Star Ocean: The 2nd Story - Boss Guide for Claude Version 0.5 For U.S. Version Only On PSX ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ By Dan GC Last updated: 08/05/99 05:45 PM PT First Edition: 07/27/99 03:08 PM PT Document Info: 45 K (46, 975 Bytes) Designed for at least IE 3 or NN 3 at 640x480 Resolution and Courier New font enabled 46, 975 characters (letters, numbers, symbols, etc.) Star Ocean: The 2nd Story was/is... Created by: tri-Ace Creator of Most FMVs: Links Produced by: Enix Published by: SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment America) Released: June 9, 1999 in US If you can help me with anything: basics, more strategies, etc., or if you just have questions, comments, etc., E-mail them to One more thing, don't E-mail with questions that are already in this FAQ, otherwise, I'll discard them or tell you to check the FAQ. _________________ Table of Contents ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Part 1: Updates Part 2: Introduction Part 3: Bosses - Gark - Alen-Tax - Gargoyle x2 - Vermillion - Nightmare - XINE - Flare Lizard x2 - Vissayer x3 - Harphinx x2 - Shin (1st Meeting) - Shin (2nd Meeting) - Shin (3rd Meeting) & Stone Statue x3 - Berle (1st Meeting) - Synard - Arcmene x2 |ŻWARNING! EVERY BATTLE FROM NOW ON..._| - Magic Hand, Magic Box x2, Work Box, & Guard Box - Guardian (1st One) - Guardian (2nd One) - Lover & Breakwing x2 - Marsilio (1st Meeting) - Bark - Marsilio (2nd Meeting) - Shigeo - Berle (2nd Meeting) - Ruprecht, Jibril, & Nicolus - Vesper & Decus - Cyril - Indalecio (Limiter On) - Indalecio (Limiter Off) Part 4: Frequently Asked Questions Part 5: My Comments and Stuff Part 6: Special Thanks Part 7: Author Information Copyright Disclaimer: This Document Copyright (c) 1999 Dan GC This FAQ is for personal and/or private usage only. If reproduced, it must be via electronics, and if placed on a Web Page, may be changed only if this Disclaimer and the above Copyright Notice is completely there. This FAQ is not to be used for profitable/promotional purposes: publishers of magazines, guides, books, etc. or being incorporated into magazines, etc. in ANY way without FULL AUTHORIZATION from myself and any cohorts I may have. 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This FAQ can be found at: ________________________________________________________________________ GameFAQs www.gamefaqs.com ________________________________________________________________________ Part 1: Updates ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Version 0.5 8/05/99: Added some stuff (nothing really special) Version 0.4 8/02/99: Added two extra strategies for all of the battles on Energy Nede (except for the Indalecio fights) because apparently, there was ONE guy who didn't appreciate my strategies dealing with Chisato. He said something like, "Try not to base the FAQ on Chisato she isn't the main character." Even though the strategies were all made by me (duh) and I'm not basing the FAQ on Chisato, she just seems to be a pretty good fighter when it comes to boss fights, so I would use her in battle. It's just the same thing with Claude/Rena, you can use them in battle, or not. And Claude isn't always the main character, nor is Rena. There ARE a lot of different strategies to beating bosses out there, and what I did have were just one of them, sheesh... But WHATEVER, people think the way they will. Version 0.3 7/31/99: revised strategies as well as some layout changes Version 0.2 7/30/99: revised strategies as well as a name change Version 0.1 7/27/99: First Edition ________________________________________________________________________ Part 2: Introduction ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This FAQ SHOULD be used in conjunction with my Battle Strategies FAQ because it contains battle strategies against normal enemies and battle tips for each character such as the "Shooting Stars Wall Trap" for Claude or the "Tear Gas ToD" for Chisato. You need to at least read the Battle Tips section of my Battle Strategies FAQ. For this FAQ, I'll just tell you what the Tear Gas ToD is, it's the Tear Gas Touch of Death, in other words, once you pull it off, you can keep doing it and most enemies won't be able to do anything. This is a boss guide for Star Ocean 2 for Claude. The HP of all of the bosses are the ones for Earth Mode (difficulty level). If you are playing SO2 for the first time through without other saved games of SO2, then you are playing Earth Mode. If you are playing on Galaxy Mode, then all enemies have a 50% increase in statistics compared to Earth Mode. The AI is also 50% smarter. So to figure out the stuff, just multiply the Earth Mode stats of enemies by 1.5. If you are playing on Universe Mode, then all enemies have a 100% increase in statistics compared to Earth Mode. The AI is also 100% smarter. So to figure out the stuff, just multiply the Earth Mode stats of enemies by 2. The FAQ is based on Galaxy Mode because it's the average (Earth, Galaxy, Universe). The Descriptions of all bosses are from Ian Kelley's Crawd (Claude when translated into English) Walkthough. ________________________________________________________________________ Part 3: Bosses ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ For all of the boss battles, you should always have Rena in battle. She is the only healer plus she can heal you while you're fighting so you don't have to worry too much about dying. If she dies, you SHOULD revive her ASAP! If you need to use items to heal yourself, then