As JRPG fans delve into Atlus' massive new fantasy game, Metaphor: ReFantazioAn incredibly silly and cheesy method has been discovered to easily defeat one of the most difficult optional side quest bosses, and now I feel immense pain thinking about all the time I spent trying to do it the hard way.
This article contains spoilers for a side quest boss found near the end of Metaphor: ReFantazio. Proceed with caution!
The boss in question is the Flame Eater, a large dragon that the party must defeat to complete one of the Dragon Trial side quests. It's a high-level enemy that packs a punch, including an instant-kill Fire attack that will knock down anyone it touches in one hit if you don't have a way to repel or nullify it. On top of that, the dragon is capable of inflicting the Charm status effect, which could cause your party members to attack each other instead of their scaly opponent, and can also deal massive damage with moves of its tail and claws.
The ways to repel and block Fire help significantly, but generally speaking, you can still expect a fairly long fight, especially since the Flame Eater is resistant to Fire itself, so any reflected attacks usually do nothing. However, the key is generally. As Featured by Reddit user thecastroregimeif your party includes someone who uses the Masked Dancer Archetype bloodline, as well as someone others Using an archetype from the Mage, Summoner, or Masked Dancer lineage, you can perform the synthesis move Hellfire Dance to inflict a weakness to fire on the enemy during an attack. Do this before he performs the aforementioned instant death attack, and as long as you have a way to repel him, he will recover and deal serious damage.
The Reddit user points out that the dragon takes damage from the number of party members who manage to mirror the move, so that equates to a whopping 9,999 HP per person per turn if you set things up correctly. They say the best defense is a good offense, and whoever “they” are are certainly right in this situation.
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