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[The Dawn Warriors] boss guide

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Zurai001 is in The Dawn Warriors

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The Dawn Warriors ends 10/23/2017 at 15:00 JST.

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Cid’s Mission:

Beat 凶 North Mountain with a party consisting of only FF5 synergy characters.

Stage 1&6: Castle of Bal

Boss: Abductor

Boss HP: 2,500 (Classic) | 32,000 (Elite)
Elemental Resistances: Nulls earth.
Status Vulnerabilities: Confuse, Silence, Slow, Stop, Blind, Sleep, Berserk, Stun
Notable Attacks:

Absorb (PHY: ST moderate physical, Self recover HP)
Hurricane (NAT: AOE current HP gravity)

Stage 2&7: Xezat's Fleet

Boss: Gilgamesh & Enkidu

Boss HP: 3,000 (Gilgamesh, Classic) | 2,500 (Enkidu, Classic) | 40,000 (Gilgamesh, Elite) | 20,000 (Enkidu, Elite)
Elemental Resistances (Enkidu): Nulls earth.
Status Vulnerabilities (Both): Silence, Slow, Blind, Stun
Notable Attacks:

(Both) Critical (PHY: ST moderate physical)
(Gilgamesh) Death's Claw (NAT: ST current HP gravity, medium chance to Paralyze)
(Enkidu) Aerora (NAT: ST magical wind)
(Enkidu) Absorb (PHY: ST moderate physical, Self recover HP)
(Enkidu) White Wind (NAT: AOE recover HP)
(Enkidu) String (NAT: ST magical non-element, high chance to Slow)
(Enkidu) Chi Waves (NAT: ST reduce attack, defense, magic, and resistance)

Notes and Strategies: Enkidu spawns when Gilgamesh's HP reaches a specific threshold. Both must be defeated to win.

Stage 3&8: Barrier Tower

Boss: Atomos

Boss HP: 8,000 (Classic) | 60,000 (Elite)
Status Vulnerabilities: Sleep, Stun
Notable Attacks:

Curse of Atomos (NAT: AOE Doom)
Comet (BLK: ST magical non-element)
Slowga (WHT: AOE high chance to Slow)
Graviga (BLK: AOE current HP gravity)

Stage 4&9: Elder Tree

Boss: Melusine

Boss HP: 13,000 (Classic) | 100,000 (Elite)
Elemental Resistances: see notes.
Status Vulnerabilities: Paralyze, Slow, Stop, Blind, Sleep, Stun
Notable Attacks:

Attack (PHY: ST physical)
Firaga|Blizzaga|Thundaga (BLK: ST magical fire|ice|thunder)
Firaga|Blizzaga|Thundaga (BLK: AOE magical fire|ice|thunder)
Confuse (NAT: ST high chance to Confuse)

Notes: Melusine shifts between fire weak ice and thunder absorb, ice weak fire and thunder absorb, thunder weak fire and ice absorb, and fire ice and thunder absorb but with reduced physical defense. In all phases she nulls earth, wind, water, holy, dark, and bio damage.

Stage 5&10: North Mountain

Boss: Bahamut

Boss HP: 20,000 (Classic) | 130,000 (Elite)
Elemental Resistances: Nulls earth.
Status Vulnerabilities: Slow, Blind, Stun
Break Effectiveness:

Power	Armor	Magic	Mental	Mind
50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Notable Attacks:

Attack (PHY: ST physical)
Megaflare (NAT: AOE magical non-element)
Atomic Ray (NAT: AOE magical fire)
Blaze (NAT: AOE magical ice, high chance to Sap)
Inferno (NAT: ST maximum HP gravity)
Earthshaker (NAT: AOE magical earth)
Aqua Breath (NAT: AOE magical water)
Lightning (NAT: ST magical thunder)
Maelstrom (NAT: AOE current HP gravity)
Snowstorm (NAT: ST magical ice)
Poison Breath (NAT: ST magical bio, medium chance to Poison)

EX Istory Waterfall

Boss: Triton & Nereid & Phobos

Boss HP: 33,000 each
Medal Conditions: Defeat the bosses without being KO'd.
Elemental Damage Taken (Triton):

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
-100%	200%

Elemental Damage Taken (Nereid):

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
200%	-100%

Elemental Damage Taken (Phobos):

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
			200%					-100%

Status Vulnerabilities (Triton/Nereid): Poison, Blind, Sap, Stun
Status Vulnerabilities (Phobos): Poison, Blind, Sleep, Sap, Stun
Break Effectiveness (All):

Power	Armor	Magic	Mental	Mind
50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Moveset (Triton):

(Default only) Attack (PHY: ST physical)
Firaga (BLK: ST magical fire)
Flamethrower (NAT: AOE magical fire)
Delta Attack (BLK: ST magical non-element, low chance to Petrify)

Moveset (Nereid):

(Default only) Attack (PHY: ST physical)
Blizzaga (BLK: ST magical ice)
Snowstorm (NAT: AOE magical ice)
Blaze (NAT: AOE magical ice, low chance to Sap)
Delta Attack (BLK: ST magical non-element, low chance to Petrify)

