Problems beating the game's toughest boss in one hit.

(I know it sounds weird to call the post that, but if I used its real name they would delete the post for including "spoilers" in the title)

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The other day I followed a video in Spanish that gave me instructions on how to defeat Simon with a single hit. I think I followed the strategy to the letter, and it worked for the guy in the video and the people in the comments section, but for some reason it didn't work for me... The video in question is this one: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbMPj8V1k0k\](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbMPj8V1k0k)

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I left him a message to see if he could help me, but since it had been more than a year since he posted the video, he had trouble helping me. I'm making this post to see if there's any kind soul who recognized this strategy for defeating him and if they could figure out what's wrong with it. I'll give more details about what I did in the comment I sent him, which I'll attach here (I'm using Google Translate to translate all of this, so there might be keywords that are translated incorrectly):

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"Hi! I know it's been more than a year since you uploaded this video and you probably don't like people still asking you about it after all this time, but just in case you have time to reply, I'm sending this. I think I followed the video pretty well..." You sent it, but the maximum damage I can do with Maelle following your build is 20 million, which isn't bad at all, but it falls short of beating Simon.

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Since I see that it's worked for a lot of people in the comments, I assume I have a mistake somewhere, but I don't know where. I'll send you how I have everything configured in case you find something out of place:

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Luminas Maelle: Death's Gate, Altered Affinity, Shield Affinity, Empowered Attack, Emergency Armor, Warm-up, Energy Mastery, Empowered Shield, Cheating, In Media Res, Energizing Start I, Energizing Start III, Fight with Confidence, Critical Moment, Paint Power, First Strike, Reinforced First Strike, Roulette, Unblemished, Teamwork

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Pictos Maelle: Longer Armor (Level 29), Charge Burn (Level 31), Second Chance (Level 31)

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Level Maelle: 89

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Maelle Attributes: Strength 99, Defense 99, Luck 69 (I left the rest at 0 to boost attack and critical power)

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Maelle's Combat Stats: Health (12000), Speed ​​(1471), Attack Power (5975), Critical Rate (67%), Defense (2119)

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Maelle's Weapon: Medalum (level 32)

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Sciel's Luminas: Combo Attack I, Combo Attack II, Reinforced Counterattack I, Reinforced Counterattack III, Energy Mastery, Cheating, In Media Res, Energizing Start I, Energizing Start III, Burning Death, Shielded Death, Sudden Death (in your video they call it suicide), First Strike, Second Chance, Clea's Life

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Sciel's Pictos: Slowing Attack, Energizing Block, Energizing Pain

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Sciel's Level: 91

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Sciel's Weapon: Litheson (level 32)

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Verso's Luminas: Combo Attack I, Attack Slowdown, Healing Counter, Reinforced Counter I, Reinforced Counter III, Energy Mastery, Cheating, In Media Res, Energizing Start I, Energizing Start III, Burning Death, Shielded Death, Sudden Death (in your video they call it suicide), First Strike, Second Chance

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Verse Picts: Third Time's the Charm, Protective Attack, Accelerating Shots

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Verse Level: 93

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Verse Weapon: Cruleram (Level 33)

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I follow the combat order exactly as you describe in the video. I use Low Guard first, then Last Chance. Next, it's Sciel's turn, and I use Fury of Fortune on Maelle, then Intervention on Maelle again. Finally, I use Stendhal on Simon. The most I've managed to take from him is 20 million, and the least is around 4.5 million. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, and I would love to beat him since that's all I need. I need a trophy and a couple more to get the platinum, and I'd love to get the platinum for this game because I honestly love it; it's one of the best games I've played in years.

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If nobody knows why it's not working for me, I'd also appreciate it if someone could tell me another strategy to beat it in one hit, since the traditional way seems practically impossible, and the truth is, I desperately need the Expedition 33 platinum trophy...