Eleven

Yeah I find the combat to be really satisfying. It takes some skill so it's not all just stat based grinding.

I got a gem from the gem wheel that deals 5000 damage when you do a perfect parry. So it made things easier too. And I love being overpowered without cheating.

Is that an IB2 thing? Last time I played IB there was no gem wheel... not outside the sword-locked door anyway.

I think it's new. And people have complained it made the game easier! I don't know how I got the gem wheel, but I had 3 spins for it, and got 3 gems each worth 500,000. I couldn't sell them as they're pretty useful.