How I am doing it:
Lower 40 floors:
Beat game with Xianghua
Customize Xianghua with Protect Gem
Alternate: Created Female with Gorgon Armor (use Succubus boots) and Soul Calibur + HP Drain A + Soul Damage A + Hyper Mode for Extreme Attack and Defense.
Go into Tower of Lost Souls mode and spam DF+BK > D+K > K, RunF+BK, and RunF+AB alternately. Grab if you have room but dont make it a habbit. Just before each foe drops. Hit hyper mode. You're Soul Damage A kinda forces the CPU to quit blocking in higher levels to avoid getting CFed, so usually they just get KO-ed out of stupidity. Every time the next foe is about to run in, as the pink stuff floats from your current KO-ed foe, time your Back+BK, if it misses, get ready to counter with a grab. Then repeat the process. Its tricky at first, especially against a variable attack foe like Zaselamel or Yueng_Seong Bosses. But their increase Difficulty also makes them easier to hit with blitz tactics like this one.
Upper Floors:
You MUST MUST MUST take note of the skills on each of the foes you are pitted against. Some have specific obstacles that undo all of your playing ability.
EX.
Slot 1: HP RECOVERY S. HP DRAIN S. GRAPPLE BREAK S. NULL RINGOUT A.
Slot 2: SOUL GAUGE RATEUP A. HP BURST. HP RECOVERY S. SHAVE DAMAGE A.
Slot 3: GRAPPLE BREAK S. NULL RINGOUT A. HP RECOVERY S. AUTO IMPACT A.
With this example in mind. Keep a fresh memory of which character is immune to what and what you don't want to do to whom.
Single strong hits against Slot 1 because 3 hit combos brings back much of their HP undoing all your effort. You cant grab him or ring him out, so use many Guard Break attacks.
Don't bother trying to actually fight against Slot 2, ring them out. Unless you are in an enclosed stage. Then still guard break avoid taking hits period. Get this one air born and use single power hits as they land. If they HP BURST on you. Stand back and watch their Soul Gauge go Flashing Red, then CF them.
For Slot 3. If you aren't careful, this fight can easily run you out of time. Make use of the quickest forward attack you can. Use their Grapple break to your advantage if you have a fast attack in your arsenal.
Side note. Be sure to abuse your Attack Throws. This can make many matches much shorter if you can get easy ring outs with it. I recommend attack throws against Grapple Break opponents. Slot number 3 foes are the kind that like to run you out of time alot. So it helps immensely to ring them out with an Attack Throw like Siegfried's.
HOPE IT HELPS. Don't get frustrated. If you can do this, you can dominate in Arcade on Hard and in Versus on Edge-master.
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