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Final Fantasy V Steam - Shinryu (No Rapid Fire, No Berserk, No Jumping)

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Game: Final Fantasy V
Port: Steam

Shinryu is 1 of the 2 SNES superbosses. He lives inside of a chest in the Crystal area of the Interdimensional Rift. Defeating him earns the Dragon Seal and the Ragnarok Sword. It is also required for a Bestiary entry and an achievement for beating him.

When I first beat this game on the GBA, I did what about 90% of the videos on here did: I Rapid Fire spammed, but I didn't know you could Berserk/Blind/Golem him for a cheap win to stack onto it.

But on this version, I started to have an appreciation for the challenge I threw on myself: No Rapid Fire. It has worked on every boss up till now and it will continue to work regardless. Shinryu is but one testament to this ideology, as well as Gogo. And soon Omega, their upgraded cousins, Neo Ex-Death and especially Enuo will fall.

PLAN
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Shinryu is vicious. He opens with Tidal Wave, which can flat out kill a party that isn't wearing Coral Rings. Afterwards, he uses a series of physical attacks in tandem with Breath moves that can leave you in bad spots or flat out vaporize you.

Now what most players do is either Berserk and Blind him with Cannoneer attacks and constantly apply Golem to protect the characters from damage. Or resort to Rapid Fire/Jump with Dragon Whiskers or Dragon Lances and kill him in 1 minute. But seeing as this is no Berserk attempt, that was out of the question. As for the Dragon weapons, the only one I had was Apollo's Harp (Whiskers are a drop from an enemy that has a low spawn chance and Lances are a 3% steal off Crystal Dragons).

The alternative is to use Flare Swords on your best weapons (make sure one of them isn't Excalibur) and use Aim to combat the 20 Evasion (optional but helps). This will ensure maximum damage. It also doesn't hurt to apply some Turtle Soup to sap his armor for the other fighters. If you wish to go spell, Bahamut, Flare or Meteor are the way to go.

TEAM
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Lenna - Freelancer (Blue Magic, White Magic)
Faris - Freelancer (Aim, Spellsword)
Bartz - Freelancer (Time Magic, Mix)
Krile - Mime (Black Magic, White Magic, Mix),

STATS
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Level 97
HP: 55500
MP: 51000
Strength: 175
Magic: 128
Defense: 60
Resistance: 60
Evasion: 20
Absorbs Holy

ABILITIES
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Atomic Ray - Fire damage to entire Party. Coral Ring negates this. Evil Eye - Petrifies target. Ribbon negates this. 
Ice Storm - Ice damage to entire Party. Ice shields negate this
Level 2 Old - Inflicts Old to anyone with a level divisible by 2. 
Level 3 Flare - Casts Flare and deals damage to anyone with a level divisible by 3. 
Lightning - Lightning Damage to entire party - Diamond items resist this. 
Maelstrom - Reduce all party members HP to critical levels. Can be blocked by Aegis Shield and dodged. 
Mighty Guard - Applies Protect/Shell/Float to self. Dispel this ASAP. 
Poison Breath - Poisons entire party and deals Poison damage. Ribbon can prevent this. 
Roulette - Picks a random target and kills target. Can target Shinyu but won't work.
Tidal Wave - Massive Water damage to entire party. Coral Rings absorb this. 
Zombie Breath - Applies Zombie to up to 2 random targets. Remove with Holy Water if anyone infected. Ribbons can block this.

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