SMT: Nocturne Hardtype - Kagutsuchi/Lucifer (Low Level)

Hey Luci, stop hitting yourself
/ jimsonlytweet1
Rules:
- This is a low level run of zombero's hardtype mod: www.romhacking...
- The aim is to keep XP gain as low as possible without affecting my sanity.
- Hard mode, obviously
- No stat boosting items
- All other game mechanics are fair game!
Hardtype changes:
- Kagutsuchi HP (both phases): 20000 → 40000
- Megidola → Megidolaon
- Phase Shift → Omnipotence (Raises all stats 6 stages)
- He now has Antichthon (Heavy almighty dmg + lowers all stats 1 stage)
- Vast Light now deals more dmg + removes all -kaja effects
- Infinite Light now removes all -kaja/-kunda effects + heals
- Lucifer's attack now drains 166 MP and always crits
- Prominence → Phlegethon (Severe AoE fire dmg + lowers attack 1 stage)
- Mabufudyne → Judecca Tomb (Severe AoE ice dmg + petrify)
- Glacial Blast/Megidola/Megidolaon → Carnal Winds (Severe AoE force dmg + charm)/Weeping Heaven (Severe AoE elec dmg + ?)/Hades Blast
- Diarama now heals considerably more
- Evil Gleam now deals almighty damage and inflicts panic
- High King now inflicts mute (is this new?)
- Root of Evil now lowers all stats 4 stages (+ should inflict death?)
There was always going to be some tradeoff in choosing my final Demi build, and giving up Life Bonus gave disco ball 2 distinct ways to kill me even at max buffs. In phase 1, if the moon phase is at 6/8 and he uses Omnipotence into a regular attack this can OHKO. Not overly likely, you'd think, but it was actually the most common cause of death here - 4 times in a damn row. Secondly, Infinite Light's max damage roll seems to be bang on 700, meaning every time he uses it there's a ~2-3% chance we wipe. WHAT FUN. However, it's still hard to say what else I should've ditched, as the Luci fight requires all 4 element reduction passives and Life Gain.
That aside, it's actually a fairly basic battle of fishing for Mjolnir shocks and landing hefty focussed crits. At this point I abandoned most buffs and just farmed Luster Candies, allowing me to fill out the team's skill slots with repels so we don't get screwed by those Dragon Eye turns in phase 2. Try to go into this phase with everyone in good shape with buffs + Focus so you can deal as much damage as possible ASAP. If he starts spamming Infinite Light it becomes difficult to substantially outpace his healing because of the amount of buff management needed (physical skills are useless too because the HP cost means we then die to IL.) It's just a case of waiting for good openings to attack. You can see I only bother using a second candy if he doesn't immediately recharge IL, otherwise I stick with Rakukaja.
As for Luci... anyone who knows hardtype knew this was coming, but it's still kind of pitiful to behold. Zombero gave him many new toys - it's basically a completely different battle - but the most noteworthy of these are the insane elemental spells he has. This is why Demi is carrying every element reduction passive, it's why I've been fishing for repel morphs, and it's why this battle is something of an anticlimax.
Arahabaki is a no brainer here, as he can repel x1.5 damage on 3 elements thanks to his weaknesses. The healer however was tricky. Luci inflicts all kinds of status so a fast Prayerbot is essential, but there wasn't a way to make one with all the necessary repels. Instead I decided to make 2 healers with Endure, and swap between them whenever it pops. This also handily solves the problem of him messing up your team with ailments and draining your healer's MP. He can only pop Endure with skills that immediately end his turn (since they can come in and tank Evil Gleam/High King at +0 defence) so they are basically invulnerable. Ice Repel blocks the petrify effect of Judecca Tomb, and their ailment immunity protects them from the rest.
Jikoku was used for Dekunda as well as his Void Death passive, although this turned out to be unnecessary. Apparently RoE is supposed to inflict death but it doesn't seem to here. I don't know if this was removed or is simply a bug, but it doesn't change too much. I would've just built my healers with Void Death instead of Ice Repel.
So yeah, the fight is mostly just waiting for Luci to kill himself. I fire off Divine Shots when there's a chance to (or regular attacks if there's no time to heal.) Once the 2nd phase hits (after dealing ~20k damage) it's essential to end every round at full HP with the team at +2 def and Luci at -2 atk. There's a lot of buff management and MP healing in this phase but just wait it out and you most likely win. The only ways he can kill us are with janky stuff like double almighty spells in the same round (Evil Gleam/High King) or one of these with a Hades Blast crit, but these are pretty rare scenarios. I stand by keeping Anti-Elec, because High King into Weeping Heaven seems to be a common combo that risks killing us if we had Life Bonus instead.

