Battle Plans

Battle Manual

▼ Manual

Your Objective is to get to the end of a sequence of Zones. You can get through a Zone in one of two ways:

1. Destroying the Tower
2. Bypassing the Tower

If you Bypass a Tower, you are penalized for the rest of this battle. You cannot Bypass the last tower.

Ninjas have Threat - As long as there is any possible way out of a situation, they survive unscathed. Enemies add Threat, and if you get too much, you lose. Threat lowers when you change Zones.

Kaiju have HP, which goes down when they take damage. They have a lot of HP, but it doesn't refresh as easily.

To stay alive, you require Spiral Energy - it is expended as you fight, or when you switch forms. If it runs out, you automatically fail.

Ninja can attack one type of enemy a turn - every hit they land is lethal. Kaiju cannot target individual enemies when attacking, but crush them randomly en masse based on the enemy HP.

Kaiju can also charge and fire a beam - if the beam is strong enough to overwhelm all enemy HP in that area, the area is wiped clean. This is one of the only ways to attack an area outside of your own.

Moving backwards is always allowed. Moving forwards and Sabotaging can be blocked by minions.

To defeat the Tower, you need to get close enough to it to either prepare Sabotage as a Ninja, or Attack it as a Kaiju.

If you are in Tune with an enemy (the correct Chakra in your Tune matches theirs), it does less damage to you and has a more difficult time blocking your actions. Enemies have only one Chakra type you need to match.

AP is gained as a ratio between Rai and Kai. the amount of time spent in each form during the battle determines the ratio. Each Area has a hard cap as to how high you can level a stat - should you cap out in one stat, you will be unable to get more AP in that stat until you defeat a boss.

Awesome Abilities that add to Levels do not affect Raijutsu and Kaijutsu - they are borne from the Awesome itself, so it doesn't futher affect it.

(Minions destroyed: XXX as Ninja, XXX as Kaiju)

Strategy

For advice, see the HQ Guide.

HQ Musou Skills

• Skills may be increased up to Level 3. Spiral Skills can use either Rai or Kai points.
• Lowering a Skill causes you to lose 25% of your Raijutsu and Kaijutsu AP.

Ninja Skills - Raijutsu

• Contingency (+10/30/50% Threat Max)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Flush (halve current Threat - Ninja Only)
• Fleetness (10%/30%/50% Additional Dodge Chance)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Confront (move next to the Tower - Ninja only)
• Pinpointing (+10/30/50% Sabo Damage)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Timestop (Enemy time does not pass for one turn)
• Lethality (+10/30/50% Ninja Attack Count)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Blowback (knock all Minions out of your location)

Kaiju Skills - Kaijutsu

• Plating (+25/50/100% Kaiju HP)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Invincibility (take no damage from attacks next turn)
• Stompers (+10/30/50% Stomp Armor)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Vacuum (pull all Minions to your location)
• Beam Focus (+50/100/150% Beam Power)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Twinbeam (Beams get a second chance to hit: Passive Skill)
• Strength (+25/50/100% Kaiju Attack Power)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Devour (Destroy Minions nearby, gaining their HP - Kaiju Only)

Spiral Skills - Raijutsu or Kaijutsu

• Charge (2/3/5 Max Charge Level)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Turbo (Charging skips Level 1: Passive Skill)
• Efficiency (-1/2/3 Kaiju Spiral Burn)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Metamorph (50% chance actions cost -1 Spiral: Passive Skill)
• Limits (+50/100/150% Starting Spiral, unused extra returned if victorious)
  • Bonus if Lvl. 3: Roll Out (Transform and move one area closer)

Choose Companion

No Companion

• No bonuses

Mimi

• Random chance to eliminate 1 enemy per turn

Mimi kicks a (enemy name) off your back, then stands on your shoulders and taunts it. "COME AT ME, BRO."

Mimi stands on your shoulders and pulls two pistols, riddling a (enemy name) with bullets. "KAIJU CLAN AIN'T NOTHIN' TO FUTZ WITH"

Mimi whips out a frying pan and bashes a (enemy name). "C'MERE, I GOT A SURPRISE FOR YA."

