Walkthrough the Fire & Flames, with Breath of Fire II (Retranslation)!

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Say what you want about the difficulty curve; The character designs are beyond reproach :blush: .



Part 5: Breath of Fire II Walkthrough - Clean Hit (Joker)

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Special thanks for giving me permission to use it!
[Pixiv is basically the Japanese version of Deviant Art]

ENEMY AI:

Solo Hood/Thug:
Always attack

P.Spider/Black Widow:
1/64 defend
Otherwise: 193/256 Poison Attack, 63/256 Attack

x4 HOODS/THUGS AI:
If x1-2 are dead, there's a 25% chance of calling for another Thug, after the 1st action of the turn.
If x3 are dead, this increases to a 37.5% chance.
Either way, this can be done up to 16 times (which is why the Firecracker is so desirable)

[Hoods are supposed to be able to heal themselves and each other with Herb, and also gang up on whichever party member has less HP. Two bugs make this impossible.]

JOKER AI
1/64 defend
Otherwise: 65/256 Psn.Chop/Miasma, 191/256 Attack
[Psn.Chop/Miasma is the same as a regular Attack, except it targets everyone, and has a chance of poisoning each person it hits]

THE ROUTE:

Overworld:
Remove Rand’s Bronze Helm IMMEDIATELY!!
Roll on to Nero’s House for sequence triggers!

Township
SAVE YOUR GAME!!
– This is for deathwarping later.
Head back to Newhaven

Newhaven:
Do cutscenes at magic school, then go to Mt. Rocco

Mt. Rocco:
Auto the Thug
Answer anything but "Payne" to the guy that quizzes you, then Auto
Switch Ryu to the front before checking the hole
Auto the battle until Lin’s in danger; she’s more fragile than Ryu
Take 4 steps in the next room, then heal Ryu
Skip the treasure for now, and keep going up
Auto the lone Thug
Firecracker the x4 Thug group!
– You'll enjoy a full party heal right before...

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VS. Joker (580 HP): Scatter
Herbs with everyone when he uses Psn.Chop/Miasma (~25% Chance to do so)
– Miasma does normal melee Damage, just to everyone in the party, while attempting to poison. Ryu may be able to delay healing, since he's bulky
– Everyone outspeeds, so you'll be fine.
Spam Frost with Nina, since he’s weak to it
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Get all the treasure you skipped before on the way out (100z, Silver Knife, Lucky Charm, & 1000z)
Only Ryu should attack the Will o’ Wisps & Ghouls, once he has the Silver Knife
Nina should more-or-less just Defend, since none of her spells are quite strong enough to OHKO.

TRANSLATION MISHAPS:



["Hanako" is a Japanese pop culture reference, and why Ryusui mentions Moaning Myrtle in the Retranslation]



[The 2nd one is about how lax Capcom was about censoring violence... Highly unusual, back in the day.]