~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNLIMITED SAGA (U.SAGA) TECH. FAQ Written by Ahmad Abuarafah 16/10/2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================= TABLE OF CONTENTS ================= 1) Introduction 2) Basic information about weapon and melee attacks 3) Dagger 4) Sword 5) Spear 6) Staff 7) Axe 8) Gun 9) Bow and Arrow 10) Melee attacks (introduction) 11) Credit's 12) Legal Info ================ Version History: ================ (0.9) My first draft for the FAQ. Inside is all the information you need about weapons and melee moves in this game. Also I will give a simple introduction to each weapon. (16/10/2003) (1.0) Lots of things happened in this update. More attacks and info have been added. Also sections are easier to find. And grammar errors have been fixed. (25/10/2003) (1.5) Remade the FAQ. Now it looks better, easier to read and has more info in it. Have fun. (1.9) Filled in some blanks, just a little more and it will be complete! (7/4/2004) (2.0) Made some changes in wording, e-mail and schedule format, have fun. (20/5/2006) (2.5) COMPLETE! Thanks for you patience. (10/6/2006) ============== Writer's Word: ============== Well, this is my first FAQ, and it is my pride and joy, I sincerely hope you enjoy it. Anyway, if you have any questions or comments or want to tell me how much you liked this FAQ, then you could find me at: [email protected] (Cool name, huh?). Don't forget to put USAGA in the subject, O.K? This FAQ is to be posted on gamefaqs.com ONLY (Unless I give permission for it to be posted elsewhere). If you want to ask for my permission, then e-mail me first. Websites that display this FAQ: 1) Gamefaqs.com (duh) 2) Neoseeker.com 3) www.cheats.de ======================================================================= ======== ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||| ======================================================================= ======== ================ 1) Introduction: ================ U.SAGA... A wonderful game, with breathtaking music and mind twisting adventure, element's you don't find in RPG's these day's. Of course, if you ask me, the best thing in this game is BATTLE (well you'll have to love it anyway, since you will spend half the time fighting monsters). But to really enjoy it, you'll have to learn everything you can about weapon and melee techs. That's were my FAQ will come in hand. ================================================= 2) Basic information on weapon and melee attacks: ================================================= There are some things I think you should know before going any further: I) ==== Remember that there are light skills and heavy skills for each weapon and melee move, and since Lead is the heaviest material in this game, most of the powerful skills are found in Lead weapons. So then let's say you want a strong skill(for example, Dice)for your black knife, what are you going to do? Either you: A) --- Stuff your weapon with Lead or any heavy material until you get the skill you want or: B) --- Change your weapon to another one and forge it back again,(you didn't understand, did you?) O.K lets take an example (you have a black sword and you want it to have Rearblade, forge it to a black knife and change it back to a sword). It may not work the first time, so keep trying until you get it. II) ==== Melee attacks don't consume any durability, so use that for your advantage. Weapon skills do, depending on what move you choose to perform. Most attacks cost only one but moves like (Random Shot, Multi Poke) cost two. Don't forget, casting spells using weapons costs one durability. III) ===== Character weight is very important, why? Well for one thing light characters can't rescue heavy ones (duh), light characters can perform special melee lines (humming bird line, hair drier line) but heavy characters can't(that doesn't mean that regular melee moves are weak).And light people perform their attacks much faster than heavy ones. IV) ==== Each bestial stone has a special art within. Here is a list to make things clear: STONE ART Carnelian Fire Topaz Earth Lazuli Wood Opal Metal Ravenite Water Demonite Forbidden V) ===== Sparking skills depends on lots of things, but the most important are : A) --- Fighting against strong monsters (Giants, Dragons and Spear monsters). B) --- Hitting High level attacks. C) --- Although dangerous, try to combo against strong monsters. VI) ==== And last but not least, I give you the SCHEDULE: (scale from 1 to 5 )five being the strongest: +---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----+ |Weapon | Hp.d | Lp.d | Best Material | Weight | Notes | |---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ | | | | | | | |Dagger | 