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Skies of Arcadia Legends
Boss Guide
By: Cyril [Stephanie Nutter]
Version: 1.0
Latest Update: August 18th, 2008
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This is a Boss Guide that goes over only the bosses and optional bosses
in Skies of Arcadia: Legends. If you're having trouble in a dungeon,
this is not the place to look. There are minor boss spoilers throughout
the guide, but in name only. There will be no discussion of the story.
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Section 1:Introduction
Section 2:Characters
Section 3:Skills - Super Moves
Section 4:Magic
Section 5:Boss List
Section 6:Bosses
Section 7:Optional Bosses
Section 8:Misc.
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-=-= Introduction: -=-=
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This is a boss guide for Skies of Arcadia: Legends. In this guide I
will assume you know how the basics, that is, how to control Vyse, how MP
and SP work and how stats work. There will be a magic list and some info
on how I prefer to use characters, as well as suggested Super Moves. I
suggest that you just use this guide when necessary, but I have added some
helpful tips about certain parts of the game that can help you prepare for
the next areas and bosses.
Unfortunately, at this time I can't accept any new strategies from my
readers. I appreciate your help, but I don't have the time in my schedule
to frequently update my FAQs with no information. Thank you for your
EMails of encouragement and tips. This guide has, pretty much, been
completely been rewritten from scratch from the original version posted
in 2002 or 2003.
I hope this guide will be of use to you, the reader, and help you crush
the foes you are struggling with.
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Vyse:
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Weapon: Dual Cutlasses
Starting level: 1
Profile: Vyse is your main character in Skies of Arcadia: Legends. He the son
of the Blue Rogue leader, Dyne, and their heir to the Dyne legacy.
Strengths: Vyse is your main physical attacker throughout the entire game. He
is fast, and has a rather good hit percentage. He has the strongest
super move in the entire game. He can also equip the heaviest armor.
Weaknesses: Vyse is normally well rounded, while that is a strength, it is
also a weakness. He the average line on magic power, and cant increase it
as well because of his lack of ability to wear robes. Also, while his hit-
percentage is "good," it's not as high as Aika's or, at times, Fina's.
Recommended Skills: Vyse, as the main physical attacker, should work up on
building his super moves. Use almost all of the first few Moonberries you
find on him. I usually have his last skill early, you'll probably want it
before the boss in Rixis. As for spells, I usually keep Vyse starting with
Red,until he completes it so that he has Incremus, while simuntaneously
levelling the other character's Red magic so they at least have Increm.
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Aika:
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Weapon: Boomerang
Starting Level: 1
Profile: Aika lost her parents when she was very young. She was basically
adopted by Vyse�s parents, and so Vyse and Aika grew up together. Feisty
and short tempered, her attitude matches her hair color.
Strengths: Aika is amazing, I personally find her invaluable in random
encounters. She is the fastest character is the game, and has the highest hit
percentage. She is a great healer because of her fast feet. Aika has 2 super
moves that hit all enemies, and once you get enough spirit points to use it on
the first turn (8) then random encounters become much easier and less of a
hassle. She has decent magic attack power as well.
Weaknesses: Aika is a great, but other then her strengths, she is average all
around. Her defense isn�t very high, and her hit point average, forcing you
to keep her more toward magic or healing. He physical attack power starts
lagging after a while, too. While she is great in random encounters, you'll
probably stick Aika into a defensive role along with Fina during bosses
where she can't do damage.
Strategy: A good strategy with Aika I found is to keep her with a green weapon
until she gets to at least level 5, though preferrably until it's mastered.
She is a great healer and you must exploit it. And after you get Fina, and
have a level 5 Green spell, I suggest putting her on Silver until she learns
Riselem. Then it all up to you after that. Focus on having Aika learn
defensive magics, Quicka and Increm, as her magic attack isn't too high.
Delat Shield, her second Super Move, can be very useful in some battles when
it is used correctly.
Here is an Aika trick (for random encounters). Aika, the fastest character,
almost always attacks first. So, you shouldu nlock her Lambda Burst
special as soon as possible. Once your party has 8 or more SP on the first
turn of battle, have Aika cast Lambda Burst. By the time I got the SP
(Usually around South Ocean) it would kill 90% of the enemies in one hit.
It remains useful throughout the game. This also works with Omega Cyclone,
when you have 13 SP on the first turn. Because special skills require no MP,
Aika can constantly shorten your random encounters with her Super Moves and
save you travel time.
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Fina:
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Weapon: Cupil
Starting Level:1
Profile: One of the last remaining Silvites, Fina is sent to gather the moon
crystals to stop the corrupt people in the world from destroying the world
once again. When her ship is shot down, she is rescued by Vyse, and her
adventure begins.
Strengths: Fina is the main spell caster of Skies of Arcadia Legends. She
excels at any type of spell and learns all types quickly. She is a great
healer, as her last super move completely revitalizes your entire party.
Even better, Fina always goes first when using it.
Weaknesses: Like most casters in RPG�s, Fina is weak physically. She has
low defense and HP as well with low speed at the beginning of the game.
Lastly, she starts off at level one, when your other characters are around
level 13. You either have to grind a bit or accept a few of her deaths.
Strategy: Fina is the main spell caster, but that doesn�t mean you shouldn�t
build up her super moves. Fina�s first and last moves are invaluable.
The last one will save you very often. And it also help save MP you wont
have to use on healing spells. I usually bring her Silver magic to level 6,
and then change her weapon color to Green in case her Green magic isn't
completed. Taking Silver to level 6 isn't an easy task, considering how
many points it takes to level up, but at the very least you'll be levelling
other characters' Silver Magic at the same time.
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Drachma:
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Weapon: Artificial Arms
Starting level: 13 (which at the time you get him is high)
Profile: Drachma is the aged sailor bent on vengeance against the archwhale
Rhaknam. He is cold and a loner, but his past, as well as his future, are
clouded. He owns the ship, "Little Jack".
Strengths: Drachma is the strongest physical attacker in the game. He
literally grinds his enemies to grimy pulp with his arms. He has the
highest HP, and can equip all the strongest armors.
Weaknesses: Drachma is the slowest character, meaning less evasion and a low
hit percentage. He is very bad at casting magic, taking longer then anyone
else to learn spells. And, well, IMO his super moves aren�t the
greatest.
Strategy: Because Drachma is absolutely terrible at casting magic, I'd
suggest giving him either status enhancing spells or just giving him the
moonstone of the element that your casters -need- to learn. In my case,
I usually end up giving him a Purple moonstone, since Vyse learns Red for
Increm, Aika Green, and Fina Silver. Purple will give your two casters the
strong single target ice magic, while the red from Vyse will give them
multi-target spells. Water works in place of purple, too.
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Gilder:
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Weapon: Gun
Starting level: 24
Profile: Gilder is the resident gunslinger of the pack. He is a pirate
who loves the freedom he gets from sailing the skies of Arcadia. Yet,
something gives me a sneaking suspicion that he doesn�t roam the skies at that
quick pace because he wants to. . .
Strengths: Gilder is hard to rate with strengths and weaknesses. He is an
average character all around who doesn�t excel in anything. But he
does have a higher than average physical attack. Truthfully, nothing
particular sticks out about Gilder except his sheer "balance," which is
both a good and bad thing.
Weaknesses: Gilder has a slightly lower then average magic, and it takes him
longer to learn it than, say, Vyse. But then again, he is hard to rate with
strengths and weaknesses, as he is your balanced character. I'm not really
a fan of his Super Moves. The game really wants him to come off as balanced
with the spells he knows at the start, but it just isn't going to happen.
Strategy: Gilder should be used primarily for physical attacks, though
he is a good supporting buffer and healer as well. If you plan to use him,
level his Super Moves so he has some type of offense.
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Enrique:
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Weapon: Rapier
Starting Level: 26
Profile: Enrique is the prince of Valua, the only heir to the throne. He
realizes his mothers intentions and ways of ruling are wrong, and takes
action. As a prince, he has been educated about the world, and knows
much. Except the poor guy does terribly on airships.
Strengths: Vyse and Enrique share a lot of the same traits. But Enrique has
the stronger in magic of the two and the weaker attacks. He is a strong
magic user and his physical attacks are decent as well. He also has
a strong final super move as well as a very useful Super move that halves
physical damage. At some levels, Enrique has a higher Will (that is,
Magical Attack power) than Fina does. He'll never reach Vyse strength
physically, however. In my own humble opinion, Enrique is by far the
best fourth character because of his versitality.
Weaknesses: Enrique, like Vyse, is pretty well balanced. But Enrique�s
attacks are a little over average, since his weapons aren�t the
most powerful things you will find. He also doesn�t seem to have the
best defense. Lastly, he tends to attack last.
Strategy: Enrique can do pretty much whatever you want with him. His magic
attacks can be as strong as Fina, but it seems, through his Super Moves, that
he is more focused towards physical attacks. I suggest putting a few
Moonberries into his Super Moves at thestart so that you get his Shield
skill, which helps considerably in some battles. You'll probably want to
start him off with Yellow Magic, especially if you haven't had anyone using
it before this.
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Skills are special abilities that are awakened when a character
eats Moonberries.You can find Moonberries from encounters, in treasure
chests, and just about anywhere. You must awaken your skills (Super
moves, as they are know in this game) in order. I will show you all
the skills for each character, moonberries it takes to revive them,
Spirit it takes to use, their order, and what they do in battle.
When I use the term "skill," I'm referring to "Super Moves," and I
use it inetrchangably.
The basic layout will look like this:
Character name: I will put the name of the character before the skills.
Skill: The name of the Super Move
SP: Spirit it takes to use the Super Move
Moonberries: The number of Moonberries it takes to unlock the skill.
Overview: A basic look at what the Super Moves.
Now onto the skills!
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Skill: Cutlass Fury
SP: 7
Moonberries: 0 This is the only super in the game that starts as learned.
Overview:
Cutlass Fury is a great skill to use throughout the entire game, as it works
well on any enemy, though in the beginning it takes a while to get enough
spirit to use it. It does from 300 (at the very beginning of the game) to
2,000(at the end) points of damage to a single enemy. While not nearly as
deadly as Pirates Wrath, this can be use more often as the smaller Spirit
usage make for 3 to Pirates Wrath�s one. This is a must use throughout th
entire game. I prefer using it on Loopers as it doesn�t miss.
It can be argued that, at times, this skill is better than Pirates Wrath
just because if the TP consumption and damage that it does. With 21 SP
you can do three Cutlass Furies. At the end of the game, if each does 2000
damage and Pirates Wrath does 5800, you're still getting slightly more
damage. However, this can drag out battles to be longer than you need,
causing uneeded casualties.
Do not underestimate this skill, even at the very end of the game when you
find Pirates Wrath stronger and "better," there are times, such as in more
defensive based battles that require high SP-consumption per-round that
the damage over time is far superior to a move that costs 21 SP.
Skill: Counterstrike
SP: 1
Moonberries: 1
Overview:
Counterstrike allows Vyse to counter all attacks for one round of combat. If
used properly, it can help deal a lot of damage, but I personally prefer
having Vyse attack each round, as he counters more often than not anyway.
Skill: Rain of Swords
SP:14
Moonberries: 2
Overview: Rain of Swords hits all enemies for a decent amount of Yellow
damage. While it does more damage than, say, Lambda Burst, the spirit
cost is much higher. Because you usually want to pull off ranged attacks
first in battle, you cant with this, as Vyse isn�t as fast as Aika.
You will find that Aika�s ranged skills work much better then this,
but this one can be useful if your enemies seemingly aren�t taking damage.
Skill: Skull Shield
SP: 10
Moonberries: 2
Overview: Skull Shield lower physical attack damage, as well as helps you
counter enemies easier for one round of combat. While some people find
this useful, I didn�t use it more then two times the few times over I have
played the game. For that much spirit you can cast Increm two times, and
still have Sprit to spare.
While I don't use it often, I can think of one or two particular battles
that it is nice.
Some players seem to confuse the use of this Super Move and Justice Shield.
Against monsters with strong physical attacks -this- is this superior
Super Move, however it does nothing to negate the damage of special
attacks. Justice Shield halves all physical damage (including special
attacks) but does not negate it.
Skill: Pirates Wrath
SP: 21
Moonberries: 4
Overview:
Pirates wrath is the Skies of Arcadia Legends� ultimate attack skill(with a
single person). It constantly does over 3,000 damage from the moment you
unlock it. Early on, it takes an extremely large of Spirit to use, so
prepare to Focus. This is the ultimate boss killer, as it does so
much damage. When Vyse is Incremed, it can do upwards 5,000 damage.
The Pirates Wrath and Cutlass Fury debate:
Big numbers are good, right? As I stated slightly above in the Cutlass Fury
section, there are times when bigger isn't necessarily -better-. Certain
battles, usually optional, require you to play very defensively to survive
without casualties. These battles take quite a bit of Spirit-per-round and
usually end up with one or two characters Focusing constantly to help build
up for attacks. In cases like these, sometimes it's better to stick with a
weaker Cutlass Fury that can attack every round. It cuts down the risk
even if it takes longer.
However, there are very few battles that difficult and most of the time
you'll just tear everything apart with Pirates' Wrath.
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Skill: Alpha Storm
SP: 4
Moonberries: 1
Overview:
Alpha Storm is somewhat like Yellow magic. It hits the enemies in a
line of the enemy targeted. The good news, is that it has a larger range
than the yellow spells. The bad news is that the range still isn�t large.
But as this skill is rather cheap, you can use it a lot in the beginning
of the game to help take out clusters of enemies.
Skill: Delta Shield
SP: 2
Moonberries: 1
Overview:
Delta Shield blocks all magic attacks from allies and enemies for one turn.
This can be a blessing if you are up against a strong magic user. I don�t
really use this spell a whole lot, but I know a lot of places I could put it
to use. Some of the bosses in the game become extremely easy with this skill.
But be warned, you cant heal with magic, so make sure you have enough
crystals to recover with.
There are two or three battles that this ability helps consderably and can
even "make or break" the battle, but in most normal encounters and even
normal boss fights it's unlikely that you'll use it.
Skill: Lambda Burst
SP: 8
Moonberries: 2
Overview:
I love this skill. It is probably my most used skill in the game. Because
Aika is fast, she gets it off almost immediately. And once you start a
battle with 8 SP you can officially obliterate your enemies before they
can attack. This ability does from 200 to 500 damage to all opponents.
And again, when you start a battle with 8 SP use it immediately! It will
save you a ton of time in hundreds of random encounters.
Skill: Epsilon Mirror
SP:10
Moonberries:2
Overview:
Epsilon Mirror uses 10 SP to restore 10 MP for Aika alone. Very handy in long
battles where you use a lot of magic, but not that useful all the time. I
found this useful during the last few battles of the game where I have Aika on
healing duty.
Skill: Omega Cyclone
SP:12
Moonberries:4
Overview:
Omega Cyclone is a stronger version of Lambda Burst, making it another
favorite of mine. It takes more SP, but it replaces Lambda Burst for the
rest of the game when you have it. It does from 400 to 800(or more) damage
to all enemies. Very useful in random encounters, worthless against most
bosses.
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An interesting fact about Fina�s Skills: Most of them will always go first, no
matter how slow she is. I know for a fact about Lunar Blessing and Lunar
Light. I am still checking about the others.
Skill: Lunar Blessing
SP: 12
Moonberries: 1
Overview:
Lunar Blessing causes the entire party to regenerate 200 HP at the beginning
of each turn. Very useful, as it will save your party from death often.
During the long battles of the game, you'll want to use this, even if 200
HP doesn't seem significant. Also works well with the Wanted list bosses.
But be warned, if a character gets KO�d and then revived, the regeneration
will not work until it is recast.
Skill: Lunar Glyph
SP:3
Moonberries:1
Overview:
Lunar Glyph causes damage to an opponent with a chance to stone them. The
damage is high in the beginning but quickly becomes irrelevant when you get
the stronger spells. You don't use this for damage later on, but rather,
the stone effect.
Skill: Lunar Cleansing
SP:6
Moonberries:2
Overview:
Lunar Cleansing completely removes bad statuses(except KO) on all party
members. Very useful, especially when enemies cast Drilnos on your party, or
Slipara. But other then that, it doesn�t have uses. I personally have found
this to save my life quite a few times.
Skill: Lunar Winds
SP: 6
Moonberries: 2
Overview:
Lunar Winds removes all positive statuses from all enemies. Positive statuses
such as Regeneration, and Increm. You wont find this to have much use, as
most enemies can be defeated even with the positive statuses, but it will
help speed battles up.
Skill: Lunar Light
SP:18
Moonberries:4
Overview:
The ultimate healing skill, it completely revives, heals, and removes the
statuses of all party members. To make it even better, it will ALWAYS be
pulled off before any other attack on a battle turn, potentially saving your
ass many, many, times. This may be considered the ultimate spell as it is so
useful.
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Magic in the world of Arcadia is set into 6 different colors. Green, Red,
Blue, Purple, Yellow, and Silver. I have all the colored spell lists, in the
order you get them in as well as what they are strong against, and what they
are weak against.
Note that the strengths and weaknesses also work with your weapon type.
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Green magic is the magic of the earth. Green magic is the healing magic
of the game, and some of the spells work out of battle and during the ship
battles. Two spells, Noxi, an Noxous are attack spells, poisoning enemies
when used in battle. Green spells do more damage against Blue and Purple
colored enemies. They do less damage against Red and Yellow colored foes.
Green Magic List:
Sacri: Restores 500 HP, 4000 to a ship. Can be used out of battle.
Noxi: Attacks and has a chance to poison one enemy
Sacres: Restores 1000 HP, 8000 to a ship. Can be used out of battle.
Noxous: Attacks all enemies and has a chance to poison them.
Sacrum: Restores 1000 HP to all party members. Can be used out of battle.
Sacrulen: Restores all HP to a single party member, and ship. Can be used
out of battle.
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Red magic is the magic of heat and fire. The red magic spells attack all
enemies and are used to power up your attacks. No fire magic can be used
out of battle. Red magic does more damage to Green and Yellow colored
enemies. It does less damage to Blue and other Red colored monsters.
You can use all Red magic in ship battles one you get a magic cannon.
The best spells in the Fire category are the Increm spells, which
increase your attack.
Red Magic List:
Pyri: Attacks all enemies. Smallest damage.
Increm: Raises stats and attributes of one character by 25% for a few turns.
Pyres: Attacks all enemies. Medium damage.
Pyrum: Attacks all enemies. Large Damage.
Pyrulen: Attacks all enemies. Maximum damage.
Incremus: Raises stats of all party members by 25%. No use in ship battles.
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Blue Magic is the magic of water and wind. The spells attack a range of
enemies, or support your party. Blue magic can not be used out of battle.
Blue magic does more damage to Red and Yellow colored monsters. It does
less damage to Green and Purple colored monsters. You can use all Blue
spells against a foe once you have a magic cannon.
Blue Magic List:
Wevli: Attacks a very small range of enemies for small damage.
Quika: Doubles speed of all party members, increases ship speed in
ship battles.
Wevles: Attacks a small range of enemies or medium damage.
Slipara: Has a chance of putting all enemies to sleep. No use during
ship battles.
Wevlum: Attacks a small range of enemies for large damage.
Wevlen: Attacks a medium range of enemies for huge damage.
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Purple magic is the magic of ice. The spells attack one enemy for large
amounts of damage, or they cause status effects. Purple magic can not be
used out of battle. Purple magic does more damage to Blue and Red colored
opponents and less damage to Green and Purple enemies. You can cast
purple spells on enemy ships once you have a magic cannon.
Purple Magic List:
Crystali: Medium damage to a single enemy.
Crystales: Large damage to a single enemy.
Sylenis: Stops an enemy from casting spells.
Panika: Confuses a single enemy.
Crystalum: Huge damage to a single enemy.
Crystalen: Extreme damage to a single enemy.
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Yellow magic is the magic of lightning. Yellow attacks do a large
amount, but not as high as Purple, of damage to a small line ofenemies, or
they cause a decrease in strength of an enemy. Yellow magic of any kind
can not be used out of battle. Yellow magic does more damage to Green
and Silver colored enemies. It does less damage to Blue, and other Yellow
colored enemies.
You can use Yellow spells on enemy ships once you have a magic cannon.
Yellow Spell List:
Electri: Does very small lightning damage to a small line of enemies.
Driln: Lowers strength and attributes of one enemy by 25% for a few turns.
Electres: Does small lightning damage to a small line of enemies.
Electrum: Does medium lightening damage to a line of enemies.
Electrulen: Does large lightening damage to a medium sized line of enemies.
Drilnos: Lowers strength and attributes of all enemies by 25%. Not usable in
ship battles.
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Silver magic is the magic of life and death. Silver magic has a wide array
of uses. It can revive characters, clean their status, or instantly destroy
a foe or multiple foes. Silver Magic can only be used in battle, and never
in ship battles. Silver magic does more of a chance of death to Yellow
opponents, and less of a chance to other Silver colored enemies.
Silver Spell List:
Curia: Completely cures an ally of adverse effects, except KO(unconscious).
Risan: 50% chance of reviving an ally with 50% of their max HP.
Eterni: A small percentage that you will cause instant death with this spell.
Eternes: A medium percentage that you will instantly slay all enemies.
Riselem: Completely revives a character with 100% of max HP.
Eternum: Will destroy an enemy unless they are magically protected against
death.
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This is a list of all the bosses I have in this guide. I have their names,
but not their location as to avoid Spoilers, if you don�t want any spoilers at
all though, I suggest you skip this section. I've edited out the names of
important bosses (and "super secret hidden bosses") to help avoid spoilers.
