Mateus
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Weak to thunder.
Cast it like crazy because I'm thinking that at the levels you are at, you should still be able to take him on with a good battle.
Cast it like crazy because I'm thinking that at the levels you are at, you should still be able to take him on with a good battle.
Cast Quickening on Mateus (since those ice azures are around her), do at least 4-5 quickenings so that automaticly will be cast Inferno or Torrent, that way not that you dealt big damage to Mateus but you also got rid of Ice Azures (I suggest that you use quickenings with characters that don't have healing spells, then after quickening change party members that have healing spell and can attack with high damage).
This battle will really challenge you compared to the last boss battle you just had mainly because of the sheer aggression that your party will have to put up with at the beginning. Mateus will start the battle by casting Reflect on himself and summoning five Ice Azers. First of all, make sure that everybody in your party is equipped with a Nishijin Belt to avoid the Ice Azers' Sleep spell. The Ice Azers will be constantly casting Sleep and Blizzard. Blizzard isn't that bad at all when one Ice Azer hits a
party member with it, but the problem here is that all five Ice Azers will pick one party member from the whole group to cast five Blizzards on. Mateus will be hitting your party members physically while his minions cast magic. Equip
Ice Shields to all characters to half the damage of the Ice magic. The main problem with this battle is that, unless you use a Quickening on the Ice Azers, your party members will have to suffer some damage most likely in order to dish
out some damage on the Ice Azers. Every enemy is weak against Thunder, but Mateus has up a reflect shield, so if you cast a Thundara spell that hits an Ice Azer, you will more than likely hit Mateus unintentionally and get Thundara
reflected back on you. The good news is that the Thundara spell will take much more off an Ice Azer then it will when reflected back on a party member. Make sure NOT to target Mateus however, or the reflected Thundara spell will take
off heavy damage from the caster! The Ice Azers are immune to any type of physical attack and Belias is powerless against them. Either use Quickenings or use Thundara to get rid of the Ice Azers. I would recommend using Thundara. Set two of your party members with the gambit Thundara" and manually cast Thundara on the Ice Azers. This will kill all of the Ice Azers within a few castings, but make sure to turn off the Thundara gambit when you go to challenge Mateus alone.
Another way to approach this battle from the beginning is to equip an Ice Shield to one person and cast Decoy and Shell on him. The Ice Azers will all target the Decoyed character along with Mateus. Cast Thundara on the Ice Azers while they attack the Decoy. You could also equip the Decoyed character with the Dawn Shard to boost his magic defense, but that will take all his MP - your choice. There's no need to leave the Decoy gambit on while Mateus.
When fighting Mateus alone, use constant physical attacks and set up a Shell on each of your party members. Most of the time he will attack physically and use his Flash Freeze attack. He will cast his Blizzaja spell when his HP reaches
the halfway mark and will continue to cast it throughout the rest of the battle (look for the "Mateus readies Chain Magic" message). As long as you have up a Shell or have an Ice Shield to reduce damage it won't be much of a problem.
His Blizzaja attack will sometimes inflict Sap, so be ready to heal it with Regen or Esuna. Be sure to set some healing gambits to heal party members and cast Cura manually to heal the whole group when needed.
i hope that helps you
party member with it, but the problem here is that all five Ice Azers will pick one party member from the whole group to cast five Blizzards on. Mateus will be hitting your party members physically while his minions cast magic. Equip
Ice Shields to all characters to half the damage of the Ice magic. The main problem with this battle is that, unless you use a Quickening on the Ice Azers, your party members will have to suffer some damage most likely in order to dish
out some damage on the Ice Azers. Every enemy is weak against Thunder, but Mateus has up a reflect shield, so if you cast a Thundara spell that hits an Ice Azer, you will more than likely hit Mateus unintentionally and get Thundara
reflected back on you. The good news is that the Thundara spell will take much more off an Ice Azer then it will when reflected back on a party member. Make sure NOT to target Mateus however, or the reflected Thundara spell will take
off heavy damage from the caster! The Ice Azers are immune to any type of physical attack and Belias is powerless against them. Either use Quickenings or use Thundara to get rid of the Ice Azers. I would recommend using Thundara. Set two of your party members with the gambit Thundara" and manually cast Thundara on the Ice Azers. This will kill all of the Ice Azers within a few castings, but make sure to turn off the Thundara gambit when you go to challenge Mateus alone.
Another way to approach this battle from the beginning is to equip an Ice Shield to one person and cast Decoy and Shell on him. The Ice Azers will all target the Decoyed character along with Mateus. Cast Thundara on the Ice Azers while they attack the Decoy. You could also equip the Decoyed character with the Dawn Shard to boost his magic defense, but that will take all his MP - your choice. There's no need to leave the Decoy gambit on while Mateus.
When fighting Mateus alone, use constant physical attacks and set up a Shell on each of your party members. Most of the time he will attack physically and use his Flash Freeze attack. He will cast his Blizzaja spell when his HP reaches
the halfway mark and will continue to cast it throughout the rest of the battle (look for the "Mateus readies Chain Magic" message). As long as you have up a Shell or have an Ice Shield to reduce damage it won't be much of a problem.
His Blizzaja attack will sometimes inflict Sap, so be ready to heal it with Regen or Esuna. Be sure to set some healing gambits to heal party members and cast Cura manually to heal the whole group when needed.
i hope that helps you