V2.16 Strategy for Beating Bosses

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These strategies are for the bosses in Everlong v2.16. They have all been previously posted by DJC, I just compiled them into this thread.

The list is in chronological order.

Cavern Cracken, General Gerovitus (1st time), Ull, Charybdis, Furvus Equester, Marsh Fiend, Grolantor: just figure it out XP


Manifest Conception of Brad

The big keys to the Manifest Conception fight are to find the pattern to Tail Laser and remember to DEFEND against it to halve the damage. You're going to get hit with it on the first turn, and then every 5x turns after. Whenever you see Crown Laser, that means Tail Laser is coming the next turn.

If you get hit with Force Stealer don't waste time Healing heroes that aren't attacking physically. Having Power Break only lowers physical attacks with weapons, so no need to removeit from Julia for example.

It will help a lot too if Julia has Cure2 already, but if not compensate with Brad's Healing Blade, Drakeor's Chakra, Sammy's Mantra, and potions.


General Gerovitus (2nd time)

There's not a whole lot you can do to prepare for this fight. You don't have any Fire elemental protection yet this early in the game, so you'll just have to take the damage from Flamethrower. You can, however, equip Star Pendants and the Chimera Bracelet to prevent Poison (Poison Cleave).

Also when General Gerovitus is nearly out of HP he will say something, then begin using Last Gasp. This attacks deals massive damage and you can't survive it for many turns. Instead you have to break out your most powerful attacks and hope you deal enough damage to kill him before he kills you.


Yarthkin (Earth)

There's a couple big advantages you will want to exploit in this battle. The first is elemental protection against Earth attacks. Hopefully you still have the Earth Ring from the forest of Eridwell's Refuge. Give that to Meredith to halve earth damage to her. Then make sure Vetu has the Gaea hat, which you can buy at the local town of Dale. It will halve earth damage to him.

Next up equip the Chimera Bracelet to Meredith to ward off Poison, and maybe give some other characters some Star Pendants to help them with Poison as well.

If someone gets hit by Numb Touch make sure you remove it with a Heal quick. Also remove Poison as quick as possible. Stop attacking and use Heals if a lot of party members get hit with the condition. There's no way to stop Death Touch if it hits. If Meredith is alive and has MP she can use Revive. If it hits her, make sure you get her resurrected and healed fast.

Bio will be cats on you every 7x+1 turns, and Earth Rage every 10x+5 turns. Yarthkin will also change his attack pattern and become much harder when he gets low on HP.

For offense use Flame and Holy attacks. In this version of Everlong he still considered an 'undead' enemy which is why these two elements are effective against him. Glen has Flame Slash, Vetu has Fire2. Justin can use Uppercutter/Dynamite or use potions to help Meredith heal. She should have Cure2 by now and Osmose to replenish her MP without using ethers. If she has a free turn where no healing is required have her cast Sacred Light.


Veneficus

Give Meredith the Feather Dress to halve damage from Whirlwind and Aero. Vetu's Black Ring will halve dark damage to him. If you have other rings or equipment that protects against elements try using that. Veneficus casts lots of Fire/Ice/Lightning spells with some Wind/Dark mixed in. When she casts Fast on herself counter with Slow, you don't want her getting the first turn. She is weak against Air magic but strong against Earth (since she is floating).


Liquid Flame

Liquid Flame changes shape as he loses HP. His first two forms are not that bad, but when he changes to the third hand form you want to finish him off quickly and make certain to keep Meredith alive. Once you reach the third form she will be casting Cure 2 a lot, but she might need some healing help. Have Justin use healing items while Glen keeps using Ice Slash and Vetu Ice 2. As mentioned by Keeta give Meredith the Fire Ring if you have one. Also I suggest casting Slow on Liquid Flame in his first two forms so your characters will be faster than him when you reach the third form.

If you don't have a Fire Ring, give Meredith the Flame Ribbon which was from the witch's tower. If you have both then somebody else can use the Fire Ring.

Most bosses don't have a perfectly exact HP count because of my workaround for the 9,999 HP limit. So an approximation for Liquid Flame would be 18,000 HP. Here's how it works for this boss in particular:

1) Start at 9,999
2) When at 50% HP transform to second form, add back 5000 HP
3) Back at ~9,999
4) When at 30% HP transform to third form, add back 3000 HP
5) Now at ~6000, final amount


Dokkalfar (~level 20)

Dokkalfar the dark elf automatically changes into his dragon form after several turns no matter how much damage you deal before then. I would suggest saving your MPs until he does transform because his dragon form is weak against Ice and Air in addition to Holy.

For offense I would suggest Glen's Ice Slash and Vetu's Ice 2 to deal some serious damage every turn. If Meredith has nothing better to do cast Sacred Light.

For defense you will want Vetu to have his Black Ring equipped to halve Dark damage. You may want to give Meredith the Feather Dress from the witch's tower if you found it and did not sell it. That will halve Air elemental damage from Whirlwind. If you have a Wind Ring equip that to a character as well. If you have any equipment that protects against death or mindblow use those pieces as well.

Something that is very important to remember is that Dark Breath will ALWAYS follow Mindblow. Dokkalfar will never stray from this pattern. When you see him cast Mindblow you know what is coming next turn, so try and heal up for the big hit. You can also have each character use the Defend command and halve the damage from Dark Breath.


Chancellor Dolus

Dolus has four arms in addition to his own torso, but he won't use his powerful attacks until all the arms are dead. You can use Agility Break on the Lower Left Arm and Armor Break on Dolus if you desire, but it may not help that much and instead only wastes Skill Shards.

