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Today we'll be going back to Goldshore to pick up our last side story for now.
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The quest seems simple, find a way to deal with this creature. The solution lies in a couple observations we made in previous updates.
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First, we need that Leviathan Egg. I'd rather steal it just to spite the fool but, 3% chance and all, so I'll bite the bullet. It's just pocket change anyway.
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Next, we need to make our way to this dungeon outside Goldshore. This man pretty much tells us the gist of the quest.
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You've probably picked up on the idea here, though I wish our party was just as wise, as you'll see.
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Captains' Bane is a cave. You know the drill.
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Black Scissors is new, which is why I'm showing it.
Cyrus's weakness talent is great for knowing when I haven't encountered an enemy yet.
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A spear that, appropriately enough, gives a hefty speed boost. Unfortunately even with its respectable PhysAtk it's only our third-strongest polearm, but that speed might give it some situational use when I gotta go fast.
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Wind Elementals are jerks.
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Revive is still relevant!
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This side dungeon has an actual boss!
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It's a freaking kraken.
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Its formula is the "have companions that block some weaknesses" standard.
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Kraken itself is a brutal foe, with a target-all attack and a nasty single-target move that inflicts Unconscious annoyingly reliably. All that evasion I stacked on Therion pays off beautifully, at least.
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First priority, buff PhysDef.
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Second, remove the adds.
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Third, break and boost.
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It gains two shields after every break.
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It's not relevant because the thing is weak to polearms and bows. That's a double whammy of enemy stupidity.
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It does start throwing out Tentacle Bash, which hits a random number of times, but it doesn't gain any new gimmicks mid-battle, which is probably why it got relegated to a mere miniboss.
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I take my profit and decide to finish the job.
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We roughed it up pretty good.
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I don't know how Cyrus and company had never thought of this.
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And so the kraken leaves, child in tow.
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At least everything resolved itself nicely.
That Leviathan Shield gives a good PhysDef boost and also reduces ice damage, but it has a hefty Evasion penalty and commits the ultimate sin of lacking ElemDef.
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OK we get it.
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Best not to ask.
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OK let's stop doing these dumb things and get to another story. Next time we tackle Therion's Chapter 3.