<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> AND NOW... How to Butcher Bosses <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> For each boss there is a section marked VANISH/DOOM. If it is marked yes then you can cast Vanish on it and then Doom on it to kill it. In place of Doom you could also cast X-Zone. On some monsters only X-Zone will work (those are marked X-Zone only). It's a real neat trick. Whelk HP: 1600 MP: ???? Weakness: fire VANISH/DOOM: no Have Terra use TekMissile and the other two use whatever. Don't shoot the shell and you won't get attacked. However, I had taken it upon myself to find out what happens if you kill the shell. I found out you can, but check it out below: Whelk's Shell HP: around 50,000 MP: 100 Weakness: fire VANISH/DOOM: no Check it out, it took me personally around two and a half hours to kill this monstrosity, and instead of a potion which you sometimes get from Whelk, you get a Tincture. Big whoop. But in case you were wondering about it... Marshal HP: 420 MP: ???? Weakness: poison,fire VANISH/DOOM: no Kill the Lobos then just whack away at him. Make sure you use a group that's not beat up badly. M-TekArmor HP: 210 MP: 250 Weakness: lightning VANSIH/DOOM: no Have Edgar use the AutoCrossbow. Two rounds and they should be dead. Vargas HP: 11600 MP: ???? Weakness: Poison VANISH/DOOM: no First kill the Ipoohs (you have no choice). Have Terra cure, Locke fight, and Edgar use AutoCrossbow. When Sabin fights have him use Pummel, that will finish him. Ultros (Lete R.) HP: 3000 MP: ???? Weakness: fire, lightning VANISH/DOOM: no Have Edgar use the AutoCrossbow, Sabin use the AuraBolt Blitz, Terra use the Fire spell, and Banon use Health. TunnelArmr HP: 1300 MP: 900 Weakness: lightning, water VANISH/DOOM: no Have Locke attack and have Celes use her RUNIC command. Leader HP: 456 MP: ???? Weakness: none VANISH/DOOM: no Have Cyan use Swdtech 1 a couple times, or Swdtech 2 once. Telstar HP: 1800 MP: 250 Weakness: lightning,water VANISH/DOOM: no Have Shadow throw shuriken and Sabin use AuraBolt. Ghost Train HP: 1900 MP: ???? Weakness: fire,lightning,pearl VANISH/DOOM: no Have Sabin use AuraBolt, Shadow throw Shuriken, and Cyan use SwdTech 3. You can also kill it by using a Revivify. Kefka in Narshe HP: <10000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? VANISH/DOOM: no Depending on who's in the group you fight him with will determine how hard he is. Those that can't do much damage will take longer to defeat him. Here is my strategies for each person: Terra - cure or attack Locke - attack Edgar - AutoCrossbow Sabin - AuraBolt Celes - Runic Cyan - SwdTech 1 Gau - Stray Cat or Gold Bear for the powerful "Gouge" or "Catscratch" moves. Dadaluma HP: 3270 MP: 1005 Weakness: poison VANISH/DOOM: no Locke - attack Edgar - Chainsaw or Drill Sabin - AuraBolt Celes - attack Cyan - SwdTech 1 Gau - ???? Ultros(Opera House) HP: <10000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? VANISH/DOOM: no Have someone equipped with the Ramuh Esper and have them use it. Then have Locke attack, Edgar use Chainsaw or Drill, Sabin AuraBolt, Cyan use SwdTech 1, and Gau ????. One attack from Ramuh and one Chainsaw attack from Edgar should be enough to finish him. Guardian HP: ???? MP: ???? Weakness: ???? VANISH/DOOM: no RUN!!! At this time nothing there is nothing you can do to hurt it. Ifrit and Shiva Ifrit HP: 3300 MP: ???? Weakness: Ice Shiva HP: 3000 MP: ???? Weakness: Fire VANISH/DOOM: no If you have them, use Ice spells on Ifrit and Fire spells on Shiva. Also have Locke attack, Edgar use Chainsaw, Sabin Pummel on Ifrit and Fire Dance on Shiva, Celes attack, Cyan use SwdTech 1, and Gau ????. Cure as