do it. All Time Battles last one minute long and you must have at least one character survive the battle so you can advance in the story. _____________________________ - Gark ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Shingo Forest Recommended Level: N/A Description: 2000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [STRATEGIES] Claude is too weak to hurt it physically, so you have to use the Phase Gun. Just keep on pushing L1 (or push the Killer Move button for what the 'Phase Gun' is set to) and it'll die. _____________________________ - Alen-Tax ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Salva Mine Recommended Level: 4+ Description: 400 HP Weaknesses: Light Resistance: Dark [STRATEGIES] Alen-Tax is a heavy enemy, so you can just keep on attacking him with Claude and he'll eventually die. But if you get hit for some reason, use Rena to heal Claude. _____________________________ - Gargoyle x2 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Cross Cave (opening Empty Treasure Chest) Recommended Level: 14 Description: 1500 HP Weaknesses: Light Resistance: Dark [STRATEGIES] Use Claude and attack one of them and kill it ASAP. If the Gargoyles are on each side of Claude, they'll do their Bite attack simultaneously and Claude won't be able to do anything. If this happens, use Celine to attack them with a spell that is Light elemental such as Ray, then use Rena to heal Claude. After one Gargoyle is defeated, the next one will be a sinch. Use the "Shooting Stars Wall Attack." If you can't pull it off, have Rena or Celine cast a spell to temporarily stun it and have Claude attack it right away after the spell is cast. _____________________________ - Vermillion ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Heraldry Forest Recommended Level: 18 Description: 3000 HP Weaknesses: Fire, Light Resistance: Dark [STRATEGIES] Vermillion is also a heavy enemy. So just have Celine cast a spell such as Ray, and just as soon as the spell is done, use Claude and keep on attacking him, he usually won't be able to escape. If he escapes, just have Celine cast another spell. If you want to play it safe, then just have Celine cast a spell and use Claude to do Head Splitter (if you set Head Splitter as one of his Killer Moves). _____________________________ - Nightmare ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Mountain Palace (Ashton must be in party) Recommended Level: 22 Description: 9000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [STRATEGIES] Nightmare has Bunny Shoes on, it seems. Because of that, she is really fast and since your characters aren't the fastest in the world, you'll have some trouble catching up to her. So, Claude should have Head Splitter and Shooting Stars while Ashton has Leaf Slash and Cross Slash. Once the battle starts, Ashton should use Leaf Slash while Claude should use Head Splitter. This will bring both of them close up to Nightmare. Have Celine cast magic repeatedly to stall Nightmare long enough so you can set up Claude and Ashton to attack Nightmare. Rena can do the same thing as Celine, although Rena should just heal most of the time. You're going to have to stall Nightmare, and to keep Nightmare stuck forever is to get on both sides of her and keep on attacking with Killer Moves. Shooting Stars for Claude and Cross Slash for Ashton. You will then kill Nightmare eventually. _____________________________ - XINE ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Lasgus Mountain (Ashton must be in party) Recommended Level: 26 Description: 20000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Fire, Wind [STRATEGIES] XINE has quite a lot of HP, and his Master Attack is quick. He sometimes casts Light Cross, but he takes a while to charge, so if you can tell he's going to cast a spell, you're give time to attack. (If you only had Opera in your party...you would be able to kill XINE easily just by using normal attacks with Opera.) Anyway, Claude should have Head Splitter and anything else, it doesn't really matter, Claude just needs Head Splitter (if you have Twin Slash, you can have that as well as Head Splitter, but you have to be level 46) while Ashton should have...I don't know. XINE will occasionally do Master Attack, which is a charging attack that takes off more than 1/5 of your total HP, and to stop him, you have to attack him by any means, whether it be magic or physically. If you are lucky and dizzy XINE, he will temporarily be almost on the ground so you have time to attack him. He's pretty hard, so it'll take a while. You will need to use items when you need to such as restoring MP or reviving someone. _____________________________ - Flare Lizard x2 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Mountain Palace (Opera must be in party) Recommended Level: 24 Description: 5000 HP Weaknesses: Water Resistance: Fire, Lightning [STRATEGIES] You should have an accessory equipped that makes you strong against Fire. You can try equipping two of them and you will absorb it (I think, I forgot whether it's two or three Resistance to absorb). Use Head Splitter with Claude in order to reach them quicker and dodge some of their attacks. Since Opera doesn't have much, she should just use Flame Launcher to attack. If one of your characters is Poisoned/Paralyzed/ Stoned, then use Rena to cast Dispel on that character. After one is killed, since Opera's normal attack is quick, just have her and Claude attack the last Flare Lizard. If you are using Claude, Opera will probably attack