Uploaded November 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hide behind the Odin.

-Strategy-

So in order to unlock the Special Battle, we have to accumulate the BP needed to buy Omnislash and W-Summon which means tackling the Normal Battle in all it's chaotic glory.

First off, we've got Red going in with 200 Dexterity + a Mystile which gives him great evasion and enough speed to have a decent chance of getting a first turn against the tougher, slower enemies during each round.

We start by casting Odin for Zantetsuken, which is effective against a fair number of the enemy formations in the Square, and Mime this throughout. If we're given an enemy that's immune to Death, we swap over to items and use a Cauldron followed by a barrage of the appropriate attack item. If this happens, I opt out of continuing at the end of the round as Odin can't be re-casted at this point (I haven't leveled it up).

There seems to be something of a glitch associated with Odin though. When combined with Quadra (and sometimes when Mimed after a failed Zantetsuken) it'll instead trigger Gunge Lance on a random single target, which can actually hit KO'd enemies for 'damage'. For that reason, I left Quadra off Odin.

Edit: Turns out we also need to kill Ultimate Weapon to unlock the Special Battle. I'll have to take care of my accessory dispenser it seems like ;_;