needed. Number 024 HP: 4777 MP: 777 Weakness: varies VANISH/DOOM: no Have Edgar use Chainsaw or Drill, Sabin Suplex, Cyan use SwdTech 1, Gau use Hazer, and the others attack. Number 128 HP: 3276 MP: 810 Weakness: None VANISH/DOOM: no Concentrate on the body, if the body dies the whole thing dies. Have Locke attack, Edgar use Drill, Sabin AuraBolt, Cyan use SwdTech 1, and Gau ????. Cranes Right HP: 2300 MP: 447 Weakness: lightning,water Left HP: 1800 MP: 447 Weakness: water VANISH/DOOM: no Use lightning spells on the right crane if you have them but don't use them on the left crane (they heal it). Have Setzer either attack or use Slot, Locke attack, Edgar use Drill, Sabin AuraBolt, Cyan use SwdTech 1, and Gau ????. Ninja HP: 1650 MP: 130 Weakness: lightning, pearl VANISH/DOOM: no If you have any Espers equipped that attack, use them. Otherwise have Cyan do SwdTech 1, Edgar use Drill, Setzer use slot or attack, Sabin AuraBolt, Mog do the Dusk Requiem dance, Gau ????, and the others attack. FlameEater HP: 8400 MP: 480 Weakness: Ice VANISH/DOOM: no Use Shiva or Maduin if you have them equipped. Also use Ice Rods and/or Ice spells if you have them. Have Locke and Terra attack, and Strago us his Aqua Rake lore. Ultros part 3 HP: <24000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? VANISH/DOOM: yes Use your attacking Espers and any attack spells you might have (except water-based attacks like Bismark; Ice spells are ok though), otherwise just attack. When he gets weak Relm will join your party. Have he Sketch and you'll win. Ultros and Chupon Ultros HP: <20000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? Chupon HP: <20000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? VANISH/DOOM: yes (for both) Use your most powerfull Fire and Bolt spells (fire 2 gets a lot of damage) on Ultros. Take out Ultros first and then go for Chupon. Fire spell heal Chupon so don't use them anymore, use Ice spells instead. If you don't have any or have run out of mps do the following: Have Mog dance Wind Song, Cyan use SwdTech 1 or 4, Strago use Aqua Rake, Edgar use Chainsaw, Gau ????, Relm attack or Sketch, Sabin Pummel, Setzer use slot, and the rest attack. When you win Chupon will Sneeze your party away. Air Force HP: 8000 MP: 750 Weakness: lightning, water VANISH/DOOM: no Concentrate on the main thing. If it launches a Speck, attack it (don't use spells). Just use your most powerful attack spells (Ice, Fire, and Bolt), your attack Espers (Maduin, Shiva, Ramuh, etc.), or if neither of those options are possible use your best attacks (Sabin's AuraBolt, Edgar's Drill, etc.). Gigantos HP: 6000 MP: 1120 Weakness: poison VANISH/DOOM: yes This dude hits hard so have one person use Cure 2 all the time. Have Shadow throw shuriken and have Edgar use Drill, Sabin AuraBolt, Cyan use SwdTech 1 or 4, Gau ????, Setzer use Slot/GP Rain, Mog do the Earth Blues Dance, Relm Sketch, and the rest attack. Also use your most powerful attack spells and Espers. Also it may be a good idea to use the Phantom Esper the first thing (this will make you harder to hit for a little while). AtmaWeapon HP: 24000 MP: 5000 Weakness: none VANISH/DOOM: yes Use your most powerful attacks: Fire, Ice, and Bolt spells; attack Espers; regular attacks; and special attacks (Sabin's AuraBolt, Edgar's Drill, Mog's Earth Blues dance, Shadow's Shuriken throwing, etc.). It shoud be dead in no time. Cure as needed of course. Another method to use would be to drain it's mps using Rasp (it'll die when it's mps are gone). Nerapa HP: 2800 MP: 280 Weakness: ice,lightning,pearl VANISH/DOOM: no He has a wall spell on him so attack spells will just bounce back. If you have a wall spell on one of