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Required Bosses:
Boss 1:Antonio
Boss 2:Sentintel
Boss 3:Ship: Baltor and the Blackbeard
Boss 4:Bleigock
Boss 5:Executioner and Spell Wardens
Boss 6:Royal Guardx2
Boss 7:Ship: Valuan Cruiser
Boss 8:Rokwyrm
Boss 9:Recumen
Boss 10:Ship: The Lynx
Boss 11:Ship: The Chameleon
Boss 12:Antonio 2
Boss 13:Rik'Talish
Boss 14:Ship: The Chameleon 2
Boss 15:Ship: Grendel
Boss 16:Gordo, 3 Mad Chefs
Boss 17:Ship: Valaun Gunboat
Boss 18:Sinistra and Destra
Boss 19:Vigoro
Boss 20:Draklor Tank
Boss 21:Ship: Fortress Gate
Boss 22:Ship: Gregorio Cruiser
Boss 23:Ship: Gregorio Gunboat
Boss 24:Ship: The Augria
Boss 25:Ship: Anguila
Boss 26:Ship: Tenkou Spellship
Boss 27:Jao and Mao
Boss 28:Tortigar
Boss 29:Muraji, 3 Soldiers
Boss 30:Ship: Vigoro and The Draco
Boss 31:Ship: Bluheim
Boss 32:Velteran
Boss 33:Ship: Yeligar
Boss 34:Ship: Raja
Boss 35:Ship: DeLoco and The Chameleon, Parts 3 and 4
Boss 36:Ship: Baltor and the Blackbeard 2
Boss 37:Vigoro 2
Boss 38:Eliminator
Boss 39:Ship: Valuan Mage Ship
Boss 40:Ship: Galcian's Elite
Boss 41:Ship: The Hydra
Boss 42:[Spoiler Boss 1]
Boss 43:Gadianos
Boss 44:[Final Boss 1]
Boss 45:[Final Boss 2]
Boss 46:[Final Boss 3]
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Optional Bosses:
Optional 1:Piastol 1
Optional 2:Barta and Rupee
Optional 3:Piastol 2
Optional 4:Gunarm and Frocks
Optional 5:Ixa'ness Demons: Tara, Pera, and Lira
Optional 6:Ship: Obisbo
Optional 7:Ship: Alania
Optional 8:Piastol 3
Optional 9:Ship: Roc
Optional 10:Ship: Giant looper
Optional 11:Vize, Anita, Faina
Optional 12:Piastol 4
Optional 13:Daikokuya
Optional 14:Elcian
Optional 15:Zivilyn Bane
Optional 16:Lord Bane
Optional 17:Super Secret Optional Boss
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Location: I always put the location of the boss on the top.
Boss: The name of the boss you will face.
Recommended HP: The minimum number of HP that I think you will survive best
with.
HP: The number of Hit Points, or boss stamina that you will have to knock
down until they are dead.
Special attacks: The name of any special attacks the boss has.
Color: Their color attribute.
EXP: The experience your party gets for defeating the boss.
Magic EXP: The number if Magic experience you receive when defeating the boss.
Items: Any items the boss may drop.
Strategy: My strategy of how to beat the boss.
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Location: Valuan Cruiser
Boss 1: Antonio
Recommended HP: 500
HP: 575
Special Attacks: Thunder of Fury
Color: Yellow
EXP:18
MagicEXP:2
Item: Moonberry
Strategy:
Antonio is fierce looking. He can be challenge if your level is not high
enough or you have not built up your magic. This battle is harder in the
GC version. Have Vyse and Aika focus for the first round, then use
Red magic Increm on Vyse with either character. Have the second character
focus or heal if one of them got hit with Thunder of Fury on the first turn.
I have seen Thunder of Fury do 300 damage to a low level party, so keep
yourselves healed at all times. After the Increm, have Vyse release Cutlass
Fury, when you have enough spirit.
Always have Aika focus unless the party needs healing. Having her attack
will do more harm than good. Antonio counters often, and his counters can
lower your HP to the point that Thunder of Fury can be fatal. When Vyse is
waiting for the SP to do Cutlass Fury a second time, have him attack
normally. Antonio should go down after the second Cutlass Fury. Note that
once Antonio's HP drops, he'll start using Thunder of Fury more often, so
make sure you kill him quickly.
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Location: Shrine Island
Boss 2: The Sentinel
Recommended HP: 700
HP: 1,200
Special Attacks: Target Search, Blaster
Color: Silver
EXP: 117
MagicEXP:2
Item: Moonberry
Strategy:
The Sentinel will take a long time to wear down. He has a lot of HP for this
point of the game. The easiest way for me was to use your newly acquired
Purple Moon Stone and level up with Vyse equipped with the Purple on his
weapon. At least until you get the Crystali. Once you have that, and Aika
has some healing spells(or should) you are ready to battle him the easy way.
Of course, Aika with some Purple magic helps too.
when you first encounter the Sentinel, you should have enough Spirit to use
Crystali at least once on the first turn. If you only decide to do it once
(or don�t have the spell on more then one character) then focus with the
second character. It should do from 100 to 200 points of damage with each
use. With your second person focusing, you should gain SP fast. Cast Increm
on Vyse with Aika ASAP.
When the boss uses Search (With the red beams of light) then he is ready to
use his ultimate attack. This is your warning, the move takes 2 turns to
power up. Make sure your Hit Points are above 300 when it goes off. The
Blaster attack hits, members in a straight line with the target, so if the
AI hasn't moved your characters, it is likely both will take 300 damage.
You may want to cast Increm on Aika, to raise her defense, just in case. Be
ready to heal. Also note with this boss, you have a big advantage. If your
level is high enough then he will always be the last to attack, making it easy
to survive.
For an alternate method without the purple magic, you can cast Increm On Vyse
and have him use Cutlass Fury. This method is arguably faster than using
Purple magic, but it's also heavily Spirit based, so you won't do much other
than Focusing, Increm, and the ability. You should use Sacri crystals to
heal yourself if you try it this way, so that it doesn't waste your Spirit.
It should take 3 or 4 Cutlass Furies to kill him this way.
In most cases, you'll want to completely avoid using normal physical attacks,
as the Sentinel's counters will wear you down quickly. Especially refrain
from attacking with Aika. She won't do much damage to the boss, but will
take quite a bit in return.
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Location: Skies Over Nasar
Boss 3: Ship: Baltor and the Blackbeard
My Average level: 10-12
Recommended HP: 10,000 With the Little Jack
HP:10,000
Special Attacks: None
EXP:137
MagicEXP: None
Item: Bomb, Captain Stripe
Strategy:
This is your first ship battle. Even so, don�t expect it to be too easy.
A ship battle is basically a strategy version of a normal battle.
You're not allowed direct action by your characters, instead you control
the actions that the ship can take per battle. This does not mean that
your characters are worthless, however. Depending on how far each magic
has been developed, you can still cast certain spells on your ship.
Important spells early on will be Sacres, Increm, and Quicka. At this
point, you can not use offensive spells in ship battles, but you will
be able to later.
You have control of 3 attacks during this battle, each with one of
your characters. You may notice certain boxes on the screen, colored
Red, Green, and Yellow. Some of the blocks have a C! On them. Green means
you have an advantage with your attack, C! Means you have a huge advantage
over your opponent in the attack, yellow means your opponent has a small
advantage, and red means you take critical damage. It is a wise move to
defend on red turns, as enemies will use their advantage to do large
spikes of damage. But you can do this in turn when you have a c! block.
c! blocks do not need to be Green, so sometimes you may find yourself
taking damage in order to damage the enemy.
I hope you have the spells Increm and at least Sacri by now. Cast Increm
ASAP to lower the damage you take, and to increase the damage that you do.
You'll want to keep your HP over 5,000 at all times during this battle.
Sacri is sufficient to heal the Little Jack at this point, but later on
you'll need the highest level of Green spells, so set someone (preferably
Aika) on Green and leave them there.
The main thing to do in this battle is attack when you are in the green or
C! zones with your Standard Cannon or Main Cannons. If you find
yourself without anything to do, have characters Focus. There's never
a such thing as too much focusing. On Red turns with nothing to do,
however, you should probably defend.
When you're given the option, select "Try to get behind him instead."
This will give you a critical advantage for the round.
Again, make sure to heal if you have less the 5000 or 6000 HP, for you never
know how much damage you might take the next turn. You'll want to time
your Green Magic close to the end of the round, preferably. That way you
start the next round completely healed, the enemy with no advantage over
you.
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Location: Valua Catacombs
Boss 4: Bleigock
Recommended HP: 1000
HP: 4,800
Special Attacks: Poisonous Bile (poison all allies),
Frost Breath (Purple damage on all allies)
Color: Green
EXP:433
MagicEXP:2
Item: Vidal Seed
Strategy:
Bleigock can be an evil boss if you don�t come prepared with tons of
Curia crystals. He can kill you just by outlasting you with his high HP.
His attacks don't do a lot of direct damage, but they have a chance to
poison you, which will do a consistent 100+ extra each round. Even worse
is that his attacks hit all of your party members AND you have another
boss battle right after this. Don't use too much magic or too many
items.
Because of Bleigock's high HP you want to be as healthy as possible.
The best way to fight this boss is arguable, like all bosses, but I found
Crystales boxes to work very well. They do 400-600 damage with each
use, and can be used multiple times. Buy them from the Mystery Merchant on
Sailors Island at the inn. If you don�t find him the first time, exit
Sailor's Island and keep going back in until you do. Some monsters in
the catacombs also drop them with a low rate.
A more standard way to kill this boss is by using Increm on Vyse, having
Drachma Focus or attack, and use Aika to heal and cure the poison. Aika
can also Focus. The goal of this would be to have Vyse use Cutlass Fury
every round while still staying alive. Having Vyse switch to a weapon
strong to Green (such as Red) for the battle will help considerably. If
you don't want to kill the boss on this particular Magic color, just
switch it back to whatever you were using before the battle so that
you still get the MagicEXP on whatever color you prefer. This way
will probably take 5 or 6 Cutlass Furies, so if you want to speed it up,
have Aika use Crystales and Drachma attack when you have extra SP.
Note: The Valua Catacomb is a great place to farm for Moonberries. Just
run to the entrance and to the save point a few times and you should get
at least 2-3.
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Location: Valua Coliseum
Boss 5: Executioner and 2 Spell Wardens
Recommended HP: 1000
HP: Executioner:1,800, Spell Wardens: 380
Special Attacks: Executioner: Tackle. Wardens: Support Spells
Color: Executioner: Yellow, Spell Wardens: Yellow
EXP:238
MagicEXP:2
Items: Electri Box, Sacres Crystals (sometimes)
Strategy:
The problem with this boss is that he comes right after a dungeon and
directly after another boss fight. Not to mention that the boss is
surprisingly strong, and can kill low HP characters in one hit. With
his tackle attack, the Executioner can break 1000 damage to your allies.
Other problems occur when the Wardens use Increm on the Executioner while
using Drilnos on your characters. The Incremed Executioner can hit
1500 damage if your defense is down.
The first priority is to get rid of the Spell Wardens. Focus on one at a
time until both are killed. It should only take a round or so to kill
one. While doing this, have one person (probably Aika, since she's
weakest physically) use Increm. Start with whoever has the lowest defense
and build up to all three with Increm. Increm not only raises your
attack by 25%, but your defense as well. This will help you survive the
attacks.
Keep everyone at or above 1000 HP at all times, since the Executioner can
easily do that much damage in one round. It's important to note that
his Tackle move has a line effect, so it can hit more than one character.
Depending on the battle AI, the Executioner might use Tackle every round,
or he might spam spells over and over. It's really a matter of luck how
easy or how difficult this battle is to survive.
Don't even bother attacking the Executioner until both Wardens are gone.
They'll cure and buff the Executioner while doing extra damage to you
through their spells. They should only take a round to kill because of
their low HP. While fighting the Executioner, avoid physical attacks
and instead use Super Moves or Focus. Remember to keep Increm up on all
three of your characters to reduce the damage the boss can do. Don't rush
this battle. Take it slowly and have at least one, maybe even two,
characters acting on support each round. Playing defensively helps a lot
on these bosses that can easily bring you to critical status.
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Location: Train from Valua's Royal Palace
Boss 6: Royal Guard x2
Recommended 1,000
HP: ~600
Special Attacks: Counterstance, Sacri
Color: Yellow
EXP: 440
MagicEXP: 2
Item: Magic Droplet x10
This battle can be surprisingly difficult, considering the dull looking
foes. You also may not have a lot of MP left after the bosses and
encounters that happened before this battle, so if you are, replenish
your MP supply before trying to kill the Guards.
The two Royal Guards like to use CounterStance over and over, which
makes physical attacks useless as well as halving the damage they take.
Even worse is that when they have low HP, they start using the Sacri
spell on themselves, which pretty much nullifies the damage you've done
to them.
This battle is about doing damage quickly before the bosses can heal
themselves. Aika has weak physical attacks, so she won't be doing that,
but hopefully she has some offensive spells in her arsenal. Focus with
Vyse and Aika the first round, and then cast Increm on Vyse on your second
round. Spend a few rounds focusing and storing SP before you start your
assault. When you're ready, have Aika use Crystales or another low SP
spell while Vyse uses Cutlass Fury. This part is somewhat risky, seeing
as you may get defended against with CounterStance. Vyse's damage will be
effectively halved if he is defended against.
It may seem like an overkill to use Cutlass Fury and strong spells on
such low HP enemies, but if they defend against you and Cure the damage
that you cause, it makes everything you do for nothing. Ideally, you want
to kill one of them before he can heal himself. Once one is gone, then
you need to focus your strongest attacks on the second in hope of
finishing him off when he isn't defending.
You're pretty much going to be stuck with magic only in this battle, so
hopefully your characters have at least Crystales or Pyres. Abd even if
you do, you have to make sure you can take down the enemy HP before they
can cure themselves for 500.
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Location: Skies Inside the Gates of Valua
Boss 7: Ship: Valuan Cruiser
Recommended HP: 10,000 with the Little Jack
HP:20,000
Special Attacks: Cannons
EXP:231
MagicEXP: None
Item: Repair Kit
Strategy:
You just have to survive here. This is pretty much another tutorial
battle, this time with Special Ship attacks. This is a surprisingly
straightforward battle, and very anticlimatic, considering what you've
gone through.
Have one person use Increm on the first turn possible, and have the second
character Focus. The third turn should be a Sacri to heal any damage
that the Valuan Cruiser did to you. As long as you keep your HP over
6,000, you aren't going to have any trouble staying alive.
On the second round, keep your Spirit above 9 or so, and Focus at least
once, while using Sacri or Sacres on the last round. Only attack if you
have an excess amount of Spirit. You'll probably want to attack once or
twice just to put a dent into the ship, but 20,000 is a lot to wittle
away at. The goal is to have a minimum of 15 Spirit at the start of the
next round. That way, you can use the Harpoon Cannon to severely damage
or immediately kill the boss. You will know when you can use this attack
when you see a little Harpoon in the blocks that signify your attack rounds.
The Harpoon Cannon should do around 15,000 damage.
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Note: At this point, you can do the first Optional Boss, Piastol Round 1.
Location: Temple of Pyrynn
Boss 8: Rokwyrm
Recommended HP: 1000
HP:4,200
Special Attacks: Cinder Storm(Stone), Volcanic Blast (500 to all)
Color: Red
EXP:1,021
MagicEXP:4
Item: Riselem Box
Strategy:
I've been mentioning Crystales boxes throughout this guide, but this
is a battle where they make it so much easier than if you don't have
them. Because of the Red Color of the boss, Purple will do considerably
more damage than on a normal boss. If you don't have any Crystales
Boxes, you're stuck with the Crystales spell and purple weapons
Fina's Lunar Blessing is very useful in this battle, though if a
character is petrified, the positive effect will wear off. Curia
Crystals and the spell Curia will help considerably as well, since
the Rockwyrm likes to petrify you. If you have any "Gem of Fluidity"
accessories, then you might want to equip them for this battle to
prevent the Stone Status. This item does not work all the time, but
it can help when you need it.
The easiest way to go about this battle is to have Fina and Aika use
Crystales boxes every round (or, if someone has Stone status or low
HP, use them to cure) while Vyse uses Increm on himself. Change his
weapon Color to Purple, and then use Cutlass Fury whenever you have the
SP to do so. The Crystales boxes will probably do around 500 damage
each, and a Cutlass Fury with a Purple weapon will hit for around
1000.
Don't let your entire party get petrified, or you're dead. Other
than the ability to Petrify, which probably does 600 damage alone, the
Rockwyrm has an attack that can hit 500 damage on everyone. Keep everyone
above 1000 HP at all times if possible, that way you won't have to
worry about deaths.
You'll find the main problems in this battle are more annoyances that
happens when you're petrified. Hopefully you've brought a few Curia
Crystals with you so that you don't have to use the SP, and MP, on the
spell.
Also, before this battle, you may want to get Aika a new and awesome
weapon. When fighting the "Death's Head" you will randomly get a weapon.
The drop rate on the weapon is pretty terrible, though, so don't expect
to get it unless you fightfightfight. This weapon, the Storm Wing,
has slightly higher attack power and a hit% of 150, which will help on
those evasive Loopers.
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Location: Skies Above the Temple of Pyrynn
Boss 9: Ship: Recumen
Recommended HP: 10,000 with the Little Jack
HP: Unlimited
Special Attacks: Red Ray
EXP: 0
MagicEXP:0
Items: None
Strategy:
Recumen, the Red Gigas is invincible, so you cant win this battle. But that
doesn�t mean you can just go and heal the battle away. You'll notice that
at the end of every round, one of the Panels will be red. This means
that Recumen is going to attack this round, and you better be prepared. You
want to focus all of your attacks on the round BEFORE Recumen has his
turn to ruin his aim. Hopefully you bought some SubCannons from Sailor's
Island after Valua, as they will make the battle easier.
To make Recumen miss, you need to set the SubCannon to start on the turn
before the Red box, and have it attack during the turn with the second box.
On the Red Turn, you'll want to attack with a Main Cannon/Standard Cannon
(which will hit at the same time as the SubCannon), effectively knocking
Recumen off balance. He'll miss his Red Ray and you get the turn off without
taking any damage. However, as an "In case," you should always cast
Increm when it wears off, and keep your Little Jack at full HP. Don't
bother attacking Recumen at any other time except to stun him. The battle
is not meant to be won by force.
A simple, effective, strategy for the entire battle would be:
Turn 1: Sacri/Repair Kit
Turn 2: Focus
Turn 3: SubCannon
Turn 4: SubCannon and a Main Cannon.
If no damage was taken on Turn 4 of the last round, you can Focus on Turn
1. Turn 1 can also be used to cast Increm. If you don't have any SP on
Turn 4 for a second attack with a Main Cannon, then be sure to defend,
since the Sub Cannon alone will not knock him off balance.
Note however, that THIS IS NOT HOW THE ENTIRE BATTLE WILL GO. On some
rounds, Recumen has his turn early, and you'll still need the two
SubCannons and the Main Cannon, so you must prepare your Spirit on
the round before. Though the battle will pretty much always have those
same 4 actions throughout.
After a few rounds, you're given the Harpoon Cannon option. Do this,
and focus on every other of the three turns so that you have SP for the
next round. The Harpoon Cannon will knock Recumen off balance in the
same way that the Main and Sub Cannons do.
When asked, always choose to attack the Heads.
When you attack the heads, you're given the advantage of two Harpoon
Cannon attacks to match the two Red Rays. You'll probably want to
avoid actually using the Cannon, instead setting two Sub Cannons and
a Main Cannon for each of the turns. If you don't have enough, only
then should you use the Harpoon Cannon, since 2(2)+4 SP (2 Sub Cannons
and the Main Cannon) is still less than the 15 required for the
Harpoon Cannon.
After the next round, choose Retreat and Regoup. There is no way to
defeat Recumen.
Note: A lot of people have been asking me about Recumen. You can ONLY delay
him if you attack with a normal cannon and a Secondary cannon/Torpedo.
Secondary Cannons are the ones which can attack for more then one turn, and
Torpedos have low hit percentage, but can land on any round you choose. You
must use them on the Red turn, or else you wont delay him. If you can't, you
have to survive by defending.
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Location: Skies Above the Temple of Pyrynn
Boss 10: Ship: Belleza and the Lynx
Recommended HP:10,000 with the Little Jack
HP:25,000
Special Attacks: Lynx Cannons and Torpedoes, Magic Cannons
EXP:881
MagicEXP:2
Items: Captains Stripe, Magic Cannon, 3-Inch-Blaster
Strategy:
Be warned. Belleza can kill you in one round, she is deadly. Like in most
battles, you'll want Increm on to avoid these one-round kills. If you're
very unlucky, Belleza can hit 7500 damage at once.
First things first. In this battle I prefer attacking with 3-Inch-Cannons for
2 blocks, so that was my main offense. Don�t try and go on the offensive
too often. At the end of every turn you need to bring yourself up to full HP.
If you don�t, you will more than likely die, seeing as Belleza almost always
gets the first attack. Try to avoid attacking too often, instead focus on
healing, defending, and Focusing. You'll want to slowly do damage, not
damage her all at once.
On the third round, when Increm wears off, is when Belleza does her first
extremely dangerous attack. During this round, you will notice 3 yellow
blocks and 1 green block. Don�t let that deceive you. Make absolutely sure
on this turn you recast Increm when it wears off. During Round 3, Belleza
will do something like this:
Lynx torpedoes the first turn, Sub-Cannons the second(and into the third) and
on the third all comes together. The torpedoes will hit and the sub-cannon
fires a second time, and she will cast Wevlen. All in all this will do around
7000 damage if you are not Incremed. If you are Incremed it can still do
5500. Be absolutely sure to defend on the third turn of the third round, and
then use Sacres on the fourth.
