The Falsebound Kingdom All Stories New Game+ Speedrun Tutorial by freeland1787 (www.twitch.tv/freeland1787)World Record: 3:32:34 by freeland1787, Sum of Best is 3:23:04Gameplay: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom is a Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game with elements of game play similar to Final Fantasy. You command and move teams in the overworld by either selecting them in their respective bases or by pressing the Z button can use an Icon Mode that allows for easier movement in specific stages. Combat in this game very simplistic. Monsters can attack (A), use a special move (Z), use an item (X), check your or the enemy team monsters info (Y ), guard (R), pass on their turn (B), or try to escape from a battle (L). Attacks you select a monster to attack (Y for left, A for middle, X for right), which we don’t do often in this run since it focuses on sweeping enemies.
The Falsebound Kingdom is the only GameCube game in the Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom takes a different direction from the rest of the series, being more of a mix of real-time strategy and role-playing video game elements than the typical card battling games seen on other systems. The gameplay features a 3D battle stage including bonuses and improvements It.
The X and L buttons will get a big work out in the speedrun because it’s either sweeping damage battles or running away from them.Brief Speedrun Introduction: On the speedrun.com leaderboard, there are four categories. New Game Yugi Story, New Game Kaiba Story, New Game Joey Story, and All Stories New Game+. This run will cover the latter, the All Stories New Game+ Tutorial. The goal is to complete all 53 missions (22 Yugi, 21 Kaiba, 10 Joey) as fast as possible. The order in which you do the three stories is not important. When I do this run, I usually start with Yugi because I ran Yugi Story a few times before getting into this category, then Kaiba, then Joey.Timer Rules: The start time is when you start the first story from the choose story menu in the main menu (where you have the 3 characters and you can choose which one).
The final time is when you get past the mission rewards screen for the 53rd and final mission. In my runs, that’s usually the final mission of the Joey story, Invincible Imperial Guard. For splits, I have a split for all 53 of the missions in the run and split after the mission rewards screen for each mission.Story Plot Explained: Yu-Gi-Oh!
The Falsebound Kingdom is a non-canon game that branches off from the anime after Battle City. A former Kaiba Corporation employee, Scott Irvine, traps Yugi, Kaiba, their friends, and other big name duelists in the manga and anime into a beta multiplayer type game that involves Duel Monsters. In the Yugi Story, you’re fighting as a member of the resistance to a corrupt empire and liberating the land until Scott intervenes and decides to wreck things. In the Kaiba Story you start as a member of the Imperial Guard then escape from a death sentence before overthrowing the emperor.
After Scott shows up he hypnotizes Yugi’s friends and kidnaps Seto Kaiba’s younger brother, Mokuba and tests the mettle of the main characters. Eventually they turn the tables and send Scott running to the Kingdom (named of the game) Computer block and a big encounter ensues at the game CPU. After beating Scott, you battle against Dark Nite and Nitemare, who summon Level 1 and 99 versions of the Egyptian Gods to destroy you. After beating the Dark Spirits, you are freed from the game and the building catches fire. It’s a continuation of the manga, not the anime.Set Up: In this game, you only need 2 monster teams for 52 of the 53 missions.
I’m still working on how to best set up the 53rd mission of the run, which is the 8th mission of the Joey story, Master Plan. The way the game is set up, you can use 2 teams of monsters with 3 marshals in the Yugi and Kaiba story parts of the run. In Master Plan, you need a 3rd monster team for 1 battle in the run.1st Team: Dark Magician (Raigeki x3), Dunames Dark Witch (Raimei, Raigeki x2), Magician of Black Chaos.2nd Team: Dark Magician #2 (Raigeki x3), Kuriboh (Multiply x3), Moisture Creature (Raimei, Raigkei x2)3rd Team: Dark Magician Girl (Raimei, Final Flame, Hinotama), Basic Insect (Laser Cannon Armor x3), Skull Knight (Raigeki x3)Also I recommend you clear out all the roaming monster encounters before attempting this run so you can get the fastest time possible.