I would suggest opening the battle by using your best skills that target ALL enemies. This includes Faclon Slash, Blade Beam, Quake, etc. The arms do not have that much HP, ranging from 1000-2000. You'll probably run out of MP casting your skills before they are all dead. You can than finish them off one by one or use some ethers to continue unleashing your skills.

Meredith will need to be casting Cure2 every turn to counter all the damage. If any one character takes significant damage from an attack, have another hero stop attacking for a turn and instead help out with healing. Whenever a status effect is inflicted don't waste Meredith's turn curing it. Have a different hero use a Heal item. You will be up against: poison, blind, instant death, Power Break.

Aegir (King Carl imposter, Water)

For the battle against Aegir you will probably want to make use of the Water Ring accessory and Aqua Shield if you still have either. Give Meredith Water Ring to halve water Elemental damagea dne either Glen ro Justin the Aqua Shield to do the same. if you have a Blue Beret (I'm not sure if you can buy them at that point in the game) equip that to halve Ice elemental damage.

For offense use Glen's Thunder Slash, Vetu with Lightning 2, Justin his best sword attack, and if Meredith gets a free turn she should cast Slow on Aegir or Fast on herself. Make sure that you keep Meredith faster than Aegir by countering his Haste spell with Slow every time he casts it. The battle can turn out disastrously if he pushes his speed far above yours.

There is a set pattern to when Aegir casts Fast (turn 3+5x) and Tsunami (turn 5 +10x) so figure out that pattern. When Tsunami is coming have your team Defend to halve the damage. Watch out for Ice 3 as well, being aware that it can wipe out a character with full HP easily. Aegir will become much more difficult one he's lost most of his health, so have Justin ready to stop attacking and help Meredith heal with potions and such.


Soul Cage

Soul Cage is weak against Flame/Ice/Holy elements but strong against Earth/Dark. Axes are also effective if you still have the Gold Axe. Star Pendants will help here against his Bio/Poision attacks. Remember that Bio will always follow the spell Shocker. It's a good idea to stop attacking for a turn to use Heal items and remove the poison from your afflicted characters after Bio. Keep your HP as high as you can for Green Tide. He will start casting it more often as he gets weaker. Soul Cage starts the battle with MP Buster, but if you have the items to recover your MP you can start casting Fire Dance/Tidal Flame/Fire Dragon and kill him rather quick.


Dr. Ament of Cirigoth

Dr. Ament uses many poisoning attacks, so arrange your equipment to best protect against that. He'll also use attacks that cause Numb, Dark, and instant death. Remember that Sammy's Mantra can help cure some status effects (Poison and Blind included) so use that skill not only to help heal but also to remove statuses from multiple heroes quickly.

Whirlwind and Dark Breath are the two strongest attacks Dr. Ament has, so try and equip some protection against Wind and Dark elemental spells. His Overpower skill will also deal high damage to a single target, so be careful how low you let your HP get, especially for Julia.

Dr. Ament is strong against Dark but weak against Holy. Both Sammy (Aura Bolt) and Julia (Sacred Light) can exploit this, but Julia will probably be spending most of her time healing with Cure2. Use Keen and Drakeor's best skills to deal damage, but don't be afraid to have them stop to help heal with items if you need it. Also remember that Drakeor can cast Chakra on himself to remove Poison/Blind and heal HP.


Fulgora (Wind)
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Manifest Birth

Take at least 1 White Wizard (Julia/Meredith). If you're having problems healing then take Sammy (use Mantra skill). Drakeor also has a self-heal (Chakra) to make things even easier. You're definently going to want some offensive magic for when Manifest Birth changes into it's anti-physical form, so bring either Vetu for his Black Magic or Glen for his Fire/Ice/Thunder Slash attacks.

Manifest Birth constantly changes its weaknesses between physical and magic attacks. You will know when the change occurs since the monster will flash and a message will appear. Probe for which type of attack Manifest Birth is weak against at that time before wasting MP. For example: if a Fire spell seems to do extra damage unleash your best magic attacks. If physical attacks hit for more then start fighting with melee weapons.

I also suggest using whatever elemental protection equipment you have. When Manifest Birth goes into its magic form it will start unleashing elemental spells constantly, so halving some of the damage helps a lot.

Outpost Bosses:

King Dragonfly (west)

Use Meredith's Awaken spell to quickly remove Sleep from all allies. It is part of her Status skill line. Make sure you have lots of Fire/Ice/Wind skills to do some high damage. Sleep/Poison/Silence/Berserk are the status effects you'll be dealing with. Whirlwind (Air) is his only elemental attack. Sleep Breath will come every 4+5x turns, followed by a double attack. You'll get hit with Tail Swipe after another turn as well.

Evil Wall (south)

Evil Wall isn't weak against elemental attacks, so I would focus less on magic against him and more on raw attack and speed. When Evil Wall gets low on HP he will start crushing your party to death one by one. You have to kill him quickly at this point before your last hero dies.

If you're having difficulties I would suggest using at least 1 White Wizard, Samy for additional healing, Glen for Power/Armor Break, and Keen/Drakeor for their speed.

Elemental protection against Dark (Dark Rising/Dark 1) will help, as well as Fire/Ice/Lightning (Delta Storm). Press will always follow Delta Storm, and Crush is used every 10x+10 turns.