Belleza will use this strategy over and over on your group whenever you
have the advantage over her, so be careful and defend often on the
third turns of battle.
Soon, you're given a choice. Don't try to get behind Belleza on the first
choice, instead choose to "Turn hard and try to catch her off guard."
Keep your HP up, even going as far as to heal yourself twice every round.
Keep the damage slow and steady, and keep Increm up, after another round
you're given the second option.
Choose to "Set endgines to full speed and get behind her."
Survive the next round and choose:
"Head Straight upwards!"
While this doesn't have the advantage of stopping does, the stopping
makes you end up taking more damage in the long run. After this, you'll
have the option to use your Harpoon Cannon. You'll need it. If the
Cannon doesn't kill her immediately, it will severely damage her so that
you can finish her off in a round or two.
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At this point, you can fight the optinal battle "Barta and Rupee"
by talking the Barta on the Maramba docks.
Location: Skies above Ixa�Taka
Boss 11: Ship: De Loco and the Chameleon
Recommended HP: 10,000 With the Little Jack.
HP: 30,000
Special Attacks: Flamethrower Cannon
EXP:726
MagicEXP:0
Items: Captains Stripe
Strategy:
Before going into this battle, you hopefully have visited The Dark Guild,
a small ship that flies around outside of Horteka. This ship not only
buys and sells Discovery Information, but has some brand new weapons for
the Little Jack. Ideally, you want some 5" cannons, a Torpedo, and at
least one Main Cannon. Everything you had initially should be replaced
at this point.
As with all ship battles, start off with a cast of Increm on the first
turn of the first round, always recasting it when it wears off. Launch
a Shock Torpedo on the very last square and have it land on the C! of
the second round. Have your other two characters Focus.
Ideally, on the second round, you want to attack as much as you can
before that Yellow block at the end, while still making sure that you
have 20 SP for the next round. Ideally, you want the battle to end in
3 rounds, so you should hopefully do around 6,000 damage on this
round. However, if you're able to do over 10,000 damage total on the
second round alone, you'll find yourself at an extreme advantage on
the third round. However, doing 10,000 damage requires a bit of
luck. The easiest way to hit 10,000 damage is to use a 5" Cannon on
the third and fourth turns, a Shock Torpedo on the first (your
initial Shock Torpedo should hit on the second turn) and use Magic
to damage over Cannons, since De loco has this bad tendency to
avoid most forms of Cannons based attacks.
On the third round of battle, De Loco gets angry and starts up his
Flamethrower. On this round, you'll probably notice a Red Block
at the end of the round, which is where he'll use his special, which
is, of course, the Flamethrower. On this round, you'll have
a Harpoon Cannon Shot, and your Increm will have worn off. So recast
Increm, use your Harpoon Cannon, cure with Sacres/Sacri, and defend
against the Flamethrower attack on the fourth block.
However, if you were able to hit 10,000 on the second round, you'll
get the "better" option, and two Harpoon Cannons and no red block
will be on top of the screen. On this round, use Increm on the first
turn and the Harpoon Cannon on the third, and that should bring
De Loco down. Even if it doesn't, his Flamethrower will be thrown off
of balance and you won't take any damage because of the "Target Lost"
on the Flame Thrower. Even better, if you hit the Harpoon Cannon on
the third turn, De Loco is off balance for the next round, completely
at your mercy. After the Harpoon Cannon round, you'll need to hit
10,000 damage again to knock him off balance, but at this point he
should be in critical range, or even already dead.
The battle isn't really anything special, and De Loco takes
startingly large amounts of damage considering he's a boss. Chip away at
him with Secondary Cannons and he'll fall quickly even if you don't do
10,000 damage every two rounds.
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Location: MoonStone Mountain
Boss 12: Antonio 2
Recommended HP: 1,000
HP:5,300
Special Attacks: Thunder of Fury
Color: Yellow
EXP:1,503
Magic EXP:4
Items: Moonberry
Strategy:
Antonio should look familiar to you. Antonio 2 behaves identically to his
weaker brother, but hits much harder. He mainly uses Thunder of Fury,
though his physical attacks can hurt as well. Don't bother attacking
with Aika and Fina, since they'll just take more damage from Antonio 2's
counters than they will actually damage him.
Use Increm on Vyse right at the very start, in order to strengthen his
physical attacks. Change his weapon to Silver and start using Cutlass
Fury over and over. Even if you have Pirate's Wrath at this point it
takes too much Spirit and isn't worth the damage that it does compared
to Cutlass Fury. If you're worried about taking damage, use Increm on
Fina and Aika as well. Remember that Thunder of Fury is a line based
attack, so it can hit two or more characters in the worst case scenario.
This is an oddly straightforward battle, especially since you've fought
this very boss before. Don't let your HP drop below 600 (Vyse) and 800
(Fina and Aika) and you'll be fine. Hopefully someone (preferably Aika)
has Sacrum at this point. That makes your healing much easier. Also,
you can buy Sacrum crystals in Horteka. They're a bit pricy, but the're
very useful, especially in situations when you're using Delta Shield.
Antonio 2 has high defense to match his HP, so expect this battle to take
a bit of time. As long as you keep your HP up, it shouldn't be a problem
though, especially because of Antonio 2's low speed.
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Location: Rixis
Boss 13: Rik'Talish
Recommended HP: 1,500
HP: 6,800
Special Attacks: Feather Slash, Circle of Panic, Ring of Sleep
Color: Green
EXP: 1,830
MagicEXP: 4
Items: Sylph Seed
Strategy:
Rik'Talish is not meant to be strong, rather he is a master of negative
status spells. His attacks have additional effects of Sleep and Confuse,
and he is very fast. To prepare for this battle, it will help if you
have Fina's Lunar Cleansing (though it's not necessary) and have a few
Curia Crystals and at least two people with the spell learned (that
shouldn't be hard at this point, unless you changed Fina's weapon
color early on).
Rik'Talish's Ring of Sleep, rather obviously, causes the Sleep status.
His Ring of Panic ability causes Confusion. If he uses either of these
abilities, make sure you cure them immediately on the next round,
as three members asleep and one confused can be very dangerous. The true
threat Rik'Talish poses is his Feather Slash, which is a frontal attack
that hits from 800-1000 damage to each member it hits. If your healers
are asleep and you have no Sacrum Crystals, this can hurt bad.
Use Increm on Vyse and your two ladies (even better if you have Incremus
at this point) to raise Vyse's damage and lower the damage that Fina and
Aika take. Change Vyse's weapon to Red and use Cutlass Fury (or even
Pirates' Wrath, depending on how many Moonberries you've gotten from
random encounters). Use a Sacrum Crystal, or the spell Sacrum, every
time that Rik'Talish hits three or more characters with his
Feather Slash.
As long as you keep your statuses clear by healing them every round,
Rik'Talish should be easily survivable, since he doesn't deal much more
damage than your previous boss did. However, you should do your best
not to use a ton of MP during the fight, as you have two more
consecutive battles after the next events!
From Brandon Gliniak:
Rik'Talish can be the easiest boss battle in the game because he has one
fatal weakness: petrify. All you need to do is have Fina use Lunar Glyph to
keep him in a perpetually petrified state, and take your time to whittle down
his health. He will be petrified almost 100% of the time, making for a very
easy battle. This tactic is admittedly cheap, but it is effective nonetheless.
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Location: Skies Above Ixa�Taka
Boss 14: Ship: De Loco and the Chameleon
Recommended HP:10,000 With the Little Jack
HP:30,000
Special Attacks: Test Cannon
EXP:1,043
MagicEXP:4
Items: Hunter Torpedo
Strategy:
De Loco's Chameleon is a bit harder this time, as you can't stop him from
using his test cannon. Keep your HP way up at all times, as hit Torpedo can
hit for 6,000 and his Handgun for 2,000. As always, keep Increm up and
recast it when it weard off. Try to conserve your healer's MP, as there's
another battle after this where you'll likely need it more than during
this battle. Fortunately, De Loco focuses often so his attacks aren't as
frequent as Belleza's. Also, this time, De Loco doesn't have a Flame
Thrower, but instead he has a Test Cannon that is quite a bit more
powerful.
You can't knock him off balance, so instead focus on buffing and
conserving SP through the first round.
Before the second round, you're given a choice. Both choices end in him
using the Moon Stone Cannon, but one will give you a yellow square and
three minor green squares, which the other ends with three Green C!
critical squares and a red square for his Moon Stone Cannon. If you want
to play risky, close in, and if you want to be safe, stay away.
If you choose to close in, be sure that you defend on the fourth round
right as the Cannon hits, or you're going to take a harsh beating.
On the third (or fourth, depending on which option you chose) you'll
get the Harpoon Cannon option early on, so make sure you continually
conserve SP throughout the battle. Try to stick with 5" SubCannons
instead of actual attacks, as for the damage-per-SP, they do the best
you can get, as Torpedos tend to miss often.
If De Loco is still alive after your Harpoon Cannon, continue to take him
down bits at a time. He'll stop again every other turn to use his
Cannon. When the game asks you a second time, you'll probably want to
pick "Play it safe and back off," since you'll only have one round
of yellow, compared to the two of the second choice. The Chameleon won't
actually use his MoonStone Cannon for another two rounds at this point,
so continue attacking and he should die before this.
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Location: Skies Above Ixa�Taka
Boss 15: Ship: Grendel
Recommended HP: 10,000 with the Little Jack
HP: 100,000 (?)
Special Attacks: Boulder Throw, Fist of Grendel
EXP: 1,161
MagicEXP: 4
Items: Captains Stripe, Complete Kit, Grendel Wing
Strategy:
Grendel, the Green Gigas, is surprisingly mean. He is very fast and will
usually attack before you do. You can try Quicka to help you with this.
Keep up Increm at all times, since Grendel usually gets off two attacks
per round. Hopefully you have enough Repair and Deluxe Kits, as well
as MP for Sacres, to survive for a while. This battle is going to be
outlasting the Gigas, not actually damaging him. Also, unlike Recumen,
there's no way to prevent your ship from taking damage, you just have to
cure yourself at the end of every round.
The first disadvantage you have in this battle is that your ship HP
hasn't been restored since the last battle. If you were unlucky on the
last round of battle with De Loco, then you might have some problems. Like
the battle with Recumen, you're not going to damage Grendel, but you do
need to attack it every once in a while to keep the battle moving.
Whenever you can, use the Harpoon Cannon, otherwise you'll want to Focus,
keep Increm and Quicka up, and have someone cure at the end of every
round.
On the second round of battle, choose to "Try attacking its head."
You'll usually want to avoid attacking the legs, since Grendel's stomps
do about twice as his Fists and Boulder Throw.
Stick with SubCannons for your attacks, since you can't actually lower
Grendel's HP to 0, you just want to soften him up a bit. If you do
well on the second round, you can use the Harpoon Cannon on the third,
which is what you are aiming for. Make sure to recast Increm, too.
On the fifth round or so, you'll be given the option to back off
or keep attacking. Keep attacking unless you're having trouble staying
alive. This option also gives you another burst of Harpoon Cannon.
After you continue attacking, if you've done a good amount of damage,
Grendel will start acting strangely. From this round on, you'll be able
to use the Harpoon Cannon. Focus, keep yourself alive, and when you use
the Harpoon Cannon, Grendel falls into the canyon, ending the battle.
Note: Unlike the Recumen battle, you'll notice Grendel's HP actually
decreases. It might be possible to kill Grendel slowly, purely by
using SubCannons, Main Cannons, Torpedos, Spells, and anything but the
Harpoon Cannon. It will take a long, long, long time through, and
hitting him into the canyon is much easier.
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Location: North Ocean, in the Little Jack
Boss 16: Gordo, 3 Mad Chefs
Recommended HP: 1,500
HP: Gordo: 2,000, Mad Chefs: 500
Special Attacks: Gordo: Loqua Spray, Mad Chefs:Support Skills
Color: Gordo: Red, Mad Chef's: Red
EXP: 486
MagicEXP: 2
Items: Cham, 30 Sky Sardis, 20 Spiked Sunfish
Strategy:
The Mad Chefs are the most annoying part of this battle, and should be
removed immediately. They like to use magic, so you can try to use
Delta Shield to avoid damage. However, if you do this, you won't be able
to use Lambda Burst the first two rounds to weaken all enemies, so it's
your choice. Lambda Burst paired with a Pyres/Pyri Box by two characters
will probably be enough to get rid of them. However, the Chefs like to
use spells such as Drilnos to weaken you, which can be extremely annoying.
The Chefs not only like area attacks (such as Pyres for 200 on everyone)
but their physical attacks can hit 500 if they critical, so it's imperative
that they're gone as soon as you can. Gordo alone isn't as dangerous,
but he can still deal out some damage. Whenever you see Gordo take a
drink, he's preparing his "ultimate attack." Loqua Spray, hits all
of your members for around 600 with what appeares to be Red damage.
Stick with strong physical attacks, such as Cutlass Fury, and Purple
magic while damaging Gordo, and make sure to keep your HP around 1,200
on everyone. With the Chefs gone, Gordo doesn't really have any potential
for Spike damage, so he'll fall quickly. 2,000 HP should only take a few
rounds of normal physical attacks.
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Location: Skies Above Valua
Boss 17: Ship: Valuan Gunboat
Recommended HP: 10,000 with the Little Jack
Special Attacks: Cannons
EXP: 306
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Deluxe Kit
Strategy:
This "boss" isn't really a boss at all, since you can fight them before
you actually enter Valuan Airspace. He uses cannons and subcannons mainly,
with their range of damage from 500 to 1,500 per attack. The only reason
he really poses a challence is because he attacks each turn, so he has
four actions per round, compared to the previous bosses you've faced.
Increm up on the first round, and focus some Spirit so you can begin your
assault. Use Deluxe Kits (Or Sacres) at the end of every round so that
you're healthy starting the next round. You'll probably want to focus
on Torpedos as your main offense, since SubCannons tend to miss, and
have a rather random damage against the Gunboat. If you've been levelling
Purple Magic, Crystalum or Crystales works well for the amount of SP
they use.
On the third round, choose "fight agressively, and close in on the enemy."
This lets you use your Harpoon Cannon, which will likely kill the gunboat
in one hit. If not, he'll be close to dead, enough that spells and
normal cannons can destroy him.
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Location: Daccat's Isle
Boss 18: Sinistra and Destra
Recommended HP: 2,200
HP: Both have 4,500
Special Attacks: Sinstra: Explode, Destra: Tundra Blast, Both: Death Waltz
Color: Sinstra: Red, Destra: Purple
EXP: 2,373
MagicEXP: 4
Items: Icyl Seed, Magus Seed
Strategy:
It has been a while since your last boss fight on the ground. You have to
come prepared for this battle, or it can go wrong really easily. This will
be one of the first "challenging" battles in the game, considering each
boss has area attacks that do 500+ damage, and they both have an ability
called "Death Waltz." When both Sinstra and Destra are alive, they can
use this "Death Waltz," and it will usually hit for 1,000 on everyone.
To make matters worse, BOTH Sinistra and Destra can use Death Waltz their
turn, meaning that you can take 2,000 damage a round if you're unlucky.
This, paired with their speed, can be enough to kill you off before you
even have a chance to heal your party.
You must go after one boss or the other first, it doesn't matter which.
You need to kill one of them off to prevent them from using Death Waltz.
Hopefully at this point at least one character has Sacrum and you have
a few Sacrum Crystals in your inventory, otherwise things can get pretty
messy. Since Tundra Blast and Explosion do 500 damage to a large area,
not to mention the Waltz, you're going to be using the spells and items
to be healing every round, or at the very least, every other round.
Ideally, you'll want the spell Rislem on one character at this point,
but if you don't, Risan works if you have it on two characters.
Starting with Sinistra might be a bit easier, because of the Red base.
Change Vyse and Gilder's weapons to Purple and have them either Focus
until you have enough SP for Pirates' Wrath (if you have it) or just
use Cutlass Fury every round. Remember to use Increm (or Incremus, if
you have it and have the SP for it). If you're going after Sinistra
first, use Purple Magic, such as Crystalum or even some of those
Crystales boxes from the beginning of the game. You may want to have
all four characters focus on the first round, that way you'll have a
good deal of SP for the second round.
If you have around 25 (or more) SP on the second round, and have
Pirates' Wrath, use Increm on Vyse, Pirate's Wrath with a Purple weapon
on Sinistra, have Gilder Attack (or Focus) and have Fina either focus
or cure, depending on the enemy's actions the round before. Depending
on your level, one Incremed Pirate's Wrath with the opposing weapon
color should be enough to one hit one of the bosses.
Without Pirates' Wrath, you need to use Cutlass Fury every round while
Gilder attacks. Cutlass Fury should take 1/3 to 1/2 the HP of the boss
each time it is used, so it won't be nearly as fast, but it works. You
really -need- to get rid of one of the two bosses within 2 rounds of
starting the battle, or it gets dirty.
With one boss down, the battle becomes much easier. There's no more
Death Waltz, so the most damage is from Tundra Blast or Explosion. Deal
with the second boss in the same manner that you killed the first, and
hopefully the battle ends before any serious problems occur.
The beginning of this battle is very luck based. If you have nasty enemy
AI, then you'll suffer casualties, making it much more difficult.
NOTE: If you haven't been already, you're going to be doing a lot more
focusing in battles from here on out. Abilities have higher SP costs,
and to do damage quickly you need 20+ SP at all times.
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Location: Grand Fortress Prison
Boss 19: Vigoro
Recommended HP: 1,500
HP: 5,500
Special Attacks: Vigoro's Charm
Color: Red
EXP: 2,101
MagicEXP: 4
Item: Cannon Room Key
Strategy:
Vigoro is very single minded in his actions in this battle. Every round,
he uses "Vigoro's Charm" on Aika, which does a bit of damage and
confuses her. While you can cure the confusion with Curia or a Curia
crystal, there's not really any point, since he'll just do it again.
You're basically stuck with only Vyse and Gilder in this battle, with
Aika free from her confusion every once in a while.
You'll want to avoid straight physical attacks on Vigoro, since he
likes to counter. Instead have Gilder Focus while Vyse uses Cutlass
Fury every round on Vigoro. With a Purple Weapon, an Incremed Cutlass
Fury should take down about 1,500 HP, depending on your level. Don't
bother with Pirates' Wrath, even if you have it, as with only Gilder
focusing, it won't do enough damage to warrant using 21 SP. Besides,
Cutlass Fury works fine in this battle, and a Cutlass Fury every round
will end up doing more damage that a Pirates' Wrath every three rounds.
Since Vigoro will only attack Aika, you only need to worry about the
damage Aika does to you. She probably wont break 300 per hit on your
characters, but just in case, keep your HP around 1,000, as her critical
attacks can do a decent amount, and Vigoro's counterattacks do around 500
damage.
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Location: Grand Fortress
Boss 20: Draklor Tank
Recommended HP: 2,500
HP: 8,000
Special Attacks: Wheel Blast
Color: Red
EXP: 2,014
MagicEXP: 4
Items: 4-5 Rislem Crystals
Strategy:
At low levels, this boss can be extremely difficult. His Wheel Blast can
hit for 1,500 damage to a single character, and if you're unlucky, he'll
do it every round. Someone needs to be on healing duty at all times,
since this much damage can easily take out characters. It would be best
to use Increm on your ladies first, to lower the damage that they take.
If you have it, Incremus will help save time if you're willing to
Focus for the entire first round. Of course, you could also use four
Glyphs of Might, if you have them.
The hardest part about this boss is that Wheel Blast is a frontal area
attack. 1,500+ damage on its own is bad enough, but when it does it
every round to multiple characters, it really starts hurting. Spells
like Rislem and Sacrum really show their worth here, as does the Lunar
Light ability, if you happen to have it. Use Sacrum (or a Sacrum crystal)
every round, and if necessary have two characters cure per round.
Switch to a purple weapon, and like always, have Vyse use Cutlass Fury
or Pirates' Wrath. The latter is preferrable at this point, but if you
don't have it, then use Cutlass Fury every round, having Gilder focus.
Avoid any form of normal physical attack, since the counters will just
end up having you take more damage than you need.
The Draklor Tank has surprisingly low defense, the only good part of
this battle. Normal physical attacks easily break 500, and Pirates'
Wrath can hit 5,000 at higher levels. Having two characters using
Focus every round, one person (probably Aika) using a Sacrum Crystal, and
Vyse attacking with Special Moves is probably the best way to go.
Never underestimate this boss though. If you go all out at the end of
the battle when he's at low HP, you'll likely suffer casualties. Play
defensively on something that can do this much damage to large areas.
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Location: Skies Inside the Gates of Valua
Boss 21: Fortress Gate
My Average level: 33
Recommended HP: 36,000 with the Delphinus
HP: N/A
Special Attacks: Normal Cannons
EXP: 1,408
MagicEXP:0
Items: Gear Grease
Strategy:
You do not have to attack the gate normally to finish this battle, in fact,
you can't. The goal of the battle is to instead use your Special Cannon
(MoonStone Cannon) which is the Delphinus' equivalent of the Harpoon
Cannon. Focus your SP, don't bother attacking as it isn't necessary, and
when you have the 20 SP necessary use your MoonStone Cannon. Increm can
help reduce the damage you take, but it doesn't really matter, the battle
should be over on the second round anyway.
The Fortress attacks you, but it shouldn't be anything to worry about.
