User:F-sharp/Susie and Lancer

If you can beat me, I'll go back to being a good guy.
But if you LOSE...
YOU guys will have to become bad guys with US...
... and do WHATEVER we say.

Susie, Chapter 1

Susie and Lancer are a miniboss duo in Chapter 1 of Deltarune. They confront Kris and Ralsei in Forest's Thrashing Room as the "dark" version of the party's chosen name.

Main story

Following the battle against K. Round at the Great Board, Susie leaves Ralsei and Kris to form a team with Lancer. At multiple points throughout Forest, Kris and Ralsei find Susie and Lancer plotting various schemes and design a Thrash Machine on their behalf.

At the end of Forest, Susie and Lancer present their completed Thrash Machine, only to destroy it and confront Kris and Ralsei directly in a tag-team battle. Following their defeat, Susie and Lancer agree to rejoin Kris and Ralsei and travel to Card Castle together.

In battle

Attacks

• Spade Rain: Lancer summons spade projectiles at random locations at the top of the screen which travel downward through the bullet board.
• Dark Bike Revolution: Susie jumps atop and squishes Lancer. Then, Lancer leaps high into the bullet board, while Susie launches multiple fast ax bullets that travels right.
• Dark Ax: Susie launches seven slow and scattered ax projectiles, which travel to the left and boomerang back to the right.
• If Susie is put to sleep, Lancer uses Bike Charge and Bike Revolution from the Castle Town battle.

Available ACTs

On Susie

No effect.

Ralsei sings, which causes Susie to sleep for three turns.

On Lancer

Kris alone attempts to convince Lancer. Four repeated attempts to convince Lancer with this ACT or X-Anything ends the battle. The fourth attempt needs to be done while Susie is sleeping, or for it to be repeated two additional times (after the fourth failed attempt itself).

Ralsei tries to convince Lancer. Four repeated attempts to convince Lancer with this ACT or Anything ends the fight. The fourth requires Susie to be asleep, or for it to repeated two additional times (after the fourth failed attempt itself).

Strategy

Turn routing

• The fight has some special rules, which are listed below:
  • Susie can be downed, but will recover after 2 turns similar to how party members heal negative HP at the start of their turn. To end the encounter violently, Lancer's HP must be depleted.
  • Susie can be put to sleep, but she cannot be pacified, as Lancer's bike will absorb it and "get tired??????????????"
  • If Susie is awake, the party cannot use the final ACT as Susie blocks the soundwaves from reaching Lancer. To incapacitate her, the party must FIGHT or use Lullaby on Susie. However, the soundwaves reach Lancer instantly if this action is done three times, including the first failed attempt.
• Ending the fight violently can be done in 4 turns assuming Kris and Ralsei have their best equipment (Spookysword and Ragger respectively) equipped. This requires Kris and Ralsei to do at least 2 critical strikes, and 2 strikes which are off by one frame. This is the fastest way to complete the fight.
  • Another hypothetical 4 turn clear could also be possible by using Anything on Kris and attacking Susie with Ralsei to down her before the 4th turn, but Ralsei's damage output to Susie maxes out at 24 at this point in the Chapter, making this impossible in normal gameplay.

• In order to end the encounter quickly whilst being nonviolent, use Anything on Lancer, and use Ralsei to heal as needed. X-Anything can be used instead, but takes up Ralsei's turn for no additional benefit. On the 4th turn, use Lullaby, and on the 5th, use Anything on Lancer to end the battle on the 5th.
  • A 6 turn clear can be done simply by using Anything/X-Anything 6 times, as Susie will not be fast enough to stop the compliment.

Dodging

• To dodge Spade Rain, position the SOUL at the bottom middle of the bullet board. If a spade is fired that is horizontally aligned with the SOUL, move either left or right depending on which has more vacant space, and recenter whenever possible. Repeat this until the attack finishes.
• To dodge Dark Bike Revolution, remain in the center of the bullet board. After Susie swings some axe projectiles, move to the top right corner. This results in either a flawless dodge, or a single hit, due to the slight variance in the axe's trajectories.
• To dodge Dark Ax, move to the left center of the bullet board. Many of Susie's axe projectiles will not travel past the center of the board, or will go above or below the SOUL. In the case an axe projectile is fired at a high velocity in the center, move up or down, and center the SOUL whenever possible.

Mechanics

As an enemy, Susie is the only opponent whose Check text includes HP. Susie's enemy stats are internally altered from her party member stats (having 10 extra HP but 7 less AT and DF), though her DF will be increased if she was given armor as a party member.

The Amber Card is the only non-default item that can be equipped to Susie before her battle as an opponent, though her Check text is programmed to take into account all changes to AT, DF, and HP from equipment and base stats (base stats cannot be changed in Chapter 1). Her actual in-battle stats are only programmed to take into account changes to DF from equipment.

