I just realized there is a way to use this glitch and still play legitimately. When you start a new file, Sonny will actually have 2 extra points into speed and strength. However, if you respec, those points are lost for good. The White November store sells boots that increase your strength and speed by 1. So you can eat those boots twice whenever you respec to get those points back.

I always referred it as the “eat cheat”

You say trivialize... but no clue how to finish stage 4 without this. And that doesn't mean I am not struggling...

just a warning, if you do a respec all earned stats will be lost forever, if you really want to have fun with this glitch choose skills carefully

found out about this after beating 1 with no training or re-fights, would've trivialized it. I found that if you go to 'abilities' it will give sonny the stats but you have to hit 'options' for it to go to another teammate after selecting them. Also you can click around the menu buttons or really any 'empty' spaces on screen.

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I should note:

This can work with your AI Allies you get further on. While in the inventory screen, click on the character you wish to "infuse" the item to before proceeding with the steps.

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If you use this you're cringe.