Moveset (Phobos):

(Default only) Attack (PHY: ST physical)
Bio (BLK: AOE magical bio)
Rainbow Wind (NAT: ST low chance to Blind, Silence, and/or Sap)
Delta Attack (BLK: ST magical non-element, low chance to Petrify)

Boss: Leviathan

Boss HP: 100,000
Medal Conditions: Defeat Leviathan without being KO'd.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
0%		200%	0%		-100%

Status Vulnerabilities: Silence, Slow, Blind, Stun
Break Effectiveness:

Power	Armor	Magic	Mental	Mind
50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Moveset:

Attack (PHY: ST physical)
Tail (PHY: ST moderate physical, low chance to Sap)
Aqua Breath (NAT: AOE magical water)
Tsunami (NAT: AOE magical water)
Counter Tsunami (response to white or black magic; NAT: AOE magical water)
Counter Entangle (response to physical attack; NAT: ST medium chance to Paralyze)

Notes and Strategies: In the first fight, the triplets will revive and use Delta Attack if all three are not killed within a short time of the first one dying. In the second fight, Leviathan can attack twice per turn.

EX Sunken Walse Tower

Boss: Famed Mimic Gogo

Boss HP: 180,000
Medal Conditions: Defeat Gogo without being KO'd.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
					0%

Status Vulnerabilities: Silence, Slow, Stun
Break Effectiveness:

Power	Armor	Magic	Mental	Mind
50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Moveset:

(Default/Weak only) Attack (PHY: ST physical)
(Default/Weak only) Critical (PHY: ST moderate physical)
(Default/Weak only) Holy (WHT: ST magical holy)
(Default/Weak only) Flare (BLK: ST magical non-element)
(Weak/Angry only) Meteor (BLK: AOE magical non-element)
(Angry only) Aqua Breath (NAT: AOE magical water)
(Angry only) Maelstrom (BLK: AOE current HP gravity)
(Angry only) Snowstorm (NAT: AOE magical ice)
(Angry only) Blaze (NAT: AOE magical ice, high chance to Sap)

Notes and Strategies: Carefully imitate Gogo's every action for the first section of the fight or he'll get angry.

EX Exodus's Castle

Boss: Exdeath

Boss HP: 200,000
Medal Conditions: Defeat Exdeath without being KO'd.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
						200%		0%

Status Vulnerabilities: Slow, Stun
Break Effectiveness:

Power	Armor	Magic	Mental	Mind
50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Moveset:

(Default only) Bio (BLK: ST magical bio)
(Default only) Gravity (BLK: ST current HP gravity)
(Default only) Doom (NAT: ST Doom)
(Default only) Inferno (NAT: AOE current HP gravity, medium chance to Sap)
(Default only) Hurricane (NAT: ST current HP gravity)
Attack (PHY: ST physical)
Sap (PHY: ST moderate physical, medium chance to Sap)
Earthshaker (NAT: AOE magical earth)
(Weak only) Firaga (BLK: ST magical fire)
(Weak only) Blizzaga (BLK: ST magical ice)
(Weak only) Thundaga (BLK: ST magical thunder)

Notes and Strategies:

凶 Ship Graveyard

Boss: 凶 Siren

Boss HP: 260,000
Medal Conditions: Exploit Siren's window of weakness to fire attacks.
Elemental Damage Taken (Living):

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Elemental Damage Taken (Undead):

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
150%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	-100%

Status Vulnerabilities: None!
Break Effectiveness:

Power	Armor	Magic	Mental	Mind
50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Moveset:

(Living only) Protect (WHT: Self Protect)
(Living only) Blizzard (BLK: 3T magical ice)
(Living only) Thunder (BLK: AOE magical thunder)
(Living only) Sleep (BLK: ST high chance to Sleep)
(Living only) Silence (WHT: ST high chance to Silence)
(Living only) Slow (WHT: ST high chance to Slow)
(Living only) Haste (WHT: Self Haste)
(Living only) 凶 Blizzard (NAT: 3T piercing moderate magical ice)
(Living only) 凶 Thunder (NAT: AOE piercing magical thunder)
(Living only) Counter Cure (response to white or black magic; WHT: Self recover HP)
Attack (PHY: ST moderate physical)
(Undead only) Embrace (NAT: ST piercing moderate physical, high chance to Poison)
(Undead only) Attack (PHY: AOE moderate physical)
(Undead only) 凶 Embrace (NAT: RT piercing physical, high chance to Poison, 3 hits)

Notes and Strategies: Siren uses Protect on her first turn. Siren begins the fight in Living form and switches back and forth between Living and Undead forms every 3 turns. The Poison status deals much more damage in this fight.