At this point, the 8,000 HP from Sacres might be a bit low though, so if for
some reason you don't have Sacrulen, you'll really want to learn it.
You'll still want Deluxe Kits to help with healing though.
The Delphinus will be your ship for the rest of the game, so you better
get used to it quickly. It doesn't have the evasion the Little Jack did,
but it has four times the HP and greater defensive and offensive
capabilities. Also, because it's a different type of ship, it can't
equip the same gear that the Little Jack did.
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At this point, there are tons of optional bosses you can fight. Piastol
Round 2, Alania, Obiso, Gunarm, and the Ixa'ness Demons. You may want
to spend some time levelling up in the Lands of Ice and finding discoveries
with your new ship, too.
Location: Cape Victory
Boss 22: Gregorio Cruiser
Recommended HP: 40,000+ With the Delphinus
HP: 25,000
Special Attacks: Normal Cannons, Fragmentation
EXP: 848
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Speed Wax
Strategy:
This is the first in a series of three continuous battles(think Chameleon and
Grendel), so don�t overuse magic, or forget to heal yourself. Luckily, this
battle is like some of the normal encounter ship battles you've faced. He
has 2 main attacks, a Main Cannon, and the Sun Cannon, Fragmentation.
Normally, the Main Cannons will do 1,500 or so against you, if you are
Incremed. The damage will be much higher on yellow turns. Fragment will
do 500-2,000 depending on the turn color. It can even break 5,000 if it
criticals.
As with all ship battles, cast Increm and keep it up at all times. Use
a Torpedo and have it land on a C! turn, and it should do around 5,000
damage. If you've recruited Tikatika at this point, you may want to use
him. Focus a lot, and usually attack with SubCannons until you can use
your MoonStone Cannon. 25,000 HP isn't a lot to take out, even without
your Special, but you'll probably find it easier this way. Because of the
MoonStone Cannon 100% chance on the second turn of every round. If you
focus often, the battle won't last longer than two or three rounds.
Keep your HP up, as there are still two more battles, each progressively
harder than the last!
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Location: Cape Victory
Boss 23: Gregorio Gunboat
Recommended HP: 40,000+ With the Delphinus
HP: 30,000
Special Attacks: Normal Cannons
EXP: 848
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Crystal ball, Shredder Bomb
Strategy:
This battle will be much the same as the previous, except your enemy has
higher HP and stronger attacks. If necessary, heal at the beginning of
battle. Make sure to use Increm on the first round. Also, be absolutely
sure that you heal yourself completely before you finish this battle, as
the main event starts after this.
The Gunboat plays a lot like the previous battle, with Main Cannons and
the Fragmentation ability. Because you mostly have the advantage through
this battle, however, his attacks are less likely to do critical damage.
This time, you're not given an immediate chance for a MoonStone Cannon,
so Focus and use Secondary Cannons on the second round, making sure you
save your SP. Secondary Cannons should do 5,000 or so each when they
critical, so they'll be enough to wittle the gunboat down after two or
three rounds purely of those. However. . .
On the third round, you're given a choice. Choose "Close in and look for
an opening." Which allows you to use your MoonStone Cannon. Hopefully
you have the 20SP necessary for this, but if not, you'll still have the
advantage. Continue attacking slowly and keep your HP up. Be sure to
be close to full when the battle ends.
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Location: Cape Victory
Boss 24: Gregorio and The Auriga
Recommended HP: 40,000+ With the Delphinus
HP: 50,000
Special Attacks: Normal Cannons, Hull Ram
EXP: 2,573
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Captains Stripe, Armor Deck, 12" Cannon
Strategy:
The real battle begins now. Hopefully at least one character has learned
the Blue Magic Quicka at this point, as it will save you from taking a lot
of damage.
On the first round of this battle, use Increm and Focus, if you really
want to attack, use SubCannons on the C! rounds to spread out your
damage. Your foe tends to defend on three of the four turns this first
round though, so it's something of a waste. The second round he continues
to defend, but you'll probably have enough SP accumulated that you
can use SubCannons without a problem. Your 10"Cannons should hit for
around 3,500 consistently, which will wear Gregorio down.
On the third round, you should note that red square. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
That red square can dictate the turn of battle, and it's a severe pain.
Whenever Gregorio has a Red Turn, he attempts to use his Hull Ram. During
the turn right before this, you'll want to use the Blue spell Quicka.
If you do this, the Auriga will miss. If you fail to do this, you
will be at an extreme disadvantage for the entire next round, with three
yellow blocks and another red block. However, if you DO get the Quicka
off at the right time, you'll have an advantage with the ability to use
two MoonStone Cannons that round (except you can only use one per round,
unfortunately) and an entire green round for you!
If you happen to miss the Quicka on the first round, defend the entire next
round, as Gregorio will start his all out assault at this point. Go all
out if you do it right though! Every time you see a Red Square, use Quicka
on the block right before to have Hull Ram miss and have an advantage on
the next round. That is the only way to make this battle easy.
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Location: The Dark Rift
Boss 25: Anguila
Recommended HP: 44,000+ With the Delphinus
HP: 55,000
Special Attacks: Poison Spray, Deadly Bite
EXP: 2,780
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Concussion Bomb, Heavy Torpedo, Timing Valve
Strategy:
During the first few rounds of battle, or until you do a certain amount of
damage, the Anguila will hide inside a Vortex, making it hard to damage
him. Spend the first few rounds pummling him with Magic from Fina, focusing,
casting Increm, and perhaps a Torpedo. Magic and Torpedos are probably the
only things you'll get to hit him, since every other of his turns he hides
in the vortex. Be sure you start the second the second round with enough SP
to do MoonStone Cannon.
Anguila's Bite attack does around 3,000 damage. Poison Spray, which he does
on the red turn, isn't that bad either, 3,600 undefended against. There's
really no need to play defensively in this battle when it will take the
boss around 8 turns to effectly damage you. He seems to attack on the second
and fourth turns, spending the rest of his time assessing his damage in the
vortex.
At the beginning of the second round, you're given the options to:
"Stay put and keep shooting."
"Pull back a little."
Pick the first option, stay put, for the advantage on the next round
and the ability to use the MoonStone Cannon. The MoonStone Cannon should do
around 25,000 damage, which will leave the monster in critical.
At the end of the round with the MoonStone Cannon, Anguila will leave the
safety of the vortex and start flying around like a normal ship battle.
This is your chance to strike. This round and the entire next round are
filled with C! turns completely and it shouldn't take more than a few
more turns with any attacks you want (likely a mix of secondary cannons,
torpedos and main cannons) to take him down quickly. Your attacks will do
3,000 or 4,000 every time, so two rounds should easily do it unless you
just spend time sitting there Focusing with all four characters.
A rather anti-climatic end to a great area.
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Location: Skies above Yafutoma
Boss 26: Tenkou SpellShip
Recommended HP: 46,000+ With the Delphinus
HP: 25,000
Special Attacks: Normal Cannons, Wevles, Crystali, sacri
EXP: 478
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Crystal Bomb, Pyro Bomb
Strategy:
Hot on the heels of the last boss battle, this one comes unexpectedly
during your trip around Yafutoma. The Tenkou ship is very small and
evasion, much like the Little Jack. And like the Little Jack, it has the
advantage of flying up, down, around and over the larger and slower ships
like your Delphinus. Your normal Cannons and Secondary Cannons probably
won't hit him well. Also like you'd probably expect from it's size, the
ship is very fast and will likely get attacks off before you. Remember
to keep the spells Quicka and Increm up at all times.
While it may be a bit late by the time you've started the battle (it is
rather unexpected) having Tikatika in your active crew can help raise the
hit rate of your Torpedos, making this battle much faster and easier.
Torpedos don't have much problem hitting and can do around 5,000 damage.
As the name implies, the Tenkou Spellship will use mostly spells. He has a
very nasty Wevles that does around 4,500. While he's strong that way, his
main and secondary cannons are as strong as yours, and together they can
easily break 8,000 damage per round, even with Increm. Be sure to stay
over 20,000 HP at the beginning of every round, as your HP can go down
startingly fast. he also uses other magic, such as Crystali, that does
around 3,000 damage.
If you can hit the SpellShip with Torpedos on the first round, you'll have
a nice advantage on the second. Make sure to keep hitting him with those
Torpedos and the advantage will stay yours. The battle may take a
surprisingly long time because you'll end up losing a lot of your attacks
dur to height, but the ship will go down quickly even if you're just
attacking it with Torpedos. Try Secondary Cannons to help speed up the
process a bit, but expect one or two of them to miss. Be careful with
expensive spells and Cannons, as a miss with those is just a waste of SP.
The most annoying part of the battle is when the SpellShip is close to
defeat. Then he begins curing himself with Sacri for 4,000. Sure, 4,000
isn't a lot, but with how often you miss it can lengthen the battle a
round if you're unlucky.
For such a low HP boss, this one can take a while if you're unlucky.
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Location: The Delphinus, The Skies above Yafutoma
Boss 27: Jao and Mao
Recommended HP: 2,600
HP: 2,700 Each
Special Attacks: Joa: Irnagun, Moa: Tatimorutto
Color: Both: Blue
EXP: 1,490
MagicEXP: 3
Item: Moonberry
Strategy:
As you'll likely expect, Jao and Mao rely mostly on strong physical attacks
that can do more than 1,200 when unguarded against. If targeted against the
same person, it's quite possible that they'll die. There are two ways
to remedy this.
Every round of this battle you defend yourself with either Vyse or Enrique.
Vyse will make you completely immune to the physical attacks with his Skull
Shield, but as you may expect, the battle will take quite some time with
your main attacker playing on defense. Enrique will speed the battle up if
you just use his Justice Shield every round, but you still will take
half of the damage from the physical attacks each round this way. Piled
with Increm or Incremus you can easily lower that into acceptable and
survivable range while still attacking with Vyse. The choice is, really,
yours and how you want to fight the battle. Of course, if you're strong,
you don't need to play defensively at all but you can still expect to take
some damage from the two.
Note that even with Skull Shield, you can't negate the damage from the
epcial skills of the twins, so while you'll take more damage with Justice
Shield, you'll also be safer and more prepared for the spikes of damage that
the two can cause.
Once Incremus is on and you have a strong defense start attacking. Use
Purple Magic on one of them at a time, and then depending on who is
defending the party, use Cutlass Fury, or Enrique's own The Judgement.
Purple magic should be able to break 500. Because of their low HP, there's
no need for Pirates' Wrath, and even Enrique should be able to kill one
twin in a single attack with The Judgement. Also, if you're using Skull
Shield, the damage from your counters should pile up on them rather quickly.
This battle is fast. Either you'll die, or they'll die. Their low HP means
that you'll damage them with one basic Super Move and leave the rest
to the physical attacks to clean up.
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Location: Mt. Kazai Lake
Boss 28: Tortigar
Recommended HP: 2,500
HP: 10,000
Special Attacks: Ice Storm, Steelskin, Sacrulen
Color: Blue
EXP: 3,875
MagicEXP: 6
Items: Moonlight Robe
Strategy:
This boss can be terribly annoying, and very long, if you attempt to fight
him the "real" way. The normal way (buff up, Store FP, use Super Moves like
Pirates' Wrath and The Judgment for damage) or you can do it the "easy"
way.
To fight the battle the "easy" way, you need to use a special skill that you
only get when you're at maximum SP, that is, Prophecy. To get maximum Spirit,
either Focus with all of your characters for a few rounds or use the item
"Aura of Valor." Auras are pretty rare and you'll likely want to save them
for harder fights later on, so may just want to Focus it to maximum, no
matter the number that happens to be. At maximum, a new command is unlocked
that lets you use all of your SP for an "ultimate attack" that will either
kill off the boss or wound him badly enough that taking down the rest of his
health won't be a problem.
To do the battle the "normal" way, you're in for the long run, so sit back.
Every round the very beginning of a round the Tortigar uses "Steelskin,"
a special ability that makes him completely immune to physical attacks. You
can tell when it's in effect because he shines silver. While it's fortunate
that this takes up his turn and it doesn't do any damage to you, it also
means that you're stuck with either doing damage the hard way (magic)
or by trying your luck with an attack every single round and hoping that
the Tortigar will choose to attack you rather than defend itself. That's
a pretty big gamble.
To fight this battle, have everyone focus the first round, and on the second
cast Incremus and Quicka, while the other two characters focus. For every
round after this, have three characters Focus and have Vyse use Pirates' Wrath.
If you don't get 21 SP a round with three people focusing and the SP per round,
you're probably very low levelled.Make sure to keep Incremus and Quicka up,
though. Buffing will probably take out a round or two of your offense, but
it's necessary.
So okay, you get a Pirates' Wrath off. This is when things get bad. If you
"just" use one attack a round, the Tortigar will counter with the Green Magic
spell Sacrulen, which will completely heal every bit of damage that you just
did to the boss. Fortunately, he doesn't do this all the time, but still,
what a blow to your ego. Right after you figure out how to damage him, too.
The remedy? You need to store SP for "one round" of all out attacks with
full buffs (that is, Increm and Quicka). Increm to strengthen your attacks
and Quicka so that you attack before the boss can get his Steelskin off.
Again, it's a gamble if he "will" or "won't" cast Sacrulen, and it's
quite possible to beat him without storing this much SP for everyone to
attack at once. Pirates' Wrath and Judgement, along with either strong
spells from Aika and Fina, or an Omega Psyclone should easily be enough
to take down his 10,000 HP.
Whenever the Torgtigar isn't playing defensively, he'll counter with his
Icestorm ability, which will do around 500 damage to everyone, which isn't
terrible compared to what you've had before on bosses.
The only tips I can give if you plan to fight the "real" way is to always
keep Quicka up, or there's absolutely no way you're going to be able to
get your actions off before the boss gets Steelskin up.
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Location: On the Delphinus
Boss 29: Muraji, 3 Soldiers
Recommended HP: 2,000
HP: Muraji: 3,300, Soldiers: 800
Special Attacks: Muraji: Spells, Soldiers: Wind Slash
Color: Blue for all
EXP: 1,377
MagicEXP: 6
Items: 4 Magic Dews
Strategy:
Muraji doesn't fight alone, he comes with some soldiers that he buffs up
with the Increm and then Quicka spells. After that he starts to cast
spells on you, so to prevent damage use Delta Shield. On his own,
Muraji is weak, but he is backed up by some friends. It shouldn't take
more than a single Cutlass Fury and a few normal physical attacks to get
rid of Muraji.
The Soldiers in this battle may be particularly annoying, as they like
to use Counterstance. Like you've seen with the Valuans, and even Vyse's
own Super Move, this halves their damage like a Defend command, but gives
them a 100% chance to counter. Try to attack before the Soldiers get a turn
each round by using Quicka to increase your speed. Instead of attacking the
Soldiers directly, use area attacks, like Omega Psyclone and strong Red
spells to take them all down at once. The Soldiers can be rather dangerous
with their line-attack Wind Slash, but you've been fighting them inside
the Delphinus this entire time, so you should be a bit prepared on how
much damage they're going to do to you.
Buff Vyse up with Increm on the very first round and have everyone else
Focus for Spirit. You may want to have Fina use Lunar Winds to dispel
Muraji's Increm, which will lower the damage that you do to him by 25%.
Quicka can be a problem too, but again, nothing more than a quick Lunar
Winds to take care of that.
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Location: Skies Above Yafutoma
Boss 30: Vigoro and The Draco
Recommended HP: 42,000+ With the Delphinus
HP: 45,000
Special Attacks: Draco Cannon, Main Cannons
EXP: 3,246
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Captains Stripe
Strategy:
This is just a brawl. There's no strategy, it's just whoever can shoot
the other down fastest. As Draco words it in a not-so-subtle way, it's
a battle of who's "gun" is bigger.
Hopefully you upgraded your Cannons and Torpedos while in Yafutoma, as
you're going to need the extra damage. Truthfully though, you just need
to survive. Every other turn you can use the MoonStone cannon, so as long
as you have the SP for that, you won't need to attack much at all.
Anything else you do is more to finish the battle off faster. And by
turn, I mean "twice per round," not "you can only use it every two rounds."
No matter what you do, this battle will end quickly.
The Draco, as you'd expect, is quite a bit stronger than you. His Draco
Cannon does around 5,000 to 7,000 damage, and without Increm, it will
do around 10,000. He uses this every time you can use your MoonStone
Cannon, so whenever you don't have the SP for it, just Defend and spend
the other turns focusing SP.
Keep Increm up at all times, Quicka isn't really necessary, the battle is
very straightforward. Just Focus SP, use your MoonStone Cannon every
single round after the first, and defend on the red turns when you're not
attacking. The damage on you can pile up quickly, however, so throw
yourself a Sacrulen when you hit 25,000 HP.
Two or three Moonstone Cannons, that is three or four rounds, should
easily finish the battle for you unless Draco defends your attack. Try to
finish the battle around full health, as there's another fight coming
up right after this.
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Location: Skies Around Mount. Kazai
Boss 31: Bluheim
Recommended HP: 42,000+ With the Delphinus
HP: 100,000
Special Attacks: Phoenix Ray, Blue Lightning, Blue Winds
EXP: 4,286
MagicEXP: 6
Items: Captains Stripe
Strategy:
Before really sitting down to fight this battle, take a good look at
Bluheim's HP. Yes, that is 100,000. As you'd expect, you're going to be
heavily relying on your MoonStone Cannon for damage, but this battle will
take a -long- time. Expect most Ship battles from here on out to have this
much HP, or more.
While Blueheim has a ton of HP, he is surprisingly less dangerous than
Vigoro and the Draco. Like the Tenkou Spellship at the beginning of the
Yafutoma section, Bluheim flies around and is quite hard to hit with
your cannons. Use Torpedos with Tikatika in your active crew to help
speed things up. Try to conserve SP at least a bit to make sure you
have some for a MoonStone Cannon shot when it's available, if you'll
take the risk.
Bluheim's main attacks are Phoenix Ray, Blue Lightning, and Blue Winds.
Phoenix Ray does around 4,000 to 5,000 damage and is his main offense.
Blue Lightning is a bit weaker and usually does around 3,000 damage
His last attack is "Blue Winds" which does around 3,000 damage as well,
but Bluheim won't do this until after a few rounds of battle. Blue
Winds also has the negative side effect of throwing you off course,
which will put you at a heavy disadvantage on the next round.
That's not a large amount on its own, but Bluheim can attack all four
turns per round, so the damage can pile up quickly to around 20,000
a round. How often he attacks per round really defends on how
defensively he plays the round before. If you have a heavy advantage
in the round before and Bluheim does a lot of defensive maneuvers, he's
going to attack heavily the next round. He usually does this after he
counters with a Blue Wind.
On the third round you can use your MoonStone Cannon, but that's what
Bluheim wants. He'll "throw you off course" at the end of the round with
the first use of Blue Winds, putting you at a disadvantage during the next
round. It's your choice whether or not to pursue the spike damage here,
but in my case I take the offense and risk the Blue Winds. With how
bad it can be to damage Bluheim, you need the fast damage that the
MoonStone Cannon can deal.
In defense of not using it, however you're at a strong tactical advantage
on the next round and you can go all out, likely damaging the Gigas quite
well. On a good C! turn with a strong Torpedo hit and spell you can
easily break 15,000 damage.
After the first Blue Winds, you just have to watch the round bar. Just use a
At about should be around the fifth round of battle, you'll be given the
MoonStone Cannon option, and at this point it's safe. The next round
will give you two times to use it, and this is not safe, as he will counter
with Blue Winds, setting you at the disadvantage once again. As with the
last choice, you choose a spike of damage with a MoonStone with a bad
disadvantage afterwards, or slower damage without the disadvantage.
One last note: Bluheim is smart. While all these MoonStone Cannon shots are
nice, he will actually start defending against them! You'll likely want to
rely on Torpedos quite a bit for the last portion of his HP.
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Location: Glacia
Boss 32: Velteran
Recommended HP: 3,000
HP: 12,000
Special Attacks: Avaluancher, Death Laser
Color: Purple
EXP: 3,357
MagicEXP: 6
Items: Crystalen Box
Strategy:
For a non-story boss, Veltran is surprisingly powerful. He has three main
attacks: Avalauncher, his normal attack, and "Death Laser." As the name of
the last skill implies, it has a very high chance of instantly killing a
single character. Hopefully you have Riselem at this point, since the
damage from Avalauncher will just kill the revived character off again.
Avalauncher is an area and line attack on the target (think Blue and
Yellow spells). And, while you can't control your character's movement,
it is possible for only one character to be hit at a time.
Keep Increm up on Vyse as much as you can, but with the amount of
instant kills it's difficult to keep it on everyone. Don't bother with
Incremus, just keep it on Vyse. Change Vyse's weapon to red before you
start attacking Veltran. A strong Pirates Wrath will do over 6,000 damage
this way, so keep a character or two focusing every round when no one's
dead. Fina with Pyrulen can do over 1,000 damage as well. Cutlass Fury will
do around 2,000.
The problems start happening when more than one character dies to Death
Laser. Keep everyone revived and over 2,000 HP if you can. Fina's Lunar
Light shines here. This battle is only hard if you have been neglecting to
level your Silver magic and no one has the Riselem spell. if you're having
trouble surviving Avalauncher, equip characters with accessories that lower
Purple Magic damage.
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Location: Maw of Tartas
Boss 33: Yeligar
Recommended HP: 40,000+ with the Delphinus
HP: 150,000
Special Attacks: Photon Charge, Voltigar
Color: Yellow
EXP: 4,763
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Captains Stripe, Thunder Cutlass
This battle will remind you quite a bit of the Bluheim fight. Not only
does Yeligar have extremely high HP, but like Bluheim before him, he likes
to avoid your attacks. While he doesn't do it by flying away, he does it
because he has the natural advantage of being flat. You'll likely want
to stick with Torpedos and a Secondary Cannon every once in a while with
this problem. Even the secondary cannons will miss because of the large
area that vyse is flying around.
