0.3.5 P2 - Bugfix Patch 2

Shoot, Treat somehow got left with that default 20% Variance. That's gonna be another patch later, but for now it's not a HUGE deal.

Star Burst has a lot of weird interactions- it also can't be dodged by most evasion effects! I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this properly, though.

The second Block symbol is the speed boost from your Hasty Hat; I gave all the "On-Block" effects a Block symbol and never really changed them. In the future, I could probably make a special symbol for each one (by which I mean a tiny icon crammed in the corner of a Block icon).

I really should get rid of Optimize. It's a holdover from RPG Maker's defaults, but Ruphand was not designed for it at all as a lot of the gear options at any given moment will be sidegrades rather than upgrades. That'll probably be in the next bugfix patch too. (Clear, of course, can stay.)

Any monster that's "permanently missable"- usually a boss lackey that you're not 100% guaranteed to fight, like the aforementioned Gem Servants- will be automatically added to the Bestiary.

The thing with Guard Down is that it's Instant- it takes only a single tick. If the Black Knight's starting Iron Ball +'s 65% windup, you could quickly Guard Down, throw a Super Pepperflask (or even an elemental Formula if you have Haste items), then duck back behind your shield. Every Drive also raises your Starforce cap by 25, so you can now throw out a bigger Star Burst.

Black Knight 2 is very tough for the point he appears at, and you'll need every advantage you can get against him. His Barrier Shift is random, with an equal chance for each element. Packing at least a few potions of each type is a good plan, so you can take advantage of a given weakness if you get the chance. 

You can build up status effects even if BK isn't weak to them at the moment, and they'll take effect when they can; if he switches to Ice weakness while he has a 40% Chill, for instance, he'll suddenly have to deal with the effective 60% slowdown from that, and some extra Cold Snap damage if you've hit him with that too. The caveat being, whether he switches to it at all is random, so you'll need a little luck.

He'll also use Twister more often when he's Burned or Softened even if he isn't weak to those elements at the moment.

Rock Wall stacking is a powerful strategy in general; Super Powder of Rock + Molten Iron will give you +18 Defense before any other modifiers, and if you have Stone's Throw, that translates to a solid attack boost too. Just be sure to pack extras as Black Knight can cast Torrent II to chip away at a Rock Wall.

Erosive Phials will break down a Rock Wall even if Black Knight is currently immune  to their damage, and have 15%/15% timing to Shaker II's 20%/30%. It'll take two to break the 4-turn wall that Shaker II creates, but timing just one so that it comes out while Black Knight spends a turn on Iron Ball would leave him wide open.

Another option is Catalyst formulas, as the Trigger deals Neutral damage, Catalysts can be stacked whether the foe's Blocking or not, and Catalyzer Focus has no issues since the Black Knight has no Gravity attacks. If you've got a bunch of Jelly Jewels, you can potentially blast him down in one explosion, or get him close enough for a Grav Formula to finish the job.

Finally, there's one available sidequest in particular with a reward that's both generally useful and very strong against the Black Knight's signature Block/Iron Ball combo.

EDIT: Wait, tabbing out can stop the graphics from updating? I've never experienced this issue, where did this happen?

I'm not sure what causes the Journal's right window to take so long to update. That's another issue I might look into later.

A Meteo Soldier guards allies that are under 25% HP. A lot of enemies that protect allies will use this threshold if they don't just always protect allies.

You'll find Minor Regen Rings in Orvas or the Challenge Tower, and these can be made into an Imbued version. Regular Regen Rings are sold in a later shop.

Shoot, there's an issue with the winning streak board. For some reason, it sets the variable that stored the winning streak to 0 after viewing it. I think I might have been testing the system, and forgot to remove this line. I'll give the Journal another look later today, then release a fix for that because that could be pretty aggravating.

The detective outside the Defenders' Rest might be keeping an eye open for any more suspects. And if Dill asks, he definitely isn't just doing that to get out of doing all the paperwork, no sir. As for the apples, they're probably just lying on the ground after having fallen off the trees.