Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
It's not Gabriel if the ballbriels don't touch
Lowdown on the restrictions of this challenge:
- EXP gain is only permitted in boss fights and forced encounters, and must be minimised by only having 1 character active at the end of each battle.
- Autolevelling must also be minimised as much as possible. Argilla and Roland take all XP before they leave the party to reduce the impact of this later on, and Argilla's level must not exceed 12 so it doesn't affect Sera's starting level.
- This is a cycle 2 playthrough on hard difficulty with no data transfer bonuses.
- I will be fighting all bosses rather than doing a true minimum EXP run, cuz that's more fun. And let's face it, you're only here for Satan.
- The use of Data items to permanently raise stats is forbidden for as long as possible - at least until Shiva.
I'm psychic! No, not really. Gabriel is the first of 2 bosses in the game with bizarrely specific attack scripts. Whereas most enemies choose their attacks randomly from a pool of moves, Gabriel always cycles through her skills in the exact same order. That's how I know what shield to put up.
This stops once she falls below 1750 HP and she becomes a complete nightmare to deal with, but fortunately we can take her out without ever having to worry about that. Thanks to the Change Ring we can use Zandyne 4 times and withdraw both characters in the final round. The resulting fight is perhaps the easiest in the game.
It's not Gabriel if the ballbriels don't touch
Lowdown on the restrictions of this challenge:
- EXP gain is only permitted in boss fights and forced encounters, and must be minimised by only having 1 character active at the end of each battle.
- Autolevelling must also be minimised as much as possible. Argilla and Roland take all XP before they leave the party to reduce the impact of this later on, and Argilla's level must not exceed 12 so it doesn't affect Sera's starting level.
- This is a cycle 2 playthrough on hard difficulty with no data transfer bonuses.
- I will be fighting all bosses rather than doing a true minimum EXP run, cuz that's more fun. And let's face it, you're only here for Satan.
- The use of Data items to permanently raise stats is forbidden for as long as possible - at least until Shiva.
I'm psychic! No, not really. Gabriel is the first of 2 bosses in the game with bizarrely specific attack scripts. Whereas most enemies choose their attacks randomly from a pool of moves, Gabriel always cycles through her skills in the exact same order. That's how I know what shield to put up.
This stops once she falls below 1750 HP and she becomes a complete nightmare to deal with, but fortunately we can take her out without ever having to worry about that. Thanks to the Change Ring we can use Zandyne 4 times and withdraw both characters in the final round. The resulting fight is perhaps the easiest in the game.
