Talk:Memory of Ikedaya/@comment-180.191.140.1-20150501104749/@comment-220.255.78.67-20150501121340

No prob! Yep, it's fine to have 1 shield and 1 long-ranged troop for the wakizashi. Gold troops do give a slight advantage, but I'd say no rush until you want to get to the boss, since you might lose some along the way while grinding. I've been running it with a team of 5 tantou + 1 wakizashi, and more often than not, it's the wakizashi's troops that get taken out, especially starting from one or two nodes before the boss.

Also since yari definitely appear for all the nodes after A, B and F, taking the ABDQRTP route has a better chance of taking less damage since there's one less node with a yari. (This might just be me also, but when your swords get medium or heavy damage, the chances of you going to a dead-end node, instead of the boss, seem to be higher.)