Special Battle

Approach

Battle Arenas

Battle #1 - The Octopus
	Key « = Octopus � = Tentacle Leg ‚ = Tentacle Arm l = Force Member Enemy HP MP ATK DEF AGL LCK MAGIC SPECIALS ITEM Tentacle Leg x 6 45 0 24 18 18 4 - Critical Hit Fairy Powder Tentacle Arm x 2 52 0 28 18 14 6 - Critical Hit Healing Drop Octopus BOSS 150 0 30 20 10 8 - Bubble Breath, Black Breath Freeze Ball The first arena in the battle mode is a real cinch and you should have no problem winning the battle. If for some reason you can't beat this one though then you either need to level up your characters (use a scenario 3 complete file!) or leave this mode alone, because you're terrible at it.
Battle #2 - The Three Yasha
	Key « = Yasha A « = Yasha B � = High Ninja ‚ = High Ninja (spawns) l = Force Member Enemy HP MP ATK DEF AGL LCK MAGIC SPECIALS ITEM High Ninja x 6 70 42 84 52 36 5 Freeze 3, Confuse 1 Critical Hit Healing Drop Yasha A BOSS 240 85 73 47 32 9 Spark 3 Dance of Butterflies, Izuna Fall, Counter Fairy Powder Yasha B x 2 BOSS 460 85 88 58 38 9 Kehhyo-do Dance of Butterflies, Izuna Fall, Counter Fairy Powder The first semblance of a challenge! This is the first battle that will test you to see if your levels and skills are up to scratch. When approaching the High Ninjas, avoid bunching up otherwise you'll be facing some icy area of effect magic damage. Once you've dispatched of the Ninjas, press on to Yasha and unleash as many wide range magic spells (such as Spark and Inferno) on them before they move out of their positions. Two more ninjas will spawn at the back of the arena to ambush you, but these guys die easily so they shouldn't be a problem. Be aware that Yasha's Kehhyo-do spell can and will freeze your characters to the ground so be careful when positioning your melee troops so they don't get locked out of the action.
Battle #3 - The Rainbloods
	Key � = Bishop ‚ = Pawn ƒ = Rook „ = Knight … = King † = Queen l = Force Member Enemy HP MP ATK DEF AGL LCK MAGIC SPECIALS ITEM Bishop 240 80 68 48 38 9 Hell Blast 3, Thanatos 1, Confuse 2 - Potion Pawn 260 0 72 54 28 9 - Side Winder, Thunder Fall Fairy Powder Rook 360 0 86 57 29 9 - Full Swing, Counter Fairy Powder Knight 500 70 90 60 40 9 Blaze 4 - Fairy Powder King 600 0 94 62 104 9 - Thunder Shock, Photon Rage, Counter Potion Queen 280 90 84 57 34 9 Blaze 3 Power Crash, Stun Bomb Fairy Powder This arena is why I call the first half of the special battles the disco inferno (I don't really, I just made that up). This is because you can do insane amounts of damage with area effect spells before your enemies even get a chance to move, and this arena is the ultimate representation of that noble dream. Make sure your spell wielding characters are within good distance of the Rainbloods so that on their next turn they'll be able to swoop in and cast some serious magic on them. If they're out of reach by a square or two, then move them forward by that amount and wait till the next turn to attack. With your heroes and magicians, you should be able to let off 3 Infernos and maybe 2 Sparks before the Rainbloods get a turn, doing in excess of 200 damage to each enemy- if you're lucky you'll have been able to pick off the weaker ones. Mop the rest of the Rainbloods up with some physical and magical aggression. If you don't quite have the fire power to pull that off then remember to keep your party close together and don't let the Rainbloods pick on one vunerable character and gang on him. Follow this attack plan and you should be quite fine (so long as you have good enough levels thus far).
Battle #4 - The Four of Bulzome
	Key � = Fiale ‚ = Basanda ƒ = Dessheren „ = Goriate l = Force Member Enemy HP MP ATK DEF AGL LCK MAGIC SPECIALS ITEM Fiale 390 90 90 62 43 9 Wendigo 2, Spark 3 - Fairy Powder Basanda 400 120 94 62 49 9 Thanatos 2, Blaze 3 - Goddess Tears Dessheren 430 90 96 64 45 9 Freeze 3, Phoenix 2, Proserpina 2 Counter Power Undies Goriate 480 90 99 65 47 9 Go Riki Toppuu 2 Blade Fan Air Wave Loincloth Approach these four carefully as they possess some strong magic. Since it's tricky to lure them out of their niche, split your force into two and take them on from both sides. Their magic poses two problems; on one hand if you don't bunch your characters together they'll take lots of individual damage from summon spells; on the other hand if you do cluster them up then you're going to take plenty of area effect magic damage. My advice is to use the Aura spell liberally, keeping a healer with both halves of your force, while throwing everything you've got against those villains.
Battle #5 - Bulzome
	Key « = Bulzome � = High Priest A ‚ = High Priest B l = Force Member Enemy HP MP ATK DEF AGL LCK MAGIC SPECIALS ITEM Bulzome BOSS 2400 0 100 67 38 9 - Negative Flash, Demon Breath Brave Apple High Priest A 600 110 88 58 42 9 Inferno 1, Aura 3 - Goddess Tears High Priest B 800 120 88 58 44 9 Inferno 1, Aura 3 - Goddess Tears Bulzome is the beginning of the second half of the special battles - from here on out you'll be battling a huge boss with plenty of HP at the end of the arena, often along with a few cronies. Your aim in this battle is to lure the High Priests away from Bulzome's lurking place so you can dispatch of them without incurring the purple one's wrath at the same time. The only problem the High Priests pose is in their inferno spells, but with some healing power under your belt there's little cause for concern. Once the Priests are through with, slay Bulzome the same way you did in scenario 3 - remember that he takes two turns each round and regenerates 30HP each turn.
