Pokemon Umbral Theatre 35: No More (City of) Heroes

[Aldurin]

Only 2k damage? Shit, I must have missed the crit and/or found out that Krunder's arm is freaking tough. Pretty badass battle description.

EDIT: Also, I gotta say that must be some really crazy dreams Delstaurus D is having since it is confused while it's asleep.

[Menarker]

- Krunder's Chest: Uses Ribberang. Silk takes 192 damage. Hiroshiho Rei (Sakuya) takes 129 damage (1141).
Krunder's assault begin with him simply reaching for his chest and plucking off one of his massive ribs like somebody disassembling a Lego set. Then he hurled it great force. The monstrous makeshift weapon slammed right into Swampert and continued on without even changing direction and arced effortlessly in the air despite the heavy rains to collided head on with the backside of Sakuya's Hiroshiho Rei, causing the giant mecha to lurch forward and nearly topple over completely.

AB, was it Swampert or Silk or got hit by the attack?

Also I had written in my post that Mio and Silk were both spending 60 rage for 3 turns of paradigm shift, not 1 turn for 20 rage. It's why I had the rage rockets given to them so they could afford the full cost.

Also, Silk and Mio's stats is supposed to be multiplied by 4.5x not 5x. 2.5x for the +3 from Sakuya's armor and 2x for the Paradigm Shift.) I realize I'm complaining that you made them stronger, but just letting you know.

On the other hand, Whitney's Special Attack multiplier is supposed to be 4x not 3 times before paradigm shift, since she got +6 to her Special Attack.

Meant for Shannon's Moonlight Disco attack to be shared with Moon, especially since she only has 70 rage at the start of the turn and thus wouldn't be able to use it otherwise. (Unless I was just psychic enough to guess she would be attacked.) Hence 40 rage loss for both instead of Shannon losing 80. (I figured Shannon and Moon would do a bit of a dance together or something nice like that. ^^ )

Several characters have not been given rage for their attacks when they should have. Deoxys, Latias, Kyogre, Jeanette, Vaporeon, Jellicent, Lapras. Unless you're assuming that CC&C characters don't get rage for attacking? (In which case, Deoxys still need his).
Also, Alphonsine should not have gotten rage from her attacks because her attacks are divided. Hence she actually spent 50 rage this turn.

I was looking for Lola's rage total and I found noticed that several battle posts ago, you deducted 50 rage from her despite the fact that the rules state that the first use of Sync Techs are free. She should still have 50 rage, assuming she didn't gain any in any of the turns.

Donovan's stats are slightly incorrect. Thanks to Shadow Sync and Speed boost, his speed is +6. But all of his other stats are at +5 (4x multiplier). I don't recall him getting an extra attack boost. (Although he got a crit and accuracy boost from Shark Hunt).

Also one more thing, which I admit is my fault. The "Sky Drop" moves which I had Articuno and Zapdos do this turn only does damage on the second turn. (Upon dropping them on the ground or something like that). Not that double digits damage means very much when the average attacks are triple digits and the great ones are quad-digits.

[Astral Harmony]

I'll make sure to get on that big ass laundry list, but I'll go ahead and point out something...wait, lemme check my own notes to make sure I know what I'm about to talk about...right, here it is.

- At least 60 Rage is required in order to Paradigm Shift even if the Pokebrid spends less than 60.
- A Pokebrid can enter Paradigm Shift at the cost of 20 Rage per turn.

I need to proofread some of this shit.

But I digress. Put simply, just because you're having the Pokebrid Paradigm Shift at 60 Rage, doesn't mean you need to force that Pokebrid to remain in Paradigm Shift until his/her Rage bleeds out. If you want to, you can have him/her drop Paradigm Shift during the Order Phase and end up spending only the 20 Rage per turn cost. Or keep them in Paradigm Shift as you please.

