Tales of Symphonia Sheena Solo: Yuan and Botta [No Items/Mania/No Damage]

I was thinking about which characters could do Yuan & Botta damageless and I wasn't sure if Sheena could do it or not. That's why I decided to test it out :p
Game Modifications:
-Set SLA to 1500 and INT to 600
-Unlocked Summons for normal use (for spell-canceling and the finisher)
Strategy:
I use my usual Yuan & Botta strat. Focus down Yuan first while dodging out Botta's spells and try to attack after baiting out Stalagmite and an attack from Yuan. An optimization I made in the strat this time around is to stand next to Botta while targeting Yuan, target Botta, run away from Botta, and then target Yuan again. This creates some distance from where Yuan and I are fighting, which makes him much less likely to target me with melee attacks.
Sheena specific strategy stuff doesn't really start until the second half of the fight, where Yuan starts using Thunder Explosion and Lightning Havoc. Once he starts using these moves, it becomes difficult to jump over him. This is why I'm going to target Botta and jump towards him in order to dodge these attacks as they are much less likely to hit me if I'm not jumping directly into Yuan. Even with this, it's rather difficult to find windows to attack Yuan. This is why I usually opt to use Cyclone Seal to poke him while dodging his attacks. When Yuan gets low enough to cast Indignation (he'll do it at a certain HP threshold everytime), I beat on him like there's no tomorrow because this is the last easy window to deal a lot of damage to him at once. If I did enough damage during his Indignation cast, Yuan will die in 1/2 Cyclone Seals. Then we finish off Botta who is quite easy to deal with.
BGM: To Make the End of Battle (Ys II) from Adol Christin -Ys 35th Anniversary Music Works-

[@devinbuettgenbach2941]

The Ifrit disrespect at the end was fantastic

[@MrLemmy82]

Man, it's so fun to watch a good Sheena player zipping around the place! Makes me want to practice and get good with her too! Lovely performance there!

[@HorangiTiger]

Sheena may not have a lot of arte variety, but she's one of my favorite characters to play due to her high movement speed :)

[@yumaoverstar]

This is nuts.
Also, side note, this how Sheena *should* have been.

[@adalEun]

holy cr*p this is how my mind wanted to play sheena but my hands never could 😂

[@washtubz]

This is so sick. I love that you're doing the quick spell cancels so she doesn't block and can run right after. Very satisfying to see you close the distance between basic attack combos instead of letting the enemy get pushed away. Do you have any special technique or are you just good at tapping block and letting go quickly?
Also curious what ex skills you have, guessing Quick Turn and Hard Hit?

[@HorangiTiger]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked the video.
I don't exactly remember what EX Skills I was running, but I definitely had Quick Turn. As for my spell-canceling, it is essentially just tapping block quickly after using a spell and then moving. If you just tap block once to cancel a spell, it puts the character in a state similar to standing still which is why I'm able to move after spell-canceling. I actually have a video on this if you're interested:
ruclips.net/video/S2Z5nxDfJOU/видео.html

[@washtubz]

@@HorangiTiger Very helpful, thanks! You are the first person I've seen using the technique, much less explaining it. I've known about it since gamecube but always was very inconsistent with it. You have to let go really quick to prevent the guard transition and my thumbs are made of lead it seems.

[@DodgeThisBam]

Nice! She's got the zoomies! I remember reading somewhere that Demon Seal wasn't worth using because of the very limited dmg increase vs the cost. Nice combos! I'm enjoying them on my LP but not looking forward to losing them once I reach volt :(

[@HorangiTiger]

Thanks! I didn't really have to worry about TP here since I have 999, so Demon Seal was fine to use.

[@Sonnance]

Man, I really wish they’d let Sheena actually be a summoner in base Symphonia. Locking it behind OVL in a game where it OVL auto-pops feels so restrictive.
Still, her speed always makes these solos a blast to watch! And excellent song choice, as well!

[@TailsGt1]

I agree! Honestly Milla feels like what Sheena *could* have been in (Mixed with the kit of a Mage Knight) Easy fix to Sheena's kit imo is have her summons do different things depending on if she's in OVL or not

[@Sonnance]

@@TailsGt1 That’d be an interesting idea, yeah! Utility shifts are always fun things to put in a kit.
And man, I really need to replay Xillia. Played it at release, but not since, so I’m hazy on a lot of it. But the more I hear, the more I realize I missed.

[@HorangiTiger]

I always thought it would be cool if Sheena was some sort of elemental ninja where she can throw shurikens made out of fire with the power of Efreet or something. As much as I love Sheena, she doesn't fulfill the gameplay fantasy of ninja or summoner very well lol.

[@Sonnance]

@@HorangiTiger Agreed. Or even a stance character where you hotswap “equipped” summons to modify your artes and build their summon gauge with use (kinda like Eternia.) Would be a cool way to make a more physical Summoner archetype if they wanted to lean into the ninja side.
(Of course, arte variants for each summon would be dev intensive, but I can dream…)

[@CenturyBlade]

@@HorangiTiger So basically if she was a playable Kuchinawa 😂

[@Jashley418]

how did you summer efreet with out over limit

[@HorangiTiger]

It's an option in Sora3100's cheat table.

[@diaeitsch]

Very cool!

[@IsraelSandoval-c5z]

Hey does anyone know if the skits at katz village affect the affection of the characters?

[@HorangiTiger]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't... but I'm not an expert on affection.

[@fableSimmer]

The only skits that have an affect on affection with characters are the world ones that you find with the flowing ring that give you an option. Picking the right option can heighten or lower affection.

[@DuwangKaizer]

What's Ys 2 music doing here?

[@HorangiTiger]

I like Ys 2 and ToS :3