This time I am going to discuss Battle. Since you cannot go through this game and not get into one, this is a big part of the game itself. To start off, on the world map you will see a Monster, and depending on how you make contact with that Monster is how you will start your Battle. If you manage to run up behind the Monster, you will start a Pre-emptive attack. This means that you will have a chance to attack the Enemy Monsters before they can attack you. You start the Battle with about 5 seconds to hit the Enemy before they start coming after you. If you run into the Monster face to face, the Battle will start normally, and both Teams will be able to attack at the same time. If you have the misfortune of the Monster running up behind you, then the Battle will start up as a Surprise attack. This means that the Monsters will start off trying to hit you and you have to wait a little bit before you can react. In general it is always best to try and get Pre-emptive attacks on the Enemy because it starts the Battle in your favor.
When the Battle begins you have control over one of the Characters, and you can switch between Characters by pressing the R1 and L1 buttons. You can run around by using the Directional Pad on the controller. If you press the Square button when your Rush gauge is full, you will enter Rush Mode. In Rush Mode, you will not get phased by attacks, and you will have a higher chance of performing Critical Hits. Also occasionally you can survive a fatal attack when in Rush Mode.
If you press the X button you will perform a normal attack. If you press X multiple times you can do a combo, combos usually are around 3-4 hits and you can change what kind of combos you do by holding the Directional Pad and pressing the X button. If you hold down the Circle button, you will start charging your Rush Gauge. If you hold it down too long though, you will be dazed for a little while leaving yourself open for attack. You can hold down the Circle button and press any direction on the Directional pad to do a Dodge. Dodging is useful when you are being targeted by lots of Enemies and you need to get away from them. When you are charging your Rush Gauge, and a Monster is targeting you, you will see a kind of Triangular Target on your character. When you dodge during that time you will perform a Blindside Attack. A Blindside Attack causes the Enemy to be temporarily confused and allows for a high chance of Critical Hits.
When you press the Triangle button, you will open up a Menu, that has 7 different options. Tactics, Change Members, Escape, Items, Symbology, Skills, and Setup. Tactics allows you to switch a Character's attack style when not being controlled by you. Change Members lets you switch between Characters that are in standby. Escape is for when you wish to Escape from Battle if things are going badly for you. Items opens up your Item menu, letting you choose which Item you wish to use during Battle, after using an Item there is a small cooldown time where you have to wait before you can use another Item. Symbology opens up the menu for all your Magic skills that your Character has. If you select one your Character will start to cast it automatically, or in some cases after you choose a target to cast it on. Skills opens a menu for your Character's Skills. Finally, Setup allows you to change your current equipped Skills with other Skills, this is handy if none of your Magic attacks are affecting the Enemy. Also you can equip certain Skills to the R2 and L2 buttons for faster use.
If you stand still facing a Monster you have a chance of Blocking their attack, and the same works for them as well. After defeating all of the Monsters a status screen will come up and you will receive some Fol and Experience. Beware, you can lose the Battle if all your Characters run out of HP, or if they all become Paralyzed.
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