Gargoyle Necromancer (north)
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General Gerovitus --> Draugr Gerovitus

For the final fight against General Gerovitus you have to keep in mind that you will be fighting two bosses in a row and have to prepare for each of them. For Gerovitus in his human form the most important thing is to try and equip items that prevent Poison (Poison Clever). He also uses Dark Stab which causes blind to a single foe, but this should not prove difficult to counter with a Heal item/spell.

If you can afford it, throw in some Fire elemental protection for Flame Thrower. His first form isn't the tough battle, however, so instead concentrate on getting everything you need for the second battle.

Gerovitus in his demonic form also inflicts Poison with Bio. In addition he has several Dark elemental attacks (Dark 1&2, Shadowcast, Dark Rising) so you will want to have as much elemental protection against Dark as possible. He will also cast Whirlwind so Air elemental protection will also help out here.

For offense remember that Draugr Gerovitus is weak against Undead effectvie weapons, and that Holy magic does 2x damage. As he gets lower on HP he will start using Shadowcast and Whirlwind frequently.

When he starts casting nothing but Shadowcast put him down quickly (he has 5% HP left) since you won't be able to survive for long.

Another thing to keep in mind is Draugr Gerovitus will always cast Dark2 exactly 2 turns before Shadowcast. So once you see Dark2 then remember that after the next turn (which could be any spell) he will cast Shadowcast. Try and be healed up by then and use the DEFEND command to halve the damage. He can also cast Shadowcast at will, however, so in addition to planning for it after Dark2 be ready at any time.

I also suggest protecting against Wind elemental attacks (Whirlwind) and Poison status (Bio, Poison). Power Break and Mental Break also work on Draugr Gerovitus. Holy magic is 2x effective, and weapons for use against the undead are 3x effective (if you have any).


Sekhmet

Sekhmet doesn't use any elemental attacks nor does she have any elemental weaknesses, so you don't have to worry about that. She is weak against Power and Agility Break, however, so inflicting those on her will help you against her physical attack and get your turns first. Status effects to guard against include: Instant Death (Lance of Atrophy), Poison (Poison Spear), and Berserk (Enrage).

If you still have the Charm Shield from Senium Forest on the Imperial Continent that will protect against Instant Death. There aren't many other items you can acquire yet in the game that can also prevent Instant Death, so you will mostly have to deal with Lance of Atrophy killing characters if it hits. It will usually follow Skewer, but not all the time. Also, when Sekhmet starts using nothing but Skewer she is about to die (1000 HP) so finish her quickly then.


Nergal (~level 31)

He is weak against Power and Armor Break. Holy magic is effective, as are Undead attribute weapons. Watch out for Poison (Poison Blade) and Dark elemental attacks (DarkForce, Dark2). Dark Force and Death Blow follow a set pattern. Deathblow will cause instant death randomly. The only protection you have is the Charm Shield from Senium Forest if you kept it.


Laverna

Laverna, the third member of the Invincible Four you fight, splits into three different enemies. The RIGHT HAND focuses on healing and stat boosting while the LEFT HAND causes status effects and deals damage. Laverna herself casts weak elemental spells until you kill her hands. Then she starts casting much stronger spells that hit the entire party. Attack the RIGHT HAND first since it is the weakest and is the healer. Then take out the LEFT HAND. Finish off Laverna last.

You're going to want as much elemental protection as you can get for this battle. Fire/Ice/Lightning are the most important but if you can afford some Water/Wind/Earth/Dark/Holy protection that will help a lot too.

There's many status effects to try and prevent as well: poison, numb, instant death, silence, and blind. Poison is the most dangerous because of how much HP it can drain quickly.

All these enemies are 'flying' since they hover above the ground so bows and projectiles (Willis' guns, Keen's throwables) do extra damage. You can also use Agility Break on Laverna. This is easier than casting Slow, especially when you need to counter the RIGHT HAND casting Fast.


Marowit (1st time)

Marowit doesn't have any elemental weaknesses, but Mental and Agility Break both work against him. You're going to want protection against Stone (Tortoise Shield, White Cape), instant death, and Blind if you can. For elemental defenses focus protection against Fire, Ice, and Lightning. Marowit also has a couple Dark and Holy spells.

The elemental protection is pretty key here as well as using the Tortoise Shield and White Cape for Stone. Blind isn't such a big deal since it can be easily remove, and Marowit doesn't cast Dark/Holy spells as often as the Ice/Fire/Thunder ones. Agility Break will help a ton too since you'll get your turn before him that way.

Muspell (~level 35) (Fire)

Make sure you are using lots of Fire elemental protection equipment (Flame Shield/Armor/Helm, Flame Ribbon, Fire Ring, etc). On top of that you will want to be using Flame Shell on your characters as much as possible. This acts like Drakeor's Aura spell, except just for Fire damage. Flame Shell is found in the Tower of Auctus so you probably already have it but maybe did not teach it to a character yet. Flame Shell/Aura combined with Fire equipment will reduce Fire damage to almost nothing.

For offense you will want to have the Ice weapons you found in Auctus (Ice Brand/Blizzard/Eskimo Bow, etc) but they won't be very effective until Muspell removes his mask. Once he does that though start using your weapons and/or Ice/Water elemental attacks for massive damage. He also gets much harder when he takes off his mask so you want to finish him quick. Beforehand just use your best non-elemental attacks to deal damage.


Manifest Life

Manifest Life at the end of the Tower of Auctus has ~20,000 HP and no weakness, so you're going to have to slug it out with regular attacks and high damage skills. If you want the battle to be as short as possible you will be using many Hi-Ethers to feed your special attacks.

