{SPOILERS} Ideal Party for chapter 12 boss?

[Can'teater]

Majima is obliterating me and I cannot see what I'm doing wrong, My entire party is level 47/48 with the best gear I can find and he still beats me when the doppelgangers come out

I've beaten the business minigame and the Sotenbori battle arena

Any help would be appreciated

[Bebop]

You need to level up alot more, there's a huge dificulty spike in that part of the game, that the game does not ready you for.

clear sotenbori some more, you should be at least 10 more levels than you are right now.

and even at that point, majima is pretty hard.

[Can'teater]

Originally posted by Bebop:

You need to level up alot more, there's a huge dificulty spike in that part of the game, that the game does not ready you for.

clear sotenbori some more, you should be at least 10 more levels than you are right now.

and even at that point, majima is pretty hard.

Sheesh I thought I was doing something wrong, Thanks for the input!

[Macho Sadness]

Chapter 12 made me hate this game, I don't even know if I should continue playing it...
I just wanna play the story, not level up the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ RPG crap

[Rumitus]

You do not need to powerlevel as high as level 60. It'll help going forward, but you can do it as low as level 43 if you're resourceful. I had Hero / Breaker / Idol / Homeless Guy, but you can change that up and be fine.

Helps being prepared for anyone to be one-shot out of the blue like having Soul Tether on a couple characters. Revive Bolus pots on hand. I'd definitely suggest having an idol too since you want to keep healing. Keep Endless Desire up and perfect guarding as much as possible. You can wittle down the dopplegangers with AOEs, essence attacks etc... (For some reason they resist fire but Majima is weak to it). Peppermill Blow is a great skill too.

When Saejima joins, keep Ichi healthy and prepared for Blade Kill (use Peerless Resolve immediately). Malodorous Stench is amazing if you have it. Just get rid of Majima first. Finally, you can also just dump buckets and buckets of Ice from Host on Saejima if you've got it and want to make it even easier.

[Can'teater]

Originally posted by Rumitus:

You do not need to powerlevel as high as level 60. It'll help going forward, but you can do it as low as level 43 if you're resourceful. I had Hero / Breaker / Idol / Homeless Guy, but you can change that up and be fine.

Helps being prepared for anyone to be one-shot out of the blue like having Soul Tether on a couple characters. Revive Bolus pots on hand. I'd definitely suggest having an idol too since you want to keep healing. Keep Endless Desire up and perfect guarding as much as possible. You can wittle down the dopplegangers with AOEs, essence attacks etc... (For some reason they resist fire but Majima is weak to it). Peppermill Blow is a great skill too.

When Saejima joins, keep Ichi healthy and prepared for Blade Kill (use Peerless Resolve immediately). Malodorous Stench is amazing if you have it. Just get rid of Majima first. Finally, you can also just dump buckets and buckets of Ice from Host on Saejima if you've got it and want to make it even easier.

I have the same setup except Zhao is still a Gangster, I found my issue more to be the insane damage Majima was doing to me and not my damage to him. I will try the strategy with more heals since grinding up to 60 is taking a hot minute

[antoninartaud]

i finished the whole game easily with adachi, nanba and saeko. didnt even tried the other ones.

the key to sucess i found is that there is a fortuneteller lightning areal skill which becomes pernanent by male characters. i finished last chapter with only using that skill. also nanba has a fire skill which hits all enemies (homeless guy) adachi has 2 skills which hits all enemies (enforcer) which is enough.

what i also did is grindid little bit at sotenbori arena. made everybodys job around level 20 so they get permanent boosts (also equipped ichi with 2 level exp items he gets weak but his level grow so much fast). its not hard to grind. with exp items your characters get immediatly level 15 after first 1-2 rounds in sotenbori arena. you also get good cash, good items to sell or use so its a win/win situation.

also a side note eat from a restorant gives 3 exp which will make the grind easier. also another note still equip the characters you dont use bond with them and they will get that x2 exp which will help you getting maxing 7 jobs achievment.

[NewRaven]

Well, I did it with 48/49, so not really a much higher level than you had... you get fairly good gear in the last few levels of the arena, especially, if you manage to get the bonus items. It's also a great place to level a few secondary jobs. Having all the gear from the arena helps tremendiously. Plus, Majima doesn't seem to have any resistance or immunity to any debuffs - at least not the ones I tried. So, while this is a hard fight even on normal and you probably won't be able to win it with auto combat until level 55+, but it's doable under level 50 on normal difficulty for sure. As long as you are well equiped, manage a few buffs and debuffs and have a good healer/idol with enough mana.

[Can'teater]

After a few more tries and boosting Saeko up to a level 20 Idol I was able to scrape by. It felt insanely close and I was spamming poundmates by the end but it is indeed doable before level 50

If Nanba is able to kill Majima quick enough, Saejima isn't strong or fast enough to one shot. Used Joon-Gi Han instead of Nanba since he was out of MP and with his and Zhao's raw damage I war of attrition-ed Saejima to death

[Will_Liim370]

check samurai gamer guide for the best party it helps me a lot

[luminous-cheese]

i used idol, dealer, host and hero i think.

[FORESKIN DUO]

Hero/Homeless -> Enforcer/Hitman/Idol all below lvl44. Just keep people topped off and focus Majima. It's not that hard.