[@si-level]

Idk if you will reply this but i'm gonna ask you anyway. What do you think of this mod? What you like and dislike of this mod? Also how about vanilla nocturne that you like and dislike comparing to this mod?

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

I may put up a review vid at some point but many of the things I love are so intuitive I actually barely remember that they weren't in the original game, I'm basically just reading off the list of patch notes: Phys/mag rebalance, being able to see level-up skills, demon switching in and out and for only half a press turn, the way shock/freeze work, increased MP pools, 2 stage buff cap, Dante not being terrible, XP for unused demons, Geis being buyable, shop prices being reduced, Mitama and fiends being nerfed, all the new skills. All of these are vast improvements that fundamentally affect how the game feels to play The main thing I don't like (random skill inheritance, still dreadful) is more a limitation of what one can do with these kind of mods. So sticking purely to things that were design choices: I hate the Trafuri removal for obvious reasons, the Estoma nerf seems pointless given that its main use is to make backtracking less tedious, and of course the HP bloat is too much at times (although somewhat overstated, it makes sense that bosses need more HP given that this is a difficulty mod and with the way buffs work now, but I would reduce most HP pools by like ~30% personally). Some bosses could definitely use some general re-imagining too, especially Ahriman and Noah! *tl;dr it's rly gud*

[@CryonicCy]

@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe Will you now be continuing doing DDS low level run because I want to see your suffering I mean hard work and effort defeating Satan

[@minaly22]

As someone who played hard type as it is (not as a LL play through) this mod is phenomenal. The three things they lack are all modern additions, which are mind charge/concentrate (which simply didn't exist in the code so had no way to be added into the game), Doping (an active skill to increase max HP), and choose able skill inheritance. Every other possible downsides are either design choices or system limitations. While I personally disagree with the buff/debuff cap, it still made things interesting. While I really hate the mitama nerfs it at least made sense. Random skill inheritance... I don't think I need to mention that. Tldr, SMT 3 hard type is better than smt4 and smt4A combined.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssss]

i reallllllllyyyyyyy hope that the hardtype changes will be possible to mod into the steam version where hopefully some of it's kinks (like the estoma nerf, wtf) can be ironed out a bit

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

​@@CryonicCy It's coming, although these next few weeks are kinda busy for me but I'm hoping to get it done before Nocturne HD drops

[@Bucketgetter]

Lucifer: HIGH KING Jim Reaper: LOW LEVEL KING

[@ofilosofoouumfumante5655]

Godot being based

[@n1rvanna_chaos]

This is literally Godot's humor in aa3

[@copyrightholder9766]

sober king

[@Ezkapizm]

@17:15 When Arahabaki casts a spell, he says "That's EPIC" Much like Jim

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

*LFG* After last weekend's disaster, I loaded it up today and got em first try. Honestly these fights weren't even the most annoying thing in the run (that honour would go to Dante, or Black Rider, or Metatron, or resetting endlessly for that early Debilitate morph, or stubbornly fusing with random skill inheritance...) This run was dumb as hell and consumed much of my free time over the past ~6 months but it's a great mod overall and I'm not done with it yet. Plenty more shitposts as well as actual gameplay content to come. Oh yeah, and the Nozuchi in the room - DDS2. Will it ever be completed? Unsubscribe to find out! Big thanks to everyone watching and especially those of you who comment. It's always amazing to me that content this niche and erratically uploaded has a following at all but there you go ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ EDIT: had to take this out of the description cuz I hit the character limit, but re: the Chimera I never used. This was in case Luci used RoE & Dekunda in the same turn, so he could come in and War Cry (Debilitate wouldn't cut it in this scenario) but that never happened. Also in my initial test run I brought 25 Luster Candies and ran out half way through Luci, but of course the extras I then farmed never got used either :^)

[@frankcooper3737]

How about Low Level Persona 3? That’s something you can do before finishing DDS2

[@sircinabun5478]

Your videos have inspired me to do another run. I have not finished my last normal run but I still want to out of nostalgia's sake. Thank you for putting in the effort of completing this challenge.

