Tales of Destiny II

A run-through of some of the more popular/successful tactics for the bosses. Note that the actual statistics for said bosses are on the enemy list pages.

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Name

Exp

Gald

Strength

Weakness

Attack/Element

Defence

Intelligence

Item 1

Item 2

Steal

Tactics

??????

1000

300

800

Volt

110

100% Life Bottle

100% Orange Gel

Luckily he only has two attacks; Thunder Blade and Spark Wave. Dodge Thunder Wave by running away. Just stand a good distance away and use Sonic Wave as much as you can. if you get hit too much use an Apple Gel. Otherwise there should be no problems.

Undine

6800

1360

Water, Wind, Fire, Earth, Ice

Volt

100/Water

268

100% Talisman

100% Mental Bracelet

Equip as many Poison Charms as you've collected before you fight. Now, use Meredy's Lightning spell a lot. If she uses her lance-like projectile attack, quickly block with your shield to stop the blast from reaching the others, then continue attacking. There should be no real problems here so long as you keep attacking.

Sylph

6600

1929

Water, Wind, Fire, Ice, Volt

Earth

170/Wind

200

100% Protect Bottle

100% Life Bottle

Ground attacks are useless, so disable Grave. Kill the Arms first using whatever you can before attacking Sylph. Spread is useful here, since it hits multiple times. Slash upwards with Reid/Farah, use Meredy to Heal and Kelle to attack. If you can Poison him it'll help a great deal.

Efreet

24000

2723

Wind, Fire, Earth, Ice, Volt

Water

200/Fire

360

100% Black Onyx

100% Life Bottle

If you bought the Kitchen Mittens for the girls, got the Square Shield for Reid and given the Flare Cape to Keele, this is simple. Spam Spread as much as you can and don't let up attacking. The only thing you need to watch out for is touching Efreet, since his lower body will damage you if you touch it.

Rassius

4408

1000

Water, Wind, Fire, Earth

172

700

100

100% Heal Bracelet

100% Leather Cape

He doesn't have much HP and his attacks don't do much damage, but neither do yours. Guard a lot with Reid to prevent a lot of damage and block his Swarm attacks. Cast Sharpness for some extra damage and keep an eye on your HP to win.

Gnome

16160

3000

Water, Fire, Earth, Ice Volt

Wind

150/Earth

350

100

100% Moon Crystal

100% Rune Bottle

Again, watch out for your HP, 'cause even though this fight is pretty funny to watch, he can damage you a lot. Equip the Arc Win or any other Wind weapon you khave (you did keep them, right?) for soe extra damage. Use L1+Up to make everyone jump over them when he calls the swarm of mini-Gnomes, and block or move away when he uses his Snout Flare. Don't try to dodge King Tackle, just heal after it's passed. Spiral Attack is a good attack for Reid to use, likewise Air Thrust from one of your casters.

Guardian

30000

3000

210

Volt

Water, Fire, Ice

200/Volt

800

100

100% Rune Bottle

100% Pine Gel

If you have the Trident, use it for some massive damage. This battle isn't particularly difficult, just make sure to heal after he's attacked you. Use whatever Gels you have rather than wait for a caster to do so if you're low on HP and you should do fine. Also if you have a Stun Charm, use that.

Celcius

33333

4000

Water, Wind, Earth, Ice, Volt

Fire

264/Ice

300

100% Resist Ring

100% Freeze Charm

This was the first 'real' hard boss I'd fought. She has many of Farah's moves and is a spell-caster on top of that. She also has a habit of chain-casting Ice Lancers, so heal if you get hit with these. A combination of Flamberge and Aqua Cape will make things easier, as will constant castings of Eruption. If you don't know what she's doing (forgiveable) then Guard and wait until you can see her again.

Hyades

45000

4000

Water, Wind, Fire, Earth, Ice, Volt

Light

500

800

100

100% Mental Bracelet

100% Egg

Don't use any elemental weapons, since his only weakness is Light and you haven't got any of those. Stand a little way back and use Sonic Chaos for some multiple hits, then whatever you have that does the most damage. Tempest Strike is good here for getting out of a tight spot. It's a good idea here to allow Farah and a caster to only heal, while you and the other catser attack. Spells won't do so much damage as usual, but they will hurt him.

