Jounin exam

7th January 2011 Cat: Facebook Game, Ninja Saga with 8 Comments

Jounin Exam Part 1 – The Hand Seals

On this part of exam, your ability to memorize information will be tested..
Objectives:

• Put the required hand-seals in the right order, in limited time.
• Only three mistakes are allowed.

Section : Memorizing the Hand-Seals
This part of exam is quite simple.
Once you start, you will see about 2-10 pictures of hand-seals and also a picture of a jutsu. You have to memorize these hand-seals in limited given time, then later you’ll have to put the previous hand-seals in correct order.
There’s also time limit for answering, of course.
There are ten jutsus in total:

*Only six jutsus in normal version.
1.) Two hand-seals. Time given to memorize: 10 seconds.
2.) Two hand-seals. Time given to memorize: 10 seconds.
3.) Four hand-seals. Time given to memorize: 10 seconds.
4.) Four hand-seals. Time given to memorize: 5 seconds.
5.) Six hand-seals. Time given to memorize: 10 seconds.
6.) Six hand-seals. Time given to memorize: 5 seconds.
7.) Eight hand-seals. Time given to memorize: 10 seconds.
8.) Eight hand-seals. Time given to memorize: 5 seconds.
9.) Ten hand-seals. Time given to memorize: 10 seconds.
10.) Ten hand-seals. Time given to memorize: 7 seconds.

Main trick:
Just use some help of machine like capturing your computer screen with PrtSc or camera. It’s almost impossible for human to memorize more than eight different pictures in only 5 seconds.

Jounin Exam Part 2 – The Shinobi Tower

Objectives: Fight and win four NPCs in a row.
Tips:

• Bring Healing Scroll as many as you can, and use it wisely.
• Disabling-jutsus will help much.
  (Example: Feather Illusion, Fat Lady Transformation, Water Bundle, etc)
• Keep your eyes on that “Agility Bar” to figure out when your opponent will get double-turns so you can avoid death-verdict.
• Since three of first bosses are indeed stronger than us, this will be battle of endurance, so better plan your moves and launch attacks carefully instead of going rampage on them.
• This is just technical tip: refresh your browser before starting this part of exam.
  It really takes long time to finish this part, so to avoid any ‘error screen’, better you refresh your NS-game page before starting.

Overall Strategy:

• Stun/Restrict your opponent, then attack.
• Cast Sleep on your opponent, then do anything you need, like: charging OR healing.
• Try to interrupt their Main-Combo by using Lightning Flash or giving gap using any kind of disabling-jutsus.

Section I : Fighting Kiyoshi (Water Boss)

General Information of Kiyoshi:
• HP: 7,000 – 8,000 {6,430}
• Element: Water
• Agility: High, sometimes able to get double-turns in one round {agility<79}
• Skills: Water Bundle (Restriction), Shark Rain, Water Dragon Missile, Dual Chop (weapon-based attack)

Attack Pattern:
When his HP is more than half:
• Water Bundle ~200 damage (1 turn ~Restriction, 2 turn)
• Shark Rain ~275 – 450 damage (1 turn)
• Water Dragon Missile ~200 – 350 damage (1 turn)
• Dual Chop ~60 – 110 damage (2 turn)Once his HP ever get lower than half:
• Refresh ~1,500 points (1 turn ~Critical Healing: 2,250 points)
  {~800 points, Critical Healing: 1,200 points}
• Water Bundle ~200 damage (1 turn ~Restriction – 2 turns)
• Shark Rain ~275 – 450 damage (1 turn)
• Water Dragon Missile ~200 – 350 damage (1 turn)
• Dual Chop ~60 – 110 damage (2 turns)

Main tricks:

• Hurt him more than he hurts you on each phase!
  One important thing to note: Kyoshi can heal. Once you get his HP lower than half, he’ll start his new attack pattern, which means he keeps healing until his HP full and results never-ending battle.
  To prevent this, always make sure that you hit him harder than he hits you on each phase (or in other words, attack more than his healing points).
• His Main-Combo starts with Water Bundle.
  If you can handle this Restriction, there’s a chance to give him more than what he can eat.
• Kyoshi has the lowest damage of Bosses in Shinobi Tower
  Remember to use your Healing Scroll wisely.
  Your HP/CP will be recovered on the beginning of next battle so don’t worry; you don’t have to heal or fill in your CP before your next battle starts.

