

I choose Fortune's Favorite because you can hit multiple enemies simultaneously. This segment goes from the beginning all the way to the Swamp entrance. You can pin down enemies by constantly switching between two or three styles. So basically 99% of this run is actually just mashing START and A alternately =D In all instances of dialogue, START doubles as the A button. Ice Shard + Legendary Strike harmonic combos take care of my chi, and Storm Dragon + Legendary Strike combos help out with focus. I use Sagacious Zu up until Segment 6, and Dawn Star helps out intermittently. My primary follower is Sky in support mode. And besides, what is 5.5 seconds worth in the end, anyway? A segment may take up more than 5 autosaves, so if I were to attempt the segment again, that save point would have been deleted. This is because the game does not keep count of more than 5 autosaves at any given time. Yes, using autosaves at the end of segments does not incur the 1/2 second penalty, but I manually save my game anyway. I do level up my body, mind and spirit, however, because that doubles as an instant Focus Shrine + Spirit Font.

Well, I don't completely eschew leveling, but I go segments at a time without leveling up my fighting styles at all. I approached this run with the "completely eschewing leveling" strategy. Radiant Jen Zi | Legendary Strike, Heavenly Wave | 4 body, 3 mind, 3 spirit Big thank you to Garrote, whose run preceded mine, Nate, Radix, Mike, Enhasa, hell, even Grenola, the whole team.