Forming your party:

Manifest Life can have it's Armor and Mind power broken. Depending on how many skill shards you have you can either take Glen (Armor/Mental Break), Keen (Banishing Blade), Willis (Big Shot), or Justin (Climhazzard) to fill this role.

Sammy can also fill this role if you have enough shards for No Mercy, but at the same time you will him to have Mantra/White Wind to help with healing. This a crucial role if you're having difficulty healing with just one White Wizard.

Drakeor is a must have character any time you face elemental damage. His Aura instantly halves elemental attacks. Combine that with equipment that protects against elements and you nullify the damage. He's also fast and can use Spear Rain or his dragon powers to deal high damage. He's also got a self heal in Chakra that can remove a few conditions.

Your White Wizard can be either Julia or Meredith as always. If you have enough Skill Shards you're going to want Heal and Cure4. Slow and/or Fast may also prove useful. If you plan on using Armor Break + lots of physical attacks then bringing Might along will help boost your damage output.

The Battle:

When you get hit with Force Stealer don't bother removing it from players using attacks that are not physically based. Regular attacks are always physically based, but not all skill attacks are. Watch and see if your damage output becomes reduced to see if you're being affected.

Phantasm will cause Mindblow, which you will promptly want to remove since it drains MP as well as paralyzes the target. Prevention isn't a big deal unless you can spare the equipment slot easily. It only hits one character at a time and a simple Heal spell or item does the job to remove it.

Casting Slow a few times at the start of the battle may help a lot to get your turn first. You will want to Break Manifest Life's Mind power first, however, so the Slow spell is more effective. For reference, it's Agility is 170.

The elements you face will be Ice (Ice3/Surge), Fire (Fire3), and Lightning (Lightning3/Giga Volt). Nothing too complicated, and you should have plenty of equipment to mix and match so your characters have at least some elemental protection against these elements.

Fascination can be a problem if it affects a large number of your team at once. You may want to use your Peace Ring on a character with high agility who can remove the Confuse off other players quickly at the start of the next round.

Quasar is the attack you want to watchout for. It does ~300 damage to everyone. Therefore 300 is a good threshold to keep your characters' HP above at all times. It doesn't follow a pattern like Cure4 or Force Stealer, so you never know when you'll get hit. Just be prepared at any time.

Lastly as Manifest Life gets near death it will start using nothing but Quasar, Surge, and Phantasm. This is a sign that you need to pour on the damage as quickly as possible and finish the battle. It will only have ~3,000 HP left so bust out your best attacks skills.

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Forgotten Continent
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Dynamo (on Inceptum)
On the first turn and every 5x turns afterwards you will get hit by a wave for 150 HP, so always keep that in mind. For offense just use your best skills. On defense there's nothing special you need to do; just cast Cure4 constantly or if Sammy is in your party have him do Mantra/White Wind. I also suggest giving your White Wizard as much speed from equipment bonuses as possible so she goes before Dynamo. You can use Power+Armor Break on him, but to lower his speed you would have to cast Slow. Dynamo does have one attack that will cause Shock status, but it's not a big deal. Do watch out for his instant kill attacks Instagib and Flak Cannon. If a player goes down get them up and at full HP quickly since the waves in addition to Dynamo will kill them.


Terrapin Body/Head

In the Terrapin battle you are facing 2 enemies. The first one is the Body, which does nothing but Defend and cast Recover. It is weak against Thunder but strong against Water and Fire. I highly suggest using all your power to kill the body first. Otherwise it will negate significant damage to the Head every time it casts Recover. Use attacks like Lightning 3, Thunder Slash, Ramuh, and Thunder Dragon to deal high damage. It only has 8,000 HP.

The second foe is the Head, which is weak against Armor and Mental Break, and Thunder. It is strong against Fire/Water just like the Body. The Head is the monster with all the attacks. When you see it take a turn but do nothing, this means the Eye Laser attack is coming next turn. I highly suggest Defending the next round against Eye Laser to halve the damage.

The Head can normal attack with a 1 in 3 Critical chance. It can cause Poison (Poison Spit) and Confuse (Broodling). It has a single target Eye Laser attacks and several other physical attacks. Its elemental attacks are all Lightning/Ice/Fire, so try and get as much elemental protection from equipment as possible.

Sammy's Mantra will help cure the entire party of Poison after a Poison Spit, plus it will help in addition to your White Wizard's Cure4 after an Eye Laser attack. Drakeor's Aura + elemental equipment will negate Fire/Ice/Lightning damage to him, plus he can use Chakra to remove Poison from himself and self heal HP. Pick another character with some Break attacks (Glen/Justin/Willis/Keen) so you can use Mental/Armor Break on the Head.

The Terrapin Head as 150 Agility so you may want your White Wizard to cast Slow on it a couple times. Try doing it AFTER using Mental Break so that Slow is more effective.


Flidais

Power and Mental Break will work against her. Being a plant she is also weak against Axes and plant attribute weapons. She will use Seize every 8 turns, and there is also a pattern to her spell 8.0, which is also always followed by Ent Fury. When she starts to get weaker she'll become tougher, and at 10% she will use nothing but Taproot. At that point finish her off with some big attacks. I also recommend using Drakeor if you're having problems, since his Aura spell + Earth elemental equipment will negate most of Flidais' spells.