from the front, so get behind the Flare Lizard and keep on attacking until it dies. You can use normal attacks or Shootings Stars. If you want Opera to just attack, change her Strategy to "Converse Killer Moves!" and she'll just use normal attacks most of the time. _____________________________ - Vissayer x3 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Sanctuary of Linga (a little before getting Dilwhip, not Clarisage) Recommended Level: 28 Description: 10,000 HP Weaknesses: Light, Lightning Resistance: Mu [STRATEGIES] Okay, the Vissayers can eat your characters whole. They aren't the fastest in the world, but they are about the same speed as your characters. With Claude, you should have Head Splitter and any other Killer Move you find suitable. With Claude, you can keep doing Head Splitter to hit them. If a Vissayer eats one of your characters, you may have to kill it to get your characters back. But usually, you just have to hit it and it'll spit your characters out, but they'll be hurt in the process. Claude's Head Splitter will keep you safe. And if you have Ashton, you might want to use Leaf Slash to be temporarily invincible, but beware, Ashton will be open, so, with Claude, you'll have to protect Ashton. Celine should cast magic as well as Rena. It'll stall them long enough. If you have Precis, you can keep doing Rocket Punch to hit a Vissayer and it'll die eventually. _____________________________ - Harphinx x2 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Hoffman Ruins Recommended Level: 35 Description: 36,700 HP Weaknesses: Light, Lightning, Dark Resistance: Fire, Wind, Star, Fu, Mu [STRATEGIES] The Harphinxes can cast magic, but they are open when doing that, so this battle shouldn't be too hard. Have Claude with Head Splitter and Shooting Stars. Rena should also be in the party. You might also want Celine in the party as well as another fighter. Start the match with Head Splitter. The other fighter(s) will either go after the other Harphinx, or help you out. After that, use Shooting Stars to hit it repeatedly. You can keep doing Shooting Stars or Head Splitter until it dies and then go after the next one (if it isn't already dead). Celine will cast magic to hit the Harphinxes which give you time to attack them. Rena will heal any wounded characters. This battle isn't too hard. _____________________________ - Ghost ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Outside of Hoffman Ruins (Opera must be in party, must see Opera's crash-landing ship scene) Recommended Level: Any Level Description: 8600 HP Weaknesses: Light Resistance: None? [STRATEGIES] If Opera was in your current fighting party, she won't be in there and every other character who was in a lower position than her will move up one position. But that doesn't matter, since where you are in the game, this Ghost can barely do any damage, so just keep on attacking with anything and it'll die soon enough. _____________________________ - Shin (1st Meeting) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Lacour Front Line of Defense Recommended Level: N/A Description: 21,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Everything [STRATEGIES] This is a Time Battle. So set the Strategies for all of the fighters to "Stay Away from the Enemy!" while you control the fastest character to distract Shin. If you are hurt and survive, Rena will heal you (if she's in the battle). _____________________________ - Shin (2nd Meeting) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Lacour Ship to Continent of El Recommended Level: N/A Description: 21,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Everything [STRATEGIES] Just make sure NOT to waste any items and not to have Reverse Dolls equipped on your characters. Just let Shin kill all of your characters (you can level up your Killer Moves here before you are killed). _____________________________ - Shin (3rd Meeting) & Stone Statue x3 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Eluria Tower Recommended Level: 45 Descriptions: [Shin] 21,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Everything [Stone Statue] 2200 HP Weaknesses: Light Resistance: Dark [STRATEGIES] At this point in the game, the Stone Statues will do little to no damage to any of your characters, but since they are so easy to kill, kill them first then go on to kill Shin. _____________________________ - Berle (1st Meeting) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Eluria Tower Recommended Level: N/A Description: 100,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [STRATEGIES] This is another Time Battle Just set the Strategy of the fighters you aren't controlling to "Stay Away From the Enemy" while you or another character distracts Berle, if you do this, the magic users will be fine. _____________________________ - Synard ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: 'The Home' in North City Recommended Level: 45 Description: 43,000 HP Weaknesses: Lightning Resistance: None [STRATEGIES] The Synard has a similar attack to the big lizards. If that starts, you have to attack it as soon as possible, otherwise your characters will die outright. One fighter can attack from the front while the other(s) attack(s) from behind (you should be controlling one of the behind attackers). Claude should have Head Splitter so he can hit the Synard when it is going to breathe fire (or whatever it is). The other fighter(s) should attack from the front while you attack from behind. If you keep this us, the Synard will