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Plays normal difficulty - beats Normal difficulty - feels happy :) - rates game good - plays Epic difficulty - loses several times - gets increasingly pissed :( - rates game down - finally gets enough luck to beat Epic mode - feels happy again :) - rates game back up XD
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So the only real way to beat the final boss consistently is to play extremely defensively. the #1 rule of the fight is to ALWAYS KEEP AUTOLIFE ACTIVE on atleast one character. The first phase isn't too bad, but the second one can easily obliterate you if you let down your guard. In terms of strategy, you just want to adapt to the situation and always be a few steps ahead of him. When you see the pilot, syphon immediately. When you see the gun charge and the nuke's countdown reach 0, defend. Do this while keeping regen, autolife and MDEF buffs up, and you should win easily.
Also, the frezzer turret is the most dangerous turret there is, since it hits hard as hell and inflicts poison that can deal 2000 damage per turn AND he can stack it. Destroy those ASAP and try not to kill to turrets at the same time to prevent the possibility of double nuke or double freezer turrets.
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100% rip-off of the old Final Fantasy Tactics games, don't believe me?
look here: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Tactics_A2:_Grimoire_of_the_Rift
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How I won the final battle to get the hard badge: Relied mainly on counter-strikes. I equipped Matt with rune blade for the first half of the battle (so I didn't have to use ether on him) and had him cast power metal. I had Natz cast auto-revive and the occasional thunderbolt. Switched to blood blade when the tank was at about half health.
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down to no revive items, and lance gets resummoned from the tank. After my stun on him wears out, I brace for defeat. I healed instead of defending, and he casts Ion Cannon. It wipes out Natalie with 8k damage, but matt's still up. I was ready to just go all out on one last turn trying to finish the tank's tiny sliver of hp off. And then i realized the ion cannon killed the tank too, which ended the battle. Boozes and Floozies ftw!
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Thanks to all the great commenters for tips and Wiki for the Trait list! I finally cleared Epic with these (in order of acquirement). Matt: 1) Aerial Support 2) Cat Warrior 3) Secret Weapon 4) Counter 5) Defender 6) Swordsman 7) Berzerker* 8) Survivor* 9) Venomous 10) Mighty Warrior* *Counter x2 would help a lot in place of any of these. Natalie: 1) Immunity 2) Mighty Mage** 3) Angel 4) Magic Counter 5) Bunny!!! 6) Immunity x2 7) Astrology** 8) Bunny! 9) Astrology x2** 10) Elusive** **Magic Counter x2 might've helped more, but doesn't really matter in the end. When you meet Valkyrie tank, just equip Blood Blade and defend with Matt 'till you win. Natalie doesn't matter exactly because she's dead most of the battle anyways (you can speed stuff up while she's still alive tho). Hope this helps and good luck!
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Talking to myself here but...after over 10 deaths against the final boss on Epic Mode, I've realized the difficulty selection was right. I should have trusted it. I AM too cool for easier modes but I do have a life
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When you FINALLY got to the last boss on this game, But it kills you even though your on the easiest mode and you dont get to save&come back. *proceeds to quit the game because f*ck life itself*