beating the king without mira's shield (ISAT SPOILERS)

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after getting siff to have 9999hp and realizing there's a cap to the memory of looping, apparently you can block his attack and survive the instakill lol. so here's beating the king without ever picking up mira's shield!!!! enjoy y'all!!

[@clawcakes2]

"you see a vision of the future..." siffrin: nuh-uh

[@MAGICAL_DUNCE]

"you see a vision of the future." Siffrin who is guarding the not at all physical attack: I LIVE!!

[@pokkiheart]

So THAT'S why he always talks about "blinding"

[@stevesabba2379]

The King is just putting his all into punching Siffrins' face and what comes out is the sound of a squeaky toy being squeezed

[@MrFlame-zk5cy]

The fact that it's not even max level party it's just abusing the shit out of memory of looping to get to 9,999 hp is just so funny

[@ariesignitor6856]

Don't show Loop this, they might have an aneurysm on the spot.

[@nvezak]

so true

[@golesh-ow5dp]

"Here is a little tutorial Stardust~ when i have an aneurysm, I CAN LOOP BACK!"~Loop, probably

[@pokkiheart]

Hello, Stardust~ can I pick your brain for a second? Just a quick question, you see, HOW IN THE _STARS-_

[@sawdunk1371]

INCREDIBLY disrespectful attitude towards the king. props to you for having the resolve needed to get to 1k loops

[@redthefoxisWritingUpAStorm]

WHY WAS HE ON LOOP 1000????

[@causeofanissue583]

*you see a vision of the future.* Siffrin: *covers his eyes* King: ...Stars...

[@gamerdomain6618]

his eye, no? not eyes.

[@bluejae825]

“You see a vision of the future…” everyone: 💀💀💀 sif: oh shit guys i think i blinked

[@TheGamingAnimator.]

Best comment I’ve seen so far lmao

[@davidbrickey8733]

"We survived it." "Everyone okay?"

[@MAGICAL_DUNCE]

Everyone: 🙂💀💀💀

[@bennetsheckells6741]

@@MAGICAL_DUNCE objectively true. I applauded your accuracy.

[@wildfire9280]

@@MAGICAL_DUNCE 🙂🍞🍞🍞

[@selfishhero1208]

My god, you really just woke up every day and SPRINTED to the nearest thing that would kill you

[@thomaswang2223]

You mean the knife?

[@gregorydery]

I thought it was floor 2 (keys unlocked) then down and tear to the left.

[@thomaswang2223]

@@gregorydery eventually you can gain the ability to stab siffrin with their dagger. This is obviously faster

[@ivorywizard]

isat except siffrin is absolutely insane

[@aardwoof_]

so normal isat then

[@ivorywizard]

@@aardwoof_ that's fair lmao

[@Romanticoutlaw]

this siffrin woke up every loop and chose violence against himself

[@funnylittlecreature]

i love how the king just repeatedly does the same thing over and over like a toddler growing increasingly frustrated

[@poyopowerplant]

How many loops did it take to get Memory of Looping to 9999 HP?! HOW MANY?!?! Saw it at the end. 1884 crabbing loops. God

[@Bd-qs5bn]

the smug smile siffrin has at the "ready" is way funnier when he knows he can just do this

[@cleanomean449]

after rewatching the video i can't believe i didn't even notice this: strangely enough although the king's tear phase never SEEMINGLY triggers, apparently its heal does? which is so weird to me??? so like the game doesn't expect us to survive that long so it doesn't even trigger the phase

[@lunarnightingales8651]

...I'm pretty sure I've whittled away at the king's hp so fast that he never actually gets a chance to do the "instakill" attack before the next phase starts, but I never would have thought to beat him this way..... ...very interesting discovery!!!

[@All54321]

That’s like his first attack?

[@lunarnightingales8651]

@@All54321 it's his first real attack, but he always waits for several turns before performing that move. If you boost everyone's speed with memories + make up the time or thyme juice and also slow the king down, you can get around 3-4 ish party turns for every king turn, which when combined with increased attack and strategic move choice absolutely shreds his health before he even has a chance to unleash the attack. In practice he just waits around for a few turns, gets scared, and then creates a tear shield without ever unleashing his first attack. I don't think i've ever managed to skip the second instakill one, but it's probably possible...

[@Itsninjaturtl]

Bonnie: *watches everyone die* "Crab you king" *smack*

[@ghosty2.3]

This is crazy. I love it! I can’t imagine doing 1,000+ loops tho so props to you

[@Rynamony]

They should patch it to account for you doing something like this, even if it's just some extra dialogue...

[@Fangria]

insertdisk5 said the reason nothing happens at 1k loops is because they dont want to encourage anyone to put in all that effort just for some dialogue, so id assume this is similar

[@VVToonZ]

AHA i KNEW i recognized that artstyle!! extremely tempted to try this myself, like a big "SCREW YOU" to the king 😭 -would be worth it-

[@cleanomean449]

if you’ve got nothing else going on HIGHLY recommend, super draining but super worth it when you get to stick your tongue out in the face of death and just survive

[@VVToonZ]

youve conviNCED ME IM ABSOLUTELY PLANNING TO NOW. getting the full in stars and time experience lmao

[@randomtree7295]

The fic i mentioned is In Stars and Siffrin's BLINDING CRAZY!! By NinjaZombieYoshi

[@tartarsauce1495]

Thank you!!

[@iiowlsii1089]

im not gonna sugar coat it

[@melnewdemon4873]

Wow Siffrin trained for years instead of finding the shield I wonder how this sequence breaks the game.

[@pythium2776]

I wonder if theres anything different in the other parts of the game if you do this! Probably not, but its hilarious you can beat King without any type of shield

[@aversion356]

TANK THAT ^-!@, SIFFRIN!

[@namelesspersonakaneonwaffles]

Wow! That's so cool!

[@hotcocoaddict]

I need to know how many loops this took cause you're before act 3 which is befuddling me right now

[@All54321]

It says in the save menu, 1884

[@wojanbrzoza]

what loop is this....

[@randomtree7295]

I found this though a fanfic on ao3

[@backpain7877]

Care to share what fanfic? 😗

[@randomtree7295]

@@backpain7877 its called In Stars and Siffrin's BLINDING CRAZY!! By NinjaZombieYoshi

[@someone8689]

@@backpain7877 if its the same one im thinking of, "In Stars and Time but Siffrin's BLINDING CRAZY!! "