sss / \ k d s s \ / k d s k k d eeee sssss u u i k k ooo d e e n nn s u u i kkk o o dddd eeeee nn n s s u u i k k o o d d e n n sssss uuu uu i k k ooo ddd dd eeeee n n iiiiiii vv vv ii vv vv ii vv vv ii vv vv ii vv vv ii vv vv iiiiiii vv Suikoden IV Boss and Duel Battles ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Writer: Han Yuwen (chiobitsu@hotmail.com) Date: July 13, 2006 Copyright 2005-2006 Han Yuwen ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * * * * * * * * * * * Table of Contents * * * * * * * * * * * 1. Introduction 2. Version History 3. Boss Battles -> Damp Hairball -> Pirate Brandeau, Assassin -> Colton, Troy -> Water Dragon -> Boss Crab, Wild Crabs -> Killer Rays -> Guard (Part 1) -> Guard (Part 2) -> Akagi, Mizuki -> Horned Behemoth -> Moving Isle, Tentacles -> Graham Cray -> Giant Tree, Seeds of Light 4. Duel Battles -> Glen -> Pirate Brandeau -> Lino En Kuldes -> Troy 5. Boss Battles(Optional) -> Lo Fong, Lo Hak, Lo Seng -> Gau, Demon Wolfs -> Fog Ship Guide -> Maxine(Na Nal Town Square) -> Maxine(Nay Island Stonecutter Field) -> Angel Hairball -> Land Dragon -> Killer Golem -> Ancient Crab 6. Duel Battles(Optional) -> Mitsuba 7. Credits ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * * * * * * * * * * 1. Introduction * * * * * * * * * * I hoped that what I wrote here will help the readers, defeat a boss successfully and efficiently. The bosses' HP are based on calculating the amount of damage inflicted on the bosses, so it may be vary from others. If you have any questions or would like to add some information that I don't have here, you are most welcomed to send me an email at chiobitsu@hotmail.com. Please remember to include the Subject Title of your email, "Suiko4 Battles" and your name or I will ignore these emails. I will post the names under the Credits Section. If I do not reply those emails, it may because I have not received them. In that case, send me the email again. This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * * * * * * * * * * * * 2. Version History * * * * * * * * * * * * 1. Version 1.0 (July 16, 2005) - First version of walk-through. 2. Version 1.3 (March 13, 2006) - Added one optional boss, Ancient Crab, updated the Credit Section, Version History and added more details on the Table of Contents. 3. Version 1.7 (July 13, 2006) - Added Angel Hairball in the Optional Boss Battles List and some new duel statements (Glen's), corrected some errors(putting Damp Hairball and Lino in Boss and Duel Battle List respectively). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * * * * * * * * * * 3. Boss Battles * * * * * * * * * * 1. Damp Hairball Location: On your way back to Razril from Middleport the second time. Requirements: After landing on Middleport the second time, a merchant stands beside the Knight will request for your help to get rid of a monster that has been attacking near the sea. Accept his request and sail back to Razril. The boss will appear as one of the random enemy encounters. HP: 204 Potch gained: 500 Items Dropped: ? Pot. Sharpen all your party members' weapons and buy good equipment. If not, sharpen weapons for Hero and Snowe. Buy equipment for everyone so you don't have to heal every round. Make sure you are at least level 6 for this battle. You may use Hero and Snowe's Friendship Attack or have them attack individually. Friendship Attack deals slightly more damage than Hero and Snowe's individual attack for me. You may also use Keneth's Lightning rune to hasten the battle process. Damp Hairball's major attack is when it uses water rune that damaged 25 HP for all characters, so keep everyone's HP above 30. Have the weakest character use medicine to heal members when needed(or else, just keep attacking) and focus strongest characters to attack Damp Hairball. 2. Pirate Brandeau, Assassin Location: After the naval battle against Pirate Brandeau. HP: 210, 187 Potch gained: 450 Items Dropped: - You have only two members for this fight, Hero and Gaiden Soldier, so Hero must be well equipped for this fight. If you have equipped offensive runes on Hero, go on and use it. If not, use physical attacks. Focus on attacking Assassin first, as he has fewer HP and should go down in no time. Brandeau will cast a fire magic that damaged 35 HP for one character, so keep their HP above 40. 3. Colton, ??? Location: After resting in the Colton's ship and witness a few cutscenes. HP: - Potch gained: - Items Dropped: - This battle cannot be won, so don't waste any healing items. 