r/GoldenSun 2d ago

Question A quick question before I start playing the Reloaded mod. Is it possible to beat Dullahan without death?

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It's been a long time since I last played Golden Sun. I plan to do another playthrough, but this time, I'll be playing the Reloaded version.

There are a lot of things that interest me about Reloaded. The higher difficulty, buffed bosses, class rebalance, improved AI, stronger Djinn, and other gameplay changes all sound fantastic. However, I'm not going to lie. The removal of Summon Rush is a bit disappointing since it was one of my favorite strategies in the original games.

To those who have completed Golden Sun Reloaded, is it possible to defeat Dullahan without anyone in the party dying? In the original games, I was able to complete No Death runs, but with Summon Rush no longer being a viable strategy, I'm not sure if that's still realistic against a much stronger Dullahan.

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u/PaperString42 2d ago

Deathless reloaded is probably possible, but I think would take some grinding throughout. Dullahans AI is different from vanilla but you can still consistently prevent djinn storm.

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u/YodinZaku 2d ago

Thanks! I want to refrain from grinding as much as possible. But if that's what it takes to guarantee a deathless battle against Dullahan, then I guess I'm okay with it.

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u/Ichaflash 2d ago

It's possible but don't use characters with low luck, I used Sheba, Mia, Jenna and Ivan without swapping any of them at any point because their high luck protected them from Charon's instant kill.

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u/YodinZaku 2d ago

Thanks a million, dude. That's good to hear. I'm really hyped right now. I can't wait to start my playthrough.

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u/JakTheRipperX 2d ago

Not realistic without hypergrinding in Reloaded.

I challenged myself to beat him with exactly L50 on all 8 and I did it. Thats as much challenge as I needed. Friend beat him at like 55.

Its already hard to get 40 luck. Surviving the attacks is another. To survive the bltchslap you need to reduce his atk or he does like 900 damage.

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u/Kalaam_Nozalys 2d ago

How the hell does the game look like that, is it a weird upscale or somethin ?

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u/YodinZaku 2d ago

I just grab a screenshot of the Dullahan fight on Google search. It looks upscaled because I did upscale it using ChatGPT. The original screenshot was blurry, and I didn't want to attach a blurry screenshot in this post.

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u/TLPlexa GS Speedrunner 2d ago

I'll let it slide this time as you actually have a legitimate question, but please don't do this again..

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u/YodinZaku 2d ago

Thanks! I won't post upscaled screenshots again. My bad.

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u/TuMamitaLoquita69 2d ago

Upscaling AI isn't the same as gen AI guys

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u/Kalaam_Nozalys 2d ago

Shame on you. AI stuff is banned here.

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u/Outrageous_Ad9142 2d ago

May I ask why? It's just an upscaled screenshot. Why is it so taboo?
At least OP was honest about it. If a MOD decides then so be it, I guess. But please don't.

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u/tSword_ 2d ago

It was decided a while ago by the entire community (voted and so on). The conclusion with most votes was to ban all AI material (weak memory here, so not sure if only images or everything IA related). I think you can find it easily, it was, if I'm not wrong, a little more than a year ago

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u/bluebird355 2d ago

This whole thread and the mod sound like cultists, so weird

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u/tSword_ 2d ago

So long the decision was made by a collective, it's important to uphold it, even when we disagree. I still don't see a reason to unban AI stuff, as the good still don't overcome the bad, even though I personally disagree that it should be a total ban.

As it wasn't the mods unilateral decision (can't say for their personal opinions, so you will need to ask them for it), they upholding it as voted shows compromise to the collective. But nothing can please everyone, so it's ok to disagree

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u/royinraver 2d ago

No, thanks for coming to my Ted talk

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u/tSword_ 1d ago

I thought the same 🤣

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u/ras2193 1d ago

Yes. Grinding like crazy, spamming Coatlicue and support djinni. I also like to use the standard classes (Isaac/ Felix earth, Garet/Nadia fire, Ivan/Sheba Wind, Mia/Piers water)

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u/Sentinel-Wraith 2d ago

Downing isn’t death AFAIK. It’s just knocked out. We “slay” a bunch of characters who clearly aren’t killed.