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You also might want to replace your 6th Sortie to Beelzebub. If you have used her, you would know why. It helps massively on the levels with the hazards. Be sure to launch first with her though, if you're uncertain if you can complete the Round.
Aside from that, what I did when i played it :
-> Finishing the EX Stages and the SP stages for the Hard Difficulty.
-> Remove Libris from the Sortied members, and put in someone more hard hitting. Like a Lamia. Switch around and till you find the correct fit for you.
-> Massively upgrading the Equipment, usually through the reward chests. If you need Pec or Accesories/Insignias, consider grinding the Hard levels in Stage 5 Ex. Those are the easiest, when you figure out the Technique to get quick kills, especially Ex 5-5. But AVOID the 4th level at all costs! Otherwise, if you can clear it without a lot of trouble, look for the '1 Round' only Levels at whatever Maniac Stage you can take on. Verify how quickly you can clear the level in, and if it takes 3~ or less Rounds to complete, it's a good grinding spot. Either way you choose, do it a few... like 9-10 times, then take on the Maniac levels as they come again. As long as you complete the EX Stages after the Story Stages, you should be fine on track again.
-> Put on the "EXP UP" and maybe the "PEC UP" Insignias on a slow of your Sortied members. The level of the card doesn't matter. Also, put on the "Range Up" and "Trajectory Line" on your Sortied members, if you haven't already. The Latter needs to be in only ONE of your Sortied member's inventory, not all 6 of them. And only characters without a ranged attack might actually benefit from the Range up cards. So, Galeocerdo, Persic and Sudart are great uses, but Puella and Libris doesn't benefit much. Also, those with a Tracing attack, like Beelzebub, doesn't benefit from a range up at all!
-> Focus on getting the 3rd Tier Chests and many Coins. With the Insignias, you multiply your output Pec amount for just getting a single coin by MASSIVE amounts. With that Pec amount, and any useless Inventory junk that you can/should sell, buy enough of the EXP Up Insignias. Don't worry too much about the Weapons though, it's not worth it, unless you're struggling really bad.
Notes:
-> I stated to remove Libris if you're having a hard time, because she is not tactically much advantageous in evenly balanced, or lower Levels. Dark aligned (Purple) enemies are rare to come across, and when they do, they are usually by themselves, and not in a group. But this is also rendered moot, because while 'Dark' is good against 'Light', and vice versa.... it doesn't actually mean that 'Dark' is bad against 'Dark' itself. So, Persica, who already hits really hard anyways and is probably your best _ attack stat-wise _ , unless you have have made use of a lot of Insignias and Accessories, because Inherently, Sudart is the heaviest hitter in the game (with an average level to party median level) and followed next by Persica.
But what makes Persica more valuable is her dash attack, which always travels in a straight line. Allowing her to not only fly over hazards strategically, while also killing enemies. But Sudart has a 1~2 hit change to deal massive damage, at the cost of falling in an arc and smaller range, even if for some reason, her attack lingers on the screen after her turn, and deals damage AFTER her turn has passed.
So what am i getting at? Persica and Sudart are the best heavy hitters in your team from base average stat-wise. Libris also suffers from small range, as well as a 5-way star attack that miiight sometimes miss your mark. She is SUPER useful though, when breeding, because you can make a 'Light' Lilith or Belzebub with her, and absolutely wreck the opposition, given they have some levels in them.
So, Libris... if you're having a hard time, put her to the sideline temporarily and use a good Child. But later, just do a few of the final Stages a 6-7 times, to round her levels up, because she can turn out to be useful in the Final Orca battle, and VERY much in the Tounmei stages.
-> The later Stages of the Maniac difficulty are bugged. They do not give out the rewards even on three stars, neither the first time attempting it, or neither redoing it again. This is HEAVILY prevalent in the Stage 5 onwards, including the Ex5 stage. I also had it happen to me on Stage 4-5 as well, so plan ahead to not rely on the 3-star rewards if you doing so.
-> I was well prepared for the Maniac stages, because i took to upgrading all of my pre-existing Child roster. Due to the Difficulty level, the roster wasn't at all suited for the Maniac levels, and leveling them up through combat, without the higher tier Insignias is very grindy. So, just upped their levels by a few notches immediately, by grinding for the children at my 'breeding grind' spots. I have a list of notes like that , if you would need.
Besides that, have fun. Because it's going to get ZANY near the end of the Maniac Playthrough with the 99 level enemies all around, lol.
...Wait actually, funnily enough, i was writing a game guide some days ago, and i thought i should write one for this too. Now remotivated, thanks!