1 | 5 | Damascus | Light | Parry | | | | | Diamond | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ | | | | | | | |Sword | 5 | 1 | Dragon Scale | Medium | Deflect | | | | | | | Lv.5 Attacks | |---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ | | | | | | | |Spear | 3 | 4 | Dragon Scale | Light | Lv.5 Attacks | | | | | Damascus | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ | | | | | | | |Staff | 2 | 1 | Damascus | Medium |Block | | | | | Bilqs | |Status Effects| |---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ | | | | | | | |Axe | 5 | 3 | Damascus | Heavy | | | | | | Bilqs | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ | | | | | | | |Gun | 4 | 4 | -------------- | Heavy | RARE | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ | | | | | | | |Bow | 3 | 3 | Damascus | Light | Mass Attack | | | | | Bilqs | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----+ =========== 3) Dagger: =========== I) --- One of the best weapons in this game, It has the best defensive ability(Parry) and very strong LP draining attacks, with only one flaw, its HP damage, the worst in all weapons. Meaning you have to wait until you have done enough HP damage before you can use it. LW: lowers ST: strength SK: skill MG: magic EN: endurance BL: black out S: stun N: numb ATC: attack P: paralyze DR: darkness SP: spirit Bopeep: bopeep effect II) ----- |----------------------------------------------------------| |Line | | |----------------------------------------------------------| | L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | |----------------------------------------------------------| |Quick | Sonic thrust| Lightning | Blitz | |thrust | | thrust (P) | |----------------------------------------------------------| |Stunner| Lightning | Slash | Bloody Mary | | (N) | thrust | out (BL) | |----------------------------------------------------------| |Dice | ---------- | Mince | Puree | | | | | | |----------------------------------------------------------| |Trick | Trickster | Cut In | Db. Trickster | |shot | | | | |----------------------------------------------------------| |Speedy | Sonic thrust | Cut in | Cross Cut | |Bleedy | | | | |----------------------------------------------------------| |Knife | Trickster | Juggle | --------- | |throw | | | | |----------------------------------------------------------| III) ---- Best moves: Bloody mary( great LP damage with black out effect), and Puree( Huge LP Damage, maybe the best move in the game). IV) ---- Best used by: Tiffon, Ruby, Hiro, Henri, Armand, Grace, Marie, Roy , Vearst. ========= 4) Sword: ========= I) --- When dealing with high HP monsters, the Sword is your first option. With its awesome L.5 attacks,(Deflect),and instant kill move(Bopeep), the sword is a great offensive and defensive weapon. The problem is that its sucks when it comes to LP damage. II) ---- |------------------------------------------------------------------| |Line | | |------------------------------------------------------------------| |L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | L5 | |Twin | Double | Heaven | Triple | Rec. | |Blade | mist | & Earth | Edge | Slash | |------------------------------------------------------------------| |RearBlade | Double | Round | Bopeep | --------- | |(S) | mist | About (S) | (Bopeep) | | |------------------------------------------------------------------| |Slash | Slice | Gust | Dragon |Clear water| | | | | tail | (LW.SK) | |------------------------------------------------------------------| |Cross | X-Terminator| Grand | Doppel | -------- | |Slash | | cross | Gangers | | |------------------------------------------------------------------| |Star | Noggin | Heaven | Dragon | Golden | |Dust | Knocker | & Earth | tail | Dragon | |------------------------------------------------------------------| |Blast | Noggin | Bear | Vandalize | -------- | | | Knocker | Slash | | | |------------------------------------------------------------------| III) ----- Best move: Bopeep( Inflicts bopeep effect: it has an 80% chance to instant kill any non-dead monster. It's got a much higher success rate then black out). IV) ---- Best use by: Edel,Kurt,Laura,Iskandar,Henri,Francis,Pharr,Michelle,Armic. ========= 5) Spear ========= I) ---- Balanced HP and LP damage (slightly better at LP damage). has great skills for both LP and HP damage. Has no defensive skill and two L.5 attacks. II) ----- |--------------------------------------------------------------| |Line | | |--------------------------------------------------------------| |L1 | L2 | L3 L4 L5 | |--------------------------------------------------------------| |Flash | Bolt | ------- | Arm of | ------- | |Pierce | Skewer | | light | | |--------------------------------------------------------------| |Javelin | Puncture| ------- | Twin | DHS | | | | | Dragon | | |--------------------------------------------------------------| |Grass | --------| Reaper | -------- | ------- | |Hopper(S)| | (single enemy+Area:(S)) | | |--------------------------------------------------------------| |Aim | ------- | Divine Lancer | Acupuncture | ------- | | | | (LW.SK) | | | |--------------------------------------------------------------| |Double | ------- | Twin | DHS | Poker's | |Stab | | Dragon | | Wild | |--------------------------------------------------------------| |Charge | Puncture| Cobra | Lance | ------- | | | | Smash | Buster | | |--------------------------------------------------------------| III) ----- Best moves: DHS (does great LP damage) and Acupuncture (Lowers skill and damages LP pretty well). IV) ---- Best used by: Platyphalum, Ventus, Kong ming, Laura, Nuage, Henri, Francis, Michelle, Pharr. ========== 6) Staff: ========== I) ---- you can see, this weapon is NOT used for its damaging skills. But for its status down effects , Defensive ability( Block), and mass attack (Earth dragon). Mostly used by mages, It often comes with a elemental art(if not, you can easily forge one to it). II) ----- |-------------------------------------------------------------| |Line | |-------------------------------------------------------------| |L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | |-------------------------------------------------------------| |Slam | Drag down | Cruncher | Aqua Luna | | | (LW.ST) | (LW.EN) | (LW.SP) | |-------------------------------------------------------------| |Round | Repond | Time & Blade| --------- | |House | | (BL) | | |-------------------------------------------------------------| |Double | Triple hit | Rock Splitter| Total Agony | |hit | (LW.EN) | | (LW.EN) | |-------------------------------------------------------------| |Bone Crusher | Cruncher | Skull Splitter| Pulverizer | |(LW.ST) | (LW.EN) | (LW.MG) | (LW.EN) | |-------------------------------------------------------------| |Coma | Cruncher | Bell Ringer | Nut cracker | |dose | (LW.EN) | |(nutchracker)| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |Earth Dragon | -------- | ----------- | Grand Slam | |(Mass ATC+(S) | | |(Mass ATC+(S)| |-------------------------------------------------------------| III) ------ Best move: Grand slam(does good HP damage to all enemies + stun effect )And Nut Cracker( inflicts nut cracker effect:It lowers the armor class of the enemy allowing you to do more HP damage than usual. IV) ------ Best used by: Saphaire, Platyphalum, Kong ming, Norff, Judy, Marie, Josef, Rebbeca, Silver girl,Grace. ========= 7) Axe: ========= I) ---- Second best HP damager(after sword), and does good LP damage. Often used by heavy characters. This weapon has both LP and HP damaging moves.But has no defensive skill and it's very heavy. II) ----- |---------------------------------------------------------| |Line | | |---------------------------------------------------------| |L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Wood | Bamboo | ------ | Phoneix | |chopper | Split | | Blow | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Tomahawk | Juggler's | Sky | Sky | | | Nightmare | Drive | Scrapper | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Time | Back | ------- | Reverse | |lapse | Slash | | Delta | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Hyper | Slow | Night | Fuji | |Hammer | Motion | Crossing | View | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Bash | Heart | Night | Splinter | | | Breaker | Crossing | Pierce | |---------------------------------------------------------| III) ----- Best moves: Reverse delta (does great LP damage), Fuji View (does huge HP damage) and Splinter Pierce (Does great HP and LP damage). IV) ------ Best used by: Anazam, Musol Yani, Kurt, Mordues, Iskandar, Thomas, Roy. ========== 8) Gun: ========== I) ---- By far the hardest weapon to use. It can't be made and found only with:Mythe(he has two), Thomas and Michelle. And it's the most heaviest weapon in the game. Besides that, It does massive HP and LP damage. Has no defensive ability and has only one skill (Shoot). II) ---- As I said, it has one skill( Shoot). When using this skill in battle you see a reel with four panels: Red panel: Miss 10% HP damage. Very low accuracy. Green panel:200 % HP damage. Blue panel: 300% HP damage. Halved LP. White panel:400% HP damage. Full LP damage. High accuracy. III) ----- Best used by: Michelle, Thomas, Mythe. ====================== 9) Bow & Arrow: ====================== I) ----- Like the spear, it is balanced , Mostly used for its powerful Mass attack(Random Shot). It has no