Part 12: Riftserker

Part 11 - Riftserker



Last time I did something insane and killed Omni. Might as well clear off the rest of the dungeons for laughs, right?



This place is miserable. The fat guys can instantly kill you with Possess. I get lucky enough to make the first save point without dying, but I fall to this a few times in the giant lava room before the boss.



This is the worst dungeon in the game for a Berserker, and the boss is pretty tricky as well.

code:

Triton
HP: 13333
MP: 10000
Weak to Ice.
Absorbs Fire.
Vulnerable to Death, Stone, Poison, Blind, Old, Sleep, Paralyze, Confuse, Silence, Stop.

AI Script:
Condition:Status:Enemy:Dead{
     Unhide Monster: 
     Delta Attack
     }
{Fight,Fight,Nothing}
Change Target:Whole party
{Fire3,Fire3,Nothing}
{Fight,Fight,Emission}
{Fight,Fire3,Fight}

code:

Nereid
HP: 13333
MP: 10000
Weak to Fire.
Absorbs Ice.
Vulnerable to Death, Stone, Poison, Blind, Old, Sleep, Paralyze, Confuse, Silence, Stop.

AI Script:
Condition:Status:Enemy:Dead{
     Unhide Monster: 
     Delta Attack
     }
{Fight,Fight,Nothing}
{Snowstorm,Snowstorm,Nothing}
{Fight,Fight,Blaze}
{Fight,Ice 3,Fight}

code:

Phobos
HP: 13333
MP: 10000
Weak to Earth.
Absorbs Poison.
Vulnerable to Death, Stone, Poison, Blind, Old, Sleep, Paralyze, Confuse, Silence, Stop.

AI Script:
Condition:Status:Enemy:Dead{
     Unhide Monster: 
     Delta Attack
     }
{Fight,Fight,Nothing}
Change Target:Whole party
{Bio,Bio,Nothing}
{Fight,Fight,Rainbow Wind}
{Fight,Bio,Fight}

They're not Heavy, but they are Undead, so instant death isn't advised.



Their physical attacks are non-issues and most of their offensive spells can be Reflected.



When one or two die, they respawn and counter with Delta Attack. Delta Attack is then reflected and instantly kills one of these jokers, and we sort of get caught in a loop. If Zerky! is lucky, he can kill a second one, but he can't kill all three at once, so I end up trapped in a loop similar to Omni.



Enter the Gaia Hammer. One weird thing I noticed is they don't seem to revive at full HP. I don't know what the deal is. Gaia Hammer can proc Quake, which damages all three enemies and is the only multi-target attack available to Zerky!.



It works a lot better.

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FINAL LEVEL: 51
DEATHS: 0



These tablets don't really matter.



Next, Istory Falls. I try fighting the Tonberry but it shanks me to death so I don't.



Next up, Leviathan.

code:

Leviathan
HP: 40000
MP: 2000
Weak to Lightning.
Absorbs Water.
Immune to Earth, Fire.
Vulnerable to Blind, Silence, Slow.

AI Script:
{Fight,Fight,Specialty}
{Fight,Fight,Specialty}
No Interrupt{
     {Fight,Specialty,Tidal Wave}
     {Fight,Tidal Wave,Tidal Wave}
     }
{Fight,Fight,Specialty}
{Fight,Tidal Wave,Specialty}
{Fight,AquaRake,AquaRake}
No Interrupt{
     {Tidal Wave,Tidal Wave,Specialty}
     {Specialty,Fight,Tidal Wave}
     }
{Fight,Tidal Wave,Specialty}
{Fight,Fight,Specialty}
No Interrupt{
     {Fight,Specialty,Tidal Wave}
     {Fight,Specialty,Tidal Wave}
     }
React:Magic{
     {Tidal Wave,Nothing,Nothing}
     }
React:Physical{
     {Entangle,Nothing,Nothing}
     }

Mostly physical attacks and the occasional Tidal Wave. I don't think I bother with the Coral Ring for this one, instead opting for Hermes Sandals to nullify the Entangle counter. Ends up working quite well, really.

[video type="youtube"]mfYMmq529kE[/video]

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FINAL LEVEL: 51
DEATHS: 0



I also try fighting Gogo.





He has a script where if he gets too low on HP he goes insane and blasts a ton of nasty spells. I'm proud enough to actually make it that far past his insane physical attacks.

Theoretically I could win this legit by tanking Zerky!'s speed and praying for Chicken Knife procs but meh.



Let's do the final dungeon. Got six more bosses to burn through today, after all.

code:

Calofisteri
HP: 18000
MP: 1000
Vulnerable to Poison, Blind, Old, Silence, Slow.

AI Script:
Condition:Status:Party Member:Wall{
     Change Target:Single party member
     {Haste,Armor,Regen}
     }
Condition:Self:Wall{
     Change Target:Self
     {Wall,Bio,Venom}
     Change Target:Self
     {Wall,Old,Stop}
     }
{Wall,Old,Stop}
React:HP Damage{
     Drain
     }

Bone Mail and Hermes Sandals completely nullify her. Drain hurts her, and Bone Mail protects against poison, damage and status, and Old, while the Sandals block Stop. She also has the HP of a piece of tissue. To waste any more time on this boss fight would give her too much service.