Volt

54321

3600

Wind, Fire, Earth, Ice, Volt, Light, Shadow

Water

218/Volt

508

160

100% Holy Symbol

100% Rune Bottle

Don't use Max. Now, use attacks that attack upwards, such as Spiral Attack, Demon Hammer, Demon Spiral Hammer etc, and use a caster for Healing only. Have the other caster using Spread constantly (if you have access to Maelstrom, all the better). Don't try and run under him, since his body is another touch-this-get-hurt one, like Efreet. Chat's Pow Hammer is also useful here.

Spiral

45000

1000

3000

230

400

100

100% Faerie Ring

100% Orange Gel

Not so tough. Defeat the Escargots first, then turn your attention to the real guy. Use Blizzard a lot, and Explode if you have it. Mega Sonic Thrust and Demon Spiral Hammer/Double Spiral are useful here. Max and Chat are useful here for their Burning Force and Pow Hammer respectively. Either way you shouldn't have too much trouble.

Shizel

120000

50000

Water, Wind, Fire, Earth, Ice, Volt

300/Shadow

100% Elixir

100% All-Divide

Unwinnable. Don't bother trying.

Hyades

128000

30000

All

380/Shadow

800

Get at least to level 50 before fighting, or you'll die. It's that simple. Make sure you have access to Heal and Nurse, buy the best possible equipment for everyone, and pummel away. Earth Shaker can be particularly deadly, so try and avoid that by running to either end of the arena while it hurts the ones you're not controlling (stupid ally AI...), preferably Hyades' end so you can smash his face in for a few seconds. If you went to Shadow Cave before this (you should) and levelled there, use the Saint Halberd for Reid and non-elemental weapons for all. Use the most poweerful spells you have. Since he's strong against them all, you may as well inflict as much damage as possible. If you can force him into a corner and prevent him from casting, do so and don't let up on attacks.

Rem

100000

40960

Water, Wind, Fire, Earth, Ice, Volt, Light

Shadow

500/Light

700

125

100% Reflect Ring

100% Rune Bottle

Before you do this, go and get Shadow from the Shadow Cave, and this match will be very, very easy. You should have quite a few Shadow element weapons to use, so do so, and spam Dark Force as often as possible, and follow up with Reid's most powerful skills when she's downed. All you have to watch out for is that annoying ball following her. Have the person casting Dark Force not the one who heals so he/she can cast it constantly, and make sure he/she never runs out of TP, and this match won't last too long.

Elementler

80000

23456

12345

Depends

570

240

100% Pine Gel

100% Elixir

100% Miracle Gel

These guys are all the same. Attack with the element they're weak against and equip armor to protect you. Kill the Grave Keepers first using the Mystic Sword, then concentrate on the big guy. They have some pretty serious magic, so make sure you heal regularly. Once the Grave Keepers are dead, back this guy into a corner and do not stop attacking until he's dead to basically paralyse him from casting anything.

Nereid/Shizel

300000

All

340

300

100

Make sure you have 15 of everything possible before facing her. She's invincible while summoning, so run to the other end of the screen and don't stop until you know it's missed you. Heal immediately (use Gels as well as spells) when she uses the attack that takes everyone down to 1HP, and keep using Omega Demon Chaos with Reid. Switch Ray on for the caster and Summon Rem whenever possible to keep her semi-occupied, and blast away. Max's Elementel Master attack is also useful here, if you want to be down a spell-caster/fighter. Chat is not.

Nereid

300000

All

???

Ouch, hard. Use the same tactics as for Shizel. When she/it uses an attack called Darkness of the Outer Limits, mash Attack + Guard + Skills all together as many times as you can to activate Aurora Wave, or everything you did will be for nothing.

Shadow

100342

32768

Water, Wind, Fire, Earth, Ice, Volt, Shadow

Light

460/Shadow

400

100% Force Ring

100% Rune Bottle

A conundrum. Do you come here before fighting Rem, or come here after fighting Rem? I recommend before. Level to at least 50 before you try fighting him though. Ignore the Living Dolls (they're hard, and they die when Shadow does anyway) and attack Shadow. Make sure Reid has Excalibur (Shadow gave it to you, oh the irony). Use whatever your best skill is (not Rising Phoenix though, if you have it). He has a counter-dash move, so don't run up to him. Walk, then slash. Block a lot and alter your Formation to make sure your casters stay away from Shadow, since he has the annoying habit of trying to trap you at the edges of the arena. Remember to use the Aurora Skills when you have the chance (they hurt). Assuming you levelled enough, you should have, not no trouble, but not an insanely hard time of it either.

