Mew The Gato
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I have noticed it is hardest when you have a single party member. It is not hard with Jeff in Winters because he has better equipment, like the Holmes Hat, but Ness ends up going through tougher situations. These places would be really easy if the entire team were there, but only Ness being usable creates a lot of difficulty. Peaceful Rest Valley is definitely up there. In pretty much all earlier battles, it was like, "Having trouble? 'Ness tried PSI Rockin' α!' Problem solved!" But even the weakest enemies in Peaceful Rest Valley can probably survive one PSI Rockin' α, which means, if you encounter lots of enemies at once and need to clear them out quickly, you shall need two of PSI Rockin' α to do this. And it is costly on Ness' low PP at this point. The sprouts can also use PSI Magnet α, which will only make his PP run out sooner. And never buy that slingshot. It is a trap, because, instead of a 1/16 miss rate, it has a 3/16 miss rate, and considering the speed of the UFOs, and Ness' low speed, your accuracy is already debilitated.
Magicant has a lot of tough enemies (Surprisingly, the Krakens are some of the easiest ones), like the Loaded Dices, which only summon other enemies. The Flying Man is fast (100 Speed), but he neither hits too hard, nor last very long. And even worse, the official guide incorrectly stated that the Krakens in Magicant drop the Gutsy Bat (The Bionic Krakens in the Cave of the Past do), and countless players tried to grind and get it to drop, but in vain.
In MOTHER 3, the Barrier Trio is definitely one of the hardest. You have encountered enemies with devastating physical attacks, but this is the first boss with such powerful PSI. Actually, they use Defense Up Ω if you use Defense Down α or the Tickle Stick, which makes them waste turns. After all, lowering their Offence has no purpose, as they do not have any physical attacks. Therefore, it is advisable to keep their Defense down with Tickle Stick, as it costs no PP (You should keep their Defense down, anyway, so that Duster and Boney can hit hard). Contrary to popular belief, Kumatora will be dealing the most damage. If Barrier Man calls out the pose, use PK Fire. If the Barrier Gal does, use PK Freeze. If the Barrier Dude does, use PK Thunder. They are actually weak to these attacks after they strike a pose. And you only need to endure one PK Starstorm; the Barrier Trio will automatically be defeated a few rounds afterwards, and shall fail to deal any more damage.
When you get PK Ground (Learned by Kumatora at Level 60), pretty much every enemy is a breeze, with the exception of... New and Miracle Fassad, who cannot be hit by PK Ground, because he is airborne. Miracle Fassad can really test your endurance, especially when he starts throwing PK Starstorm at you. Fortunately, PK Starstorm used by an enemy is much, much weaker than the PK Starstorm that Kumatora uses.
Overall, battles in a team are much easier than battles while going solo, in my opinion.
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