Solo Temenos Route v1.0

These are my notes for a Temenos solo speedrun in Octopath Traveler II.

Sample vid (no-mic): https://youtu.be/yjf2B4-jc5c
Sample vid (commentated version): https://youtu.be/v0k-RQj5Q6E

This route saves time by skipping several towns (Tropu/Merry Hills/Montwise/Timber) and using cheaper armor to get by. It also saves money by using Catapult along with Victory Ring and Lost Tribe Axe, replacing several Hired Help usages. In exchange, there's some slower item pickups in the early game, and exploration is a bit riskier as Temenos is less bulky. The Cubaryi fight also has more variations with a bit more risk, though it still has a high win rate. (Kaldena is actually easier, albeit longer.)

EXP/JP/Money-wise, the route is mostly comfy, with a spare 15k Beastlings for the final dungeon too. The only minor issue with JP is that Hale and Hearty may need to be delayed, depending on encounters. It is guaranteed before Stormhail though, which is the section where it actually matters most for.

Castti rules from speedrun leaderboards:
- is only to be used for soothing the Montwise mountain guard
- cannot gain exp/jp in battle
- cannot use skills
- must flee or defend in turns
- if KOed, Temenos is allowed to fight and win

Also, thanks to:
- Xazu and Doid for answering my questions
- Dalia and Z3R01337 for their notes, which I used for parts of early game
- Sneaky314k and YTreds for their work on previous solos of this

Tips:
- Latent Fireball does 1 shield chip to everything. Latent can be freely used anywhere. There's only one coerce in Delsta later that slows down without it, but we're extremely likely to build it by then and have an alternative with magic.
- Elem Barrage x2 always hits at least 4 and up to 6, so it has reasonable odds to defeat a Cait/Puff (5 HP) if you want to conserve stones. Latent barrage guarantees the win because it always breaks the Cait/Puff.
- If you get Chubby/King Puff/Queen Puff, you can usually afford Evil Ward if you want, just watch cursor for Mystic Staff versus Cubaryi. And skip money based on Cait/Puffs to save time, etc or use more HHGs in place of catapult, etc.

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Time starts when confirming Temenos on the character select screen
Spam basic attack through Aelfrics cutscene
Guide Crick
Sword x2 or Staff x2 to break Mountain Ape I and flee

Get Shadow S in Vados' house
Coerce Vados (Holy Light twice)
Get Light S in dungeon
Skeletons:
T1: Light S

Get Pilgrim Rod in dungeon back hidden path
Item menu after ladder:
- Pilgrim Rod
Get Light S in right church room before boss

Felvarg (3,600 HP) (5 shields) (Sword Ice Light)
T1: Holy Light, Sacred Slash
T2: Holy Light, Cover
T3: Defend, Sacred Slash x4
T4: Holy Light (breaks), Stone S
T5: Holy Light x4, Cover x2
T6: Holy Light, Sacred Slash
T7: Heal Wounds, Sword
T8: Holy Light, Defend
T9: Holy Light x4, Sword x4 (breaks)
T10: Holy Light x3, Stone S
Notes:
- T4's Holy Light and T9's Sword x4 are the two breaking turns
- T7's Heal Wounds can be swapped to T6 or T8 (or to a grape)

Break/Flee single encounters:
- Mountain Ape I, Aggressive Ant, Meep, Frost Mole I & II: staff (there's two monkeys, and if you broke one in ch1, you can identify second monkey if it's shield is not shown. The other monkey is not weak to staff.)
- Night Raven: light
- else: LATENT freely
Heal Wounds/Grape/Plum as needed (but preserve 1 grape for Castti, Heal Wounds restores 130 HP)

Go to Southern Clockbank Highroad
Get 6300
Go back and walk after encounter to avoid second

Walk to New Delsta to hopefully skip encounter
Tag New Delsta
Buy:
- 1 Unearring Earring
Go to Diamante Estate
Get 1200

TP New Delsta
Walk to enter and exit Delsta Harbor
Get Herb of Serenity (optionally walk a bit)
Tag Abandoned Village, exit

Rotate Day/Night for Soulstone Shop (15%)

Sell:
- Herb of Serenity
Buy:
- 1 Fire S
- 1 Ice S
- 1 Thunder S
- 2 Shad M
- 4 Light M
[Note: if Cait/Puff after Scholar, try Elem Barrage x2 (use LATENT if you have it). Before Scholar, use Light M and later in Crackridge, use Light M on Armor Eater and break with Staff to flee. Skip Dinner Twin quest in Canalbrine.]

