Gladius"Looking for Easy Crack Tips for Gladius? " 1) HOW TO PLAY
Some of this information can be found in the instruction manual, but I'll cover some other things too. 1.1 - CONTROLS
World Map/Field: A - Talk to people, or enter a town X - Open the school menu Y - Rest (at night) Control Stick - Move character Start - Pause the game Menus: A - Select options B - Cancel/back X - View enemies (character selection in battles) Y - View enemy details (character placement in battles) Z - Arrange items by different category L - Move to previous character (School menu) R - Move to next character (School menu) More Gladius Tips: C Stick - Zoom/rotate character Control Stick - Move cursor Start - Pause the game Battle: A - Select/confirm, used in swing meters B - Cancel, used in swing meters X - View character details, used in swing meters More Gladius Tips: Y - View skill description, used in swing meters Z - Change the path your character takes L - View full list of skills More Gladius Tips: R - Show character's line of sight and the order of turns Control Stick - Move cursor Control Pad - Select skill categories and skills C Stick - Rotate/zoom camera 1.2 - GENERAL INFO More Gladius Tips: Gladius is a strategy RPG.For almost all of the game, you will be travelingthroughout different regions competing in gladiatorial games. You will visit every town and compete in the local tournaments, then you'll compete in aregional tournament. Your ultimate goal is to enter and win the High Tournament. More Gladius Tips: You will be the leader of a gladiator school.As your school grows more powerful and beats more regional championships, you will be able to recruit more and more characters. There is a large variety of classes to recruit; you won't be able to have all the classes in your team at once.And the requirements for entering some battles ensures that you'll use all or most of the classes throughout the game. More Gladius Tips: 1.3 - TOWNS, LEAGUES, AND TOURNAMENTS You will need to visit every town in the world of Gladius and win the tournament there. There are four regions, and each of them have from 2 to 6 towns. All together, there are 18 towns you need to visit. More Gladius Tips: You can't enter a tournament right away.You will need to compete in several leagues of battles in order to enter the tournament. Each league is worth a certain number of points, and you need to gain enough points to enter a tournament. More Gladius Tips: Within a league, there are several battles.You normally don't have to complete every battle in a league in order to win the league. Again, each battle is worth a certain number of points, and you need to gain enough points to win the league, which in turn gives you points towards the tournament. More Gladius Tips: After you win all the local tournaments in a region, you need to enter and win the regional championship to progress to the next region. When you complete the regional tournament in every region, you will be able to enter the High Tournament. More Gladius Tips: 1.4 - SHOPS AND RECRUITING In almost every town, there is a shop. The main purpose of a shop is to outfit your characters with weapons and armor. You can buy various weapons, helmets, shields and armor in shops. It is a good idea to stop off at the shop before you enter any battles and see if they have any new equipment. More Gladius Tips: Money is pretty easy to come by, so you can upgrade everyone's equipment often. This will give you a big advantage in battle. More Gladius Tips: In addition to buying equipment in shops, sometimes you can receive side quests from the shop owners. You will always have the option to talk to the shopkeeper. Sometimes, they will just tell you about the town and the arena, but sometimes they will offer you side quests. If you choose to accept these side quests, you will often be rewarded with money, items, and sometimes new recruits. It's always a good idea to talk to the store owners every now and then to see if they have a side quest available. For more information on specific side quests, see the walkthrough. More Gladius Tips: In the town's league office, there will be an option to recruit new gladiators into your school. The gladiators available for recruit will vary from town to town and from region to region. You will be able to recruit gladiators into your school permanently, or you can just hire them for one battle if you want. Not all gladiators will join you, though. Sometimes, you need to have a certain amount of popularity in the town, or you need to be at a high enough level to recruit them. Refer to the character classes section on where to recruit certain characters. More Gladius Tips: 1.5 - THE WORLD MAP More Gladius Tips: The world map is where you will travel between towns. It shows the whole region, and you'll be able to walk around and go wherever you want. Sometimes there will be people on the world map that you can talk to. There will also bean accessory salesman that you can buy accessories from. One thing you need to be careful of on the world map is random battles. You can get into a battle at any time on the world map. But you need to be very cautious, because unlike the arena, a gladiator that dies in a random battle will be gone from your school. So it would be safest just to press B as soon as a random battle starts and run away to avoid anyone being killed. If your main hero dies, you'll get a game over. However, if your other main characters die (Ursula/ Valens, Urlan, and Eiji), they will revive after battle. The encounter rate for random battles is pretty low to begin with. It's even lower if you walk slowly and stick to the roads. However, the encounter rate increases at night, so you can press Y to rest until daybreak if you want. More Gladius Tips: In the upper corner of the screen, there is a clock of sorts.It tells you if it's day or night, and which day you're on. It's day when the edge of the sunny side of the circle points straight up. It becomes night when the edge of the dark side of the circle points straight up. At night, you can rest until day by pressing Y. More Gladius Tips: Also, if you pause the game from the world map, you can choose to view your Goals. This tells you what you've completed, and what you need to complete before you can enter the High Tournament. 1.6 - THE SCHOOL MENU More Gladius Tips: You can enter the school menu by selecting your school's name at a town menu, or by pressing X on the world map. In the school menu, you can prepare your gladiators for battle, and view information. More Gladius Tips: If you choose Gladiators from the menu, you will see a list of your characters. From here, you can equip them with new items, teach them new skills, customize their appearance, or expel them from your school. As you level up, you'll gain Job Points. You can use them to learn new skills in the skill menu.You can customize your characters' hair, skin, and outfit colors too. If your school is full and you need more room, you can expel a character. An expelledcharacter will go to a recruiting office, most likely in the same region. So you can get them back if you want. More Gladius Tips: You can also view your Journal from the school menu. This will show rumors and quests you receive from shopkeepers, as well as a summary of the events that happen to you on your quest. More Gladius Tips: From the school menu, you can select Rouges Gallery to see information on every type of enemy you've encountered on your journey. Also, you can view statistics on your school, such as the number of battles you've won, or the number of enemies you've killed. 1.7 - BATTLES More Gladius Tips: Battles are the main part of Gladius. Most battles are fought in arenas in different towns. Here is a guide to help you battle effectively. 1.7.1 BASICS More Gladius Tips: Battles usually consist of two teams of gladiators. Normally, you're trying to defeat all the units of the enemy team in order to win. MOVING More Gladius Tips: The battles are turn-based. Each character will get a turn to move and/or attack. You can move the cursor around the arena to control where your character will move. Usually, a character can move about two spaces in one turn, but can continue moving through other characters' turns to cover longer distances. ATTACKING More Gladius Tips: In order to defeat your enemies, you'll need to attack them. You will have a wide variety of skills and attacks that can be used against the enemy. Once you select an attack, be it a regular attack, skill, or combo, you'll see all the possible targets for this attack highlighted by an orange circle. For example, if you choose a regular attack, you can move to attack someone two or three squares away. Anyone within two or three squares is a valid target, and will be highlighted. More Gladius Tips: TYPES OF ATTACKS To use skills, you normally have to be in a square adjacent to the enemy you want to use it on (you can't move and use a skill on the same turn). You can then select the skill or combo you want to use. There is a bar on the bottomof the screen which lets you select skills. There are 5 categories – regular attacks, special skills, combo attacks, support skills, and affinity attacks. More Gladius Tips: Skills are special attacks that usually require the character to be right next to the enemy to use it. However, there are many different skills, each with their own range and requirements. More Gladius Tips: Combos are several regular attacks combined. The first attack in a combo will do the most damage, followed by less powerful attacks. Combos can have from 2 to 5 hits. More Gladius Tips: Special skills are normally not attacking skills. They usually boost the stats of your characters. They also include magic attacks for arcane characters. Affinity attacks are elemental attacks. Each weapon has an affinity rating. The higher the rating, the more affinity gained when a character attacks. Whenenough affinity is accumulated, you can unleash an elemental attack. There are four main affinities - Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. There is also defensive affinity, which guards against attacks from a certain affinity. You get defensive affinity from armor, shields, and helmets. More Gladius Tips: Most skills require Skill Points (SP) to use. A character starts with 5 SP, which is the maximum a character can have. When skills are used, the SP is consumed. Each turn, the character recovers 1 SP. Pay attention to the SP cost of skills, and manage your SP effectively. More Gladius Tips: SWING METERS The power of your attacks are determined by the Swing Meter. There are different types of Swing Meters, but they all have the same basic concept – you press buttons according to the type of meter. If you do it correctly, you'll get a critical hit (in the red area of the bar).A normal attack is in the orange section of the bar. If you get in the blue area of the bar, your attack will be weak. Here are some different types of meters: More Gladius Tips: Regular - This is used for standard attacks. There is a bar with a long orange bar, a short red segment, and a blue segment at the end. Try to press the button when the bar is in the red zone to get a critical hit. More Gladius Tips: Combo - Used for combo attacks. This is basically several regular meters squished into one. Sometimes the buttons you need to press will vary, so pay attention to which buttons need to be pressed. Also, if you get a hit in the blue area, the combo will end. More Gladius Tips: Aiming - There will be a long orange strip, then a blue strip, and short red area, and more blue. You need to aim for the red in the middle of the two blues. More Gladius Tips: Matching - There will be 2 or 3 buttons displayed at a time. You need to press the buttons displayed as quickly as possible. If you press all 8 buttons while the timer is in the red zone, it's a critical hit. If you take too long, it will be a normal or weak hit. If you press the wrong button, it counts as aweak hit. More Gladius Tips: Alternating - Most people hate this meter. You have to alternate pressing two buttons as fast as you can. The red zone is all the way at the end, so you'll need to press the buttons very quickly to get a critical hit. More Gladius Tips: Note: You have the option to turn off the swing meters in the options menu. If you do this, the game will randomly work the meters for you. INITIATIVE STACK/LINE OF SIGHT More Gladius Tips: If you press R in battle, you can see two things - the initiative stack and the character's line of sight. The initiative stack displays the turn order for all the characters in the arena. Use it to plan your battle tactics. You may also want to see the character's line of sight. For most attacks, you have to be able to see your enemy in order to attack them. You may need to move your long-range characters in order to see an enemy. More Gladius Tips: STATUS EFFECTS Characters can be affected by positive and negative status effects. Positive