Has Anyone Figured How Rank System Works?

[lorddarkshadow0]

So I am abit curious if anyone figured out the specifics of the rank system? In certain encounters like the boss fight with Thorman, no matter how well or fast I beat him it always results in a E Rank. I know time has to be a strong factor but without specifics it’s hard to improve and looking all over online it seems like everyone is getting E Rank in these encounters.

[Jack Trades]

It's difficult to know for sure but it seems like clear time and damage taken matter a lot.

[Misu]

I just did this today, it'll always be a D rank or so unless you take zero damage from Thorman, then you'll get the S rank.

[lorddarkshadow0]

Originally posted by Misu:

I just did this today, it'll always be a D rank or so unless you take zero damage from Thorman, then you'll get the S rank.

I thought that might be the case which I was kinda afraid of considering how this game handles combat at times. It’s gonna be baffling for awhile figuring out how to deal with bosses like Enyo and the like without getting hit once. 😂

[Misu]

Yeah... I haven't tackled any of the other bosses for the S ranks yet, but I can at the very least assure you Thorman can be perfected without any mandatory parrying.

edit: Spoilers for the 1st calamity, if one cares about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9boM9Xamq4

[FlashStep]

Im about at the end of the game (6-3) and I have to say if hitless is required, i have my doubts that all S ranks in this game will even be possible lmao. It is way too easy to take damage and like some people have said in other threads, youre always very close to just getting juggled to death.

[Audeoritas]

Originally posted by Misu:

Yeah... I haven't tackled any of the other bosses for the S ranks yet, but I can at the very least assure you Thorman can be perfected without any mandatory parrying.

edit: Spoilers for the 1st calamity, if one cares about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9boM9Xamq4

Been struggling to S rank this fight, this helps a ton. Thanks!

[Edeinawc]

I'm fairly sure that I got hit several times on the Thorman fight. But I did beat him fairly quick with the Down Down Down Light Heavy "super" (the one that uses your whole bar and causes energy spikes around you). So perhaps if you're fast enough it compensates for hits taken.

[Jack Trades]

I've been grinding some S-Ranks and I have three pieces of information.

1. To get a mission S-Rank you must get an S-Rank in every ranked encounter.
2. Encounters that aren't ranked don't matter for the mission rank.
3. The most important (but not the only) part of the rank is not getting hit. If you need to raise your rank in an encounter, try getting hit less first.