STUCK ON GIZAMALUKA BOSS

[Anra]

I cant beat boss, vivi low dmg whit magic. My team is zidane lvl 8, vivi lvl 8 and freija lvl 9

[TotalBlank]

Go back and level up a bit? Acquire a few more abilities? Or use one of the MANY strategies for beating him by using Tent on him where you can Silence and Blind him if you're lucky.

Zidane should cast Soul Blade if you were able to Synthesis The Ogre weapon for him. Zidane should also have Bird Killer mastered or on an armor to raise critical chance on Gizamaluke.

Quina should have learned Mighty Guard from the dragons outside of Gizamaluke's Grotto and cast that to defend everyone from melee attacks, if not use Quina as a backup healer.

Viva should cast slow until it works and then FOCUS a lot (maybe 5-6 turns in a row) and cast Thunder and this should bring down the boss very quickly.

Freya should cast Lancer before using JUMP to get out of the way.

Everyone should have Glass Armlet to reduce water damage by half.

[Vetis]

The most important piece of info I can give you for this entire game is to focus on learning abilities from equipment rather than jumping straight into the highest stats. The normal enemies you face wont be that challenging so you'll never need those extra 3 points in defence more than you'll need the option of equiping an ability whenever you want. If you need a few more levels or abilities, don't be afraid to run outside and grind a little. I'll tell you now, Ability Up is gonna be your hero, you'll get extra AP at the end of battles for whoever has it equipped.

To back up a few things Blank said, Zidane should be able to blind the boss using Soul Blade and having The Ogre equipped. If the boss is blind, his swipes will rarely hit. I doubt Quina will have enough MP to cast Mighty Guard though so just have him on potion duty while Freya uses Jump and Vivi uses Thunder. His magic should do pretty good damange if you're using elemental weaknesses like that. Shouldn't ever need to use Lancer or Focus though, so I'll argue that point he made.

So a quick recap:

Abilities gained from equipment matter more than stats
Get The Ogre for Zidane and use Soul Blade to blind the boss, essentially crippling him
Quina should be on healing duty, attacking if everyone is fine
Freya should always Jump, Vivi should be casting Thunder

If you're using a good strat and losing, grind. Such is the life of an RPG, but this game seriously rewards you for it with all the abilities and spells you can learn, plus Quina's eat for Blue Magic and Ability/Level Up giving you bonus AP/XP. Play smart, not hard.

[M E T A L]

You can make the Gizamaluke boos fight a lot easier using Tents on him. When used in combat, they can heal or cause Silence and Blind, just keep using them on the boss until a snake bites him and don't forget to steal Vivi's weapon from him.

[Drusain]

It's not a bad idea at this point to go to the Chocobo's forest and pick up the Chocographs available there. That will get you some potions and hi-potions for that boss fight.

It's also not a bad idea to run around outside of the Grotto, or fight in the Qu marsh, to get blue magic from Quina. Magic Hammer, Frog Drop, and some others are pretty good to get.

Otherwise, getting a few levels isn't bad either. Near the Chocobo Forest and directly next to the area transition that takes you to South Gate is a forest that has a high encounter rate of a dancing plant enemy (mandragora I think?) that gives significant amounts of XP and AP, and you can get free healing from drinking the water at South Gate.

[Traysandor]

Spoiler Alert: Speedrunning Strategy ahead:

On the boss of Gizmaluke's Grotto, You can use a Tent from your inventory, and throw it at the boss at the start of the fight. It has a 50% chance to inflict both Silence and Darkness on the boss, making him significantly easier to beat - it won't cast Water on you, and the physical attacks are much less likely to hit. Then you can just go to town on the guy and heal as necessary.

[CamelSAMA!]

using tents is for noobs. i think you need silk shirt so vivi can cast thunder, which should be weird if you still don't have it. a good tip to defeat most main bosses is to just use 1 char to deal damage, use the other 2 to spam potions. this won't be needed once you learn auto-potion though

[CamelSAMA!]

buying 99 potions isnt that expense either btw

[Krauvando]

Originally posted by CamelBros:

using tents is for noobs.

I fail to see why. It's a completely valid strat and tbh it helps a ton in this fight due to the lack of thieving skills Zidane has. And that is a fight you might be really keen on using your Steal thing.

So yeah, I actually ended up using that strat literally every time I face this fight, just use it.

[Beef Donair]

I have played a lot of this game on psone and ps3, now redoing on here and I have never known about the tents causing darkness and silence.... I have never used them in battle as I hate to spend 800gil (yes I am cheap) on an item in battle, I always try to use as little as possible.


My strategy for this part,

zidane and co should be level 9-12
zidane - steal until you get the items you want and then attack
freya - jump - items as a last resort
vivi - thunder - items as a last resort
quina - items/attack when he can

and thats all she wrote for that boss.

(make sure to learn and equip all abilities, my run now is level 26 with alexandria gear, learning those abilities now)

[Anra]

Originally posted by Beef Donair:

I have played a lot of this game on psone and ps3, now redoing on here and I have never known about the tents causing darkness and silence.... I have never used them in battle as I hate to spend 800gil (yes I am cheap) on an item in battle, I always try to use as little as possible.


My strategy for this part,

zidane and co should be level 9-12
zidane - steal until you get the items you want and then attack
freya - jump - items as a last resort
vivi - thunder - items as a last resort
quina - items/attack when he can

and thats all she wrote for that boss.

(make sure to learn and equip all abilities, my run now is level 26 with alexandria gear, learning those abilities now)

i dont have thunder whit vivi dats my problem

[CamelSAMA!]

Originally posted by Krauvando:

Originally posted by CamelBros:

using tents is for noobs.

I fail to see why. It's a completely valid strat and tbh it helps a ton in this fight due to the lack of thieving skills Zidane has. And that is a fight you might be really keen on using your Steal thing.

So yeah, I actually ended up using that strat literally every time I face this fight, just use it.

never needed tents, was always able to steal everything, it's like I said, he just needs a silk shirt so vivi can use thunder and his problem is solved

[Cccactus]

Originally posted by CamelBros:

never needed tents, was always able to steal everything, it's like I said, he just needs a silk shirt so vivi can use thunder and his problem is solved

You can't get a Silk Shirt (or Glass Buckle) at that point, there's no equipment shop.

Just have everyone use Potions until you hit Trance, you'll chip him down eventually.

[CamelSAMA!]

Originally posted by Cccactus:

Originally posted by CamelBros:

never needed tents, was always able to steal everything, it's like I said, he just needs a silk shirt so vivi can use thunder and his problem is solved

You can't get a Silk Shirt (or Glass Buckle) at that point, there's no equipment shop.

Just have everyone use Potions until you hit Trance, you'll chip him down eventually.

i think i stole it from another boss before that point or bought it at dali

[Cccactus]

Originally posted by CamelBros:

Originally posted by Cccactus:

You can't get a Silk Shirt (or Glass Buckle) at that point, there's no equipment shop.

Just have everyone use Potions until you hit Trance, you'll chip him down eventually.

i think i stole it from another boss before that point or bought it at dali

You can steal a Silk Shirt from Stiener and Black Waltz 1, Garnet starts with one and you can buy them from from Dali. If the OP still doesn't have one somehow, he has to wait until "disc 2".

You can also learn Thunder from a Glass Buckle from Lindblum, but I can't remenber if you can backtrack there at that point. EDIT: You can

That's hardly the problem though becasue Vivi doing a bit more damage isn't going to make much difference if your strategy is wrong.

[CamelSAMA!]

pro-tip: try to steal all boss items and buy one of everything at every shop :D