The party faces the power of Lord Louis at long last in Altabury, following the climactic events at the opera house. Though weakened in physical might, Louis' steadfast resol🌳ve shines through. In practical terms, this means that his boss battle, ⛎while not one of s most challenging encounters, can still turn surprisingly bloody before long.
Meಌtaphor: ReFantazio - Fire Dragon Mauna✃ Boss Battle Guide
Here's how to dr♋ive away the Fire Dragon Mauna in the Nord Mines in Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Our guide on how to beat Louis in Metaphor: ReFantazio goes over his strengths to avoid, his weaknesses to take advantage of, and how to ensure your part🅺y is more than up to the task of defeating this ambitious man - or, at least, living to see another day.
Party Setup
|
Character |
Archetype |
Formation |
Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Protagonist |
Magic Seeker |
Front |
Inherit your strongest heal-all move. In our case, that meant Medicall. Team up with Hulkenberg for the Fireblade Rider synthesis skill. |
|
Hulkenberg |
Magic Knight |
Front |
Other than aiding in Fireblade Rider, use Marakukaja to raise everyone's defense. Use Formation of Vigor, inherited from the General, to move all allies to the front row and raise Attack. |
|
Heismay |
Assassin |
Front |
Tap into Heismay's considerable Agility by repeated castings of Tarunda to lower Louis' formidable Attack. With Junah's Sable Dance active, use Assassinate to deal considerable Dark-elemental damage. |
|
Junah |
Masked Dancer |
Back |
Similar to Hulkenberg, use Marakukaja to raise everyone's defense. Give Louis a weakness to Darkness via Sable Dance, recasting as needed, and when Heismay can't take advantage of it, use Crimson Vortex instead. |
Moveset And Affinities
Affinities
|
Slash |
— |
|---|---|
|
Pierce |
— |
|
Strike |
— |
|
Fire |
— |
|
Ice |
— |
|
Electric |
— |
|
Wind |
— |
|
Light |
— |
|
Dark |
— |
Moveset
|
Attack |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Soul Cry |
Gains two turn icons. |
|
Royal Coercion |
Targets one party member, low🍨ering their Attack and Defense considerably. Notably, he will always target the protagonist with th♌is. |
|
Royal Slash |
Slash damage to one party member 2-4 times. |
|
Attack |
A standard Slash-based single-target attack. |
Battle Strategy
Begin by having Heismay (or whomever else suits your fancy) cast Tarunda to lower Louis' Attack. We're going to want to do this multiple times to lower it to its minimum.
Meanwhile, have Hulkenberg and Junah (or, again, whomever you've chosen for the task) cast Marakukaja at least twice, ideally thrice, to elevate everyone's Defense by two to three stages.
Once that's been applied, use Formation Vigor, which moves all allies to the front row while raising everyone's Attack by two stages. The downside here is that everyone's Defense has been lowered, but thanks to Marakukaja, this won't a⛎ffect you much at aౠll.
Louis will relentlessly use Royal Coercion to lower the protagonist's Attack and Defense. For this reason, we're going to rely a bit less on the protagonist's own attacks, and instead, have him routinely cast Medicall or𝔍 its♛ equivalent, using his synthesis skills when possible.
Have Junah use Sable Dance to force Louis to suffer a one-time weakness to Darkness. Now that Heismay has Louis' Attack neutered, have Heismay use Assassinate, which will hit Louis with Darkness-elemental damage. Do this in rotations to keep piling damage.
Whenever Louis' Attack-lowering is about to wear off, have Junah cast Crimson Flame instead, which should hit for several hundred points of damage, while Heismay reapplies Tarunda one round to keep Louis' Attack down.
In short order, Louis fell for us, though - this may be anecdotal - he did seem to use Royal Slash with more rapidity toward the end of the fight. As such, tཧhe protagonist needed to spend more time curing, though that was hardly a setback, as he wasn'tꦦ doing much elsewise.
Met💞aphor:🐓 ReFantazio - Nord Mines Walkthrough
Prepare for a challenging hike through Nord Mine in Metaphor:💮 R🍌eFantazio.
