Shining Force Chapter 3 in 15 minutes

Taken from the most recent perfect run attempt. Please note that this is a segmented "what's the best or near best we could possibly do in Shining Force" so actual expected times will vary. This showcases a possible new strategy in 3-2 which uses two boosts however you are boosting Max first to allow for a more systemic takedown of the enemies. This strategy is very reliant on the sniper outturn of your mages (10 speed) and I admit I spent zero time looking into the "what if it goes poorly" because that's not the purpose of this exercise. From there, while I used no in-battle saves, there are only a couple spots as you need to save for the first boost and then two attacks on P Knights later on as the other two are taken down with magic. You can always save for the priest.

In total, 3-1 was completed with 16 resets mostly Balbaroy OHKO but one was due to Amon not out-turning the priest. You can guarantee this with the speed ring however depending on Tao and Anri you may need to fight the skeletons a bit. Here, Tao was already 10 and Anri was very close to 8 so I simply left the ring on her from chapter 2.

In 3-2, there were 46 resets and the vast majority of those came from that crucial sniper turn. If a solid back-up strategy could be found that would greatly increase the consistency of the run.

There were no resets needed for 3-3.

Chapter 3 was completed then in 15 minutes and 38.05 seconds which is an improvement of over 3 minutes from the previous best attempt.

-NoWorries