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Lol. Who plays Sengoku Rance anymore. Rance Quest is out. Upgrade yo play, girl. :P

Was playing SR in school today (yes, played hentai in school) and I just thought I'd jot down a couple of strategies I tend to use. Also, if anyone has any strategies they like to used, I'd like to hear them. I'm always up for improving my game.

Do not underestimate the usefulness of ninjas: I find my ninja units to be some of the most useful units in the game. Not only are they fast, but they have so many little skills and tricks that I just find plain useful. For example, Shuriken negates preparation. Attacks that take preparation may not be so annoying on 1^st time playthroughs, but they can really irk you late game and on other playthroughs. But most importantly is freaking Assassination Guard. I’ve played Rance a lot so I know it’s not 100%, but it darn near 80-90% chance of negating those annoying Assassination skills. This really helps keep your good fighters from dying and I usually make an effort to have it before I fight Tokugawa (with can be annoying in speed runs). Don’t recommend it on Suzume or Gekkou, but on others it really useful.

Miko > Archer: Miko units are basically Archer units that can heal. Aside from Yamamoto and the two special generics that she can add to your army, mikos should generally be chosen over archers. Tacticians are okay too, but with Natori being the only “good” miko early on, I find it helpful to build up at least another one before I get Chinu.

Yuzuhara is your friend: Musket units pretty much suck and are not worth it. They are slow, have low action, are expensive, and are pretty frail considering you have to put them on the frontline. All except for Yuzuhara. She’s really the only Musket unit I would go out of my way for. Her default attack, Aim and Shoot, has a seemingly high chance of insta-killing a general and her turn tends to come up fairly quick. One of the few characters I’d recommend dropping some action books on.

Scout, scout, scout!: Unless you’re going up against someone that you just know you can steamroll, you better scout. Always. This not only gives you a good idea of who to send into battle, but also who you should keep from taking any actions that turn. Nothing’s worse than being attacked by an enemy’s best units and all you have are your weak generics. Tacticians and Ninjas generally have good scouting abilities, but if you can’t complete a scouting action with one unit, I’d say just go in blind.

Senhime and the Nuhe: One of the more frustrating parts of Sengoku Rance is keeping Senhime from leaving you out of boredom. She’s one of the best units early on and a fairly good unit later if you’ve invested in her. But, doing the annoying 3 losing battle thing is annoying. Well… not really. Battles that you are scripted to lose/retreat from still count as loses without the worry of generals being killed. This is why sending Senhime into the battles against the Nuhe is so handy. Cause there’s three of them.

Maeda Keiji and Gracia: Both of them can be obtained pretty early on, but only Keiji is useful when you look at it. Gracia is only a slightly buffed version of her father which really isn’t worth the investment when compared to Keiji. But chances are you won’t have a really reliable Tactician unit until later in the game. So if you’re desperate for a stronger buff-bot, go ahead and get Gracia, but only after Keiji.

Underworld Clock: A bunch of my friends complained about the Underworld Clock and how useless it was. But I think quite the opposite. After all, it’s not an item to attack with, but to defend with. It basically minimizes overall loses by shortening the length of the battle, so it’s perfect for defending against strong enemies that you can’t beat at the moment. In addition, it works well with skills that affect the battle rating.