Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
game:
store.steampowered.com/app/2101110/Touhou_SouzinengiV_The_Genius_of_Sappheiros
playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiLOzqo9ez9l7vDbj498mBfdesDEytACT
Three Goddesses (pre expansion final boss) on hard difficulty.
00:00 Equipment and party
00:26 Phase one
21:02 Phase two
28:53 Phase three
This is the fight of fights. The difficulty spike of this whole encounter is surreal, and I believe that Strawberry Bose added Akyuu's storage and all its perks in the remake to help players with this ordeal - when I beat this boss for the first time around 2012, you had to do it the HARD way. That said, on my first successful attempt there I got really lucky and landed a fujiyama crit for about 48000 damage, almost half its total health.
This is a very messy attempt and I made a lot of blunders...
- Satori applying debuffs didn't work at all, and I didn't invest in her MP instead
- no lightning resistance on your phase one tank, don't do that
- applying dark sword too early, it expires very fast
- getting Alice killed on the first turn instead of just covering Mokou... then again, they could have destroyed the rest of the party on turn 1. Frankly speaking, I have no idea how to survive the last phase for more than 3 turns.
Other than that I'm happy how this played out. Being super slow on the first phase is the most consistent way I can handle this encounter, it kind of worked since they only summoned basic mooks. When the bosses can't summon any more, they will instead use their worst attacks - it's your call whether you clear the summons or leave them alive. Leaving the minibosses alive is dangerous, and blowing all your MP and bombs on respawning enemies isn't desirable.
To anyone watching, I hope this footage is useful or enjoyable for you, or both - either way, thank you very much for watching.
game:
store.steampowered.com/app/2101110/Touhou_SouzinengiV_The_Genius_of_Sappheiros
playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiLOzqo9ez9l7vDbj498mBfdesDEytACT
Three Goddesses (pre expansion final boss) on hard difficulty.
00:00 Equipment and party
00:26 Phase one
21:02 Phase two
28:53 Phase three
This is the fight of fights. The difficulty spike of this whole encounter is surreal, and I believe that Strawberry Bose added Akyuu's storage and all its perks in the remake to help players with this ordeal - when I beat this boss for the first time around 2012, you had to do it the HARD way. That said, on my first successful attempt there I got really lucky and landed a fujiyama crit for about 48000 damage, almost half its total health.
This is a very messy attempt and I made a lot of blunders...
- Satori applying debuffs didn't work at all, and I didn't invest in her MP instead
- no lightning resistance on your phase one tank, don't do that
- applying dark sword too early, it expires very fast
- getting Alice killed on the first turn instead of just covering Mokou... then again, they could have destroyed the rest of the party on turn 1. Frankly speaking, I have no idea how to survive the last phase for more than 3 turns.
Other than that I'm happy how this played out. Being super slow on the first phase is the most consistent way I can handle this encounter, it kind of worked since they only summoned basic mooks. When the bosses can't summon any more, they will instead use their worst attacks - it's your call whether you clear the summons or leave them alive. Leaving the minibosses alive is dangerous, and blowing all your MP and bombs on respawning enemies isn't desirable.
To anyone watching, I hope this footage is useful or enjoyable for you, or both - either way, thank you very much for watching.