Best time to do it is get it done during the level grind.Monster Locations:Dark Magician: Beat Badlands (Yugi Mission 6) if you do not already own Dark MagicianDunames Dark Witch: Beat Guidance (Kaiba Mission 15). DWW is a member of Ishizu’s team and cannot be used in the Guidance mission during the speedrun.Magician of Black Chaos: Use Black Luster Ritual on Dark Magician.
Have to beat Secret Power (Yugi Mission 17) and get Black Luster Ritual in the mission reward screen.Dark Magician #2: Beat A Lost Cause (Yugi Mission 16)Kuriboh: Part of Yugi’s original teamMoisture Creature: In Sever the Supply Line (Kaiba Mission 7) send Kaiba to Sweit. Build an Anti-Air Cannon and a Watch Tower.
Using Team Command, move Kaiba southeast to the circle in the mountain ranges. You must complete the movement before noon otherwise you have to restart the mission. If the movement is done correctly, Moisture Creature joins your team.Item Locations:Raigeki: Beat Secret Power (Yugi Mission 17). You can only get 1 Raigeki per Yugi Story run unfortunately. Each Raigeki equipped comes with 1 use.Raimei: Trader Union at Dhorimouth Town in Banishment (Yugi Mission 19), Saxoss in Lord of the Forest (Kaiba Mission 5), Tower Southern in Banishment (Kaiba Mission 18 ), Beyzon in Reversal (Joey Mission 7), and Shyi-Hagou in Master Plan (Joey Mission 8 ). Each Raimei equipped comes with 5 uses.Multiply: Trader Union at Tower Sirius in Badlands (Yugi Mission 6).
The Yugi Story run has you picking up Multiply there, so I suggest doing the Yugi Story speedrun if you are starting from a new save file and working your way up to the All Stories run.Laser Cannon Armor: Build a trader union at Jokhan in Turbulent Waters (Yugi Mission 5).Marshals: The game uses the term marshal as a character who can command a team of 3 monsters to fight one another. It’s just a convenient term to describe the game play mechanics. In the Yugi Story, I use Yugi (1st Team), Tristan (2nd Team 4-12), and Mai (2nd Team 13-22). In the Kaiba Story, I use Kaiba (1st Team), Mokuba (2nd Team 4-11), and Pegasus (2nd Team 12-21). Due to plot elements, you have to use Mai in For that Someone Special (Yugi Mission 13) and Pegasus in Dragon Lair (Kaiba Mission 14), so that’s why they are included in the run.Level Grinding Tips: In order to get the best time possible, it’s ideal to level up all the marshals and monsters used in the run all the way up to Level 99.
The level grind for Marshals is very slow and tedious compared to leveling up monsters, which is why I do attempts instead of grinds. Since the speedrun strategy use Raigeki and it takes 2000 Gold to replenish Raigeki, it’s both a waste of time and in game resources to do grinds all the time. Even though I could improve my time by simply getting the level grind done. The best levels to grind EXP are Strategy for Yugi and Tristan (Yugi Mission 3), A Lost Cause for Mai (Yugi Mission 16), Surprise Attack for Kaiba and Pegasus (Kaiba Mission 16), and Full Scale Offensive for Mokuba (Kaiba Mission 8 ). Each victorious battle will give a Marshal about 120-200 EXP, depending on how well the fight went. If a marshal and his monster team are all level 99, then the final 3-4 seconds of that screen are skipped.
It was a trick I discovered when I got the 3:47:31 WR run back in September 2017.Raigeki Strats: The amount of damage you can pile up with Raigeki depends on the abilities of the monster using them. Typically Raigeki will do 800-1000 damage to all 3 monsters (half that if they are guarding). Three monsters in the run (Magician of Black Chaos, both Dark Magicians) have the Magic Craft ability, which increases the power of Raigeki and does more damage. The damage range for Dark Magician is 900-1100 and Magician of Black Chaos 950-1150. The Raigeki strats involve Dunames Dark Witch or Moisture Creature using Raimei to paralyze the opponent’s monsters so Raigeki can stack damage.