status effects normally just increase a character's stats, such as Attack and Defense. Negative status effects can negatively affect a character's stats. They can also have various other effects. For example, Poison and Bleeding reduce a character's HP by a small amount every turn. Most status effects wear off after a few turns. Some of them heal when the affected character is attacked. And they also wear off when the enemy who inflicted the status effect is defeated. Here is a list of various status effects and what they do: More Gladius Tips: Poison/Bleeding - Character's HP is reduced by a small amount each turn Fear - Character will pass his turn several times More Gladius Tips: Confusion - You will lose control over the character Stun/ Petrification/ Freeze - Character can't act until status is removed More Gladius Tips: Root - Character can't move Charm - Character becomes controlled by the enemy team Blind - Character's accuracy is lowered More Gladius Tips: AFFINITY I've already given a brief description of affinity attacks. Most weapons that you equip on your characters have an affinity rating. Your affinity gauge has 5 circles that represent 20 points each. A weapon's affinity rating measures how many points of affinity are gained per attack. For example, if a weapon's affinity rating is 10, it will gain 10 points (or half a circle) for every hit. You need at least 40 points (2 circles) to use an affinity attack. There are four levels of affinity attacks, which increase in power and the amount of affinity required to use it. More Gladius Tips: There is also defensive affinity. Armor, shields, and helmets provide defensive affinity. The character's defensive affinity rating is determined by the largest number of affinity points out of the armor, shield, and helmet. For example, if a character had armor with a Fire affinity of 10, a helmet with a Water affinity of 7, and a shield with a Water affinity of 5, the character would have a defensive affinity of Water with 12 points (7 + 5 = 12). Defensive affinity is used to guard against attacks of a certain affinity. If you had Water defense and were attacked by a Water weapon, it would do muchless damage than usual. The higher the defensive affinity rating, the more damage is reduced. More Gladius Tips: GLADIATOR CLASSES There are several classes of gladiators. The ones you need to pay attention to are Light, Medium, and Heavy. Heavy characters are strong against Medium characters. Medium characters are strong against Light characters. And Light characters are best against Heavy characters. Effective use of skills and strategy can overcome a weight class advantage, but keep in mind the class of your enemy and use the right classes against them. The other classes (Arcane, Support, and Beast) don't have any advantages or disadvantages. Here is a list of the classes and the types of characters in each: More Gladius Tips: Heavy - Centurion, Samnite, Minotaur, Ogre, Yeti, Cyclops Medium - Valens, Ursula, Legionnaire, Murmillo, Barbarian, Undead Legionnaire, Dark Legionnaire More Gladius Tips: Light - Bandit, Secutor, Berserker, Dervish, Satyr, Mongrel Arcane - Channeler, Summoner, Undead Summoner, Mongrel Shaman, Galdr Support - Archer, Amazon, Gungnir, Peltast More Gladius Tips: Beast - Wolf, Bear, Plains Cat, Greater Wolf, Greater Bear, Greater Plains Cat, Scarab, Scorpion Note: Beasts each have their own weight class. Wolves, Cats, and Scorpions are Light and the rest are Heavy. More Gladius Tips: HEIGHT ADVANTAGE This one is pretty simple. If you are standing on higher ground than your opponent, you will deal more damage to them. Likewise, if you're standing below your enemy, you will take more damage from them. Whenever there is a crate or a rock nearby, try to stand on it so you can have an advantage over your enemy. More Gladius Tips: FACING When an enemy and one of your characters have both attacked each other, theyare engaged in combat. At this point, you can have another character attack the enemy's back or side to increase the damage done. Just be aware that the enemies can do the same thing to you. More Gladius Tips: POPULARITY The whole purpose of the games is for the crowd. If you are doing well in a battle, the crowd will support you. The same goes for the enemy. You can see your popularity and your enemy's popularity on a meter on the side of thescreen. When you defeat an enemy or use a special skill, the crowd meter will increase. Your meter will usually decrease when the enemy takes a turn. At each level of the crowd meter, you'll gain a stat boost. Also, at the end of the battle, you'll be awarded total popularity based on how high your crowd meter was raised. Some leagues require a certain popularity for you to enter. More Gladius Tips: TYPES OF BATTLES There are several types of battles, listed here: More Gladius Tips: Regular - In a standard battle, the goal is to defeat all the enemies Points battle - You score a point for each point of damage you inflict on an enemy. The team with more points at the end of the time limit is the winner. More Gladius Tips: King of the Hill - There is a stack of rocks/crates. When you stand on the top rock/crate, you're awarded a point every few seconds. The team with more points at the end of the time limit is the winner. Vandal battle - The goal is to destroy more barrels than your enemy. More Gladius Tips: Rival nations - Each team has a monument. The goal is to destroy the enemy's monument while keeping yours safe.Series battles - You fight the battles one after the other, but they are still separate battles More Gladius Tips: Endurance battles - You fight waves of enemies, back-to-back, without a chance to heal in between battles Note: Sometimes there will be more than one enemy team in battles 1.7.2 BATTLE STRATEGIES More Gladius Tips: Here's a list of some general battle strategies: - A very important thing to always keep in mind is NEVER let the enemy surround any of your characters. If one of your characters gets surrounded, it will be hard to keep them alive. More Gladius Tips: - If you're fighting some hard enemies, or you're outnumbered, it's usually best to have your team stick together and take out the enemies one at a time by surrounding one of them and attacking until he falls. Repeat for the other enemies. More Gladius Tips: - If you're fighting weaker enemies, or you outnumber them, split your team apart and have each person or each group go after one enemy. - To deal with long-range enemies like Gungnirs and Peltasts, close the distance between your team and the enemies. Long-range characters can deal a lot of damage at long-range, but are much weaker up close. More Gladius Tips: - Always look at your enemies before the battle starts. You can do this at the character selection screen by pressing X.You can examine your enemies and their classes, and choose the best classes from your own school to fight them. More Gladius Tips: - Many battles have enemies that are randomly chosen. If this is the case, you can look at your enemies at the character selection screen. If the enemies look too hard, you can just back out of the battle by pressing B, then enter the battle again. You can repeat this until you get some easy enemies. More Gladius Tips: - Place your characters effectively in the arena. Place your Heavy characters next to Medium enemies, your Medium characters next to Light enemies, and so on. Also, place your Arcane and Support characters further away from the enemies. More Gladius Tips: - For groups that have multiple enemy teams, you can do two things. One, you can split your team up and have each person go after an enemy on a different team. This way, the enemy teams' numbers stay even, so they can keep attacking each other as well as you. Another thing you can do is to place your characters as far away from the enemies as possible, then have them retreat further back. Usually when you do this, the enemies will ignore you and fight with each other. Then you'll just be left to deal with one or two survivors. More Gladius Tips: - There isn't much in the way of healing. Certain classes have abilities that will heal a small amount of HP. The only really decent healing you can get is Ameliorate, which is an ability for the Channeler. - To defeat Arcane enemies, have a Heavy character attack them. Since they have no class advantage, Heavies work best against them because of their high attack power. More Gladius Tips: - To defeat ranged enemies, use your own ranged enemies. This works faster and better than having close-range characters run to the ranged enemies, getting hit in the process More Gladius Tips: - The number next to the enemies' HP bar is the accuracy of your attack (in a percent). Sometimes the accuracy will be very low (especially when a Heavy character attacks a Light character). However, critical attacks will never miss, so always try hard to get that swing meter in the red zone. More Gladius Tips: 1.8 - MULTIPLAYER MODES There are two multiplayer modes in the game, Co-op and Versus. CO-OP MODE More Gladius Tips: You can access this mode at any time simply by plugging in another controller to your console and pressing Start. You can then specify which characters will be controlled by which players. The battles will be the same as in single player mode, except of course there will be more than one person controlling your team. VERSUS MODE More Gladius Tips: After you beat the first regional championship and save your game, Versus mode will become available as an option at the main menu. You'll have to load your school from a regular game, then each player will be able to select characters. You can select which arena you want to play in as well. Then you can just fight battles against each other. More Gladius Tips: 1.9 - TIPS AND HINTS Here are some general tips you should follow when playing Gladius: More Gladius Tips: - Keep a diverse school. As good as Centurions are, it's still not a good idea to have 10 of them in your school. Balance your school out - have a few Lights, a few Mediums, some Heavies, an Arcane or two, some Supports, and a Beast or two. Make sure you have characters from different regions, and make sure some are male and some are female. The reason for this is because there are some battles that have strict requirements (like Nordagh characters only or Light characters only or females only). More Gladius Tips:- Always stop in at shops and see what items are available. Shop inventories change as you level up, and shops get better equipment as you progress in the game. Having the proper equipment is much more important than being at a high level. More Gladius Tips: - Equipment has a level requirement, but it's actually based on your school tier. You can equip items up to Lv. 5 at the amateur tier, up to Lv.10 at the Semi-Pro tier, and the rest at the Pro tier. However, the level requirements will affect recruits and enemies - they will only equip items with level requirements of the level they're at. More Gladius Tips: - Remember that enemies level up as you do, so the enemies' levels will be about the same as yours. Don't think you're going to have an easier time by getting everyone to Lv. 30, because it will make your enemies just as strong. The only real advantage to leveling up is to get new skills. More Gladius Tips: - Save your game often, especially on the world map. You never know what's going to go wrong, so it's better to be safe than sorry. - Keep in mind that your shields have HP too. You can see the shield's HP below the character's HP. Shields take damage in place of the character, so they will break if their HP is depleted. Some shields are unbreakable. More Gladius Tips: - Always read the hints the game gives you. Usus will give you a question and answer before every battle - read it. Also read the tips that the league officers give you. You can learn things you never knew that will make battles go much easier. More Gladius Tips: 2) FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Here are some answers to commonly asked questions: Q1. How can I go back to a region once I've left? More Gladius Tips: A1.You cannot return to a region until after you've completed all the regions.After you finish the Southern Expanse, the last region, you'll be able totravel between any of the regions. Q2. What's the difference between Valens's and Ursula's quests? More Gladius Tips: A2. The first two regions are in a different order.Valens's quest is a bitharder because it starts in Imperia, but it's still not very hard.Afterthe first two regions, there are only minor differences in the storyline. Q3. When/where can I recruit a More Gladius Tips: A3. Refer to the Character Classes section on where you recruit differentclasses. Q4. I can't level up any more, why not? More Gladius Tips: A4. In the first region, your levels are capped at 5.You can't level upbeyond that until the next region.In the second region, your levels arecapped at 10. After the second region, your