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Endurance Run

Endurance Run: Persona 4 - Part 119

We get an up-close and personal look at the next dungeon.

Vinny and Jeff sit down and take a crack at the latest game in the Shin Megami Tensei series. Will they make it through the entire game?

Jul. 30 2009

Cast: Jeff, Vinny

Posted by: Drew

186 Comments

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Edited By Jimbo7676

I'm surprised you never used Tam Lin after all that work to fuse him. Also you never once used any of Naoto's physical attacks which seem to be her strong suit.

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this endurance run has convinced me to get persona4. thank you jeff and vinny!
and don't switch naoto out!

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I did find Tam Lin fairly useful in this dungeon. The auto-makamakamakamak thing he has seemed to cut damage a lot, and then he learns repel phys...etc. But Black Frost has made it so far......

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Edited By ChibiSoma

No no. You DO get to keep using a guy if you get a Weak to light/dark. If Naoto tags one, she'll get another turn to do it again.

And yeah, as others have said - her Physical attacks are no joke. So any time you don't want to hit something that's weak to light or darkness (and you DO want someone who can throw those now), just bash their heads in. She gets Blight and just TEARS through guys. She's your new Chie/Kanji for Physical stuff. Superior to BOTH.

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Hey, instead of paying fox you could swap in Teddie, Kanji, or Chie. You can progress a little more and stack levels without spending as much cash.

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hell yea, go for it. 1 day dungeon clear.

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@ChibiSoma said:
She gets Blight and just TEARS through guys. She's your new Chie/Kanji for Physical stuff. Superior to BOTH. "
Er, no she's not. Her physical skills are pretty good, but unlike Chie and Kanji she has nothing to buff herself up to make them hit really hard, nor does she have particularly high strength. She will never hit as hard as a power charged Chie with Rainy Death/God's Hand, or a (Ma)Tarukaja'd Kanji with Primal Force.
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You should put the patient collar on yourself and the Mage's Mark on Naoto then she wont run out of SP so quickly, and use Megidola more rather than always using the light and dark instant kills.

Also this isn't the last dungeon (maybe) so don't be using all your items and eerything at the end!

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@Zeik said:
" @ChibiSoma said:
She gets Blight and just TEARS through guys. She's your new Chie/Kanji for Physical stuff. Superior to BOTH. "
Er, no she's not. Her physical skills are pretty good, but unlike Chie and Kanji she has nothing to buff herself up to make them hit really hard, nor does she have particularly high strength. She will never hit as hard as a power charged Chie with Rainy Death/God's Hand, or a (Ma)Tarukaja'd Kanji with Primal Force. "

This.  Naoto's physicals are only meant to supplement her SP extensive abilities.  Hell...even Yosuke gets Brave Blade later and that's tons better than Blight or Tempest Slash -_-
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hey, i personally think that naoto's portrait during the pile-on is stylish.

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Edited By Kanji_Tatsumi

black frost is a fucking trooper, im ashamed i skipped out on making him when i played through

he needs to stick with you guys till the end of the game :D

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Naoto had physical, remember that.

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@Kanji_Tatsumi said:
" black frost is a fucking trooper, im ashamed i skipped out on making him when i played throughhe needs to stick with you guys till the end of the game :D "
It is more shame on me because in my first and second playthrough,I did not realize about an existence of a persona called "Yoshitsune",which makes every enemy and boss become jokes even when I play solo throughout the whole third playthrough.Once I had Yoshitsune,I left all other personae like plague.
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Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

An interesting dungeon but I think I share the same view as Jeff and Vinny, that the dungeon combat is braking up the story experience. Still, it's cool to see them in combat with all their new stuff and Naoto in play.

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Why not use tempest slash if you don't like Naoto's spells? They're heavy physical. . .

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Naoto's awesome. ^^ It's a shame that she's not so good against bosses, but oh well. I still think she's cool.

And wow, they're burning through SP like it's going out of style. Maybe try using more physicals against enemies that aren't strong against it? Though that would take longer, and that wouldn't be very fun. xP

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lol slackers leveling up so quickly!

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fantasy setting is easy on the eyes

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Y did they leave black frost in wtf.  ok never mind

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I know the endurance run is already over, but come on now.  Jeff and Vinny are fairly good at some aspects of this game but when it comes to fusing it's a hopless mess.  Thinking they have personas that they've never made, fusing randomly, not registering when they need to and registering when they shouldn't, and not paying attention to what skills they're carrying over.  Dang, guys I know you've got it in you.
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"Yeah Seiruu!"
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@scarace360 said:
"Y did they leave black frost in wtf.  ok never mind "

Having never played a persona game I prob would do the same thing as Black Frost is such a cool character and has good resistance and helps with getting back SP. When I played DQ monster joker on the DS I would keep guys in untill they were just too underlevel, did the same with WoW when I found an axe I loved the look of so I guess it just in some people that they grow attached to characters or items in games.
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I never used Naoto much. Runs out of SP too fast.

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Best dungeon music in the GAME. Love it.

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Too bad the song keeps on restarting after every battle.

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Oh god, casting Diarahan 4 times in a row....the pain

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Between this ER and playing P3 twice and P4 once, I hear the velvet room music in my head pretty often.

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@PerfidiousSinn said:

Best dungeon music in the GAME. Love it.

Particularly after Secret Base, which had no vocals and really shouldn't have been used in the game's most grind-oriented dungeon.

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http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/endurance-run-persona-4-part-120/2300-1117/

I understand it's a JRPG, but they really killed the climax of the game with the whole dungeon before the (supposed) finale. At some point, these games need to stop following the traditional JRPG formula; the combat/grinding process is not what makes this game good. I feel it actually detracts from it. /internetsoapbox

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Little did they know that that 5 years later the crew would all become Nidhoggers

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Probably my favorite dungeon music. My favorite piece of music overall would have to be the nighttime music in Golden. Man, now I gotta buy the soundtracks.

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My RPG senses say leaving in Black Frost is a mistake.

My heart says carry him till the end.