Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinstrals Manipulation Route
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Refer to Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinstrals Route for manipulation through Catfish. This guide begins after the catfish kill. Note that this guide assumes some general knowledge of the run and as a result, will be more sparse for the more technical details of dungeons. This is mostly for actions to take for bosses and inventory/equipment management.
Regal Goblin
- Boomer both Tia fights
- heal, reset, and head to Alunze
- shopping
- 15 boomerangs
- 3 escapes
- 1 warp
- double boomer all encounters in basement
- escape out
- Alunze shopping 2
- Mini Shield on Tia
- 1 escape
- 1 warp
- 11 shrieks
- 11 awakes
- 11 hi potions
- 11 antidotes
- skip the witch ring
- equip catfish jewel on Maxim and flash RNG
- Regal Goblin
- Turn 1: Maxim Mega Quake, Tia Boomer (Goblin hits Tia for 36)
- Turn 2: Maxim Mega Quake, Tia Drowsy (Goblin sleeps)
- Turn 3+: Maxim Mega Quake, Tia Boomer (Goblin sleeps except for last attack, hitting Maxim for 33ish)
- Equip Eagle Rock on Maxim before escaping
Camu
- Tanbel Shopping
- Shop
- Sell Catfish Jewel
- 2 Kukris
- Tough Hide on Maxim
- Sell remaining boomerangs
- Magic
- Droplet on Tia
- Flash on Tia and Maxim
- Strong on Maxim
- Items
- 32ish Big Boomers
- Big Boomer with everyone in town fight
- Big Boomer with everyone in rug gnome fight
- Formation:
- Guy, Maxim
- Tia
- Equips:
- Strongest on Maxim, Eagle Rock
- Strongest on Guy
- Flash save and walk straight to Camu
- Camu
- Turn 1: Guy Big Boomer, Maxim weapon IP, Tia flash (Camu summons)
- Turn 2: Guy Big Boomer, Maxim weapon IP, Tia Big Boomer (Camu summons)
- Turn 3: Guy Big Boomer, Maxim Big Boomer, Tia flash (Camu busters)
- Turn 4: Guy attack, Maxim weapon IP, Tia Flash (Camu summons)
- Turn 5: Guy Big Boomer, Maxim Big Boomer, Tia Big Boomer (Camu summons)
- Turn 6: Swap Maxim and Guy | Maxim Big Boomer, Guy Big Boomer, Tia Flash (Camu sleep stinger Guy)
- (Get Camu Jewel)
Tarantula
- Bee Room
- Walk to top, then hold right for encounter
- Fight formation:
- Maxim, Tia
- Guy
- Maxim Big Boomer, Tia Defend, Guy Big Boomer
- Equips:
- Guy strongest, camu jewel
- Flash RNG, reset room, walk up 1 tile, then straight to tarantula
- Formation for Tarantula:
- Maxim, Guy
- Tia
- Tarantula (2000 HP) Companions (82 HP)
- Turn 1: Maxim Attack, Guy Attack, Tia Battle Lust Guy (Poison shower)
- Turn 2: Maxim Attack, Guy Atack, Tia Big Boomer (companion)
- Turn 3: Maxim Big Boomer, Guy Attack, Tia Big Boomer (companion)
- Turn 4: Swap Maxim & Guy | Guy Attack, Maxim Big Boomer, Tia Big Boomer
- Turn 5: Guy Blaze attack, Maxim Dive, Tia Battle Lust Guy
- Heal and escape warp to Clamento
Clowns
- 11 regains in Parcelyte
- Equips:
- Strongest Maxim
- Mind ring on Tia
- Bee Rock on Tia
- Flash RNG and head straight to left clown
- Blue Clown (1200 HP)
- Turn 1: Maxim attack, Guy attack, Tia Battle Lust Maxim, Selan defend (Clown empty turn)
- Turn 2: Maxim attack, Guy attack, Tia Droplet, Selan defend (Clown fireball Maxim)
- Turn 3: Swap Maxim and Guy | Guy attack, Maxim Glacial Blast, Tia defend, Selan defend (Clown attack Guy)
- Selan heal Maxim
- Equips:
- Remove Anger brace and tough hide from Maxim
- Anger Brace on Selan
- Red Clown (1200 HP) (Previous fight had 0 level ups)
- Turn 1: Maxim defend, Guy attack, Tia Battle Lust Guy, Selan defend (Clown Blizzard party)
- Turn 2: Swap Maxim and Guy | Guy attack, Maxim defend, Tia Battle Lust Guy, Selan defend (Clown attack Guy)
- Turn 3: Swap Maxim and Selan | Guy Blaze Attack, Selan defend, Tia defend, Maxim defend (Clown attacks Maxim)
- Equips:
- Equip Tough Hide on Maxim
- Heal all with Selan (INDIVIDUALLY OR IT BREAKS RNG)
- Blue Clown (1200 HP) (Previous fight had Tia and Maxim level up)
- Turn 1: Maxim Glacial Blast, Tia Battle Lust Maxim (Clown bolts party)
