Voronese soldiers, the Shopkeeper will drop 50 , the Acolyte will drop a Holy Beverage, and the Streetwalker has some Emerian Vintage.

For some reason, the Captain commanding this squad of soldiers has a different Tactical Order. Not only does it dispel Mockery and Enrage, it also increases Counter chance.

A combination of Encourage, Molotov, Lock Blast, and Holy Storm should easily be enough to take down the few soldiers that advance.

The Jhurukian Pure that the soldiers use isn't without its side effects: After one-two turns they will Hallucinate, causing them to turn on their allies. Seems to act similar to Enrage.

Vorona, Palace Interior

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Oskar	King(?) of Vorona	40	Bloodstone Medallion
Rudolf	Prince of Vorona	25	Arkanad Emblem
Linden	Enchantress	25	Demonic Upper, Sublime Opiate

This is the last opportunity you have to shop before the end of the game. Prepare accordingly.

The House of Arkany is able to act first, and they won't make it easy for you. At the start of the battle, Rudolf will be both Blown and Numb, and Linden will be reflecting physical damage for 2 turns. All three enemies are able to act twice per turn, so take them out quickly one-by-one before they deal too much damage.

Kill the Enchantress first to prevent her from continually spawning clones. Take Rudolf out next. Oskar will revive twice, becoming more powerful with each iteration, but without allies to back him up, he's a far lesser threat.

If you inflict Oskar with a status effect, for example, Frail, it will carry over to his next form provided that your Break Bolt didn't knock him down. You'll want to use Break Bolt, as all of the enemies have high evade rates along with around 300 health each.

Strategy 1 (by infernape612)

While Linden's ability to clone herself seems dangerous, said clones only have 50 health and can be easily killed with a solid hit or two. The true threat is Rudolf, who has an AOE attack that can prevent your units from using items and skills. If your healers get hit by this, you can be crippled in a heartbeat. Cautiously approach up the left side on turn 1, staying out of Oskar's range. On turn 2, have everyone overwhelm Rudolf. If you've bought lots of AP+2 skills and use your specials, you should be able to get rid of him before he can start seriously ruining your day. Once he's dead, take out Linden and wound Oskar. You may wish to set things up so that each form is on the brink of death at the end of a turn, allowing you to only have to deal with his weaker forms while being easily able to finish them at the beginning of the next turn.

Strategy 2 (by thebrownlord)

If the king moves close to the pillar on the first move, you can easily trap him there with any two units, as he doesn't do too much damage in his first form (I'd advise on using Xera and Reynold, as they can both heal themselves if need be) . Use your main damage-dealers to kill the other two guys first, going with Rudolf first. Overwhelming him on the second turn is advised, but not really required (Funnily enough, I managed to get almost everyone constrained on the first two turns, but you can still manage to kill him by spamming quick saves). Do the same with Linden, and now position everyone near the king so they can attack twice in one turn, with your strongest melee units right next to him, making sure he still can't move (Let the gimp attack diagonally for this). Use Break Bolt and Innuendo to lower his defenses and evade, and then get the King to the lowest health you possibly can, and end the turn. Now, here comes the fun part: Use Martin's Encourage, and then use your melee units near the bottom to kill him as much as you can, healing if absolutely necessary, and spamming all the specials you possibly can. The king should've died three times, with room to spare, all in the same turn.

Vorona, Palace Throne Room

Name	Type	Points	Drops
Duriken	Chancellor	25	Blackened Plate
Aizu(?)	Strange Girl	0

Unlike in Chapter 2, Duriken's attacks no longer affect the entire party, but rather inflict damage in a large radius. Make sure you keep your party from clustering close to each other. It should be noted that both Duriken and Aizu revive once each, with Aizu doing damage to everyone around her both times she's defeated, and Duriken becoming 25% stronger for the rest of the battle once "defeated" the first time.

You can simply out-heal the damage with Scold and double Multiheal from Tevoran, Oksana and Vera if you can't be bothered with spreading out.

Use Ysabel's Break Bolt on Aizu after she uses Recoil to quickly take her down. You will probably have to restart/save-scum the turn a few times in order to make it hit.

Simpler way for Chapter 1 and 2 players that garnered high skill points would be charging directly by taking entire party to forefront and use Tevoran's Enrage on Duriken to make him mindless. Aizu can also easily dealt with by having Ivan to corner her on the chairs.

My(jaffer duo) Chapter 3 videos:

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