Kriegante Castle optional "???" Boss [Guide]

[Hex: Onii-Chan]

Alrighty, so, I've found something online that requires you to first unlock a specific, optional class, but the easiest way to do the shadow-baby-boss is the following:

1. Switch everyone to Brawler. The AoE it does is Strike damage. Brawlers are resistant to it, meaning you take only half. Get everyone's Brawler class to Lv3 to get the crit passive.
2. Hulkenberg's Knight class has a skill called Shield Arts, which reduces the enemy's hit / evasion. Stack those up until the boss has 3 red arrows pointing down next to AGI. Refresh whenever they blink.
3. Give someone either Medi as inherited skill or Pious Igniter (preferably 2 people who can heal this way)

This fight will take a while, since there are no weaknesses on that boss, your only chance for a push is a crit. You spend around 15-20 rounds on Hard rotating through punching with Perfect Punch, healing and passing on people who are dazed, while refreshing Shield Arts.

The reason for the latter is that Shadow Wave is an AoE, so one miss means -2 action points, in which case it only follows up with the daze-skill that deals no damage and ends its turn. You will eat about 60-70 damage each turn, unless nobody evades, in which case it becomes 120-140. However, with the debuff up, it happens maybe every 10 turns or so.

Remember that Perfect Punch is stronger the more hp you have, so top off generously.

Alternatively, if you don't have a Lv20 Knight, you can try just tanking through the hits and have more Medi inherited / use MP skills. You should be at around 300 hp, meaning you will be able to even tank a double-crit.

[diealein (Kitty)]

any reason to fight them twice?

[Hex: Onii-Chan]

Originally posted by diealein (Kitty):

any reason to fight them twice?

They drop the items twice, which aren't game-breaking, but nice to have.