levels will be capped at 30,which is the highest possible level. Q5. I can't leave Imperia.Usus won't give me the option to leave. More Gladius Tips: A5. I've never encountered this problem before.Most people who have had thisproblem fixed it either by restarting the game, or by going to Caltha andwatching a couple of battles there.Then Usus should ask you if you wantto leave. More Gladius Tips: Q6. I can't leave the Expanse, what do I do? A6. Again, I've never had this problem, but try restarting the game.If thatdoesn't work, go to the dock east of Akar An.During the day, there is aman there who will take you to Imperia on his boat. More Gladius Tips: Q7. How can I beat the Insect Ze league? A7. Refer to the walkthrough for a detailed strategy. Q8. Where can I get an Executioner's Sword? More Gladius Tips: A8. You can get them from Centurions, Samnites, and sometimes Ogres at Lv. 17and up. They will drop them when they die, or you can recruit one andtake the sword from him. Q9. How do I get a Minotaur? More Gladius Tips: A9.You can get one from the Historian's League in Cro Beska the first time youare in Imperia and in Syrna the second time you're in Imperia.Refer tothe walkthrough for more information. More Gladius Tips: Q10. How can I do the alternating meters? A10. The alternating meters are the ones most people have trouble with.A lotof people have come up with their own strategies, but here's one thatworks well for me.Take a piece of smooth cloth, like a shirt, and putit between your fingers and the controller. Then you can rapidly moveyour finger back and forth between the two buttons. More Gladius Tips: Q11. How long is this game? A11. It depends on how much you do.On average, I'd say around 40 or 50 hours.But you can do a lot more than the minimum.My game clock was at around100 hours after completing every battle. More Gladius Tips: 3) WALKTHROUGH More Gladius Tips: The first two regions of the walkthrough are different depending on whichcharacter you choose.Vlens's quest starts in Imperia and then goes toNordagh. Ursula's quest starts in Nordagh, then goes to Imperia.The gamesays Valens's quest is harder, but I don't think it's much harder.You startout with a larger variety of enemies, but you also get a larger variety ofcharacters. So just pick whoever you want. More Gladius Tips: For the first two regions, follow the walkthrough for whichever character youchose.After that, starting at the Windward Steppes, both characters have thesame walkthrough. When you reach the final battles, follow the walkthroughthere for whichever character you chose as well. More Gladius Tips: Also, be aware that you do not have to complete every battle within a league tobeat the league, and you don't have to beat every league in a town (although Iwould recommend doing most of them in order to get the prizes and battleexperience). I have covered every battle in the game in case you want to dothem all, or just choose some of them to do. More Gladius Tips: Here is a brief explanation of the format used:I'll give the name of a town,followed by all the leagues available in that town. Leagues make up the vastmajority of the walkthrough, and are separated from the rest of the walkthroughby lines of stars. Sometimes I'll tell you about your next goal betweenleagues or after a town, so you can skip over the leagues if you're not lookingfor in-depth battle strategies. Sidequests will also be listed in thewalkthrough under their appropriate town. More Gladius Tips: Note: If you need help on a certain battle or league, press Ctrl + F and enterthe name of the battle/league to find it quickly. 3.1 - VALENS'S QUEST You'll start out in Imperia. More Gladius Tips: 3.1.1 - IMPERIA After the opening scene, Ludo will challenge Valens to a match.here's notmuch you can do in this battle. Choose to attack Ludo, and press A when theswing meter is in the red zone for a critical hit.Ludo will then attack you,then you'll use Empower Self.Attack Ludo once more to end the battle. More Gladius Tips: After a short scene, you will meet Usus, who will give you a short tutorial onmoving and attacking. Just do what he says, and then you'll head off forPirgos. 3.1.1.1 - PIRGOS More Gladius Tips: After learning about the arena, you'll need to complete the Training League,which consists of 5 training rounds and 1 final round. PIRGOS TRAINING Badges required: None More Gladius Tips: Prize: 100D-300D, Imperia Talisman 1ST TRAINING BATTLE Prize: 100D-300D More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo Enemies: 2x Legionnaire Usus will give you a lesson on moving, attacking, and using skills.You canskip this lesson if you want. When you gain control of your characters, movethem to attack one of the Legionnaires until he dies.Then take out the otherone.Not hard at all. More Gladius Tips: 2ND TRAINING BATTLE Prize: 100D-300D My team: Valens, Ludo Enemies: 2x Legionnaire More Gladius Tips: Usus will tell you that attacking your opponent's side or back will cause moredamage. When you start the battle, have Valens and Ludo go after one personat a time, and try to hit them from the side or back to do more damage. 3RD TRAINING BATTLE Prize: 100D-300D More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo Enemies: 2x Legionnaire This time Usus will teach you about height advantages.The higher you areabove your enemy, the more damage you do.Just be sure that you're not toohigh, or you won't be able to reach your enemy. When the battle begins, haveeach character attack the enemy in front of him; you'll win easily due to yourheight advantage. 4TH TRAINING BATTLE More Gladius Tips: Prize: 100D-300D My team: Valens, Ludo Enemies: Centurion, Bandit More Gladius Tips: This battle teaches you about class relationships:Heavy classes are goodagainst Medium classes, Medium classes are good against Light classes, andLight classes are good against Heavy classes. Start out by attacking theCenturion since he poses the biggest threat.Attack him from the back or fromup on the crates to bring him down.Then go after the Bandit. More Gladius Tips: 5TH TRAINING BATTLE Prize: None My team: Valens Enemies: Ludo, Legionnaire More Gladius Tips: This battle will teach you about affinity attack and defense.Usus will tellLudo to select his affinity attack, but you don't have enough affinity power. Attack the Legionnaire a few times to charge your power, then use the affinityattack.It will do no damage because the enemy is protected against fire. More Gladius Tips: FINAL EXAM Prize: 100D-300D My team: Valens, Ludo More Gladius Tips: Enemies: Centurion, Legionnaire, Bandit Now it's time to use what you've learned in the training battles.TheCenturion is the biggest threat again, and the Legionnaire can be a pain also. The Bandit won't be much of a problem.Try to keep yourself on the highestcrates.I would suggest teaming up and killing the Centurion first, then goingafter the Legionnaire, and finally the Bandit. More Gladius Tips: Well, you've won your first league, and now you have the Imperia talisman, soyou can take part in more battles. Ludo will gain a level after this battle,and Usus will explain how to learn skills.You can learn any skill you want.I would probably go with the 1st combo attack. More Gladius Tips: You can also recruit some new characters now, and I strongly suggest you do so.Try to get a Light and Heavy character, such as a Centurion and a Secutor. If you have enough money, you can stop at the shop and buy some new equipment.Now, you can fight in some more leagues. Note that you do not have to completeevery league or every battle in the league if you don't want to.You only haveto get enough battle points to complete the league and enough league points toenter the tournament. However, completing all the matches will give you money,EXP, and popularity, and prizes so I would recommend doing more than the absolute minimum. More Gladius Tips: PIRGOS COMMINUS Badges required: None Prize: 1500D-1750D, Plated Circlet More Gladius Tips: TIROCINIUM Prize: 500D-550D My team: Valens, Ludo, Secutor More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 3x Secutor This is a pretty easy battle.You should avoid taking a Centurion into thisbattle because there are 3 Light enemies.So take Medium or Light charactersinto this battle. You can fight this battle however you want, either gang upon one enemy at a time, or have each person go after one enemy.You willprobably want to take out the guy with the spear first as he can do the mostdamage. Also, be sure to make use of Ludo's combo attack if you learned it. More Gladius Tips: LAMETICUS Prize: 500D-550D Fee: 50D Required: Heavy More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Secutor Enemies: 2x Legionnaire, 2x Bandit More Gladius Tips: Your Centurion should be able to handle both the Legionnaires with relativeease, especially if he's standing on one of the crates. You can have Valensor Ludo help him out if you want. Have your Medium or Light characters attackthe Bandits.This is a pretty easy battle. BRUTUS ATROX Prize: 500D-550D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 100D Prohibited: Beast, Arcane, Support My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Secutor More Gladius Tips: Enemies: Secutor, 3x Centurion This battle is a little harder.Have Ludo and your Light character go afterthe Centurion and Secutor. Have your Centurion and Valens attack the other 2Centurions.Make good use of your skills and combos and you won't have muchof a problem. More Gladius Tips: EMINUS Prize: 500D-550D Fee: 200D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Beast, Arcane, Support My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Secutor Enemies: 5x Peltast More Gladius Tips: The key to winning this battle is to close the distance between you and yourenemies.Their long-range attacks are pretty strong, but they are almostharmless at close range. You'll probably take a few hard hits while you'reclosing in on them, but after that you can just attack them with regularattacks, skills, or combos and win pretty easily. More Gladius Tips: ARCANUM Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 300D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Beast, Arcane, Support My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Secutor Enemies: 4x Channeler More Gladius Tips: This battle can be annoying because the enemies will steal your affinity powerand use affinity attacks against you, and they have a very annoying skillcalled Tornado, which scatters everyone across the battlefield. However, theyaren't that strong and you should be able to kill them without any seriousproblems. More Gladius Tips: LUDUS Prize: 5000D-7500D Fee: 400D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Beast, Arcane, Support My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Peltast Enemies: 6 enemies total; combination of Samnite, Centurion, and Legionnaire More Gladius Tips: This battle is considerably harder than the other ones, so you may want tostart another league and level up some before doing this battle. More Gladius Tips: This battle can be very tough if there are a lot of Centurions.I wouldsuggest going to the character selection menu for this battle and pressing Xto see your opponents ahead of time. If there are too many Centurions,restart the battle.I got lucky once and only had to face 1 Centurion and 5Legionnaires. I also went back and recruited a Peltast because my Secutor keptgetting killed in this battle. More Gladius Tips: If you have a Peltast, have him use Long Throw or a combo attack at long range.Have your Centurion go after the other Centurion(s). I found the Spear Attackto be useful here; you can use it if you buy your Centurion a spear. If youhave Ludo/Valens and your Centurion gang up on the enemy Centurion(s), theywill go down quickly. Then you can focus on the Legionnaires.You might dieonce or twice in this battle, but it's much easier if you get lucky and onlyhave 1 Centurion to fight. More Gladius Tips: CIVILIS LEAGUE OF PIRGOS Badges required: None More Gladius Tips: Prize: 1000D-1150D Now you're going to start seeing randomized enemies in leagues.This leaguehas 6 battles, and the enemies in each battle is completely random. So thismeans I can't give a specific strategy for any of these battles; instead, I'lljust give general directions and strategy. You should have enough experienceby now to know how to deal with the different types of enemies, but here aresome strategies for the different classes you will be encountering in thisleague: More Gladius Tips: Centurion - Gang up on him and use your strongest attacks.Attack him using your Centurion Channeler - Watch out for the Steal Affinity and Tornado.Otherwise, just attack normally or use skills. More Gladius Tips: Samnite - Like Centurion, gang up on him and take him out quickly. Legionnaire - Centurions work well against them, especially Spear Attack Peltast - Get up close, then attack. More Gladius Tips: Bandit - Have Ludo or Valens take them out