A Game Over does not occur in this encounter. Instead, Susie and Lancer laugh during the black screen, and the party respawns at the Maze SAVE point. The pre-battle dialogue varies for up to two losses.

Quotes

Pre-battle

• [Normal]
  • [Ralsei] K... Kris! Isn't that the machine we designed...!?
  • [Ralsei] Alright! This will be tough, but let's try our best!
  • [Ralsei] Oh. That's... not good, actually.
  • [Lancer] Ho ho ho! You think THAT'S bad, just WAIT!
  • [Lancer] ... and see what happens when it STARTS!!!
  • [Susie] Your design sucked so we blew it up.
  • [Ralsei] Ah. I see.
  • [Ralsei] ... So... now what's your plan going to be?
  • [Susie] Turns out we didn't need a plan. Just a rule.
  • [Lancer] Anyone that gets in our way...
  • [Susie] Gets crushed into dust.
  • [Ralsei] But Susie, you need us to return home.
  • [Ralsei] Doesn't crushing us seem a little counterproductive?
  • [Susie] Nah, see, that's where you're wrong.
  • [Susie] Ya see, I KNOW I can't get back without you guys.
  • [Susie] But being a - heh - "good guy" REALLY isn't my style.
  • [Susie] So, I thought of a little way we can just... settle this.
  • [Susie] If you can beat me, I'll go back to being a good guy.
  • [Susie] But if you LOSE...
  • [Susie] YOU guys will have to become bad guys with US...
  • [Susie] ... and do WHATEVER we say.
  • [Lancer] Ho ho ho!!! Our wish is your command!!!
  • [Susie] So, whaddya say...?
  • [Susie] Eh, don't bother answering.
  • [Susie] We were just gonna thrash you anyway, so...
  • [Susie] See ya!
• [If Kris and Ralsei fainted #1]
  • [Ralsei] ... is that what I think it is?
  • [Ralsei] ... yes. It was.
  • [Ralsei] Why did you build another one just to blow it up?
  • [Lancer] It's funny!
  • [Ralsei] Well, in any case, you defeated us...
  • [Ralsei] I suppose we can become bad guys now!
  • [Susie] Hey, not so fast!
  • [Lancer] It's really boring if you just give up!!!
  • [Lancer] The LEAST you can do is show some resistance!
  • [Susie] Yeah, looks like we gotta teach you a lesson!
  • [Ralsei] You're going to thrash us AGAIN!?
  • [Susie] Seems like it.
• [If Kris and Ralsei fainted #2]
  • [Ralsei] ...
  • [Ralsei] ... how many of these do they have?
  • [Ralsei] Please just let us be bad guys.
  • [Susie] No!!! Not until you stop wanting to!!!
  • [Ralsei] Fine!!! We don't want to be bad guys!!!
  • [Lancer] Hear that, Susie???
  • [Susie] Sounds like we'll have to MAKE you be one then.
  • [Ralsei] That's completely unnecessary.
  • [Lancer] I like the sound of that!!!

Battle

• [Susie] Heh, scared? [Neutral]
• [Susie] Weasel out of THIS! [Neutral]
• [Susie] Talk your way out of THIS! [Neutral]
• [Susie] Think fast! [Neutral]
• [Susie] No way! Shut up and fight!!! [Anything #1]
• [Susie] Really? ... Shut up and fight!!! [Anything #2]
• [Susie] What are you even doing? [Anything #3]
• [Susie] Really...? No way, I don't see anything! [Anything #4]
• [Susie] Yeah, it's hopeless. [Anything #5+]
• [Lancer] Hey!! Hey Susie!! Watch me, watch me!! [Neutral]
• [Lancer] Horror! Pain! The power of REAL bad guys! (Nice, huh?) [Neutral]
• [Lancer] Prepare for smashing, you luxurious melons!!! [Neutral]
• [Lancer] This bike is fueled by EVIL! ...and friendship! [Neutral]
• [Lancer] Oh, what a beautiful song!!! [Sing]
• [X-Anything #1]
  • [Susie] Flattery won't work on US!!!
  • [Lancer] Oh!!! It's working on me!!!
• [X-Anything #2]
  • [Susie] THAT'S THE POINT!!!
  • [Lancer] Really!? That's bad!
• [X-Anything #3]
  • [Susie] Huh...? I mean...NO!!!
  • [Lancer] Wow, I'll look amazing!!
• [X-Anything #4+, failed]
  • [Susie] Heh, score for the BAD GUYS!
  • [Lancer] Hee hee! I'm bliss-fully ignorant!
• [Lancer] Don't worry Bikey, I'll put you to bed soon... [Pacify at Susie]
• [Susie] Hey, stop ganging up on him! [FIGHTing Lancer, if Susie has not been hit]
• [Susie] Hey, stop hitting him! [FIGHTing Lancer, if Susie has been hit]
• [Susie] (Zzzz...) [Asleep]
• [Susie] (Yawn) I'm awake, did I miss anything? [Awake]
• [Lancer] Ow, my guts hurt! [Below half health]
• [Lancer] Oh!!! It's working on me!!! [Anything #1]
• [Lancer] Thanks, it's all natural! [Anything #2]
• [Lancer] Really!? It's just what I wanted!!! [Anything #3]
• [Winning with an Anything/X-Anything]
  • [Lancer] Uh oh.
  • [Susie] What's wrong, dude?
  • [Lancer] I accidentally started liking the enemies...!
  • [Lancer] Now seeing them just makes me feel round and soft.
  • [Lancer] Bad atmosphere for battle, though.
  • [Susie] ...
  • [Susie] Well, if you don't wanna fight,
  • [Susie] There's no point, I guess.
  • [Susie] Battle's over!
• [Winning with an Attack]
  • [Lancer] Ow...
  • [Susie] Hey, HEY! Enough's enough already!
  • [Susie] If you hit him any more, you might really hurt him!
  • [Susie] ... Lancer, you OK...?
  • [Lancer] I... I'm fine, Susie!
  • [Lancer] My insides are just... a little mixed up.
  • [Susie] Alright, fine! You guys win!
  • [Ralsei] (Kris, maybe we should have taken it easier...)
• [Susie] Alright, you convinced me!! [Unused]