eventually die. _____________________________ - Arcmene x2 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Cavern of Red Crystal Recommended Level: 49 Description: 40,000 HP Weaknesses: Lightning Resistance: None [STRATEGIES] You should have at least two fighters in battle. You go after one of the Arcmenes with any fighter you have (you might want to use someone with multiple hitting Killer Moves). The other fighter(s) will do what they will while you just go after one. Keep doing the Killer Move of your choice on the Arcmene you're fighting and it'll eventually die so you can help out your partner(s) or vice versa. ________________________________________________________________________ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ________________________________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ WARNING! EVERY BATTLE FROM NOW ON ASSUMES YOU HAVE AT LEAST FOUR 'BUNNY SHOES' AND CHISATO AT AT LEAST LEVEL 68 (for Strategy # 2)! PLUS YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE FOUR 'BUNNY SHOES' EQUIPPED ONTO YOUR CURRENT PARTY UNLESS SAID OTHERWISE! AND YOU HAVE THE FINAL CHANGE FOR ALL OF THE KILLER MOVES USED, IF POSSIBLE. If you do not have any Bunny Shoes, before going to any Field (or back to Central City), go to Fun City. Claude must have the Talent Dexterity and you must have the Pickpocket specialty as well as the Bandit's Glove (if you also have the Magician's Hand, that's good too, so equip both). Go into a Private Action (this prevents lowered friend and love levels toward whoever is going to steal) and go into the Bunny Races place. There will be a huge Bunny Mannequin, and steal from him. If successful, you will receive a pair of Bunny Shoes. If you failed, load and try again until you get it. To get the other three, just keep entering in the Bunny Races (if you have enough money) and keep betting on the two bunnies that would give you the Bunny Shoes if they win. You will eventually get a Bunny Shoes. Keep doing that until you have four Bunny Shoes total (including the one you stole). If you don't have enough money, go to the Fighting Arena and keep on fighting in Bullying Battle, at least Rank C. If/When you win, you will get 20,000 Fol for Rank C, 40,000 for Rank B, and 80,000 for Rank A. You can also level up this way. ________________________________________________________________________ =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ________________________________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ _____________________________ - Magic Hand, Magic Box x2, Work Box, & Guard Box ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: The Field of Knowledge Recommended Level: 48 Descriptions: [Magic Hand] 60,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Earth, Water, Fire, Lighting, Star, Fu [Magic Box] 30,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Fire, Lightning, Star [Work Box] 30,000 HP Weaknesses: Lightning Resistance: Fire, Star [Guard Box] 30,000 HP Weaknesses: Fire Resistance: Lightning, Star [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ You should have Claude in the battle with the Eternal Sphere equipped. You also need another fighter. You can choose to have three fighters total, but you don't need to. You should be controlling Claude, go up to the Magic Hand and keep doing normal attacks since it's the only thing that can attack you. But it can still attack you even if it is being hit, so you HAVE to kill it ASAP. The other fighter(s) will help you out when killing this hand. After destroying it, the rest of the battle will be easy. Then, you can do what you want with the rest of the guys because they can't hurt you. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ If you have Chisato in your party, this will be a sinch. The other fighters will be controlled by the AI and what they do will just help you but you need not worry. Control Chisato and just keep doing Tear Gas repeatedly. You should first go after the Magic Hand with Chisato (the front one). The Boxes can't do anything since they just give the Magic Hand orders (while one of them heals the Magic Hand). Eventually, all enemies will die and you'll have won. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ Well, it seems you don't have the Eternal Sphere, hmm...? Alright, then you'll need the best weapon you can make/get, the strongest weapon you can get can be won in Fun City, Duel Battle, Rank A. Well, you're going to need Twin Slash with Claude, final change. You'll need two other fighters to help you. You'll still need to attack the Magic Hand with everyone to kill it. You'll kill it eventually. _____________________________ - Guardian (1st One) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: The Field of Power Recommended Level: 52 Description: 130,000 HP Weaknesses: Dark Resistance: Earth, Water, Fire [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ Using Claude, just keep doing normal attacks. Guardian won't be able to do anything. The other fighters/magic users are back up but all you really need is Claude doing normal attacks. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ Chisato is another must-have in this battle. If you get Guardian against the wall and another fighter is stalling the boss, just keep doing Tear Gas with Chisato. The other fighter is used to stall Guardian long enough while Chistato (controlled by you) keeps on doing Tear Gas, after that, Guardian won't be able to do anything because it is repeatedly being hit by Tear Gas and the other fighter(')(s)(') attacks. Guardian will die eventually. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ Well, you're going to need three fighters here, buddy. Just keep doing Killer Moves (Shooting Stars with Claude). The other fighters are still back up. You just need to keep doing Shooting Stars on Guardian. _____________________________ - Guardian (2nd One) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: The Field of Courage Recommended Level: 54 Description: 130,000 HP Weaknesses: Dark Resistance: Earth, Water, Fire [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ Same as Guardian (1st One) Strategy #1. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ Same as Guardian (1st One) Strategy #2. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ Same as Guardian (1st One) Strategy #3. _____________________________ - Lover & Breakwing x2 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: The Field of Love Recommended Level: 58 Description: [Lover] 60,000 HP Weaknesses: Light Resistance: None [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ Just keep doing normal attacks against Lover and the Breakwings. Claude might have to switch between Lover and the Breakwings to keep them from casting spells. You should have at least two fighters (three is recommended) in this battle. Claude can easily take out all enemies individually though. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ Using Chisato again will help you. Use Chisato to team up with another fighter to kill one Breakwing, then after that is dead, use Chisato's Tear Gas to kill Lover. This is because Lover constantly charges for magic attacks, so she is open and Chisato can attack her. The other Breakwing should be dead by the time you kill Lover, if not sooner. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ You're going to have to attack Lover crazily. You might want to have Ripper Blast, go long range, then use Ripper Blast on Lover, she'll be hit tons of times. Do the same thing to the Breakwings. This way, they will die easily. _____________________________ - Marsilio (1st Meeting) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Fienal (1st Visit) Recommended Level: N/A Description: 150,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Earth, Fire, Lightning, Dark [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ Just don't waste any items in battle and make sure to not equip any Reverse Dolls. You have to let Marsilio kill you. You can also level up your Killer Moves before you are killed by Marsilio. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ Same as above. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ Same as above. _____________________________ - Bark ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Mihne Cavern Recommended Level: 62 Description: 150,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ Just keep doing normal attacks with Claude. If you do this correctly, Bark will become dizzy from time to time and you won't have to worry about it casting Lost Patience. Lost Patience usually causes your characters to become critical and sometimes poisoned, if not killing you then. Otherwise, this boss is easy. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ Having Chistato in your party will help you out greatly. If you have Ernest, you should put him in the party as well. Set Ernest with the Killer Move Broken Heart (final change) and Chisato with Tear Gas (duh). You can put Claude in battle if you want, but you only need Chisato, Ernest, Rena, and anyone else. Ernest will stall Bark automatically (depending on what Strategy you set; if you set him to "Protect Friends!" he will try to protect Chisato by attacking Bark). This gives you time (controlling Chisato) to set up Bark for the Tear Gas ToD. And that's all. If you give Bark enough time, he will cast "Lost Patience" which will probably make all of your characters critical (or killed) and sometimes poisoned as well. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ Using Claude, keep doing Ripper Blast (whether or not they be long or close range) and it'll die eventually. The other fighters will help you out, and you might want to have three fighters total here. _____________________________ - Marsilio (2nd Meeting) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Fighting Arena in Fun City Recommended Level: 63 Description: 150,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Earth, Fire, Lightning, Dark [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ Marsilio is actually pretty easy. With Claude, just keep doing normal attacks. Marsilio might be able to get a hit in because he is pretty fast. So, you have to trap him against the wall, you can try a Ripper Blast (long range) then do normal attacks right after executing the Ripper Blast so you can somewhat trap Marsilio. But don't worry, as long as he doesn't hit your characters too many times, you're fine. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ Have Chisato in the party again, as well as Rena, another fighter (Ernest with Broken Heart or Ashton with Sword Dance), and anyone else. Chisato with Tear Gas...the other fighter(s) will attack Marsilio automatically and this gives you time to do the Tear Gas ToD. And it's smooth sailing from there. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ Keep using Ripper Blast with Claude from long range or not, it doesn't really matter. Keep this up long enough and Marsilio will eventually die. _____________________________ - Shigeo ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Outside of Fighting Arena in Fun City Recommended Level: 64 Description: 160,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ Shigeo can fly here, so be careful. If he does some attacks that drops fire from the sky, just keep running, it won't be able to hit you. Since Shigeo can fly, you have to attack him before he can do something. Once he's on the ground again, just keep doing normal attacks with Claude until he dies. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ As I stated above, Shigeo can fly. So, you have to stop him before he can start flying. When he's on the ground, just keep doing Tear Gas with Chisato. Eventually, he'll die. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ Try not to let Shigeo fly. When he's on the ground, just keep doing Ripper Blast with Claude. Shigeo won't be able to fly and will die. _____________________________ - Berle (2nd Meeting) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Outside of Mirage's House in Armlock Recommended Level: 65 Description: 170,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Everything [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ Berle can become invincible for a certain amount of time after using a Meta move. Just wait for the barrier to disappear (the other fighter(s) will keep on attacking, let them, they'll get an early start on Berle once his barrier is gone). Once the barrier is gone, use Claude and keep doing normal attacks. He won't be able to do much. Keep this up and Berle will die. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ As I said above, Berle can become invincible. If he does, just wait until it disappears then keep doing Tear Gas. Berle won't be able to do anything, so he will be killed eventually. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ If Berle becomes invincible, just wait for the barrier to disappear then keep using Ripper Blast with Claude (when Berle has the barrier, go long range from Berle then once it disappears, use Ripper Blast). _____________________________ - Ruprecht, Jibril, & Nicolus ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Entrance of Fienal Recommended Level: 66 Description: [Ruprecht] 105,800 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [Jibril] 85,200 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [Nicolus] 45,500 HP Weaknesses: Earth, Fire, Lightning, Dark Resistance: None [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ With Claude (he should have Head Splitter and anything else), use Head Splitter at the beginning of the match against Ruprecht. This prevents him from doing a hurricane-like attack against your party. After that, keep doing normal attacks on him. After Ruprecht is dead, go after the next strongest guy and keep doing normal attacks. If that was the last guy, then okay, if not, then just go after the last guy. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ This is a pretty tough battle, but only because there are three guys to fight against...so, Ruprecht teleports at the beginning of the battle and does some kind of multi-hitting attack. You can withstand it, but just barely. So, with Chisato, at the start of the battle, run up or down (depending on her position) so she can get away from the attack as soon as possible and go behind Ruprecht (where he teleports to) and attack him with Tear Gas or anything else before he finishes the attack. Then, whoever your other fighter(s) is/are, they'll be near Ruprecht so they'll attack him, giving you time to do Tear Gas. But be warned, the other fighter(s) will probably be in front of Ruprect and you behind or vice versa, so if the other fighter(s) hit Ruprect into Chisato, she will have to defend herself (even though it does no damage, it's just how it is), so you might waste some MP trying to do Tear Gas. To avoid that, run to the side with the other fighter(s) as soon as they start attacking Ruprect and he is stalled enough then keep on doing Tear Gas until he dies. Then, go after Jibril. Keep on doing Tear Gas. The last guy is Nicolus. He is the weakest Sage ever! So you won't have a problem against him. Just keep on attacking him. It's over. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ With Claude (he should have Head Splitter and Ripper Blast), use Head Splitter at the beginning of the match against Ruprecht. This prevents him from doing a hurricane-like attack against your party. After that, keep doing Ripper Blast on him. After Ruprecht is dead, go after the next strongest guy and keep doing Ripper Blast. If that was the last guy, then okay, if not, then just go after the last guy using Ripper Blast. _____________________________ - Vesper & Decus ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Fifth Floor of Fienal Recommended Level: 70 Description: [Vesper] 160,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [Decus] 180,000 HP Weaknesses: Water Resistance: Everything Else [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ Using Claude, just go after the Sage the other fighter(s) is/are going after. Keep doing normal attacks against that Sage. After that Sage is killed, go after the next one and keep doing normal attacks again. You may have to switch between attacking Vesper and Decus, though. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ Using Chisato, just go after the Sage the other fighter(s) is/are going after. From then on, just keep doing Tear Gas. After that Sage is killed, go after the next one and keep on doing Tear Gas. See? That wasn't so hard, was it? _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ Using Claude (with Ripper Blast), just keep doing Ripper Blast against the Sage the other fighter(s) is/are going after. When that Sage dies, go after the next one and keep doing Ripper Blast. You might have to switch attacking between Vesper and Decus, though. _____________________________ - Cyril ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: Seventh Floor of Fienal Recommended Level: 73 Description: 300,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: Earth, Water, Wind, Lightning, Star, Fu, Light, Dark, Mu [STRATEGIES] ___ |ONE| ŻŻŻ Cyril can cast "The Wind of Destruction" or otherwise known as a hurricane spell that can kill your characters outright if they don't have any resistance. If you have Rune Shoes (they can only be equipped on magic users), then bring your magic users into battle, if you only have one, then put it on Rena. But if you put the Rune Shoes on Rena (or anyone else) they won't be fast as they would if they had Bunny Shoes. Just keep doing normal attacks with Claude and try not to let Cyril cast any spells. Cyril is going to die. ___ |TWO| ŻŻŻ Cyril casts The Wind of Destruction, a wind-based spell that does over 4000 damage to almost everyone with resistance (it might even kill some characters if they don't). To prevent that with a magic user, just have that magic user equip Rune Shoes. If you only have one, then only have Rena in the fighting party. But because of this, Rena will be slow. _____ |THREE| ŻŻŻŻŻ Cyril can cast "The Wind of Destruction" or otherwise known as a hurricane spell that can kill your characters outright if they don't have any resistance. If you have Rune Shoes (they can only be equipped on magic users), then bring your magic users into battle, if you only have one, then put it on Rena. But if you put the Rune Shoes on Rena (or anyone else) they won't be fast as they would if they had Bunny Shoes. Just keep doing Ripper Blast with Claude and try not to let Cyril cast any spells. Cyril will die. _____________________________ - Indalecio (Limiter On) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: The Top of Fienal Recommended Level: 77+ Description: 500,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None [STRATEGIES] This guy is actually pretty hard, but not the hardest ever. You should have Claude, Ashton, Chisato, and Rena in this battle. Have Claude with Mirror Slice and Twin Slash, Ashton with Sword Dance and Dead Triangle, Chisato with Tear Gas and Rising Dragon, and Rena, well, doesn't matter what she has. Actually, you don't need any fighters except Claude, but you will need back up fighters. Indalecio can cast some pretty powerful spells, and many of them can kill you if he casts it successfully. Indalecio can move while he is casting magic. This gives you time to setup for Indalecio's death. Rena, of course, is the healer, while Claude, Ashton, and Chisato are the fighters. You may have to control all of your fighters, though. With Ashton, use Dead Triangle so you can trap Indalecio which gives Claude and Chisato just enough time to do Mirror Slice and Rising Dragon/Tear Gas respectively. Or you can just trap Indalecio against the wall with Claude, Ashton, and Chisato doing Mirror Slice, Sword Dance, and Rising Dragon/Tear Gas. You probably won't see Indalecio fuse with Filia (which makes him stronger/faster) because he's never able to do anything if you do this correctly. Indalecio won't be much of a threat because he's trapped against a wall. Restore MP when necessary, then keep on doing what you were doing. Indalecio has a lot of HP, so it'll take a while for him to die. But he will eventually. Oh yes, there's a REALLY EASY way to beat him, if you have Precis and Chisato, put them in the battle, both with the shield 'Algol' equipped. That is the legendary Medusa sheild or something, so it can stone any enemy (including bosses). But the person wielding the shield usually has to parry with it, and the boss has to be looking directly at the shield when it's being used to parry (you don't know if the boss is looking or not). But enemies usually are "stoned" (actually, they just die because of this stoning) when the wearer of the shield parries with it (not the Combat Skill Parry, just blocking). This works on Indalecio (Limiter Off) so you might want to try it to kill him easily, or should I say "quickly?" CONGRATULATIONS, YOU JUST BEAT THE FINAL BOSS! NOW YOU GET TO SEE THE PAIRINGS (OR NON-PAIRINGS/SPECIAL ENDINGS) OF CHARACTERS! You do know that a pairing/non-pairing/special ending is one ending, right? Not the WHOLE ending you get is one ending, because then there would be over 7000 endings if that was true... _____________________________ - Indalecio (Limiter Off) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Meeting Place: The Top of Fienal Recommended Level: 200+ Description: 1,500,000 HP Weaknesses: None Resistance: None The equipment you should be wearing in this fight can be found in my Cave of Trials Boss Guide. You can modify what you want, but you should keep most of those (Claude should have the Levantine Sword with the Angel Armband and Atlas Ring equipped as accessories instead of the Eternal Sphere). Wear what equipment you want. [STRATEGIES] Use the above strategy, but be warned, setting him up is even harder. His spells will usually do 9999 damage to all characters unless your level is over 200, but even