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FINAL LEVEL: 51
DEATHS: 0



We'll get back to Omega later. He's merely theoretically possible at L99. I waste a few attempts here but I'll cover him next update.

code:

Apanda
HP: 22200
MP: 1000
Weak to Fire.
Vulnerable to Blind, Berserk, Silence, Slow.

AI Script:
Condition:V00=01{
     No Interrupt{
          Display Text: Apanda:  -shiver- -tremble-
          Change Target:Self
          Medicine
          Reverse Polarity
          Set V00=00
          }
     }
{Thread,Hammer,Fight}
{Fight,Charm,Wind Slash}
{Hammer,Fight,Thread}
{Sonic Wave,Wind Slash,Fight}
React:Magic:Ifrit{
     No Interrupt{
          Reverse Polarity
          Display Text: Apanda:  Eek eek it's Ifrit
          Set V00=01
          Nothing
          }
     }
Condition:V00=00 & React:Physical{
     {Armor,Drain,Nothing}
     }
Condition:V00=00 & React:Magic{
     {Toad,Drain,Nothing}
     }

This guy is also a joke. Zerky!'s offense is nuts, Apanada's attacks and counters are pretty miserable since now Zerky! has all these tools to counter-act the Byblos toolset. Like, say, killing the damn thing before it can use any of them.

[video type="youtube"]3CPczSoqygQ[/video]

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FINAL LEVEL: 51
DEATHS: 0

code:

Azulmagia
HP: 27900
MP: 50000
Weak to Poison.
Vulnerable to Blind.

AI Script:
Condition:V00=01 & Status:Self:Toad{
     Change Target:Self
     Toad
     }

	 ...
	 
{DrkShock,GuardOff,MindBlst}
{Condemn,Roulette,L2 Old}
{L5 Doom,L4 Qrter,MghtyGrd}
{TinySong,Flash,????}
{Aero 2,Emission,Missile}
{Time Slip,DeathClaw,WhiteWind}

...

I cut out a lot of "Learns X Blue Magic spell" and "Uses learned Blue Magic spell" script because they're irrelevant.



Azulmagia isn't hard, but he did require some attempts because Blue Magic can be nasty. ???? and Doom ruined my day each.



In fact, Doom almost did so twice, but luckily Zerky! was quicker on the draw.

[video type="youtube"]nfedUw3SbX8[/video]

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FINAL LEVEL: 51
DEATHS: 2



I was curious how Barehanded was at this point, so I tried it because the next boss is a joke anyway.

code:

Catastrophe
HP: 19997
MP: 19997
Absorbs Earth.
Vulnerable to Blind, Old, Paralyze, Slow.

AI Script:
Condition:Status:Party Member:Float{
     Gravity 100
     }
{Earth Shaker,Earth Shaker,Demon's Eye}
{Fight,Earth Shaker,Specialty}

He's really simple. If you have Float and a Wall Ring, you can stunlock him. Zerky! could actually do this, but he's too pathetic not to cheese.



Barehanded sucked so I died once, but the second attempt where I knifed him fared better. Enough said.

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FINAL LEVEL: 51
DEATHS: 1

code:

Halicarnassus
HP: 33333
MP: 5000
Vulnerable to Mini, Blind, Old, Silence, Slow.

AI Script:
Condition:V00=01{
     {Fight,Dynamo,Specialty}
     {Fight,Fight,Dispel}
     {Fight,Dynamo,Specialty}
     {Fight,Fight,Haste}
     {Fight,Dynamo,Specialty}
     {Fight,Fight,Shell}
     Set V00=00
     Holy
     }
Set V00=01
Change Target:Whole party
Kurururu!
React:Summon Magic{
     Display Text:   focusing power!
     Change Music??
     Strong Fight
     }

Hali can be annoying with Dynamo and Toad and stuff. There's also Holy, which I used the Reflect Ring on. Luckily Dynamo didn't mess with me much and I dealt with Hali pretty handily.

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FINAL LEVEL: 51
DEATHS: 0



The next boss is vulnerable to instant death, but I figured it's more likely to die before I get to that form so might as well keep healed up with Coral Ring.

code:

Twintania
HP: 50000
MP: 10000
Weak to Water, Holy.
Vulnerable to Blind, Silence, Slow.

AI Script:
{Atomic Ray,Snowstorm,Fight}
{Atomic Ray,Snowstorm,Fight}
Change Target:Whole party
{MindBlst,Wind Slash,Wind Slash}
Unhide Monster: Twin Tania (2nd form)
React:Physical{
     {Tidal Wave,Nothing,Nothing}
     }
React:Magic{
     {Mega Flare,Nothing,Nothing}
     }

Coral Ring is for the physical counters. Except I never got those counters, though Aegis Shield did block a ton of stuff. I actually make it to his second form.

code:

Twintania
HP: 50000
MP: 10000
Weak to Water, Holy.
Vulnerable to Death, Stone, Toad, Blind, Silence, Stop, Slow.

AI Script:
Display Text: Charging up for Giga Flare!
Nothing
Giga Flare
Unhide Monster: Twin Tania (1st form)

Gigaflare goes off, and I barely survive.



So things didn't go as planned, but I still won so whatever.

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FINAL LEVEL: 51
DEATHS: 0



Next time, we deal with Necrophobe and the two side bosses. Some grinding to L99 is involved.