Jason Liang
Arcane
I updated the card gallery, and will start working on English translations soon.
It's advisable to attempt the timed boss fights as early as possible (Helman -> Babolat, Leazas -> La Hawzel, Zeth -> Galtia eating contest) since their HP scales with difficulty, so that actually it becomes impossible to beat them in time on later turns.
As you can see, Lei will deal far more damage than any other character you can have on turn 3.
Good thing you don't need to do this. Helman or Zeth on the other hand i can't force myself to NOT 1-turn.Leazas is arguably the most difficult country to 1-turn, even with CP bonuses.
For a lot of bosses, especially ones that have to be beaten within a time limit, you must prepare a squad beforehand for that purpose.
For Babolat, the easiest way to defeat him on a 0 CP run (without any new game bonuses) is to do the Free Cities campaign on turn 2 and recruit Lei, and immediately level him up with a meal ticket. Then do Helman on turn 3 to fight Babolat. Since Babolat is weak to lightning, Lei + Mary Ann + Magic will destroy Babolat in 5 rounds very easily. Of course, you still have to figure out how to beat Kesselring after that.
It's advisable to attempt the timed boss fights as early as possible (Helman -> Babolat, Leazas -> La Hawzel, Zeth -> Galtia eating contest) since their HP scales with difficulty, so that actually it becomes impossible to beat them in time on later turns.
As you can see, Lei will deal far more damage than any other character you can have on turn 3.
However, just like with Red-Eye, if you can't beat the boss the first time, you can continue the mission and fight an easier version of them later. Defeating them the first time does let you try to kill the second demon boss (aka 1-turning), but it's difficult, especially on a 0 CP run. If you want to try it for the challenge, the best advice is to level-up and give meal tickets to your Demon faction cards, since you'll definitely need them- Satella, Lei, Kentaro, La Hawzel/ Silky, and Kesselring if you can get her.
As for Silky, it's very difficult to harm her, especially since even armor-removing abilities like Kibako's bite can't deal enough damage to dispel her armor buff. You pretty much need either Kesselring or Arios to hurt her and both are difficult or impossible to get with 0 CP. Other than that, there's no "trick" to beating her on first encounter- you just have to be able to generate the raw damage. Even going the other route to La Hawzel is a very difficult timed battle. The only difference with Silky is that her HP does not scale, so that she is easier to defeat in later turns (i.e. turn 7 or 8). Leazas is arguably the most difficult country to 1-turn, even with CP bonuses.
Having gone back and replayed my old 0 CP saves, I'm convinced that 0 CP is the most enjoyable and balanced way to experience Rance X.I will honestly have to start a new game and try to get all the possible bonuses, but thank you very much for such an incredible help.
Not that I know of. It's rumored that the bonus challenges were supposed to unlock "part 3", but was cut.
Ok this is very frustrating for me but how do you get to the boss fights with the Demon Lords? I read here about the strategy to beat and recruit Lei before fighting Babolat but when I hit the mission for Free Cities I just get a repeatable map and the first miniboss I fight I failed to beat in 4? turns but got sent back instead. Also though I have been fighting the missions, the human pop keeps reducing drastically and I lost some characters killed by Babolat because I couldnt find out which mission fights him.
What set of missions do you need to be able to fight Lei, La Hawzel, and Babolat before their turns are up where they kill characters? I thought I need all 3 chaos swords so I tried it but the mission choice for each region became two missions. Which choice should I choose?
Items have special effects and also increase the attack power and hp of the human faction they belong to. Rance faction items (like the Mantis leg and the trophy coins you get from killing the demon bosses) are especially important since the Rance faction has very few characters. Also, sometimes you'll have to fight with only a few characters. In those cases Items are very important since they will make up a large portion of your attack power and hp.And what is the purpose of all the items that appear? I beat the mantis boss in the tutorial and chose the treasure Mantis Leg but what is the effect of this and other items?
When you collect 3 Medals from the Chests or Map, you'll automatically cash them in for +1 Army Rank point. Army Rank points can be assigned to give you Army Rank bonuses, including unlocking the 3 other frames (1 point each). You can reassign Army Rank points between battles as you like, so these choices are not permanent and you can reconfigure for specific fights.How do you increase the party slot from 4? Is that a new game only?
How exactly do the medals and chaos swords work in increasing party level? I can't choose individual heroes to level so whats the effect of those medals? I find out I cannot work on the sidequests to farm XP and medals without missing the story quests. Is that for after you beat the demon lords Turn 3 and before you fight Kaybliss Turn 6-7?
PS. I love Rance games and am so sad this is the last. I pray to TADA that he would make some kind of "sequel" or child based on other characters in Rance World. Keep that world alive!
Having gone back and replayed my old 0 CP saves, I'm convinced that 0 CP is the most enjoyable and balanced way to experience Rance X.I will honestly have to start a new game and try to get all the possible bonuses, but thank you very much for such an incredible help.
Ok this is very frustrating for me but how do you get to the boss fights with the Demon Lords? I read here about the strategy to beat and recruit Lei before fighting Babolat but when I hit the mission for Free Cities I just get a repeatable map and the first miniboss I fight I failed to beat in 4? turns but got sent back instead. Also though I have been fighting the missions, the human pop keeps reducing drastically and I lost some characters killed by Babolat because I couldnt find out which mission fights him.
