The "I'm stuck on a boss" thread

[dejet]

Oh posted in the other FF13 thread did not see the boss thread ~_~ maybe ill get some help.

I am now grinding a little get boost my HP and dmg output in order to kill the given mob at the top of the tower in chapter 11. Anything I should know about this guy? I have not had to grind yet sorta mad that I have to now I was planing to do grinding after I beat the game, but this guy jsut proves to be to much for my 1300~2000 HP people >.<

if it help[s I open with buffs from hope.

Move into my main combo and that is

Light= commando, Snow= ravager, Hope= Ravager

When HP is needed I change to

Light= med, Snow = sent, Hope= med

When I think I need to play it safe the full attack set up is changed to
light= commando, Snow= sent, Hope = Med

Anything I should change about this set up? I just blast away and change from dual healing to full attack, outside this boss who can one shot light/hope >.>it worked great. Even on this it worked grea till the thing changed to light who was my leader >.<

[Ardrial]

Chapter 12 end boss:

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I forget the name right now but it's the giant robot thing that you fight earlier in the chapter that comes back. Anyway I have Fang as SEN throughout the entire fight. Hope and Lightning in my party too. I started out the fight with Fortisol and Aegisol to give me some awesome buffs. Started out in COM/SEN/RAV (Delta Attack) paradigm to build up the stagger bar. Switched to RAV/SEN/RAV (Mystic Tower) to stagger quickly and switched to MED/SEN/MED (Combat Clinic) to heal up if anyone got yellow. After about 25% of his hp gone, he buffed himself, took away all my buffs, and fully cured himself. While he was in the air i kept hacking away with Delta Attack > Mystic tower. He then switched to offense mode and i saved lightnings heals to spam heals on her so she wouldn't die, which works most of the time. However this time, he killed hope instantly and while i was pheonix downing, killed fang and then the damage was too high too keep up. Is there ANYTHING I am missing here? I really hope I don't have to go grind again

[Julian]

Beat it, bitchiest boss yet, jtdc.

ffffffffffffffffff the next boss, guess i gotta grind some :/ i was on double medic just healing damage like 75% of the time, anytime i would stagger it i would have to switch back to medics cause my hp would get so low.

Also, fuck, I NEED MONEY, WHERE CAN I GET MONEY IN CHAPTER 11 > > >

[Gokulo]

Also, fuck, I NEED MONEY, WHERE CAN I GET MONEY IN CHAPTER 11 > > >

This O.o

[Despain]

Go dig on Gran Pulse. Get nuggets, sell for like 50k a pop.

[mdkuser]

Also, fuck, I NEED MONEY, WHERE CAN I GET MONEY IN CHAPTER 11 > > >

Spam mission 7.

[Maguspk]

Dahak can suck my fucking dick. What a retarded boss fight, the whole 'your PT leader dies, you lose' mechanic is really pissing me off right about now.

[Correction]

Dahak falls fast if your group has one SYN who can throw Shell up in a hurry and a SAB as group leader to dispel his Faith buff. Caster boss!

[Maguspk]

Beat him on the second try after equipping some Ember Ring and Rune Armlets on Lightning/Sazh/Vanille. Actually, I did the same thing I did for Cid Raines, I just went pure offense and 5 starred it lol. He didn't even get off any of his Firestorms or Utterance things because everytime he was about to do it, I'd be staggering him and it'd interrupt it as he fell. Then I'd just go to town COM/RAV/RAV, only took two knockdowns. Didn't bother with Protect/Shell or any SEN bullshit.

[Jakson]

My biggest complaint are the cycles that use Gatling Gun in Palumpolom that will kill anything but a sentinel at full hp or with guard up at least, that pissed me off more than anything.

While that Protoflorian (boss of the white forest area, idr) was a pain in the ass, it feels like there isn't a fight in this game that can't be won (though some take foreverrrrrrrrrr) with any/any/med, though I'm only on like chapter 9 or so.

[lilfoo]

Wow it may just be me talking but i think that people are taking on the game a bit the hard way... Imo after you get all 6 people your main PT should be Light/Hope/Shaz until Crystal lvl 9 in chapter 12 and then switching Fang in for Shaz when Hope gets access to haste at Crystal lvl 9. Having full access to all buffs makes most bosses a joke (of course throwing in an occasional snow/fang for when sentinel is required.) Full buffs > full assault generally leads to 5 stars. (fuck the chapter 10 boss)

[Maguspk]

ffffffffffffffffff the next boss, guess i gotta grind some :/ i was on double medic just healing damage like 75% of the time, anytime i would stagger it i would have to switch back to medics cause my hp would get so low.