Go toward Winterbloom area
In Scholar screen, walk right to get Ice M
KO battle with Shad M
Walk into and exit shrine for autosave
KO again w/ Shad M
(If you got encounter before entering shrine and got bear, it needs Holy Light x3 follow-up. Skip the autosave and walk to the guild. If you still get a third encounter, then you must S+Q the Conning screen and coerce + flee the NPC.)
Get Scholar, menu:
- Lightning Bolt + Elem Barrage
- Evasive Maneuvers on

TP Delsta Harbor
Boat to Totohaha port (second option)

Break/Flee encounters:
- 1 shield Island Froggen/Lloris: lightning bolt
- Motley Slug: staff
- any other single enemy: LATENT staff x2

In West Tropuhopu, get Light M
KO enc w/ Light M

Go to Southern Nameless Village Traverse save point
S+Q on left side
Walk and slow boat all the way
Tag Nameless Village

TP Totohaha port
Boat to Canalbrine (second option)

Start Temenos 2
Guide dinner table NPC beside tavern
Go to night and talk to NPC to do quest
[skip this quest if you got Cait/Puff money]

Buy
- Critical Earring
Talk to 2 Story NPCs

Give grape to Castti, options:
- YES (to first prompt, don't mash)
- NO (to second prompt; if you misclicked, Tavern her for now but flee rates get worse still)

Canalbrine encounters, flee/break:
- Hermit Conch - breaks to Staff
- Ocean Lizardman I (has 1 shield) - breaks to Staff/Ice
- all other Day battles - break to ice

Exit and go toward Conning
Run a little on Canalbrine Bridge to skip encounter

in 1st Conning Map, save at Save Point and go to NIGHT
KO Scorpions w/ Ice M
Go to Day
Walk mostly to get Wind M on right and go to next map

Go to night as you approach steps to water
Force Scorpion encounter on docks
KO w/ Light M

Go to DAY and get Unerring Bracelet
Fast boat over water but walk most of the land portions

Tag Conning
Get Apothecary Job
Get Rainbow Bottle

TP Delsta Harbor
Get Inventor + Step Ahead

TP Delsta Harbor
Boat to Crackridge Harbor (First Option)

Crackridge Harbor encounter weaknesses:
- Gabbrodillo - staff
- Eggling - fire
- 1 shield mole - ice
- 2 shield mole - ice, staff

Menu:
- Temenos to APOTHECARY
- Step Ahead on (in fourth slot)
- Heal Wounds
Flee harbor battle

In Southern Crackridge Wilds
KO encounter w/ 1 Light M, 1 Light M
Heal and get 6400
Walk a bit when exiting the screen

In Western Crackridge Wilds, walk a bit to Save Point
S+Q
Tag Crackridge (can run from Save Point)

Exit and safety save
KO encounter w/ 1 Light M, 1 Wind M
Get 8500
Go to Gravell area (skip Merch for now)

In Western Gravell Wilds, walk left
Get Pom L
S+Q on right of Save Point
Walk into Ivory Ravine

Walk until you approach ladder, then run remainder
Get Lost Tribe Axe

TP Abandoned Village

Item menu:
- Lost Tribe Axe on
- Unerring Bracelet on (in second slot with +)
Job Menu:
- Temenos to Inventor

Rotate Day/Night for Accessory + Armor shop (50% for both or 20% for Herb + Armor)
Buy
- 1 Horned Helm (equip)
- 2 Empowering Ring (equip only one in first slot)
Heal
[if you get Soulstone shop, you can optionally buy 1 Light M to replace and skip picking up the Fire M later, as it makes Vados safer in case of non-crit]


TP Conning, go toward Sai
Walk to skip Conning battle
If you get battle anyway, you have more accuracy now, so do
T1: Defend
T2: Swap Primary Weapon to Axe, then go into Catapult menu and launch Sword x3

In first Sai map, go to NIGHT near chest for battle
Get Fire M
KO night encounter with
T1: Swap Primary Weapon to Axe, then go into Catapult menu and launch Sword x2