Battle #6 - Dark Dragon
	Key � = Dark Dragon A ‚ = Dark Dragon B ƒ = Dark Dragon C l = Force Member Enemy HP MP ATK DEF AGL LCK MAGIC SPECIALS ITEM Dark Dragon A 1200 100 102 66 44 8 Blaze 3, Hell Blast 3 - Potion Dark Dragon B 1200 120 102 66 40 8 Freeze 3, Spark 3 - Potion Dark Dragon C 2000 0 106 66 36 9 - Demon Breath, Thunder Breath Healing Rain This arena is probably one of the easiest 'big boss' battles and even one of the easiest of all the battles. All you have to do is split your force into two and attack the side heads (or take them on one at a time if you must) because you can kill them without bothering the centre head at all. The two side heads have a variety of magic spells with extended range, but they are quite weak and won't cause you much hassle. Once those two are out of the way, just mop up the last head with the whole of your force.
Battle #7 - Iom
	Key « = Iom Boss � = Iom A ‚ = Iom B l = Force Member Enemy HP MP ATK DEF AGL LCK MAGIC SPECIALS ITEM Iom A 1200 0 110 65 44 8 - Demon Breath, Silent Gaze Lucky Cookie Iom B 1500 0 110 65 42 8 - Demon Breath, Dazzle Gaze Lucky Cookie Iom BOSS 3000 0 110 68 38 9 - Demon Breath, Iom Beam Healing Rain Iom is a pretty tricky customer, all three units have the Demon Breath attack which is a strong ability and can cause a lot of damage if you're not careful by letting them all attack you at the same time. The battle plan should be to kill each one separately so they don't have the potential to inflict serious damage on your force. Taking out the first Iom is a simple task as he's already isolated from the other two, but you'll need to use a flying character over the water to lure the second one away from the big guy. Without any support from the other two, the last Iom will fall effortlessly.
Battle #8 - Zeon
	Key � = Zeon l = Force Member Enemy HP MP ATK DEF AGL LCK MAGIC SPECIALS ITEM Zeon 5000 0 115 70 45 9 - Chaos Cauldron, Poison Blow, Regret Hit Hope Light If your characters don't all have really high luck (8-9) then this battle will probably be your toughest fight of the Premium Disc. First off, feed the two Lucky Cookies you obtained in the last battle to your force (choose characters whose luck you can boost to 8 or 9 - preferably the heroes). Zeon doesn't have any cronies so you just have to make your way to the other end of the arena and battle him. Zeon takes two turns each round like Bulzome and regenerates 30HP each turn so he'll be absorbing 60HP of your attacks each round. You're going to need a lot of healing for this fight as well as some antidotes because Zeon knows how to dish out serious damage. His most deadly attack is Poison Blow because it will poison your characters (unless their luck is high), dealing about 30 damage to them each round - nasty! Chaos Cauldron is a no-MP Chaos Gate attack and since Zeon can attack twice it has the ability to do plenty of damage to you. If someone gets attacked with Zeon's Regret Hit you must heal them immediately or risk losing them (either to Zeon's next attack or to poison). Zeon will take a long time to beat down because of his high HP and regeneration but keep throwing all your weight at him while sustaining your own HP levels. If you don't have the antidote power to keep your force poison free then you'll just have to use Heal and Aura magic to overcome the poison damage. Good luck and don't be afraid to use some of your mega items like Healing Rains if you have to.
Battle #9 - Darksol
	Key � = Darksol l = Force Member Enemy HP MP ATK DEF AGL LCK MAGIC SPECIALS ITEM Darksol 7000 250 120 70 52 9 Spark 4, Confuse 3 Chaos Cauldron, Blizzard Breath - This is it, the final battle, and you're pitted against the villain with the coolest name ever - Darksol. Unfortunately for him, he looks like an overgrown ant but what he lacks in appearance he more than makes up for in power. With a hefty 7000HP and some powerful magic and abilities, this battle is going to take . . . a really long time to win. First off, know that Darksol takes two turns each round and regenerates not only 30HP but 10MP each turn, meaning he'll never run out of magic wielding ability. With his powerful magic and abilities he can dish out some serious damage, but the spell you should be wary of is Confuse! It can cause confusion and illusion on your characters and has a wide area of effect. If the spell confuses one your big hitters then cure him with Antidote 2 or a Fairy Powder immediately - otherwise just wait for the spell's effects to wear off. It's going to take a lot of perseverance to kill Darksol but if you've managed to retain some of your best items (and you'll have a Hope Light from defeating Zeon) then you'll be able to make it out alive. Enjoy the credits!