Section II : Fighting Sen Ryo (Fire-Wind Boss)

General Information of Sen Ryo:
• HP: 7,000 – 8,000 {5,230}
• Element: Fire and Wind
• Agility: High, but still lower than Kiyoshi. Decent dodge rate. {agility<79}
• Skills: Dual Toad Fire (Burn), Wind Helix (Bleeding), Toad Summon (Stun), Red Spike, Red Whip (melee attack)

Attack Pattern:
• Dual Toad Fire ~300 – 500 damage (1 turn ~Burn)
• Wind Helix ~275 – 425 damage (1 turn ~Bleeding – 25%, 1-2 turns)
• Toad Summon ~300 – 500 damage (1 turn ~Stun, 2 turns)
• Red Spike ~200 – 325 damage (1 turn)
• Red Whip ~150 – 250 damage (2 turns)

Main tricks:

• Hurt him slowly.
  One important thing to note: Sen Ryo can’t heal. It means the damage you caused to him is permanent.
• Sen Ryo can deal quite high damage with bonus Bleeding status.
  So instead of focusing to deal certain damage on him, you can keep your eyes on your HP to not get lower than 1,400.
  Remember to use your Healing Scroll wisely because you still have to fight two more opponents.
• His Main-Combo starts with Toad Summon.
  Not a pretty tough combo, but it’s good if you can handle this move.

Section III : Fighting Takeshi (Lightning Boss)

General Information of Takeshi:
• HP: 7,000 – 8,000 {6,830}
• Element: Lightning
• Agility: High, but still lower than Kiyoshi, faster than Pure Wind. {agility>79}
• Skills: Conductive Body (Concentration), Shadow Clone Spear, Lightning Dragon Spear (Stun), Spear Strike, normal attack (melee attack)

Attack Pattern:
• Conductive Body ~Increase critical rate (1 turn ~Concentration – x turn)
• Shadow Clone Spear ~600 damage (1 turn)
• Lightning Dragon Spear ~600 damage (1 turn ~Stun – 3 turns)
• Spear Strike ~500 – 700 damage (4 turns)
• Melee Attack ~170 – 300 damage (1 turn)

Main tricks:

• Hurt him slowly.
  One important thing to note: Takeshi can’t heal too. It means the damage you caused to him is permanent.
• Takeshi hit REALLY HARD!
  It’s a must to heal at the right moment because once you miss a chance to heal, it could be your last time, and you should start over: fighting Kyoshi and Sen Ryo again.
  You can spend many of Healing Scrolls here since you only have one more opponent.
• His Main-Combo starts with Lightning Dragon Spear.
  This is his deadly jutsu since it can stun you for three turns. Once you can handle this, still too early to call it safe, but it’s really better if you can avoid this move.
  Also, if it’s possible, never let him touch you when he’s still under Concentration status-effect.
• Preparation for your next battle: switch your weapon to your weakest weapon on your last hit to Takeshi.

Section IV : Fighting Yourself (Self-Clone)

General Information of your clone:
• HP: Check your own HP
• Element: Check your own element(s)
• Agility: Check your own agility.
• Skills: Check your own jutsu-set.
• Weapon: Copying weapon you equipped on the last hit of previous battle.

Attack Pattern:
• Random.

Main tricks:

• First advantage: His weapon is weaker.
  You can only obtain this advantage if you remember to switch your weapon on previous battle.
• Second advantage: His combo is total mess.
  Powerful skills are useless if you can’t put it in correct combo. So this clone is pretty dumb opponent.
• Third advantage: You know well his strengths and his weaknesses.
  Well, since it’s your clone, you know your opponent well only if you also know yourself well.

Jounin Exam Part 3 – The Kekkai

On this part of exam, you’ll need to find four hidden seals in a labyrinth (forest) and then you must break these seals in order to pass this part.
Objectives:

• Find the seals.
• Break the seals.
  Total seals you have to break: four seals.

Section I : Finding the Seals
Finding the right path in this labyrinth isn’t that hard. I believe you’ll eventually find it even without using any help of walkthrough or map (although it may take longer time).
Later in our journey, we will encounter some enemies. While finding seals is our first objective, taking these enemies down won’t affect your chance to pass this exam.
You may defeat them or just simply ignore them; it’s all up to you.
Location of the seals:

• First seal: at the end of north. This seal has two runes.
• Second seal: at the end of east. This seal has three runes.
• Third seal: at the end of south. This seal has four runes.
• Fourth seal: at the end of west. This seal has five runes.