Go to Southern Sai Sands and go to night before the battle, KO the same way
Get 6200
Get Pom M

Go to Western Sai and go to night near gate to KO battle again
Get Reinforcing Jam

Go to Eastern Ku Sands
Walk a bit and go left to get Pom L

Go back to Sai area and back into Ku
Walk a bit and go left to get Firestarter

TP Crackridge, exit
Go to night near Save Point
KO Armor Eater battle with same catapult x2 as before

Optionally get Thunder M (only if you used up your Fire M or if you want a spare, but it's rarely needed)
Get Merchant Job and MENU

Menu:
- Temenos to CLERIC
- learn MYSTICAL STAFF
- Temenos to Merchant
- learn Collect + Sidestep + Hired Help
Support Skills:
- Grows on Tree (second slot)
- Boost Start (third slot)

Get Thunder L and go to NIGHT asap
KO Gravell battle (2 Dreadwing and Creepy Fledgling):
T1: Defend
T2: HHG x4

Tag Gravell, exit
Get 23.5k

TP Gravell, exit
Go to NIGHT just after bridge
KO battle again
Get Starsplitter + Herb of Serenity

TP Gravell
Get Quartz Shield

Item:
- Quartz Shield on

TP Canalbrine
Recruit Castti
Go to Lucian's house to do story deductions
Go to Tavern
Deposit Castti

Coerce Vados
T1: Mystical Staff
T2: Staff x4
T3: Staff
T4+: if blind, keep boosting Staff to finish

Go to church
GUIDE Wealthy Boy's Father

On boat, walk all the way (except for ladder)
Go to top of ladder
Get 5600
NIGHT just after save point, before boss

Vados
T1: Fire M
T2: HHG x4
T3: Thunder L (very rare and unlucky range but the 1800 HP wisps must be KOed to win. Any M works too if guards KOed wisps.)

TP Crackridge
Start Temenos 3C

Job Menu:
- (if cait/puff, do Apothecary + 3 Skills, then Inventor, and put Hale and Hearty over Grows on Trees)
- Temenos to Inventor
Equipment menu:
- Lost Tribe Axe on

Use inn for story
Guide Reiza

Go to Eastern Crackridge Wilds
Go to NIGHT after about 6s near ruins
Get 9200
Battle:
T1: Swap Primary Weapon to Axe, then go into Catapult menu and launch Sword x2
(nighttime is optimal for caught by surprises as you still win without the boost start BP if it's night)

Enter Fellsun Ruins
Walk a bit to get Pom L
See glittering item (Mysterious Notebook)

Get Jade Staff
Go right to finish chapter

Menu (whenever 630+ JP):
- Job to Apothecary + learn 3 skills
- Hale and Hearty over Grows on Trees

TP New Delsta
Talk to Wealthy Boy to do quest
Item menu:
- use Sharp M
- Lychee S (if needed)
- grape to heal

Avoid Throne cutscene (walk a few steps down of Save Point and go up after passing sewer ladders)
Go to game parlor
Coerce Dealer
T1: LATENT Staff x3 (or Holy Light three times)

Go out to do Victory Ring quest
GUIDE Thoughtful Husband

TP Flameschurch
Go to tavern
Get Castti

Go toward Borderfall
Flee battles (unless Castti is KOed, in which case, you can catapult x3)

Get Thunder M (spare, use anytime)
Go to night when entering Montwise map with the guard

At Stormhail Pass, menu:
- Victory Ring on Temenos (over the HP ring)
- Olive on Castti (if KOed)
- Grape/Plum Temenos to full
[do Hale and Hearty if you haven't already too]

Soothe guard

Stay on NIGHT and force battle
Defend until Castti is KOed
Then KO w/ (Tab to Axe) Catapult Sword x2

In tunnel, after ladder, as you walk up wooden plank platform, go to NIGHT
If you survive a surprise, you can win any battle except monkeys too
KO battle
Go to DAY

Aside from Winged Serpent/Monkeys, all battles can be KOed with
T1: Swap Primary Weapon to Axe, then go into Catapult menu and launch Sword x3