Here’s how the damage range should work:Strategy1 Raigeki1 Raimei + 1 Raigeki1 Raimei + 2 Raigeki1 Raimei + 3 Raigeki1 Raimei + 4 RaigekiMagic Craft Monster9501000No Magic Craft Monster8509001st Team (DM, DWW, MoBC)002nd Team (DM2, KRBH, MC)00Multiple Spine Shoot: This is Kuriboh’s special attack, which can only be unlocked if you equip Kuriboh with Multiply. Kuriboh maxes out at around 7000 attack and a single attack does about 1000-1200 damage. The Spine Shoot special attack will do about 800 damage (600 against monsters with the Armor ability).Button Pressing Strats:X, A: I hit X with the right thumb and slide it left to hit A. I put Raimei or Raigeki in the A slot for items.X, X: This one is pretty easy, mash X. Raigeki is always in the X slot.
The timing to press X is when the damage numbers stop adding up.X, Y: This one is the hardest button combo due to the design of a Gamecube controller. You basically have to rapidly tap both buttons.Speedrun Strats. This story starts off as a cutscene where Yugi and his friends enter the SiC laboratory and are connected to the Kingdom multiplayer game before getting trapped in the game. Yugi wakes up with no idea what his character’s role is. The trick for the opening cutscene is not murdering the A button, trust me I’ve done that and it’s very tiring and a potential RSI situation, but tapping A at a certain rhythm. The fastest cutscene I’ve done is 2:12.Menu: When you get into the menu screen, select Yugi’s team (A).
Press R 5 times to get the menu to sort monsters based on highest health so Dunames Dark Witch, Dark Magician, and Magician of Black Chaos are all on the same screen. Put DWW in the middle for movement, Dark Magician on the left, and Magician of Black Chaos on the right.Mission: The mission starts with Shimon explaining how the overworld game play works. Through Icon Mode send Yugi to Makhad (Z, A, A) and Shimon to Ruthum (Down, A, Up, A). Shimon should arrive at Ruthum before Yugi gets to Makhad if done correctly. Then in Icon Mode, zoom in on Makhad (Left, R) That lures out an enemy team from the Makhad castle and frees up Yugi to take on the boss. Ideally the boss fight only takes Raimei + 2 Raigekis.Average Split Time 4:50, Best Possible Split Time 4:382: Yugi Mission 2 - Fury of the Empire.
Menu: Tap through the cutscene then exit the menu screen immediately, there is no need to menu here. Start mission.Mission: After getting through the intro cutscene, you send Yugi to Ashton (Z, A, A). Zoom in on Ashton (Left, R). That’s all you need to do. When you get to the boss, it’s a Raimei + 3 Raigeki kill although Armored Lizard and Mountain Warrior typically go down after the 2nd Raigeki.
After the battle Tristan joins your team.Average Split Time 3:20, Best Possible Time 3:173: Yugi Mission 3 - Strategy. Menu: This applies only if Tristan is Level 99. Equip Tristan with the 2nd team. Select Tristan (Down, Down, A) and hit R 6 times to sort by attack. Give Tristan Kuriboh (middle), Dark Magician #2 (left), and Moisture Creature (right). Then enable Tristan to go (X) for the mission and exit the menu screen.
If Tristan is not Level 99 then skip the menu here because he doesn’t save time.Mission: If Tristan is Level 99 you send him first to Telenoes (Z, Down, A) then Yugi (A, A). Zoom in on Telenoes (Left, R). If not, just send Yugi (Z, A, A). The first fight is Raimei + 3 Raigeki, the second is Raimei + 2 Raigeki.Average Split: 3:30, Best Possible Split Time 3:184: Yugi Mission 4 - Battle for Tsughut. Menu: If you haven’t assigned Tristan’s team yet, you do so here.Mission: As soon as the mission starts, send Yugi to Tsughut (Z, A, A). Then build an Anti Ground Cannon and Barricade at Telenoes and have Tristan defend Telenoes. For the first fight, Raimei + 2 Raigeki takes out Phantom Dewan and Zarigun, but I use Kuriboh’s basic attack for Slot Machine to guarantee Raimei + 3 attacks gets the job done 100%.
