User blog:NemuriNoMori/Surtr's winning streak

A little hubris, a bit of inattention and some bad throws of the dice can really make a difference in GG fights - as I found out earlier today, on reaching 190F.

The corridors were empty, the dust covered floor showing little sign of recent WG footprints. As I picked up the occasional leaf fluttering in the wind, Mira and I trudged along upwards - 186, 187 ... hmm what's this, we are at 190 already?! I think there was a bit of corridor hypnosis going on, my mouth was sticky with candies and feet were weary. The first battle was a complete miscalculation done while half asleep, I sent out Aquarius + 4 WW who promptly lost, and blamed me for sleeping more and commanding less.

Battle 1: Aquarius + 4 Wind Weasel vs Surtr (190F)

Result: 1 - 0 ... for Surtr

Time to reflect - hmm, shouldn't Surtr at this level be similar to Hraesvelgr? I usually get lazy to switch out the WWs, and just put Scorpio and Sanuki when fighting Hraes - this time, I thought I'd mix it up and use Befana instead.

Battle 2: Befana + Sanuki + 3 Wind Weasel vs Surtr (190F)

Go my minions, avenge my loss! While I was cheering from the side lines ... Befana & Sanuki were busy figuring out how to fight together for the first time. Both failed to trigger. I had a 2nd loss!

Result: 2 - 0 ... for Surtr

Hmm, is Goddess of Misfortune stalking me today?? I quickly chugged an SW to recharge, determined to finish off this impertinent speed bump who lasted too long already. This time I will add Scorpio too, and make absolutely sure of victory - right?

Battle 3: Befana + Sanuki + Scorpio + 2 Wind Weasel vs Surtr (190F)

Mira seemed to be looking askance at my orders, but she kept her mouth shut - maybe trusting that her master had some plan or experiment in mind. Befana had a quizzical expression when I asked her to stay as lead, guess she is just shy.

As the battle began, Sanuki activated his skill - I was thankful that finally, we had to win this one! Then I realized, Surtr wasn't exactly like Hraes ... she activated her skill ... uh oh, she can raise her defense too! Still, it should be alright, I have enough firepower on the field! A Wind Weasel also decided to activate - or in hindsight, maybe it was sighing at my idiocy. I kinda wished that I had put in Blue Angel instead, her trigger would be far more useful.

Result: 3 - 0 ... for Surtr

Clearly, trudging through empty corridors for eons, eating candies till I was almost diabetic; it had all taken a far greater toll on me than I thought. Well, I may be a worthless master, but I still had good daemons ready to fight on my behalf, I can't just give up here - even if their pitying looks are getting really hard to bear. This time, I was going to go all out ... but I didn't want to wait too long to recharge, so I just added Aries and Blue Angel.

Battle 4: Scorpio + Befana + Sanuki + Aries + Blue Angel

This should have enough raw firepower to win no matter what, but I had given up assuming things at this point - Surtr was more of a tough cookie than I thought.

Result: 1 - 3 ... for me

What a relief! This was a good wakeup call, even if I had too much AS to waste there was no reason to just blindly mess up in the first fight. I thought the other 2 were just bad luck with poor activations, should've been pretty close though. Luckily for me, and unfortunately for poor Surtr - I get infinite redoes while the tower lasts, and she gets none.

Time passed, I climbed a few more floors. I thought of writing this down to show off my stupidity, maybe it will be good for a few laughs - no harm in cheering up random people at no cost to me ;-) Finally got around to writing this for other agents to take as a lesson and entertainment.

... then I realized, one more difference that I had completely forgotten ...

... Surtr was not a phantom.