Apocalypse light skill - sign of enrage timer or...?

[Vlakri]

Hi i already twice was confronted with ability apocalypse light. (on hard) did 300+ dmg to my team = instawipe. Have anybody some idea what triggers use of it? Lenght of fight I suppose? I tried to complete nozuchi quest (three members only) and around round fight boom...

[Suavek]

It might be a timer thing. I was hit with it during Halphas mini-boss fight (Aion quest). 400+ dmg, whereas none of my characters even have close to that number of HP. However, the fight was quite lenghty, so I assumed it's a timer thing.

Replayed the fight with a different tactic, dealt with the boss quicker so they didn't attack with Apocalypse.

[borizb]

Originally posted by Vlakri:

Hi i already twice was confronted with ability apocalypse light. (on hard) did 300+ dmg to my team = instawipe. Have anybody some idea what triggers use of it? Lenght of fight I suppose? I tried to complete nozuchi quest (three members only) and around round fight boom...

You're too slow and so was I. When i googled it i saw a youtube video where they killed Nozuchi in ~4 turns (with fire and elec i think). So i stopped wasting turns with buffing and reduced the healing to minimum and just took him out faster. No apocalypse light this time.

[Vlakri]

Thx for all your responses, so it is as I thought. I tried it again still 1/3 hp remained, but i will adapt. I dont mind enrage timer. But it would be nice (not necessary) to make it obvious or round count on the screen.
Just another question is apocalyptic light a thing also on normal? Can someone confirm it?
Edit: I rushed him too, one of my chars died though :(.(lvl14 party)

[sacrabalic]

Originally posted by Vlakri:

Thx for all your responses, so it is as I thought. I tried it again still 1/3 hp remained, but i will adapt. I dont mind enrage timer. But it would be nice (not necessary) to make it obvious or round count on the screen.
Just another question is apocalyptic light a thing also on normal? Can someone confirm it?
Edit: I rushed him too, one of my chars died though :(.(lvl14 party)

Don't know about normal, but I'll confirm it for Easy, so probably.

[Lukasz032]

Digging the thread back out, but yeah.
Apocalypse Light is exactly what Pixie's 99999-damage 100%-hit-chance Megidolaon was in P3's Elizabeth boss fight - a turn limit, theoretically unavoidable.

Ardha (DLC final boss) has it set on 20 full party turns. Any Soul Matrix boss where it's stated "you will be unable to continue should you lose" also has a limit of 10 full party turns.

[FhqwhTODD]

That skill is a party wipe. It does not matter how many HP you have and it will wipe your party even if you use cheat engine to negate all damage to your party.

Source: I did some testing with Cheatengine for these fights.

You just have to be faster.

[tufrabza]

Originally posted by Vlakri:

Thx for all your responses, so it is as I thought. I tried it again still 1/3 hp remained, but i will adapt. I dont mind enrage timer. But it would be nice (not necessary) to make it obvious or round count on the screen.
Just another question is apocalyptic light a thing also on normal? Can someone confirm it?
Edit: I rushed him too, one of my chars died though :(.(lvl14 party)

(I know this is waaaay late of a response) I can confirm it can be done on normal, first time with 1 barely alive, the next time on turn 3 with all 3 alive... I'll come back later