The second fight should be cake as the team is softened up by the Ground Cannon (70% damage). Raigeki or Multiple Spine Shoot takes that team out in one shot. Yugi will get hit by Tsughut’s Anti Air Cannon and a cutscene where Bakura appears takes place. Afterwards, zoom in on Tsughut (Z, Left, R). Raimei + 3 Raigeki takes down the boss.Average Split: 5:05, Best Possible Split Time 4:465: Yugi Mission 5 - Turbulent Waters. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: A team of 7 monsters is en route to Tsughut.
Immediately after the mission starts, send Yugi to Thor Mount (Z, A, Down, Down, A) and Bakura to Van Lova (Down, Down, A, Up, Up, A). After getting Bakura’s send done, zoom on Yugi then re-direct him to Gigan Syip (R, A, A). But we’re not mashing A, this time we’re waiting a second between the two A taps. When Bakura liberates Van Lova that should clear the path for Yugi. If Yugi accidentally liberates Jokhan then you have to improvise from there. Zoom in on Gigan Syip (Left, Down, R).
The boss fight is Raimei + 3 Raigeki.Average Split: 3:15, Best Possible Split Time 3:086: Yugi Mission 6 - Badlands. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: As the mission starts, send Yugi northeast of Chitthun. North enough where he can avoid the Anti Air Cannon at Phostenn. In Icon mode, send Yugi to Enno (Z, A, A).
Use Mako, since Kairyu-Shin has the largest circle in the game, and move him just east of Chitthun to block the Millenium Golem team from leaving Phostenn. Mystical Elf cannot be paralyzed by the Raimei Attack due to Status Guard Ability.
Raimei + 3 Raigeki will beat Haysheen. The plot moves forward with Joey and Mai joining your team in addition to Scott Irvine showing himself.Average Split 3:20, Best Possible Split Time 2:558: Yugi Mission 8 - Refugees. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: As the mission starts use Icon Mode to send Yugi towards Ce-Reizo (Z, A, Up, A).
This requires a visual cue to move Yugi towards Chelyumn (R, Z, Adjust C-Stick), which is when Yugi is in the middle of the mountain range. I use between the two craters as the visual cue although I start the input when Yugi crosses the first. Open up Icon Mode and send Yugi to Chelyumn (Z, A, A) and zoom in on Yugi (R, Adjust C-stick so Yugi is going forward from the camera angle).
The last Harpie’s Pet Dragon team does cut it close a bit, if you do the input too early you can always move Yugi to the right then redo the input of sending him to the castle as a backup. Atensa’s team goes down in a Raimei + 3 Raigeki.Average Split Time 2:20, Best Possible Split Time 2:1610: Yugi Mission 10 - Counterattack. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: As the mission starts, send Shimon towards Enno and zoom in on him (Z, Up, A, A, Up, R). The Anti Ground Cannon at Phostenn will fire and start a cutscene. After the cutscene ends, zoom in on Shimon and stop him on the spot (Z, Up, R, Z, A).
That is to stop a 2nd team from leaving Phostenn. Using Team Command, send Yugi northeast of Chitthun.
The first team will require Raimei + 3 Special Attacks (2 Raigeki + Multiple Spine Shoot). After the battle, use Icon Mode to send Yugi to Enno (Z, A, A).
Joey’s team goes down after Raimei + 3 Raigeki.Average Split Time 4:15, Best Possible Split Time: 3:5013: Yugi Mission 13 - For That Someone Special. Menu: Take the monsters Tristan has and remove the first 2 (X). Replace the final monster with Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Give Tristan’s monsters to Mai since she is the only one who can beat Joey and end the mission with a victory. Then exit menu screen.Mission: Use Icon Mode to send Yugi towards Beyzon (Z, A, Down, A). Use Team Command to send Mai southeast, past the river. Then use Icon Mode to send Mai to Vrauson (Z, Up, Up, A).