Winged Serpent battle is same but needs extra BP:
T1: Defend
T2: Swap Primary Weapon to Axe, then go into Catapult menu and launch Sword x4

if surprised by Winged Serpent:
T1: Swap Catapult menu weapon to Spear, back out of menu, swap primary wep to Axe, then enter catapult menu and launch spear x3

2 Monkeys battle, if you go 2nd/3rd on T2:
T1: Spring Boots
T2: Swap Catapult menu weapon to Dagger, back out of menu, swap primary wep to Axe, then enter catapult menu and launch Dagger x4
T3: Thunder L

Any Monkey battle otherwise:
T1: Thunder L
T2: Swap Catapult menu weapon to Dagger, back out of menu, swap primary wep to Axe, then enter catapult menu and launch Dagger x4

If no large stone for Monkey, then flee or try
T1: Crit Scope Apeking II
T2: Swap Catapult menu weapon to Dagger, back out of menu, swap primary wep to Axe, then enter catapult menu and launch Dagger x4
T3: Thunder M

Note you have a 70% chance of avoiding the bad 6125 HP Apeking II
Northern Montwise Pass night encounter table:
%   $       Exp JP
20% 1065	204	86	Winged Serpent, Wild Weasel
20%	1140	238	92	Winged Serpent x2
20%	1185	289	96	Mountain Apeking II, Mountain Apeking I
10%	1323	298	121	Mountain Ape VI x2, Mountain Apeking II
20%	1284	284	122	Horned Fly x2, Mountain Goat
10%	1164	277	101	Mountain Goat x2, Mountain Ape VI

Go to Stormhail area
When you pass second torch and are on steps going down, go to NIGHT to KO Stormhail battle
Walk the remainder of the map

Aside from Snow Leopard, battles can be KOed with
T1: Defend
T2: (Tab to Axe) Catapult Sword x4

Snow Leopard Battle:
T1: Defend
T2: Swap Catapult menu weapon to Bow, back out of menu, swap primary wep to Axe, then enter catapult menu and launch Bow x4

if surprised, do x3 with same above catapult glitch for extra damage based on weapon needed:
Frost Moleking II - spear in catapult menu, then back out, go to axe, and then launch spear
Plains Drake + Moleking I - same as above but Bow instead of Spear
Bat - any

if surprised by Reptalios/Snow Leopard, flee asap

Get 15k
Enter Beneath the wall
Walk remainder of map

Stormhail night encounters (+weapon type needed for surprise):

%   $       Exp JP

15%	1050	214	85	Frost Moleking II, Frost Moleking I
15%	1590	301	130	Lightning Elemental x2, Frost Moleking II
10%	1545	258	125	Frost Moleking I x2, Plains Drake
15%	1824	252	184	Albino Bat x4
15%	1710	281	139	Plains Drake x2, Snow Leopard
15%	1320	242	106	Snow Leopard x2
15%	1320	274	106	Reptalios x2

Tag Stormhail
Start Temenos 3S

Go right to headquarters
Go right to cutscene
Go right to Vados' body

Go left to get Knight's Armor

Item menu:
- Knight's Armor on
- Olive on Castti

Tavern:
- deposit Castti
Use inn for story
Do Crick ghost sequence
[optional 18s Light L in ceiling if you want, not recommended]

Enter Forbidden Shrine
GO TO DAY - IT OFTEN SETS IT TO AUTO-NIGHT ON ENTRY
Go to night when approaching stairs near the gray chest

Battle:
T1: Defend
T2: Swap primary weapon to Axe, Catapult Sword x4

if caught by surprise, just do
T1: Catapult Axe x3
as it KOs most things. May need to do basic attack axe for extra tap or so too.

if remnant + armor does buff, you can use spare L stone with catapult
if 15% Revenant + Remnant, flee

Encounter table:
15%	1200	242	98	Accursed Armor x2	3746
15%	1824	252	184	Albino Bat x4	1796
15%	1200	242	98	Thunder Remnant, Accursed Armor	4215, 3746
15%	1620	257	132	Plains Drake x2, Frostwing Serpent	3160, 3493
15%	1845	278	149	Light Guardian Mk.II x2, Lightning Elemental	3884, 2370
15%	2220	349	104	Revenant, Thunder Remnant	6666, 4215
10%	1650	297	135	Lightning Elemental x2, Thunder Remnant	2370, 4215

Walk the remainder of the map
Get 15k

MENU at save point (should be Lv18+ for boss):
- Temenos to Merchant
- 2 Empowering Rings on
- heal wounds to max

Save
Go to NIGHT before boss

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Cubaryi (53,500 HP) (5 shields) (weak to Spear Axe Staff)

!!!!! - I STRONGLY ADVISE PRACTICING THIS FIGHT FOR THE VARIATIONS - !!!!!!

