I found this game quite a while ago through here and thought it was going to be a really good game cause of how much discussion there were. I got to level 4 now and man does this game show how annoying it is to get through it by staying a virgin and not losing. combat feels extremely against you what with the annoying RPS mechanic where enemies can change theirs mid attack meaning if you go slower, you end up doing no damage, the annoying chance to graze which basically just another miss, random reinforcement calls that always will lead to you losing and for some reason, incredibly awful level scaling. Idk if its cause i sped through the floors and now I'm underleveled (day 21 lvl 33) or whatever cause I can barely get through the first wave of floor 4 enemies. one of the only h games that makes me want to pull my hair out. There are game where its fairly unfair and is still fun but this game just feels awful. and this is with modifying the files so i can save and get rid of the autosave before battle. I had enough torturing myself that I have stop lurking and come here to ask for help. Thanks.
Random Reinforcements? You play with Mods? Because there are no random reinforcements. Only Lizards can call for backup which is just a special moves of theirs so kill them first = no reinforcements.
For the Rest if you struggle with Normal Battle my guess would be that your Mind and Agility are to low. If your Mind is high enough and you use your Special Attacks + Ki, you should one-shot most enemies that don't have Overblown Protection. And if your Agi is high enough, you not only tend to go first, you also dodge a lot more attacks making you survive for longer.
Now these aren't a must have but Mind is probably the most important Stat in the entire Game. Agi is debatable but in my opinion at least the best combat Stat out of the 3.
Also just a Side Note Level Scaling is not really that big of a Deal. A lot of people will even tell you, you have to go fast to beat it via normal battle. Now that is not true since you can take your time and it is fine but it is just to point out that enemies outscaling you is not that big of a deal.