Raimei + 2 Raigeki + Multiple Spine Shoot takes down Joey.Average Split Time 3:30, Best Possible Split Time 3:1514: Yugi Mission 14 - Scorched. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: In Icon, quickly send Yugi to Jakhud (Z, A, Down, A) and zoom in on Yugi’s team (R, Z).
Wait for Yami Bakura’s team to leave Phedon, then intercept him before he reaches Jakhud by using the cursor to move Yugi to a specific point. Yami Bakura’s team goes down after Raimei + 3 Raigeki (possible for a 2-Raigeki kill, but requires a lot of RNG luck and enemy low health on Pumpking and Snake Hair). Espa Roba joins your team, but we don’t use him.Average Split Time 2:30, Best Possible Split Time 2:2216: Yugi Mission 16 - A Lost Cause. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: As the mission starts, build an Anti-Ground cannon. After the Cannon is built, send Mai to Nonnber (Z, Up, Up, Up, A, A).
Mai is faster than Yugi because it skips a 5-line dialogue. Have Yugi defend Bustonn (Z, A, Up, A) and build a barricade. The first fight is Raimei + 3 Raigeki.
The Insect Queen team should hit the Anti Ground Cannon as they reach your base. That fight is Raimei + Raigeki. You can opt to gamble for a 1 Raigeki kill, but Hercules Beetle most often has too much health for Dunames Dark Witch to OHKO, which is why I do the safer strat. Kaiba’s team requires Raimei + 4 Spread Attacks (Raigeki + Multiple Spine Shoot) to kill off all 3 Blue-Eyes. The fight is tricky because if they fuse into Ultimate Dragon, it’s a major time loss (40 seconds) if not outright RIP run. It’s also the 1st of 3 similar fights.
At the end, it’s mash A to get through the dialogue between Yugi and Kaiba.Average Split 5:10, Best Possible Split Time 4:4319: Yugi Mission 19 - Banishment. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: Send Yugi to Sygh-Varths (Z, A, Left, A) and build a barricade at Pleasure Town. Have Mai defend the base. The first team goes down with Raimei + 3 spread attacks. The second team requires the same attacks, although damage ranges don’t a guarantee a 3 attack kill.
After Mai is done with the enemy teams, zoom in on Yugi (Z, R). When Yugi gets to the base of the mountain range closest to Sygh-Varths, move him along the base of the mountains northeast until he’s high enough to avoid the Anti-Air Cannon at the Sygh-Varths Gate when you send him towards Scott (Z, A, Left, A).
For the Scott fight, I used to always wait Cosmo Queen out, but instead have elected to attempt a quicker kill with 3 Raigeki before Cosmo Queen can use Red Medicine. It didn’t work the one time I tried it as Cosmo Queen had 5 HP left. It has the potential to save 20 seconds over the older strat.Average Split Time 5:20, Best Possible Split Time 4:5020: Yugi Mission 20 - Hallowed Land of Ishtar. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: Send Mai (Z, Up, Up, Up, A, Down, Down, A) then Yugi (Z, A, Down, Down, A) to Memory Bank A-2. The first fight tends to be tougher, but the strat is workable with Raimei + 2 Rageki + Multiple Spine Shoot against monsters that have the armor ability. The 2nd fight is much easier with the monsters being in an easier position to kill.
Raimei + 3 Raigeki takes down the team of Jinzo and 2 Cyber Saurus. Using the Team Command, you have to maneuver Yugi to the Terminal Bus. The final leg you can use Icon Mode (Z, A, A) as the Dunames Dark Witch sprite passes the corner southwest of the Terminal Bus.
The boss can be taken down in Raimei + 3 Raigeki. You don’t want the three pieces of Gate Guardian fusing, otherwise it’s a major time loss of roughly 40-50 seconds.Average Split Time 7:30, Best Possible Split Time 7:1322: Yugi Mission 22 - Dark Spirit. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: Send Mai (Z, Up, Up, Up, A, A) then Yugi (A, A) to the Central Processing Unit.
