Estiah - Aleas or Eversweep?

The first article to this series can be found at articleincome.com.

The other articles can be found right here in this blog and also on articleincome.com! :)

So, you've beaten up the pirates eh? Got yourself a few Captain's Hats as well I suppose. It's time for you to move to another city. Aleas or Eversweep are the most logical choices given the dungeons they contain. Each dungeon is another part of the in-game tutorial. In Aleas you will be visiting Holy Grace Square to learn how to Protect your allies in battle by the usage of charms with Protect. In Eversweep, a cocky and arrogant summoner will teach you how to Focus your attacks on a single target.

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Let's start with Aleas, just because I'm more partial to defensive strategies. ;)

The Level 4 Holy Grace Square consists of three levels. In the first level you will have three Sword Apprentice allies and will be facing four Sword Apprentices. Seeing as how each Sword Apprentice only has 25 HP, you should be okay as long as you hit them hard (preferably with magic as they use armor charms on occasion). Just hope your allies don't die too quickly and you'll easily win this battle.

The man training these apprentices is called Urus the Grace and he will step in to demonstrate Protect. In this second battle, it's highly unlikely that you'll lose considering that Urus will be using Challenging Blade and Flash of Light to protect you. At 130 HP, I'm almost certain that your three Sword Apprentice opponents won't be able to take him down. ;)

The final battle has Urus taking the other side, as you and two Sword Apprentices attempt to take him down. He adds several charms to his arsenal including Challenging Shout, which increases his next melee attack's damage by 18, which can be fatal if you don't have armor up. On that subject, bring a fair amount of armor along, since his magic attacks aren't nearly as deadly. Oh, and he still has 130 HP. :P

You may lose that last fight if you're level 4. But, if you've been following my articles in order, you should be level 5 and better equipped to take him down. It's not an easy fight, but it's doable.

He gives you a Protect Charm (7 armor, 7 ward, Protect: 4) if you win.

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On to Eversweep.


The High Summoner's Study is a level 4 Dungeon in Eversweep where you will learn about Focus charms. They allow you to concentrate your attacks for the next few turns on a single enemy, which can be life-saving if you're facing multiple enemies at the same time.

The High Summoner in question is Leitz, and he has quite the attitude problem.
In the first battle, he will have you fight alongside three of his Weakened Shadow Imps facing off against four more Weakened Shadow Imps (all of the Imps have 35 HP).

All any of the Imps do is shoot a fireball that does 6 magic damage, so bring some Ward charms along and just hack and slash your way to victory...assuming of course, you don't get singled out and killed by the opposing Imps. Luck, as it were, always plays a part in this game.

After you win this first battle, Leitz will chastise you for "acting like a beast and giving out blows randomly" and join your side, along with one of his Imps, to teach you how to Focus. Once again you face off against 4 Imps, but Leitz' Focus charms will make this battle substantially easier than the last one. He himself stands at a hefty 140 HP, so it's unlikely that'll he die. I've never seen him go down in battle myself.

For the last battle, Leitz will claim that he "needs to practice for the Inachis Battle Tournament". Guess what? You're gonna help him. :P

You're allied with 2 Imps and are facing off against Leitz. He only has 115 HP this time around, but gains Mind Focus, which increases the power of his next magic attack by 20. Did I mention he can still target a specific foe? If he doesn't Focus one of the imps, you may be done for, since his subsequent attack will do massive damage (and that's assuming he doesn't power up multiple turns before attacking either.) Even so, this fight is probably easier than the boss fight in Aleas since you'll most likely win if you don't get focused.

He gives you the Bright Fire Charm (6 magic, Focus: 6) if you win.

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If at any time you need additional help in any dungeon (oh oh, here it comes again :P), you should consult the Estiah Wiki (I always mention it don't I? :P).

Anyways, that's it for now. Thank you for reading, as always. Have fun!