I thought the topic/rant was familiar, but for some reason I wasn't expecting it to be the same person (I'm demonguardian on gameFAQs, btw).

Perhaps you can try to use status effects (like sleep and paralysis) and/or isolate the enemies by throwing them apart so they can't magichange with one another. Or kill the humanoid/monster unit in question outright before they can get an action. Of course, those may not always be an option or worth the effort, so plan accordingly.

To add to what I've covered in your other topic, quotting HolyLancer9 from a similar topic ("Magichange stats question" by VulcanShock45):

Regular weapons have a much higher multiplier than magichange weapons in this game. IIRC, at weapon level 255, you get a 355% bonus for Magichange, and a 1275% bonus for a regular weapon. Obviously that'll scale down the less weapon levels you have, but it generally takes a really powerful monster to see a jump over a regular weapon.

They basically balanced it for end game, where you're looking at weapons with like a couple hundred thousand attack vs monster characters who can have tens of millions in their stats. So, the multiplier is pretty tiny, and magichange is barely worth it in the earlier parts of the game.

Magichange is a cool concept, but has way too many hoops to jump through just to not nerf the wielder into oblivion (magichange scroll, monster lovers). Although recently I read that you also get a hidden damage multiplier with magichange...

stats go down and enemy does it all the time

Originally posted by ;4540134453711200581:

stats go down and enemy does it all the time

what does it matter? main exp will come from farming, not from mob cleanup. in IW just steal better items and rush to the exit, kill bosses only if you are perfecting items.

i get my exp from IW. I get like no exp from stages especially story stages. Maybe 5 worlds a did killing everything.