FFIX - Bosses - Plant Brain - Gizamaluke
| Plant Brain |
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AP recieved: 5 Gil recieved: 468 Items to steal: Eye Drops, Iron Helm Items recieved: Phoenix Down Attacks: Pollen, Thunder, Right Tentacle. |
| This boss will begin the battle by casting Pollen, which will cast Darkness on all of your party. Use Eye Drops to heal this. Get Zidane to steal the items and use Fire sword magic with Steiner, and also get Vivi to attack with Fire, as Plant Brain is weak against this element. Its thunder attack should only cause about 70-80HP damage to Zidane and Vivi, but about 150 to Steiner as he is wearing armour. The tentacle attack isn't too powerful, just keep everybody's HP above 100 in this battle (and Steiner's above 150), and you should have no problem at all. Late on in the battle Blank will turn up and will help you fight. If you haven't yet stolen the Iron Helm, concentrate on this now that you have two theives. Once you have stolen this, just continue to attack until it is dead. |
| Black Waltz I & Sealion |
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HP: 299 Items to steal: Silk Shirt, Remedy Attacks: Fire, Blizzard Sealion HP: 472 Items to steal: Mythril Dagger, Ether Attacks: Wing, Blizzard, Blizzara, Tsunami AP recieved: 5 Gil recieved: 339 Items recieved: Hi-Potion, Phoenix Down |
| Go for the Black Waltz first. Steal the items if you must, then kill him. Attacking the Sealion at this point will only prompt the Black Waltz to heal it, and if you defeat the Sealion, Black Waltz I will summon another one. Now move on to the Sealion. Before attacking, you should steal from it, as the Mythril Dagger is the best weapon Zidane can use for a while. Once you have this, you can concentrate on attacking. The orb on its chest will change colour as it loses HP. This affects which attacks it can use. At the start of the battle it is blue, and the Sealion can use Wing and Blizzard, neither attack will cause much damage. After it has lost some of it's HP, the orb will turn yellow. Now the Sealion can also use Blizzara, which is twice as powerful as Blizzard. After it loses even more HP, the orb will turn red. Now it can use it's most powerful attack, Tsunami. This battle isn't hard, just keep your HP above 100 and you won't have any problems at all. If you get a Trance, using Tidal Flame twice will easily kill the Sealion. |
| Black Waltz II |
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HP: 1030 AP recieved: 5 Gil recieved: 441 Items to steal: Steepled Hat, Leather Plate Items recieved: Ether Attacks: Teleport, Fire, Thunder, Blizzard, Fira |
| Black Waltz II will not attack the princess. Instead, it will concentrate on wiping out the other three members, then putting her to sleep. If this happens, the game is over. You shouldn't really struggle with this battle. Just use physical attacks and get Dagger to heal if anyone's HP is too low. Do not attack with magic or Black Waltz II will counterattack by hitting Zidane, Steiner and Vivi with the same magic. |
| Black Waltz III |
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HP: 1128 AP recieved: 0 Gil recieved: 0 Items to steal: Steepled Hat, Silver Gloves, Linen Cuirass Items recieved: None Attacks: Hit, Blizzard, Fire, Thundara |
| If Vivi has learned Slow, cast this early on in the battle. As Gizamaluke has quite a lot of HP, you should begin attacking while you are stealing the items. It could be worthwhile to get Vivi to Focus a couple of times. If Zidane has the Bandit ability, you should be able to steal the items fairly easily. If Vivi is affected with silence, counter this with an Echo Screen. Keep everyone's HP above 200. When attacking, get Freya to Jump, and Vivi should cast Thunder as this is the most affective element. |
| Gizamaluke |
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HP: 3175 AP recieved: 5 Gil recieved: 800 Items to steal: Ice Staff, Magus Hat, Elixir Items recieved: Tent Attacks: Crash, Water, Silent Voice |
| If Vivi has learned Slow, cast this early on in the battle. As Gizamaluke has quite a lot of HP, you should begin attacking while you are stealing the items. It could be worthwhile to get Vivi to Focus a couple of times. If Zidane has the Bandit ability, you should be able to steal the items fairly easily. If Vivi is affected with silence, counter this with an Echo Screen. Keep everyone's HP above 200. When attacking, get Freya to Jump, and Vivi should cast Thunder as this is the most affective element. |