Zeromus, the Condemner hints and tips for Final Fantasy XII

Zeromus, the Condemner

I've heard a lot of people have trouble beating this guy, and I've come up with a plan to beat him without extreme leveling (which is the most common way to beat him). First of all, Zeromus is a secret esper in the Stillshrine of Miriam. After beating Judge Bergan in Mt. Bur-Omisace, talk to the acolyte in front of the temple to get the Stone of the Condemner. Go back to the stillshrine and use the waystone in the first room. When prompted, use the Stone of the Condemner to reach the Throne of Veiled Gods, where the esper lies.

BOSS - Zeromus

HP 166,888 - Level 51

--Most Recommended Levels - 60+

--My Recommended Levels - 50, preferably with all characters

The most notable (and annoying) aspect of this battle is that your magicks are sealed. Also, Dark Lords will spawn constantly to back Zeromus up. Normally this would be a tough battle, but I've found a cheap easy way to take him down. My recommendation for this battle is 99 phoenix downs, everyone with Ally: any - Phoenix Down and all your level 3 quickenings (which you should have by the time you fight this guy anyway). Start by immediately casting a quickening chain. Get the highest chain possible, hopefully along the lines of 15+ hits. Now, the fun part. The battle area is roughly a circle, so what you want to do is run around the outer edge (try not to get stuck) while holding down R2 (to flee). Doing so will drag Zeromus and all the Dark Lords that have spawned behind you. Keep running until one or two of your characters has at least one quickening bar. When this happens, revive any downed members and unleash a quickening chain again. If you don't have everyone revived it's no big deal, you just might not do as much damage. Now, rinse, lather, and repeat. If the quickening is good enough, it should knock out all the dark lords surrounding Zeromus (or at least do a hefty amount of damage) giving you some time to revive any downed members. Then continue your running until you can use another quickening. All it requires is time, a bit of luck, and a lot of phoenix downs. If your party goes down, switch out to the other and continue this strategy. I beat him with all level 48's. Luckily he won't have enough time to cast stop or slow on you because you'll always moving. Just be careful when you stop to unleash a quickening, he might hit you with Piercing Graviga or his normal attack (a good couple thousand damage), and also watch for dark lords' poison spells, maybe have some remedies and a gambit just in case. Other than that, it might take a few tries but if you do it right, you'll have claimed a difficult esper. Good luck.

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