With damage slow due to the misses and limited to Torpedos, you'll have to,
surprisesurprise, rely on the MoonStone Cannon. Keep your attacks limited,
Don't just "not attack" because you find yourself missing. Just expect
the battle to be long with so little damage. Torpedos will normally hit for
5,000 to 7,000 damage, but a crit on a C! turn with an Archwale
Torpedo can do over 14,000 damage. When your attacks actually -hit-
they'll do a good deal of damage, but that is, of course, the problem.
Yeligar's main attacks are Photon Charge and Voltigar. Voltigar is slightly
more powerful, but they both do around 2,000-3,000 damage. Not too much,
especially compared to Delphinus' 40,000+ HP. With Increm it does even less,
making Increm, but you'll likely be keeping Increm up so you can maximize
your damage rather than to decrease the damage Yeligar does to you.
At the beginning of the third round, you're given the option to attack
from above and below. Both options give rather positive effects,
one giving an entire green round, while the other giving two C!s, but
putting you at a slight disadvantage on one turn.
By attacking from below you'll get two C! turns.
By attacking from above you'll have a full round of advantage.
Both options work, though I usually attack from below.
After the third round is complete, you're given a 100% chance to
use the MoonStone Cannon on the fourth round. Pile everything onto
this Red Round. Like the Red Gigas, Recumen, Yeligar will focus his
attacks at one turn and can be thrown off if you damage him right before
the attack goes off. Whenever you see a Red turn, you want to attack
with everything you have, again like Recumen. The moonStone Cannon not
only knocks off more than 40,000 HP, but it knocks Yeligar from his attack
and gives you a direct advantage for the start of the fifth round.
Use the MoonStone Cannon at the start of the next round as well, since
if you knock Yeligar off balance, you'll get the chance to use it
immediately. Attack, but save some SP for the next round as well,
since two MoonStone Cannons in a row will eat quite a bit of SP.
On the next round, you're given another choice between "Pursue and attack"
and "Stay back and see what Yaligar does." Choose to stay back and see
what Yeligar does and you'll get the third turn in a row with a
MoonStone Cannon shot. If he's not dead after the 120,000 damage
spike in the past three rounds, he will be on the next round, where
you'll have (yet) another chance to abuse your Cannon on a red turn
to knock Yeligar off balance.
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Location: Deep Sky
Boss 34: Raja
Recommended HP: 50,000+ with the Delphinus
HP: 15,000
Special Attacks: Luminesce (500-3,000)
EXP: 658
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Deluxe Kit, Crystal Ball
Raja is a rather optional boss that you fight when you pick the wrong
area in Deep Sky. It only has 15,000 HP, but the first thing you'll notice
is that you have absolutely no idea how the turn order will be. It's a
bit disorienting at first. Also, because of the utter darkness it's
difficult to see what you're hitting, so you may miss. Don't bother
defending or trying to get an advantage - it isn't going to happen.
Try Crystales for some nice damage, too.
The boss doesn't actually do a lot of damage to you, and you'll likely kill
it on the first round anyway.
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Location: Deep Sky
Boss 35: DeLoco and The Chameleon, Parts 3 and 4
Recommended HP: 50,000+ with the Delphinus
HP: 30,000 the first time, 30,000 the second
Special Attacks: DeLoco Cannon, DeLoco Torpedo, Drilnos
EXP: 3,988
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Captain's Stripe, Twin Turbo, Magic Shell
As you'd expect with some of the foreshadow in Dangral, our old friend
DeLoco is back, this time in Deep Sky. If you fought the Raja, you'll
understand your innate disadvantage while in this battle. You have
absolutely no way to tell turn advantages in this battle, so you
just have to attack and hope it works, pretty much. this battle will
end up as a lot of missing on both your part and on the part of DeLoco,
since neither of you can really see the other to shoot at in the Deep
Sky.
Start off with an Increm and a few sub cannons on the first round. I
suggest not really using Main cannons and Torpedos, since you can't see
the C! rounds where you'd normally use them to deal damage.
DeLoco can hit surprisingly hard - when he hits. Hit Torpedos can do
upwards 8,000 damage and his Cannons around 2,000. However, like you,
he is suffering accuracy problems and will miss a majority of the time.
DeLoco's defense hasn't gone up considerably since your last battle,
either. SubCannons will do around 10,000 when they hit him (easier said
than done) and Torpedoes around 8,000. He'll fall quickly - when you
can hit him. It's really a battle of patience.
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When The Chameleon hits around 10% HP, the battle ends and Round IV begins.
Unlike the previous battle, the accuracy problems are gone. You're attached,
quite literally, to one another so you know exactly where to shoot. However,
you still will have no idea of when you have the disadvantage, so proceed
with caution, keep your HP over 30,000, and use Increm.
DeLoco's cannons can break the 6,500 mark, and paired with his Torpedoes,
that can be upwards 15,000 a round. of course, at other times he will only
hit for 2,000 or so, but you have absolutely no way of telling how the
rounds go.
After a first round of Increm and Focusing, start with a SubCannon assault.
Your SubCannons will do 10,000 damage on a good turn, so you'll likely want
to spend your SP on them rather than main cannons. This is really a rather
straightforward battle during the second portion, since you can actually
hit this time, and DeLoco's defense hasn't increased.
Lastly, if DeLoco uses Driln, recast Increm to cancel the status, as Driln
hurts very badly.
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Location: The Skies around Sailor's Island
Boss 36: Baltor and The Blackbeard 2
Recommended HP: 50,000+ with the Delphinus
HP: 15,000
Special Attacks: Vega Cannon (Sub Cannon), Vega Cannon Plus (Main)
EXP: 1,381
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Timing Valve, Spherical Figure, Hybrid Wax
Hot on the heels of DeLoco comes our old, old, old friend Baltor. If you
don't remember him, don't worry, he wasn't incredibly important. He was
the Pirate that you crushed while escorting the Nasr merchant in order to
get your Valuan passport.
While Baltor has very low HP and defense, his Vega Cannons can hit
surprisingly hard. If they critical, they can do around 8,000, but
normally you'll see hits that are around 3,000 damage. Nothing that keeping
your HP over 25,000 won't cover.
His low defense will make it likely that your SubCannons do around 10,000
damage alone. With that, you'll probably kill him in two rounds, but if
for some reason he isn't dead by the third, you'll be given an option,
and can use the MoonStone Cannon on the third round.
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A small note: For those of you who want to beat Ramirez between the previous
battle and this - No, it's not happening. While it is possible to survive
his Silver Eclipse that he does around 80% of the time, every time you
damage him his HP goes back up to maximum at the end of a round, meaning
he's not meant to be beaten.
Location: Dangral Island, Return
Boss 37: Vigoro 2
Recommended HP: 3,500
HP: 14,000
Special Attacks: Random Fire
Color: Red
EXP: 4,658
MagicEXP: 8
Items: Paranta Seed
Unlike the last battle with Vigoro, he doesn't spend every round trying to
charm Aika, instead Vigoro actually attacks. As you'd expect, he does
mostly physical damage, but you have no Enrique and Justice Shield to help
defend against it.
On the first round, have Vyse use Cutlass Fury with a Purple or Blue weapon.
Have Fina, Aika, and Gilder focus for SP, and on the second round use the
spell Incremus to lower the damage you'll receive from Vigoro's attacks.
Vigoro's Random Fire does around 1,800-2,000 damage to a small area, like
a low level Blue magic spell. Keep everyone above 3,000 HP at all times
and have someone curing with a Sacrum Crystal or two every round. Save your
SP for attacking and heal with crystals.
It's likely that Vigoro will use Random Fire over and over again, so you're
going to be taking damage very quickly. If you're low levelled, it's
likely that your low HP characters (Fina and possibly Aika) will die before
the Sacrum crystals go off. Hopefully you have Lunar Light, as that will
be a nice instant refresh for your party. To avoid casualties make sure
that you heal every round, sometimes with multiple people. Vigoro is
strong, but he is very predictable. He'll remain using Random Fire
over and over.
If anyone dies, make sure you use Riselem over Risan, as the next round
they're just going to be killed again by the Area effect and it was a waste
of a turn on the previous round. If multiple characters are weakened and
at least on is dead, Lunar Light is a better choice.
If you've been fighting optional bosses, Vigoro will be very easy, but if
you haven't you will need to take extra precautions with healing. This
is a straightforward fight of brute strength, much like you'd expect from
Vigoro. Switch on and off between Cutlass Fury and Pirates' Wrath, the Furies
weakening Vigoro, while the Wrath acts as a spike to quicken the battle up.
Finally, like most boss battles near the end of the game, you'll want to
avoid attacking physically, as it does more harm than good.
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Location: Dangral, Below Clouds
Boss 38: Eliminator
Recommended HP: 3,500
HP: 20,500
Special Attacks: Target Search, Blaster, Laser Blast
Color: Silver
EXP: 4,658
MagicEXP: 8
Items: Moonberry
This boss should look rather familiar, and he even acts somewhat similar
to his weakened form. Like Vigoro, he has a nasty area attack that does
around 1,500 damage called Blaster, but fortunately, his attack range
is a line, so it won't hit the amount of people that Vigoro did.
Fortunately, he switches between attacking and Target Search, so you
will have a round of recovery after each attack. His last move is
called Laser Blast. It does minimal damage (less than 500) but causes
the petrification ability. Hopefully you have a few Curia crystals to
get rid of this status, if not the spell is low enough SP that it
shouldn't hurt you too badly. Remember, if all four characters get
petrified, the game is over.
Finally, his normal physical attacks do around 600 to 700 damage.
The Eliminator starts off with Target Search, which won't do anything.
This is your sign that he's about to hit you hard. Spend the first round
focusing with everyone, as you won't be taking any damage at all. Use
Incremus on the second round, then start your attack. Change Vyse's
weapon to Yellow and use Cutlass Fury the first few rounds. Cutlass
Fury should do around 2,500 damage. Avoid magic, even if you're
strong, as Electrulen probably won't break 1,000 damage.
After the second round you'll hopefully have enough SP for Pirates'
Wrath. Alternate Cutlass Fury and Pirates' Wrath every other turn
or every two turns for damage. Hopefully you'll have two people using
Focus to help with the SP consumption, while the third acts as a healer.
This boss is quite a bit easier than Vigoro, damage-wise, just don't
attack him physically. His counters are brutal. Keep your HP around
2,500 for everyone.
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Location: The Skies outside Soltis
Boss 39: Valuan Mage Ship
Recommended HP: 50,000+ with the Delphinus
HP: 15,000
Special Attacks: Normal and Magic Cannons
EXP: 278
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Frost Bomb, Thunder Bomb
The first battle is easy and not meant as a true threat. However,
as easy as the first few fights are, they're just a warm up for the real
thing, so keep your HP up.
Use Increm on the first turn of the first round and then use Secodnary
Cannons to damage the boss. If you have Wevl Cannons equipped you
can do around 15,000 damage, but two normal Secondary Cannons
will do around 10,000 each (for 20,000 in the very first round).
The ship can't even damage you. You'll probably take elss than 100
damage from everything except for the Main Cannon, which can break 2,000.
If the "boss" is still alive after the first round, and you hit him
hard enough on the first, you can use the MoonStone Cannon to kill him
on the second.
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Location: The Skies outside Soltis
Boss 40: Galcian's Elite
Recommended HP: 50,000+ with the Delphinus
HP: 50,000
Special Attacks: Serpent Cannons, Rapid Cannon
EXP: 1,446
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Complete Kit, Crystil Cannon, Double Shaft
The second battle isn't as easy. We're up to 50,000 HP this time
and this one can actually do some damage to you. Oddly enough, you
may find that this boss misses quite often. Otherwise, his Serpent
Cannons, which he uses all the time, do around 2,500 damage. His
Rapid Cannon is quite a bit nastier and does around 5,000 damage.
On a good turn for him, you can take around 10,000 damage.
Still, he lacks an effective defense. A good Torpedo or Main Cannon
on a C! will easily break 10,000 damage, and for the first two rounds of this
battle you have quite an advantage. I suggest on the first round using
Increm and then a Torpedo that lands on the C! at the end of the first
round. One the second, start with Secondary Cannons - Keep focusing. Each 5'
Cannon hit should do around 10,000 damage, and if you stack two sets
of Secondary Cannons you can probably take off at lest 4/5 of his life
before the round ends.
At the end of the second round, you're given an option.
Choose "Stay Put, we shouldn't just rush in."
This gives you the ability to use the MoonStone Cannon. If the ship
wasn't dead before, it certainly will be now. Make sure you heal with
a nice bif Sacrulen before finishing the boss off though, as you'll
want to start the last battle at full HP.
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Location: The Skies outside Soltis
Boss 41: The Hydra
Recommended HP: 50,000+ with the Delphinus
HP: 200,000
Special Attacks: Hydra SubCannon, Hydra Ray, Hydra Launcher, Hydra
Cannon
EXP: 6,943
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Captain's Stripe, Moon Cannon, Moon Torpedo
Time for the main event. As with the Bluheim battle, you can expect
this to take a -long- time. 200,000 HP isn't easy to take down, and for
the first time a while, you'll finally meet a ship that can actually
tear you apart if you aren't careful. The Hydra's SubCannons do
around 4,500 damage and the other cannons do about the same. His
Hydra Launchers easily break 10,000 damage. He also has an ultimate
"Hydra Cannon" attack that break 20,000 damage, but he won't use
this until his hull falls off.
As you'll notice at the very start, you're at an extreme disadvantage
throughout the battle. Yellow turns mean more damage to you, so expect
to be eating quite a bit. At the end of each round you'll likely want to
use Sacrulen or have someone use a Complete or Deluxe Kit to save SP.
Increm is an absolute must.
Also, as you'll likely notice, you can use the MoonStone Cannon at the
beginning of the first two rounds. You'll want to do just that,
use Increm and focus your SP on the first round, while on the second
use your MoonStone Cannon to deal about 30,000 damage. Unfortunately,
with most MoonStone Cannon shots, the Hydra will defend, so you'll
never get full damage. You need to use Main and SubCannons to
effectively damage the Hydra over time - spikes won't work.
On the third round you'll notice two red turns. On each turn, the Hydra
will use the Hydra Launcher, which will do around 13,000 damage! You
will want to try to defend against them, if possible.
On the fourth round you're given the options:
"Attack the upper part of the enemy vessel."
"Attack the enemy's hull."
Like with Yeligar, there's no "right" answer to pick. One gives you a
fairly neutral advantage and disadvantage in yellow blocks through the
turn while the other gives you two advantages and a red turn at the
end of the round.
I tend to attack the upper part, as if you do this you'll get the
yellow turn set. While you still get a single C!, you won't take
the increased damage on the red turn. I just use this round to pummel
him with two sets of SubCannons and hopefully do a good deal of damage.
Just remember to heal yourself at the end of whichever option you pick.
On the fifth round you can use the MoonStone Cannon again for another
small spike of damage.
At this point the battle gets dangerous. The hull falls away and Galcian
takes out his Cannon. Like the Gigas, and many other ship battles before
it, you can stun his Cannon if you do enough damage before he gets the
attack off. However, on that red turn you should absolutely defend to
reduce the damage that you take. During this round, with the Hydra and
SubCannon damage you can easily take 30,000 damage.
The rest of the battle is pretty much the same from here on out.
Defend on red turns to that you don't eat a fully powered Hydra
Cannon, keep Increm up (you may want to use Incremus, it lasts four
rounds instead of two), and keep your HP well above 30,000. Remember
that the Hydra plays a very defensive game as well, so SubCannons work
better as damage over time instead of the spikes that Main Cannons
and Torpedos are better used for.
On the seventh round, you're given the option, once again, to attack
the enemy Hull or upper portion. No matter which option you choose,
you get to use the MoonStone Cannon this round. Attacking the enemy
hull gives you a slight advantage during the round, but your MoonStone
Cannon will be during a red turn and you'll take more damage. It's your
choice if the slight advantage is worth taking damage and the loss of
damage that you get during a red disadvantage.
At the very least, if you attack the hull and eat a Hydra cannon, you'll
get an undefended MoonStone Cannon that hits for the full 40,000 damage.
There's no fast way to win this battle, you have to deal with slow damage
over time and keeping yourself alive. Play defensively with lots of
Defends on red turns. Finally, use SubCannons over main and Torpedoes,
they'll end up doing more over time while allowing you to Focus and heal.
The rest of the battle is all about choosing if you want to attack the hull
or the top, and what you choose should reflect how you think the Hydra
will attack. If your MoonStone Cannon attacks on a red turn, you'll take
full damage, but you'll also get an undefended shot in, which is rather
rare.
On a last note, you're more likely to lose your cannon shots if you attack
the top of the Hydra, but they're also more likely to miss you, too.
Take that into consideration while choosing how to damage the boss.
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Location: The Hydra
Boss 42: [Spoiler Boss 1]
Recommended HP: 4,000
HP: 21,500
Special Attacks: Terminal, Neglora, Eternes, Eternum
Color: Yellow
EXP: 7,471
MagicEXP: 8
Items: Valuan Medallion
This boss puts up quite the fight. He has instant death attacks and a
special move that lets him do around 3,500 damage. He's easily one of
the hardest required bosses so far.
Terminal is extremely rough, and while it looks nice, is the move
that can break 3,500 damage. Hopefully at least one character has
Sacrulen at this point, if not you'll have two people healing every round.
You can also buy Sacrulen crystals from Illychmis once you've upgraded
his shop.
Finally, the boss can use Neglora, which is an attack all ability
much like Lunar Winds. It does minimal damage but it will dispel
your positive statuses, such as Increm. Remember to recast Increm
if he uses this ability.
First off, this boss uses Eternes. While you could defend against it
with Delta Shield, if you're using Gilder there's an easier way. Have
him use Aura of Denial every round. That will make you immune to the
death effect of Eternes. If Gilder dies, then you'll want to switch
to Delta Shielf for a round, but he will be the one protecting you
from the Etern-type spells that this boss likes to use over and over.
Spend the first round focusing with all three characters who are not
using defensive moves. On the second round, cure whoever was hit until
they're at full HP and then use Incremus. Everyone needs it in this
battle. If you don't have Incremus, cast Increm on Fina and Vyse. Vyse
needs the attack boost and Fina the defensive. Continue focusing
with at least one character (hopefully) a round. Switch between
Cutlass Fury and Pirates' Wrath when you have the SP, and try to
keep your healing with mostly crystals to save yourself the SP
cost. When you attack, make sure to change Vyse's weapon to Silver so
you can do a bit of extra damage.
If you can protect yourself from dying to the Eternes with either
Delta Shield or Aura of Denial, the battle becomes a bit predictable.
If you're at a low level, expect this boss to kill a character or two
with Terminal. Be sure to revive them with Riselem or a Riselem crystal.
If one character is dead and another is weak, you may prefer to use Fina's
Lunar Light.
In short, yout turn order will look like this:
Vyse : Focus, Incremus and then Pirates' Wrath or Cutlass Fury
Aika: Focus and healing.
Fina: Focus and healing.
Gilder: Aura of Denial every single round.
Treat this boss like he's dangerous - as he is. If you just fight
him without any form of defense, you're going to suffer countless
deaths, but it is possible to win.
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Location: The skies outside of Shrine island
Boss 43: Gadianos
Recommended HP: 50,000+ with the Delphinus
HP: 15,000
Special Attacks: Jedos Ray, Jeda Beam
EXP: 1,531
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Complete Kit, Sparkling Deck, Moon Gun
This boss needs to be taken down fast, or he'll run away and you'll never
see him again. His attacks do around 5,000 to 7,000 damage. His other attack,
Jeda Beam, is quite a bit weaker, but he attacks four times per round and it
can pile up quickly to around 17,000 a round.
Use Increm on the first turn and focus a Torpedo and Main Cannon
on the final C! turn of this round. If both hit, they'll do around
20,000 each and the battle ends before the second round begins. Otherwise,
the boss runs and you'll lose the rare item. The battle is only as challenging
as the time limit allows.
The Sparkling Deck you receive from this boss is absolutely the best piece
or armor for the Delphinus, with a huge defense rating of 500! Combine this
with the Spherical Figure, which increases magical defense, for the best
stats in the game.
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Location: Soltis
Boss 44: [Final Boss 1]
Recommended HP: 4,000
HP: 22,000
Special Attacks: Silver Eclipse, Destruction, Silver and Yellow Spells
Color: Silver
EXP: 7,835
MagicEXP: 10
Items: None
How hard the final boss series is depends on how many optional quests you've
done, your level, and your weapons and armor. Most of the optional bosses
in the game are harder than the final boss and require the same strategies.
If you're low levelled and haven't done any optional bosses, the final boss
will be quite a bit harder. First, I'd like to state that because this is
th "first form" of the final boss (so to speak), you'll want to try
to kill this without using all of your items and MP.
This boss likes to use the nasty Silver Eclipse over and over. This
attack hits everyone in your party for 2,009damage. He also uses Silver
magic, such as Eternum, Eternes, the instant death spells. If you don't
have Gilder in your party for Aura of Denial (which will nullify the
instant death attacks) then have Aika use Delta Shield and focus on curing
with Fina and Sacrum and Sacrulen crystals. You'll likely need Lunar Light,
too. If you have a free space in your accessories, the Valuan Medallion can
render a character impervious to the death effects of Etern- spells. You'll
want to equip that on Fina for Lunar Light, most likely. The final boss
also uses Drilnos, which can end up hurting you just as badly as the silver
death spells if you keep it on. Have Delta Shield or use Lunar
Cleansing to get rid of the effect. Again, Aura of Denial can stop the
negative status effects if you're using Gilder.
