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[Nater]

I just wanna say what trash game design. I'm fighting the Goro, Saejima bossfight and they do their special move combo after half hour of fighting. I'm at max health, have the guardian water buff and am guarding and I still get one shot getting game over. Who thought this was a good idea? About to drop this game because of stupid ♥♥♥♥ like this.

[Sixtyfivekills]

You'd want Goro and Saejima fight to be easy?

What level are you? I have beaten them at level 41, and guarding did prevent the instakill move of theirs.

[parent child bowl]

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

You'd want Goro and Saejima fight to be easy?

What level are you? I have beaten them at level 41, and guarding did prevent the instakill move of theirs.

It is easy to be fair. It's only a gear check.

[Fast Pooper]

Did you try peerless resolve? Anyway turn-based isn't really about skill, just get more exp.

[Nater]

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

You'd want Goro and Saejima fight to be easy?

What level are you? I have beaten them at level 41, and guarding did prevent the instakill move of theirs.

I just think that's is stupid that it would kill me after doing all that. I'm lvl 45

[Kak]

I ran into this problem as well. The Blade Kill move Saeijima uses did so much damage on my first attempt that it one-shot Ichiban from full health.

There are a couple of things I did that worked:

1. Complete the battle arena in Sotenbori that you unlock before going to the Omi HQ. You get a ton of experience and some gear that's likely much better than what you currently have equipped. Even just 5 or so level ups will make a noticeable difference in the boss fight.

2. Use the "Peerless Resolve" skill on Ichiban. It's a skill from his Hero class, but I'm not sure exactly what level you need to be at to unlock it. It allows him to survive a fatal blow with a small amount of HP, and doesn't wear off until it's used. You can still get screwed over if Majima moves right after Saejima and targets Ichiban, but I only had that problem once.

Hope that helps.

[Sixtyfivekills]

Originally posted by parent child bowl:

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

You'd want Goro and Saejima fight to be easy?

What level are you? I have beaten them at level 41, and guarding did prevent the instakill move of theirs.

It is easy to be fair. It's only a gear check.

Compared to the rest of the game, they were literally only thing that gave me some trouble, because when I fought them I was level 31.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Peerless Resolve, Mr. Masochist as a Poundmate to temporarily reduce damage, armor from the arena, perfect block, Nanba's AoE attack/def debuff...

But yeah, that fight's a difficulty spike.

[Kak]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

perfect block

Yeah, perfect blocks can be pretty hard to learn in this fight because you get punished with a ton of damage if you mess up, but they can really turn the tides, especially against Saejima (his Rush Combo ability was a one-shot machine unless I perfect blocked at least a couple of the hits).

[Alexandros]

Don't forget to renew enemy debuffs and your buffs constantly, it's worth the mp/turn (I didn't even have Nanba's 2 in 1 debuff move at the time but still managed to defeat them somehow). Doesn't hurt to keep stock of some rocket launchers and such either. You'll get it right, eventually :)

That was probably the toughest battle outside post-game stuff and deserved the honor too.

[@RealJamesSunderland]

Transfer Shield from Adachi. Clear Saejima first.
Took me a while to clear it going in blind.

[Kelsa Spinerice]

*shrug* I got killed the first time but focused down majima and won

[Rrblack]

Get good

[Yew Nough]

Died 7 times in a row doing this battle. I eventually loaded a save, switched some jobs up, and beat them in one go (with a lvl 38 team).

Preparation is most of the battle, and "Block" is your friend.

[J-INFINITY]

I thought it was a good idea. I don't want new cast members to wipe our legends easily.
That fight was certainly the best I've ever felt in the whole game since I had to actually think about my moves.

Even our Kiryu doesn't feel as satisfying as this one. Though to be fair, he doesn't even attack/counter the girls when they attack. Still love both fights though.

If you're still struggling, I do suggest levelling yourself up in the battle arena. There's buffs you can use like everyone else said, and you can also use Mr. Masochist summon to help.

[Kak]

Originally posted by parent child bowl:

Originally posted by Da Flame:

Transfer Shield from Adachi. Clear Saejima first.
Took me a while to clear it going in blind.

What, no! You kill Majima first. He's already at 50% HP when Saejima comes in. Killing Saejima first just results in more tagteams.

I don't understand how OP is getting oneshot if he is guarding the tagteam. It isn't a KO move and guard reduces the damage by a decent amount. He must have very low defense, but if that were the case, Majima alone would also pose a serious threat.

Agreed on that first point. Saejima is definitely the scarier of the two bosses with his higher damage output and the fact that he joins the fight after you've already somewhat exhausted yourself, but at that point, Majima is weakened and finishing him off makes the rest of the fight much easier. And for OP's problem, getting Majima out of the way prevents Saejima from using the tag team move sooner.

As for the one-shots, it was happening to my Ichiban as well. Even if I guarded, Blade Kill did so much damage that Majima would probably finish Ichiban off afterwards. But after I went back to finish the Sotenbori arena, the fight was significantly less trouble.

To be fair, the game is kind of a cakewalk until you get to the Majima/Saejima fight. Hell, I'd say it was harder than any story boss fights that came after it as well (Kiryu was surprisingly manageable).