A cutscene plays out and the ultimate fight with Scott begins. In all playthroughs of the game, Scott’s team consists of 2 Level 45 Serpent Nite Dragons flanking a Level 50 Skull Knight regardless of the enemy level. In the past, I use to use the save all the Raigeki strats, but after accidentally using it on Scott, it proved to be much faster than the old strat. Multiple Spine Shoot, Raimei, and Raigeki takes down Scott’s team.
After that, Dark Nite appears and summons Obelisk the Tormentor (I call him Obelisk the Run Killer). Kuriboh is your best attacker with 1000 damage per hit.
Ideally Obelisk stays stunned throughout the fight. If Kuriboh dies early in the fight, it’s a potential major time loss.
The first fight is Lv. 1 Obelisk with 9000 HP. Use all the tricks in the book to kill it, including using Raimei to paralyze him.
After you beat Level 1 Obelisk, a cutscene plays and Dark Nite transforms into Nite Mare. You have to re-fight Obelisk at Level 99 with 9999 health. I go for the safe strat of having Mai damage Obelisk with Kuriboh then running to soften up the damage for Yugi. Watch out for Obelisk’s God/Omni Hand Crusher, it does massive damage (1000-1200) and hits all your monsters. Critical hits are especially bad on that attack. RNG does need to cooperate in both fights otherwise the mission can last 8-9 minutes when you want a under 7 minute split. Any critical hits by Kuriboh is a major time save in the run.
After you beat Nite Mare, he fades out and everyone is freed from the game. I split at the mission rewards screen, but I also wait to reset until after the save screen.Average Split Time 8:10, Best Possible Split Time 6:3523: Kaiba Mission 1 - Hand of Fire. If you are on a green pace at this point, congratulations on surviving Obelisk. You are 40% of the way done with the run.
You have to go through another long intro cutscene. Tapping A at a specific rhythm is the fastest way to clear the dialogue.Menu: In the Menu Screen, hit A to select Kaiba’s team.
Replace his incumbent team with the Dark Magician, Dunames Dark Witch, and Magician of Black Chaos. After that, exit menu screen.Mission: A long dialogue between Kaiba and Marthis starts with Marthis explaining how to move teams (we don’t care). As soon as the mission starts, use Icon Mode to send Kaiba to Riz-Phonn (Z, A, Down, A) and Marthis to Seirauna (Z, Down, A, Down, Down, A). When Marthis reaches Seirauna, that should allow for Kaiba to have a 1 on 1 boss battle. Send Marthis back to Mariyah-Denn (Z, Down, A, A) after the dialogue. Boss fight is Raimei + 3 Raigeki.Average Split Time 5:35, Best Possible Split Time 5:2324: Kaiba Mission 2 - Bandits.
Menu: Give Team 2 to Mokuba now that you need two Marshal teams.Mission: When you gain control, send Kaiba to Craw Valley (Z, A, Down, A). Use the Cursor to send Mokuba southeast of Beyzon. Build a barricade at Beyzon. Every battle at Beyzon you’re running from (L). When Mokuba is out of the way of the moving teams, send him to Vrauson (Z, Down, A, A). Marthis goes down with Raimei + Multiple Spine Shoot + Raigeki + Another attack.
The Craw Valley battle is Easy for Kaiba with Raimei + 3 Raigeki. If you’re lucky, you can kill that team with 2 Raigeki.Average Split 5:05, Best Possible 4:5027: Kaiba Mission 5 - Lord of the Forest. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: As soon as you gain control, send Kaiba towards Rex’s location (Z, A, A).
Then build an Anti-Ground Cannon and Barricade at your base and have Mokuba defend. Kaiba will encounter a moving team along the way, but that’s fine because avoiding that team doesn’t save any time plus Kaiba has a shot at a 2 Raigeki kill whereas Mokuba would take one extra turn. Rex requires 4 Raigeki + Raimei to beat because 2 of his 3 monsters have over 3300 HP. This fight can be tricky since all his monsters have Super Stamina.Average Split 4:40, Best Possible 4:2529: Kaiba Mission 7 - Sever the Supply Line! Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: As soon as you gain control send Kaiba’s team straight down (move cursor all the way down to coast line if you want to do safe strats, I go for about ¾ the vertical distance between Van Lova and Gigan-Syip).