easily with combos. Secutor - Pretty much the same as Bandits. Citizens - Sometimes you will encounter ordinary citizens, which are very weak.Defeat them any way you want, they're very easy. More Gladius Tips: OPEN BATTLE I Prize: 500D-550D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion Number of enemies: 2 This battle is very easy. Have your Centurion take out one of the enemiesalone, and have Valens and Ludo go after the other. More Gladius Tips: OPEN BATTLE II Prize: 500D-550DProhibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Ludo, Centurion More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 2 This battle is the same as the last one, except you only have 2 characters.Have the Centurion go after one enemy and Ludo go after the other. OPEN BATTLE III More Gladius Tips: Prize: 500D-550D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion Number of enemies: Up to 3 More Gladius Tips: The number of enemies in this match (as well as the next 3) varies.Have theCenturion kill one of the enemies and Valens and Ludo go after the other(s). Have the Centurion help them after he kills the first enemy. More Gladius Tips: OPEN BATTLE IV Prize: 1000D-1500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Centurion Number of enemies: Up to 3 More Gladius Tips: Like the last battle, but you only have 2 characters.Have your Centurion goafter one of them and Valens go after another.If there are 3 enemies, havethe Centurion take out the last one. OPEN BATTLE V Prize: 1000D-1500D More Gladius Tips:More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion Number of enemies: Up to 4 More Gladius Tips: A pretty easy battle, especially if there are only 3 enemies.As usual, haveeach person go after one enemy, and have the Centurion clean up whatever isleft. OPEN BATTLE VI More Gladius Tips: Prize: 1000D-1500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Peltast More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: Up to 5 This one can be a little tougher if there are 5 enemies.Keep in mind that youcan restart the battle before you even start to get the number/type of enemiesyou want. Have your Peltast attack from long-range with Long Throw.Valensand Ludo can each take out one enemy.Your Centurion should be able to handlethe rest. More Gladius Tips: AGONY OF SATURNO Badges required: None More Gladius Tips: Prize: 2000D-2500D, Badge of Perpetuity More Gladius Tips: Like the last league, this one has random enemies.Refer to the section aboveif you need strategies on how to beat certain types of enemies. Also, thisleague is a series, which means you have to fight all the battlesconsecutively. SERIES I More Gladius Tips: Prize: 500D-550D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Peltast More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 4 Depending on what enemies you get, these battles can be easy or hard.Justremember how to deal with each class of enemy and you'll do fine. I had Ludoup to Lv. 3 at this point and learned his 2nd combo attack.My Centurion alsohad a spear equipped so he could use Spear Attack.There are 4 enemies inthis battle, so each person can go after one. Remember to keep your Peltastat long-range so he can use Long Throw or a combo attack. More Gladius Tips: SERIES II Prize: 500D-550D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion Number of enemies: 4 More Gladius Tips: Like the last battle except you only have 3 team members.Your Centurionshould be able to take out 2 enemies while Valens and Ludo take care of theother 2. You just have to hope that you don't end up fighting a bunch ofSamnites and Centurions, because you can't restart this battle withoutrestarting the whole league. More Gladius Tips: SERIES III Prize: 500D-550D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 4 This battle is pretty much the same as the last battle except the enemies area little tougher.Just use the same strategy as the last one and you'll beokay. More Gladius Tips: Now you've beaten every league available to you in Pirgos.That means it'stime for the tournament.Before you compete in the tournament, make sure youhave 5 team members. You may want to check the available recruits and getanother team member.Also, you should have plenty of money at this point, sostop off at the shop and make sure everyone has good equipment.This includesweapons, shields, and hats. There isn't much in the way of armor, but the hatssold at the shop will give you a decent HP boost, so buy those.When you'reready, enter the tournament. More Gladius Tips: PIRGOS TOURNAMENT Prize: 3000-3500D, Keys to Pirgos More Gladius Tips: Fee: 1000D My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Peltast, Secutor Number of enemies: 5 More Gladius Tips: Again, the enemies here are random.So you might want to take a look at yourenemies and restart if you get a bunch of Centurions. More Gladius Tips: Since there are thesame number of people on each team, it's not hard at all.Have each persongo after one enemy. Your Centurion will be able to assist your other teammembers too.This battle actually isn't that hard; the Ludus battle was muchharder. More Gladius Tips: After you win the tournament, there's nothing for you to do in Pirgos, so exitto the Town Menu, then go to the world map. Usus will take you to the nexttown, Belfort. If you want, you can exit Belfort as soon as you get there,which will give you access to the whole region.You can visit all the townsand see all the recruits and get anyone you want. More Gladius Tips: Another thing you can do is recruit people, strip them of their equipment, andsell the equipment for a lot more money than you paid for the recruit.Thenexpel the recruit. If you do this several times, you'll end up with a lot ofmoney.Then you can recruit higher level characters and buy more powerfulequipment from the shops. More Gladius Tips: Before leaving here, you can start a sidequest.Go into the shop here and talkto Cresus. He probably won't give you the sidequest right away, so keepleaving and reentering the shop and keep talking to him.Eventually, he'lltell you that his father is being held captive in the Southern Expanse. You'llsave him later in the game. More Gladius Tips: In this battle, you'll only be allowed to use Channelers. It would be a goodidea to check in with the accessory salesman every once in a while.If he hasany Talismans, buy them. Talisman's raise a Channeler's magic attack, and willmake this battle go much more smoothly. More Gladius Tips: 3.1.1.2 - BELFORT You can stop in at the shop to update your weapons, or go to the recruitingoffice and see who's there.You might want to hire another Centurion now.Then you can take on the league battles. More Gladius Tips: CHALLENGE OF LYKOS Badges required: None Prize: 250D-300D, Lupus' Master badge More Gladius Tips: DINNER TIME Prize: 500D-700D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion Enemies: 6x Wolf More Gladius Tips: Although there are 6 wolves in this battle, you only need to defeat 3 of themto win.So focus all your attacks on 3 wolves. Valens and Ludo will be moreeffective than the Centurions because Wolves count as Light characters. SoValens will be able to take one out with a combo or two, and the same for Ludo.Have your Centurions go after the other one. Also, since your Centurions havelow accuracy against the Wolves, don't use attacks like Spear Attack. Instead,use a regular attack or combo and get a critical hit; that way your attackswill always connect. More Gladius Tips: DINNER TIME II Prize: 500D-700D Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 4x Wolf This time there are only 4 wolves, but you have to kill all of them to win.Again, have Valens and Ludo each kill one with a good combo attack.Then havethem help the Centurions take the other two down. Not too hard. More Gladius Tips: PACK MENTALITY Prize: 500D-700D Fee: 225D Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion Enemies: 4x Wolf This battle is exactly the same as the last battle, except some of the wolveshave higher levels.Use the same strategy as the previous battle. More Gladius Tips: DARK MOON Prize: 500D-700D Fee: 300D Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Centurion More Gladius Tips: Enemies: Greater Wolf, 3x Wolf This battle is a little harder. You start out with only the Greater Wolf inthe arena. After you kill it, 3 more regular Wolves will come.The GreaterWolf is a powerful opponent - it has over 200 HP, and it takes up severalsquares of space. This means it can also attack the 2 squares in front of it.So if you have 2 people standing in front of it when it attacks, they will bothbe hit.However, its attacks are not all that powerful. Just surround it andhit it with your strongest combos and attacks, and it will eventually go down. More Gladius Tips: Now you will have to contend with 3 more Wolves.Have Valens and Ludo gang upon one of them and bring it down with combos. Have your Centurions gang up onanother one, using combos and attacks with critical hits.Then have whoever isleft alive finish the remaining Wolf. More Gladius Tips: THE FRAY Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 300D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion Enemies: 2x Greater Wolf, 4x Wolf More Gladius Tips: This is probably the toughest battle so far.You start out with 2 GreaterWolves and when you kill one of them, two Wolves come.And they are all quitestrong, too. More Gladius Tips: What you want to do is take down the Greater Wolves one at a time to preventyourself from being overwhelmed by 4 Wolves. So concentrate all your attackson one of them until he goes down.Their attacks aren't all that strong, butthey do have a move that makes you retreat 1 space, which can prevent you fromusing combos. But you shouldn't have too much trouble taking down the firstone. More Gladius Tips: After it falls, 2 Wolves will come.These guys seem to be more of a threatthan the Greater Wolf because they are faster, harder to hit, and can usecombos. Have one Medium character (Valens or Ludo) and one Centurion gang up oneach of them. Use your strongest attacks and combos and bring down thoseWolves as fast as you possibly can. And remember that the Centurions will havelow accuracy against them, so you have to hit with critical attacks unlessyou're attacking their backs. More Gladius Tips: After those two Wolves die, repeat the process.It will be easier this time,though, because you have one less Greater Wolf bothering you. Just concentrateon the remaining Greater Wolf, then use the same strategy to take down the lasttwo Wolves. More Gladius Tips: REGIMENTAL CHALLENGE Badges required: None Prize: 1000D-1030D This is another league which has randomly selected enemies.The enemies inthis league will always be Legionnaires, Samnites, and Centurions, but they arerandomly selected in each battle. This also means that you can take a look atyour enemies and restart if you get a lot of hard enemies. More Gladius Tips: CLASSIC BATTLE I Prize: 500D-750D Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion, Secutor Number of enemies: 3 More Gladius Tips: You outnumber your enemies by quite a bit, and your enemies also start out inthe pits, so take advantage of this. You should be able to kill anyLegionnaires right off if you have a Centurion nearby.Then team up and takeout the Heavy enemies one at a time. More Gladius Tips: CLASSIC BATTLE II Prize: 500D-750D Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner More Gladius Tips: My team: Ludo, 2x Centurion Number of enemies: 3 Since you only have 3 team members this time, make sure you take a look at yourenemies before the battle starts, and restart if you get something like a Lv. 4Samnite. If you don't get too many Centurions or Samnites, this battle willbe pretty easy.Have your Centurions take out any Legionnaires quickly, thenteam up and use combos and Spear Attacks to defeat the remaining enemies. More Gladius Tips: CLASSIC BATTLE III Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 25D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Centurion Number of enemies: 4 More Gladius Tips: This time, you will start out in the pits, so get out as quickly as possible. The teams are even this time also, so have your Centurions wipe out theLegionnaires with Spear Attack and/or combos. Have Valens and Ludo startattacking the Heavy enemies, and have your Centurions assist them when theycan. More Gladius Tips: CLASSIC BATTLE IV Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 50D Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner More Gladius Tips: My team: Ludo, Centurion, Centurion Number of enemies: 3 More Gladius Tips: I don't know if this battle has random enemies or not; every time I tried, Igot 2 Centurions and 1 Legionnaire.You start out in the pit again, so get outimmediately. Have one of your Centurions quickly kill the Legionnaire.Yourother Centurion and Ludo should go after one of the enemy Centurions withcombos. Then have all three of your team members gang up on