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Final Fantasy V Challenge Megathread

by Various

Part 174: A Shaking Sensation

Summoner SoloChallenge - Part 4





Last time, Lenna defeated a sandworm and made some powerful friends. Now able to cross the desert, she moved south into the town ruins in pursuit of King Typhoon. Along the way, they fall into the ruins under the earth and find the Airship Hanger. While taking off, the first boss of the update moves onto the screen.


code:
NAME: Crayclaw
LEVEL: 43
HP: 2000
MP: 500                                
SPEED: 40
ATTACK: 37                             
MAGIC POWER: 1
ATT. MULT: 6                           
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 0                              
MAGIC EVADE%: 10
DEFENSE: 25                            
MAGIC DEFENSE: 25
ELEMENTAL ABSORB: Water
ELEMENTAL WEAKNESS: Lightning
AI SCRIPT:
{Tailscrew,Tailscrew,Fight}
{Tailscrew,Tailscrew,Fight}
{Tailscrew,Mucus,Fight}


Crayclaw is essentially a second Karlabos, except now Lenna has a 53 power Thunder spell. After 2 Ramuhs he is quietly put down.
Defeats: 0
Elixers: 0

After beating Crayclaw, the first thing Lenna does with an airship is attempt to return to the ruins. When instead of remaining in one place they instead decide to fly into the sky, Lenna decides to get some more training done and get some adamantine to fly high into the sky.

Incidentally for Zerky fans, I got 2 Death Axes within 3 Encounters on Cresent Island. With the training done, I proceeded to go to Tycoon Meteor to recieve a piece of Adamantine. At the same time, Lenna had to face Adamantoise.


code:
NAME: Adamantoise
LEVEL: 20
HP: 2000
MP: 125                                
SPEED: 30
ATTACK: 31                             
MAGIC POWER: 0
ATT. MULT: 18                          
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 0                              
MAGIC EVADE%: 50
DEFENSE: 25                            
MAGIC DEFENSE: 5
STATUS IMMUNITY: Stone, Toad, Mini, Float, Zombie, Sleep, Paralyze, Charm, Stop
ELEMENTAL WEAKNESS: Ice
AI SCRIPT:
No Interrupt{
     Fight
     Fight
     }
{Fight,Fight,Critical}
No Interrupt{
     Critical
     Critical
     }
{Fight,Fight,Critical}


Adamantoise is still a pretty weak boss, but I want to draw attention to the Script for Adamantoise. Mostly that they all are physical attacks. The Main Gauche and Elf Cloak get their first use in this battle, to migitate the damage that physical attacks can do in that battle. Unfortunately, only on the 5th run does Lenna defeat this otherwise easy boss, because she, as a spellcaster, has barely any defence.

Deaths: 4
Elixers: 0

Now having retrieved the Adamantium, Lenna takes it to Cid, get's the Airship upgraded, and takes on the Defences on the floating battleship. During the 4 Turrent groups, she equips the Flame Ring and a Flame Rod, actually preventing the encounters from being able to kill her. After their defeat Lenna switches back to the Thunder Rod and moves on to fight Sol Cannon.


code:
NAME: Sol Cannon
LEVEL: 36
HP: 22500
MP: 1000                               
SPEED: 55
ATTACK: 7                              
MAGIC POWER: 1
ATT. MULT: 2                           
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 0                              
MAGIC EVADE%: 10
DEFENSE: 5                             
MAGIC DEFENSE: 10
ELEMENTAL IMMUNITY: Water, Air, Poison
STATUS IMMUNITY: Dead, Stone, Toad, Mini, Float, Poison, Zombie, Darkness, 
Aging, Sleep, Paralyze, Charm, Berserk, Mute, Image(2), Image(1), Stop
ELEMENTAL WEAKNESS: Lightning
CREATURE TYPE: Heavy
SPELLS: Surge Beam, Punishment
AI SCRIPT:
Condition:V00=01{
     Display Text: Filling Multi-Surge Beam energy
     Nothing
     Display Text: Explosives pressure increased
     Nothing
     Display Text: Energy Level 128-
     Nothing
     Display Text: Fire!!!
     Surge Beam
     }
Display Text: Filling Multi-Surge Beam energy
Nothing
Display Text: Cross Gauge luminosity set to 20
Nothing
Display Text: Safety Lock released
Nothing
Display Text: Explosives pressure increased
Nothing
Display Text: Anti-Shock Anti-Flash Shield on
Nothing
Display Text: Energy Level 128-
Nothing
Display Text: Fire!!!
Surge Beam
Set V00=01
Nothing
Condition:HP Damage & HP < 10000{
     Change Target:All Enemies
     Punishment
     }


Sol Cannon for Lenna also wasn't an issue. The main goal of the battle is to lower Sol Cannon's Health below 10000 health, in which he then uses Punishment to kill himself. All while surviving the Surge Beam attack from the main cannon and the Missile attacks from the two missile launchers.