When Kaiba is about halfway down, then send him to Gigan-Syip (Z, A, Down, A). If Kaiba gets too close to the moving enemies, move him in a parallel line to their path then send him to Gigan-Syip when out of their way. Raimei + 3 Raigeki (possible 2 can get the job done but you need insanely high damage values and Judge Man to have insanely low HP value).Average Split 2:35, Best Possible 2:2231: Kaiba Mission 9 - Crucial Battle.
Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: As soon as you gain control send Mokuba to Nonnber and have Kaiba defend Bustonn. Build a Supply Unit and Barricade. Kaiba is the better choice to defend since his fights are the fastest and there are 3 unavoidable fights. Replenish Kaiba’s Raigeki inventory after his first fight because that’s the best opportunity to do so. Haysheen is beatable, requires 3 of Raigeki + Spine Shoot and Raimei to beat. After you beat Haysheen, Scott appears for a 45-second long cutscene which you mash the crap out of the A button.Average Split 6:25, Best Possible 5:5032: Kaiba Mission 10 - Aid from Afar. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: Send Kaiba northwest of Maryah-Denn.
Then build a barricade and supply unit at Maryah-Denn. The reason to send Kaiba is because Dungeon Worm’s health is too high to easily kill in 4 moves with Mokuba’s team plus it would take the same number of turns for the other teams. If executed correctly, you should have time to move Kaiba towards Riz-Phonn before the first battle (Z, A, Down, A). Use the Supply Unit after the 3rd battle because that’s the biggest break in the action and you’re likely out of Raigeki for Dark Magician #2 anyway.
Boss fight is Raimei + 3 Raigeki.Average Split 7:30, Best Possible 7:0033: Kaiba Mission 11 - Going the Distance. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: Same strategy as Turbulent Waters: Send Kaiba towards Thor-Mount (Z, A, Down, Down, A) and Pegasus towards Van Lova (Up, A, Up, Up, A). Then send Kaiba towards Gigan-Syip (Z, A, Down, A).
Send Pegasus back to Tsughut (Up, A, A). When Kaiba’s team gets close to the moving teams of monsters, send him on a parallel line to those teams until you’re out of their way. Then send Kaiba to Gigan-Syip (Z, A, Down, A). Raimei + 3 Raigeki defeats Scott.Average Split 3:30, Best Possible 3:2234: Kaiba Mission 12 - Raid. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: Send Pegasus towards Nest (Z, Down, A, Down, Down, A) and Kaiba towards Den (A, Down, A). They need to hit their locations in the small window between first contact and the battle screen starting otherwise the game can get glitchy.
After the two battles, send Kaiba to Palace (Z, A, Up, A) and Pegasus to Hall (Down, A, Down, Down, Down, A). After Kaiba liberates Palace, build a Supply Unit to replenish Kaiba’s Raigeki totals to max. Then send Kaiba to Burrow (Z, A, Up, Up, A). Blue-Eyes takes 4 Raigeki hits to beat, so Raimei + 4 Raigeki is the strategy here.Average Split 8:00, Best Possible 7:4537: Kaiba Mission 15 - Guidance.
Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: Send Kaiba towards Dhornimouth Town (Z, A, Up, Up, A) and about ¾ of the way there, send him towards Sygh Varths (Z, A, Left, A). Build an Anti-Air Cannon and Barricade and have Pegasus defend the base. When Kaiba gets past the mountain range, use Cursor mode to move him northeast and away from the Anti-Air Cannon at Sygh-Varths Gate. After the battle against the Winged Eagle team (OTK), Kaiba should be out of the range of the AA cannon, so send him to Sygh-Varths (Z, A, Left, A). 3 Raigeki will defeat Scott, no Raimei since all 3 of your monsters will get to attack before Cosmo Queen gets a turn. Only way this fight goes wrong is if damage values are on the low end.Average Split Time 4:00, Best Possible 3:4541: Kaiba Mission 19 - Hallowed Land of Ishtar. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: Send Pegasus (Z, Down, A, Down, Down, A) and Kaiba (A, Down, Down, A) to Memory Bank A-2 in that order.
