- No Stage 10 Crystarium
- No Tier 3 weapons
- No Dark Matter equipment (Kaiser Knuckles, etc.)
- No Death, TP, shrouds, or Random: Instant Chain
These low-spec trials are oddly satisfying. I know this particular mission isn't urgent or a big deal, but it was still fun.
This takes a bit of luck, but not to the point where this strategy doesn't work consistently. You can see I lucked out twice in the video when Snow survives a couple of Feeding Stoops he probably shouldn't have, but I show how to survive them rather easily in a general sense.
In retrospect, a Rainbow Anklet (Daze protection) should be a better choice for Snow over the Metal Armband, because Deprotect is easier to remedy, but both Daze and Deprotect are extremely dangerous. Of course, I could also have used a fully upgraded General's Belt instead of a Lv 1 Black Belt, which would have made things easier for me, but the point was to push things as low as they could go.
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