[@Shadowfire646]

U N S U B S C R I B E

[@CozieGhosty]

Your videos have helped my hype grow for the remaster, man.

[@tecul1]

the intro song, simply perfect

[@dantemustdie00]

Having Lucifer's physical attack Drain MP rather than do actual Damage is fucking terrifying

[@manuelmateo3392]

Could be worse.

[@YurificationTrademark]

@@manuelmateo3392 If it drains MP and also deals damage then I'd just fuck off. No way I'm dealing with that shit.

[@malcolmlovett3]

Shit is just MEAN.

[@SaltyMon]

honestly the crits from his basic attack is much worse.

[@tairanomasakado5878]

"Hardtype died, and Hardtype was given life."

[@Arzieth]

never forget

[@totaldestruction152]

As someone who plays a lot of SMT IV the decision to add luster candy as a consumable item rather than a spell was really intelligent on Zombero's part. It helps to prevent the endless buff spam that SMT IV's late game becomes.

[@manuelmateo3392]

It's also referencing the fact that Luster Candy was an item before it was a spell.

[@totaldestruction152]

@@manuelmateo3392 Yeah. I hadn't seen much of the classic Megaten games when I first wrote this comment.

[@manuelmateo3392]

@@totaldestruction152 Nah, it's cool.

[@demi-femme4821]

I mean, it only goes up to +2 anyways.

[@franciscarlo7711]

great now you can run nocturne for the 592nd time after this

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

Amongst all these DDS2 comments, I'm just glad to find someone who truly knows me

[@franciscarlo7711]

@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe hell yea boi love the nocturne content

[@aisadal2521]

RIP Hardtype. Sidenote, I love the changed names in Lucifer's skillset! As well as all of the new skills!

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

Yea, I guess zombero came up with these himself. Phlegethon appears in other SMT but the rest seem to be new.

[@tairanomasakado5878]

To add on to what Jim said, Phlegethon was only used in SMT Imagine, as an exclusive skill to Asura Cerberus. (A similarly named skill, Pyriphlegethon, was used in DDS as well as Imagine.)

[@gorp2116]

I visibly pogged when "Judecca Tomb" popped up and was even more surprised to find it was an original name

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe I've been doing a Hard NG+ playthrough in which Demi-fiend is low in level but high-level compendium demons are fair game, and I'm starting to believe that the TDE path might be the only one in which this kind of run is even possible. If there's another, it _miiiiight_ be Rejection/Demon (due to Kagutsuchi not even fighting you, and the fact that Ahriman's Megidolaon can technically be dodged)...? Update: level 45 Demi-Fiend can _barely_ survive lower Vast Light damage rolls with +2 Heat Riser while Kagutsuchi is -2 in everything. But Infinite Light is unsurvivable without the Endure and/or Life Gain that can't be legitimately learned at this level, so the only real solution I know of is to beat him/it to the punch with level 200+ demons that all have Focus, Avenge, high-crit attacks (although magic could _maybe_ be workable...). Obviously, the best buff+debuff skills and Dekaja are necessary as well.

[@romanlegionary4765]

Arahabaki confirmed for MVP. Not even Lucifer could escape his wrath.

[@evanclarke9343]

Not emotionally prepared for this series to be over it was getting me through lockdown

[@dmua9551]

well, hopefully DDS2 will continue after this Or he'll abandon it for another run entirely but it's a win win as far as I see

[@FungalFury]

@@dmua9551 the jack bros speedrun emerges.....

[@DreadLockedCipher]

There's something about Wu Kong's physical attacks showing his Power Pole poking Kagutsuchi 20 feet away from him that I can't help but love. Congrats, you're free...for now.