What set of missions do you need to be able to fight Lei, La Hawzel, and Babolat before their turns are up where they kill characters? I thought I need all 3 chaos swords so I tried it but the mission choice for each region became two missions. Which choice should I choose?
Each typical turn has 3 phases - Preparation Phase (Blue), Operations Phase (Red) and Base Phase (Green). You don't get to choose your missions until the start of Turn 2.
Make sure you are playing at least with a machine-translation set up. This game is too complicated with no translation whatsoever. Also, while the guide I wrote at the start of this thread is incomplete, they should still help you a little with the GUI.
I think you'll soon see a pattern to which girls got HCGs in Rance X
For the easy version of Babolat (untimed, but he tries to eat you) you just have to use a character that can dispel his buff, like Magic, Miracle Tou or Arlcoate. You really need to be able to figure out the card abilities to get anywhere in this game. I'm sorry I haven't been more deligent about doing the card translations.
We have another thread for general comments on Rance X and the other Alicesoft games in the JRPG forum.
I think you'll soon see a pattern to which girls got HCGs in Rance X
For the easy version of Babolat (untimed, but he tries to eat you) you just have to use a character that can dispel his buff, like Magic, Miracle Tou or Arlcoate. You really need to be able to figure out the card abilities to get anywhere in this game. I'm sorry I haven't been more deligent about doing the card translations.
We have another thread for general comments on Rance X and the other Alicesoft games in the JRPG forum.
Thank you thats useful! I think the most valuable component of 0 CP plays is figuring out which heroes have special passive skills and effects. I already found the dark skinned girl who autoheals you every turn, the paladin knight who heals you with a successful attack, the knight who buffs your DEF with each successful attack. And for the buff/debuff Sachiko seems to have a debuff only good for flying and nothing else from what I saw, the Old Man (Doestoevsky?) has a buff cleanse that seems to have NO effect on the party, theres another girl who seems to buff cleanse the party with the Heart shaped skill but it has no effect either like the old man.
From my experience the most valuable heroes that are Necessities are Sachiko (for flying enemies), the girl who auto-heals you every turn, the paladin knight who heals with an attack, and the Miko girl who heals you big. Also Copandon she is probably the BEST healer in this game. This is only for 0 CP of course. Did I miss anyone?
Right now I am doing Free Cities and I keep getting stuck on that cursed doll miniboss that kills you in 8 turns. I got to do better damage...
Some other characters you should have-
ask, to liberate all countries do I need to defeat 2 maijin at once in the first turns?
and my dear cordoba have some of hope? damn it i not like see how is killed
ask, to liberate all countries do I need to defeat 2 maijin at once in the first turns?
and my dear cordoba have some of hope? damn it i not like see how is killed
You can liberate all the countries without 1-turning, but you cannot win through land invasion without 1-turning. To win through land-invasion you must liberate all countries before the end of turn 13 on paper, before the end of turn 12 in practice. So in practice you must 1-turn at least 2 countries early if you want to liberate all countries and achieve a good ending (A ending) at the same time. If you liberate all 4 countries on turn 14 or 15, you'll be too late to get any of the A endings. You can get an A ending without 1-turning (for example sea-invasion) but you wont liberate all 4 countries.
I 1-turned all 4 countries with 5 CP start, but it was quite difficult so I recommend 6 CP start at least for land invasion A ending.
ask, to liberate all countries do I need to defeat 2 maijin at once in the first turns?
and my dear cordoba have some of hope? damn it i not like see how is killed
You can liberate all the countries without 1-turning, but you cannot win through land invasion without 1-turning. To win through land-invasion you must liberate all countries before the end of turn 13 on paper, before the end of turn 12 in practice. So in practice you must 1-turn at least 2 countries early if you want to liberate all countries and achieve a good ending (A ending) at the same time. If you liberate all 4 countries on turn 14 or 15, you'll be too late to get any of the A endings. You can get an A ending without 1-turning (for example sea-invasion) but you wont liberate all 4 countries.
I 1-turned all 4 countries with 5 CP start, but it was quite difficult so I recommend 6 CP start at least for land invasion A ending.
which CP bonus are the most recommended, I am currently testing 6 Cp in EXP in battle and sincerely I am not yet very convinced of which are the best
You need to 1-turn Zeth to prevent lots of characters die. And you need to do it early because it's much harder to clear Galtia challenge if difficulty builds up. If you kill Medusa before Kayblis release Carmilla you can do mission and free her or just wait until she wander to your castle later.I also forgot to ask but how do you free Carmilla? What quests do you need to do? I've been neglecting Zeth since all the other regions had characters die or bosses get too strong. What do you need to do in Zeth to get Carmilla before Kayblis steals her from Rance?
If you win versus hard version of first demon you have an option to continue mission and fight second.How did you do the two demon kill?
Iirc if you defeated both majins you must reinforce Leazas until they self-liberate or liberate them manually or else monster army do all-out attack and he will die.and my dear cordoba have some of hope? damn it i not like see how is killed