25) Solo games

Learn how to conquer Valkyrie Profile with a solo character. Discover essential tips, weapon choices, useful skills, and item recommendations for a successful playthrough.

Just like in Star Ocean 2, you can complete a game with only one character! Of course, that character is Valkyrie, since she is the only character who can't be removed from the party. In this section I'll list some of the tips you can use to complete your game. You can also do pseudo-solo games with Valkyrie in the back row where she can't attack or be attacked and one other character. So far I've completed a Jelanda game on Easy and a Lawfer game on Hard.

Try Normal difficulty first. You'll need the Creation items that can't be obtained in Easy.

The first dungeon is hell. You'll be burning elixirs like crazy just to stay alive. Spend your first 20 CP on Counter. It'll be your main source of damage. When you finally get to level 2, spend your CP on anything that increases your Avoid rating (Fight and Hear Noise). The game get a lot easier now. Divine a Feathered Tiara and wear it for the boss fight.

After the Artolian Mountain Ruins, create a Bolt-Crossbow. This weapon will increase your damage capability and also allow you to guard crush the Dragon Servants.

In each following Chapter, create the strongest 3-hit bow available (except Fire Crossbow - it sucks). These will make the game easy. Don't use swords. The bows inflict much more damage. The 150 attack Crescent Arrow in Chapter 4 does more damage than the 1200 attack Icicle Sword!

Some other useful skills are Combo Counter, Auto Item (set Elixir to 100%), Slanting Rain.

The best items include Mirror of Pleiades, Earring of Healing (very important!), Bracelet of Zoe (you'll need lots of hitpoints towards the end), Phoenix Feather (should last you throughout the game - you won't die often).

There is a bad glitch in the game. If Valkyrie is the only person in the party, the game will freeze when an enemy casts a Great Magic. This includes Lezard, Barbarossa, Gandar, Bloodbane, and Surt. To get by this problem, include a second low-level party member and let them die. The game won't freeze as long as you started the battle with at least 2 people. The game will also freeze if Valkyrie tries to perform her bow PWS.

Towards the end of the game you'll have the Gram sword. It's better than your normal bows, especially against high-RDM enemies like Gyne. However, once you get the Elven Bow from the Forest of Spirits, you'll probably want to switch back to bows. The Elven Bow does roughly the same amount of damage as Gram with the Reverie skill.