This fight has a lot of edge cases due to summon/turn order RNG, but the basic concept is to break her, do 40k worth of damage via Vets/Beastlings (with max boost of cap 9,999 damage), and then usually extra vets/beasts before or after the break for the other 13.5k damage. Below, I list the most common winning combinations, then specifics for how to play starting from T2.

Cubaryi's first action is always a null shield that cancels the night debuff. Sometimes, you can break before she casts the shield, in which case HH Beastlings hit cap, but if she cancels the night debuff, HH Vets are needed to do cap 9999s on her.

Summon on turn 1 always. The NPC will always break either 1 or 2 shields each turn and if he doesn't block any attacks, he will always stay for 6 or 7 shield breaks total, usually across three or four turns. He also heavily favors the 2 shield attack.

Adapt based on your summon's actions and the turn order and always try to pivot to one of the first three winning combinations below.

This route assumes you use 60k on this battle, but you can often get a Collect or lucky turn order to save money. (The 16k collect money is not mandatory but makes chapter 4 encounters safer or can speed up the shopping menu.)

Winning combinations with 5 BP are below:
1) Cubaryi is at 1 shield and you do HHB x3, HHV x4 (guaranteed win, costs 45k)
2) Cubaryi is at 2 shields and you do HHV x4, HHV x3 (80% win rate, needs first set to break 2 shields, costs 60k)
3) You have 1 Sidestep OR Max HP and NPC breaks for you. You do HHV x4, Defend, HHV x4 (guaranteed win, costs 60k, and is most common).
(note: if night debuff is up, HHV x4 can be swapped for HHB x4 to save money)

Winning combinations with 4 BP if desperate:
4-6) NPC breaks while you have 1 Sidestep OR Max HP:
- 4) HHV x4, and she has DEFENSE BUFF: HHG x1, HHV x3 (unfavored range, 67k)
- 5) HHV x4, and she has DEFENSE BUFF but you can SAFELY POM UP: Pom S, HHV x4 (guaranteed win, 60k)
["safely pom up" usually means you go first on last turn or have Sidestep still]
- 6) if she has NO BUFF: HHV x4, Defend, HHV x3 (guaranteed win, very rare case, 60k)

Example Script 1:
T1: Summon
T2: Defend / Sidestep / Mystic Staff / Pom S
[adapt from here; we'll assume worst case, going later in turn order on T2+T3, which is T2 Defend]
T3: Sidestep (assumes NPC breaks)
T4: HHV x4
T5: Defend / Collect
T6: HHV x4

Example Script 2:
T1: Summon
T2: Defend / Sidestep / Mystic Staff / Pom S
[adapt from here; we'll assume best turn order, going first T2, which is T2 Mystic Staff and NPC breaks]
T3: HHB x4
T4: Defend
T5: HHV x3

Example Script 3:
T1: Summon
T2: Defend / Sidestep / Mystic Staff / Pom S
[adapt from here; we'll assume decent turn order, going later T2 but first T3, so do T2 Pom S]
T3: HHB x3 (if 1 shield left)
T4: HHV x4
or
T3: HHV x4 (if 2 or 3 shields left)
T4: HHV x3

Specific turn-by-turn guide:
Turn 1 is always a summon. For turn 2, based on turn order and your NPC's actions:

- if you go FIRST ON T2, ALWAYS DO T2 MYSTIC STAFF. If NPC breaks after that, do T3 HHB x4, T4 Defend, T5 HHV x3 for the win. If NPC did not break, try to pivot to one of the other winning combinations above.

- if you go second on T2 but first on T3, do T2 Pom S. On T3, if she is at 1 or 2 shields, do winning combination 1) or 2) above. So HHB x3 HHV x4 if 1 shield or HHV x4 HHV x3 if 2 shields. If she's at 3 shields, try HHV x4 x3 anyway but it's probably a loss. Need high crits and lucky vets weapon types if you are that unlucky.

