Cheesing TWEWY's bonus boss on Ultimate! (SPOILER ALERT)

Argh, finally sat down to update this blog again. We have to start our Extended Essay, and I'm doing it on Psychology. Loads of work. Not only that, my classmate's birthday just came up and I was preparing a little surprise for him. He's actually the guy who was my Secret Angel from back in December, and is also one of KirinMax's old friends. Oh, and he's also my crush, and the guy KirinMax loves to ship me with.

I drew an SAO-inspired piece, sorta like what he'd look like in the game, because he got into anime again because I introduced him to SAO. I drew him dual-wielding swords and wearing a coat that sort-of resembled Kirito's coat..

But you're not here to hear me ramble about him, right? Of course not.

I recently picked up The World Ends With You again, and once I did, I immediately headed over to "Another Day" to attempt to beat Panthera Cantus...AGAIN. I only managed to beat him twice, on Easy and Normal, just to get the King Arthur pin. One to evolve to Excalibur (BPP), the other for pin mastery.

The reason I want to fight him? That Black Jupiter pin. Initial drop rate is 13%, I believe, so eating 8 Curious Mushrooms should be enough to max up its drop rate at level 100.

It goes without saying that my level is set back to 100, and I already buffed some of my stats with food (mostly HP and BRV though).

My team specs are as below:

Neku:
-My Phones
-Lollipop's Parka
-Iron Maiden's One-piece
-Aun

Joshua:
-Angel Feather
-Pi-Face's Cap
-Pi-Faces Jeans
-School Uniform w/Sweater

This setup is mainly focused on Defense. On Joshua's side, it's also focused on offense, and being able to score Fusion Stars throughout the fight, as well as being able to execute his ultimate aerial finisher. The Angel Feather helps tremendously, mainly due to the 2000(!!) HP boost.

I used the Eden Set, and Splish Splash Barrier, for pins. This, of course, requires all pin slots.

The basic strategy for this fight is hit-and-run for Joshua's side. Panthera Cantus has insane attack (1000, are you kidding me?), so if you see him on the ground, levitate, get some hits in, try to get a finisher in if possible. See him in the air, teleport back down. Get rid of the shadows as much as possible, because he might then waste turns trying to bring up more of them before attacking.

On Neku's side, the Eden Set grants him immunity when he holds the Light Puck. Get a combo in with Josh, then move around as much as possible. If ever Josh gets hit and you enter SOS, pull up the barrier and heal. It takes 33 seconds to recharge, so you can just play the evasion game with Josh until the pin reboots if ever you need healing.

Take note that the Light Puck WILL wear off after a certain amount of time (depending on sync rate), so you need to keep Neku moving too. This is also why maxing up sync with your partner is detrimental for this fight.

Save your Fusion for the end of the fight, so that you'll have no need to fight long when the yellow HP bar of Panthera is depleted, because at that point, he just becomes aggressive. Not only that, since Neku and Joshua's level 3 Fusion is just too OP, just use it shortly after the yellow HP bar is depleted.

And whaddya know!

I CAN LIVE WITH THE D RANK AS LONG AS I GET MY BLACK JUPITER PIN.

All that's left for me is to find those damn Fifenfrogs for the last Darklit Planet pin. Argh...

Well, I guess that's it, and good luck fighting this boss!