your characters, cast the attack spells on them. Use your most powerful Espers and attacks. Phunbaba HP: 28000 MP: 10000 Weakness: poison VANISH/DOOM: yes Don't use lightning attacks (Bolt spells, Ramuh, etc.), it heals him. Use Phantom Esper to make you invisible and Sraphim to cure if needed. Have Celes use spells and have Sabin use the Suplex blitz. He'll run away when his hps get low. Tentacle Top Left HP: 4000 MP: 500 Weakness: none Bot Left HP: 6000 MP: 700 Weakness: fire Top Right HP: 5000 MP: 600 Weakness: none Bot Right HP: 7000 MP: 800 Weakness: ice, water VANISH/DOOM: no Don't use Ice spells on the bottom left tentacle or fire spells on the bottom right one or bolt spells on the top left one. Have Edgar use Drill, Celes attack, and Sabin attack the bottom right one and then use Fire Dance when it's dead. If you have attack Espers use them. Also use spells that correspond to the weakness of a tentacle (example: use fire on the bottom left one). Presenter HP: 9845 MP: 1600 Weakness: fire VANISH/DOOM: yes (on the shell only) Have Celes attack, Sabin AuraBolt, Setzer attack or Slot/GP Rain, and Edgar use Chainsaw or Drill. Also use Fire spells if you have them. Just cast Doom on the head to make it a quick fight. Dullahan HP: 23450 MP: 1721 Weakness: fire VANISH/DOOM: yes Use fire spells and the Esper Ifrit if you have it equipped. Have Celes Runic, Sabin Suplex, Setzer attack or Slot/GP Rain, and Edgar use Chainsaw or Drill. Storm Drgn HP: 42000 MP: 1250 Weakness: lightning VANISH/DOOM: yes Use Ramuh and Bolt spells. If a person doesn't have bolt spells have them use there best attacks. If you went back and added Cyan to your party, have him do either SwdTech 1 or 4. Also cure whenever needed. Allo Ver HP: 8000 MP: 8000 Weakness: fire, pearl VANISH/DOOM: yes (X-Zone only) The only hard part about this creature is that he can use Doom, which instantly kills its target. Just keep attacking or casting fire spells until it dies. SrBehemoth 1st one HP: 19000 MP: 1600 Weakness: fire, poison 2nd one HP: 19000 MP: 9999 Weakness: fire, pearl VANISH/DOOM: yes (for the 1st one, X-Zone only for 2nd one) Use fire spells plus have Edgar use Chainsaw, Setzer use Slot/GP Rain, Celes attack, Sabin attack, and Cyan use SwdTech 1 or 4. After defeating the 1st one, a second one will attack from behind. Defeat this one the same way, or you can use revivify to kill it instantly. Chadarnook Demon HP: 56000 MP: 9400 Weakness: fire Woman HP: 30000 MP: ???? Weakness: fire,pearl VANISH/DOOM: yes (X-Zone only) Have Edgar use Drill and everyone else use either fire spells or their best attacks. Phunbaba:The Return HP: 26000 MP: 10000 Weakness: poison VANISH/DOOM: yes You can defeat it basically the same way as before. Have Edgar use Drill, Sabin Suplex, Celes Runic, Cyan use SwdTech 1 or 4, Gau ????, Shadow throw Shuriken, and Setzer attack or Slot/GP Rain. After a while, it'll use BabaBreath to blow a couple of your characters away. Terra will join you to finish it off. (After Terra joins, Phunbaba's hps and mps reset). Have Terra attack. Doom Gaze HP: 55555 MP: 38000 Weakness: fire, pearl VANISH/DOOM: yes (DON'T use X-Zone or you won't get Bahamut) Whenever you happen to run into it, just beat the hell out of it with your best attacks. Use life spells and Fenix Down to bring back dead companions if you feel like it. It'll run from you rather quickly but it can't regenerate itself between fights, so next time you fight it it'll have the same amount of hps as it did when it ran. Eventually you'll kill it. Killing it will get you the Esper Bahamut. Red Dragon HP: 30000 MP: 1780 Weakness: ice, water VANISH/DOOM: yes Use Ice spells if you have them. Have