Orthros and Typhon

Global Changes:

• Osmose only lowers the chance of it casting Firaga, Blizzaga and Thundaga during stage 2.
• You can skip Osmose in Stage 1

ELT

Boss (ELT)

Stage 1

	Ultros – Aquan LV – 90 HP – 600,000 MP – 1500
+200% Water Resistance | -50% Fire and Lightning Resistance
Immune to all

Stage 2

	Ultros – Aquan LV – 99 HP – 700,000 MP – 2000
+200% Water Resistance | -50% Fire and Lightning Resistance
Immune to all

	Typhon – Demon LV – 99 HP – 1,000,000 MP – 2500
+200% Fire Resistance | -50% Ice and Water Resistance
Immune to all

Overview

Although both bosses do not have much HP, there will be a lot of things going on and you’ll need to read carefully so as not to trigger the hidden mechanics.

• You will need a party member with Osmose to reduce the chance of Ultros casting powerful attacks.
• Although both bosses have their own respective Elemental weakness, attacking them with their elemental weakness will trigger a counter attack.
• Stick to Wind, Earth, Holy and Dark Elemental Damage.
• A member that can deal Wind Elemental Damage.
• A member that can increase the resistance of the team or reduce the damage taken by the team.
• Bosses will always move first (Preemptive), make sure you have a back up “Resser” if your healer dies first.
• Take note of the threshold attacks (Ultros at 70/50/30 %).

Strategy

Most of the guides out there suggest taking down Typhon first (during stage 2). I’ll be using them as a basis for this guide.

Stage 1

• Focus on Team-Buff and Osmose Ultros on Turn 1. Do not attack on turn 1 as it’ll trigger an extra attack.
• Power and SPR Break is valid and to be used from Turn 2 onwards.
• Do not drop Ultros HP from above 70% to under 30%  in one round or it will heal to full.
• At 50% HP, Ultros will enter a Hastened state. During that turn, it will also cast Protect which must be Dispelled.
• Make sure you clear yourself off any debuffs and top up your HP to full before pushing for Stage 2.

Stage 2

Killing Typhon first

• Both bosses will start a Preemptive Attack on the team first. Ultros will cast Acid while Typhon will deal a powerful ST attack. Be prepared to res on Turn 1.
• Turn 1 should be spent on Buffing the team and Osmose on Ultros. Do not Attack or Debuff them.
• Turn 2 – Keep Power Break on Ultros at all times and start working on Typhon.
• Typhon is immune to all breaks.
• Demon Killer is effective.
• You’ll need to defeat Typhon within 10 rounds so as not to trigger Ultros’ second Acid.
• Typhon mainly uses Wind/Water/Fire Elemental Magic Attacks, you’ll want to concentrate more on Wind and Water resistance.
• Whenever Typhon buffs itself (every 4 turns), Players MUST Dispel and use a Wind Elemental Attack in the following turn. If not, Typhon will cast snort which will send 1 party member away from battle. Also, make sure you have at least 2 units that can deal Wind damage in case shit happens to 1 of them during this phase.
• It’s best to avoid killing Typhon on turn multiples of 3.

Back to Ultros

• Stage 2 Ultros is almost the same as Stage 1 Ultros.
• If you had depleted all of Ultros MP during the first 2 turns, it will less likely cast the 3 Elemental skills thus the only Elemental Resistance you should worry from is Earth Resistance (Magnitute 8).
• It will still cast Magnitude 8 during the 3 threshold HP (70,50,30).
• Make sure your Power Break is still up at this time.
• Do not apply any resistance debuffs to Ultros while Typhon is alive. Typhon will respond with a powerful ST attack.
• This time at 50%, it will buff itself with DEF/SPR buffs which you must dispel.
• He will no longer cast Curaga in stage 2 but Players are still advised to control your damage go through all 3 threshold stages.

Summary

• Make sure you keep your DEF/SPR up at all times
• Do not Attack on turn 1
• At least 2 Wind attackers
• The necessary Status Ailment protection; Paralyze, Blind and Poison

Recommended Units

Tanks – Cecil, Wilhelm, Sozhe

Healer – DC Refia, Y’shtola

Support – Sakura, Marie, Minfilia, Trance Terra

Breaker – Orlandeau

Attacker – Orlandeau, Fohlen, Aileen, Bartz