the lastCenturion. More Gladius Tips: CLASSIC BATTLE V Prize: 1000D-1500D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 50D Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner My team: Ludo, Centurion, Centurion More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 5 Once again, get out of the pit before your enemies can attack you.There areusually a lot of Legionnaires in this battle and less Centurions. Have yourCenturions take out all the Legionnaires with Spear Attack or combos whileLudo starts using combos on a Centurion. Have your Centurions help him outafter the Legionnaires are dead, then team up and take out the other Centurion,if there is one. More Gladius Tips: CLASSIC BATTLE VI Prize 1000D-1500D Fee: 50D Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner More Gladius Tips: My team: Ludo, 2x Centurion Number of enemies: 5 This battle is just like the last one, except the enemies are a little tougher.Use the same strategy as the previous battle. More Gladius Tips: BEST OF BELFORT Badges required: None Prize: 1500D-1700D, Badge of Belfort, Regal Cape ACTIVE DUTY More Gladius Tips: Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 200D Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Centurion, Secutor More Gladius Tips:More Gladius Tips:More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 2x Centurion, 2x Legionnaire You only need to defeat the 2 Centurions in order to win this battle.However,you may want to take out the Legionnaires if they're annoying you. The enemiesstart out in the pits, so hit them hard before they can get out.Then justconcentrate all your attacks on the two Centurions. Use combos and SpearAttack and they will go down in no time. More Gladius Tips: DAMAGE CONTROL Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 200D Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion, Centurion, Secutor More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 3x Centurion, 2x Legionnaire Once again, you only need to defeat the Centurions to win.You can have 2people team up against each Centurion and take them out with your most powerfulattacks.Just ignore the Legionnaires. HOSTILE INTENT More Gladius Tips: Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 300D Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast My team: Valens, Ludo, 3x Centurion More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 2x Centurion, 3x Legionnaire This time you have to kill everyone to win, not just the Centurions.Have yourtwo strongest Centurions go after the Legionnaires. You should be able to killthem in one or two hits.Then have Valens, Ludo, and your other Centurionstart attacking the other Centurions. I'd recommend taking them down one ata time.Your other two Centurions can help out if need be after they kill theLegionnaires. More Gladius Tips: LAW OF WAR Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 300D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast My team: Valens, Ludo, 3x Centurion Enemies: 2x Centurion, 3x Legionnaire More Gladius Tips: This battle is almost exactly the same as the last battle, except it's a biteasier since your enemies start out in the pits.Use the same strategy asabove to win this battle. PACKAGED FORCES Prize: 5000D-5500D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 400D Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion 2x Centurion, Secutor Enemies: 4x Centurion, 2x Legionnaire More Gladius Tips: This battle starts out with only 2 Centurions in the arena.When you kill 2Centurions, a Legionnaire joins the battle.Start out by ganging up on 2 ofthe Centurions. Don't attack all of them, just pick 2 and start beating onthem. When they go down, a Legionnaire will come out. Have a Centurion or twotake down the Legionnaire while the rest of your team starts attacking theremaining 2 Centurions. When they fall, the last Legionnaire will appear.Kill him using a Centurion. More Gladius Tips: TACTICAL CONTROL Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 450 Prohibited: Support - Archer, Gungnir, Peltast More Gladius Tips: My team: Ludo, 2x Centurion Enemies: 3x Centurion, 3x Legionnaire More Gladius Tips: This battle is very difficult because you're outnumbered 2 to 1.The mostimportant part of this battle is where you place your team members. Do NOTplace Ludo in the spot surrounded by enemies, because they will kill him ina heartbeat. Try to place everyone kind of close together, away from theenemies.The strategy I used here is to get your team members together, andwait for the enemy to come to you. Spear Attack and a combo will take downthe Legionnaires, probably.As for the Centurions, use your strongest combosand use Spear Attack from behind. You can also use the pits to your advantageto lure the enemies into them.This battle may take you a few tries, but youwill eventually win. More Gladius Tips: GLORY OF IMPERIA Badges required: None Prize: 2500D-2650D, Glory of Imperia (badge) More Gladius Tips: This league is very, very easy.You're fighting against Barbarians andBerserkers from Nordagh. Even at higher levels, they are quite weak, so thisleague should be a breeze.Also note that the enemies in each battle arerandom, but it will always be either Berserkers or Barbarians. ANCESTAN CHALLENGE More Gladius Tips: Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 500D Required: From Imperia My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Centurion More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 4 You only have to defeat 3 of the 4 enemies to win this battle.Have Valens orLudo kill the Berserkers and have your Centurions kill the Barbarians. Youdon't really need a strategy here, it's really easy. BLOOD OR BOREAS More Gladius Tips: Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 500D Required: From Imperia My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Centurion More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 4 Just like the last battle, you only need to kill 3 of the enemies to win.Usethe same strategy as above. FIRE IN THE GULLET More Gladius Tips: Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 500D Required: From Imperia More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Centurion, Centurion Number of enemies: 3 You only have 3 team members here, but the enemies have lower levels thanbefore and they start out in the pits. You should be able to kill one or twoof them before they can get out.Have Valens use a combo on the Berserker(s)and the Centurions use Spear Attack on the Barbarian(s) More Gladius Tips: YEILD TO NONE Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 500D Required: From Imperia More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Centurion, Centurion Number of enemies: 3 More Gladius Tips: You will start out at the opposite end of the arena from your enemies.Sojust make your way across to them and crush them. Even though they are at Lv.4, they are still pretty weak and you'll have no problem defeating them. ONLY THE STRONG Prize: 500D-750D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 500D Required: From Imperia My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Centurion More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 4 Use the same strategy you've used against these guys in the previous battles.They are at a higher level now, so make sure Valens and Ludo stay away from theBarbarians and focus on killing the Berserkers. Have your Centurions take careof the Barbarians. More Gladius Tips: RETRIBUTION OF THE SWORD Prize: 100D-1500D Fee: 500D Required: From Imperia More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion Enemies: 3x Barbarian More Gladius Tips: This time you will only face Barbarians, no Berserkers.So have Valens andLudo team up to defeat one of them. Your Centurions should be able to handlea Barbarian by themselves. Use Spear Attack and strong combos.Sometimes theBarbarians will transform into animals. Remember the weight classes of animals - bears are Heavy and wolves are Light, so use the appropriatecharacter when dealing with animals. More Gladius Tips: When you've fought all the league battles you want, you can enter thetournament. Make sure you're equipped and prepared. There are two rounds tothe tournament this time; one against Wolves and one against the Belfort team. More Gladius Tips: BELFORT TOURNAMENT Prize: 1000D-1700D BEAST MASTERY Prize: 1000D-1500D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 1000D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 2x Greater Wolf, 4x Wolf This battle is just like The Fray, except much easier because the enemies areonly at Lv. 2-3. Use the same strategy as The Fray.Concentrate all yourattacks on one of the Greater Wolves (I would suggest taking the Lv.3 one downfirst). Then two Wolves will enter the arena.Valens and Ludo should be ableto handle them by themselves, while the Centurions start attacking the otherGreater Wolf.After the Wolves are dead, have Valens and Ludo help them. Whenthe second Greater Wolf is defeated, two more Wolves will come, so kill themand you'll win. More Gladius Tips: BELFORT CONQUEST Prize: 100D-1500D Fee: 1000D More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion Enemies: Samnite, 2x Centurion, 2x Legionnaire More Gladius Tips: Once again, you only have to defeat the Centurions to win. Take note of whereyou place your characters. Place a Centurion and either Valens or Ludo neareach enemy Centurion. When the battle starts, just use combos and Spear Attackand they will fall in no time. You can also take advantage of the wall in theback near one of the Centurions. If you climb up on the wall, you can takethat Centurion down in one hit, probably. Just ignore the Samnite andLegionnaires. More Gladius Tips: Now you've completed everything in Belfort, so head out to the world map. Now,there are four other towns you haven't visited yet: Orus, Cro Beska, Trikata,and Syrna. I would recommend going to Trikata first, because you will need abadge from there to enter other leagues in other towns. So follow the road tothe south and keep going until you reach the third turnoff. This is Trikata. Also, be aware that there are random battles on the world map. You can greatlydecrease the number of random battles by walking on the roads. The randombattles are normally pretty easy, but keep in mind that a character who dies ina random battle will be dead forever, so be very careful and save before goingto the world map. More Gladius Tips: 3.1.1.3 - TRIKATA More Gladius Tips: There is a sidequest you can do here in Trikata. You will sometimes be able tofind a sidequest by talking to the shop owners in different towns. Visit theshop here, and talk to the owner. Choose the third option when it asks youwhat to talk about, and keep talking to her and she will eventually tell youabout someone who killed her brother. She will ask you to kill him to avengeher brother. You have 7 days to find him. He is located on the world map,on the beach south of Trikata. You can only encounter him at night. When youdo encounter him, you'll have to fight one-on-one. I would recommend usingyour strongest Centurion or a Samnite if you have one. When you defeat him,take his sword back to the shop owner in Trikata, and she will give you a setof good equipment - Teres Moles, Latticed Skirt, Iron Campana, and Ring ofMaritimus. Now you can stop at the recruiting office or buy some newequipment, then start doing some league battles. More Gladius Tips: PEOPLE'S LEAGUE OF TRITAKA Badges required: NoneMore Gladius Tips: Prize: This is another league with completely random enemies. You will find everytype of enemy you've encountered so far, and a few new ones - the Amazon andMinotaur. An Amazon is an archer that can charm your male characters, sofighting at close range is effective. A Minotaur is another type of Heavyenemy, so use the same strategies as you would with Centurions or Samnites. More Gladius Tips: BATTLE OF THE PEOPLE I Prize: 1500D-1650D Fee: 500D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Ludo, Centurion Number of enemies: 2 More Gladius Tips: There are only 2 enemies here and they are fairly weak. Be sure to take a lookat your enemies and form your party accordingly, or reset until you get whatyou want. A couple of combos should take down your enemies. BATTLE OF THE PEOPLE II Prize: 1500D-1650D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 4 This battle is similar to the last, but the teams have 4 members instead of 2. The important thing in these battles is to take a look at your enemies beforeyou start, form your team according to your enemies' weaknesses, then placeyour characters in the correct places on the map. For example, put Ludo closeto a Bandit and put a Centurion next to a Murmillo. Then you can have each ofyour 4 team members fighting one enemy. More Gladius Tips: BATTLE OF THE PEOPLE III Prize: 1500D-1650D Fee: 500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster More Gladius Tips: My team: Ludo, 2x Centurion Number