[@saberx2321]

Okay, seriously. You dropped this king. 👑 Good job. And I'm sorry about your sanity but you made it. And that's the important part of this journey. GG and congratulations!

[@ChaseRaph]

Hopefully with Nocturne coming to Steam we see a lot more mods. Hardtype was really fun to watch, looking forward to whatever you play next DDS or not.

[@jamesfernandez300]

Not a big commenter kind of guy, but I've loved watching this run. I found your channel like two months after learning what SMT is thanks to Persona 4 Golden on Steam, and watching a lot of your vids helped get me into the series as a whole. Thanks, Jim.

[@SpoonicalBoom]

It was a bumpy ride and in a sense hardtype is not much of a hardtype but a "fairtype" but it was nice seeing this task accomplished. After grabbing all the info about hardtype with this series i was gonna tackle it myself, just not on low level cuz geez, i still retain a bit of self-preservation to not do that but well, nocturne is coming to steam so i cna wait a little longer for the sake of not emulating it. Congratulations Jim, it was a great watch and the little quirks hardtype brought sure spiced things up, im always happy to see non "meta" demons being used (outside of arahabaki but come on, he is the real smt protagonist, he HAS to show up). Now about the DDS2 run.... Just kidding dad, dont beat me.

[@Arexion5293]

Local bug eater beats up god and the devil while holding back significantly.

[@acceleradiant9640]

if luci got given megidola the run would be over

[@matthewhenry86]

Megidola OP pls nerf

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

Yes, let's not forget that Mithra's Megidola hits *just as hard as High King* (assuming same buff levels)

[@Sephyroth97]

Just in time for HD's mods

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

Also let me know if you can shed any light on the ? marks in the description (RoE's supposed death effect, and Weeping Heaven's additional effect)

[@bullblood_fan17]

20:08 he muted the targets instead of bind then is that new too?

[@Lotus_RT]

Not quite one of the ? ones, but it looks like Infinite Light's damage was also nerfed down to the level of Vast Light (probably to balance all the other changes it gained in return). Under these same conditions in the original game (being at +/-2), Infinite Light's damage ceiling would be around 900, making it impossible to survive if Infinite Light had the original game's damage output (where it's twice as powerful as Vast Light).

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

@@Lotus_RT This is true, although Vast Light is still a tad weaker (doesn't threaten a kill on Demi here) Although given the way the 1st phase works I guess VL's base power is actually considerably weaker than IL, but its damage is boosted by the moon phase being full.

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

@@bullblood_fan17 I actually have no idea, I seem to remember Luci could mute you in OG but that might've been with RoE there instead. I'll have to check some old vids

[@Lotus_RT]

@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe He's correct. High King can bind in OG, and RoE could do anything from inflicting damage (combined total chance of 70%) to inflicting Poison, Stun, or Mute (combined total chance of 30%, which each one being 10%; though Ailment immunity can prevent these and thus make RoE have a 30% chance to do nothing to that party member).

[@dsuffers3032]

I just realized how OP Endure is when you switch them around.

[@TrueCobalion]

Good to see the true protagonist at his full capability. -game over comp when?-

[@ToastieMcMuffin]

long lost arahabaki has returned

[@korben51]

now someone needs to make Strange Journey Hardtype

[@PebblepantsTV]

s t o p

[@Flynn_Aster]

Hardtype for every megaten game :)

[@t-universegamer7609]

I no joke hope someone does one for IV. After Medusa the games difficulty just goes downhill, which is pretty disappointing. I'd love to see the game rebalanced so we can get a proper challenge.

[@hoy5570]

shut

[@FungalFury]

@Derpnershly wouldn't it just be strange journey with press turns at that point?

[@airakogi]

you absolute madman, i genuinely can't believe we've actually come this far tbh can't wait to see the full moon encounters as well, ggs dude

[@AllBeganwithBBS]

We out here waiting for that absolutely impossible Hardtype Demi-Fiend solo run (with the extra press turn because we're not actually completely crazy yet)

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

Someone's already trying it, look up Ashcoop

[@Ashcoop]

Look up huah man, too. They're farther than I am right now.