4. Water Dragon Location: After leaving from Troy's ship and engaged in one random battle. HP: 1408 Potch gained: 1000 Items Dropped: Dragon Scale, Dragon's Bone. This is perhaps the most difficult battle if your characters' levels are below 12. So keep leveling up until level 12 in Colton's ship.(After the battle, you will be back on the ship. Turn around and you will see two Kooluk soldiers. Engage them in battle and you will find that the soldiers always keep respawning. Use this method to keep training.) Water Dragon has two types of attacks, it has an attack that deals little damage but inflicts sleep status, so it can be quite annoying if it causes two or more characters to sleep. Another attack deals 45 damage on one character. Keep all character's HP above 50. Hero's Punishment rune, Eternal Ordeal, is very useful in this battle as it deals 290-296 damage. Use the members' attacking runes if available to bring it down quickly. Choose one character to do the healing(for me, I choose Paula ) and focus others to attack. 5. Boss Crab, Wild Crab x 2(first part of battle), Wild Crab x 6(second part of battle) Location: Deserted Island. After the cutscenes about a mermaid telling you that Chiepoo is in danger, go to the dense forest. HP: 1538, 90 Potch gained: 3280 Items Dropped: Crab Bun, Seashell x 2, Shell. For the first part of the battle, don't use any magic. Simply take out the wild crabs using physical attacks. Keep using physical attacks on the Boss Crab until you are given an option to use the Punishment Rune. Use it and now the real battle begins. The real battle consists of Boss Crab and four more wild crabs. Same as the beginning, eliminate the wild crabs first using physical attacks and unleash powerful magic on Boss Crab. Hero's Eternal Ordeal is effective in this battle; dealing 380-400 damage per round. So if you are using Hero's rune frequently , do remember to keep his HP high. Boss Crab has two types of attack; it has an attack that damages 46-55 HP to one ally and another attack that damage 50 HP to all characters. So keep everyone's HP above 60 and Hero's HP above 80 if you are using Hero's rune. Focus other characters to either attack or heal when needed. 6. Killer Ray x 2 Location: After leaving Deserted Island and engage two random battles. HP: 1292 Potch gained: 1600 Items Dropped: Water Rune Piece, Jizo clock, Mega medicine. The Killer Rays' major attack is when the two of them attack simultaneously, dealing 70 HP damage to all allies. Therefore, it's very important to take one killer ray out. Their own individual attack, however, deals 50 HP to one character. Hero's Eternal Ordeal deals more damage than Double Edged Sword to one enemy, so you may want to use Eternal Ordeal to settle one killer ray quickly. Once one killer ray is down, the other is very easy to handle. The killer ray may also heal itself for 47 HP, but it does not pose much threat. Keep everyone's HP above 80 when there are two killer rays and above 60 HP when one killer ray is left. 7. Guard (Part 1) Location: Obel Ruins, appears just before exiting the ruins. HP: 1665 Potch gained: 1000 Items Dropped: Platinum. You need to be well prepared for this fight. The Guard has high defense and attack power, so you might want to sharpen your weapons and buy good armour in Obel first. It has an attack that damages 60-73 HP for all and another attack that damages 79 HP for one character. Equip someone with an Earth rune so you can use the Clay Guardian to minimise damage received. By now, you should have about 200+ HP, so keep your HP above 100. You may need to use mega medicine rather than medicine because it restores more HP. Keep an eye on Hero's HP if you are going to use his rune, as the Eternal Ordeal spell take 40-49 HP away from Hero, so plan your healing wisely. Since you are going to fight him twice, it's best if you use just a couple of spells and leave the most powerful spells for later battle. If physical attacks aren't hurting much, you may also use any offensive rune you have equipped on your characters. 