Just for Fun: Kratos and Asteria, a Romantic Stroll through the Underworld

[dietonight]

After clearing Burning Sky with Kratos alone, I (not suprisingly) found Scout Force I in EUR impossible. So I was stalled, stalled, stalled for many months, until yesterday, I reached M40. Then I thought: "Hey, why not just throw in Asteria and see what she can do?" Scout Force I was still difficult, though now no longer impossible. After he fell, the early map was quite easy.

In these battles, Asteria is so new that she doesn't have any equipment on (although she now has a maxed white book).

Scout Force I: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210165569272
Scout Force II: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210165572557
Enyo: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210165578680
Deino: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210165589907
Charon: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210165604133
Vanguard Force I: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210167206578
Vanguard Force II: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210167215749
Vanguard Force III: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210167233188
Pemphredo: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210167244797
Styx: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210167254449
Momus: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210167268223
Rhadamanthys: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210167277807

This is the limit at this level of (non-)seriousness. Left Flank Force's double-fire mage formation is impossible unless Asteria wins a duel with the fire mage at the bottom and Kratos gets real lucky with the center mage failing.

[dietonight]

After some good old-fashioned div spamming, Left Flank Force I went down. After that, it was a relatively smooth path to Hypnos, who himself wasn't so hard either.


Left Flank Force I: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018698127
Left Flank Force II: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018698984
Left Flank Force III: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018699958
Ania: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018700885
The Amphilogiai: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018701818
Akhos: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018702724
Lupe: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018704787
Amekhania: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018706888
Algea: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018709348
Hypnos: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018713566

The next few weren't so hard either...

Right Flank Force I: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018715921
Right Flank Force II: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018718628
Right Flank Force III: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018729858
Eros: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N20121018730847

Then came Aite, a very took cookie due to her double build, which of course did
massive damage while cutting right through Kratos' Rally. To get past her, I
had to add Asclepius and switch in a red weapon for Kratos. Fortunately, I had
2 Ares' Sword frags lying around already, and had some very good luck in NL
farming to get 8 more frags relatively quickly. Even with an (admittedly not maxed)
Ares' Sword though, it still quite a bit of div spamming. After Aite went down,
I once again managed to cut through the next few NPCs relatively smoothly.

Aite: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210232415061
The Arae: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210232422546
Main Force I: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210232457141
Main Force II: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210232875486
Main Force III: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210236317029
Main Force IV: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210236339883
Echidna: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210236343868

Aporia was quite difficult (although a far cry from Aite), due to her dancer +
All Around Ambusclade + Soul Taking Arrows combo. After her, I once again got a
couple of relatively easy NPCs.

Aporia: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210237058416
The Graeae: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210237388778
Makaria: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210237396726

Stuck on the difficult Anaideia now. I'm going to need her thunder mage to fail while my Asteria doesn't fail, together with some solid blocking luck from Kratos. Obviously easier said than done.

[dietonight]

Anaideia took around 20 tries. Something like that. After that, Apate and the boss went down on the first try.

Anaideia: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210247238274
Apate: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210247249588
Thanatos: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210247258075
Virgin UGL: http://b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210247331072, http://b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210247332170

[dietonight]

Beat Scout Force I with without really adding anything new. Needed to add a sunstorm mage to get past the next three after that.

Scout Force I: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210248864025
Scout Force II: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210285906606
Cerberus: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210286795933
Aeacus: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210287045020

[dietonight]

Vanguard Force I: b27.clapalong.com/?fid=N201210292257004

I think this may be the final limit of just messing around at this level with this joke build. VF II just too tough.

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Vanguard Force II: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N201302172574975

Vanguard Force III: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N201302172593894

Alastor: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N201302172626038

Nemean Lion: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021714358909

Menoetius: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021714413967

Persephone: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021920021956

Main Force I: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021920136735

Main Force II: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021920148467

Main Force III: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021920231421

Main Force IV: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021920283768

Iapetus: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021920767544

Achlus: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021920844282

Makaria: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021920904635

Hades: b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N2013021921141117

Virgin
HL2: http://b23.clapalong.com/?fid=N20130220125338

[dietonight]

Sorry, that last post really didn't turn out well. Trying again..

Vanguard Force II: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|Va2kFqof
Vanguard Force III: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|Va2kFvjo
Alastor: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|Va2kFDFQ
Nemean Lion: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnjUsDb
Menoetius: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnjUGXd
Persephone: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnxPoZ6
Main Force I: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnxPSQn
Main Force II: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnxPVTB
Main Force III: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnxQhtz
Main Force IV: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnxQv5S
Iapetus: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnxSwWI
Achlus: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnxSQUq
Makaria: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnxT6BR
Hades: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|9dCnxU685

Virgin HL2: http://sols9.com/batheo/br/e.php?k=23|5Ip2gaTw

If a friendly moderator could delete the last post, that would be appreciated.