If you have Enrique, have him use Justice Shield to halve the damage from
Silver Eclipse. It will go down to around 800, which is far more survivable
than the 2,000 it normally does.
The last ability this boss has is called "Destruction." it acts like
Fina's Lunar Winds and dispels your positive statuses. This boss
acts a lot like the one at the end of the Hydra, doesn't he?
Buff Vyse up with Increm or a Glyph of Might, depending on if Aika is using
Delta Shield or not. Change his weapon to yellow and have he and Fina (when
she's not curing everyone with Sacrum and Lunar Light) Focus to get SP.
Use Pirates' Wrath if you have plenty of healing crystals and are in good
health, otherwise stick to Cutlass Fury. You'll probably want to have
Vyse help heal with crystals if Aika is using Delta Shield. Remember to
rebuff your characters after a Destruction attack.
Keep your HP at maximum at all times as the final boss likes to use Silver
Eclipse over and over again. If someone dies, raise them with Riselem
as soon as you can and immediately go on the defensive with all of your
characters healing each other and using their abilities.
Remember that this is the easiest of the final battles, but if you're
having trouble you might want to use an Aura of Valor and Prophecy.
I suggest saving one or two for the "true" final boss fight though, to
finish him off quickly.
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Location: The Skies outside Soltis
Boss 45: [Final Boss 2]
Recommended HP: 50,000+ with the Delphinus
HP: 250,000
Special Attacks: Judgement, Moon Ray, Spells
EXP: 8,398
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Captain's Stripe
The final ship battle is by far the hardest and it is -long-. If you
have the Spherical Figure and the Sparking Deck that raise your defense
and magic defense to the highest stats, that will help a lot, but is
certainly not imperative towards winning this battle.
The key to this battle is absoutely keeping your HP above 40,000. Since
the boss likes to use Driln, you can't worry too much about Increm, as
it will just miss over his spell. You have to do this without defensive
buffs. Use Sacrulen or a complete kit at the end of each round to keep
yourself alive. Defend on each red turn to avoid the large spike damage.
Like the previous ship battles, the options at the very beginning are
both "right" and both have their advantages. One gives you three
advantage turns, but no C!s, while the other gives you two advantages and
two C!s. There's a red turn at the end of both rounds that you will
want to defend on. I like to maintain my distance at the start so I can
buff and prepare with Focuses. By maintaining distance you get three turns
of green other two.
The boss is strong with buffs and debuffs. He'll use Driln, which on a
ship you can't really cure. He buffs himself up with Quicka, so you'll
probably want to use Quicka yourself.
On the second round, choose to attack from the front to take advantage
of four C! turns in a row. This is more dangerous and you're likely to take
quite a bit of damage from the boss'spells and Moon Ray, but you'll also do
more damage. Attack from the front again on the third round unless you need
some time to recover. Slowly attack with damage over time, I suggest
SubCannons, but a nice strong Moon Torpedo hit can hit for around 20,000
damage.
Soon, a short scene will play and you'll be given the option to choose where
to attack again. Once again, choose from the front. Since the boss is
"slowing down," you need to take the opportunity to attack. You'll actually
have four MoonStone Cannon options here! Buff up with an Increm if you don't
have Driln on you and attack on every turn this round, as on the next round
you'll be at an extreme disavantage. Still, the spike damage here is worth
the risk if you can keep yourself healthy. The MoonStone Cannon alone should
do around 45,000 to 50,000 damage. You have the entire round to attack
wthout him doing a thing, so take advantage of it and use Torpedos and
Main Cannons. Moon Cannons and Torpedos should hit for 25,000 damage each!
After this round, the boss mutates into something far more dangerous.
He gets a brand new ability in this form. You'll notice that you
can use the MoonStone Cannon on the last turn of this round, but you
MUST be careful. He'll use his "ultimate attack" at the same time this
cannon is, so you'll take full damage from the attack (and he damage
from his Judgement can hit higher than 20,000!). It's your choice if you
think you can risk taking that much damage, but you'll also do damage in
return. Be sure to defend on the first red turn of this round as well, as
the boss will use his Judgement ("ultimate attack") at this time, too. If
you want to risk damage, be sure you're at full HP.
The battle becomes far more dangerous at this point, with the boss using
Judgement once or twice a round. You must absolutely keep your HP above
40,000 and use the Defend option on any Red turns. He'll start using
Judgement over and over each round and he becomes infinitely more
dangerous.
Once you've done enough damage, the boss starts "falling apart." If you
choose to "Close in" you'll be able to use your MoonStone Cannon in one of
the four times. Use it on one of the yellow turns and defend on the red
turns. I suggest using it on the very first turn and using the second
yellow turn to use Sacrulen or a Complete kit to heal and prepare for
the second Judgement of the round.
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Location: On the Delphinus - The skies outside of Soltis
Boss 46: [Final Boss 3]
Recommended HP: 4,000
HP: 25,000
Special Attacks: Silver Nightmare, Destruction, Yellow and Silver magic
Color: Silver
EXP: None
MagicEXP: 0
Items: None
This is it, the "true" final battle. If you have any Auras of Valor
left, use them all now! A few Prophecies will completely slaughter this
boss and leave you with the victory that isn't that difficult. However,
this strategy is for those of us who like to do things the old fashioned
way.
The final boss likes to stick with one attack "Silver Nightmare." What
this does is control one of your characters for a single round, something
like a more dangerous confusion status. This can be extremely dangerous
when it's used on Vyse, as he'll likely Pirates' Wrath a character for
over 4,000 damage and kill them. Unfortunately, there's no way to really
avoid this, as it always, always goes first, even before Super Moves like
Delta Shield and Justice Shield, which have the turn advantage.
your secondary characters can be dangerous here too, since Enrique's
The Judgement can be extremely powerful, over 3,000 to a character and
Gilder's The Claudia will attack everyone.
The boss uses annoying spells like Drilnos. Either keep Delta Shield up
and cure with Sacrum and Sacrulen Crystals or Lunar Light, or have
Lunar Cleansing ready. Use Riselem if anyone dies to Vyse or your
secondary character's attacks. He also uses Silver spells (Eternum)
still, so expect some instant deaths if you're not using Delta
Shield.
How fast this battle goes really depends on which characters get
controlled at the start of the round. I suggest not even bothering
with Justice Shield if you have Enrique, but you should use Delta
Shield to help avoid Drilnos. There's no more Silver Eclipse to
worry about, but he does retain Destruction that dispells your postive
statuses. How hard this boss is depends on your luck and who he controls.
If Vyse uses Pirates' Wrath on Fina, there's not much chance she's going
to live through it.
This boss is a bit easier than the first form due to there being no
natural area attack.
Congratulations, you've won once you beat this boss!
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Tip: While you can fight most of the hidden bosses at any time(other than the
Zivylin Banes), the bounty fights get harder with the higher your level. The
more HP you have, the more they will have. Take Piastol for example. I
fought her when I was about level 16 or so. My friend fought her at about
level 11 with Fina at 3. My Piastol and Death Hound had about 4,000 HP, while
his had about 1,000. So be warned before you decide to level up too much.
But the damage they do seems to stay in the same area for a while, so don�t
worry TOO much there. In my opinion, these bosses are some of the hardest in
the game.
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Some General Tips:
Delta Shield! Delta Shield, Delta shield, Delta Shield! Every round. On many
of these bosses this will help considerably. Just make sure to bring enough
crystals to survive.
Focus. Spend a lot of time gathering SP.
Play defensively. Some, in fact most, of the new optional bosses have the
ability to kill characters in one hit. Keep Increm up on everyone to raise
their defenses.
The Sacrum, Riselem, and Sacrulen spells are very, very important. Also,
Fina's Super Move "Lunar Light" will instantly refresh you. If you don't
have these and are dying to a boss over and over, this is likely the
the reason.
Lastly, don't come into some of the new optional battles (the old sky ones
don't count, they're still very easy), Pirates' Wrath a few times, and walk
off with your booty. It isn't going to happen like that. These battles
can be hard.
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Finally, I'd like to mention this again for those who skipped the
top section:
Grinding doesn't work. The bosses get stronger as you do. You'll want to
be "strong enough to survive" with the right abilities and anything much
more than that will just add to their strength. Of course, if you want a
more challenging fight, go for it. The only reason you'll want to grind
is if you don't have the spell Riselem, possibly Incremus, Pirates' Wrath,
or Lunar Light. These will likely be your keys to beating all of the
bosses near the end of the game.
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Location: On the Little Jack
Optional Boss 1: Piastol, Death Hound, Part 1
Recommended HP: 1,200
HP: Changes. Piastol: 4,000 Death Hound: 3,700
Special Attacks: Piastol: Tempest Dace. Death Hound: Support Spells
Color: Piastol: Blue, Death Hound: Green
EXP: ~1430
MagicEXP:6
Items: None
Strategy:
To fight Piastol you must have finished the Valua events and go to the
Sailors Guild on Sailors Island. Talk to the Guildmaster to receive a "Black
Spot". Then go out of the island, and head directly west. Soon you will see
a lone ship, with blue sails. Go up to it and meet Piastol, who
challenges you.
This strategy is based on the first time you fight Piastol, which is after
Valua and before you begin the Maramba events.
Before you even attempt this battle, you need some preparation. I wouldn't
suggest trying it until everyone has around 1,200 HP, to avoid a 1-hit
kill from Tempest Dance during the first portion of the battle. You
absolutely MUST bring Sacres and Curia crystals.The latter are very
important, as the Death Hound can stop your Spirit regeneration,
effectively disabling you. You don't need to grind for this battle, but
you will probably want to, to make it easier. Ideally, you'll want more
than one character with the Risan spell. This takes a bit of time though,
considering how long Silver Magic takes to level.
During the battle, Piastol has her Death Hound as support. Do not even
try to attack Piastol until you get rid of the Death Hound. Death
hound is meant to be an annoyance, and not a real threat. He'll use
spells like Slipara to sleep you, as well as curing Piastol with Sacri.
Piastol, on the other hand, is much more dangerous. Her Tempest Dance
can kill, and she will counter most every attack. In their own way,
the Hound's attacks can actually do more damage, though indirectly,
especially if you don't have Curia crystals.
The easy way to counter the Death Hound is to use Delta Shield every
round with Aika. That way, you won't get the nastier status effects
from the boss, and you'll also be immune to any magic used by Piastol.
Note however, that none of your Magic will work on yourself, either.
Because of this, you need a stock of Sacri, Sacres, and Curia crystals.
Once the Hound is dead, you'll still want to keep Delta Shield up,
purely because of Piastol's Eterni spell. At this point, it isn't
as helpful though. To help counter the Delta Shield, and to save your
crystals, you should use Fina's first ability, Lunar Blessing,
to recover your HP every round.
The first thing you can do for yourself in this battle is cast
Increm on the female characters, so they wont die from one hit of
Tempest Dance. At this point, you most likely know that Increm increases
defense as well as attack. However, using Increm on the first two rounds
gives an opening for Sleep from the Hound. The second thing you can do
in this battle, if you haven't before in the past, is change your
weapon Color to that which opposes the Hound and Piastol when attacking
them. In this case, you'll want Red or Yellow weapons against the Death
Hound, and Blue and Purple against Piastol's Blue. If you don't want
that type of Magic EXP, just set the color back to whatever you want
right before the finishing blow.
BIG NOTE: If you fight this battle a tad bit later in the game, you
won't have to deal with the Increm/Delta Shield problem. There are
items that you can use to give the same effect as Increm, without
having to sacrifice the turns without Delta Shield. After the
events in the Temple of Pyrynn (therefore, after having been to
Maramba) you'll have items called a "Glyph of Might" that you can use
on your characters. This works in much the same way the Increm spell
does, except you can use it with Delta Shield.
Whether you decide to buff with Increm or not, you should always have at
least one or two characters Focusing Spirit every round. If fighting
early in the game, Fina probably won't have as high of Spirit
regeneration and Focus as your other characters, so you'll probably want
her to be your Crystal user or for casting of any type.
There are a few ways to go about this battle, but you'll want to stick
with the Focus/Delta Shield/Cutlass Fury way. Have Fina use crystals
when necessary, Aika use Delta Shield, Drachma Focus, and Vyse use
Cutlass Fury whenever you have the spare SP. Another easy way to go
about this battle is, once again, with Crystales boxes. These work
better on Piastol than they do her Hound, however, since Purple doesn't
work well on Green. It should only take 2 Cutlass Furies with a Red
weapon to damage the Hound to critical HP, and the point where normal
physical attacks and spells can take him down.
Once the Hound is dead, the battle is a bit easier, but Piastol can
still kill off characters. If Tempest Dance doesn't kill you, her
Eterni may, which is an argument as to why you should keep Delta
Shield on the entire battle. Her Blue Magic is weak enough that
it doesn't matter, anyway. Again, avoid attacking Piastol physically
and use Purple magic and Special attacks with Purple Weapons. Keep
everyone at maximum HP at all times, and Piastol falls.
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Location: On the Little Jack/Delphinus, Maramba
Optional Boss 2: Barta and Rupee
Recommended HP: 1,500
HP: Barta: Depends on Barta and Rupee's "level."
Special Attacks: Barta: Legendary Fists, Legendary Charge. Rupee: Berserk Rupee
Color: Barta: Red Rupee: Red
EXP: Depends on Barta and Rupee's "level."
MagicEXP:4
Items: Captain's Hat, Paranta Seed
Strategy:
Like most optional battles, you can fight this battle either "early" or
"late." This battle is quite a bit easier if you have the ability
Delta Shield and a large stock of Sacres crystals. Ideally, more than
one character has the ability to use Risan as well. Expect deaths every
other turn or so. You'll also want to bring some Curia Crystals along
with you. If you want to be totally prepared, you should have a
character or two learn the spell Rislem.
There are two targets, Barta the large man, and Rupee, the "leader."
While Barta is technically the stronger of the two, Rupee ends up far
more dangerous because of his support abilities. Rupee likes to use
Increm on Barta while casting Drilnos on your party, effectively giving
Barta 1.5x normal damage. Not only that, but when at critical HP, he
is even stronger than Barta! Don't even bother attacking Rupee until
Barta is dead, since Barta will just cure him.
Barta's normal attacks can hit for 600 while Incremed, but he causes the
battle to be entirely more dangerous just by being alive. Barta has the
Flaming Fists ability with Rupee that can easily break 2000 damage on any
character, even with Incremed defense. Unless you're around level 25,
you're not going to survive that, so expect deaths. Fortunately, there's
a round of warning where Barta "powers up" before using this ability.
Barta also has access to "Legendary Breath" which does from 500-1000
damage and stops your Spirit gain (it's VERY important to cure this.)
Like most other optional battles, you'll want to stick with a Delta Shield
strategy. Have a ton of Sacres and Curia crystals so that you can use
Delta Shield every round with Aika. Instead of casting Increm, use a
Glyph of Might on all of your characters. If you really want to, you
can also use Healing Salve, though in this battle it wont do too much.
Delta Shield stops the effects of Drilnos on your characters, as well
as any other offensive spell that Rupee decides to cast. With Rupee's
damage completely nullified, you can focus on Barta alone.
Once your party is Incremed up, change your weapons to Purple. Don't
bother attacking Barta, as he doesn't take a lot of damage from attacks
and you'll just end up countered. Instead use Cutlass Fury (or Pirate's
Wrath) whenever you have SP. You may want to have a character Focus
every round in order to have the SP required for both Delta Shield and
Cutlass Fury. Fina should use Crystales boxes, as they will do 500
damage to Barta each time they're used. Barta has much higher HP than
Rupee does, so expect to whack him for a while.
Once Barta is down, the battle becomes both easier and far, far more
dangerous. Keep Vyse on a purple weapon, and keep using Delta Shield
every round. Don't use any magic on Rupee, as he won't take much
damage from it at all. Instead, have Fina cure or Focus. Have your
fourth character attack or Focus with Purple weapons. Rupee starts
using spells like Ryrum every round. Instead of acting defensively,
he goes on offense. be VERY careful when Rupee is in orange and red
HP. He has a special ability he can use at this point that is
stronger than anything Barta can do, and it's close to impossible to
stop it from killing a character in one hit.
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Location: On the Delphinus
Optional Boss 3: Piastol, Round 2
Recommended HP: 3,000
HP: Depends on when you fight her
Special Attacks: Piastol: Tempest Dance, Death Hound: Spells, Healing
Color: Piastol: Blue, Death Hound: Green
EXP: Depends on when you fight her, 5731
MagicEXP: 8
Items: None
Strategy:
To fight Piastol a second time, you have to have 14 Moonfish. Go to a
Sailor's Guild and have them give you a Black Spot, and from there, head
to Piastols ship, which is in the same place near Sailor's Island.
Piastol fights exactly the same way she did before, so make sure you
have the proper crystals before you come into the battle. That is,
Curia Crystals, Sacres crystals, Risan/Rislem, and some Glyphs of
Might to help with increasing your status.
Piastol is a bit easier the second time around than she is initially. At
least this time her Tempest Dance won't kill you in one hit, it still does
2,500+. Hopefully by the time you fight this battle, at least one or two
characters has Rislem, but it's not necessary.
Like before, the Death Hound is the main problem. He must be killed first,
since his ability to Fatigue your characters and stop their SP gain is
extremely annoying. Use Curia Crystals over the Curia spell in order to
conserve SP. He also cures Piastol if you attempt to damage Piastol first,
so don't bother.
A Delta Shield strategy is, once again, good in this battle. Have Aika
use Delta Shield every round while someone (probably Fina) cures with
Sacrum and Sacres crystals, depending on who was damaged and by what.
The Delta Shield nullifies all of the Silver Magic that Piastol casts, as
well as any magic used by the Death Hound. That way, you only need to
worry about physical attacks and Tempest Dance, the latter which alone
can be deadly if you're at low levels.
If you have Enrique currently in your party, a safe, but slow, way to
kill Piastol is to have Aika use Delta Shield every round and have
Enrique use Justice Shield. have Vyse attack the Death Hound with
physical attacks (set your weapon to Red to do extra damage against his
Green) and have Fina Focus. This way you'll take half or no damage
from everything that they can throw at you, while still being able to
cure (Fina using items instead of focusing).
With Justice Shield, Tempest Dance won't break 1,500 damage and you will
hopefully not suffer casualties. Of course, the battle is very slow this
way, but better safe than sorry, right? If you're looking for a faster
battle, have Enrique, Vyse, and Fina focus for the first two rounds, with
Aika continuing to use Delta Shield. Use Pirates' Wrath on the Death Hound
and if he isn't killed, he should at least be in critical range. Cutlass
Fury works well too, but it won't do the one-hit-kill damage that
Pirates' Wrath does, instead it should only hit slightly over 2,000,
depending on your level.
Once the Death Hound is dead, at the very least you'll want to keep up
Aika's Delta Shield, since Piastol still uses her Silver Magic to kill you
in one hit. If you feel confident you can survive the Tempest Dance, don't
bother with Justice Shield. Keep healing with items and change your weapon
to Green or Purple for the damage bonus against Blue. If you use Cutlass
Fury over and over, it will still probably take 5 or 6 rounds to kill
Piastol.
The way you fight this battle really depends on how patient you are,
and you much damage (and how many deaths) you are willing to take.
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Location: On the Delphinus, outside of Sailors Island
Optional Boss 4: Gunarm, 3 Frocks
My Average level: 35
Recommended HP: 3,500
HP: Gunarm: ~7,500, Frocks: 800
Special Attacks: Gunarm: Target Search, Rampage, MoonStone Blast, Side Winder,
Charge Frocks: Normal Attacks
Color: Gunarm: Yellow Frock: Yellow
EXP: Depends on how many Frocks are killed.
MagicEXP: 6
Items: Both: Berzerker Mail, Thermal Grease
Strategy:
To fight Gunarm, you must have the Delphinus, and have to have paid the
100,000 Gold to develop your ship. Lapen is on Sailor's Isle, near the
Weapon Shop. Talk to him to initiate battle. This battle is -not- easy.
Make sure you have at least one character with the spell Rislem, though
the more that have Riselem, the better. Lunar Light helps a lot, too.
Gunarm has two main attacks, one that does around 1,000 to all of your
characters, and the other does around 4,000 to a single character.
Also, be warned that the Frocks will always attack before your
characters, so it's useful to use Sacrum Crystals with one character
a round, even if you're at full HP at the beginning of the round.
Fortunately, the Gunarm usually attacks last, which gives you time
between the attacks of the Frocks and Gunarm to heal.
Don't bother targeting the Frocks until Gunarm is dead. Let any
damage you do to them come from counters.
There are two ways you can fight this battle, both require reducing the
amount of physical damage you take. The first is the Counter method,
which requires Vyse to use Skull Shield every round. The second, and
in my opinion safer, method is Enrique's Justice Shield. The Justice
Shield method is both safer and riskier, but it'll probably end up faster.
No matter which way you end up fighting this battle, characters will die.
Both strategies have their high points. Using Skull Shield you'll be
immune to the Frock's attacks, but you'll take full damage from the
Gunarm. With Skull Shield, you'll end up killing Frocks, since you
counter their attacks, eventually causing Gunarm to waste turns summoning
them back. With Justice Shield, you only take half damage, but you
also take half damage from the Gunarm as well, and he's the one who will
slaughter you.
