[PS2] Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria

Oh, Valkyrie Profile. Both of them. So lovely.

I personally liked the second soundtrack better than the first; while "Unfinished Battle with God" had a great sound to it, Lenneth's soundtrack as a whole was kind of grating at times because of the constant metal. Silmeria's soundtrack, while subdued by comparison, I feel is a lot more appropriate with the feel of the game.

Also, whatup, Xellos.

How ya doing, buddy?

If I remember correctly it involves just swapping the two sealstones with the other two dais that are hanging around. There are a couple empty ones at the end of a few of those paths.

Also, you might want to consider levelling up Arngrim and Leone for some <3 action later on.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Generally one of the best skill combos I've used is to equip everyone with First Aid, with the Lifeforce Blessing sealstone held. What it does (most of the time) is that it fully recovers damage taken from an attack (50% recovered from First Aid, doubled from the sealstone.) In conjunction with Survival, it makes your team very hard to kill. Some of the attack skills (Triple Edge, etc.) are nice but if you're having problems there's lots of options.

You don't need to completely beat down Lezard to get his seal to break; just enough for him to fall down (which should only take abour 40 AP.) If you're positioned between Lezard and the crystal, you could turn around and then blitz what you have left.

Alternatively, notice that Lezard's attacks also hit the Crystal in the middle. So if you just draw his attack range to hit the crystal too, you'll whittle it down that much faster.

How ya doing, buddy?

If I remember correctly, I was able to handle at least the first level of Seraphic Gate somewhere in the level range of late 40's to mid 50's; as long as you can get past the archer who's guarding the entrance, the first level is very managable with a properly equipped party. Lezard's Tower is probably a good place to level up anyway, since a lot of the enemies at the upper levels will occasionally drop powerful weapons/equipment.

Personally, I find that mages are a bit too inefficient in most cases late game; for enemies like ghosts (that you do encounter in Seraphic Gate) it's usually just faster to equip innate elemental attacks (like an archer's Aiming/Rising Wisp attacks) or to have Ghost Buster skills on.

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