TheDarkStarAlchemist Posts

Yeah, I'd always pick up the Popularity Staff with my points in a second playthrough, and then rush to get Maria. When I had her, I could usually get 2-3 moves off in a fight, depending upon my own composition, and the enemies I was fighting. Her 2 AP attack (or was it all remaining points? I don't remember) demolished all but the toughest enemies.

It actually factored into my strategy for capturing commanders pretty heavily. Don't really remember names anymore (so please excuse blunders), but I'd take Sanada (Tactician), Kenshin, Uruza, Himiko (monk), Natori (Miko), and Maria.

One of them would have defeated warrior hunt. Alternatively, I'd switch out Natori for another monk, especially one with the time addition skill. And Kenshin was sometimes switched out for Senhime, depending on how much I needed a tank.

My strategy would change a bit depending on where the character was that I wanted to capture. If they were in the front row, it was essentially "pound away", as Himiko did a ton of damage, and even if there were two foot soldiers in front, I'd still have plenty of time.

Back row was just a bit different, but still really easy. Sanada would either increase my battle rating, or fire away on the back row foot solider (if there was one), or the desired character. Uruza might get off one attack, but would generally use her special right off, to reduce the enemy's AP. Kenshin just sat there being pretty with her special. Himiko would guard cancel as needed, and pound away. Natori would use her special. And Maria would wait until she had a clear shot, and one hit KO almost any enemy.

Of course, it was frustrating to have to lose/repeat battles tens of times to capture characters, but an almost fail-proof method for doing so quick and easily made things go a lot faster.