Omega tips?

[DeepRed]

Hello.

I'm trying to beat Omega but that mechanic P.O.S seems to not like me.

The best strategy I've found is using Spellblade+Rapid Fire with Chicken Knife+Excalibur (dealing ~48k damage - 8x4 from Chicken Knife, 4x4 from Excalibur).
Problem is, the instance my attacks ends, he counters 4x times with (generally) Mustard Bomb, Rocket Punch x2 then either another Mustard Bomb or Encircle (or, 3x Mustard Bomb, 1x Encircle - happened once!)

And that's assuming I *reach* that point so I can attack. Normally, he murdered me sometime before that.

I have Fire Rings on everyone, so with the exception of Earthquake (lolfloat) and Wave Beam (annoying), he can't really hurt me outside his counters (disregarding Blaster and Delta Attack).

Other than hoping that he won't murder me with Mustard Bomb/Encircle counters (and the confuse from the Rocket Punch seems unblockable unless I dodge the attack), do you guys have any good tips for how to beat him?

Thanks in advance.

[Młoda KatarynkaTTV]

He is vulnerable to stop. It makes him way too easy to kill.

[Zunnoab #931]

It's been ages since I played it that far and I don't remember the class names, but I remember setting the abilities so I could dual-wield and attack four times (for eight attacks) with thundaga sword attacks, and that destroyed him.

[DeepRed]

Originally posted by Zunnoab #931:

It's been ages since I played it that far and I don't remember the class names, but I remember setting the abilities so I could dual-wield and attack four times (for eight attacks) with thundaga sword attacks, and that destroyed him.

Ninja has Dual Wield, Mystic Knight has Spellblade and Ranger has Rapid Fire.

And yes, that's basically the strategy I used in the end.

[Squall]

Here is my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzhG2l8x4pk

The trick is to kill it with 1 hit, otherwise it will counterattack and thing will get ugly :D

[chaoticenigma]

I've had some very long fights with Omega in fiesta runs on other versions of the game where my team didn't do much in the way of damage. Like 30+ minutes of fighting the thing.

The important turns of Omega's pattern are 2, 4, 5, and 8. 6 was important in other versions as well, but you can no longer redirect Omega's counter to itself by reflecting Search onto it in this version, so it's not really an important turn here outside of now you get more chances to attack since all counters are going to your party, so no point in waiting for Reflected Search to do the attack. This does also mean that Reflect Rings and Carbuncle have almost no use in this version against Omega since the only thing of value is reflecting Delta Attack or Blaster, but it's not worth it now since the redirecting counters made the possibility of Omega reflecting a fire attack for absorption on earlier turns worth it since you had a time you could safely attack.

2, 4, and 8(8 being the final before it loops) are important turns because it's a guaranteed Wave Cannon. You need to be a decent amount above half so you can heal up after it. Turn 5 is the double turn which contains Wave Cannon as a possibility, Maelstrom(which can combine with HP leak for a possible death before you can heal), and Earthquake.


I don't really remember what turns 1, 3, 5(the ones that aren't highly dangerous), 7 have for the options, but you don't really need to know those.

Rocket Punch and Encircle counters can be blocked with Heavy status(unless they changed it in this version), while Maelstrom is also blocked by Heavy. Sadly, the only way for a player character to get this status is with the mix Dragon Kiss(Maiden's Kiss + Dragon Fang). Confusion from Rocket Punch can be blocked by a few pieces of equipment. If your team does not have access to Mix to nullify Rocket Punch/Encircle/Maelstrom, try to get Shell through either Mighty Guard or by casting Shell to halve the chance of Maelstrom or Encircle ruining your day. White Wind is also great for healing if you actually have access to Blue Magic, though you may need to Elixir the user before it occasionally.

Knives also halve the evasion you have to deal with(in other versions at least, couldn't comment on this one considering all the stuff that is changed or bugged in it, would have to get to Omega Mk. II that has over 100% to check that), which is useful if you have access to spellblade to be able to take advantage of weaknesses ignoring defense but don't have Rapid Fire(if you're doing a fiesta)


Keeping in mind the Wave Cannon timings allows for you to plan out a more defensive strategy if your team needs it. Of course, with my Bard/Dancer/Chemist/Geo this run, I can just cheese the fight.

[Tanaka Taikikku]

My setup was: hermes sandals on my designated killer with the dualwield, msword, rapidfire combo. The other three with !sing.

The fight is won if your killer gets two turns, rapidfire thundaga is a 1hko

[Cyraxior]

Originally posted by Squall:

Here is my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzhG2l8x4pk

The trick is to kill it with 1 hit, otherwise it will counterattack and thing will get ugly :D

Goodness. That's how you do this. I was level 62 and trying every other strategy under the sun and I couldn't survive two turns.

(Also, that'll teach me not to trust the "optimal" equipment loadout from the game.)

[Squall]

Originally posted by Cyraxior:

Goodness. That's how you do this. I was level 62 and trying every other strategy under the sun and I couldn't survive two turns.

(Also, that'll teach me not to trust the "optimal" equipment loadout from the game.)

I'm glad the video helped you out!

Yes "optimal" is rarely optimal ^_^. The game only optimize for raw stats, but many equipment parts have special effects that might be even more important.
Funny but sometimes its even better to remove gear, check my strategy for Shinryu:
https://youtu.be/wW0SssLstQU