- if you go third on T2 but first on T3, do T2 Sidestep, then T3 Mystic Staff to go into combination 3)

- if you go second/third on T2 AND second/third on T3, do T2 Defend. Do T3 Sidestep and hope the NPC breaks for you to go into combination 3). If the NPC does not break after T3, try to survive and still go into one of the first three winning combinations, optionally re-summoning to hope NPC blocks an attack.

Optional tips for battle:
- if NPC leaves, you often need to re-Summon. Even if she's at 1 shield, NPC breaking gives chances for them to block an attack for you. (A semi-common case is NPC leaving between T1 and T2, which often needs you to re-Summon on T2 and hope for good RNG.)
- most scripts Defend after she un-breaks so that the final Vets get an extra BP. If you already go first next turn, you can Collect instead (usually ~76%-79% Collect for 16k, which is NOT mandatory but can speed up menus and gives extra money to toss around in last dungeon)
- you sometimes have to assume the NPC will use his 2 shield attack to break for you, so fight assuming that will happen. Sometimes, if the situation is dire, you have to fight assuming the NPC will block an attack as well.
- even if it doesn't work out, the resets and retries are fast, and the fight has a very high winrate if played correctly
- Temenos at full HP can survive almost any of Cubaryi's attacks except for her special boost mode attack, when the energy is surging around her. Similarly, 1 Sidestep will survive any of her attacks.
- lastly, there's opportunities for bonus damage, extra Sidesteps, extra collect chances, etc. If turn order and summon RNG is extremely lucky, you can even re-break and use Guards/L stone/etc to save money. (Ex, if NPC chips to 3 shields after un-break, you can HHB x3 -> L stone to win and save 15k.) It's too much detail to go over all edge cases in this guide, but I'd suggest practicing the fight's variations and seeing where you can shave an action, gain an extra Sidestep/Collect chance, chip extra shields, etc. It isn't mandatory to learn them though; I've covered the most common winning cases above.

[if you both Collected and got early break for only HHB + HHV used, then you used 30k, not the routed 60k, so you can skip the 28k in the next chapter. Sell right when you get to the village and continue to the final dungeon immediately. Want 112k+ going into dungeon.]

Finish chapter
TP Nameless Village
Start Temenos 4
Guide Shirlutto
Enter woods and Safety Save

Go to night after saving
Battle (2 Remnants):
T1: HHM x3
T2: Flee
Go to day and walk to get 28k

TP Nameless Village

Equipment menu: (if you collected Cubaryi, can skip the armor removals and selling of them)
- unequip all
- equip Unerring Bracelet
- equip Quartz Shield

Sell at shop until 112k+ if possible:
- Starsplitter
- Firestarter
- Lost Tribe Axe
- Jade Staff
- Horned Helm
- Knight's Armor
- 2 Empowering Ring
- Victory Ring
- Refreshing Jam
- Pilgrim Rod, M or L stones, Lychees, Nuts, etc

You want 112k+ to have a spare HH beastlings for the final dungeon.
(104k+ suffices too, but it'll be a spare HHG guards instead. You can break and flee a lot of encounters to save money too.)

Go back to dungeon and S+Q on left of Save Point
Run until you approach 2 torches and steps going downward (just before the gray chest)
Go to NIGHT to break and flee Remnants again
Walk remainder of map (can run a tiny bit)
Optionally talk to Shirlutto for healing food if you're out of restoratives

In Rifted Rock, CHECK THAT IT IS DAY
Walk all the way
When you reach very top left of stairs, go to NIGHT

Break/Flee/KO the encounter

Encounters with night debuff depending on your money:
- any Skeletons: HHM x2 to break, flee
- any Revenant: HHB x3
- Elementals: Defend -> HHG x4 (or HHB x3 if surprised)
- Lord of the Flies: Defend -> HHG x4 (or HHB x3 if surprised)
The 30% Revenants break to Mystic Staff/HHG/HHM. HHG x3 or x4 also clears any remnant with it and pushes the enemy turns back.

