Disgaea 2 is completely insane.
How to max out an item's stats in only 27 easy steps!

1. Go inside the item, if there is no specialist you can subdue, reset.

2. If there is a specialist, subdue it then gency out and save.

3. Repeat steps 1-2 until the item has no more unsubdued specialists, then
transfer them all out and put in 6 gladiators, then save.

4. Go back into the item, if there is no Mystery Gate, reset. (If you have
reset a lot of times and haven’t seen the gate, go into another item for 10
levels, then try again)

5. If there is a Mystery Gate, go inside of it; if you encountered the 7
monsters and you and defeated them within 2 turns, or if you encountered the
Fortune Teller and got Good/Great luck then go to Step 6, else reset

6. Proceed 2 levels (ie, if you were on floor 1, go to floor 3), then gency
out and save

7. Proceed 1 more level, and if there is no Mystery Gate, reset

8. If there was a gate, and you got the 7 monsters or Good/Great luck, go to
Step 9, otherwise reset

9. Proceed 2 levels (ie, if you were on floor 4, go to floor 6), then gency
out and save

10. Proceed 1 more level, and if there is no Mystery Gate, reset

11. If there was a gate, and you got the 7 monsters or Good/Great luck, go
to Step 12, otherwise reset

12. Proceed to the boss (you should have done 3 mystery gate so far since
the last boss or since the start of the item, each giving you an item level
increase). Kill the boss, do not finish the level, gency out and save.

13. Go back into the item, kill the boss again (the double kill), and run
into the portal to the next level. If there is no Dark Assembly Chicken in
Innocent Town, or if you didn’t go to Innocent Town, reset.

14. If there was a Dark Assembly Chicken, pass the bill for ‘More ATK growth’

15. Repeat steps 4 to 14 until you reach floor 30 (do not kill the Item
King, but rather follow the instructions from step 16 onwards).

16. Kill the floor 30 Item King, gency out and put a 7th gladiator on your
item, then save.

17. Go back to floor 30, kill the Item King again and run to the portal to
the next level. If you did not get the Dark Assembly Chicken, reset.

18. If there was a Dark Assembly Chicken, pass the bill for ‘More ATK
growth’ then leave the item and put on your 8th gladiator

19. Repeat steps 4 to 14 until you reach floor 99. It is important to note
that you can no longer see anymore Dark Assembly Chickens after floor 30, so
just double kill the bosses and forget about the Innocent Town reset.

20. You are now on floor 99. If your Item Level is less than 199, go to
step 21, if it is 199 or higher, go to step 25

21. Gency out, save, and go into another item.

22. Proceed three floors (in the other item), and if you see a Mystery Gate
on any of the levels, reset. Otherwise, gency out and save.

23. Go back to your original item, if there is no Mystery Gate, reset.

24. If there was a Mystery Gate and you got either the 7 monsters of
Good/Great luck, then go to step 20.

25. If you are in Holt Village Item World, gency out and save.

26. Go inside the item in LoC, steal the legendary item from the Item God,
kill him, then gency out.

27. Go back inside the item and kill the Item God again (double kill), and
finish the level.

Byebye spring break :')