Boss Hints
Here are the stategies for every boss in the game.
WORLD OF BALANCE
Whelk HP: 1600 MP: 1000 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.
Marshal HP: 420 MP: 150 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
VANISH/DOOM: no
Have Edgar use the AutoCrossbow. Two rounds and they should be
dead.
Vargas HP: 11600 MP: 220 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: 640 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: 20 Weakness: none
VANISH/DOOM: no
Have Cyan use SwdTech 1 a couple times.
Telstar HP: 1800 MP: 250 Weakness: lightning,water
VANISH/DOOM: no
Have Shadow throw shuriken and Sabin use AuraBolt.
Ghost Train HP: 1900 MP: 350 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: 3000 MP: 3000 Weakness: none
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 - Templar
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: 2550 MP: 500 Weakness: fire,lightning
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: N/A MP: N/A Weakness: N/A
VANISH/DOOM: no
RUN!!! At this time nothing there is nothing you can do to hurt it.
Ifrit and Shiva Ifrit HP: 3300 MP: 600 Weakness: Ice
Shiva HP: 3000 MP: 500 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: 22000 MP: 750 Weakness: fire, lightning
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 her Sketch and you'll win.
Ultros and Chupon Ultros HP: 17000 MP: 6000 Weakness: fire, lightning
Chupon HP: 10000 MP: 4000 Weakness: ice, water
VANISH/DOOM: yes (for both)
Use your most powerful Fire and Bolt spells (fire 2 gets a lot
of damage) on Ultros. Take out Ultros first and then go for Chupon.
Fire spells 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.
WORLD OF RUIN
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 Woman HP: 56000 MP: 9400 Weakness: fire
Demon HP: 30000 MP: 7600 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 their 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 because 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.
METHOD 3: Equip everyone with Wall Rings and let MagiMaster
kill himself. You still need Life3 or a lot of HPS
with this method.
METHOD 4: Cast Bserk on him, then use the Phantom Esper on
your party as in METHOD 2. Now keep scanning him
as you attack. When his HPS reach a few thousand
use the Palidor Esper. Hopefully, the first character
down will kil him. He'll cast Ultima which'll kill
the one character, but the ones in the air will live.
The 3 Stooges Left/ Larry HP: 10000 MP: 2000 Weakness: fire
Top/ Curley 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.
WrexSoul HP: 23066 MP: 5066 Weakness: Ice
VANISH/DOOM: no
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: varies
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.). Don't cast Doom (without Vanish first, break,
or Haste/Slow spells because it'll use Rippler to make
the spells affect you instead.
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)
The easiest way to kill Hidon is to bring it to life (i.e. use
a life spell, revivify, etc.). If you don't want to do that
then 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. Casting
Float on your party will also be a big help.
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).
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. Cure 3 also works good.
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 (Ultima, 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.
