Wild ARMs 4 Raquel solo - Belial 1

This is a segment from my Raquel solo run. The rules are as follows:

-Characters other than Raquel can only Guard.
-Characters other than Raquel must be under level 10 (this is done by equipping the Monopoly Gourd on Raquel).
-Characters other than Raquel must use their initial equipment. No Alter Parts may be used for Jude's ARM.
-No items that can be only gotten through New Game+ carry overs can be used.

This is done on New Game+ only to have access to the Monopoly Gourd to keep other characters' levels in check. Nothing carried over from the previous playthrough will be used.

This is the first fight against Belial. After Scythe (her boyfriend) is defeated by the party, she appears and traps them all in her own pocket dimension, called Wunderweltraum.

Her special ability in battle is the skill Distortion Control, which summons a Distortion. This Distortion defends Belial against almost all damage, making it hard to actually damage her. There are a few ways around it. Gems, Material, Poison, or just destroying the Distortion and hitting her before she can summon another one. 8 Fire gems are found in Culane Temple, but Raquel's MAG stat makes those useless. Poison works, but is kind of slow, so I ended up just trying to hit her after killing the Distortion.

Her other nasty ability is 4D Pocket, which removes a character from the battlefield, causing a game over if everyone else is dead. This is why Poison doesn't work well, since it gives her more chances to hit Raquel with 4D Pocket.

After 22 resets (making this the most difficult boss in the main game), I finally got lucky, and Raquel killed the Distortion on a counter. Since Belial got two turns in a row, she decided to attack on the first one and summon the Distortion on the second one. But since the first attack triggered Red Zone, Raquel got a turn with 50+ FP, which turns into three turns and a nasty beat down.

On a side note, I first got Dragon Edge here. This skill heals Raquel for 1/4 of the damage she dealt. Very helpful for managing HP to trigger Red Zone.

Setup:
Level 18
Power Bringer - 1020 ATP, 1 ACN
Star Wall - 340 DFP, 320 MGR, +5 EVA

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Wild
• ARMs
• Raquel
• solo
• Belial

[Dinomight125]

ahh i love the music when you go against her and fiore and asia *name* -beckoning bewitching princess-