Section II : Breaking the Seals
On each seal, there are six types of rune which you will need in order to break the seal:

*The seals are random. It always changes on the next time you find this seal.
Main clue:

• Green Scores: It shows you how many runes are in correct color and correct position.
• Orange Scores: It shows you how many runes are in correct color but wrong position.

P.S: I highly encourage you to solve this puzzle using your own skill instead of asking for the answer to other players because it will take the fun and challenge from this puzzle.
Main tricks:

• Put ONLY one or two colors of rune on each guess.
  This trick will let you know the colors of rune you have to put to break the seal.
• Put the wrong-runes together with the random-runes on the next guesses.
  This trick will let you know the next color of the runes you need.
• Put the wrong-runes together with the correct-runes on the next guesses.
  This trick will let you know the positions of correct-runes.
  *Use this trick ONLY after you’ve found the right-colors.
• Watch out of DOUBLED-RUNES!
  Sometimes you will get odd-scores like: 2 – 1 (on second seal), 3 – 1 (on third seal), and score 4 – 1 (on fourth seal). This score is actually result from doubled-runes.
  Doubled-runes score occurs when on the seal, there are two runes in SAME color but you only guessed one rune with that color.
  For example: on correct seal order, there should be TWO blue runes. But you only put ONE blue rune on your guess, which results score 1 – 1. So you actually have to put TWO blue runes in order to get score 2 – 0

..or still having hard time to figure out these main tricks?
Then lets just move on to next tutorial–the REAL CASE!
Section III : Tutorial – How to Break the Seals in Steps
Be prepared! You might burn your brain a little, so watch out.
Puzzle Preview
This is how the board look like when you get started.
Solved Puzzle
Now please take a look at picture below:
You can see that the puzzle is already solved, right?
So, what are you waiting for? Lets try to analyze this puzzle!
Part 1: Understanding the Basics
Alright, now lets check the picture again and I’ll explain what exactly the player did on each row.

Jounin Exam Part 4 – Shikigami of Elements

On this part of exam, your leadership and observation skill will be tested. Here you will fight three Shikigami, or the Spirit of Elements which manipulating themselves with their surrounding to get advantages over you.
Objectives:

• Fight three shikigami of elements at once and win.
• All team-mates, including you, should survive.

Tips:

• Bring Healing Scroll as many as you can. This can also be a healing-source for your team-mates which don’t have Refresh skills.
• Disabling-jutsus still will help much.
  (Example: Feather Illusion, Fat Lady Transformation, Water Bundle, etc)
• Effect statuses like Burning, Burn, and Poison will come handy here. So try to bring Leiko, Keiko, or Tomaru as pet OR forge ‘Snake Soul’ and equip it as your weapon OR make sure you have Hellfire or Prison Colliding Wave in your team.
• This is just technical tip: refresh your browser before starting this part of exam.
  It may take long time to finish this part, so to avoid any ‘error screen’, better you refresh your NS-game page before starting.

Main clues:

Color of the Circle/Element of Jutsu with Bonus Damage | Defense of Shikigami
Fire | Defense of Fire Shikigami increases, while defense of Wind Shikigami decreases. Water | Defense of Water Shikigami increases, while defense of Fire Shikigami decreases.
Earth | Defense of Earth Shikigami increases, while defense of Lightning Shikigami decreases.
Lightning | Defense of Lightning Shikigami increases, while defense of Water Shikigami decreases.
Wind | Defense of Wind Shikigami increases, while defense of Earth Shikigami decreases.
How to Read:
For example, when the circle shines with red light, it means:

• Defense of Fire Shikigami is high. You’ll inflict less damage than usual, so don’t attack them, unless you’re using skill like Hellfire and Prison Colliding Wave.
• Defense of Wind Shikigami is low. You’ll inflict more damage than usual, so if you want to attack, attack them now.
• Each attack with Fire-attributes will inflict more damage. It applies to both your fire-attack to Shikigami and also their fire-attack to you.
One more important thing to note, the last Shikigami always matches his element with surrounding, which makes his defense very hard and solid. If scenario goes this way, the only way to beat him is using skills like Hellfire and Prison Colliding Wave, or using Poison status-effect.
Or to prevent this, you can try to hurt two Shikigami slowly, and kill the next Shikigami only when the other Shikigami is already in low HP.

Overall Strategy:

• Note the current element of each Shikigami.
• Note the element of jutsu you’ll use to attack Shikigami.
• Note the current element of environment. You can figure it out by checking the color of the shining circle in the middle of arena.

