note: the ruins boss is BRUTAL and is next to akron in TOUGHEST ENIMIES list. i found that if you scan the boss or one of the balls, run then repeat, you can account for the weaknesses of each. i found that the barrier and dispel skill were invaluable. give lance etiher the gods hand or heavy claw(gods hand better, since heavy claw gives thunder weaknees)and abuse the air strike abilty. matt should focus on what he does best; slashing the shit out of his target, and natz should take care of healing and the magic caonnon balls. get bomb resistent armor, cannon shots are very painful. use the casual shirt too for pinapple hp bonus.
airstrike is a bomb elemental magic atk that comes in three doses:
1.regular bomb:basically a bomb elemental atk on 1 foe
2.missiles: a bomb elemental atk on all foes that hits 3 times, somewhat stonger that reg bomb
3.dark bomb: a wierd bomb thing that shows up after uping airstrike enuff, is a devastating atk on all foes and is the most powerful of the three; not too sure wat element it is but its not dark. not to sure if it counts as a physicl or magic atk
BEASTISHNESS:matt+kinght armr and helm+souleater+berserk=matt take reg dmg (might take bit less pending onlvls) but has beast atk
my playthourgh matt had 196atk then 400sumthing!SO BEAST(thats with out the berserk in there!)
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