[@blazerchocobo]

@@Ashcoop Thanks for the suggestion, will check out both yours and his channel.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@Ashcoop Late, but congratulations to both of you for completing the run!

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

You've done it... 👑 Y'know, playing this Nocturne mod and then playing _Digital Devil Saga_ has made me wish there was a DDS Hardtype (or at least a rebalance mod).

[@FungalFury]

DDS2 offers a lot more challenge.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@FungalFury I was referring to the duology as a whole.

[@michaelstove8157]

By Asura, by Asura, by Asura! You did it!

[@tairanomasakado5878]

YOOOO CONGRATS

[@alphonse_2245]

lets go this was awesome to watch, congrats Jim!

[@erajorma2540]

I still miss dynamic attack sheep

[@bullblood_fan17]

he has a charm that not even legion has

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

We all do :( He's one of the full moon encounters though, so we'll see him again. In miniboss form!

[@Sasupoika2]

Thanks for headsup regarding Endure refreshing when summoned. Had lot of trouble my demons staying alive, even at higher levels. I hadn't built as huge amount of repels etc. (just atleast one per element), and the spells just trucked them. In the end I remade almost all demons with endure, using Demi and (the other) Dante for damage. Probably wouldn't have touched the hack either without your playthrough, so thanks for that too!

[@parkouremaster]

Arahabaki wasn't able to overcome the final boss, my boy...

[@porkyminchasc1150]

Yeah he did what

[@Listle]

You absolute madman, anywho kind of excited to see what kind of crazy shenanigans you will end up putting yourself through in the future.

[@Carmegiddo]

Congratz on the Dub Jim! It was a long time coming, looking forward to whatever challenge you start or finish next! :D

[@whiteblacklight9603]

At last! Now we can go back to not playing DDS2, just like how YHVH intended.

[@Plazoblock12]

In a the years I've seen Nocturne videos I think this is the first time I've seen Amaterasu used

[@salmonfish4829]

18:29 we love to see them music syncs

[@Terumimi]

He did it. The mad man actually finally finished hardtype low level. Wild. Totally wild.

[@WoodDavers]

Thanks for getting me through the year man, it was great to see you play through this, looking forward to whatever is next!

[@maelstrrom2824]

Awesome run, interestingly Lucifer took less time here than in your LL run of the original game

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

Yep, I was surprised neither of these ended up being the longest fight in the run. That would be Metatron.

[@egghamilton7205]

6:47 watching it now that shock into divine shot was so cool to see

[@apocalfailed8090]

I find it kinda ironic how Luci's greatest danger in this mod is himself. Still, amazing work. Now we can hope that the LL DDS2 run continues, right? Right?

[@crocs_n_socks]

Congratulations, Jim. Hardtype looks really fun and your knowledge and devotion to the game are super cool, dood.

[@joshuamedina6807]

Lucifer sees you he be like "hi king"

[@isaaak]

man this is just too insane. congrats on yet another successful insane challenge run!

[@deandelvin9924]

White Rider's laugh when he uses Prayer tho It's like he knows exactly what kind of trick you are using and rubs it in Lucy's face

[@MonoChromium]

GG Monke, GG Jim, and GG Arahabaki and Ama-bae-rasu See you when the remaster drops so you can use skill inheritance as an excuse to put off DDS2 for longer xP

[@Renegade_IV]

Yooooooo GG my dude. This shit was wild to watch. I’ll never be this good at the game, but Def gonna try to do a hard run when Nocturne HD comes out. This is also making me so hype to play other SMTs and doubly so for SMTV. GODD SHIT MY GUY

[@Ismibeg]

You are a madman I can't wait for SMT: Nocturne Hardtype - Kagutsuchi/Lucifer (Low Level/No Fusion/No Compendium)

[@Squiddy0912]

Kagat's first theme goes SO much harder than his second... ...goddamn disco ball...

[@basedsnake]

mad man did it, good job

[@basedsnake]

Next you should do this really obscure game called Digital Devil Saga 2 I think you'd like it :)

[@VilasNil]

Imagine bosses with Diarahan, next level

[@wildonionchase3934]

Ancient of Days in the SMT4 DLC has diarahan but you can use brand so it only heals 1HP

[@xano7220]

Lucifer in chronicles maniax uses diarhan

[@kedzkabum]

satan in dds2 uses diarahan when you get him to under 3000 health

[@Rengor1997]

@@kedzkabum *1500 health

[@xellis8434]

Lucifer himself has diarahan in original Megami Tensei, and in order to defeat him you has to find a way to disable it.