Make your own strategy based on these three points.
Section : Fighting Shikigami of Elements
Main tricks:

• How to pick your team-mates:
  • If you’re pure-offense, both of your team-mates should have Refresh.
  • If you’re offensive-type but you have Refresh skills (hybrid), you can recruit one offensive type and one defensive-type.
  • If you’re pure-defense, you can recruit one offensive type and one defensive-type.
  • If you’re pure-defense and have Refresh skills, you can try to recruit two offensive-type although it’s a little bit risky.
• How to pick your jutsu-set:
  • In your team, have at least ONE offensive-skill/weapon which ignores opponent defense, like: Hellfire, Prison Colliding Wave, Leiko, etc.
  • Each person should have at least TWO disabling-skills, like: Earth Strangle, Water Bundle, Feather Illusion, etc. Having three or even four is better.
  • Each person should have at least TWO of their best offensive-skills.
  • In case the scenario goes wrong, each person should have at least ONE defensive-skill, like: Shield of Suiten, Golem Guard, Flexible, etc.
• How to pick your main-strategy:
  • There’s two types of strategy; first, focus ONLY on one opponent.
    Kill them one by one as soon as possible.
  • Or, second, using advantages from environment, or in other words, attack Shikigami which is in low-defense.
    It means it’s possible that our attack will be scattered to three Shikigamis which results we have to endure and survive in long battle with three Shikigamis alive and keep attacking us back. This strategy may not go well with offensive-type of ninja, so choose strategy which suits your fighting-style more.
  • Fire and Lightning Shikigamis are types who hit HARD. Never let them awake without any negative status-effect, or even better, just let them disabled with Stun, Restriction, or Sleep.

Jounin Exam Part 5 – Last Challenge

On this part of exam, you have to capture the giant snake, Yamata no Orochi, which later you will be interrupted by Mudo and Kyo, two S-rank criminals.
And once again, you may control your recruits.
Objectives:

• Kill Yamata no Orochi.

Tips:

• Bring Healing Scroll as many as you can, and use it wisely.
• Disabling-jutsus will help very much.
  (Example: Feather Illusion, Fat Lady Transformation, Water Bundle, etc)
• This is just technical tip: refresh your browser before starting this part of exam.
  It really takes long time to finish this part, so to avoid any ‘error screen’, better you refresh your NS-game page before starting.

Overall Strategy:

• Focus your attack to Yamata no Orochi.
• Cast skills which ignores defense like Hellfire and Prison Colliding Wave as early as possible.

Section I : Capturing Yamata no Orochi
Main tricks:

• Nothing special, just attack this snake.
  The real battle will start later once Mudo and Kyo come.
• Keep your HP and CP high at the end of first battle.
  Later, Yamata no Orochi will be less tame; not to mention you’ll have to fight Mudo and Kyo together at once. Next battle will be tough if you are careless.
  Charge after you cast jutsu. Disable the snake so he can’t hurt you. Be sure you have your HP and CP high when Yamata HP hits its half.

Section II : Ambush!

Main tricks:
• Always put Mudo and Kyo under disabled status-effects.
  Restriction, Sleep, Stun, anything. Just make sure they never have many turns to attack. You may disable Yamata with (only) Restriction or Stun but Mudo and Kyo are your priority.
  Feather Illusion comes really handy here. But watch out of skill Yamata Flaming. It can turn your Sleep-spell into vain.
• Spam skills which ignores defense to Yamata.
  Cast skills like Hellfire and Prison Colliding Wave as early as possible since you need to kill Yamata before he starts his Frenzy.
• Use Secret: Yamata Flaming skill as your advantage.
  Once Yamata casts this skill and you don’t dodge it, it means Mudo and Kyo will be under Restriction so these criminals can’t launch any attack. If you can predict when this skill will be cast correctly, you can save your stock of disable-jutsus.
  Same goes when you can avoid this skill, it means you won’t have any free Restriction bonus for Mudo and Kyo.
• Some tips to cast disabling-jutsus:
  • When Restriction effect from skill Yamata Flaming ends, it’s the best time to cast Sleep to Mudo and Kyo. It’s also the right time if you want to Stun or Restrict Yamata.
  • Stun and Restriction are used to disable opponents which you want to attack while Sleep is used to disable opponent which you don’t want to attack.
  • If you want to get free Restriction bonus from Yamata Flaming quickly, then don’t put Yamata under negative status-effect.

Spesial credit to : cobaltblue