then, you will barely survive. Indalecio is three or four times faster and it doesn't take him very long to cast a spell. Well, maybe it does, but he can move when he is casting a spell. Stopping him early is your first priority. This time, you SHOULD use Dead Triangle with Ashton to trap Indalecio just long enough while the other fighters attack him with attacks. This way, he'll be trapped temporarily and can lose quite a lot of HP. You will probably use up some of your items, but not all of them. When any character is low on MP or HP, restore it as soon as possible so you can stay in the fight. You can use a Fairy Glass for a solution to MP usage (it temporarily halts the consumption of MP). If you make a few mistakes, you will most likely die soon afterwards. Try not to mess up and keep Indalecio trapped at all times and you'll be fine. Actually, I haven't been able to beat Indalecio with his Limiter Off, but I'm only level 180 with some characters. ___________________ READERS' STRATEGIES ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ___ ONE ŻŻŻ sent in by Ryouga Hibiki It's a must that everyone must have Reverse Dolls on. Claude should be equipped with either an Atlas Ring or a Might Chain. Have Bunny shoes (he only really needs them for this battle), a Duel Suit and the Eternal Sphere. I suggest also having either Ernest in along with Rena. Rena should have a Mirage Robe (made from blacksmithing Rune Metal), and the Fallen Hope. Ernest should have Cat o' Nine Tails and anything else you want on him. As for Killer Moves, have Claude with Dragon Howl and Mirror Slice and Ernest with Broken Heart and Dimension Whip. For when the start of the battle with Indalecio (Limiter Off), you are going to need Cluade to get in there fast and hit him with either Mirror Slice or Dragon howl. Ernest (when controlled by the CPU) will do Broken Heart. Just have Claude switching between uses of Dragon Howl and Mirror Slice. Remember to keep Rena alive at ALL COSTS. After Indalecio fuses with Filia, ("I will erase you!") Claude will need full HP and Rena will need full HP and MP. Ignore your other characters, they won't be as much help now (and will most likely get killed off). Now just attack normally with Claude and keep him away from Rena. Because the Eternal Sphere lets off those stars when it connects, you can easily go over 9000+ damage a slash and it makes Indalecio easy. Just as long as he doesn't get to cast Star Flare (which will Heal Claude for about 3000+, and won't hurt Rena because of the Mirage Robe) or Southern Cross (which will hurt both of them for about 5000) Just keep pummeling Indalecio and he'll go down quickly. My Comments on this Strategy: It isn't as easy as you think if you're fighting against Indalecio with his Limiter Off. Actually, what Killer Moves the AI uses for the characters it's controlling is how strong the Killer Move is. If Claude were to have a final changed Dragon Howl, and Mirror Slice wasn't even used yet, the AI would use Dragon Howl most of the time. ________________________________________________________________________ Part 4: Frequently Asked Question ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Where's your Battle Strategies FAQ? Well, I'm changing the name to Fighters' Strategies FAQ or something like that. I'm working on it. I'm a pretty busy guy, and only have one or two hours in a day to work on it. Expect it in less than a week, I hope. The items you have in your FAQ are Japanese! I have the American Version! Well, well, well, my, my, my, yea, okay, enough of that. Have you checked your items/equipment? No, I mean it, have you really checked your items and equipment? The items/equipment in all of my SO2 FAQs are from the U.S. version, but some of the boss names as well as the resistance/weaknesses are from the Japanese version. ________________________________________________________________________ Part 5: My Comments and Stuff ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ First of all, I'd like to say this: if you have any corrections for me, such as the Weaknesses and Resistance, and Boss names, then e-mail me at and correct me. This is because most of the stuff is from the Japanese version, and I tried to put all of the US names and stuff replacing the Japanese stuff. ________________________________________________________________________ Part 6: Special Thanks ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Ian Kelley (ikelley@sas.upenn.edu): Allowing me to use the boss information (HP/Descriptions) from both of his excellent SO2 Walkthroughs; tip from his wallkthroughs to stop Gabriel (Indalecio) from casting magic FX MacLeod (fxmacleod@aol.com): Told me the strategies to beat Nightmare and XINE since I didn't get Ashton but he did tri-Ace: Creating this game Enix: Producing this game Links: Making most of the FMVs in the game SCEA: Publishing the game My Most-Previous FAQ: Got most of the layout from either of them ________________________________________________________________________ Part 7: Author Information ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Name: Dan GC E-mail: LB Dan GC@aol.com Web page: None Under Construction ICQ: None "You're funny. But keep it up and you'll just piss me off." ~ Xenogears' Fei Don't plagiarize! It's bad! And always give credit where it is due! ________________________________________________________________________ This Document Copyright (c) 1999 Dan GC ________________________________________________________________________ END