Star Ocean: Second Evolution Boss #35 - Gabriella Celesta (Universe)

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Finally! The battle against Gabriella Celesta on Universe! This battle made me think that the game let me throttle most of the other bosses in the game with ease just so it would constantly kick my arse in just this one fight. Though because of that, it made this battle immensely fun.

I intended to put my equipment and setup and everything BEFORE the battle started, but for some reason my video capturing program crashed the moment I hit record and I didn't notice until after I encounted Gabriella, so I had to put it at the end instead.

I'll list it here for early reference:

Claude Lv. 151
ATK 3440 DEF 1473
HIT 930 AVD 286

Holy Sword Farewell
Valiant Mail
Valiant Shield
Helmet of Odin
Valiant Boots
2x Foot Insignia

Ernest Lv. 145
ATK 3808 DEF 1118
HIT 773 AVD 288

Invisible Whip
Seraphic Garb
Valiant Shield
Dueling Helmet
Valiant Boots
Ring of Might
Foot Insignia

Opera Lv. 145
ATK 1800 DEF 1050
HIT 674 AVD 308

Pulse Clip
Seraphic Garb
Valkyrie's Bracelet
Mithril Helmet
Valkyrie's Boots
Berserker Ring
Foot Insignia

Noel Lv. 106
DEF 760 AVD 318
MAG 1331

Mindhealer
Seraphic Garb
Gauntlet of Air
Dueling Helmet
Bunny Shoes
tri-Emblem
Star Guard

I think this is basically the only time in this playthrough that I've used Noel. I was worrying how I could work up enough HIT to get 100% accuracy (or close to it, didn't want to use SoM) against Gabriella since dual foot insignias weren't enough and Piety was nerfed in the PSP version, and almost gave up hope until I remembered that Noel learns Bless. Fortunately this plus dual foot insignias gave Claude more than enough HIT for 100% accuracy and put Ernest close to 100% accuracy with just 1 insignia (would have used two but his attack would've dropped like a brick with the loss of the Ring of Might). That "close to 100%" got Claude killed a few times, though.

The start of this battle didn't kick off all that well, but I managed to defeat her anyways and it's a pain walking all the way down to the bottom of the MoT, so I stuck with what I got. About 6 minutes in, Noel casted Bless on Claude the moment after he died, and apparently the buff counted, so I wasted time casting it twice to make sure.

Unfortunately this battle lasted close to 10 minutes, and I didn't want to split the whole thing into two parts. If I had time I would've included the "victory march" back to the entrance to the MoT. ^^

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[seph789]

HeimdaIlr, which emulator did you use?

Thanks ^^

[HeimdaIlr]

I don't use a PSP emulator... I have a PSP with custom firmware. I used RemoteJoy to display my PSP screen on my monitor and a video capturing program to record it.

[gmsquared]

@HeimdaIlr How did you get sound? I'm using RemoteJoy as well, but just getting the video

[HeimdaIlr]

@gmsquared RemoteJoy only transfers video to the PC. You need to have a male to male 3.5mm cable plugged into the PSP's headphone jack and your computer's microphone jack to feed sound to the PC.

[masterpaladin]

Ernest: I won't let that happen again!!

Opera: Yes, you will...

Awesome.

[Xoda000]

hell yeah, glad to see some people actually recognize Ernest.

reasons he's baller:

-great range on his normal

-bed of roses comes out fast, has good range, and hits multiple times

-fuggin sphere of vacuum air whip move (w/e I can't remember it)

I honestly don't get what all the hate is about. He pulls his damn weight.

[deinz27]

@HeimdaIlr oh..

[HeimdaIlr]

@deinz27 255 is the max level.

[deinz27]

@arbenz11 999 is the max level right?

[arbenz11]

lol @ gabriel.. Its easy to beat her when you're at max..

[vanocor]

LOL Noel and Ernest