8. Guard (Part 2) Location: Obel Ruins, appears when you are about to leave the area after a conversation with Rikie. HP: 2062 Potch gained: 1500 Items Dropped: Iron Hammer, Diamond. If you have used up too much magic in the previous battle, it's a good idea to consume the mushrooms in order to replenish your magic power for a tougher Guard in this battle. Your attack and magic powers should have increased much more now, so go ahead and unleash all your powerful rune spells. The Guard has the same types of attacks, except that it deals more damage now; it has an attack that damages 65-71 HP for all and another attack that damages 85 HP for one. Use mega medicine to restore when necessary and keep everyone's HP about 110 HP. Hero's Eternal Ordeal is a must as it deals quite a lot of damage than other rune spells, but keep an eye on Hero's HP. With all the powerful spells unleashed on this Guard, it should be gone quickly. 9. Akagi, Mizuki Location: Obel. Appears on your way to the quarters after Oleg joined your party. HP: 635, 653 Potch gained: 940 Items Dropped: - Fighting Akagi and Mizuki is a breeze compared to Guard. Hitting them with physical attack should suffice, but if you want to finish them quickly, use Hero's Eternal Ordeal and any other powerful runes. Akagi deals 56 HP damage to one character and Mizuki deals 74 damage to one. Keep everyone's HP above 100. 10. Horned Behemoth Location: Hermitage Island. Appears on your way to the cave. HP: 878 Potch gained: 3000 Items Dropped: Horn. Hero engaged in this battle alone, so equip him with good armor and sharpen his weapon. Hero's HP should be around 300+ at level 40. The Behemoth damages 33-72 HP, so you need not worry about restoring your health. Use Eternal Ordeal for 2-3 times and it should be gone for good. 11. Moving Isle, Tentacle x 4 Location: Near Middleport. Appears on your way to regain Middleport. HP: 3520, 588 Potch gained: 11,200 Items Dropped: Ocean Rune Piece, Silk. It may be one of the hardest boss battles. Moving Isle has a whopping high HP and four tentacles with 588 HP each. In this battle, only long-ranged weapons and rune magic can hurt this one. So choose an ally that is a strong magic caster like Jeane or Viki, long-ranged weapon user like Sigurd and most importantly, bring a healer in; Viki or Sigurd(both are strong in water magic). Buy good equipment for everyone and sharpen all weapons for this long fight. Moving Isle has two types of attacks; it sprays ink that causes 39 HP damage and sleep status to one character. Another attack is it damages 60-80 HP for all. The tentacle damages 50 HP to one character. Hero should defend until all the tentacles are down. The Double Edged Sword deals little damage to them so let Viki, Sigurd, Lo Hak or Jeane eliminate them first. Once all tentacles are down, use Hero's Eternal Ordeal on Moving Isle. If you do not have any magic left, you may use the the mushrooms to restore your magic and unleash those spells on Moving Isle. The healer should cast Healing Rain(or Kindness Drops if you ran out off Healing Rain) to restore everyone's HP and keep their HP above 120. 12. Graham Cray Location: Fort El-Eal. Fourth floor of fort, Control Room. HP: 4078 Potch gained: 1000 Items Dropped: - Graham Cray isn't difficult if you sharpen the weapons to the maximum and buy good equipment.(best equipment should be left for Hero's party) The party I have are Viki at level 55, Millay at level 53, Helmut and level 53 and Ted at level 45. Viki equipped with Ancient Vestment, casts fire magic and Ted uses his Soul Eater Rune. Helmut and Millay use physical attacks. Graham attacks all for 57-93 HP damage and 245 HP damage to one. He often attacks all members instead of one, but if you are worried, keep all party members HP above 260. Graham might cast a protective barrier on him at the start of the battle, this barrier halves all damage received; physical and magic attacks. So use physical attacks, until once the barrier is gone, unleash all powerful attacks on Graham.(Ted's Judgement is very useful; dealing 1309 HP damage) He will occasionally casts the barrier after the previous one has been worn off, so finish him quickly before he had a chance to cast it. 13. Giant Tree, Seed of Light x 2 Location: Fort El-Eal. The highest floor of the fort. HP: 13,478, 3731 Potch gained: 750 Items Dropped: - The final boss of Suikoden IV. The boss has high defense, so you need to use either strong magic combo or attack combo to defeat it. First eliminate the seeds, they will regenerate after you killed them, but keeping them out of your way makes your healers' job much easier. I am sure many fans will notice this final boss, has some similarities to the final boss of Suikoden III, by looking at the colours of the leaves. The colours that it might change into are: Light blue - Regenerates one seed, does not attack during this form. Light green - 90-95 HP damage to one. Dark blue - 45-71 HP damage and poison status