Tales of Eternia- Last EX Boss: Nereid Regulus [NIND/Hardcore Mode]
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- No Items, No Death
Easily one of the more ridiculous things I've had to face, so much so that I yielded to the most time consuming and cheesy method I could imagine instead of bothering to deal with his avalanche of unfair insanity. Granted, I probably spent more time fighting the final boss because of it, and through that learned what I previously didn't recognize of the nature of Nereid in my previous playthrough, information which may have helped a bit here. Unlike Shizel, though, Regulus himself is just as dangerous, if not more so, than Nereid that floats above him.
Grab ya nachos.
First of all, Nereid itself, the big BLACK DOOM INCARNATE floating above him which can't be attacked, basically has two functions. It casts spells and uses Soul Shot, its only physical attack. It casts spells like Ground Dasher, Absolute, Shooting Star, basically many of the mid to high tier spells. It can't be stopped from casting, and it's casting when its shoulders light up (unlike Shizel's Nereid which is designed slightly differently and is weaker overall...it may be coincidence that their designs seem male and female oriented respectively-*PURSE-TO-FACE*). Oh, it's probably relevant that it casts instantly, yeah, and it has Summon Pluto, the most ridiculous 80%-screen spell in the game that I will most likely rant about in the next video. Soul Shot is probably more of a general annoyance, as it's bullet hell on a 2D plane. It reaches very far, so far that unless they are on shortcut, it will almost always hit the caster closest to the front-line unit, even if they are as far away as possible. It also has good enough range to sometimes hit the other two, which makes getting ally spells out somewhat of a challenge.
That wouldn't be too bad alone, except for presence of the Hero himself, Regulus, sporting half the HP of Shizel but a more impacting cheapnss. Everything he does has top notch priority, to the point that he can cast his spells mid-combo just because he wants to. Speaking of combos, actually pushing him back with one is a feat difficult to do, as either he or Nereid will kindly interrupt you. His Palm Flash hits all characters in front of him for a good range, meaning casting just gets more and more difficult as he pushes forward, and Keele's Fireball spam just doesn't apply here because Nereid is there to back Regulus up. His various combos/counters like Divine Chaos and Mirage Chain also tend to go on and on leaving you at his mercy until someone assists you. He too casts spells, but it isn't until later in the fight when the real nonsense begins. Megacosmic Strike is a 1-hit KO move that he loves using when near the casters; it occasionally whiffs, but its main function is indeed a KO. He gets another, stronger combo string, and he ups the ante of his spells to the highest tier and Maxwell extensions (casting in conjunction with Nereid).
The worst part of it all is that in order to fight this pair in a fair manner, you need to be relatively low leveled. Relatively in a sense that it helps to fight him RIGHT when you have everything available, which was around this point. Any less and you may have trouble prioritizing; any more and you risk getting stomped further as he levels up with you. Climbing through the dungeon makes you level up a good bit, and climbing just to lose means climbing again for more levels just like Nifelheim, except leveling is a bad thing in this case. I had a backup save, but had to eventually circumvent the climb by using the debug room or risk going insane from that obnoxious dungeon.
Lamely speaking, there's much control in this fight, especially with AI to look after. Fortunately his first "phase" is survivable, and I eventually came up with something to take advantage of that. Eternal Hammer + Omega Seal, like Max's Aqua Spiral vs Sekundes, didn't quite pan out for me, and Max himself surprisingly didn't prove useful thanks to the enemy's teamwork. The only way I figured I could match the guy was keeping up with his insta-casting with that of my own. That being said, I experimented with something beforehand and eventually got this down with enough practice, ending up with these results. One clip went missing but you should be able to understand what happened in it and why it's not too important that it's gone. Not like I'll be going back to re-record it anyway; if you don't believe it was done then _______.
I'm sure I forgot to mention something but there's a lot of small details to fit in the space provided I tend to ramble anyway, so... guess I'll end by saying that town-theme-turned-battle-theme sends me into a spiral of despair upon hearing it now.
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This boss is so powerful, he's the only one who is able to say "Earth Shaker" instead of "Ground Dasher" :D
Nay hyades says it too
I spent this entire fight constantly reviving everyone as Farrah while Keele and Meredy cast spells that didn’t hurt him much.
No way, did you seriously waited all this time for Destiny to become available again and again? Well, considering the challenge you took up, I guess anything goes. Seriously, beating THIS enemy with no consumable items and none of characters ever dying - never thought I'd see the day.
The amount of clusterfuck in this fight was insane. I can't blame you at all for the Summon Destiny spam at the end. Congrats on finishing it.
Is the Summon Destiny summon spammable as long as the effect from Blue Earth is in effect?
@@peejae082004 the black screen/time skip you see after each destiny is a 30 minute pause because you can only cast destiny every 30 minutes of gameplay . Lmfao insane
3:17 Efreet just glitched...