[@juuryoushin6181]

Holy shit, Luci died faster than Disco Ball. Congrats for completing your challenge, you deserve it !

[@lucyburns4379]

Yo, I was just watching a video from a couple of weeks ago! Still, I'm a bit sad because this Hardtype run helped in this pandemmy.

[@ames_virosa]

"Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series"

[@canaldecasta]

Can't wait for the mods.

[@Magus12000BC]

That poor disco ball. He didn't deserve that kind of treatment.

[@james1328]

Cool playthrough bro Now get all the burial chamber records low level hardtype while waiting for Nocturne HD Hardtype

[@ultracapitalistutopia3550]

Finally Jim can get back to DDS2

[@mrtwinky0079]

Now i wanna cry

[@Jheitor14]

YES, congrats Jim It was an amazing run

[@keeyotaka]

What a journey this series was (Also ARAHABAKI MAKING A RETURN????)

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

*strange journey

[@Kamino.Shimobe]

Hardtype status: DEAD No but seriously, really enjoyed this! Looking for you to return to “you know what” 2 >:)

[@Mngalahad]

I hope the press cturne system gets brought back in case atlus decides to make another persona spinoff.

[@FungalFury]

Lets just hope it's in smt v for starters

[@lemmon_Grove2533]

If there’s one thing anyone should know about Jim Reaper it’s that he’ll always have Uzume in his party absolutely *stacked* to the nines.

[@Ashcoop]

Congrats! How long did it took on your save?

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

Clocking in just under 130 hours.

[@Ashcoop]

@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe How does RoE work exactly? Does it always bring you down to -2 stats? What if you were at 0 stats when he uses it? Do you go down to -4?

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

@@Ashcoop Yeah it's just a straight -4 from wherever you started. Like 4 Debilitates.

[@cantufekci23]

@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe oh, that’s actually not as bad as I thought. I was thinking that you might have gone from +4 buff to -4.

[@tecul1]

that's some eternal zero bullshit

[@zmslayer69]

Carnal wind and weeping heaven are really good name for skills.

[@chickenlover3041]

hardtype is the beginning and the end of it all

[@lameassguy900]

Tfw you see how good hardtype is and wish someone did something similar and fixed the mess of gameplay that is 4

[@chozolady]

are we not going to talk about the thumbnail

[@stanleya.8805]

Vanilla lucifer already made me cry, you are an absolute madman lol XD

[@Ashcoop]

Question: Does Pierce even work with Might? When I fight Kagutsuchi, I consistently get crits as expected. But when I fight Lucifer I barely get any crits (even when I do, the word "Might" doesn't pop up because Pierce was in effect).

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

There is an issue with the popup text for passives not stacking, so it may still be in effect even if it doesn't say so. I thought zombero fixed it so all passives like Might, Drain Attack, Pierce etc. stack but it could be bugged.

[@PMoofin]

Never thought I'd see the day.

[@MisterFael]

Congrats on clearing the challenge.

[@megatenshi]

Based Arahabaki always comes through!

[@vidyagaems4063]

I am the kaja... I am the kunda...

[@StrangerForever85]

So, are moves like Judecca Tomb, Phlegethon, Carnal Winds and Tears of Heaven added by Zombero just for the Hardtype mod, or do they exist in other Megami Tensei games?

[@StrangerForever85]

Also, congrats on finishing, Jim. I still have yet to beat Ahriman in my first playthrough.

[@tecul1]

Phlegethon does exist in other games, the others seems to be his own creation

[@jackvevela2215]

And so the journey came to a glorious end, at which point Dante and his entourage became so powerful they merely had to stand in place and managed buffs to kill the Morningstar. Just thinking of it makes my eyes tear up

[@Chr1s_1986]

GG Jim but a little disapointing is that Lucifer takes full damage from his magic attacks.