Lathiron post done tomorrow or Sunday. Sorry, trying to come up with some extra statistics and shit for a new Ruin Pokemon. In Devil Survivor Overclocked, I'm dealing with these asshole demons named Decarabia and decided to come up with my own asshole version of them.

Here's a hint as to the kind of assholes these fuckers are: they have a skill called Shield All which places a barrier on all units in the team which blocks the first attack incoming to them. It prolongs the battle for me more than it helps them fight me, but it's still fucking irritating. They also have Agidyne, the most powerful basic fire elemental skill in these Shin Megami Tensei games, which helps in deciding what element these new Ruin types will have.

[Menarker]

Originally Posted by Armored Bishoujo

I'll make sure to get on that big ass laundry list, but I'll go ahead and point out something...wait, lemme check my own notes to make sure I know what I'm about to talk about...right, here it is.

- At least 60 Rage is required in order to Paradigm Shift even if the Pokebrid spends less than 60.
- A Pokebrid can enter Paradigm Shift at the cost of 20 Rage per turn.

I need to proofread some of this shit.

But I digress. Put simply, just because you're having the Pokebrid Paradigm Shift at 60 Rage, doesn't mean you need to force that Pokebrid to remain in Paradigm Shift until his/her Rage bleeds out. If you want to, you can have him/her drop Paradigm Shift during the Order Phase and end up spending only the 20 Rage per turn cost. Or keep them in Paradigm Shift as you please.

So... if I get what you're saying correctly, Paradigm Shifts costs don't all have to be paid all up front, but ending the chain of payments triggers the 2 turn cooldown time for ending Paradigm Shift?

Not shooting you down or anything, but I was under a different impression. Figured it might be a bit too much flexiblity for the class, which already has an awesome mix of diversity and burst of power.

[Astral Harmony]

Still, it'd be kinda shitty if the strategy shifts around and you need them to do something else that doesn't necessarily require the boosts that Paradigm Shift offers.

Rage is precious, especially since Medics don't spam Rage Rockets anymore (although there may be times I'll nullify that restriction, specially when combat really demands your absolute best performance ever, like perhaps Mission 6...or is it 5? I don't recall if the visit to the Hungry World where the Kimonos live is Impact's sidequest or if his is the epilogue anymore) and I'd really like to keep you out of situations where you'd be forced to spend Rage when you feel it would just be wasted.

Because I'm a nice person who loves his daily breakfast of Stupid-Os. They're retardedly delicious!

[Menarker]

Ah, I see.

Another quick question. The guide states that a pokebrid's sync tech usage can be recharged at the cost of 50 rage. Can the tech be used on the same turn as it is recharged, or is there a delay from the turn which the recharge is done to the next turn when it would be ready to use?

[Astral Harmony]

You can use it on the same turn it's recharged, no problem.

[DanteFalcon]

I have so much jealousy for your Devil Survivor Overclocked right now. I also lack a 3DS though. Curse you AB.

[Astral Harmony]

Oh, Overclocked isn't such a big thing. The only difference I can see between that DS and 3DS version is that Overclocked has voiceovers. There's barely any points in the game where you can use the 3D window effects and...I think there's some extra demons thrown in but I'm not entirely certain. I'm not sure. But overall, you're not missing much.

[Menarker]

Coming up with battle plan.

Silk only has 55 rage, not 65. Mio at 65 because she got that Wind of Gaea bonus.

I have to admit, I'm pretty damn surprised at the rarity of critical hits we've been getting despite having a device that gives everyone in formation minimal 31% crit chance. *Shrug* Guess we're just unlucky in that regards.

One last question I can't believe never came up. During a Paradigm Shift, can those with multiple forms change forms? Or are they stuck in the form they were presently at the time of the shift? I merely assumed it was the latter myself since it takes effort/energy to maintain the shift and shifting forms might break that.
A current relevant example would be if I wanted to change Mio while she's in Paradigm Shift from Narcham to Raikner form at this point of the battle.