Lenna only had to use Ramuh 7 times and then took the win, not taking a single hit from the Missile Launchers, which were destroyed in the first casting of Ramuh.


Deaths: 0
Elixers:0

With Sol Cannon defeated, Lenna could proceed into the Ronka Ruins to save the Earth Crystal. The dungeon is easily dealt with by liberal application of Ramuh, and soon Lenna can fight Archeoavis.


code:
NAME: ArchaeAvis (1st form)
LEVEL: 21
HP: 1600
MP: 2000                               
SPEED: 30
ATTACK: 39                             
MAGIC POWER: 1
ATT. MULT: 7                           
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 10                             
MAGIC EVADE%: 0
DEFENSE: 30                            
MAGIC DEFENSE: 6
ELEMENTAL IMMUNITY: Earth
STATUS IMMUNITY: Dead, Stone, Toad, Mini, Poison, Aging, Sleep, Paralyze, 
Charm, Berserk, Mute, Image(2), Image(1), Stop
ELEMENTAL WEAKNESS: Air
AI SCRIPT:
{Fight,Breath Wing,Slip}
React:Death{
     Unhide Monster: ArchaeAvis (2nd form)
     }

NAME: ArchaeAvis (2nd form)
LEVEL: 19
HP: 1600
MP: 2000                               
SPEED: 30
ATTACK: 39                             
MAGIC POWER: 1
ATT. MULT: 7                           
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 10                             
MAGIC EVADE%: 0
DEFENSE: 24                            
MAGIC DEFENSE: 12
ELEMENTAL IMMUNITY: Earth
STATUS IMMUNITY: Dead, Stone, Toad, Mini, Poison, Aging, Sleep, Paralyze, 
Charm, Berserk, Mute, Image(2), Image(1), Stop
ELEMENTAL ABSORB: Ice
AI SCRIPT:
{Fight,Blaze,Wing}
React:Death{
     Unhide Monster: ArchaeAvis (3rd form)
     }

NAME: ArchaeAvis (3rd form)
LEVEL: 23
HP: 1600
MP: 2000                               
SPEED: 30
ATTACK: 39                             
MAGIC POWER: 1
ATT. MULT: 7                           
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 10                             
MAGIC EVADE%: 0
DEFENSE: 18                            
MAGIC DEFENSE: 18
ELEMENTAL IMMUNITY: Earth
STATUS IMMUNITY: Dead, Stone, Toad, Mini, Poison, Aging, Sleep, Paralyze, 
Charm, Berserk, Mute, Image(2), Image(1), Stop
ELEMENTAL ABSORB: Fire
AI SCRIPT:
{Fight,Flame,Tail}
React:Death{
     Unhide Monster: ArchaeAvis (4th form)
     }

NAME: ArchaeAvis (4th form)
LEVEL: 24
HP: 1600
MP: 2000                               
SPEED: 30
ATTACK: 39                             
MAGIC POWER: 1
ATT. MULT: 7                           
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 10                             
MAGIC EVADE%: 0
DEFENSE: 12                            
MAGIC DEFENSE: 24
ELEMENTAL IMMUNITY: Earth
STATUS IMMUNITY: Dead, Stone, Toad, Mini, Poison, Aging, Sleep, Paralyze, 
Charm, Berserk, Mute, Image(2), Image(1), Stop
ELEMENTAL ABSORB: Lightning
AI SCRIPT:
{Fight,Thunder,Claw}


