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Re: [YouTube] **** Walkthrough 1.8e/h (no give-up) FULLY UPLOADED
« Reply #30 on: March 06, 2013, 08:32:00 am »
Hi Hamza, i just finished a **** no giveup playthrough as well. Followed pretty much the same strategy of magic dmg as you after watching your extremely helpful videos. however i planned out which synthesis items i was going to attempt to buy pretty early on and knew i would have to make several compromises on some useful items in order to be able to afford the really good stuff later on.

Hence, i decided to not go for francesca or any of its major components, ditto for soldiers set, magic orbs, night and day, damanthes set, etc. the result was that while the early chapters were slightly harder, the later ones became a little easier. in chapter 8, i was able to synthesize aero, crown of magic, shadow set, tera ring, rune cloak and magma cloak and get a stack of 11 greater magic balls (reduced to 10 for the hunter quest at the end). In retrospect, a 5th zozi synthesis item was easily possible but my choices would have been pretty limited and it could probably not have been anything other then Andenaj III (which i personally find pretty pointless to upgrade to given its exorbitant costs and minimal benefits).

Definitely think you should attempt another play-through with a more optimized item build plan to show what all is possible by the end of the campaign once the next chapters are released (and the *#$%(%*$ ch. 4 epic boss fixed since i can't see a DPS phodom build possible until then) :)

Nice one mate! I know this is a late reply but anyhow :)

Yeah in my new no death HC DPS Phodom playthrough that I started I didn't bother with a quite a few items as you mentioned, aiming to get the most powerful late game build possible. As you noticed in this playthrough, I was left with a crazy extra 30k gold or something in chapter 8 that wasn't doing anything. It's definitely worth skipping some items early as a trade off to make the later levels easier.

I don't think skipping Francesca is a good idea though, as it gives something which has an effect throughout the game, which is the permanent stat increases. That's also a reason why Andenaj parts are so good - permanent HP increase. I'm not sure how good the extra 30-50 or so stats will be in the later chapters, but the fact that you get stat gain without wasting an item slot is an advantage that I'd rather not let go of.

The biggest problem I predict with DPS phodom build is when you get to the Healer boss, as I'm sure it's going to be extremely hard to beat him. Magic damage Fradz is really useless, and DPS Phodom is not as strong as DPS Fradz. I have actually got up to halfway through chapter 5 (the Ch4 Epic was a pain, can't believe I beat him lol) with the DPS Phodom build in my new playthrough, but I don't think I will find the time to finish it at the moment. University projects are sapping my strength!