Psp version always glitch when summons effret
This guy has the power to obliterate any opponents while Reid continuously uses Omega Seal in the process
Incredible. Waiting for another 30 mins. to summon destiny requires extreme patience
Damn, six months later, I realize you really did it the hard way. I hope you had another game to play while waiting between Destiny summons.
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And yeah, after every use of Destiny I opened the menu and waited 30 minutes before being able to use it again
Vercsase holy fuk, you actually waited? Thats some serious dedication
I didn't know about recharge Destiny in the battle... lol
Ah this guy. Funny enough I always had more trouble with Nereid Shizel.
Let me get this straight ... By the end you just leave the game running for as long as it takes for Destiny to recharge ? I really wouldn't blame you , especially not after reading the description
Also I love the implication of this strat ... Eternia team can't win this battle , so Swordians from Tales Of Destiny come all the way across dimensions just to save them . Considering other Destiny characters make appearances in this game , my headcannon says they're all friends , which makes me happy to see them fight here .
You need: [item]
-S.D for summon destiny
-Derris Emblem for Maxwell Blue earth extension
-all divide on the start
you need: [SKILL]
- shooting star ✓
sekundes and maxwell lvl 26
C. Cage arrangement
Meredy: Undine, Sylph, Efreet, Rem, Maxwell.
Keele : Gnome, Celcius, Volt, Shadow, Sekundes.
Power up play HUGE role on this fight like +Stun guard, +Freeze Guard, +Poison Guard, +Drain Guard, +Life Rescue, and +Mental Supply REALLY HELP!.
That the requirement for beating him on hardcore everything can u get as early as lvl 76.
@bongchoof Regulus levels up with your party, so the higher level you are the higher level he is and the more BS you may have to deal with. Around level 70 is probably best for him, though most people probably get to this later. I wanted to keep it just before level 90 for this challenge.
I prefer not to grind for stats as it usually levels you up too much. I actually tried level 75 without grinding VS level 85 after grinding. Low level was easier, even against the elementlers.
Oh dang, do the enemies scale with your level too for all this?
@@TheMixedPlateFrequency Regulus Nereid does, and when you reach very high levels, it isn't a pretty sight.
They are pretty rare, but from what I know that's the only way to maximize HP and TP (using rune bottles to switch between savory's and sages as you need them). I may not be near max level, but I dropped nearly 60 hours up to this point, a good portion of which was spent grinding artes and doing sidequest things like the Inferia tournament for the stats and equipment I wanted.
...not to mention grinding levels becomes really hard and the stat boosts aren't really worth it far after lvl 100.
Jesus fuck that's got to be one of the cheapest ways I've ever seen a boss beaten.
Unfortunately necessary, as without that exploit, it's basically impossible to beat him with the challenge restrictions imposed. If you try to fight him normally, someone *will* die.
Reid is the true boss here
Only Undine (almost could have been done but Efreet got MAX too) and Sekundes were not summoned here.
5:23 Omega COME!
🤣🤣🤣
Congrats on that!
best game ever
I'm pretty sure I just finished up the arena whether I got herbs or not. Honestly from what I remember it didn't really take long to max everyone, but it's been a while so I may be underestimating how long it took. I just recall getting in a rhythm and knocking everything out in about an hour or so.
IIRC the herbs are percent based, so between the ones found during the game and the ones earned in the arena it went quickly since I let them stockpile.
Destiny resets every 30min right? what a video, that was awesome. Tales of Eternia (Tales of Destiny II on the PS1, which I played) was my introduction to the Tales of series, and it remains my all-time favorite RPG
Reid Herschel is a BAWSS
Remake HD Please!
Hate that Megacosmic Strike
7:13 Awesome!
What did Meredy say to summon Volt? is that Melnics?
What were the programmers thinking with this game? All the insane specials and spells of enemy, no staggering, etc. I have to admit that Destiny trick was clever. True it'll put considerable time on your file, but hey you do what you gotta do.
Lol at the end though, gotta admire teenage confidence. Weren't we all like that when we were 17? XD
Of course Leon gets the final blow.
I'll grant Nereid Regulus one thing: at least HE is able to say "Earth Shaker" properly (and not "Ground Dasher"). As for the rest... Im not going to bother with this guy. I'd spend a fortune on buying new D-pads after destroying my old ones..
Don't omega seal require the enemy to be bellow some set hp to work?
Nope, if you want a instant kill then Omega Sealwhen enemy's HP is below 20000 (it will be extended to Quasi Seal), otherwise it just for delaying the movement. Hope that helps
certainly a really cheap victory, but on hardocre and with NIND, probably there wasnt any other way
literally one of the longest RPG fights ever (probably only surpassed by the super cheap boss from FFXII)
Glitch abuse detected...u down!
5:23
How said to use such a cheap trick.... No items ... maybe, but no DEATH on HARDCORE? Well 1 MEGACOSMIC STRIKE and about 3 characters are going down.
Why is being a low level better for this fight?