Posted September 06, 2014
(Trying to avoid spoilers, but unless you have nearly finished the game, you will still see party member names as potential spoilers)
So, you will fight him. This is one of those boss battles that you are meant to lose, but yet, it's possible to win. If you lose, the game goes on. If you win, you win bragging rights... and apparently, a few precious BP. I managed to beat him after a few tries, not being overleveled. This is how I did it.
The main problem is that in a battle of attrition, you will lose. He spams Tearal and Earth Guard MK2 like no tomorrow. You can survive his attacks, but he will heal himself over and over again and you will be back to square one. So you have to hit him fast and hard with everything you've got. Don't give him time to heal. Buff/debuff and throw the kitchen sink at him. Have everyone at 200CP before the battle starts.
Equip everyone with accessories against confuse and mute. At the start of the battle, have Kloe use her crafts against him to lower his defense. Buff Estelle's STR up. Attack/art him, and at the appropriate time (esp. bonus damage turns), have Estelle/Schera use their S-crafts. Estelle can do nearly 3000 damage on her S-craft (and he has 6000HP). Then keep using arts to try to bait him into using Zero Storm. It will interrupt spellcasting but does low damage and is much better than other things he can do. Also, if you see him casting a spell on himself, and Estelle or Schera get a turn, use their craft to interrupt the spell. You don't want him to use Tearal or Earth Guard MK2 on himself.
I only used healing once, and that was with Kloe's S-craft. Ignore damage and hit him with everything you have. This battle should be over in about 5 turns. If it drags on, you will lose.
So, you will fight him. This is one of those boss battles that you are meant to lose, but yet, it's possible to win. If you lose, the game goes on. If you win, you win bragging rights... and apparently, a few precious BP. I managed to beat him after a few tries, not being overleveled. This is how I did it.
The main problem is that in a battle of attrition, you will lose. He spams Tearal and Earth Guard MK2 like no tomorrow. You can survive his attacks, but he will heal himself over and over again and you will be back to square one. So you have to hit him fast and hard with everything you've got. Don't give him time to heal. Buff/debuff and throw the kitchen sink at him. Have everyone at 200CP before the battle starts.
Equip everyone with accessories against confuse and mute. At the start of the battle, have Kloe use her crafts against him to lower his defense. Buff Estelle's STR up. Attack/art him, and at the appropriate time (esp. bonus damage turns), have Estelle/Schera use their S-crafts. Estelle can do nearly 3000 damage on her S-craft (and he has 6000HP). Then keep using arts to try to bait him into using Zero Storm. It will interrupt spellcasting but does low damage and is much better than other things he can do. Also, if you see him casting a spell on himself, and Estelle or Schera get a turn, use their craft to interrupt the spell. You don't want him to use Tearal or Earth Guard MK2 on himself.
I only used healing once, and that was with Kloe's S-craft. Ignore damage and hit him with everything you have. This battle should be over in about 5 turns. If it drags on, you will lose.