Most important is Earth elemental protection. The more characters that have this the easier the fight will be. If you still have older equipment, try the Gaea Gear, Blossom Robe, Earth Ring, Gaea (hat for Vetu), Gem Shield, etc.


Nemus Aevum Guardians:

Tyrano

Most of Guardian Tyrano's attacks are non-elemental, meaning you will have to bear the full brunt of the damage. You will want Earth, Fire, and Shadow protection for Earth Rage, Fire Breath, and Shadow Flare respectively. Acid Rain will cause Armor Break, but that is not too significant except against normal physical hits.

Acid Rain will follow a pattern, as will Shadow Flare and Tetra Breath. Shadow Flare will ALWAYS precede Tetra Breath, so when you see that be ready for a big hit next turn. You cannot DEFEND against Tetra Breath and it is technically non-elemental in this version of the game.

For offense do NOT use fire/ice/thunder/earth attacks. Tyrano is weak against Reptile effective weapons. Power and Armor Break will also work against him. Tyrano is already slow (100 Agility) so it should not be a problem getting your turn first every round.

You will need a lot of healing power to counter the high damage dealing for this battle. Make sure your White Wizard has Angel Whisper and Cure4. Sammy might be able to help heal with his White Wind, and Drakeor/Justin's self heals Chakra/Blood Sword may also prove useful in keeping them alive.

Guardian Tyrano has ~21000 HP.


Aquaron

Weak: Mental Break, Armor Break
Strong: Fire, Water, Thunder

Ice based attacks: Ice3(single), Surge(all), Avalanche(all)
Water based attacks: Tsunami(all), Big Wave(all), Aqua Breath(all), Water3(single)
Other attacks: Bite(single), Engulf(single), Squeeze(single), Tail Swipe(all), Southern Cross(all)
Super attack: Cleansweep(all 450-550 damage)

Aquaron will always use Water3 before Cleansweep, so when you see Water3 get ready to brace for the super attack. Obviously you're going to want Ice and Water elemental protection via equipment. Prevent against Instant Death as well from Squeeze. Aquaron will also change his attack pattern slightly when he gets low on HP. You'll stop seeing the elemental attacks so much. Dealing damage with non-elemental skills or regular attacks after inflicting Armor Break and anticipating Cleansweep are the keys to this battle.


Kuwadora
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Dragona

There is no way to remove the Swallowed condition, just as you cannot cure Seized. You simply have to keep the character alive and wait the the number of turns (5) until they are spat back out. You're going to want Lightning, Wind, and Ice elemental protection as well as status protection against Frozen. Power and Mental Break are effective against Dragona, as are dragon attribute weapons. Attack with the Dragon Sword to do some hefty damage. When you see her cast Weaken I suggest DEFENDING next round against Dragon Breath. Also be on the lookout for her final attack before she dies. You will need a character with HP to survive it.


Sanctuary Keeper

To start with you want to protect against Disaster, which is the spell that causes nearly every possible status effect. The best counter is to equip your White Wizard with a Ribbon. There was one in a red chest back in Aditus Grotto as well as a secret one in Nemus Aevum. It is also possible to have a Protect Ring (won from one of the chocobo mini-games), which will not only block most debilitating status effects but also halve all elemental defense.

Mega Death is another status attack to watch out for. If you found the Safety Bit in Nemus Aevum or still have the Charm Shield from Senium Forest those will both prevent instant death for the characters without Ribbons or Protect Rings.

Next up is elemental defenses. As mentioned before Protect Rings are useful here. If you found the Mirror Shield in Nemus Aevum make sure someone has it equipped since it also halves all elemental damage. If you found the Minerva equipment in the forest that will help female characters against four elements. Mix and match with the rest of the equipment you have, focusing to protect against Dark, Fire, and Earth.

To narrow that speed gap and get your White Wizard the first turn every round, try using a special skill on the Sanctuary Keeper to halve his agility (Agility Break/Banishing Blade/Climhazard/No Mercy). You can also halve his armor though unless you're using regular attacks it won't help that much. If you still need more speed try using Fast. Slow will not be very effective unless you first boost your mind power.

Attacks that follow a regular pattern include: MP Buster, Demolish followed by Grand Train, and Mega Death followed by Disaster. Keep an eye out for the precursors so you know when the big hit is coming. Counter MP Buster with a Mega-Ether; it won't happen that often.

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Nidhogg (~40,000 HP)

Make sure everyone at leats has Air/Lightning elemental protection when fighting Niddhog. Use Ice based attacks to deal some massive damage to him. Dragon attrbute weapons (Dragon Sword/Star Sword/Dragon Claw) will also do some major damage. Using Armor/Power Break will help too. If you can spare it, protect against Dark elemental damage too (Shadow Flare). Nidhogg has 280 Agility so you will want to Slow him down.

Nidhogg casts all three dragon attacks randomly: Dragon Crest, Dragon Breath, and Dragon Force. LV42 is at the bottom range of what is usual for the Dark Crystal quests. Since you can deal a lot of damage to Nidhogg quickly with dragon weapons and Ice spells/attacks, just your White Wizard to keep your HP as high as possible, even casting Cure5 every turn. The other three heroes can easily deal enough damage themselves using Nidhogg's weaknesses.

More on elemental protection/offense:

Nidhogg is weak against Ice, Dragon attribute weapons, and Power/Armor Break. You will need Air elemental protection at the very least for Hurricane/Cyclone, but he also uses Lightning (Giga Volt/Thunderstorm) Dark (Shadow Flare) and Fire (Fire Breath) attacks. When he uses MP Buster the best way to recover MP is with a Mega-Ether.