Terra attack, Edgar use Drill or Chainsaw, Sabin attack, Celes attack or Runic, Cyan use SwdTech 1 or 4, Gau ????, Setzer attack or Slot/GP Rain, Strago use the Aqua Rake lore, and Relm attack. Ice Dragon HP: 24400 MP: 9000 Weakness: fire VANISH/DOOM: yes Use fire spells or if you don't have them use your best attacks. Tritoch HP: 30000 MP: 50000 Weakness: fire VANISH/DOOM: yes Use fire spells or best attacks to thaw it out. Umaro HP: 17200 MP: 6990 Weakness: fire, poison VANISH/DOOM: no Use fire spells or best attacks. Don't use Tritoch, Shiva, or Ice spells because it'll heal him. White Dragon HP: 18500 MP: 1200 Weakness: none VANISH/DOOM: yes Use Ultima and Flare if you have them. Have Gogo Mimic or cast spells, and everyone else use thier most powerful spells and Espers. MagiMaster HP: 50000 MP: 50000 Weakness: varies VANISH/DOOM: no METHOD 1: Don't bother using elemental spells (fire,ice,bolt,etc) because the MagiMaster constantly changes what spells heal and hurt him. Using Beserk on him stops him from doing this. Instead use spells like Ultima and Flare, plus Espers like Bahamut and Maduin. Also make ABSOLUTELY SURE AT LEAST ONE CHARACTER HAS LIFE 3 ON THEM becasue when MagiMaster dies he casts Ultima on your party and unless you have a helluva lot of hps your toast. METHOD 2: Cast Beserk on him and use the Phantom esper on your party. Now continually cast Rasp on him (or Osmose if your MPS get really low). When his 50000 mps are gone he'll try to cast Ultima but since he has no mps he'll fail and die. NOTE: It takes a long time to beat him this way but once you cast Bserk on him and used Phantom on you, he can't hurt you at all. The 3 Stooges Left/ Larry HP: 10000 MP: 2000 Weakness: fire (PLAGERISM!!!) Top/ Curly HP: 15000 MP: 2000 Weakness: ice, water Right/ Moe HP: 12000 MP: 2000 Weakness: none VANISH/DOOM: yes (all three of them) Use Ultima and Bahamut if you have them. If not just use your best attacks and spells, taking note what spells heal which stooge (PLAGERISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). WrexSoul HP: 23066 MP: 5066 Weakness: Ice VANISH/DOOM: ?? For a quick battle use X-Zone (it'll suck in the SoulSavers and you'll win the fight). If you don't have X-Zone then don't worry about the SoulSavers. You first have to attack one of your characters until they die. This will cause WrexSoul to appear in a form you can kill. Once he has appeared bring your dead character back to life and then use Ultima, Bahamut, and Ice spells, or your best attacks. If he disappears, repeat the process only kill a different character this time. Master Pug HP: 22000 MP: 1200 Weakness: none VANISH/DOOM: yes Use Ultima, Flare, and Bahamut. Have Edgar use Drill or Chainsaw, Sabin use Bum Rush, Celes use Runic, Cyan use SwdTech 7, Gau ????, Setzer attack or Slot/GP Rain, and everyone else attack. Blue Dragon HP: 26900 MP: 3800 Weakness: lightning VANISH/DOOM: yes Use your best spells (Ultima, Meteor, Flare, etc), your best Espers (Bahamut, etc.), and attacks (Sabin's Bum Rush, Edgar's Drill, etc.). KatanaSoul HP: 37620 MP: 7400 Weakness: poison VANISH/DOOM: yes Use Ultima for major damage. Otherwise use your best attacks (Espers, spells, regular, and special). Hidon HP: 25000 MP: 12500 Weakness: fire,pearl,earth VANISH/DOOM: yes (X-Zone only) Use Pearl on Hidon if you have it. Don't worry about the Hidonites. Also use Ultima, Meteor, Flare, Bahamut, Terrato, etc. plus special attacks. Dirt Drgn HP: 28500 MP: 16500 Weakness: wind, water VANISH/DOOM: yes If you have some sort of Gaia equipment on a lot of the dragon's spells will heal you. Ultima works quite will. Use it if you have it, if not use your other more powerful