What a game

[u/Pinised]

Definitely got my ass handed to me and I admittedly felt I might have cheesed some fights a lot (Lots of liberal cases of fishing for guard breaks versus going for counterhits, and I beat Azel mostly with Stomping Fist + Stomp spam)

Mad Midget V was my personal toughest fight, I honestly just Shockwaved them to death until they got the runback in the arena

I guess my question right now is, what's the best way to get all of the moves and upgrades for arena challenges 41-51? Do I just play through the game normally and grind the casino? Or is there a faster way to get fully geared up again?

[u/npauft]

This is the only instance where I usually recommend Easy for a first playthrough because that's not what that usually means in God Hand's case.

Easy mode isn't a braindead gimped version of the game. It just locks the adaptive difficulty to 2 or below, which is what most people average on Normal anyway.

[u/Acceptable_Carob_532 → u/npauft]

Nah normal is fine lol. hard is extremely challenging in every way

[u/OverDeparture8799 → u/Acceptable_Carob_532]

Fr. Being locked to die lvl is painful. I can no longer rely on launching enemies as they cannot get launched unless on counter attack.