How do you beat Zeromus ?

[Rude]

Hello,

I'm level 85 and i still can't beat Zeromus. He just cast the tornado that put to 1health and meteor me before i can cast any heal spell (even if i spam it every round). It's the third time i try. Do i need to be level 99 or what ?

[ShadowLugia250]

Zeromus can be quite a pain sometimes! I managed to beat him by having Kain Jump after using Darkness, Edge through the knife before proceeding to use Fuma Shurikens, Rydia spam Bahamut, Rosa heal the team as needed and Cecil attack all day! Nailed it on my second attempt!

[Enjay]

I'm going to bump this old post for the sake of dropping some bizarre knowledge on you all that could save a life:

Zeromus is vulnerable to Cry.

That's right, the embodiment of all hatred in the FFIV world can have its defense lowered substantially by using Porom's legacy Augment to weep like a baby in front of it.

Enjoy the rest of your days.

[Clove]

Well... Zeromus is basically being forced to stay in bed and sleep like a child by his fellow lunarians. If you want a reason why Cry should be effective.

So far as Rosa goes, when I found out that you can skip a character without taking an action that becomes a winning action for Rosa. This means everyone else can keep doing stuff while Rosa keeps waiting for an action. Just keep her standing by and ready to cast a healing spell immediately after the party gets hit. This allows her to heal more quickly in response than anything else, which prevents the party from wiping. Everything else in this fight is secondary.

Last time I played the SNES version I ran from every battle that I could and did a fast low-level run. I made it all they way to Zeromus but found I couldn't beat him after avoiding all experience outside of boss fights.

[Flametusk]

Is it holy *damage* that he reflects? Because I might need to unequip Excalibur then, because it seems Cecil's regular attacks will just cause the counter, which I would rather avoid...