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The Sword of Etheria (2005)

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One of the few stages that forces you to learn how to carry your multiplier from one group or enemies to another group of enemies. How this works is that the multiplier resets if you let it drain to 0 so you want to built tension as you traverse through waves. Juju's movement speed and partner Leon is incredibly important in making this very consistent.

The general game plan is to build up tension for Leon Lvl 2 through the enemies, then specifically hit 2 enemies to Vitis. Vitis will pass those 2 enemies to Leon and he'll perform his 7+ link air or 4+ link ground pummel as Juju is moving onto the next wave.

Additional Notes:
-Etheria is not important in the first zone since most of your etheria will be gained on the second and third zone. It's an option to forgo doing carry over strats in the first zone, but bringing tension to immediately dispatch the next wave is a big advantage.
-You get bonus etheria at the end based on the stage kill count x 20.

0:07 See above explanation, you'll be seeing that a lot.

1:45 Incredibly unlucky Vitis Lvl 2. In order to open the door, all of the non crawler enemies need to die. One enemy survived so I had to use backup strats to snipe it with another Lvl 2.

3:23 Opted to use Vitis Lvl 2 instead of Leon Lvl 2 because this enemy has a tendency to dodge.

6:05 Partners were too far to get into position. It's possible to get lucky with a follow-up if you spam target enemy.

6:24 This is actually a very janky area. There is a invulnerable zone that's at the very edge of the stage where enemies cannot be hit if there're standing there. For example, the elite sword enemy will not get hit by that Lvl 2 but it luckily jumped into position to die.

7:16 I was planning on using Vitis Lvl 2 because I no longer needed etheria. Slight time loss but not a big deal.

8:03 Boss time. This stage is big and there aren't damage windows for the boss. Vitis Lvl 2 is already great as a boss killer. The fact that it can long range snipe prevents unnecessary walking.

8:20 Potentially could had killed the boss in 1 less cycle if I did a grounded Vitis Lvl 2 instead of an air Vitis Lvl 2.

9:10 The target system is jank. Partner was in the middle of a combo so if I targeted too early, it's possible that the targeting will swap to the minion instead of the boss. If I had more hits from the first Vitis Lvl 2, it would had died right here.

Juju: Mithril Garment, Spirit Ring, Might Ring, Shining Material
Leon: Silver Garment, Battle Bracelet
Vitis: Silver Garment, Strength Bracelet

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