(Commentated) Octopath Traveler - Ophilia Lone Traveler Speedrun 1h1m10s (Solo) (PC)
51A commentated version of my no-mic Ophi run. Hopefully, it serves as a good reference for other soloers, but feel free to ask any questions or comments. More info:
Compared to my Switch run, it's not actually much better since I don't have a Cait in this one and wiped about the same number of times (2 times to Reptalios trying to get from level 13 to 15 then 1 wipe in Lorn, and I'm not sure where else), plus wasted time on that seashell monster outside Rippletide because I was being silly. Also messed up the end of the Mattias fight and dragged it out about 3 or 4 turns more than it should've been. Lots of my timesave are due to faster loads on PC really.
I YOLOed a lot because of that timeloss though, so it made up for it a bit. Edit: in hindsight, I think routing out the Pom S is better and to just use RVeils and plum sooner (2s to get pom s by goldshore + 4s to use pom s in battle due to navigating to it vs 4s to use reflective veil, same with Pom S by Stonegard). Stones and EI procs were about average I think. Should've skipped the Starseer L but was scared of Inhibit failing again. Hrodvitner battle has changed if you watched the previous solo - now it takes 1 extra turn but uses a Pom M instead of Pom L, so we have an extra to use on Mattias.
Anyway, overall fine I suppose. First try on all the bosses and should serve as a good learning reference for other soloers attempting this or just an enjoyable watch if you like watching challenge/solo speedruns. (If you want to do this and can't buffer glitch on your PC/Xbox, you can try Gentleman's Charm instead of Void and grind just a bit for Mattias/MMSF or just use Royal Crest and Reflect a lot or something.)
Btw, sub hour is definitely possible, especially if you want to grind a Cait to skip some of the later battles/stones (pre-Scholar Cait would obviously be optimal but even pre-WW Cait is good), though even without a Cait, it is possible since my menu's and execution weren't optimal. I might try again one day but have some other priorities in life at the moment, so I don't want to dedicate too much time to one thing. I think I could save more time by routing out some small things (ex 6k Black Staff + 2k Olive L + 1k pre-Mattias battle rewards means I had 9k excess in this run and could cut a lot of money).
Lastly, I may try streaming one day, so feel free to follow me on Twitch if you'd like: https://www.twitch.tv/animefanx11 (probably won't be super often but would like to try it here and there)
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