Kona-chan

• Shields first 2% of threat per turn

Kona-chan steers you away from some danger!

Yuki-chan

• Cannot go below 1 HP unless at 1 HP¹

Yuki-chan takes the brunt of the attack, leaving you a single breath of time!

Tsukasa

• 25% less Environmental Damage

Tsukasa's hail of bullets absorbs some of the damage!

Kagamin

• Maximum Sabo/Kaiju Tower Damage
• (as a ninja)

Kagamin laughs maniacally, helping you with the attack!

• (as a kaiju)

Kagamin points out the Tower's weak point!

Territories

Northern Wastes

• Zones: 3
• Boss: The First
  • Levels required: 2
  • Zones: 4
• Towers: Dark Fissure
• Area effects: None

Southern Jungle

• Zones: 4
• Boss: The Last
  • Levels required: 4
  • Zones: 5
• Towers: Ebony Tower, Spiked Claw, Withered Fortress, Billowing Vent (boss stage only)
• Area effects: Dark Pool, Volcano

Western Plains

• Zones: 5
• Boss: The Younger
  • Levels required: 6
  • Zones: ?
• Towers: Dark Fissure, Billowing Vent, Rotting Garrison
• Area effects: Dark Pool, Volcano, Covering Fire, Rain of Swords

Eastern Mountains

• Zones: 6
• Boss: The Elder
  • Levels required: 9
  • Zones: 9
• Towers: All
• Area effects: All

The Summit

• Zones: 3
• Boss: The Survivor
  • Levels required: 10
  • Zones: 1 (puzzle boss)
• Towers: Nest of Darkness
• Area effects: All

Towers

Dark Fissure

• 5 HP
• Pass Penalty: +20% Base Threat
• Spawns Shadows, 1 in each area

New Shadows rise from beneath!

Ebony Tower

• 50 HP
• Pass Penalty: +10% Base Threat
• Fires lasers at you²

The Tower focuses a red beam on your position!

A beam of crimson light lances towards you! +X Threat!

The tower fires, lasers glancing off of you! -X HP!

• If you move when you see the warning message, it misses

Your movement throws off the Tower's tracking!

Spiked Claw

• 150 HP
• Attacks the Tower Base area every 5? turns (happens regularly even if you're not in range)

The Claw rears back to strike!

The Claw hurtles towards you! +X Threat!

• If you're not in the Tower Base, it misses

You are out of range of the Claw's grasp!

• Spawns Gibbers - 1 in the Tower Base, 2 in the Midrange, 4 in the Periphery

The Claw hurls monsters in your direction!

Withered Fortress

• 200 HP
• Pass Penalty: +20% to Tower HP
• Spawns shadows (+2 shadows in Tower Base - does it vary?) every 2 turns starting on the 3rd

Shadows march out wordlessly to defend their stronghold..

• Spawns Shadows, 1 in each area

New Shadows rise from beneath!

Billowing Vent

• 300 HP
• Spawns Gloms

Gloms lurch from the vent, advancing!

Open Field

• 10 HP
• Pass Penalty: +10% Base Threat
• If not destroyed quickly, a lot of new enemies appear

The Alarm is raised! Hurry before reinforcements come!

A horde of defenders arrive!

• 10 Gibber, 10 Screamer, 5 Brute in Tower Base
• 6 Gibber, 6 Screamer, 3 Brute in Midrange
• 5 Gibber, 5 Screamer, 2 Brute in Periphery

Rotting Garrison

• 200 HP
• Pass Penalty: +25% to Spawns
• Spawns a lot of enemies at once (Gates open on 10th turn, army marches on 11th)

The Garrison gates open!

An army marches from the garrison!

The Swarm

• 100 HP
• Pass Penalty: +100% to Spawns
• Does constant environmental threat/HP damage

The Swarm claws at you from every angle! +X Threat!

• Spawns 2, 5 and 4 Furies in the Tower Base, Midrange and Periphery respectively

New Furies arrive!