Lockness (~40,000 HP)


Most of the items you find in the Ship Graveyard dungeon are equipment pieces resistant to Water and Ice (and prevent Frozen). You will want to wear these or other pieces of equipment that protect against those two elements. Try Defending when you know Ocean Rage is coming. For offense you can use Thunder elemental attacks to deal massive damage, but only when Lockness' thunder shield is powered down. When the shield is up you won't do damage with them so just use regular attacks.

Water Spout reduces your Water elemental defense. Drakeor is the only character that can counter this by recasting Aura. Otherwise it might be best to let those characters die and then when brought back to life their elemental defenses will be normal again.

Also for Ocean Rage it will always be preceeded by Whisker Touch, so when you see that use the Defend command the next round to halve damage. Whisker Touch also has a pattern with Glacier3 and Water Spout so be careful about not getting confused.

You're going to want Water/Ice elemental protection, Ribbons or Protect Rings to ward against Whisker Touch, and Lightning elemental attacks for when Lockness' shield is recharging. Armor and Power Break are also effective.


Calbrenda

You want Dark elemental protection for her Midnight Shade attack. One of your White Wizards should have a Ribbon on (both if you have two Ribbons) or Protect Rings to defend against Disaster and it's status effects. Demi Shock always comes before Disaster, and Midnight Shade follows a pattern as well. The more of the Cals and Brendas you damage/kill before they turn into Calbrenda, the less HP she will have.

Calbrenda will have at least ~25,000 HP unless you managed to kill ALL the Cals and Brendas before they transform. If any Cals or Brenda's remain their HP is added to Calbrenda's, making the possiblity of her having up to ~50,000 HP if you deal no damage before the transformation.


Manifest Death

Just like for any boss you have difficulty with, a sure team is Drakeor, Sammy, Julia/Meredith, and then one other character with some attribute break skills. This means Glen/Justin/Willis/Keen. Drakeor can combine his Aura spell with elemental protection from equipment to nullify elemental damage. Sammy has Mantra and White Wind for extra healing and mass condition removal. Obviously you need a White Wizard for Revive, Cure4, Angel Whisper, Slow, and Heal, etc.

Manifest Death is weak against ALL 4 attribute breaks; Power/Mind/Defense/Agility can all be halved. Justin/Willis/Keen can all do this in one attack, but Glen has the elemental slashes you might need later. Of course Keen and Justin also have a couple elemental attacks, so pick whoever you want.

For Manifest Death you want 2 other things: Dark elemental protection (black Sun/Shadowcast) and Instant Death (Mega-Death) protection. To prevent Instant Death use Protect Rings, Ribbons, Charm Shield, or Safety Bit. You'll want to watchout for Shadowcast which LOWERS your dark elemental resistance. Often it's best to let characters die if they're already almost dead with lowered resistance. When they revive their resistance is restored to normal.

Manifest Death will start using it's best attacks when it only has ~5,000 HP left. Kill it quickly at this point. Until this happens, Spirit Rage will ALWAYS precede Grand Stone. You can choose to either DEFEND after Spirit Rage to halve the Grand Stone damage or risk the the HP loss to revive whoever just died.

Manifest Death HP: ~50,000 HP
Manifest Death Attacks:
Black Hole (250 HP Absorb ALL)
Dark Sun (800 HP Dark SINGLE)
Fusion (500 HP SINGLE)
Grand Stone (650 HP ALL)
Gravitron (400 HP ALL, causes Shock)
Nova Blast (800 HP SINGLE)
Shadowcast (325 HP DARK ALL, lowers Dark resistance)
Spirit Rage (999 HP SINGLE, ignores defense)
Mega Death (Instant Death ALL)
Flare (700 HP SINGLE)
Grand Train (500 HP ALL)


Marowit (2nd time)

You also fight Marowit a second time later in the game. He will have three heads. The LEFT is weak against only magic, The RIGHT is weak against only physical attacks. Both are weak against all four Break conditions. The status effects you wil be dealing with in this battle include: Blind, Poison, Stone, Sleep, and Mindblow. Have as much elemental protection as you can since every single elemental spell will be cast on you in this battle.

I suggest using Agility Break on the LEFT and RIGHT heads and Slow on the CENTER head to start the battle. Then focus on killing off the side heads one at a time. Once they are both dead Marowit CENTER will begin casting much harder spells.

There are also 2 different endings for this battle depending on how fast you defeat Marowit.


Atma Weapon

For Atma you'll face these status effects: Poison, Mindblow, ArmorBreak, Stone, Frozen, Instant Death, Silence.

Give your White Wizard a Ribbon. If you have a second Ribbon or Protect Rings make sure you're wearing them all. The Safety Bit may help out here, as well as the Charm Shield or Barrier equipment set.

Elements you'll face: Dark, Holy, Ice, Earth.

Most of the high damage attacks are non-elemental, though.

Ultima, Flare, Fissure, and MP Buster follow set patters, but devastating attacks like Holy Judgement or Meteor can come at any time. You must keep your HP as high as possible 24/7.

Use a Mega-Ether to counter MP Buster.

Ultima starts on turn 5 and every 10 turns after that.
Flare starts on turn 6 and every 5 turns after that.
Fissure starts on turn 10 and every 10 turns after that.
MP Buster is turn 13 start + 13x.

Atma has absolutely zero weaknesses, so just attack with Ultimate Weapons or use your best skills to output damage. Its speed is 300 so have your White Wizard well beyond that if you can.


