This guide is used for developing strats only. You do not need to know this as a runner. It is a brief guide on how to generate optimal combos for fights, assuming no special circumstances.

This guide should only be used if we need to finish a fight without special circumstances such as throwing off the enemy, Elika being down, or the enemy being up against a wall thus rendering some combos impossible. (In the final case, we can simply do whatever combos we are limited to until we become more free - e.g. enemy is not up against a wall anymore - and then use this guide from that point on.) This guide should also not be used where a very small amount of damage is required - less than 12.

Notable Combos

B0 = 12
B1 = 20
B2 = 26
A1** = 32
B2* = 34

Algorithm

Let x be the amount of damage needed to finish the fight, rounded up to the nearest even number. E.g. if the enemy currently has 131HP and the fight finishes when they have 60HP, then x = 72. Or if the enemy currently has 74HP and the fight finishes when they have 0HP, then x = 74.

Then we obtain the optimal combo to finish the fight as follows:

Hunter/Concubine

• If x is a multiple of 26, simply repeat B2 until the fight is finished
• Otherwise, simply have as many B2s as required to go over x
• Then, replace a B2 with a B0 if this does not take us under x
• Finally, replace as many remaining B2s as possible with B1s without going under x

Alchemist/Dad

• If x is a multiple of 26, simply repeat B2 until the fight is finished
• If x mod 26 is between 2 and 12 inclusive, and we are able to start the fight with a B0, then follow the Hunter/Concubine method, taking care to replace the very first B2 with a B0
• Otherwise, if x mod 26 is exactly 2 or exactly 8, then place a B2* at the end and fill in as many B2s as required to finish the fight
• Otherwise, if x mod 26 is exactly 4 or exactly 6, then place an A1** at the end and fill in as many B2s as required to finish the fight