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Not sure where Exit could really help. Waterfall Cave I suppose?
Exit/Warp would help for the Waterfall, and Warp will help after you pick up the Rosetta Stone. I tried timing Exit after the stone, and given RNG, I believe you would lose time to get back to the stairs going down.
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Hell, I might even always do 3, because 3 Exits would help even more!
x_x I pray for your sanity.
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I've never bothered to use it on Astos because even with "a very bad party" it took 7 attacks and I don't particularly care if he DOES cast Death.
Four Flare casts is 32 seconds (oy), so your method may be faster, even if he sneaks Reaper in (5 seconds?). One thing that could speed this battle up is buying 1 Iron Shield and getting 2 or 3 Defenders out of it? I wouldn't bother with 4, since you'll probably hit diminishing returns then. It would be an added benefit if you only got 2 Piscodaemons next to the Crown.
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There's a few encounters where it makes sense to cast, such as 6x Water Elemental.
Water Elementals are weak to Ice, but it's likely going to take 2 casts to kill them (this is the untested part I mentioned). Blizzara is a much faster cast though, so we're thinking 2 casts of Blizzara is still faster than 1 Flare, and even then the White Mage has to use Flare to potentially one-shot the Water Elementals.
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Does Mage's Staff kill the pirates in one cast
Pirates have 24 HP, so yes.
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The Piscodaemons?
Probably not, since they have 84 HP and they resist fire. dn was aiming for a Fang in his non-equipment glitch route, and I told him one wasn't going to be enough if he got Fira or Blizzara. Two may kill them, but if you get bad damage rolls, it'll take three.
We're thinking the Mage's Staff/Black Robe will be useful for the few situations where weakness comes into play and you can't run. Eg: Water Elemental, Earth Elemental, Zombie Dragon, Ice Gigas, Green Dragon, etc.
