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MARDEK is a retro-inspired RPG set in a lore-heavy world that blends together fantasy and sci-fi. Its initially lighthearted story soon evolves into a deeper exploration of moral ambiguity, told through a whole lot of dialogue both thought-provoking and ridiculously silly.

I am playing the Nineveh Mod, a fan-made mod that retools the game, adding new skills and equipment, tweaking enemies and generally sprucing up a lot of graphical elements.

This run is done on version 12. I will be using cheats to enable HARD MODE and also play with Sharla and Donovan as the lead characters, rather than Mardek.

You can read more on the game's discord server! https://discord.gg/b9TUWBfsym

Don't think this fight is easy because I made it look that way, this guy hits extremely hard and can turbokill party members like they are twigs. I simply built optimally for this fight alongside using cheesy tactics and getting rather lucky.

MM has various attacks, hitting for PHYS/DARK/AIR/FIRE damage and being able to apply Silence, Numbness, Paralysis and toss Noxious Bombs. Catastrophic Punch and Savage Hit both can easily OHKO any party member [except Solaar], and he likes to counter anything with abilities like these. He also now properly resists most statuses.

So how do we bypass this? Items. Steele's still quite weak to AIR due to Emela, and Gope sells infinite Liquid Lightnings right outside. What's more, Steele won't counter throwables, meaning you significantly reduce his offensive output by doing this. I made sure Donovan was kitted out for DEF and that Mardek put PShield on Sharla ASAP, but this run in particular had a lot of lucky rolls on Steele missing.

Confusing him and him Stunnering himself was just a comedy moment.

Next, the game opens up, and I'll start using my REAL party!