Nuwa is wiping the floor with me? ( Casual )

[Andrew R]

I understand she is weak against Agi and Bufu works as well.

Most of my characters are around lv. 17-20 so is that my main problem?

[Crunchy_Roll]

yeah, be around maybe 25-30 and see if you can get some full team support skills like enemy attack down, better heals, team defense up, etc.

[Blunette]

Nuwa uses primarily Force/Electric attacks, and always goes for her signature Force spell when she gathers Magatsuhi. Use a Force Dampener (a good number of bosses start doing somewhat telegraphed AoE spells when they gather Magatsuhi in the future) or Guard with your full team to prevent crits and thus Press Turns. Don't walk into the fight with anything weak to Electric or Force. It's also better to debuff her with Tarunda/Rakunda rather than try to buff yourself, it's more efficient until you get the Ma/Multi variants.

You'll get it in time, it's just a matter of lasting long enough.

[Xelane]

Try experimenting a little bit with the press turn system. If an ally absorbs or reflects an attack, the opponent loses their turn completely. If they nullify the attack, the opponent loses two turns. If you abuse this, she potentially misses out on every opportunity she has to attack.

So if, for example, she uses mazio and you have an ally with null elec, that's the only move she gets to make for that turn.

It's also really important to utilize stat buffs and debuffs where possible. If she's doing too much damage, try debuffing her attack with Tarunda or buffing your defense with Rakaja.

And like Blunette said above, use force dampener when she gathers magatsuhi to prevent her from lowering your stats. If you're out of those, guard with anyone that is not immune to force attacks.

More than anything, the most important thing about the SMT games is customizing and experimenting with different team compositions for the best possible team to tackle the challenges ahead. Often times this can mean trying the boss blind, seeing what elements they use and what weaknesses they have, and drafting a team that completely counters and shuts down the boss.

[Pisaro]

Originally posted by Crunchy_Roll:

yeah, be around maybe 25-30 and see if you can get some full team support skills like enemy attack down, better heals, team defense up, etc.

25-30 for nuwa? Lol, 17 - 20 is enough. Some force dampener, win.

[「Lukja」]

Use Aitvaras

[RexEviL]

Whenever enemy uses omagatoki, simply use dampener depending on their aoe skill. Thats it,

[Bake]

Originally posted by Crunchy_Roll:

yeah, be around maybe 25-30 and see if you can get some full team support skills like enemy attack down, better heals, team defense up, etc.

Horrible advice not just for this game but for any JRPG.
These games don't require grinding, especially Vengeance with so many Mitamas around.
Use an effective strategy instead of beating the game with higher numbers.

[SadPlatty©]

Don't sleep on them multi-hit moves OP if you got any; Bufu means Mermaid's unique for example is a good early game one as, with the Critical skill you have, that is multiple crits with an element she is weak to.

Mermaid also gives you a buff during the Megatsuhi skill that raises the number of hits allowed (so "2~5" will become like "3~6"), so even if they do 80 damage vs 170 damage per hit, it's actually 80*3/4/5, so 240/320/400 damage.

Using stuff like that - I was usually able to punch up 10 levels as you just have like 2 demons able to multi-hit, have some buffs/debuffs as needed/desired, and then keep items or revives on handy and you should be good (basically use the first rotation to buff/debuff enemy - use Magatsuhi skill, then tons of multi-hits for high DPS until you get the "real" moves was my strategy)

[Andrew R]

When casual isn't casual anymore. lol

It can never HURT to level up characters, Where can I purchase more effective healing items?

[SadPlatty©]

Originally posted by Andrew R:

When casual isn't casual anymore. lol

It can never HURT to level up characters, Where can I purchase more effective healing items?

The only ones you can really buy are from Gustavo at the shop; otherwise, you would need to get lucky with Demon Navigator's finding them.

That is initially anyway - as you unlock them, it also doesn't hurt having a couple of demons with healing skills; especially as the ones not in your immediate party can heal whenever outside of combat (and, depending on their skill-set, they may be able to provide benefit if you bring them out during combat to replace a down-ed ally with their type specific special skills, like a team-wide MP heal or something).

You can also change the moves on them later to basically whatever, so you could have a healer for the time being that later becomes a DPSer and vice-versa; all up to how you want to build them.

[borizb]

Originally posted by Bake:

Originally posted by Crunchy_Roll:

yeah, be around maybe 25-30 and see if you can get some full team support skills like enemy attack down, better heals, team defense up, etc.

Horrible advice not just for this game but for any JRPG.
These games don't require grinding, especially Vengeance with so many Mitamas around.
Use an effective strategy instead of beating the game with higher numbers.

That's just his opinion. And so is yours. How everyone prefers to play it is up to them, is it not?

[SKINLESSHEAD]

Originally posted by Andrew R:

When casual isn't casual anymore. lol

It can never HURT to level up characters, Where can I purchase more effective healing items?

Play on safety. I don't really get why you'd even bother playing on anything below normal though.

[MicroStutterEngine]

Originally posted by LighterThief:

Originally posted by Andrew R:

When casual isn't casual anymore. lol

It can never HURT to level up characters, Where can I purchase more effective healing items?

Play on safety. I don't really get why you'd even bother playing on anything below normal though.

Because not everyone is fixated on difficulty in videogames

[「Lukja」]

Originally posted by MicroStutterEngine:

Originally posted by LighterThief:

Play on safety. I don't really get why you'd even bother playing on anything below normal though.

Because not everyone is fixated on difficulty in videogames

You don't play SMT games for the story.
Go to Persona for that.

[Andrew R]

This thread is derailing lol

Some people may find the story really entertaining. I know the voice actors put a lot of work into it.

Anyway, I'm doing better. Having media really helps.