Reinforced Bunker

• 500 HP
• Pass Penalty: +25% to Spawns
• Always the last Zone in the Eastern Mountains, second last in the boss fight
• Spawns 5 Gloms, 5 Gibbers in the Tower Base every 7 turns, starting on the 5th

The Bunker spews forth a squad to attack!

• Spawns 30 Gibbers in the Tower Base and 50 each in the Midrange and Periphery every 7 turns, starting on the 8th³

From hidden catchways, Gibbers swarm into the battle!

Nest of Darkness

• 500 HP
• Pass Penalty: +90% Base Threat
• Spawns 10 Furies 5 Gloms/Brutes in the Tower Base, 3 Furies 1 Gloms/Brute in Midrange and 2 Furies 3 Gloms/Brutes in the Periphery, plus 11 Assassins somewhere (it's not clear since they move on the same turn), every ? turns starting on the 4th turn.

Belching forth from the Nest come new adversaries!

• Attacks with tentacles - warning comes on the 8th round, attacks one turn later. Can be avoided by moving, like the Ebony Tower's laser

The Nest unravels, shadow tentacles whipping toward you!

The tentacles wrap around your form! -X HP!

Your movement throws off the Tower's tracking!

The Summit

• 1100 HP
• Pass Penalty: Cannot Bypass
• Only happens in the boss fight of The Summit, as the only zone
• Heals back to 1100 HP every 3 turns, starting on the 4th turn

In a blink of static, The Summit completely heals itself!

• Spawns 2, 5 and 4 Furies in the Tower Base, Midrange and Periphery respectively

New Furies arrive!

Area Effects

Each effect may only occur at most once per Territory.

Dark Pool

• Occurs in Periphery
• Spawns enemies every 6 turns

Shadowy forms erupt from the Pool!

Volcano

• Occurs in Midrange
• Erupts and does damage to you, does not hurt enemies⁴ (warning message occurs two turns before it erupts)

The Volcano rumbles!

The Volcano erupts beneath you! -X HP!

The Volcano erupts in the distance..

Spiral Drain

• Occurs in Tower Base
• Drains your Spiral Energy

The dark matter of the Drain pulses!

The Drain draws away your life energy! -X Spiral!

The Drain howls, far away..

Rain of Swords

• Occurs in Tower Base
• Does HP or Threat damage in that area every few turns

The Swords whirl around the Tower! +X Threat!

The sound of blades clashing rises and falls!

You hear the sound of blades far ahead of you.

Covering Fire

• Occurs in Midrange
• Does HP or Threat damage in that area, all the time except once every 4 turns

The steady hail of bullets sweeps the area.. +X Threat!

Small bullets pepper your Kaiju form. -X HP!

The hail of rounds ceases for a moment!

You hear gunfire in the distance..

You hear the gunfire stop for a moment.

Electric Field

• Occurs in Midrange (but effects cover the whole area)
• Deals constant damage to Kaiju only

The Electricity races across the area, searching for Kaiju..

Enemy Info

Shadow

• HP (defense versus Kaiju): 1
• Dodge (defense versus Ninja): 0%
• Ninja Threat: 1d3
• Kaiju Damage: 1d10
• Block Advance/Sabotage Change: 5%
• Chakra Frequency: X Gen

• Always warns every 6 turns, starting on the 4th, and attacks the turn after
• Attack warning:

The Shadows shift, new forms of evil coalescing..

• Successful attack:

The Shadows rush you, chilling you to the bone! +X Threat!

The Shadows curl around you, drawing at your lifeforce! -X HP!

• Failed attack:

The Shadows lash towards you, but are too far away!

• Move:

The Shadows move closer!

Gibber

• HP (defense versus Kaiju): 1
• Dodge (defense versus Ninja): 15%
• Ninja Threat: 1d4
• Kaiju Damage: 3d5
• Block Advance/Sabotage Change: 1%
• Chakra Frequency: X Gen

• Always warns every 6 turns, starting on the 2nd, and attacks the turn after
• Attack warning:

The Gibbers howl at you!

• Successful attack:

The Gibbers rush you, grasping! +X Threat!

The Gibbers scratch at you from below! -X HP!