of enemies: 3 Again, take a look at your enemies, form your team accordingly, and place themin effective spots in the arena. Then you should have no problem taking downyour enemies. More Gladius Tips: BATTLE OF THE PEOPLE IV Prize: 5000D-5050D Fee: 500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Ludo, Centurion More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 4 This battle is insanely tough because you are outnumbered and outleveled byyour enemies. The best thing you can do to win this battle is to restart overand over until you get some easier opponents. For example, if you plan onusing Ludo and a Centurion, restart until you get 2 Bandits and 2 Murmillos orsomething close. Then place Ludo next to the Bandits and the Centurion next tothe Murmillos if possible.Then you should be able to use your combos andspecial skills or affinity attacks to win. This battle might take severaltries, even if you get the right enemies.Don't worry, though; the next battleis much easier. More Gladius Tips: BATTLE OF THE PEOPLE V Prize: 3000D-3250D Fee: 500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Ludo, Centurion More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 3 Just like the last battle, but there are only 3 opponents.This makes thingsa lot easier. Make sure you use the same strategies as above; place your teammembers close to enemies that they are strong against, then use your mostpowerful skills.If you managed to beat the last battle, this one will be abreeze. More Gladius Tips: HAMMER OF JUSTICE Badges required: None Prize: 1000D-1300D, Hammer of Justice badge More Gladius Tips: In this league, you're fighting against criminals to punish them.Most of youropponents will be Bandits, but you will occasionally run into an ImperialCitizen, which are much easier. You will also have to use Heavy charactersonly (except for the first battle), so that will make things a little harder. More Gladius Tips: PRISONER'S APPEAL Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 250D Required: 2 Heavy characters My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Samnite More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 4 You will probably be fighting 3 Bandits and 1 Imperial citizen in this fight,but it varies a little. This is the only battle in the league that lets youuse Medium characters, so take advantage of that.Have Valens and Ludo goafter a Bandit each, and have your two Heavy characters go after the citizenif there is one, and a Bandit. Even though their levels are kind of high, theydon't pose much of a threat. More Gladius Tips: DEFAULT JUDGEMENT Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 250D Required: Heavy My team: Centurion, Centurion, Samnite More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 3x Bandit You can actually have 4 characters, but I only had 3 Heavy characters at thispoint. There won't be any Imperial Citizens in this battle, so you'll befighting high-level Bandits. Their evasion is very high against Heavycharacters, so you can't use attacks that don't have a swing meter with acritical hit.Stick to regular attacks and combos. You can also use affinityattacks if you build up your gauge.Beware that the Bandits can use a skillthat petrifies Heavy characters. This can be annoying, but the effect willwear off in time or if you get attacked. More Gladius Tips: JUDGE'S ORDERS Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 200D Required: Heavy More Gladius Tips: My team: Centurion, Samnite Enemies: 3x Bandit Like the last battle, except the enemies are a little weaker and you only have2 characters. Since you're outnumbered, team up on one of the Bandits firstand take care of him.Then you can each go after one Bandit and take them outjust like you did in the last battle. More Gladius Tips: NOLO CONTENDERE Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 175D Required: Heavy More Gladius Tips: My team: 2x Centurion, Samnite Number of enemies: 3 You will probably be fighting 2 Bandits and one Imperial Citizen here.Theirlevels can be pretty high, and they can kill a team member if they surroundhim. Take care of the Bandits first and then kill the citizen.I wouldsuggest killing both the Bandits at the same time, teaming up against them.When they're gone, kill the citizen. More Gladius Tips: VOIR DIRE Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 150D Required: Heavy My team: Centurion, Samnite More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 3x Bandit You're outnumbered again, so have your characters stick close together and killthe Bandits one at a time. Be careful of their petrification attack.And besure to use only critical hits, or your attacks will miss.Since they are atlower levels this time, you shouldn't have much of a problem. *More Gladius Tips: LEAGUES BELLATUS Badges required: None Prize: 5000D-5050D More Gladius Tips: This league consists of 6 one-on-one battles; 2 with each weight class.Onebattle is against the same weight class and one battle is against theirweakness. If you're like me and used a lot of Centurions and not many Lightcharacters, the Light character battles might be tough.Be sure to buy thebest weapons and armor for the characters you're going to use. More Gladius Tips: BELLATUS HEAVY Prize: 3000D-3250D Fee: 300D Required: Heavy More Gladius Tips: My team: Centurion Enemies: 1 Heavy enemy More Gladius Tips: This match is Heavy vs. Heavy.I would recommend having a Centurion and justkeep using Spear Attack. The enemy might use combos against you, but if youjust keep using Spear Attack you will probably win.Combos are also effective. BELLATUS HEAVY CHALLENGE Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 300D More Gladius Tips: Required: Heavy My team: Centurion Enemies: 1 Light enemy More Gladius Tips: This match can be difficult.You can't use Spear Attack this time, because itwill miss. The only thing you can count on is critical hits, so you have toget the swing meter just right.I had my Centurion start out by using Roam andgetting a critical hit. Then you don't really have a choice except to usecombos and get the critical hits every time.Watch out for your enemy usingSurprise Attack, which will probably deal a good bit of damage. BELLATUS LIGHT More Gladius Tips: Prize: 3000D-3250D Fee: 300D Required: Light My team: Secutor More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 1 Heavy enemy This battle can be pretty hard.First, wait for your enemy to come into yourrange, then run up to him and use Running Attack with a critical hit. On yournext turn, use Sand Toss to get more turns in.Then use Surprise Attack if youhave it. If not, keep using Running Attack.If you just use Surprise Attackand Running Attack, you'll win.Make sure your equipment is good, and you havea shield. More Gladius Tips: BELLATUS LIGHT CHALLENGE Prize: 500D-700D Fee: 300D Required: Light More Gladius Tips: My team: Secutor Enemies: 1 Medium enemy More Gladius Tips: This battle is actually easier than the last, I think, because this time thereis a crate you can stand on. So quickly get on top of the crate and wait foryour enemy.The use Sand Toss, followed by Surprise Attack.It will probablytake 3 Surprise Attacks to win. BELLATUS MIDWEIGHT Prize: 3000D-3250D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 300D Required: Medium My team: Ludo Enemies: 1 Light enemy More Gladius Tips: Very easy battle.Wait for your enemy to come in range, then use a couple of3-hit combos to win. MIDWEIGHT CHALLENGE Prize: 500D-700D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 300D Required: Medium My team: Ludo Enemies: 1 Heavy enemy More Gladius Tips: Before you start the battle, place your character on top of the crate, which isthe bottom-left spot available. Since you're on a tall crate, you have a bigadvantage.Wait for your enemy to come in range, then use two 3-hit combos.That will probably get his HP pretty low. You can then use regular attacks oran affinity attack to finish the job. More Gladius Tips: SURVIVE TRIKATA Badges required: None Prize: 2000D-2500D, Gift of Perseverance badge More Gladius Tips: Fee: 700D Required: Medium My team: Ludo More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 4x Bandit, Murmillo, Ogre More Gladius Tips: This league consists of 4 consecutive battles.This means you have to defeatall the enemies without being healed between rounds. You have to use a Mediumcharacter, so go with either Valens or Ludo.Make sure you have a good combo.The 3-hit combo will work best. And make sure that you have the best possibleequipment. Note that you only have to beat the first 3 rounds to beat theleague, so it's okay if you just can't beat the last round. More Gladius Tips: Round 1: 2x Bandit Hopefully, you will get a Lv. 2 and a Lv. 3 Bandit here.If not, you canreset.Wait for them to come to you, don't move to attack them.You will beable to take them down with 1 or 2 combos. If you use the 3 hit combo, it willdo good damage, maybe kill them, and you can use it twice in a row for 3 skillpoints each.If you get lucky, you can defeat both of them with 2 combos. More Gladius Tips: Round 2: 2x Bandit This round is exactly like the last one.Use your 2 combos, then attack tofinish them off if need be. Round 3: Murmillo Start the battle by passing.The Murmillo will then move within attackingrange.Move forward and attack him once. Then use 2 combos on your next turnand you should kill him.Watch out for a move that reduces your speed; thatcan be bad. Also watch out for combos. Try to bring him down as fast as youcan.If you're doing good, you should still have more than half of your HP. More Gladius Tips: Round 4: Ogre Wait for him to move within attacking range, then move up and attack him once.Two combos might finish him off if you get critical hits on all of them. Ifnot, another attack or affinity attack should do the trick.The key to winningthis battle is just to have enough HP left after the first 3 battles. More Gladius Tips: TRIKATA TOURNAMENT BLOODY HALO FINALS I Prize: 2000D-6000D Fee: 2000D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Samnite Number of enemies: 4 The enemies in this battle are completely random.Examine your enemies beforethe battle starts and restart if you want. The battle is pretty easy if youuse the right characters and your enemies aren't too hard.Just use thestandard strategies to win. More Gladius Tips: BLOODY HALO FINALS II Prize: 2000D-6000D Fee: 2000D My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion, Samnite Number of enemies: 5 More Gladius Tips: Again, the enemies here are somewhat random.You'll probably have a Centurion,a couple of Legionnaires, and some other random enemies. The annoying thingabout these battles is that there are huge crates everywhere, which split yourteam into two groups. So be sure to look at your enemies' placement ahead oftime and place your team members accordingly.In the inside area of thecrates, have two people stand next to the entrance so they can attack whoevertries to come in. I had Valens and a Samnite blocking the entrance andattacking, and a Centurion attacking diagonally with Spear Attack.This way,your enemies will go down easily. On the other side of the crates, just useyour most powerful attacks and bring down the enemies like you normally do. More Gladius Tips: Now you're done in Trikata.You may want to stop off at the recruiting centerand get a new team member, like a Channeler if there is one.Then, head off tothe world map. The next town you need a badge from is Syrna, which is locatedjust to the west of Trikata. 