I don't like marmablues

[The_Rhythm]

Sure they won't kill you but they do make life difficult.

[MangoMan]

what I did in my last playthrough of the original game was to, as soon as I got luna, spam mana absorb on them since you always get 1mp back and it only costs 1mp to cast, so you can cast it forever. I just did this on every one I met until my luna was levelled to the point that I could absorb all their mana in one cast, and then I win the mana absorb tug of war before it starts.

I guess that doesn't work as well in this one though, since casting doesn't stop time, but it still might sort of work.

[Bamethyst38]

1 Cast of Level 4+ Dark Force single target and they are done. When your armor gets better, they can only drain like 1-3 MP tops.

In the Grand Palace, you can drain from Steelpions or Captain Ducks to recover the lost MP.

If you are trying to farm for the Cockatrice Cap from Basilisks, do it in this room (the one before the color puzzle):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1307390525

There is a Captain Duck to the Right if you can see it and you can Energy Absorb it for 22 MP past Level 5 or get a Faerie Walnut in a common drop.

[The_Rhythm]

in past playthroughs i fought them but this time i was like wow they're obnoxious i'm just going to run for the crystals before they force me to use a nut to restore my mana. In related news did you know you can change item caps up to 12 in the options menu, just in case you found the game too hard....

[Bamethyst38]

Once you get Dryad, you can cast Wall on yourself as well and deflect their Magic Absorbs. However, the game won't tell you if Wall wears off and you cannot heal via Cure Water if you do.

[Dangerous Beans]

Change Form.

[TSVStriFe]

I noticed with marmablues the one who's closest gets hit by the MP Absorb. So make sure that Randi is the closest to the Marmablue and your others should more or less be safe-ish.

[Hiroshi Mishima]

They still target your other two characters often enough to not make that a real safety solution. My biggest issue is that quite often my spell goes off first but their MP drain hits me before they die, which is frustrating. And if there's more than one on screen you're basically screwed cause their spells keep taking precedence over my own.

[TSVStriFe]

No not as often. When randy gets near it he gets the MP Absorb for 90% of the time.