Altair --> Dark Lich

*Make sure you have elemental protection against dark, lightning, ice, and fire.

*Make sure you equip all the Ribbon accessories and Protect Rings you have since the Dark Lich casts Disaster (your White Wizard should be the first to receive one).

*Try and also give your healer the highest Agility possible, well over 300. If you can't then you will have to slow the Dark Lich down, but this is difficult and complicated. First you have to increase the Mind power of your White Wizard so that casting Slow is effective. To do this use the spell Focus and Echo Sounds. Keep her alive no matter what while you're doing this since if she dies she will lose all the temporary boosts. Once you are getting her turn first you've got the edge and can start dealing damage.

*Altair will usually cast Cure3 following Omnislash giving you a chance to regroup and heal right away. The Dark Lich will always cast Life Transfer before Rise of the d**ned, so when you see that spell know what is coming next turn.

*Always keep your HP as high possible all the time since you never know when you might get hit with Omnislash, Dark Fumes, Dark Break, or Flare Geyser. Use Cure5 extensively to heal the entire party, Revive for single heals to restore 100% health, and Angel Whisper for party members hurt and status afflicted. Now is the time to burn items like Mega/X-Potions and Ethers, Mega-Phoenix, and Elixers.

*If you're having trouble with healing you can always bring Sammy along with White Wind. Give him a Ribbon so status effects won't hit him, and then he can cast White Wind giving back 400+ HP and removing most status effects on the rest of the party.


Aegir + Yarthkin + Fulgora + Muspell
n/a


Expirius
n/a


Gatekeeper
n/a


Entropy Expirius (Final Battle)
For the final battle with Expirius elemental armor pieces are not useful since none of his attacks are elemental based and they all ignore defense. For this battle pick equipment for stat boosts and protection against Chaos.

Items that prevent Chaos: Ribbon, Guardian Angel, Protect Ring, God's Hand, Transcendence Armor, Hope Ribbon.

To cure Chaos you can use Heal, Elixer, Mega-Elixer, Miracles, and Holy Water. The spells Heal and Angel Whisper also remove Chaos, but not Sammy's White Wind.

Entropy Expirius has no weakness so the only reason for choosing a certain weapon for this battle is either stat boosts, Attack Power to increase special skill damage, or Critical Hit % to improve melee damage.

I usually have my characters bust out with their best skills when fighting the final boss battles since you want to maximize the damage every turn and there's no reason not to burn your items restoring MP this late in the game. Weapons that double hit might be worth using instead of skills if you get enough criticals with them. All ultimate weapons (except Tiger Claw since they are duel wield) have a 50% Critical Hit chance. Excalibur also is 50% and a few other weapons (Ragnorak, Yoshiyuki, Gungnir) also have high percentages.

Speed is the ultimate factor in this battle. Once you get your White Wizard with the speed advantage you can cruise to victory, though it may take some time. Entropy Expirius doesn't have any skill to speed himself back up, so if you slow him down he'll never get his turn first again. This is not easy, however, since he has maximum Mind power which helps him resist the spell Slow.

To combat this you will need to boost your Mind power first, then cast Slow repeatedly while staying alive. Basically you need to forget about dealing damage at the start until you get the speed advantage. I suggest giving your healer as much Agility and Mind boosting equipment as possible.

I would suggest the Divine Right, Stealth armlet, Speed Demon robe, Hope Ribbon (for Chaos prevention) and the Immortal Fervor or Rabbit Foot as the accessory. That's +175 Agility. You can even forsake the Hope Ribbon for the Stealth or Shinobi's Mark headband if you want more speed and will rely on someone else to cure your White Wizard of Chaos. If you would rather start with higher Mind power then go with the Divine Right, Energy Conduit, Robe of Lords, Regal Crown, and Immortal Fervor or Prodigy Glove as the accessory.

Once in battle you need to increase your stats so you can start getting your turn first and have the Mind power to slow down your enemy. Do this using Hero Drinks, Time Tears, and Echo Sounds while the White Wizard casts either Fast for speed or Focus for magic. Hero Drinks are good since they boost both speed and mind, possibly giving your healer the first turn before she slows down Expirius with her boosted mind.

You are right, however, that she MUST stay alive or she loses the bonuses from the items and spells. Use the other three characters to boost her with items and heal the party. Just burn a Mega-Elixer every turn with one hero. After a few turns of this try casting Slow and see the effect. The higher your mind power the bigger the slowdown. Entropy Expirius has 350 Agility, but there is a large degree of randomness so you will want to slow him down quite a bit below your Agility level.

The background changes 4 times, each time after you damage Entropy for another ~25,000 HP. So in total he has about 100,000 HP, which is really only 10,000 more than Expirius. Once you get a clear speed advantage then just focus on keeping your HP as high as possible every turn and dealing damage. Remember, this is the last fight so hold nothing back especially on item use for HP/MP recovery.

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Optional Bosses
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Osama

As a boss, Osama is meant to be fought when you get the airship and return from the Forgotten Continent. He probably won't stand much of a chance against an end-game party at level 50. Your reward for defeating him is the Pink Tail, which I believe is traded for the Titanium ore to make the Titanium Shield/Armor/Helm at the Master Forge. This set is lightweight and has high defensive and increases agility.