Post-battle

• [Winning with an Anything/X-Anything]
  • [Susie] Well, you didn't BEAT US, because you, uh...
  • [Susie] Kinda cheated by, uh, ganging up on Lancer, with, uh...
  • [Lancer] Kindness.
  • [Susie] But if I HAVE TO, I guess I'll go back to your side.
  • [Susie] But DON'T expect me to do anything but FIGHT.
• [Winning with an Attack]
  • [Susie] Alright, alright, ENOUGH already!
  • [Susie] Fine... I GUESS I'll go back to being a good guy.
  • [Susie] But DON'T expect me to do anything but FIGHT.
• [Ralsei] Well, we're happy to have you back, Susie.
• [Susie] Yeah, yeah, let's just hurry up and go home.
• [Lancer] ...
• [Lancer] Ummm... Susie?
• [Lancer] Does this mean we... aren't a team anymore?
• [Susie] H... huh...? Umm, I mean, uhh...
• [Susie] Of course we're still a team!
• [Susie] You can, um...
• [Susie] ... be part of the Guys/The $!$? Squad/The Lancer Fan Club/The Fun Gang!
• [Lancer] Wow! Me...!? In the Guys/The $!$? Squad/The Lancer Fan Club/The Fun Gang!?
• [Lancer] Wait...
• [Lancer] If I hang out with the good guys, then...
• [Lancer] Can we still have monogrammed track jackets?
• [Susie] Yeah! Ralsei will make them!
• [Ralsei] H... Huh!?
• [Ralsei] ... Okay, sure!
• [Lancer] Ahahah!!! Lancer joins the team!!!
• [Narrator] Lancer joined the party!
  • [Susie] No. [Unused]
• [Old battle; unused]
  • [Lancer] Y... You got past Thrash World!?
  • [Lancer] Hng... Even with your help, I couldn't stop you...
  • [Ralsei] Hey, it's alright, Lancer. It was a nice effort.
  • [Susie] Yeah, I mean, you gotta be realistic.
  • [Susie] Nothing can stop us. Not even ourselves.
  • [Lancer] That's right!! The Guys/The (Censored) Squad/The Lancer Fan Club/The Friendly Fun Gang!!
  • [Lancer] You crush everything that gets in your way!
  • [Lancer] Hmmm... What am I supposed to do, then...
  • [Lancer] If I can't stop you, then...
  • [Lancer] Then, my dad will...
  • [Susie] ...
  • [Susie] Well... Why don't you come with us...
  • [Susie] And maybe you'll think of how to stop us on the way.
  • [Lancer] R... Really!? You'd let me tag along...!?
  • [Susie] Sure, why not. You can be an unofficial team member.
  • [Lancer] Wow! M... Me!? In the Guys(Unused)/The (Censored) Squad/The Lancer Fan Club/The Friendly Fun Gang!?
  • [Lancer] W... Wait...
  • [Lancer] Can we have monogrammed track jackets?
  • [Susie] Yeah. Ralsei will make them.
  • [Ralsei] H... Huh!?
  • [Ralsei] ... Okay, sure!
  • [Lancer] Ahahah!!! Lancer joins the team!!!
  • [Narrator] Lancer joined the party!
  • [Susie] No.