• Failed attack:

You are out of the Gibbers' grasping range!

• Move:

The Gibbers swarm forward!

• Spawn:

Pieces of Gibbers slide together, forming new attackers!

Screamer

• HP (defense versus Kaiju): 1
• Dodge (defense versus Ninja): 5%
• Ninja Threat: 1d6
• Kaiju Damage: 10d6
• Block Advance/Sabotage Change: 2%
• Chakra Frequency: X Nin

• Warns every 6th turn, starting on the 3rd, and attacks the turn after
• Attack warning:

An ear-shattering noise erupts from the Screamers!

• Successful attack:

The Screamers slash away at you! +X Threat!

• Failed attack:

The Screamers howl in anguish, unable to reach you!

• (Kaiju only) Ranged attack:

The Screamers focus their voices on you! -X HP!

• Move:

The Screamers pull themselves toward you!

Glom

• HP (defense versus Kaiju): 5
• Dodge (defense versus Ninja): 5%
• Ninja Threat: 1d2
• Kaiju Damage: 5d20
• Block Advance/Sabotage Change: 20%
• Chakra Frequency: X Tai

• Does not actually attack - warns every 5 turns starting on the 2nd
• Attack warning:

The Gloms burble, anticipating your movement..

• Move:

The Gloms slouch towards your position!

Assassin

• HP (defense versus Kaiju): 1
• Dodge (defense versus Ninja): 40%
• Ninja Threat: 4d6
• Kaiju Damage: 1d5
• Block Advance/Sabotage Change: 1%
• Chakra Frequency: X Nin

• Always warns every 6 turns, starting on the 6th, and attacks the turn after
• Attack warning:

The Assassins vanish from view!

• Successful attack:

The Assassins descend upon you! +X Threat!

The Assassins do what they can to injure you! -X HP!

• Failed attack:

Confounded, the Assassins regroup!

• Move:

The Assassins speed after you!

• Unknown message

The Assassins eye you coldly..

Brute

• HP (defense versus Kaiju): 2
• Dodge (defense versus Ninja): 25%
• Ninja Threat: 2d6
• Kaiju Damage: 2d10
• Block Advance/Sabotage Change: 10%
• Chakra Frequency: X Tai

• Always warns every 6 turns, starting on the 5th, and attacks the turn after
• Attack warning:

The heavy bounding of Brutes fills your ears!

• Successful attack:

The Brutes pummel you! +X Threat!

The Brutes crash into you! -X HP!

• Failed attack:

The Brutes can't get to you!

• Move message:

The Brutes thump toward you!

Fury

• HP (defense versus Kaiju): 10
• Dodge (defense versus Ninja): 35%
• Ninja Threat: 3d6
• Kaiju Damage: 5d10
• Block Advance/Sabotage Change: 20%
• Chakra Frequency: X Nin

• Always warns every 9 turns, starting on the 5th, and attacks the turn after⁵
• Attack warning:

The Furies dive as one!

• Successful attack:

The Furies surround you! +X Threat!

The Furies attack you from every angle! -X HP!

• Failed attack:

The Furies regroup and look for you!

• Move:

The Furies flap their wings powerfully, advancing!

Timmy

• HP (defense versus Kaiju): 10
• Dodge (defense versus Ninja): 25%
• Ninja Threat: 1d10
• Kaiju Damage: 5d10
• Block Advance/Sabotage Change: 20%
• Chakra Frequency: 4 Nin

• Always attacks every 11 turns, starting on the 5th
• Attack warning: No warning?
• Successful attack:

They attack, swords flashing in the dying light! +X Threat/HP!

• Failed attack:

Timmy - all of them - stand motionless, scanning for you!

• Move message:

The countless clones waste no time, charging your position!

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Footnotes

1. Can be used more than once, if you heal using Devour

2. Aims every 5 turns starting on the 5th, fires the turn after

3. Warning: The second time this happens, it syncs up with the Gibbers' attack - unsurvivable unless in Kaiju form

4. This volcano is discriminating against me!

5. warning: the second time this happens will occur at the same time as the Gibbers' attack - avoid with Transform or a Lvl 3 power