SMT : Strange Journey Redux - Ishtar (Low Level, Impossible, No Fusion)

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Published on April 2, 2021 5:11:52 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqbKeCM31QM

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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (2017)

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Shin Megami Tensei : Strange Journey Redux low level challenge with impossible difficulty. i'm doing it for fun lets see how far this challenge will be.

rules :
- All exp gained are minimize from boss, forced encounter(for gaining specific forma)
- Any kind of fusion is forbidden
- Password will be used to summon demon that can't be recruited or hard to recruit, or just for easy way to collect forma and bypass dungeon without me going crazy.
- all subapp is fair game except white album.

[INTRODUCTION]
well i really try to beat her at lowest level possible(Level 20) but her damage is just too high and our damage is really low. i try full one day to retry her fight but no luck. her ai is really great, more on that in AI Section. so after gaining exp from horkos. she is more manageable.

also i'm apologize with that bad transition. still suck using software editing.

[LINEUP]
my original level 20 lineup consist of level 17 raiju, level 20 dwarf, level 17 shiisaa. from internet i found her ai tendency to use physical attack . i though raiju will be fine. but boi i was wrong. fresh raiju can't defend against anything. after -2/+2(the max debuff/buff limit) raiju still can't defend against dauntless mail, berserker god, garudyne(ofc), basically all of her attack. not only that i though bringing dwarf is good idea. but her ai is really advanced. she knew that dwarf is weak against hama. then she will spam that to him everytime she use hama. shiisaa is fine. his zionga and warcry is godsend. that means our mc can use elemental gun(?)

to fix that our raiju need to have really high vit and that's why fighting her at level 20 is near impossible. so after that i decide to take horkos exp and tinkering with RNG. after lot of tries, i got really nice mutation from elec boost to phys resist. not only that i got really nice growth except maybe shiisaa(but he already strong that's fine) and new sword in sector delphinus that make this battle more manageable

[AI Behaviour]
first of all, i found that if you pick the third option before fighting her. she didn't use dauntless mail in the beginning. and love to spam frolic around the first to three turn(completely random). she tends to use hamaon to demon that have weakness against it. and berserker god to the highest hp allies(not everytime). also after certain turn she start using alluring squal. her frolic interval seems the same with asura roge ashura.

[Strategy]
well the main idea is to dodge her all party spell. especially dauntless mail and her magarudyne. debuffing her -2 and +2 is to make sure mc didn't die from garudyne(it takes around 90% of mc max hp). make sure her attack is either blockable frolic or one single target spell that can be blocked. but because we can take down her faster. i found predicting her next move isn't difficult and even if she can kill 1 allies. i still have nadja as a backup.

[Next Video]
Probably i will try fighting alex but not taking the exp. after that then clearing delphinus and eridanus. i don't want to fight zeus at lowest level possible tho(in case you can take zeus down after beating alex).

note : mamedanuki discarded (?) his growth is terrible and he is useless against ishtar. lets see if i can use him in ashura fight.

subapp used : all co-op, double down, brave heart, assailment, trigger happy, blitzkreig

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