- Turn 2: Maxim attack, Tia defend (Clown attacks Maxim)
- Turn 3: Maxim Glacial Blast, Tia attack (Clown empty turn)
- Red Clown (1200 HP) (Previous fight had 0 level ups)
- Turn 1: Guy attack, Selan battle lust Guy (Clown attacks Guy)
- Turn 2: Guy attack, Selan defend (Clown empty turn)
- Turn 3: Guy attack, Selan flash (Clown empty turn)
- Turn 4: Guy attack, Selan flash (Clown attacks Selan)
Mummy Trolls
- Escape warp to parcelyte with Selan (no heals)
- Remove all from Guy after Gades
- Escape warp to Parcelyte
- Merix shopping
- 13 Big Boomers
- Gladius on nobody
- Fireball on Selan
- Equips Pre Flash:
- Remove all from Tia
- Pearl Brace, Mind Ring, Camu Jewel on Selan
- Anger Brace on Maxim
- Hold down and walk straight to next room asap after flash (not moving after flash breaks manip). Walk straight to boss
- Mummies
- Maxim Big Boomer, Tia defend, Selan Fireball all (Maxim 1 hit, Selan 1 hit, Tia 2 hits to die)
- Trolls (Maxim only leveled up previous fight)
- Swap Maxim and dead Tia
- Maxim Big Boomer, Selan Fireball all
Backup fight #1 in the case that Selan takes all 4 hits on round 1:
- Mummies (400 exp for Maxim and Selan)
- Maxim Big Boomer, Tia defend, Selan Fireball all (Selan takes all 4 hits)
- Turn 2: Swap Selan and Tia | Maxim regain Selan, Tia regain Maxim
- Turn 3: Swap Maxim and Tia | Tia defend, Selan regain self, Maxim regain self
- Turn 4: Swap Tia and Selan | Selan Big Boomer, Maxim Regain self
- Trolls (Maxim only leveled up previous fight)
- Turn 1: Maxim Big Boomer, Selan Fireball all (two attacks on Maxim, one on Selan)
Gades 2
- Equip Bee Rock on Selan
- Escape warp to Bound Kingdom
- Remove all from Dekar, equip with camu jewel, camu armor, and gladius (consider not putting on the armor until the RNG flash for IP gains. 141 dmg to Dekar has been confirmed to be enough damage pre Gades)
- Strongest on Guy, equip undead ring
- Swap dekar to the front before fights
- Grab Pumpkin Jewel
- Grab Fayza shield
- Strongest on Guy
- Flash manip
- Head straight down
- Right and in to next door, up to stairs
- Up one tile, stun, then right and into door
- Up and right onto trigger. Skele should warp to tile.
- Head up and hook the switch from the top right corner
- Down and out taking fastest route
- left and back in to left side
- up, left to wall, up to rug, stun snake. Left to wall, up to wall, left and in
- up stairs, up all the way, then right to begin fight
- Gades 2 (Dekar has to have gained some IP from previous fights or else he won't be able to afford Holy Energy)
- Turn 1: Swap Dekar and Maxim | Dekar attack, Guy attack, Maxim battle lust Dekar (Gades attacks Dekar)
- Turn 2: Swap Guy and Dekar | Guy attack, Dekar attack, Maxim batle lust Dekar (Gades attacks Dekar)
- Turn 3: Swap Guy and Maxim | Maxim defend, Dekar holy energy, Guy attack (Gades devastation Guy)
- Turn 4: Maxim attack, Dekar attack, Guy attack (Gades Destructo-wave)
Idura 1
- Mini Shield on Selan, escape after key
- Flash RNG
- down one tile, left to door column, out
- left to other dor and in
- up one tile, left to wall, up to door.
- Hold up through room
- Up, push left block in, top block in, right block in, bottom block left and head down
- Up to wall, right, up against wall one tile, then right to begin fight
- Idura 1
- Turn 1: Swap Selan and Guy | Selan Battle Lust Guy, Guy Glacial Blast (Attacks Maxim)
- Turn 2: Selan defend, Maxim Glacial Blast (Plasma Blaster)
- Turn 3: Selan defend, Maxim Glacial Blast (dies before getting an attack)
Lions
- Heal, warp to bound kingdom
- Blizzard and Stronger on Selan
- Long Robe on Selan
- Sell Big Boomers
- Buy 21 Ice Balls
- Flash RNG and go straight down
- Lions
- Turn 1: Maxim attack left, Selan defend, Guy Perish right (undead ring), Dekar defend (Bite Dekar, attack Guy)
- Turn 2: Maxim defend, Selan defend, Guy Perish left, Dekar defend (lion scratch)