First playthrough, I had some trouble and had to do some leveling to beat Duskvell and Loong but from then on it was smooth sailing (outside of resetting my sparks for certain bosses like the creature fighting in the lava).
But after that, it was smooth sailing right up until the Great Sage's Broken Shell. This PoS barely takes damage when I hit him in his second phase. I beat the first phase with no damage, and he stole my gourd from me twice when I tried to heal during the second phase.
It's the first time in madd long that I've decided to backtrack and see if I missed any secrets, because I need to level up and increase my damned attack. I'm so close to the end, and now I'm grinding again