Boss Guide — All Strategies & Counters

Ground Slam — Slow overhead strike with ground ripple. Telegraphed by a low rumble sound 2 seconds before impact. Dodge backward twice.

Charge Rush — Linear charge across the arena. Side-dodge at the last moment for a free counter window.

Seal Beam — Fires a slow-moving energy projectile. Parry it with Flash Counter for a guaranteed stagger.

Flame Sweep — 180° horizontal fire slash. Covers nearly the entire front arc. Dodge BACKWARD, not sideways — the hitbox extends wider than the visual.

Hellfire Pillar — Summons three flame columns that erupt sequentially. Watch the ground glow pattern: middle → left → right. Walk between them.

Oni Roar — Enrage trigger at 40% HP. Grants attack buff and unlocks a new attack: Inferno Charge (homing rush with fire trail, must sprint perpendicular to avoid).

Inferno Charge — Post-enrage only. The Oni General locks onto your position and charges with a flame trail. Sprint at a 90° angle to dodge; dodging backward will get you hit.

Phase 1 (100%-60% HP):

• Arm Cannon — Long-range projectile barrage. Block or side-dodge. Three shots, slight tracking on the third.

• Stomp Wave — AoE shockwave radiating outward. Jump over it (timing: jump when the foot hits the ground).

• Grab — Close-range grab attempt. If caught, mash buttons to break free faster and reduce damage.

Phase 2 (60%-30% HP):

• Automata Summon — Spawns 4 Automata Knights. These adds are tanky and will overwhelm you if ignored. Switch to Chinatsu and use her Fire AoE to clear them in 2-3 combos.

• Enhanced Arm Cannon — Now fires 5 shots with aggressive tracking. Sprint perpendicular to the boss, not toward/away.

Phase 3 (30%-0% HP):

• Arena Laser — Massive sweeping laser that covers 70% of the arena. Hide behind the stone pillars that appear at the edges. The laser destroys pillars after 2 sweeps — you have roughly 40 seconds to finish the fight.

Tidal Wave — Arena-wide water sweep. The only safe zone is directly behind the boss. Sprint behind it when you see water gathering at the edges.

Whirlpool — Creates a vortex at the arena center that pulls you in. Contact with the center deals massive damage (~70% HP). Stay at arena edges and keep moving.

Freeze Breath — Cone-shaped ice attack. Inflicts Freeze status (can't move, take increased damage). Bring status-cure items or equip anti-freeze accessories.

Submerge — The boss dives underwater and becomes untargetable. Two Water Serpent adds spawn during this phase. Kill them quickly; the boss resurfaces after both are dead or 30 seconds pass.

Enrage (25% HP) — Whirlpool becomes permanent and Tidal Wave frequency doubles. This is a soft DPS check — you have limited time before the arena becomes unmanageable.

Phase 1 — Elemental Cycle (100%-60% HP):

• Rotates through all four elements in a fixed 90-second cycle. Attack patterns change with element: Fire = Flame Sweep + Hellfire Pillar, Water = Tidal Wave + Freeze Breath, Wind = Tornado Chase + Razor Wind, Light = Homing Orbs + Flash Blind.

• The boss is ONLY vulnerable to the counter-element of its current form. Attacking with any other element deals 0.3x damage. You MUST swap Talismans mid-fight or switch characters with matching elements.

Phase 2 — DPS Check (60%-25% HP):

• Element rotation accelerates to every 45 seconds. Boss gains a stacking damage buff that increases by 5% every 15 seconds — this is a soft enrage.

• Elite add spawns at 45% HP: one Eclipse Guardian. Kill it immediately — it heals the boss if left alive.

Phase 3 — Bond Resonance (25%-0% HP):

• Narrative phase. Rei's bonds with party members determine bonus effects: each maxed NPC story adds 10% damage and 5% damage reduction.

• Boss unleashes a scripted 'Judgment' attack at 10% HP — unavoidable, deals 80% of max HP. Heal to full before this triggers (watch for the boss raising both hands to the sky).