attacks. Atma HP: 55000 MP: 19000 Weakness: none VANISH/DOOM: yes Ultima works quite well. Use it along with the best attacks of the members of your party. Another way to do it is to try depleting its MPS by using spells like rasp (it'll die when its MPS are drained completely). Saweet! Gold Dragon HP: 32400 MP: 4000 Weakness: water VANISH/DOOM: yes Don't use lightning based spells (Bolt, Ramuh, etc.). DO use Ultima, Bahamut, Flare, Meteor, etc. Using your best attacks should be safe as long as they don't involve lightning. Inferno & Company Rough HP: 8000 MP: 770 Weakness: ice Inferno HP: 30800 MP: 9700 Weakness: lightning Striker HP: 11000 MP: 2600 Weakness: fire VANISH/DOOM: no Striker is the claw on the right and Rough is the left one. Don't worry about the claws, concentrate on Inferno. If you use Ultima, Meteor, Bahamut, or some other spell/Esper that attacks all enemies then you don't have to worry about anything. Use your best attacks. Skull Drgn HP: 32800 MP: 1999 Weakness: fire, pearl VANISH/DOOM: yes Use fire spells and pearl as the basis of your attack. Ultima, Flare, Bahamut, etc. work good too. Doom HP: 63000 MP: 4800 Weakness: pearl VANISH/DOOM: yes Use Ultima for major damage. Also use your other major attacks. Once he uses his force field don't use spells that'll bounce off a wall (elementals, flare, etc.). Goddess HP: 44000 MP: 19000 Weakness: none VANISH/DOOM: yes Use your more powerful spells (Ulima, Meteor, etc.) and attacks (Sabin's Bum Rush, etc.) Guardian again HP: 60000 MP: 5200 Weakness: lightning, water VANISH/DOOM: no Use lightning spells along with your best attacks (spells or otherwise). If you have Sabin have him do the Bum Rush blitz for some good damage. Poltrgeist HP: 58000 MP: 18900 Weakness: poison VANISH/DOOM: no Again, use your best attacks (Ultima, Flare, Bum Rush, etc). Ice 3 seems to work pretty good, too. Final Fight Lvl 1 (approximate values for hps) Head HP: 30000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? Left Hand HP: 27000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? Right Hand HP: 32000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? VANISH/DOOM: no Here you have to destroy the creatures head and both hands. Use your best attacks and it'll go down in no time. The best way to do it is have 3 characters attack (Ultima works good) and the 4th one heal. Final Fight Lvl 2 (approximate values for hps) Left HP: 40000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? Middle HP: 24000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? TopRight HP: 27000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? BotRight HP: 30000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? VANISH/DOOM: no There are 4 things to attack here. The same strategy as above should work. Final Fight Lvl 3 (approximate values for hps) Left HP: 10000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? Right HP: 40000 MP: ???? Weakness: ???? VANISH/DOOM: no Only two things to attack here. If you're using attacks that only hit a single target, concentrate them on the angel head (the one on the left) because it'll heal both targets. When you get the right target down low it'll get mad and start using major damage attacks like Merton. Have your Cure spells ready. Kefka: The End HP: 62000 (approx.) MP: ???? Weakness: ???? VANISH/DOOM: no Be ready to cure when he uses Fallen One (which reduces all your characters to 1 hp). Even regular/special attacks work pretty good on him (that's all I used and the fight went pretty quick). Make this fight go even quicker by using the Quick spell. Another tactic that makes the fight go quicker is to equip everyone with Flame Shlds and use Merton.