Go to Day after battle and walk to get Void Amulet (when you go left, you'll see a wooden ladder going down)
Item:
- Void Amulet on (in case of dark elemental surprise attack; put in first slot, do NOT equip over Unerring)
- Heal HP/SP

Go to top left cutscene

Learn skills menu:
- learn 2 more Cleric skills
- Inner Strength on (over Evasive Maneuvers)
Heal HP/SP

Save (should be Lv18+ with Quartz Shield + Void Amulet + Unerring Bracelet on at minimum)

Go in DAY to boss
WATCH MYSTIC STAFF CURSOR NOW

Kaldena (100,000 HP) (8 shields) (weak to Spear Staff Ice Wind)

This fight uses 98k, but there's a slightly safer 106k strat listed at the bottom if you have enough money from collecting Cubaryi or saved the beastlings in this dungeon, where you will usually have 1 more Sidestep or 1 more free turn or so.

T1: HHG x1
T2: Sidestep x4
T3: Pom L
T4: Sidestep x4
T5: Summon
T6: Sidestep x4

From here on, adapt based on the summon, turn order, and shields left. The goal is to break Kaldena, deal Vets x4 for damage. Then chip her to 1 shield and set up HH Ruffians x4. Immediately after that, use Pom L or Reinforcing Jam for max BP and do HHB x3 and HHV x4. After she comes back from break, do Pom M or Pom L into HHB x4 for the win.

While this is happening, maintain Sidesteps and try to be efficient with Pom usages. Ex:

Pom L
Sidestep x4
Summon / Sidestep
Sidestep x4

is more efficient with BP since you fully use max boost on your Sidestep casts. Sometimes though, you'll want to do

Pom L
Sidestep x4
Sidestep x3

to quickly build a stack, especially if you're gonna commmit to the burst soon. You generally want 2+ Sidesteps up when you use HH Beastlings to go for the break. (Preferably more for safety though.)

After the first Vets, when you're bring her to 1 shield, stop Summon-ing when she reaches 5 shields and use your own boosted Staff x4 or Mystic Staff, etc to bring her to 1 shield. Try to do this efficiently such as with

Pom L
Sidestep x4
Mystic Staff
Sidestep x4

or

Pom L
Staff x4
Sidestep x3

or some other combination, etc. Mainly try to avoid x2 boosts as those are inefficient. If you have only 1 spare BP, you can possibly use Pom S or Sidestep or Summon, etc.

After she is at 1 shield, you'll want to go for the burst, so do a combination like

Pom L
Sidestep x3
HH Ruffians x4
Pom L

OR

Pom L
HH Ruffians x4
Pom M

to get 5 BP and defense stacks up. Then do

HHB x3 (first one breaks)
HHV x4

After that, she will come back from break with 1 attack and 1 transformation. Use Pom M to get max BP for the HHB x4 to finish.

Pom M
HHB x4

if you do not have the Pom M but have enough Sidesteps, you can do

Pom S
Sidestep / Defend
HHB x4

but this is riskier as turn order changes on the middle turn above if she goes after you.

Notes:
- extremely rarely, you may run low on SP and can plum or jerky to restore it, but try to avoid this and go for the burst if SP is low/out
- if you want to stall things out as your NPC breaks, just keep using Sidestep x1 as your BP builds, then use either Sidestep x3 or Sidestep x4 if you're getting higher on BP
- do not bring her to 45% or higher as that's when she transforms and switches shields and resets her shield count, so it's an instant loss
- if there's a chance your NPC may break prematurely, make sure to have 3 BP to max boost if it's gonna be the first break
- else, if the NPC breaks early for second break, don't do damage, sidestep more, re-Summon and chip down to 1 shield and stop summoning
- the final T22+ Pom M can be swapped for a Pom S if you have enough Sidesteps to stall out to get max BP. This is in case you needed to use the Pom M earlier in the fight for BP efficiency
- you can also opt to use Pom S sooner in fight as well if you want; just try to be efficient with your BP if so

The fight isn't not a guaranteed win, but it should be a very high win rate if played properly. In the worst case, you can usually stall her out using unboosted Sidesteps and plums, until the NPC's actions get you into a favorable position.

106k alternative: Skip the first turn guards usage, do Sidestep x3 on T1, and use Pom L and treat it as T3 on from there. At the very final burst, swap the final HHB with HHV to remove the range. This is more efficient with BP and usually lets you get an extra Sidestep or so.

Time is when the first frame of the FIN screen pops up for Temenos. GG.