Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Take me down to trunky town
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.
DDS2 isn't fucking around. Vetala can one-shot Gale and Serph with his regular attack (although Gale at least has a chance to survive) and Body Rush can even K.O. Argilla while she's in human form. This means we need some luck with his targetting, as we only have 2 Revival Beads and 1 Revival Gem, and ideally we don't want to use the gem (instead we want to sell it to help unlock Crimson Boxes in the shop).
The hardest part is survivng the opening rounds with the Andras. You need to kill them ASAP. It takes 4 Earth Shots, although sometimes 3 shots and Argilla's gun is enough so poke them if she gets a free turn. Once they're gone it's not so bad - his pattern becomes a predictable rotation of physical atk, Mind Charge, Terra Burst so you go from having to heal up every round to every 3 rounds. Fortunately you get a couple of Sonic Stones which makes finishing him off with Argilla easier. Still, this took quite a few attempts to get right.
Take me down to trunky town
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.
DDS2 isn't fucking around. Vetala can one-shot Gale and Serph with his regular attack (although Gale at least has a chance to survive) and Body Rush can even K.O. Argilla while she's in human form. This means we need some luck with his targetting, as we only have 2 Revival Beads and 1 Revival Gem, and ideally we don't want to use the gem (instead we want to sell it to help unlock Crimson Boxes in the shop).
The hardest part is survivng the opening rounds with the Andras. You need to kill them ASAP. It takes 4 Earth Shots, although sometimes 3 shots and Argilla's gun is enough so poke them if she gets a free turn. Once they're gone it's not so bad - his pattern becomes a predictable rotation of physical atk, Mind Charge, Terra Burst so you go from having to heal up every round to every 3 rounds. Fortunately you get a couple of Sonic Stones which makes finishing him off with Argilla easier. Still, this took quite a few attempts to get right.