[@BaundoSuta]

LETS FUCKING GOOOO no more nocturne challenges ig... 😔

[@heeho5495]

Hell yes

[@ntrg3248]

The prophecy has been fulfilled

[@limechips4289]

LETS GOOOOOO

[@zinsky8047]

You madman!

[@christopherbravo1813]

wait I just realized something Amaterasu is technically fighting her *older brother.*

[@Kanzuki]

Can't wait for DDS2's long awaited return

[@aly5513]

First of, GG Bossman, Secondly, What do you think off the Lucifer fight? I also love how the best way to deal damage is to combine phys and magic together

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

Love all the changes to his moveset but it's kind of a shame that repel cheeses it so hard. I kind of think he should just be straight up immune to everything since you're gonna want Pierce anyway whether he x2 resists or voids. Only problem is this could cause a softlock if the player ditched every instance of Pierce for some inexplicable reason. Maybe immune to all except almighty?

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe Speaking of Pierce, what do you think your final level and build for the Demi-Fiend would have been if Lucifer had it instead of Sakahagi? Since Drain affinities counter piercing magic in this mod, would some of *those* passives have been on the table? (Considering that Lucifer is both the true final boss *and* the reason you can learn Pierce yourself in the TDE route, I feel like this would have made sense).

[@robertobrosful]

You actually did it. You actually finished it. You are our hero. Our champion. Now finish Jack Bros. come on dude.

[@Mrspeedwarrior2]

Jim died and Jim was given life

[@user-bw4hy3ph6z]

You are insane

[@FungalFury]

Now jim can finally start the p1 psp run

[@scrappy2082]

hell yea baby!!

[@Renbuscus]

Congrats!

[@ilovetweek000]

the way it was meant to be played

[@minaly22]

Absolutely amazing run. I never knew it's possible to refresh Endure by putting them on the bench then summoning again! Also you got supremely lucky with Lucy, he didn't pull out the certain death Root of Evil+High King combo that blasted my entire team with FOUR DIGITS worth of damage.

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

I did wonder if he could do that combo but never saw it. If it can do 4 figure damage when starting at max buffs that's kinda busted. Looking at the numbers here I'd expect it to be under 1000 (but obviously still an insta-wipe for a LL team)

[@minaly22]

@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe Have a look at Buff's playthrough. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6CTkpVqZ5h4l5Y Compare the damages through the entire video. Sometimes it's 1.4k, sometimes its the regular three digit damages. The four digits usually happen when root of evil went off followed by another un-voidable attack. Generally as long as you have a chance to buff back up its fine, but sometimes he wants to be a dick and blast you directly before you get a chance to rebuff.

[@nesmontou2393]

Couldn't you have ditched Anti-Elec for Life Bonus since Masakado already has an Elec Resist built in? Or was that not an option because of one of the previous fights Or does Masakado just not work like that Anyway great run yeah, even Luci can't escape Arahabaki

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

50% resistance isn't enough for Weeping Heaven, if he uses it after High King or RoE I'm screwed. Anti-Elec reduces damage again to 25%. If resist alone was enough I'd have ditched the element voids more readily and gone with Life Bonus + Endure.

[@nesmontou2393]

@@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe Oh it stacks, yeah I didn't know that

[@byel2844]

this video old af but I'm still gonna ask: I'm an SMT newbie, am playing the games in order and decided to start with mainline. Beat SMT I and II and enjoyed them quite a lot (specially II) and when I was going to get nocturne, I didnt know what version to get. Do you recommend the Chronicles edition or this Hardtype patch? thanks in advance

[@EpicMinecraftFail]

Playing hardtype for your first run is foolish

[@mrogun1974]

I would buy the HD remaster and play on hard mode

[@pochitaa9788]

yoooo the timing 18:28

[@J.Applejuice]

Yo Jim, love the vids. You might've already answered this, but I was wondering your thoughts on the Nintendo Switch "remaster" of Nocturne? Might be too early to have any real thoughts because it's not come out yet, but still I'd like to hear your thoughts if any.

[@JimReaperSaysUnsubscribe]

I'll likely get it on PC. Choosable skills trumps any issues I have with it.