凶 North Mountain

Boss: 凶 Bahamut

Boss HP: 388,610
Medal Conditions: Reduce Bahamut's magic.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
	150%		0%

Status Vulnerabilities: None!
Break Effectiveness:

Power	Armor	Magic	Mental	Mind
50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Moveset:

(Phase 1 only) 凶 Megaflare (NAT: AOE piercing supermassive magical non-element)
(Phases 2-7 only) Attack (PHY: ST moderate physical)
(Phase 2 only) Atomic Ray (NAT: AOE magical fire)
(Phase 2 only) Blaze (NAT: AOE magical ice, medium chance to Sap)
(Phase 3 only) Inferno (NAT: ST maximum HP gravity)
(Phase 3 only) Earthshaker (NAT: AOE moderate magical earth)
(Phase 4 only) Aqua Breath (NAT: AOE moderate magical water)
(Phase 4 only) Lightning (NAT: ST massive magical thunder)
(Phase 5 only) Maelstrom (NAT: ST current HP gravity)
(Phase 5 only) Snowstorm (NAT: 2T supermassive magical ice)
(Phase 6 only) Poison Breath (NAT: 2T heavy magical bio, medium chance to Poison)
(Phase 7 only) Megaflare (NAT: AOE heavy magical non-element)

Notes and Strategies: If you do not reduce Bahamut below 96% HP within 3 of its turns, it will use 凶 Megaflare and probably wipe your party.

滅 Sealed by the Four Warriors

Boss: 滅 Exdeath of 30 Years Ago

Phase	LVL	HP	ATK	DEF	MAG	RES	MND	SPD
1st Form	220	100,000	1000	4500	1000	7500	800	650
2nd Form	220	150,000	1200	4900	1200	7900	800	650
3rd Form	220	120,000	1000	4500	1000	7500	800	600
4th Form	220	300,000	1100	4900	1100	7900	800	450

Medal Conditions: Win with at least 2 characters alive.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
150%¹			150%¹	150%¹	150%¹			-100%

1: Exdeath's first form is weak to wind, its second is weak to water, third is weak to fire, and fourth is weak to earth. Each form is neutral to the elements it isn't weak to.
Status Vulnerabilities: None!
Break Effectiveness:

Power	Armor	Magic	Mental	Mind
50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Moveset (1st Form):

Attack (PHY: ST 188% physical)
Bio (BLK: ST 450% magical bio)
Graviga (BLK: AOE 303% chance to 50% current HP gravity)
Doom (NAT: ST Doom)
Earthshaker (NAT: AOE 260% magical earth)
Inferno (BLK: AOE 303% chance to 30% maximum HP gravity)
Firaga (BLK: AOE 342% magical fire)
Blizzaga (BLK: ST 490% magical ice)
Thundaga (BLK: AOE 294% magical thunder)

Moveset (2nd Form):

Attack (PHY: ST 188% physical)
Bio (BLK: ST 450% magical bio)
Doom (NAT: ST Doom)
Earthshaker (NAT: AOE 260% magical earth)
Inferno (BLK: AOE 303% chance to 30% maximum HP gravity)
Hurricane (NAT: ST auto-hit 60% current HP gravity)
Vacuum Wave (PHY: AOE 202% ranged physical, 21% chance to Sap)
Firaga (BLK: AOE 490% magical fire)
Thundaga (BLK: AOE 294% magical thunder)

Moveset (3rd Form):

Attack (PHY: ST 188% physical)
Bio (BLK: ST 450% magical bio)
Graviga (BLK: AOE 303% chance to 50% current HP gravity)
Doom (NAT: ST Doom)
Earthshaker (NAT: AOE 260% magical earth)
Hurricane (NAT: ST auto-hit 60% current HP gravity)
Vacuum Wave (PHY: AOE 202% ranged physical, 21% chance to Sap)
Blizzaga (BLK: ST 490% magical ice)
Thundaga (BLK: AOE 294% magical thunder)
凶 Sword Dance (NAT: RT 206% physical, 4 hits)

Moveset (4th Form):

Attack (PHY: ST 188% physical)
Bio (BLK: ST 450% magical bio)
Graviga (BLK: AOE 303% chance to 50% current HP gravity)
Vacuum Wave (PHY: AOE 202% ranged physical, 21% chance to Sap)
Firaga (BLK: AOE 342% magical fire)
Blizzaga (BLK: ST 490% magical ice)
Thundaga (BLK: AOE 294% magical thunder)
凶 Sword Dance (NAT: RT 206% physical, 4 hits)
凶 Maelstrom (NAT: AOE auto-hit 60% current HP gravity)
凶 Orbit Guard (NAT: Self Protect, Shell, and Haste)

Notes and Strategies: Each time you defeat one of Exdeath's forms, the next form in sequence will spawn. The first form does nothing on its 1st and 2nd turns.

Multiplayer:

Boss:

Boss HP: (d160) | (d220)
Medal Conditions: Defeat with at least 4 characters alive.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio

Status Vulnerabilities: Stun
Break Effectiveness:

Power	Armor	Magic	Mental	Mind
50%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Notable Attacks:

Attack (PHY: ST physical)

Notes and Strategies:

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