First group of enemies are Machine King flanked by two Cyber Soldiers with Armor ability. Raimei + 3 Raigeki/Spine Shoots beats that team. Kaiba will face a Jinzo and 2 Cyber Saurus team, Raimei + 3 Raigeki beats them. After the battle, send Kaiba towards Terminal Bus (Z, A, A). Then use Cursor mode to maneuver Kaiba around the path towards Terminal Bus.
Final battle is the pieces of Gate Guardian, Raimei + 3 Raigeki will beat them.Average Split 7:20, Best Possible 7:0543: Kaiba Mission 21 - Dark Spirit. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMission: Send Pegasus (Z, Down, A) and Kaiba (A, A) to the Central Processing Unit in that order. Final gauntlet of battles for Kaiba story begins. Pegasus with Raimei + Raigeki + 2 Spine Shoots will beat Scott. Dark Nite appears with Level 1 Slifer.
Ideally Pegasus handles that fight so Kaiba can deal with Level 99 Slifer. A lot of luck is involved in this gauntlet of battles, so you can lose up to 2 minutes even with good execution. Paralyze and inflict as much damage as possible is the strat at play. Fastest strat is letting Kaiba do all the work against Level 99 Slifer, but you can have Pegasus do that battle for some safety. Kaiba Story is complete, just 10 more to go and the Joey missions fortunately are pretty quick.Average Split 7:30, Best Possible 6:2544: Joey Mission 1 - Raid. Menu: Exit Menu ScreenMisson: Send Joey to Air Shrine (Z, A, A) and Malairuka to Tower Pegasi (Down, Down, A, Down, Down, A). Buffer the input to send Malairuka to Tower Sirius (Down, Down, A, Up, Up).
When Malairuka gets to Tower Sirius, mash A to send him to Tower Sirius. After that buffer the input to send him back to Research Guild (Down, Down, A, Up). When Malairuka gets to Tower Sirius, Mash A to send him back to Research Guild. Next up is the boss fight against Marik. Raimei + 3 Raigeki beats him.Average Split 3:20, Best Possible 3:1249: Joey Mission 6 - Thrashed. Menu: Give Mai a team of Dark Magician Girl with Raimei, Final Flame, and Hinotama, Basic Insect with 3 Laser Cannon Armor, and Skull Knight with 3 Raigeki. It’s faster to use a 3rd team for this mission.Mission: Send Joey to Jark (Z, A, Up, Up, A), Mai to Shyi-Hagou (Up, A, Down, Down, Down, A), and Jussell to Castle Right Arm (Down, Down, A, Down, A).
Build a Barricade at Nonnber. Take out the moving team then send Malairuka to Castle Left Arm (Z, Down, A, Down, Down, A) The reason for keeping Malairuka at Nonnber is to improve Kuriboh’s attack with Spine Shoot, waiting for the battle doesn’t lose time. After capturing Castle Left Arm, build a Supply Unit to replenish Malairuka’s Raigeki stash. The 2nd moving team will change directions, so that’s why you need the Supply Unit.
Malairuka gets the first 3 fights, then Joey against Ishizu. Ishizu can be beaten with Raimei + 3 Raigeki, although this fight is purely luck and RNG with Dunames Dark Witch on both sides of the battle. Mai’s fight you use Raimei, Raigeki, and Basic Insect’s Special Attack.
The Final Flame is for Two-Headed King Rex, who has a crap ton of health, which is amplified by Dark Magician Girl’s Magic Craft Ability. Joey’s last battle is against Odion, who for the 1 millionth time uses a team of Embodient of Apophis bookending Mystical Beast Serket.
Raimei + 3 Raigeki is that fight.Average Split 8:15, Best Possible 7:5552: Joey Mission 9 - Impostor.