3.1.1.4 - SYRNA More Gladius Tips: The first thing you need to do is stop of at the recruiting center and makesure you have at least 3 female gladiators in your school. I would recommendhaving a Centurion/Samnite, Legionnaire/Murmillo, and a Channeler.You willneed them because the next league, Spirit of the Valkyrie, is a female-onlyleague. More Gladius Tips: SPIRIT OF THE VALKYRIE Badges required: None Prize: 6000D-6500D, Honor of the Valkyrie badge, Leather Bikini, Amazon's Bracelet More Gladius Tips: This is a female-only league.You will need 3 or 4 female gladiators on yourteam for these battles.Also note that some of the battles have randomlyselected enemies. EYES OF THE VALKYRIE More Gladius Tips: Prize: 1500D-1650D Fee: 1000D Required: Female My team: Centurion, Murmillo, Channeler Number of enemies: 3 More Gladius Tips: The enemies in this battle are randomly selected, so you can restart and getthe easy ones if you want. You should know how to defeat the enemies with yourCenturion, so I'll go over the strategies for using a Murmillo and Channeler. More Gladius Tips: Murmillo: These are similar to Legionnaires.They are Medium-weight charactersand are effective against Light characters. They have two goodskills that you should have now: Gut Basher, which lowers the enemy'sspeed and does damage, and Throw Shield, which does a lot of damage. Channeler: Channelers are physically weak, but they have excellent affinityskills. Their weapons have a lot of affinity charge as well.Oneattack will fill up 20 points (one circle) on your affinity gauge.if you recruited one at Lv. 5, she will have a lot of decentaffinity skills. So attack once or twice, then use an affinityattack.You can also use Steal Affinity to take another character'saffinity charge. Tornado is a skill that rearranges the position ofall the characters in its range, and it's useful in a tight spot. More Gladius Tips: So use Throw Shield or attack with your Murmillo, have your Centurion use SpearAttack or attack normally, and have your Channeler use affinity attacks. FISTS OF THE VALKYRIE Prize: 1500D-1650D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 1000D Required: Female My team: Centurion, Murmillo, Channeler Enemies: 3x Amazon More Gladius Tips: The Amazons will start off on the upper level, shooting at you down below.Soquickly get to the upper level so you can attack them. Their attacks are notparticularly powerful, but they are pretty fast.Have a Legionnaire or aMurmillo take care of one of them. Have your Channeler and Centurion take theother two out.One thing you need to be careful of is the Amazons' poisonarrow attack, which can inflict Poison on your characters. This will lowertheir HP every turn, but will wear off in time. CUNNING OF THE VALKYRIE Prize: 1500D-1650D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 1000D Required: Female My team: Centurion, Murmillo, Channeler Number of enemies: 3 More Gladius Tips: Again, the enemies are random so you can restart and get the enemies you want.This battle is pretty much the same as the first, but the enemies are a littlestronger. Also, there are crates scattered around the arena, so get on top ofthem if you can.Use the same strategy as in the first battle. FORCE OF THE VALKYRIE Prize: 1000D-1300D Fee: 1000D More Gladius Tips: Required: Female My team: Centurion, Murmillo, Channeler Enemies: 4x Amazon More Amazons, this time at a higher level.However, you can start out closerto them this time so they aren't sniping at you while you climb up to them. Defeat them the same way you did in the second battle.Use affinity attackswith your Channeler (Sleet is good because it will freeze them for a turn).Have your Centurion attack normally, or use Spear Attack from behind. Haveyour Murmillo use Throw Shield or a Legionnaire use combos.Use the crates toyour advantage, too.This battle is not much tougher than the second one.More Gladius Tips: HEART OF THE VALKYRIE Prize: 1000D-1100D Fee: 1000D Required: Female My team: Centurion, Murmillo, Channeler Number of enemies: 4 More Gladius Tips: Note that you can have 4 team members here, but I only had 3 females in myschool.Take a look at your enemies and restart if you want better ones. Makesure to place your team members effectively at the start of the battle.Usethe same strategies as the first and third battle.I managed to beat thisbattle with 3 characters fairly easily, so it will be even easier with 4. More Gladius Tips: CIVILIS ANTIQUITIS Badges required: None Prize: 1500D-1650D More Gladius Tips: Most of the battles in this league have randomly selected enemies.Most ofthem are Legionnaires, Centurions, and Samnites, but you can run into justabout every type of enemy you've seen so far. VERSUS CULTUS OCULARIS Prize: 1500D-1650D Fee: 500D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, 2x Centurion, Samnite Number of enemies: 5 Take a look at your enemies before the battle starts and reset if you like, toget easier enemies. Place the characters effectively on the map before thebattle starts.The numbers are even, so have each person kill one enemy. More Gladius Tips: VERSUS FEMINA FORMOSOS Prize: 1500D-1650D Fee: 500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Ludo, Centurion, Samnite Number of enemies: 3More Gladius Tips: Even though the battle is called "Femina Formosos", you will encounter malesand females in this match. So bring whoever you want into battle.This ispretty much the same as the last battle, but with smaller teams. VERSUS CLARIOS' AVENGERS Prize: 1500D-1650D Fee: 500D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Centurion, Samnite Number of enemies: 3 Pretty much the same as the last two battles.Just use the same strategy asbefore. More Gladius Tips: VERSUS HERALDS OF CERTO Prize: 1500D-1650D Fee: 500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Samnite More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 4 The same as the last few battles, but with teams of 4.Use the same strategiesas with the last battles. VERSUS SCHOOL OF ANTONIO Prize: 1500D-1650D Fee: 500D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Samnite, Centurion, Murmillo Enemies: 5x Amazon Another Amazon battle, but this time you have the option of using malecharacters. I strongly recommend you take as many female characters as youcan.Amazons can immobilize and stun your male characters, which will put youat a great disadvantage with only 3 characters. Go after the Amazons one ortwo at a time, and have your team stick together.They will be shooting you alot at first, but they aren't that strong. So just stick together and killthem one at a time; don't have each character go after one of them. Also, ifyou do have a male character that gets stunned or rooted, the effect will wearoff after a while or after you kill the enemy who inflicted it. VERSUS BRUTUS FERINUS More Gladius Tips: Prize: 1500D-1650D Fee: 500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Samnite Number of enemies: 4 More Gladius Tips: The same as most of the other battles in this league.The enemies are at ahigher level this time, though.So you may want to team up and take them outone or two at a time instead of having each character kill one enemy. TRIBUNAL OF BRUTALITY Badges required: Hammer of Justice badge Prize: 2000D-2200D, Justice of Syrna badge This is another endurance league.You have to fight all 5 waves of enemies ina row, without healing. The enemies are mostly Bandits, with some Citizensand a couple of Channelers. I used a team of Valens, Ludo, a Murmillo, and aSamnite.Medium characters are best here because almost all of your enemiesare Light. More Gladius Tips: First Circuit: 3x Bandit Your Medium characters should each go after one Bandit.Try to minimize thedamage you take, because you have to last for 5 rounds. Combos work well here,as well as Throw Shield if you're using a Murmillo. Also, there are crates inthe arena for the whole league, so you can stand on them if you want. Second Circuit: 3 enemies The Citizens are incredibly weak.One Medium character can take down a Citizenwith one short combo. Have your other characters go after the Bandits orany other enemies left. Third Circuit: 2 enemies More Gladius Tips: Only two enemies here.Have two characters attack each one and you will bedone in no time. Fourth Circuit: 3 enemies Have Valens and Ludo kill any Bandits, and have your other characters kill theother enemies.Their levels are pretty low, so you should have no trouble. Final Circuit: 3x Bandit You should still have a good portion of your HP left here.Sometimes theBandit will use Running Attack and do some decent damage, but you should stillsurvive this round.Just take them down quickly using combos. More Gladius Tips: STRENGTH OF AFFINITY Badges required: None Prize: 1000D-1500D, Xiphos, 2x Visigoth Shield, Praetorian Italic I really, really hate this league because you have to have a certain affinityto enter the battles.So you will probably only have 2 characters for eachaffinity. And these battles are hard if you only have 2 characters.If youneed to, equip someone with a different weapon that has the affinity youneed. If you don't have a weapon of a certain affinity, you can go to CroBeska to buy weapons of all 4 affinities. You might just want to do 2 of thesebattles, which is all you need to win the league, so you don't have to switcheveryone's weapons around and buy new ones. More Gladius Tips: AERIS VERSUS EXURO Prize: Rigid Circlet Fee: 1500D Required: Air Affinity Team: 1-3 members Enemies: 3 enemies (either Samnite, Bandit, or Secutor) This one isn't that hard if you have at least 2 characters, especially if theyare Medium weight. You can restart to get the enemies you want, then start thebattle.If you only have 2 characters, stick together and take the enemies outone at a time to avoid them ganging up on one of your characters. SOLUM VERSUS MARITIMUSMore Gladius Tips: Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 1500D Required: Earth Affinity Team: 1-3 members Enemies: 5 enemies (Peltast, Murmillo, or Minotaur) If you don't have 3 Earth affinity characters, I would recommend skipping thisbattle because there are 5 enemies.Some of the enemies will be at Lv.1 andthe others will be at Lv. 5. So if you have 3 characters, stick together andtake out the Lv. 5 enemies first.Then take out the Lv.1 enemies. More Gladius Tips: EXURO VERSUS AERIS Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 1500D Required: Fire Affinity More Gladius Tips:Team: 1-3 members Enemies: 4 enemies (Bandit, Secutor, or Peltast) Again, if you only have 2 characters, you may want to skip this battle.Mediumcharacters are good here against Bandits and Secutors, so if you have a Mediumcharacter, use combos against them to kill them. Again, stick together so theycan't kill you as easily. MARITIMUS VERSUS SOLUM Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 1500D More Gladius Tips: Required: Water Affinity Team: 1-3 members Enemies: 2 enemies (Centurion, Peltast, Bandit, or Secutor) This battle is a little better, but still kind of hard if you only have 2characters. You can keep restarting to get the enemies you are good against,then start the battle.Have each character attack one enemy, or stick togetherand take them out one at a time. More Gladius Tips: After you've done all the league battles you want to do, you can enter thetournament. SYRNA TOURNAMENT Prize: 5000D-5500D SYRNA CHAMPIONSHIP Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 500D More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo, Murmillo, Samnite, Secutor Enemies: 4x Secutor This is a pretty easy tournament.Take all the Medium characters you have, andyou'll do fine. You outnumber them, so have a Medium character each kill oneenemy, and two of your team members can team up against one of them. Usecombos and Throw Shield and you'll win in no time. You're done in Syrna now.The next stop is Cro Beska, which is the town eastof Trikata. More Gladius Tips: 3.1.1.5 - CRO BESKA You may want to stop at the recruiting center and get a Wolf or a Mongrel ifyou have room.Now, for the leagues. IMPERIA UNTAMED Badges required: Lupus' Master badge Prize: 800D-1100D, Imperia Untamed badge, Collar of Force More Gladius Tips: This league introduces some new classes - the Plains Cat, Scarab, ScorpionGungnir, Mongrel, and Ogre.Here is a brief description/strategy for each: Plains Cat: Fights as a Light character, so use Medium characters against them.A lot like a Wolf. Scarab: A giant beetle, fights as a Heavy character, similar to a Bear.Has some decent long-range attacks, too. Scorpion: A Light beast that has some very strong attacks like Poison Flick and Venom. Defeat them quickly using Medium or Heavy characters. Gungnir: A long-range gladiator that uses javelins to attack.Similar to a Peltast.Can also transform into a Bear. More Gladius Tips: Mongrel: A Light warrior, similar to a Bandit or Secutor.Use the same strategies to beat them. Ogre: Very similar to a Samnite.A very large and Heavy warrior.Defeat them using other Heavy characters or using Surprise Attack from behind them. TOOTH AND CLAW Prize: 500D-750D Fee: 500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo, Murmillo Enemies: 3x Wolf You've dealt with Wolves before and should be able to handle yourself here.Attack them using combos and Throw Shield.Also, take a look at the arenahere. It has different levels, like a staircase.Take advantage of this andattack your enemies from the level above whenever possible. ACTIVE SUBMISSION Prize: 1000D-1500D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 500D My team: Ludo, Valens, Murmillo, Centurion, Samnite Enemies: 4x Wolf Use the same strategies here as the last battle.Each Medium character shouldbe able to take on a Wolf by themselves and defeat them pretty quickly.Haveyour other two characters team up and defeat the other one. FEARSOME PACK Prize: 1000D-1500D More Gladius Tips: Fee: 500D My team: Ludo, Valens, Centurion, Samnite Enemies: 4 enemies (Plains Cat, Bear, Scarab, Wolf, or Gungnir) The enemies here are random.Put someone close to the Gungnir if there is one,and try to kill him before he can transform into a Bear. Have a Mediumcharacter use combos from above to take care of the Cats and Wolves.Have yourHeavy characters bring down the Bears and Scarabs.Try to get the Scarabsfirst, because their attacks are pretty strong. More Gladius Tips: SWEEPING ATTACK Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 