damage to all. Dark green - Inflicts sleep status, sometimes attacks 158-196 damage to all. Orange - Most devastating attack, dealing 269-275 HP damage to all if undefend. All members must defend. White/Silver - Most devastating attack, dealing 230-390 HP damage to all if undefend. All members must defend. Yellow/Gold - Increasing the beam on top of its head, does not attack during this form. The battle can be very easy or difficult depends on how much you levelled up your characters. My party, Hero at level 90, Snowe, Sigurd and Hervey at level 89, with 400 HP and above. Hero and Snowe perform True Friends Attack using two Power Rings, Killer Rune equipped and weapons sharpen at maximum level for each member, dealing 2308 damage. Sigurd and Hervey perform Pirate Attack, with no Power Rings equipped, deals 991 damage. Keep everyone's HP above 250. Since this is the last boss fight, go ahead and use the most powerful runes and use the mushrooms when needed. If you want to keep the mushrooms for the next game, focus all your attacks via combo attacks or physical attacks. The seeds may heal Giant Tree occasionally for 251 HP, but it shouldn't pose much problem. Focus all your powerful attacks and it will be defeated soon. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * * * * * * * * * * 4. Duel Battles * * * * * * * * * * There are three commands to choose: Attack, Defense and Special Attack. You can choose your Attack, Defense or Special Attack to be either full power or normal power. Once you select the full power option, you are not able to change your selection for that whole duel battle only. When an enemy attacks, use special attack. When it defense, choose to attack. When it uses special attack, counter it by defending.(It is easy to guess what moves the enemy will choose by listening to the tone of his voice.) 1. Glen - Now it's my turn! - Glen will attack. - Are you ready for me? - Glen will attack. - Pay close attention to my swordsmanship. - Glen will attack. - Let's see you make a move. - Glen will guard. - Let's see how well you can wield that sword. - Glen will guard. - Charge at me and don't hold anything back - Glen will guard. - My next move will settle this, once and for all! - Glen will use special attack. - Prepare to get beaten to a pulp. - Glen will use special attack. 2. Pirate Brandeau - I guess I can play a little. - Brandeau will attack. - Don't get cocky, boy! - Brandeau will attack. - Victory is mine... - Brandeau will attack. - Your attacks are futile...Don't you realize that? - Brandeau will guard. - Hah, child's play! Allow me to humor you. - Brandeau will guard. - I will settle this... - Brandeau will use special attack. - I'll kill you! - Brandeau will use special attack. 3. Lino En Kuldes - All right, let's get right down to it. - Lino will attack. - Maybe a little nudge to wake you up? - Lino will attack. - It's my turn next. - Lino will attack. - Come on! Let's see what you've got. - Lino will guard. - I think I'll save my energy a little. - Lino will guard. - Guess I'll start getting serious now... - Lino will use special attack. - Well, I guess I'll scare you a bit! - Lino will use special attack. - Hehe...Better be prepared for the next move... - Lino will use special attack. 4. Troy - Then...here I go. - Troy will attack. - Yield to my sword... - Troy will attack. - Here I go. - Troy will attack. - ...... - Troy will guard. - Humph... - Troy will guard. - Come on! Let's see what you have got. - Troy will guard. - Prepare yourself. - Troy will use special attack. - I'll settle this with the next move. - Troy will use special attack. - Sorry...but I will take your life with one more move. - Troy will use special attack. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5. Boss Battles(Optional) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1. Lo Fong, Lo Hak, Lo Seng Location: Mordo Island. Requirements: After acquiring Golden Seal from Lino En Kuldes, go to Mordo Island and use the hot spring there. Lo Fong, Lo Hak and Lo Seng will engage you in battle after you chose not to pay 10,000 potch. (The two choices prompted will still engage you in battle with the trio.) HP: 1136, 1198, 1539 Potch gained: 15,000 Items Dropped: - Lo Fong has the fewest HP of all, Lo Hak is the second highest HP of the trio and Lo Seng has the highest HP. Lo Fong damages 27 HP, Lo Hak damages 25-27 HP and Lo Seng damages 38-40 HP for one character. Since Lo Fong has the lowest HP, take her out first, followed by Lo Hak and