seki108

Stage 69 complete.  A pure 'breather' chapter after the Hell of last stage, and a rare 'event only' deployment list.  Watch as I still find enough to talk about to drag this one for a little bit;  no complaints this time.........ok, one complaint, but not about the stage

This is a simple "rush to kill the mooks" stage, with all of the mooks being those morale-lowering sheep from stage 58.  They are still bulky enough, with about 12K HP and a barrier.  The main gimmick is keeping your units at low morale, but they also make sure to mostly give you units that 1) can give themselves a Morale-boost through spirit commands, 2) can give others Morale boosts, or 3) have damage boosting spirits.

As long as you don't skimp on casting spirits, it's perfectly doable in 5 turns.

Two main highlights this stage.

1) The "Secret" Genji item.   I have to include the quotes since it REALLY makes it obvious to check out this suspicious glowing spot.  The only question would be 'who to send', if you didn't uncover any of the hidden conversation spots on the same lake before

Genji rises from the depths dramatically (complete with lightning) in all his PC-98 glory to give a monolouge (will have to wait for translation LP for this one)

2) Yumeko and Shinki join,  Arriving from the depths of defeat, both maid and master join me on turn 3 with the other reinforcements.   Yumeko lost her 'support attack herself' ability, but still manages to outpace Sakuya in almost every way..........'Alpha Sakuya: Maid harder'.      

For being a huge boss, Shinki shows more of her motherly side now, being mostly a supporter who can also hit hard.  Just her base upgrades put her above 11k HP, which is already more than the battleship.  She's also the only 4 cost, single unit.

My ONLY complain has to do with Shinki's MAP attack.  She actually got to keep one of her two MAPs, though in typical fashion, it was nerfed.  From a 1-6  in all directions to a 3-5 with a notable 'no hit' zone and less range.........I get that we as the player shouldn't get amazing MAPs, with Sanae's MAP being a costly exception with a touch of creator bias, but come on.  This is just cruel.   

 Note to self, still have to try out Patchi's new MAP attack