If you choose Skull Shield, expect to revive a character every single
round. Gunarm has the strength to kill characters in one hit, even
at full HP. Riselem is very important here, as if you "fail" with Risan,
you're going to have some problems on the next round. If you do the
battle this way, make sure you have a way that isn't Vyse to effectively
famage the Gunarm, since Vyse's turns will be used up using Skull Shield.
Enrique using The Judgement is a possible alternative.
With Justice Shield, you can use Vyse to attack the Gunarm, but you're
going to continually take damage. Hopefully though, the damage will be
decreased enough that it won't kill you. Try to keep Incremus up in
attempt to lower the damage done. You might want to have someone using
a Sacrum crystal every round, even if you're at full HP, just as a
precaution. If this strategy doesn't stop your characters from dying,
try the other strategy, as the whole goal of this is to prevent death.
No matter how you choose to fight Gunarm, Focus with your characters
until you have the SP to use whichever Special Move you've determined.
Use Silver weapons while attacking to increase the damage you do.
Because you're only going to get an attack off every two or three
rounds at most with the focusing and healing, you need to make it
worth it.
When Gunarm is at low HP, he starts using MoonStone Blast. This attack
does around 1,000 damage, making it the weakest of his attacks, but it
has a high chance to instantly kill the targeted character. Try to
conserve SP at this point and kill him off as quickly as you can,
hoping that Vyse and Enrique aren't killed. Try to stick with Rislem
Crystals over the spell to save SP.
There's no way to make this battle "easy." There are only ways to
make it "survivable." If you go in expecting to die, you're doing it
right.
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Location: On the Delphinus, Ixa'taka
Optional Boss 5: Ixa'ness Demons: Tara, Pera, Lira
Recommended HP: 3,500
HP: 4,000-5,000 each
Special Attacks: All: Chak Mol
Color: All: Green
EXP: 4,188
MagicEXP: 8
Items: Rislem Crystal, Aura of Valor, Tropica
Strategy:
This is arguably one of the most difficult battles in the game. To
fight the Ixa'ness Demons you need to have the Delphinus (after paying
the 100,000 on Crescent Isle) and have recruited Tikatika. Finally, you
need to have found the Ixa'ness Village, in Ixa'taka. After all of this,
you can finally fight them, their ship is found floating above the
Ixa'ness village.
Ach three of the "Demons" specialize in different things. Pera holds
a wand, and uses magic. Lira holds a bow, and Tara a spear. The
first part of this battle is by far the most difficult and requires a
bit of luck. With all three alive, the Demons have Chak Mol (they can
each do this, like the Sinistra and Destra battle) that does 2,600
damage to everyone, or you can halve it with Justice shield. The bad
part of Chak Mol is NOT the damage (though that is bad), it is instead
the Fatigue it can cause. This alone can make you lose the battle.
Hopefully you've brought a ton of Curia crystals!
While the three are not powerful on their own, their status effects
will end up killing you. They can Sleep and Confuse, as well as lower
your stats with Drilnos. Delta Shield isn't really necessary, since
they don't use magic, but Justice Shield is something you must use
to reduce damage.
You'll find that the Demons buff themselves up with Quicka and
Incremus. Before attacking them, have Fina use Lunar Winds
to remove their positive effects. Unlike yours, their effects never wear
off.
Use Cutlass Fury (don't wait for Pirates' Wrath, as the SP takes too
long to accumulate with Fatigue) with a red weapon starting with the mage,
Lira. Tara may be tempting, because of her sleep, but start with Lira,
because she can cure.
Now this may seem simple as it is, but the problems start happening when
Enrique or your healer is put to sleep. Even if you're put to sleep and
then woken up by another Demon, your action is cancelled. If your
healer is put to sleep, you're especially vulnerable. On some turns,
you may want to have two people on command with Sacrum Crystals.
If you find yourself bogged down with status effects on everyone, use
Lunar Cleansing, or even Lunar Light. Both are extremely useful and
for what they do, require minimal amounts of SP. Also, whenever you
can, use crystals instead of spells to help reduce SP usage.
Now that surviving has been taken care of, now to kill them.
It's important to start with Lira because she uses Sacrum over and
over once she's in critical HP. Once she hits this point, no matter
your SP, use Cutlass Fury over and over and get rid of her as soon as
possible. You must takes risks in this battle or you will be overwhelmed.
The goal is just to take one Demon out as soon as you possibly can,
so that you can avoid that Chak Mol, which is what will kill you
before anything else.
Once Lira is dead, go after Tara, the one who puts you to sleep. She's
stronger and sleep ends up a lot more dangerous than confusion in this
battle. Again, use Cutlass Fury over Pirates' Wrath, since Pirates' Wrath
should do around 2,500, compared to Cutlass Fury and 1,500. The SP/Damage
difference isn't worth it.
If you're still having problems with the status effects after a few tries,
use an Aura of Valor at the very start of the battle and use the
Prophecy attack. This should weaken the Demons, but make sure to kill off
Lira before she ends up healing away the damage you've done.
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Location: Frontier Skies North of Crescent Isle
Optional Boss 6: Obisbo
Recommended HP: 36,000-44,000 with the Delphinus
HP:40,000-50,000
Special Attacks: Squid Ink
EXP: 2,871
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Alloy Deck, Crystal ball
Strategy:
Now this is a cool looking boss. Obisbo swims around to the West of the
Squid Nest, which you'll find in the Frontier lands North of Crescent
Isle, in the area where the sky is red. He's the easiest of the optional
bosses in the game. His main attack is squid Ink, which does 2,000-3,000
damage. This isn't bad, considering he only attacks twice per round. You
probably won't even need to heal.
Use Increm to strength your attacks and attack however you want,
anything works. He has low HP, so use SubCannons and Focusing while
waiitng for a round to use a MoonStone Cannon. If you have 10"Cannons
from Nasr, they attack 4 times a round, and can do over 4,000 damage each.
About every 7,000 damage, Obisbo will lose a tentacle.
On the fourth round, when prompted, choose "Maintain present course."
That lets you use your MoonStone Cannon. If you swin around, you're
at a disadvantage and Obisbo attacks you every time that round. If for
some reason Obisbo is still alive after the MoonStone Cannon, he'll be
close enough to death that your normal attacks can finish him off.
You'll also be able to use your MoonStone Cannon over and over until
the battle ends (which will be quickly).
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Location: Skies above the Lands of Ice
Optional Boss 7: Alania
Recommended HP: 36,000 + with the Delphinus
HP: 52,000
Special Attacks: Spiral, Shaggy
EXP: 3,537
MagicEXP: 3
Items: Air Purifier, Goddess Figure
Strategy:
Alania floats around above the Lands of Ice. It's hard to miss this
Spider-like creature.
Alania will be harder to beat then Obisbo was, as he/she has much higher
evasion rates. His Spiral attack, which is his most frequent attack, causes
from 7,000 damage up, no matter the turn, or Increm. His less
frequent attack, known as Shaggy, can do up to 4,000 damage.
Alania isn't particularly powerful, and only attacks twice per round.
Surviving the battle isn't the hard part, it's actually hitting the monster.
Normal Cannons, and especially torpedos, like to miss, so stick to Secodary
Cannons and Magic. Save SP on the first round, only using Increm and
possibly Sacrulen at the end of the round.
On the second round, choose to "Get behind it!" and you'll have an
advantage for the round. Use your MoonStone Cannon, which should deal
a good 35,000+ damage to Alania. The rest of the HP can be taken down
easily with normal cannons-when they hit. Don't worry about your
HP unless it falls below 14,000.
On the third round, Alania runs away. Use something like a 10"Cannon
four rounds in a row to lower his HP. He still attacks, even though
he's "running away." Also, don't use Purple magic on Alania, focus on
Red if you use any at all.
Also note that the only way you're going to get both items is if you
have Kalifa in your active crew.
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Location: On the Delphinus
Optional Boss 8: Piastol 3, Death Hound
Recommended HP: 2,800
HP: Death Hound: 8,000, Piastol 12,000
Special Attacks: Piastol: Deluge, Tempest Dance Death Hound: Spells
Color: Piastol: Blue, Death Hound: Green
EXP: 8,250
MagicEXP: 10
Items: None
Strategy:
The third battle with Piastol happens after you've returned from Yafutoma.
As with the previous two battles, speak to a Guildmaster and he'll give
you the Black Spot that lets you engage with Piastol. She is, once again,
directly west of Sailor's Isle.
Pisatol comes with her Hound again, but she has a brand new move called
Deluge. This nasty attack does more than 1,000 damage to everyone even
with Justice Shield - Without it you're in a world of hurt. The
Hound uses an array of magic as well as physical attacks. Unfortunately,
while Piastol's physical attacks aren't incredibly strong, they do have
the additional effect of Petrification. This not only "kills" you until
it's cured, but it stops the said character from gathering SP every round.
Make sure to use a Curia Crystal on the petrified person when necessary.
Also, as you'll remember from previous battles, the Hound's attacks have
the ability to inflict Fatigue on your party. Cure this immediately, as
you need all the Spirit you can get. The status effects can easily be
the worst part of this battle.
This battle will end up a bit like the previous Piastol battles in that
you'll want to target the Hound first. He cures Piastol, so there's no
point in attacking her until the hound is dead. Fortunately, Piastol
doesn't use Eterni anymore, so no more instant death that way, but Deluge
more than makes up for it. You'll likely be using quite a few Sacrum
crystals in this battle. Piastol still has her Tempest Dance, which is
heavy damage (likely around 4,000) to one character, but in the face
of Deluge, that isn't all that bad.
When you attack the Hound, expect some high defense. Change to Red weapons
and use an Incremed Pirates' Wrath. It'll do some decent damage, but it
might take a good two or three Pirates' Wraths to actually kill
the hound. If the hound buffs with Incremus, make sure to use Lunar Winds
before attacking him. If you're strong enough, however, you can likely
hit 9,999 with a red weapon and Incremed Pirates' Wrath.
Once the Hound is dead, the battle is quite a bit easier. At this point
you don't have to keep Delta Shield up, but it will help with Piastol's
Wevlum spells. Keep everyone at maximum HP so that tempest Dance doesn't
kill anyone, and Piastol will fall. To help speed up damage, switch your
weapon to Purple.
The battle shouldn't get out of hand unless Enrique dies and you have no
more Justice Shield or multiple characters get petrified and fatigued.
The statuses that limit your SP gain can easily make this battle far more
difficult than it should be. Use Lunar Light and Lunar Cleansing
when you need to.
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Location: Skies high above Ixa�Taka
Optional Boss 9: Roc
Recommended HP: 46,000+ with the Delphinus
HP: 45,000
Special Attacks: Grab, Blast Voice
EXP: 3,396
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Wooden Doll
Strategy:
This boss is found high in the skies above Ixa'Taka flying around, so you
can only fight him once you've finished the Glacia (Ruins of Ice) section.
He's usually around the northern portion of the continent. Like many
other optional bosses from the original Skies of Arcadia (that is, the
optional ship battles), the Roc isn't there to pose much of a challenge,
rather for those who are completionists.
Roc is one huge bird. He doesn't have the highest HP, or even very good
defense, making him rather easy to kill quickly. But he does have rather high
evade, so he will dodge often. A normal Torpedo does about 10,000 damage to
him. And Subcannons do about 5,000-10,000 depending on what color of turn you
hit Roc on. This battle should be rather fast if the Delphinus is completely
upgraded. Increm, focus, and what you do normally on an offensive, and he
should go down fast. Grab does 2,000 or so damage, and Blast Voice abut
1,700.
Fortunately, even though he's a large flying monster, he isn't nearly as
bad as Bluheim when it comes to evasion. The 10,000+ you do per normal hit
will take him down quickly.
On the first option you're given, choose to "Take that thing straight on."
While you'll end up taking more damage this way, you'll also get to use your
MoonStone Cannon, which will likely end the battle.
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Location: Frontier Lands
Optional Boss 10: Giant Looper
Recommended HP: 46,000+ With the Delphinus
HP: 21,000
Special Attacks: Looper Ring
EXP: 7,146
MagicEXP: 0
Items: Thermal Grease, Captains Stripe, Hex Shell
Strategy:
You fight the Giant Looper in what I affectionately call "Looper Land."
Whenever you get into an encounter in this area, you fight only Loopers, of
all types. You can first get into this part of the World Map when your
hull is reinforced after the events of Yafutoma. It's around the northwest
corner of the map, between the Dark Rift and the large reef
that goes from Ixa'Taka all the way up north to the top of the map. The Giant
Looper is flying around in the northern portion of this area.
The Giant Looper must be killed on the turn that you choose to attack him.
That is, you must focus all of yuor attacks on one round, whichever round
you choose, and kill him then. Unfortunately, he runs the next round, so if
you don't kill him, you lose your chance. Be sure to save before fighting
this battle.
The Giant Looper has a ton of evasion, so normal attacks don't work well.
But you'll need to make do. Wait to start attacking until you have the
option to use the MoonStone Cannon. You want to focus all four turns on this
round on attacking, so make sure you have Increm cast beforehand. You'll
get to use the MoonStone Cannon on the third round, so make sure you start
casting Increm on the round before that. Also, at the end of the second
round, you'll want to use a Torpedo so that it hits on the third round.
The Giant Looper only has 21,000 HP, so you should be able to get him
unless you're very unlucky.
of course, the Giant Looper doesn't just sit there waiting to die, either.
He uses the attack called Looper Ring which does around 6,500 damage. This
is the only attack he uses, and he does it about twice a round. Finally,
note that the Looper is invulnerable when he is changing rings.
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Location: On the Delphinus in the Skies outside of Nasrad
Optional Boss 11: Vize, Anita, and Faina
Recommended HP: 3,000
HP: Vize: 7,000, Anita: 8,000, Faina: 6,500
Special Attacks: Vize: Cutlass Wrath, Revenge Anita: Anita Burst, Anita
Shield, Faina: Various -en level spells.
Color: Vize: Blue, Anita: Red, Faina: Yellow
EXP: 6,251
MagicEXP: 6
Items: Tuna Cutlass, Swirlmerang, Focus Robe
Strategy:
You can first fight these three after you return from Yafutoma. There's a
few other pre-reqs, as well. The first is that you need to have earned at
least the title of "Vyse the Daring" by answering questions and fighting
random battles. If you haven't reached this title yet, fight some 20 or 30
battles and it should go up, or even go forward in the game for some
"Swashbuckler" options. You will know when you can fight these three
when Vyse's title changes to "Vyse the Fallen Pirate." If any boss in
the game, you'll likely have trouble -finding- this one.
Once you have the title, head to the destroyed Nasrad. Speak to the
Guildmaster here and check the Bounty List. You'll find yourself.
Zone out to the port area of Nasrad and then back into the fountain
area, Vize shows up on the level slightly below the Sultan's destroyed
palace, where a young girl is running around back and forth. You do need
to change areas if the first Sailor's Guild you visit is Nasrad to get
him to pop up there. Speak with Vize to engage.
As you're likely to expect, these three fight quite a bit like your group.
Faina uses purely magical abilities and Vize physical attacks. Anita
acts as the support for the two. Anita definitely needs to fall first.
You can survive magical attacks (Aika's Delta Shield) and physical
attacks can be defended against with Enrique's defensive Super Moves.
Anita complicates the battle with her her buffs. Not only that,
but like the real Aika, Anita uses area attacks that can do over 1,000
damage. Anita Burst is her version of Lambda Burst. She also has
"Anita Shield," a mimicry of Delta Shield. To make matters worse,
Anita's physical attacks add a Driln effect with extremely high
accuracy. She is by far the worst part of the battle.
Vize, true to his counterpart, specializes in single target attacks. He
uses Cutlass Wrath (Cutlass Fury) and the extremely annoying Revenge, a
copy of Vyse's Counterstrike. Even with Justice Shield, you're still
going to take over 1,500 damage from Cutlass Wrath, even more if you
leave the Increm status on. Don't even bother attacking Vize until
after Faina and Anita are dead, he doesn't take enough damage and
likes to use Revenge. If you don't have Enrique, you're going to be
eating a lot of damage and it might be better to not try to the battle
the hard way and just use an Aura of Valor and the Prophecy skill
to finish it, but it's certainly possible to win without that, too.
Play defensively. Use Delta Shield to prevent the damage from Faina's
spells and either Skull Shield or Justice. I suggest the later, as it
works on special skills as well as normal physical attacks. It also
leaves Vyse open for attacking. If you don't have Enrique at the time
you do this battle, then you'll have to manage without. It's possible,
but you'll take a lot more damage. Keep these two up every round.
On the second round, use Lunar Winds to dispel the Increm and Quick.Keep
Fina dispelling, as the buffs make this battle much harder. The problems
start happening when the trio of foes has Increm and you have Drilnos.
If this happens, you won't be able to damage them well at all, so keep
Delta Shield up. You may want to bring some Glyphs of Might (bought in
Maramba) to help you keep Increm on. Expect this battle to take a long
time the traditional way, as you need to keep yourself strong and
your enemies weakened so that you're on even grounds. it's very important
to note that if -anyone- dies, you should use Lunar Light to revive them,
as you'll likely not have much time to cure with the focuses, shields,
and Lunar Winds.
As stated above, expect this battle to take a long time. Pirates' Wrath
won't kill the bosses in a single hit, and that's whenever you get a
chance to use it. I prefer multiple Cutlass Furies in this battle, as it
saves SP. However, what you may want to do is weaken the target (likely
to be Anita at the start) with a Pirates' Wrath and then kill her off
with Cutlass Furies a few rounds later.
Once Anita is gone, the battle becomes a bit simpler. There's no more
Area attacks that do 1,000 damage and Vize's Cutlass Wrath is survivable
if you have Justice Shield and you keep your HP at full. Keeping Increm up
can be difficult with Delta Shield, but you need to try. At the very least,
use Glyphs of Might, as stated above, on Vyse. If someone is inflicted with
the Driln status, cure it with a Curia crystal as soon as possible.
Faina is after Anita. She's a copy of Fina, so as you can expect, she
will fall very easily to physical attacks. Continue keeping Delta Shield
up until she falls. She won't be able to do any damage to you with it on,
but she can still buff herself and Vize with Incremus. Like Anita, she
won't fall to a single Pirates' Wrath, but she will be severely weakened
by it. Try to kill her in the next few rounds so you can take on Vize.
Once Faina falls, you won't need Delta Shield anymore, so Aika can
go back to buffing and healing.
Taking on Vize is a task by itself. Revenge is extremely annoying and
Lunar Winds won't dispel it. Keep up Justice Shield if you're using
Enrique and don't let anyone fall below 2,000 HP.
A last tip: If you're having problems damaging the trio, switch your
weapon color to that of their weakness. In this case Purple for Vize,
Blue for Anita and Silver for Faina. This will increase the damage you do
with each Super Move.
Of course, after all of this, there is a very easy way to beat the three
of them. If you're having problems with this battle, just use an Aura of
Valor and use the special attack "Prophecy."Focusing to maximum SP
in this battle can be very difficult, so you pretty much have to use the
item. It is very possible to beat them without it, but this is the easy
way.
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Location: On the Delphinus
Optional Boss 12: Piastol (Final Round), Death Hound
Recommended HP: 5,500+
HP: Well over 15,000
Special Attacks: Piastol-Tempest Dance, Deluge Death hound-Varying Green Spells
Color: Piastol-Blue, Death Hound-Green
EXP: 11,698
MagicEXP: 12
Items: Light Dress
Strategy:
The first opportunity to fight the final Piastol battle happens when you
have handed Doc the 24 Moonfish. That will be right after the first events
in Dangral Isle, and that's precisely when I suggest you fight her, since
you'll still have Enrique. If you're already past that point, the battle is
doable, but not as easily.
Easily the hardest of the Piastol battles, Piastol is significantly stronger
then she was in any previous encounter. Her Death Houd still follows her
into this battle, casting support and healing spells on both himself and
Piastol. All in all, this is gonna be a pain.
As with previous battles, Piastol has Tempest Dance. This time it hits
upwards of 5,000 damage to a single target. She still has Deluge, this
time it does 2,500 or so to everyone. And, unfortunately, she has
regained the ability to use Eternes which as a probability to kill
your entire party in one shot. She also has access to Eternum which will
likely kill a character with close to 100% chance.
You must absolutely use Delta Shield at all times in this battle to survive.
Piastol's physical attacks still have the petrification effect, as do the
Death Hound's with Fatigue. Cure both statuses with a Curia crystal as
soon as you receive them.
Damage is going to pile up on your party quickly in this battle. If you
still have Enrique, use Justice Shield to cut down the damage that Piastol
does considerably. And always, always, and once more, ALWAYS have Delta
Shield on. Use Glyphs of Might to up Vyse's attack instead of Increm.
Make sure you save enough SP per round that you can have Fina use Lunar
Light st the start of the next round if she needs to. Sacrum won't cut
it if you're fighting with Enrique. Also, try to have one character
Focus per round when they're not healing. You'll need it.
As with previous battles, the Death Hound will be the first to go
down. He buffs and cures Piastol, so he needs to die. Whenever he
uses Increm or Quicka make sure you have Fina use Lunar Winds to dispel
it, as it will make Piastol incredibly dangerous, and both will take
less damage from your attacks.
When you're ready to attack, change Vyse's weapon to Red, use a Glyph of
Might, and use Pirates' Wrath on the Death Hound. Not only does he
take more damage and have less HP, but his buffs and cures make it
so that defeating Piastol is far more difficult than it should be. As
with the previous battle with Piastol, if you're strong you can probably
hit 9,999 with a red weapon and Pirates' Wrath.
With the Death Hound gone, change Vyse's weapon to purple and you can
start with Piastol. Keep Delta and Justice Shields up and don't do anything
risky. Keep HP over 3,000 for everyone at all times, even if two characters
must heal a round.