Lo Seng. Lo Seng deals more damage than the others so you need to keep an eye on your party's HP. After Lo Fong and Lo Hak are taken care of, focus all your strongest spells on Lo Seng. 2. Gau, Demon Wolf x 4 Location: Hermitage Island. Requirements: After acquiring Golden Seal from Lino En Kuldes, go to forest area of Hermitage Island. Gau will appear as one of the random encounters. HP: 2114, 316 Potch gained: 2700 Items Dropped: - Choose a magic that eliminates all Demon Wolfs at once(for me, I used Viki's Blinking Rune, "Set!"), then focus on Gau. Gau inflicts 3 hits (83-125 damage) on one ally, so keep everyone's HP above 150. He has quite a lot of HP, so it may take some time to defeat him. Use Eternal Ordeal and any powerful rune magic on him and heal occasionally. 3. Fog Ship Guide Location: Ghost Ship. Requirements: After recruiting 70+ characters, go to the War Room. After the cutscene, follow the path straight. After the conversation between Fog Ship Guide and Ted, Fog Ship Guide will challenge you to a fight. HP: 7049 Potch gained: 8000 Items Dropped: Silk, Diamond This battle may be difficult if you did not sharpen weapon and buy good armor for Lino. The party consists of Hero, Lino, a character of your choice and Ted who join in later. It's a good idea to choose a healer for this tedious and frustrating battle. The most frustrating part is Fog Ship Guide loves to drain one character's HP for 145-175, especially in the beginning of the battle. When it loses about half of his health, it drains occasionally. Luckily, Ted has a water rune that he can restore one ally's HP. Hit Fog Ship Guide with Eternal Ordeal, physical attack and all your strongest spells so he will not drain your party members' HP too often. Fog Ship Guide has another attack that hits 83-100 HP for all. It's best if you keep everyone's HP close to their maximum HP as Fog Ship Guide drains almost half of their maximum HP. 4. Maxine(Na Nal Town Square) Location: Na Nal Island Requirements: After regain Razril, go to Na Nal Town Square to find a white haired woman dressed in dark purple-red clothing. Speak to her to engage in battle. HP: 1997 Potch gained: 1000 Items Dropped: - Maxine does not cast powerful spells in this battle. She casts Wind of Sleep and attacks physically to one character for 45 HP damage. Use Eternal Ordeal, powerful rune magic or attack physically. She should go down rather quick. 5. Maxine(Nay Island Stonecutter Field) Location: Nay Island Requirements: After regaining Razril and beaten Maxine previously in Na Nal Island Town Square, go to Nay Island Stonecutter Field to find her near a tree on the left. Speak to her to engage in battle. HP: 2437 Potch gained: 2000 Items Dropped: - Maxine has higher HP than before and she casts powerful wind magic like Shining Wind and Funeral Wind this time. Same as the previous battle, unleash all powerful attacks and rune magic on her and keep everyone's HP close to maximum. You may also want to cast Earth Rune, Clay Guardian on your party to increase their defensive. 6. Angel Hairball Location: Various; Obel Ruins, Iluya Island and Fort El-Eal. Requirements: Hidden in some treasure chest. HP: 3237 Potch gained: 10,000 Items Dropped: Stone of speed Use combo magic, Thunder God, at the first round. Cast powerful strong spells every round and heal when necessary. Once the Angel Hairball loses about half of its HP, it might cast high level lightning spell, Heavenly Thunder, that instantly knocked out one ally. But don't worry about the experience points as the points given are not much if your party is at level 60+. If you have True Friends Attack, cast Silent Lake to prevent Angel Hairball casting any spells and perform the combo attack every round, the other two characters should defend or heal using items if needed. 7. Land Dragon Location: Middleport Requirements: After speaking to Pablo regarding a powerful warlock who hid himself under at basement at Empty House, go to the Back Road in Middleport and into Empty House. Choose the "24 potch" option and you will be landed at the basement. Explore the basement and before you get to meet Warlock, you have to fight the Land Dragon. HP: 5062 Potch gained: 8000 Items Dropped: Dragon Scale. Choose a strong party that has strong combo magic like Flame Array (lightning + fire) or Thunder God (lightning + water), high combo attack power like Hero and Snowe's True Friends Attack. Have a healer in the party to heal occassionally. Land Dragon damages 127-151 HP to one character and 80-98 HP damage to all. It also inflicts sleep status too. Watch out for your party's HP and keep their HP above 220 as Land Dragon tends to attack one character almost every round. 