Pale Dim (~60,000 HP)

The hardest thing about Pale Dim is that it's a constant speed battle. You need to go in with a high speed rating (he has 350 base speed), but you also have to keep slowing Pale Dim down when he tries to speed himself up or slow your characters down. You can break his Armor but not his Agility, so you will have to resort to using Slow. Pale Dim also has a high Mind rating (600), which makes Slow less effective (unless you boost your Mind rating too). If you simply don't have enough speed, come back later when you get stuff like the Stealth equipment, Speed Demon robe, and Immortal Fervor.

Don't bother using earth attacks since he hovers above the ground. Pale Dim doesn't have an elemental weakness, so just use your best damage skills. He has a three attack pattern that repeats: Haste (10x+5) -> Detonator (10x+6) -> Pale Breath (5x+7). As you can see you get two Pale Breaths to every Haste/Detonator, so only half the time you know it is coming.

Earth elemental resistance will help you against earthquake, but that's about it for this fight since most of his attacks override your elemental protection (due to necessity to make them work in rm2k unfortunently). Other attacks: Blue Stone, Telekinesis, Pale Beam, Mana Wave, Slow All. He also has a 100% chance to critical hit unless you have protection against that.


Shinryu (~80,000 HP)
n/a


Plague (~45,000 HP)

Your best bet to defeat Plague is not to attempt to dish out enough damage before everyone dies, though. If you have it, try reading the Plague book in your library. There is a special tactic you can use for this battle that will make it very easy, and the book hints at it.

There is a trick to this battle that makes it a lot easier than dealing enough damage to kill Plague before her Death Sentence fells your party. I don't want to spoil it, but I'll give you a hint: when you begin the battle you want at least one character to already be in a special condition. If you have the Plague book in your library try reading that as well for a tip.


Opopopago (~70,000 HP)

For Opopopago I suggest consulting your library and see if you have the book on him (and the other legendary monsters guarding the ultimate weapons in Atlantis). He's weak against Lightning damage since he is Water elemental, but he also casts lightning spells in addition to ice and water. Many of his attacks in v2.x overpower elemental defense (because there was no other way to do them) so be mindful of that. You will probably want to slow him down and keep a atchful eye out for Double Big Wave's pattern.


Ultimate Weapon

The Ultimate Weapon is just that; the most difficult boss in the game. Before challenging it you should have substantially boosted all your hero stats using Power/Mind/Vitality/Speed Sources. All characters should also have 999 HP/MP via the use of Golden and Silver Apples. In addition you will need a boatload of Elixers, Mega-Elixers, and Miracles. Because the UW has 125K HP you also want to make sure you're using your best skills to ensure max damage output. Hopefully you won Omnislash by completing all challenges at the Battle Arena. You can still defeat the UW without being super powered but you'll have to dedicate a single character to using a full recover item every turn.

The Ultimate weapon is easier in that he has a set pattern and pretty much demands that you continually fully heal. It's not a matter of being caught off guard by a big attack; you always anticipate one and heal up full. He does have the most health in the game (125,000 HP) so it's a lengthy battle that more a test of your endurance and patience to not make a mistake with a poor gamble.

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Thank you, Ives! This will make the lives of at least some of us considerably easier!

[silvery]

ives, you did it. Thank you for your work.

[Marowit Quest]

Man,I finish all the quest on your walkthrough,continue it,I have some quesr still does not know how to do,try to an ultimate walkthrough with maps,I am stuck to agains Marowit,he's the one of the invicicle 4,I always lost to him,he always turn my party member into a stone then kill the rest ally,did you know what can against this spell,and he use death to kill an ally, :(give some stragety to beat him please,bees.I have been lv.30,with the good weapon,what equipment will help me to against the stone magic...
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Ultimate Weapon
I am not gonna to agree your way to kill UW,that will be waste lots of item.Use Miracle every turn,is this a good way to kill UW?I didn't choose this way.I kill ultimate weapon with Mega Ether only,and I don't use Julia or Meredith in my party,I like to use Vixen when I face to him.And I boost my HP to 999,use Phoenix every turn.Well,use Phoenix is better than this.Use Miracle every turn just waste your item,it's really useless for Ultimate Weapon.That's the better way to kill it.There's 3 ways you can choose.
1.Just like ives said,use Miracle every turn,waste the item,it's not the good idea.
2.Julia/Meredith use Cure 5,and Sammy use White Wind per turn.Fully recover party member's HP.
3.Vixen in your party,Phoenix fully revive per turn.The most easy way to kill UW.
The first time I challenge him I use Vetu,Julia,Sammy,Keen.I use Miracle every turn,at the end I don't have that much Miracle and Mega Elixer,I lost.The 2nd time I lost,too.I use the same way,so...The third time I win,because I use way 2,Julia use Cure 5,and Sammy use White Wind per turn.After all,I find a easiest way to kill UW,that's way 3,Vixen and she cast Phoenix.

Bahamut:
-55,000 HP
Defend when he count to 1,if you are keep attacking,he will use Mega Flare to kill all of your character,his Mega Flare can deal 999 damage pertime,and your white wizard should use slow too slow down Bahamut's speed.And Julia/Meredith should use Protect to boost the party member's defense.

Grand Dragon
Do not use Aura when you challenge him,he will use Dragon Force in the first turn,Grand Dragon's atack are the non-elemental attack,if you use Aura,you just waste the turn.What I know is GD's agility is more than Drakeor,so the first turn you should use X Potion or Juji Fruit to heal Drakeor.I use item first turn,attack at the second turn,item at the third turn,attack at the 4th turn,item at the 5th turn...Just do your best,he has 20k to 30k HP i guess.