Maxwell

34000

34002

Elemental

400

2100

100

100% Faerie Ring

100% Omni Weapon

100% Elixir

He's got insane defence, but luckily his attacks are distinctly sub-standard. Hammer him with your most power spells and techs, dodge his occassional spell, and heal whenever you have to. The inly thing to watch out for is that symbol on the floor. if you pass over it Maxwell uses a Tractor Beam attack to damage you, so run or jump away from it.

Siren

52000

8998

3000

Water, Wind, Earth, Ice

Fire, Volt

280

800

100% Trident

100% Sephira

100% Watercloud

Attack the Spirits with the Excalibur, then when they're dead switch to the Strike Axe and attack Siren. Your best attacks (Omega Demon Hammer) will work perfectly, since she's almosyt too big to miss. De-activate all except Indignation, any other Volt spells and any powerful Fire spells, and hammer away. She should die fairly quickly. Don't forget to steal a Watercloud if you have Chat.

Valkyrie

32000

32768

All

250

1000

100

This one needs a special tactic. It's hard, but it works. Stand a ways away from her and use Sonic Chaos. Then when she trie to get close, jump over her (this works best in Manual mode), then repeat the process. If you get trapped at the edge of the screen use Tempest Strike to get out of it, and try again. She doesn't have that much HP, so it's more a case of perserverence than anything else.

Sekundes

200000

60000

All but Volt

Volt

620

900

100

Make sure you got a bunch of Red Sages/Sages to power up your HP before you do this, because this guy is hard. Max is a lot more useful than Farah here (just make sure you give him soem Jet Boots), so use him for his Aqua Spiral skill (takes off a lotta HP). Anything that increases resistance to attacks will be good here. Light, Shadow and Elemental skills work the best, so use Holy Lance, Shooting Star etc to help knock his large amount of HP down. Indignation is a must-use skill here, so make sure you do. Make sure Max stays away from Sekundes (better control him yourself) and use the Aqua Spiral-Rage Laser-Elemental Master combo with the Canceler. Luckily he can only attack one side at a time, so try and get Max on one side and Reid on the other to attack. Set Reid to use as many attacks as possible and make sure everyone stays alive using Ressurection or Life Bottles.
When he's below 1/2 (Normal mode), 1/3 (Hard) or 1/4 (Hardcore) HP, use Indignation for a nice little extension and, for some reason, an instant win. If you miss (God forbid) he'll throw out chain-cast Maxwell extensions, and you shall die. Horribly.

Cress

9999

10000

All

484

1000

100

100% Cress' Bandana

Arche

6000

10000

All

300

1000

100

100% Arche Ribbon

Kill Arche first. Always do this. She's the spell-caster and will kill you fast if left alive. Do anything to make this happen. After you do, Cless will go kinda berserk and start laying into you. Lucky you have those Reverse Dolls eh? Don't use Omega Demon Chaos, as he'll counter and kill you. Remember that you're invincible during Rising Phoenix, and make sure you re-equip another Reverse Doll after you die (and die you probably shall). Use your other most powerful techs, and the Last Fencer (not the Mystic Sword) and eventually he'll fall. Remember he only has a coupla thousand HP more than you.

Living Armor

200000

All

1580

100

Make sure Reid or Farah is the only fighting this battle for the easiest time of it. Kill the Big Foot with anything Fire-based (Rising/Burning Phoenix is good for this) to stop it's Freeze Lancer. The same attack is good is you have plenty of patience and Pine Gels, sine you're invincible while inside the flames of the attack. When you think he's nearly dead, use thw Quasi Seal/Dragon Demon Chaos to finish him off.

Nereid Regulus

160000

63000

All

500

900

100

70% Hourglass

70% Reverse Doll

20% Rune Botttle

Use the same setup as you would for defeating Shizel-Nereid. Now, he's much harder here than there though. Make sure you have a good few of the Guard spells ative to avoid status effects. Make sure also that Maxwell is very near to Max Vitality so you can summon him, and the same for Rem. Meteor Storm, Holy Lance, basically any powerful Elementel/Light spells will work well here, as well as increasing Max Vitality. Max and Chat are not so useful, so avoid them here. Make sure Maxwell's extensions are activated (one Hardcore battle fought, Derris Emblem equipped, Mental Ring also) and that you have the S.D. Summon Maxwell (with extensions) then Destiny at once to decimate his HP at first, then settle in for the long haul. Distortion is useful here, since it allows you time to recover and make sure everyone's okay. Heal constantly and summon Rem and Undine whenever you can. Aurora skills also work well if you're on the ropes. Farah is also a good player to control here, as you can wrack up combos easier.

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