If you don't have Enrique with you, you're going to have a much harder
time with this battle. Set your fourth character and Fina to healing and
Focusing every round, even both healing with Sacrum Crystals when necessary.
Keep statuses off and treat the battle as "kill Piastol before she kills
you." use Pirates' Wrath every round that you can with weapons that exploit
Piastol and the Hound's weaknesses. As with the above strategy, always
try to keep enough SP for Lunar Light, as you'll never know when it will
come in handy.
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Location: On the Delphinus-Skies high above the Lands of Ice
Optional Boss 13: Daikokuya, Boo, Youjin
Recommended HP: 5,000+
HP: Daikokuya ~30,000, Youjin ~5000, Boo ~5000
Special Attacks: Daikokuya-Golden Flurry, Spells
Color: Daikokuya-Blue, Youjin-Blue, Boo-Blue
EXP: 11,000+ (depends on how many Boo's Daikokuya summons)
MagicEXP: 8
Items: Pharox Idol
Strategy:
You can fight Daikokuya after you've completed Dangral Island for the
first time. He's in the skies above the Lands of Ice, in Upper sky.
This battle is extremely annoying and can easily get out of hand. While
not a particularly hard boss by himself, his statuses make him far more
difficult that he should be. Before the battle, make sure that Fina
has the item "Constitution Gem" equipped. This item will stop the effects
that Daikokuya just loves to use every round. This item is received from
trading around 18 Moonfish to Doc. Fina needs it equipped because she'll
be the one to use Lunar Cleansing on the confused characters.
The battle starts with Daikokuya and two croonies, a Boo and Youjin.
The very beginning of the battle will be by far the hardest, until you
can get rid of one of the helpers. While Daikokuya can resummon them,
getting rid of them will help lower the damage you take. They use support
spells on themselves and the boss, Daikokuya, as well as attack with
strong physical attacks. Wind Slash, a move you've seen before during
the Yafutoma events, is a line attack that does around 1,000 damage.
Daikokuya spends his first round summoning a third friend. Fortunately,
three is the most that he can have out at once, but three can easily
slaughter you if you don't deal with them quickly, which is entirely the
problem. Since all three foes are Blue, change Vyse's weapon to Purple or
Green before you begin attacking.
The beginning of this battle will be by far the hardest. Each of the
helpers has around 5,000 HP, so you'll need a Pirates' Wrath to kill them.
But by the time you kill one or two, Daikokuya will just summon another
to take their place! You have two options: ignore them and each the
thousands of damage they do each round by having two people on healing
duty per round, or do it the easy way. Note however, in the hard way
you're likely going to get slaughtered and suffer quite a few casualties
when your entire party gets confused. If for some crazy reason you
don't have Lunar Light before this battle, go get it before trying it.
The "Easy way" means using an Aura of Valor and using Prophecy to kill
the three, which leaves you with just the boss. And yes, he will
resummon, but he resummons -ONE AT A TIME-, making it much easier to
survive and kill off as Daikokuya is distracted with attacking you.
Daikokuya has a big trick up his miniature sleeves. His main attack is
called Golden Flurry. This attack does 3,000+ physical damage to your
party. If that isn't bad enough, it also confuses at least 2 members, but
can confuse all 4 if not properly protected. This can and will wrech havok
on your party if you're unprotected. With the confuse damage from attacking
your own characters and if you still have any of the smaller fiends left,
you're going to take damage very quickly.
This is the reason why you equip Fina with a Constitution Gem, so she
can (hopefully) survive the following attacks and use Lunar Light to recover
your party.
A battle round will be rather simple, and likely look something like this:
Aika: Delta Shield
Vyse: Cutlass Fury - It should do around 2,000 damage. Pirates' Wrath takes
too much SP in this battle. It's slow, but it works.
Fina: Focus, Sacrum Crystal, Lunar Light, Lunar Cleansing
Secondary characters: Attack/Support
With Enrique, you'll want to use Justice Shield, and with Gilder you'll
use Aura of Denial.
I'd like to point out Delta Shield is more of an "option." Daikokuya does have
the ability to use Eternes, but he doesn't seem to do it often. I'd be more
worried about Slipara. Having Aika use Buffs like Incremus and Quicka will
help speed up the battle.
If you didn't opt to use Prophecy, you'll definitely want to ignore the use
of Delta Shield and have Aika help Fina with healing, likely using Sacrum
Crystals. Instead, you'll want to just use Pirates' Wrath as often as you
can, hopefully every other round and hope you kill him before his friends
kill you. If you're feeling overwhelmed, you can kill off a Youjin/Boo or
two to help lower the damage you take.
Oddly enough, it seems the Youjins are glitched a bit. If you get
Daikokuya to critical health (that is, around 20% or so), they'll start
using Sacres crystals over and over again. . .but on themselves! They won't
actually cure the boss, and surprisingly, the end of the battle is much
easier because of this. If you can get the boss down to this point, you'll
have some time to recover from the croonies, since they seem to focus on
healing themselves.
Once Daikokuya is dead, you still have to kill his summons, but
without the effect of Confuse, they aren't that bad.
Still having problems? Your secondary (that is, fourth) character can help
this battle considerably. If you can't win with Enrique and Justice
Shield, use Gilder and have him use Aura of Denial every round. This way
you'll be completely immune to the Confuse, but you'll take quite a
bit more damage.
PS: Lunar Blessing and Lunar Cleansing are your friends.
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Location: Dark Rift
Optional Boss 14: Elcian
Recommended HP: 5,000
HP: Varies, over 10,00
Special Attacks: Run, Strong Spells, and a killer Physical attack(normal one)
Color: Yellow
EXP: 7.500
MagicEXP: 20
Items: Elcian drops random items each time you fight him. He drops every item
in the game, and some of his rarer drops, are Valuan Medal, Dexus Seed, and
another Black Map. Special thanks to Daniel Grenda for this bit of info.
Strategy:
Elcian is a cute little Looper you'll find in the Dark Rift. You can
fight him at any time after the events in the Hydra, once you're ready
to enter Soltis. He won't come out when Soltis is raised, you have to wait
until after the barrier is down.
You need to spend some time preparing before you start the fight.
First, Vyse needs Pirates' wrath. If you don't have it at this point, you
either need to go open more treasure chests or grind a bit more. Fina needs
Lunar Light - This will be the only healing skill you can use in this battle.
At least two characters need Riselem.
Finally, and most importantly:
Before you attempt this battle, equip Vyse with a Black Map.
Why, you ask? Well Elcian is a Looper, he naturally runs away. The Black
Map prevents that.
Next, to find the monster.
Enter the Dark Rift from the Yafutoma side (that is the side you exited
from initially). Head in, save your game at the save point that was
originally "before" Anguila and then head into the room where you
fought the boss. Elcian will be around the save point of this room.
First I'd like to note that Elcian is extremely broken when it comes
to his strength. He is easily the strongest monster in the game, so expect
to suffer quite a few deaths. His physical attacks -alone- do at least
4,500 damage. Don't even get me into his magic, we're going to avoid
that at all costs. The more people with Riselem, the better. Also,
expect to use Curia Crystals often, as Elcian's physical attacks
add the fatigue status, which impairs your ability to gain SP. This is
easily one of the most annoying statuses in the game.
At the beginning of every round, Aika must, must, must use Delta
Shield or you will die. While you're still at the mercy of his 4,500
physical attacks, at least he can only attack one person per round, when
he attacks everyone with his spells.
Like all Loopers, Elcian has extremely high evasion. Physical attacks
are not only a waste of time, but they are deadly. Elcian is likely
to counter your physical attacks with one of his own, meaning you're
going to end up taking more damage than you deal.
Much of the battle depends on your final character, as well. I prefer
Enrique, as his final Super Move can be used in place of Pirates' Wrath
for almost as much damage. On the first turn, use a Glyph of might on
either Enrique or Vyse, depending on how choose to fight the battle.
If you choose to have Enrique attack, have Vyse use Skull Shield every
round. You'll be impervious to physical attacks that way. The Delta
Shield has been mentioned above. Use Fina to Focus.
If you want Vyse to attack, use the Glyph on him and have Enrique use
Justice Shield. If you're using Gilder, have him Aura of Denial, which
will prevent Fatigue from Elcian's physical attacks.
Whoever is attacking, use a Silver weapon, as Elcian is Yellow (oddly
enough.) Your attacks won't do a ton of damage, and it's likely that it
will take a while to kill him, but it's a challenge. In a way, the
battle is predictable in tht you need to come in expecting casualties.
Also, he can be extremely annoying and use Sacres to heal himself over
and over, which is one reason I don't use the Prophecy strategies.
Something else that helps is putting the item "Defensive Aura" (from
the Moonfish quest) onto Fina or other low HP characters. This makes
them completely immune to physical attacks. They also drop from the large
Dragon like creatures, Dracoslyths, inside of the first part of Soltis
(circular rooms).
Other than a "normal" battle, I've outlined a few reader-sent techniques
below that can help with this nasty little boss.
Strategy from Lance Ricks:
Each Round:
Vyse: Skull Shield
Aika: Delta Shield
Fina: Focus
Other party member: Focus
When you have enough SP: Prophecy
That's all you need to do. Delta Shield prevents all damage from magic. Skull
Shield makes his physical attack do 0 damage, even when he is countering an
attack. Using this method I beat Elcian without taking a single point of
damage. The only thing I had to worry about was that althougth his physical
attack did no damage, I could still become fatigued. Most people seem to like
to use Enrique because of Justice Shield, but Skull Shield is better. Just
keep saving up the SP to use Prophecy. Use Prophecy a couple times and he's
dead.
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The Author of this FAQ would like to note that she disagrees
that Skull Shield is better than Justice Shield. Justice Shield halves
the damage of special skills as well as physical attacks, and they're
what is likely to kill you in most bosses. However, this strategy does work,
even if focusing for that long is a bit boring.
Another, similar, strategy comes from another reader.
Thank you, both of you, for your insight.
This is copy and Paste from the Email:
From: Actoraronica
Make sure that you have Gilder and his "Aura of disbelief" SP, Vise with the
Black Map equipped, and Aika with her Delta Shield SP.
For almost every turn:
Vise use "Skull Shield"
Aika use "Delta Shield"
Fina should focus
Gilder use "Aura of Disbelief"
By doing this, Elcian will be completely unable to hurt you in any way, and
with the black map equipped, he wont be able to run from the battle. Keep this
up untill you can cast Prophesy. It should almost kill him, he will spend the
rest of his turns casting Sacres on himself, so let Vise focus with Fina;
repeat the process and Elcian should die after the next Prophesy attack. I did
this at level 50. This strategy works for almost every other battle.
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Location: Multiple Locations
Optional Boss 15: Zivilyn Bane
Recommended HP: Over 1000
HP: Varies
Special Attacks: Burst
EXP: Varies
MagicEXP: Varies
Items: Varies
Strategy:
There are many Zivilyn Banes in the world. He is a strange and mysterious
treasure hunter who will fight you to protect what is his. He isn�t really
that hard, but his Burst attack ALWAYS does a lot of damage. The first time
alone it does 800, and that is almost enough to kill you. Zivilyn is also a
master of countering your attacks. He does it a lot, so between that and the
Burst attack you may be screwed. Just be warned that when his HP get low
enough to use the Burst attack, he will! So heal up!
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Location: Soltis
Optional Boss 16: Lord Bane, Zivilyn Bane
Recommended HP: 4,000+
HP: 15,000
Special Attacks: Pipes of Doom, Medicine Box, Explosive Powder, Magic
Lamp, Vase of Echos
Color: Red - both
EXP: 2,401
MagicEXP: 6
Items: Vidal Seed, Orb of Serenity, kinda?
This boss is found in one of the side rooms in the second portion of
Soltis. That is, the silvery, technological part. When you approach a
chest to open it, you'll engage in battle where a normal Bane was in the
original version of the game.
Lord Bane comes with a Zivilyn Bane partner in this battle. While he'll
resummon them over and over (Much like Daikokuya), they are almost as much
of a threat as the real boss. As you probably know, Banes have a nasty
Burst attack that hits an area for huge damage. Lord Bane's own Explosive
Powder hits everyone for around 2,000 to 3,000 damage. His "Pipes of Doom"
makes him act a lot like Daikokuya, where he constantly summons Zivilyn
Banes to assist him. Also like the previous boss, he does have a limit
to how much he can summon, but you're still going to be eating damage
very quickly. He also has a "Vase of Echos," which acts as Drilnos.
If your level is high enough, it will miss, but if it lands, you must use
a Curia Crystal or Lunar Cleansing to get rid of it.
I suggest bringing Enrique to this battle, as his Justice Shield will
half not only the damage from physical attacks, but the damage from
special skills as well. You -will- need the skills Riselem, Sacrum (and
hopefully a few crystals of both), Sacrulen, and Lunar Light to survive
double Explosive Powders and Bursts that the Banes do. The damage can
pile up very quickly, and if you find yourself getting overhwlemed, you
may want to use an Aura of Valor to use Prophecy and get rid of the Banes.
This will get a round of recovery time. If you're not using Enrique,
I suggest using Prochecy once Bane has at least two Zivilyns out, otherwise
you'll suffer too many casualties and it makes the battle hard to survive.
I'd like to make it clear right here: if you get very unlucky and get
hit with two or three Bursts and an Explosive Powder on the same round,
you're in deep, deep trouble. Even with Justice Shield the damage
piles up quickly and you will need Lunar Light to keep yourself alive.
Don't even bother with Sacrum if you're taking damage that quickly.
I suggest ignoring the Bane and going right for the boss, Lord Bane himself.
Unlike Daikokuya, whom this boss acts very much like, there isn't a really
nasty status effect. It's pure damage against you. Keep Increm on yourself to
help lower the damage that this boss is capable of doing in a short period
of time.
Lord Bane has a really nasty buffing ability called "Medicine Box." This
could be considered an "ultimate" buff, as it casts not only Increm and
Quicka, but Regenerate as well. You must absolutely get this off the
turn after it is used, so use Fina's Lunar Winds to dispel it. Also,
other than a buff, Bane has his own Dispel in "Magic Lamp," that hits
everyone. You're lucky if he uses this, as you'll likely be saved
the damage that he'd cause normally.
If you have any Defensive Auras from the Moonfish quest or from the
Dracoslyth in the first portion of Soltis, this is the battle to
use them. It will nullify the attacks that the Zivilyns do and save you
a few thousand damage.
Now that our preparation is out of the way, let's begin, shall we?
How difficult this battle is really depends on your level and how many
of the optional bosses you've fought before. He's probably not the
hardest of the optional bosses and he does act similarly to Daikokuya,
so if you've fought the other groups, you'll know what to expect.
On the first round, use Focus with three characters. If you have Enrique
with you, use Justice Shield and keep it up on every turn. This halves
Burst and Explosive Powder damage.
Switch Vyse to a purple weapon and use either Incremus (to help lower
the damage done to all members) or a Glyph of Might on him. It's
likely that Lord Bane will dispel the status a few times during the fight,
so you will need to recast it.
Fina and Aika will be the ones keeping your party alive with Lunar Light
and multiple Sacrum and Riselem spells. Hopefully you've a large supply
of both types of crystals, as you wont have the time to use SP on those
spells during the battle. You want to keep your HP around 4,000 at all
times. These two will also be the ones to keep everyone buffed. When
everyone is healthy, have them focus.
If you didn't bring Enrique, you'll want to use an Aura of Valor and
the Prophecy special to kill Bane quickly. If you did, you can beat
Bane the long way, through Pirates' Wrath spam, Focuses, and
Justice Shield. Just be sure to use a purple weapon.
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Location: On the Delphinus outside of Crescent Isle
Optional Boss 17: Super Secret Final Optional Boss
Recommended HP: 5,000+
HP: 30,000
Special Attacks: Charm, Cannon Fire, Random Fire
Color: Red
EXP: 12,823
MagicEXP: 10
Items: Mesh Tights
The final optional boss requires you to do most of everything in the entire
game to unlock. He is the final optional boss for a reason, and he is
probably the strongest foe in the game.
What you need to do to unlick this boss:
All Bounties killed and turned in.
All Discoveries found and turned in.
You'll need a good deal, around 90%, of all treasures in the game found.
The entire Piastol storyline must be finished, so that means all 24
MoonFish and the four battles with the final visit to Doc afterwards.
All of the Crew recruited (your "Crew" log is full and there's no ???)
And finally, you need to have at least the requirments for "Vyse,
Sky Battle King" title. That means you kill all 4 of the sky monsters from
the original Skies of Arcadia (Alania, Obisbo, Roc, Giant Looper) and have
killed 15 or so non-storyline ship battles. The latter can be done at any
point in the game. You'll find ships around Valua throughout the game, as
well as some Black Pirates around the Temple of Pyrynn an North Ocean.
Once you have the monstrous task of unlocking the boss, you can finally
fight him.
Head to Crescent Isle and you're given an option to land or "Fight the
Special Air Pirate." Choose to fight to begin this battle.
This battle will act much like the final battle with him. As you'd expect,
he prefer physical and special attacks over magic, so you'll probably
want to use Enrique and Justice Shield.
Like in the very first battle with this foe, he has a Charm ability that
confused your characters. He uses it on Aika, as originally, so you may
want to have some armor (Constituion Gem) that protects against Confusion.
This boss is amazingly and startingly powerful. His Cannon Fire hits
a small range of character for over 7,000 damage! It'll be down to 3,500
or so with Justice Shield, so I highly suggest using it. Keep Incremus up,
and use Curia crystals whenever Aika is charmed. Hopefully you've brought
a store of Sacrulen crystals, as you're going to need them. You should
only be using Sacrulen and Lunar Light when characters are taking 3,000+
a hit. Sacrum crystals.
This boss also returns with his Random Fire ability, this time doing around
4,000 to the targeted range. Again, you can halve the damage with Justice
Shield. If this attack hits more than two of your characters you'll definitely
want to recover with Lunar Light.
keep at least one character focusing per round. Even with Increm and purple
weapon Pirates' Wrath Vyse is only going to do around 3,500 damage. With
30,000 HP, this battle is going to take a -long- time. I suggest against
using Prophecy in this battle. While it will deal a good amount of damage,
it will also leave your characters to take huge amounts of damage from his
cannon attacks. Of his less dangerous attacks, his normal attack only hits
for around 1,500 damage, but it causes the confusion effect with extremely
high probabilty. While Aura of Denial can help here, it doesn't really
justify using Gilder over Enrique when there's this much damage involved.
The only thing I can really stress in this battle is to keep your HP at
full. At least this way you'll avoid one-hit kills from the Rapid Fire, but
unless you're extremely high level, to the point that I'm unwilling to
grind to, any character can be one shotted from a Cannon Fire that has
no Justice Shield. Raise characters the turn after they die with Rislem
crystals and don't bother using the spells, you need to save all of
the SP you can so Vyse can use Pirates' Wrath over and over again.
Be patient and very cautious. This is a fight of brute force, and it's
very easy to lose a few characters if you don't play defensively.
The Mesh tights from beating this boss are an accessory that only
Aika can equip. They increase her attack and Will by 40. Not as good as
a Defensive Aura for her, but nice nonetheless because of who they're from
and what they imply.
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Misc:
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What needs to be Finished:
The names of the goddamn squares in ship battles. I use the term "turn,"
but they have to have some sort of official name.
Emailing me: Due to my real life situation and college, I am unable to
answer EMails any longer. I do not publically give my IM out, due to large
numbers of unknown people contacting me. This guide may only be used on
your site if left unchanged from the current version and full credit is
given.
As of 2008, I have rewritten parts of this guide to make it easier to
read. Considering this was my first FAQ, it took some time. I also
did a minor reformat of some sections. The Version Info location has changed
and I removed the Suggested Level for all bosses.
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Version and Update Information:
Version 1.0: August 18th, 2008 - All main story bosses and optional bosses
completed. Any updates after this will be minor fixes.
Version .2 to .88: February 5th 2003 - November 15th, 2003: The start the
guide to Yeligar in the Maw of Tartas. Most optional bosses completed.
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Credit:
This section is for a special thanks. I put everyone who contributed
something here. And people, thanks again!
The Official SoAL guide for some of the HP numbers.
Justin Goddard: For that trick in beating the wanted list
enemies and the final bosses.
CreepEMe: For helping me figure out that the bounty
bosses HP changed depending on your own HP and level. (It was a team
effort!) Also for pointing out some of my extremely numerous typos. Also for
unintentionally giving me the idea for the Boss List. he also deserves a VERY
special thanks for just being there, and helping me with the guide. Doing
things, like halping me correct typos, and the like. Thanks ever so much!
Jeff Stoiber: My error about a captains stripe. I said
not to use it on the Little Jack as you will not be able to use it on the
Delphinus. But I was wrong, it carries over. Thank you.
Daniel Grenda: For the info on Elcian's item dropping.
Thanks.
Brandon Gliniak: For the tip about Rik'Talish.
Lord Umbra:The alternate strategy for Barta and
Rupee
Pete Jensen: For his tips for Barta, Rupee, and the Ixa'ness Demons.
RICKS, LANCE L: For a trick to beating Elcian.
Actoraronica: For another tip for beating Elcian
Volman16: For another Elcian strategy
Trevor Ralph: For a few of the HP totals I missed.
Rickey Dute: For a few of his own boss strategies.
Trevor: For the name changes in the Barta and Rupee battle
Thank you to all of you, though I may have removed your direct information
in the current version of this guide. I also removed your EMails from this
list.
Copyright 2003-2008 Stephanie Nutter
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