defensive skill. II) ----- |---------------------------------------------------------| |Line | | |---------------------------------------------------------| |L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Quick | --------- | Mach 5 | -------- | |shot | | | | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Warning |Shadow | Ink shot | Shadow | |shot (S) |Skidder(P,DR)| (DR) | Arrow (BL)| |---------------------------------------------------------| |R.Arrow Shot| --------- | Arrow rain | Para shots| |(Mass ATC) | | (Mass ATC) | (Mass ATC)| |---------------------------------------------------------| |Double shot | Triple | Shadow arrow | Thousand | | | shots | (BL) | Needles | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Sniper | Sparrow | Side winder | Phoenix | |Shot | Shot | | Blow | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Power shot | Sticker | Exorcist | Zapper | | | | | (BL) | |---------------------------------------------------------| III) ----- Best moves: Para shots(great Hp & Lp damage to all enemies) & Shadow arrow-Zapper (Black out effect). IV) ---- Best used by: Vearst,Armand,Armic,Hiro,Roy. ==================================== 10) Melee Attacks (Introduction): ==================================== I) ----- Every character can use melee attacks by its three forms (Punch, Kick and Throw). Although some characters can use one type better than another(like Kurt with punches). There are two different Lines for each type,Light line and heavy line (depends on characters weight). Which is stronger? The light line of course. There are four moves that you can spark ( punch out, raksha, kick rush, flash flood) in one condition only, you MUST not have any kick or punch panels. Punch: It deals the most HP damage, but not so good when it comes to LP damage. Kick: Not powerful as punch, but it is faster and does more LP damage. Throw: It is weaker than both punch and kick. But has the ability to inflict Stun. ============================== II) Melee Skills (Heavy Line): ============================== |------------------------------------------------------------| |Line| | |------------------------------------------------------------| | | L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | |------------------------------------------------------------| |a) | Kick | Sinker | Thunder | Flying | | | | (LW.ST) | Kick | Knee | |------------------------------------------------------------| |b) |Punch | Bear swipe | Brute force | Deadly palm| | | | | (LW.EN) | (LW.EN) | |------------------------------------------------------------| |c) |Throw | Kawazu throw | Hammer throw | Call back | | | (S) | (S) | (S) | (S) | |------------------------------------------------------------| ================================= III) Melee Skills (Light Line): ================================= |------------------------------------------------------------| |Line| | |------------------------------------------------------------| | | L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | |------------------------------------------------------------| |A) | Kick | Sinker | Triangle | Three | | | | (LW.ST) | Kick Dragons | |------------------------------------------------------------| |B) | Humming | Gatling | ------- | Bodhisattva| | | bird | jab | | | |------------------------------------------------------------| |C) | Hair Drier| Kawazu throw | Cyclone | Wind whistle| | | (S) | (S) | (S) | (S) | |------------------------------------------------------------| ============ 11) Credits: ============ First of all, thanks to Square-Enix for making this great game. Utopianh: for helping me finishing the schedule and for the info, thanks. Joewoof: for the info about guns and melee attacks, and for helping me with the schedule. Thanks. Niu: for the info about character weight, and other important info, thanks. Nwofan: For the bestial stone info. Thanks. Ninja Slash: for the Info about Flash flood, and Because I am Scared from him (got a panel with fear of ninjas) hahaha. Thanks. Thfisher: For lots of info,(and for shouting at me all the time,grrrrrrrrr!) Thanks. Saint Ajora: info about three dragons and other info. Thanks. Zimfier: For some information, thanks. Sinfox & Evilkingpin75903: For helping me finish the FAQ, thanks. And anybody else who posted something in the topic (Best Moves List). Thanks a lot. ======================== 12) Legal information: ======================== Unlimited Saga is a trademark owned by Square-Enix. This document is (C) 2003 Ahmad Abuarafah, All rights reserved. This may be not reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission and It must retain the exact same form. Otherwise, it is a violation of copyright. Copyrights (C) 2003 Ahmad Abuarafah