8. Killer Golem Location: Kingdom of Obel Requirements: After defeated the Guard twice at the Obel Ruins, Killer Golem will appear at the same location later in the game. HP: 12,629 Potch gained: 30,000 Items Dropped: Diamond, Platinum. This is the toughest optional boss battle in this game. Killer Golem has the same attacks as the Guard but deals more damage this time. It has an attack that damages 87 HP to one character and another attack (it shoots its hand as a rocket) that deals 295-297 damage to one character. It also attacks all members for 158-196 damage. It is important to have a good party for this one, (my party members are Hero at level 56, Snowe at level 55, Sigurd at level 55 and Hervey at level 51) and preferably, with a strong combo attack party like Hero and Snowe True Friends Attack, is useful in this long battle. Have a strong healer, Sigurd, to heal when needed. You may want to include a person who is strong in Earth Rune and cast Clay Guardian to increase their defenses. Buy good equipment and sharpened their weapons to the maximum, if you want to increase their attack powers, buy Power Rings, available in Razril Equipment Shop for 20,000 potch each, equip your strong attackers with the Fury Rune, or keep levelling up your characters to 470 HP. Hero and Snowe should be doing 2000+ damage with the True Friends Attack, with the Fury Rune and three Power Rings equipped each on the duo. If Power Rings are too costly, buy at least two or three and equipped two on Snowe and one for Hero (I found that Snowe deals more damage than Hero). Sigurd and Hervey can perform the Pirate Attack or attack individually. Be sure to keep everyone's HP above 300 HP, so the healer's job will be easy. 9. Ancient Crab Location: Deserted Island. Requirements: After defeated the Boss Crab and wild crabs in the dense forest, Ancient Crab will appear at the hill(beyond the dense forest) later in the game. HP: 9500 Potch gained: 25,000 Items Dropped: Fire Rune Piece. If you have defeated Killer Golem, then fighting Ancient Crab should have no problem. It damages 193-200 HP to each character and also hits 78-117 HP damage to all.(I find that Ancient Crab tend to attack all members every round.) Select a strong party where each character is at level 68 to 70. Perform Hero and Snowe's True Friends Attack and have the other two characters perform either combo attack, use physical or strong rune magic attack. Heal when necessary. bryon15kennedy's strategy: The boss has two attacks, one hits all characters for 80 to 130 hp or hits one for 200+ damage depending on what the characters' defenses are. My team consists of the Hero, Snow, Ted and one other person at about level 45 or higher. My tactics are to hit it with rush command right away, then I would use the most powerful individual magic each character has or use strong combo magic. Once done that, I use the Hero and Snow to do the True Friends Attack while Ted and the other person concentrate on healing and use physical attack when necessary. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 6. Duel Battles(Optional) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1. Mitsuba Requirements: Go to Na Nal Island, talk to Rhineholt near the Rune Shop. He will tell you to go and defeat a girl wearing in red. Go past me and you will see the girl standing in the middle. Talk to her to engage the duel. - Hahaha, not yet, not yet! - Mitsuba will attack. - I'm going to slash you, and it's gonna hurt! - Mitsuba will attack. - Then, shall we have a little match? - Mitsuba will attack. - Come and get me! - Mitsuba will guard. - Whew, I'll see how it goes for a bit. - Mitsuba will guard. - First, let's see how good you are. - Mitsuba will guard. - Okay, I'll finish it in the next move! - Mitsuba will use special attack. - You're dead!!! - Mitsuba will use special attack. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * * * * * * * * 7. Credits * * * * * * * * GameFaqs - for allowing me to post my FAQ here. bryon15kennedy - for giving me the tactics for an optional boss, Ancient Crab, and its HP and potch gained after defeating it. And to all the fans who have read this FAQ. There are two websites that have my permission to post my FAQ: www.gamefaqs.com www.neoseeker.com ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~