Also, fuck, I NEED MONEY, WHERE CAN I GET MONEY IN CHAPTER 11 > > >

this.

Fuck the second coming of Bathenalalkdaflkajf. The fucker is just nonstop damage, how the fuck am I supposed to deal with this. Do I seriously have to grind?

[MisterBob]

this.

Fuck the second coming of Bathenalalkdaflkajf. The fucker is just nonstop damage, how the fuck am I supposed to deal with this. Do I seriously have to grind?

No grinding needed at all in the main storyline. Switch paradigms faster.

[Julian]

Didn't get the waypoint in the first area so I gotta walk all the way back fffffuuuuuuuu

[Maguspk]

No grinding needed at all in the main storyline. Switch paradigms faster.

Pretty sure I can survive the fight it is at a snails pace though, like the furthest I've gotten him was maybe 3/4 of the way down. I end up having to sit on my healing paradigm for too
long. It's also the first time I've had to use a sentinel because when the damage is spread out that just leads to having to switch to the healing paradigm even more.

There is either something I'm missing or I just need to upgrade some weapons/accessories and grind a bit, get my stuff maxed out at level 3. Anyone know what type of damage Barthandelus or w/e does? Physical or Magical? I think I'll upgrade some of those resistance accesories.

[Boyiee]

Pretty sure I can survive the fight it is at a snails pace though, like the furthest I've gotten him was maybe 3/4 of the way down. I end up having to sit on my healing paradigm for too
long. It's also the first time I've had to use a sentinel because when the damage is spread out that just leads to having to switch to the healing paradigm even more.

Think its non-elemental lol.

Are you talking about Bethandelus on the ship in chapter 9? That fight took me 18minutes with a maxed out cryst group, he spammed destrudo like every 15seconds and it was taking lightning from full health to <100 everytime, even with a sentinel in group. Got 0 points for that fight

[Dontkare]

Fucking Odin...

a dozen tries later I gots him... he hits way too hard and interrupts too much shit for only 2 characters. >.> Do you always get 5 stars on eidolons? I beat him with like 25 left on my doom counter lol.

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rav+med, and starting in med/med just to stay alive at the opener ...

This. I died to him several times. Was hard to build a chain on him while toughing out his high damage output.

[Maguspk]

Think its non-elemental lol.

Are you talking about Bethandelus on the ship in chapter 9? That fight took me 18minutes with a maxed out cryst group, he spammed destrudo like every 15seconds and it was taking lightning from full health to <100 everytime, even with a sentinel in group. Got 0 points for that fight

No, I'm talking about the second time you fight him, in Oerba.

[Boyiee]

Think it's still considered Non-elemental.

Wow it may just be me talking but i think that people are taking on the game a bit the hard way... Imo after you get all 6 people your main PT should be Light/Hope/Shaz until Crystal lvl 9 in chapter 12 and then switching Fang in for Shaz when Hope gets access to haste at Crystal lvl 9. Having full access to all buffs makes most bosses a joke (of course throwing in an occasional snow/fang for when sentinel is required.) Full buffs > full assault generally leads to 5 stars. (fuck the chapter 10 boss)

I just got access to everyone and was running Light Hope Fang, since there are so many buffs/debuffs provided by them plus a sentinel in the party.

Still best to run with the Sazh for haste? Asking cause the Bethandelus fight in chapter 9 took me 18minutes and sentinel didn't seem to make much difference, haste wouldn't have helped incomming damage though... so i'm kinda torn.

[Kurp]

Think it's still considered Non-elemental.

I just got access to everyone and was running Light Hope Fang, since there are so many buffs/debuffs provided by them plus a sentinel in the party.

Still best to run with the Sazh for haste? Asking cause the Bethandelus fight in chapter 9 took me 18minutes and sentinel didn't seem to make much difference, haste wouldn't have helped incomming damage though... so i'm kinda torn.

Bart

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I used Light, Sazh, and Hope for that fight and finished in time to get four stars I think. The amount of extra damage you do while he's staggered and charging his beam when your party has haste, bravery, and faith is crazy. Plus you kill the faces much faster so the incoming damage during that phase is reduced.

If you go all out damage on him when he's charging, you can partially interrupt his cast which significantly reduces the damage you take. It's something like leaving your party with 50%+ health compared to 10%.