Flavor text

• Watch out!!! He's boosted by friendship! [Check Lancer]
• SUSIE - AT:14 DF:2 HP:110

If you read the status screen, you already knew that. [Check Susie]

• SUSIE - AT:14 DF:<3 or 4> HP:110

The armor you equipped her with just made her tougher! [if Susie is equipped with armor when she was a party member]

• Two bad guys blocked the way! [Encounter]
• Susie and Lancer are coming up with victory celebration plans. [Neutral]
• Susie and Lancer are making fun of you. [Neutral]
• Susie and Lancer are gloating about how great their team is. [Neutral]
• Susie and Lancer are having an evil laugh contest. [Neutral]
• Smells like teamwork. [Neutral]
• [Anything on Susie #1]
  • You tried convincing Susie not to fight.
  • There was no effect!
• [Anything on Susie #2]
  • You tried telling Susie you like her hair.
  • It seems this command is a total waste of time!
• [Anything on Susie #3]
  • You growled at Susie like a bear.
  • It seems this command is a total waste of time!
• [Anything on Susie #4]
  • You told Susie you'd give her a picnic basket of worms.
  • It seems this command is a total waste of time!
• [Anything on Susie #5]
  • You have no idea what to do what to Susie anymore.
  • It seems this command is a total waste of time!
• [Sing]
  • Ralsei sang a soft and entrancing lullaby!
  • SUSIE fell asleep! [While Susie is not asleep]
    • But SUSIE was already asleep...! [While Susie is asleep]
• [Casting Pacify on Susie #1]
  • (The PACIFY spell was absorbed by Lancer's bike!)
  • [Lancer] I'll never let you SPARE my friends!!!
  • (Lancer's BIKE began to get tired??????????????)
• [Casting Pacify on Susie #2]
  • (The PACIFY spell was absorbed by Lancer's bike!)
  • (The WHEEL of the BIKE became SPARED!)
  • (It turned into a SPARED TIRE!)
  • (... that didn't do anything though.)
  • (Seems that PACIFYing won't work!)
• [Casting Pacify on Susie #3+]
  • (The PACIFY spell was absorbed by Lancer's bike!)
  • (Seems that nothing else interesting will happen!)
• [Anything on Lancer #1]
  • You tried convincing Lancer not to fight.
  • Lancer started to become convinced!
• You tried telling Lancer you like his hair... [Anything on Lancer #2]
• [Anything on Lancer #3]
  • You told Lancer you'd give him a picnic basket of worms.
  • Lancer became almost fully convinced!
• [Anything on Lancer #4-5, if Susie is KO'd/Asleep]
  • You told Lancer you just want to get along!
  • It's the decisive kindness!
• [Anything #4-5, if Susie is awake/not KO'd]
  • You told Lancer you just want to get along!
  • It's the decisive kindness!
  • (But Susie blocked the soundwaves before they reached Lancer!)
• [Anything on Lancer #6, if Susie has blocked Lancer's ears two times beforehand]
  • You told Lancer you want to get along really fast!
  • The soundwaves reached Lancer instantly!
• [X-Anything #1]
  • You told Ralsei to compliment the enemies!
  • [Ralsei] You two look like a really great team! I'm proud!
  • (Lancer started to become a little convinced!)
• [X-Anything #2]
  • You told Ralsei to logically best Lancer and Susie.
  • [Ralsei] You two, if we don't stop fighting, then...
  • [Ralsei] ... Someone might get hurt!
  • (Lancer became more convinced! It's working!)
• [X-Anything #3]
  • You told Ralsei to offer his services to the enemies!
  • [Ralsei] You two, if we stop fighting, then I could, um...
  • [Ralsei] I could braid your hair!
  • (Lancer became almost fully convinced!)
• [X-Anything #4-5, if Susie is not asleep/KO'd]
  • You told Ralsei to deal the final blow of kindness!
  • [Ralsei] In summary, I like you two, and...
  • [Ralsei] I think we should all just get along!
  • (But Susie blocked the soundwaves before they reached Lancer!)
  • [Susie] Try convincing someone that can't HEAR YOU!
• [X-Anything #4-5, if Susie is asleep/KO'd]
  • You told Ralsei to deal the final blow of kindness!
  • [Ralsei] In summary, I like you two, and...
  • [Ralsei] I think we should all just get along!
  • [Lancer] Uh oh.
  • [Susie] What's wrong, dude?
  • [Lancer] I accidentally started liking the enemies...!
  • [Lancer] Now seeing them just makes me feel round and soft.
  • [Lancer] Bad atmosphere for battle, though.
  • [Susie] ...
  • [Susie] Well, if you don't wanna fight,
  • [Susie] There's no point, I guess.
  • [Susie] Battle's over!
• [X-Anything #6, if Susie has blocked Lancer's ears two times beforehand]
  • You told Ralsei to compliment Lancer really fast!
  • [Ralsei] You'rereallyaswellpersonyouknowthat?!
  • The soundwaves reached Lancer instantly!