500D My team: Ludo, Valens, Murmillo, Centurion, Samnite Enemies: 3 enemies, (same enemies as above + Mongrel) The Mongrels are pretty easy.Valens or Ludo should be able to kill them withone big combo if they're at lower levels. Have your Medium characters takecare of them.As for the other enemies, just kill them the way you did in thelast battle. More Gladius Tips: THE HUNT Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 500D Required: Human My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Samnite Enemies: 3x Mongrel, Ogre More Gladius Tips: The same as the last battle, with the addition of an Ogre.Have your two Heavycharacters take down the Ogre while Valens and Ludo kill the Mongrels just likein the last battle. Just don't get surrounded by Mongrels, because they cankill you if you let that happen. A DANGEROUS SPORT Prize: 1000D-1500D Fee: 500D Required: Human My team: Valens, Ludo, Murmillo More Gladius Tips: Enemies: 4x Wolf, Plains Cat This battle is pretty hard.Make sure your Murmillo is on a higher level whenthe battle starts. If he uses Throw Shield from above, it will probably killa Wolf or Cat in one (critical) hit. So your Murmillo should be able to kill2 or 3 enemies with Throw Shield. Just have Valens and Ludo use big comboattacks from above to take care of the rest. Once again, don't get surroundedor they might kill you. More Gladius Tips: MONGREL SIEGE Badges required: Imperia Untamed badge Prize: 4500D-5000D, Mongrel Butcher badge More Gladius Tips: In this league, you will fight nothing but Mongrels and a few Ogres.This isa really easy league because the enemies are sometimes at very low levels, andit's a great way to make some fast money (up to 6400D per fight). MONGREL SIEGE I Prize: 5500D-6400D Fee: 500D More Gladius Tips: Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Murmillo, Samnite Enemies: 4x Mongrel Two of the Mongrels will be at higher levels and two will be at lower levels.Have your Murmillo use Throw Shield to kill one instantly.Have your Samnitego after a low-level one. Then have Valens and Ludo combo the other two todeath. MONGREL SIEGE II More Gladius Tips: Prize: 5500D-6400D Fee: 500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Murmillo Enemies: 4x Mongrel This is just like the last battle, but you have one less character.Take allyour Medium characters and kill the Mongrels like you did in the last battle. More Gladius Tips: MONGREL SIEGE III Prize: 5500D-6400D Fee: 500D Required: Valens, 1 Light, 1 Heavy My team: Valens, Secutor, Centurion Enemies: 3x Mongrel, Ogre More Gladius Tips: Valens should be able to kill two of the Mongrels by himself.Have your Lightcharacter go after a low-level one. Your Heavy character should attack theOgre, and Valens can help him after he kills the Mongrels. MONGREL SIEGE IV Prize: 5500D-6400D Fee: 500D Required: 1 of each Affinity My team: Valens, Murmillo, Centurion, SamniteMore Gladius Tips: Enemies: 4x Mongrel It helps if you have at least 2 Medium characters for this fight.You can buyaffinity weapons from the shop here if you need to change a character'saffinity. Take care of the Mongrels as usual - Valens/Ludo use combos,Murmillo use Throw Shield, and other characters just attack normally. MONGREL SIEGE VMore Gladius Tips: Prize: 5500D-6400D Fee: 500D Prohibited: Summoner, Undead Caster My team: Valens, Ludo, Centurion, Samnite Enemies: 3x Mongrel, 2x Ogre Take out the Mongrels quickly the way you've been doing.They are all at Lv.5, but you should still be able to kill them in one or two turns. While yourMedium characters are killing the Mongrels, have your Heavy characters attackthe Ogres.Your Medium characters can help them after the Mongrels are dead. More Gladius Tips: After this battle, you can talk to the shopkeeper here and ask him about anyinteresting battles.He will tell you of one that takes place 7 days afteryou talk to him. He says you will be fighting Minotaurs and Satyrs.Rememberto come back to Cro Beska in 7 days for this fight.You'll probably be in thenext town by then, so make sure you remember. Also, make sure you have anempty slot for another character. When you come back in 7 days, there will beanother league available with the battle"The Mythic Invasion".In it, youwill have to fight 2 Satyrs and 2 Minotaurs. It doesn't matter if they killthe citizens, just fight them.Satyrs are Light enemies, but they have a fewstrong attacks. Minotaurs are Heavy characters, and they are very strong.Watch out for Rampage, which can kill you in one hit.When you win, you'llget some money, a Scorched Skull Cap, and a Bull Ring. One of the Satyrs orMinotaurs will also offer to join you. I would go with the Minotaur, so if theSatyr offers to join, reset and try again until you get the Minotaur, Langston.He is very powerful, and you'll use him a lot. Also note that he is at ahigher level than you are, so he can join your team at Lv. 6 even though thelevel cap is 5. Note: If you don't want to restart the battle to get Langston, here's an easierway.Enter the battle with a full school. After the battle, go out to theworld map, expel someone, and save your game. Then go into Cro Beska and oneof the characters will join you. If it's not Langston, reset and try again.This way, you only have to do the battle one time. Now, for the other leagues. More Gladius Tips: CONDEMNED HOPE Badges required: Hammer of Justice, Justice of Syrna Prize: None In this league, you have to fight the enemies off, and you can also break openthe barrels in the arena to free Bandit prisoners. Once they are freed, theywill break open the other barrels and fight on your side.However, you don't have to free them in order to win. These battles have either all Mongrels or all Mongrels and an Ogre. More Gladius Tips: CAPTIVE TRIAL Prize: None Fee: 800D Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner My team: Valens, Ludo, Murmillo Number of enemies: 2 More Gladius Tips: There are 2 barrels with prisoners in them if you want to break them open.Ifnot, just kill the enemies using the normal method.You may want to restartthe battle until you get all Mongrels instead of a Mongrel and an Ogre. FREE THE PRISONERS Prize: None Fee: 800D Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner My team: Valens, Ludo, Murmillo More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 3 Again, you might want to restart until you get all Mongrel enemies.Theneither go around and break all the barrels open and free the prisoners, or justskip the prisoners and kill the enemies.There are 4 barrels this time. EMANCIPATION Prize: None Fee: 800D Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner More Gladius Tips: My team: Valens, Ludo, Murmillo, Samnite Number of enemies: 4 Now there are 5 barrels you can break open if you want.If not, just go afterall the Mongrels as usual. FIGHT FOR THE OPPRESSED Prize: None Fee: 800D Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner My team: Ludo, Murmillo More Gladius Tips: Number of enemies: 4 Only two barrels this time.You can break them open if you need help defeatingthe enemies, but you'll probably have an easier time just killing the enemies. You can restart until you get all Mongrels if you don't want to deal with anOgre.Combos, Throw Shield, and affinity attacks will bring down your enemiesvery quickly. LIBERATION Prize: None More Gladius Tips: Fee: 800D Prohibited: Arcane, Support - Amazon, Archer, Channeler, Summoner My team: Valens, Ludo, Murmillo Number of enemies: 2 (Mongrel, Ogre, Wolf, or Plains Cat) If you want, you can break the 4 barrels around the arena and free theprisoners.Or just stick together and defeat the enemies.There are only two,so it should be pretty easy. More Gladius Tips: QUARREL IN THE MAW Badges required: None Prize: None This league consists of 4 one-on-one point battles.In a point battle, thegoal is to do as much damage as possible in the allotted time.You get a pointfor every HP of damage you deal to your opponent, and your opponent gets pointsfor damaging you. Whoever gets the most points at the end of the time limitwins.Also, your HP does not decrease in these battles. More Gladius Tips: Note that you only have to win one of these battles to win the league, so it'sokay if you don't have a certain class. However, you should try to do all ofthem because they give you some good equipment (even though you can't equipmost of it yet). SECUTOR CONTEST Prize: 800D-950D, Poison Axe, Studded Shield More Gladius Tips: Fee: 800D Required: Secutor (above Lv. 2) My team: Secutor Enemies: Secutor Your enemy is a level lower than you are, so you have the advantage.Just makesure you have the best weapon and armor you can.Start off with a RunningAttack. Your enemy has weaker attacks, so he won't get as many points,especially if you get critical hits every time.You may want to use Sand Tossto lower his speed and get more turns in. Just keep using Running Attack orSurprise Attack for 3 minutes and you will win by a huge margin. More Gladius Tips: MONGREL CHALLENGE Prize: 800D-950D, Dried Bones, Wooden Bludgeon Fee: 800D Required: Mongrel or Mongrel Shaman My team: Mongrel Enemies: Mongrel More Gladius Tips: You can recruit a Lv. 5 Mongrel from the recruiting center here if you don'thave one yet.This is pretty much the same as the Secutor battle. Start outwith a Running Attack. Then alternate between Running Attack and a regularattack (Running Attack costs 2 skill points for a Mongrel). Do this for 3minutes and you will win. MURMILLO FIGHT Prize: 800D-950D, Throwing Hoplite, Copper Campana Fee: 800D Required: Murmillo My team: Murmillo More Gladius Tips: Enemies: Murmillo This one might be a little closer match than the last two, but it's still easyif you have a Lv.5 Murmillo. If the enemy Murmillo uses Gut Basher, be sureto use Gut Basher on him in return, because you can't afford to lose any turns. You can use Throw Shield, but I found it best to just keep attacking andgetting critical hits. Use Gut Basher every once in a while to lower theenemy's speed.Do this for 3 minutes to win. SAMNITE BATTLE More Gladius Tips: Prize: 800D-950D, Metal Suit, Scutum Fee: 800D Required: Samnite My team: Samnite Enemies: Samnite Start out my passing, so your enemy will come within range and you will get thefirst attack. Use regular attacks, and an occasional combo if your Samnitelearned a combo attack.When you get enough affinity built up, use a Level 1or 2 affinity attack to deal a lot of damage. The enemy's attacks are muchweaker than yours, and a lot of times you will block them, so just attack himfor 3 minutes to win. Now you're ready for the tournament. More Gladius Tips: CRO BESKA TOURNAMENT Prize: 1000D-1500D, Stone Club, Tortoise's Scalp This time the tournament is 3 battles, back-to-back.However, it's prettyeasy because your enemies are all around Lv. 3. MONGREL'S MAW TOURNAMENT Prize: 2000D-2500DMore Gladius Tips: Fee: 5000D My team: Valens, Ludo, Murmillo, Samnite You can encounter just about every enemy you've come across so far, and one newone - the Dervish. These are Light characters, so take them out the same wayyou would a Bandit or Secutor. First Battle: 3 enemies Prize: 1500D-1800D More Gladius Tips: You will fight 3 random enemies here.You should know how to deal with eachtype of enemy by now. You outnumber your enemies here, and their levels arepretty low, so you should be able to win without losing very much HP. Second Battle: 3 enemies Prize: 1500D-1800D This fight is the same as the last. 3 random, low-leveled enemies.Try totake them out while losing as little HP as possible. Third Battle: 3 enemies (Mongrels and Ogres) More Gladius Tips: Do this fight just like you have all the other Mongrel and Ogre battles.Havethe Medium characters go after the Mongrels and your Heavy character take onthe Ogre. After the tournament, you're done with Cro Beska, and it's time to head off tothe last town in Imperia, Orus. It's located just to the north of Cro Beska. 3.1.1.6 - ORUS More Gladius Tips: Buy some Fire equipment in the shop if you want, then start on the leagues. ASSEMBLY OF IMPERIA Badges required: None Prize: 2500D-3000D PERGAMENE GIANTS More Gladius Tips: Prize: 500D-550D Fee: 300D Required: Air Affinity My team: Valens, Centurion, Samnite Enemies: 3 enemies (mix of Centurions and Samnites) If you need any Air affinity weapons, they can be bought at Cro Beska.I wouldrecommend taking Heavy characters in this battle if possible. First, take alook at the arena. There are pits of lava in places, and an elevated area inthe middle and on each side.Take advantage of those.Make your way aroundto your enemies. I would recommend staying together and taking your enemiesout one at a time if possible.Also, try to get on top of one of the higherareas if you can. This will increase the damage given and decrease the damagetaken.Also, there is a chest on the ledge in the middle.You can get it ifyou w |
These are the basics of how to play Gladiues.
Here are the controls for Gladiues (Gamecube version):