NAME: ArchaeAvis (Undead)
LEVEL: 20
HP: 2500
MP: 2000                               
SPEED: 35
ATTACK: 42                             
MAGIC POWER: 1
ATT. MULT: 7                           
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 10                             
MAGIC EVADE%: 0
DEFENSE: 6                             
MAGIC DEFENSE: 30
ELEMENTAL IMMUNITY: Air, Earth, Lightning, Ice, Fire
STATUS IMMUNITY: Dead, Stone, Toad, Mini, Poison, Aging, Sleep, Paralyze, 
Charm, Berserk, Mute, Image(2), Image(1), Stop
AI SCRIPT:
{Breath Wing,Maelstrom,Fang}
{Entangle,Fight,Fang}
{Flame,Maelstrom,Fang}
{Entangle,Fight,Fang}
{Thunder,Maelstrom,Fang}
{Entangle,Fight,Fang}
{Blaze,Maelstrom,Fang}
{Entangle,Fight,Fang}


Archeoavis is the last big threat in the first world for Lenna, solely because it had the HP to do more than one or two damaging attacks to Lenna, a larger threat solely because Lenna doesn't have the Hp to take a sustained assault from his Physical attacks. The magic attacks actually were not an issue solely because

Initially, Lenna was dying a lot due to Undead Archeoavis's Fang attack, which inflicts Charm on the person hit. After going on long enough I took a hint from Sulla's Black Mage run and switched to a armor set focused on Physical Evasion. On the third battle with this set I got lucky on Undead Phases attack pattern, finally putting Archeoavis, and the first world, to rest.


Deaths: 19
Elixers: 6
Ethers: 2

After Archeoavis is defeated Galuf leaves to follow a tree man and the party gets so lonely that they decide their only recourse is to follow him on a Meteor. This means having to defeat the Guardians of each meteor. To start, Lenna goes to Karnak Meteor to confront Titan


code:
NAME: Titan
LEVEL: 1
HP: 2500
MP: 2000                               
SPEED: 25
ATTACK: 45                             
MAGIC POWER: 0
ATT. MULT: 7                           
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 10                            
MAGIC EVADE%: 0
DEFENSE: 10                            
MAGIC DEFENSE: 0
ELEMENTAL IMMUNITY: None
STATUS IMMUNITY: Dead, Stone, Toad, Mini, Poison, Zombie, Darkness, Aging, 
Sleep, Charm, Berserk, Mute, Image(2), Image(1)
ELEMENTAL ABSORB: Earth
AI SCRIPT:
{Fight,Fight,Critical}
{Fight,Earth Shaker,Critical}
React:Death{
     Earth Shaker
     }


Titan is fairly tame compared to Archeoavis, only doing basic attacks and Earth Shaker, with only Earth Shaker doing damage that could dent Lenna's HP before his defeat to 3 Ramuhs, unlocking the Titan summon for Lenna

Deaths:0
Elixers:0



Titan, for 25 MP, for a 110 Power Earth based attack that hits the entire enemy party. The damage above? That's without any buffs. The only problem with it is that it cannot hit flying enemies.

Now it's time to visit the Walse meteor, where we see Cid and Mid get ambushed by 6 Puroburos

code:
NAME: Puroboros
LEVEL: 22
HP: 1500
MP: 100                                
SPEED: 20
ATTACK: 45                             
MAGIC POWER: 10
ATT. MULT: 7                           
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 0                              
MAGIC EVADE%: 0
DEFENSE: 0                             
MAGIC DEFENSE: 0
STATUS IMMUNITY: Toad, Mini, Paralyze, Charm
AI SCRIPT:
Nothing,Nothing
{Fight,Specialty,Exploder}
React:Death{
     Change Target:All Dead Enemies
     Life2
     }
React:Summon Magic{
     Change Target:Self
     Cure2
     }


Puroburos is the most dangerous of the three meteor bosses. Lenna kills them with two castings of Titan and moves on.

Deaths: 0
Elixers: 0

To finish the three meteor bosses, Chimera Brain steps up to the plate.


code:
NAME: Manticore
LEVEL: 19
HP: 3300
MP: 1000                               
SPEED: 35
ATTACK: 40                             
MAGIC POWER: 1
ATT. MULT: 7                           
MAGIC MULT: 4
EVADE%: 10                             
MAGIC EVADE%: 0
DEFENSE: 10                            
MAGIC DEFENSE: 20
STATUS IMMUNITY: Toad, Mini, Sleep, Paralyze, Charm
ELEMENTAL ABSORB: Ice

AI SCRIPT:
{AquaRake,Fight,Critical}
{AquaRake,Blaze,Blaze}


Manticore is dangerous in- Oh who am I kidding, he died to 3 Titans.

Deaths: 0
Elixers: 0



The Map shows the way to the second world, which will start next update.

NEXT TIME: Summoner Princess - Titan's Rampage
Deaths: 39