Guide to Part 13 of Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, covering the battles against Illua and Neukhia, enemy abilities, and strategies.
Walkthrough
- 1Part 13 - Mission Objective: Defeat Illua!
- Law Forbidden: Being Robbed, Having Gil or Items stolen is forbidden.
- 2Recommended Dispatch: None specified.
- 3Talents (Required): Negotiation: 0, Aptitude: 0, Teamwork: 0, Adaptability: 0.
- 4Cannot be canceled once accepted.
- 5Destination: The Ruins of Delgantua.
- 6Members: 6.
- 7Reward: Gain 68 Clan Points.
- 8Ewen: Uses Ninja set with Throw, Unspell, and Dual Wield.
- 9Illua: Nightshade Class. Uses Saber (raises Attack/Accuracy), Time Blade (slows and damages), and Dimensional Rift (large area, good range, powerful attack). Immune to debuffs.
- 10Elementalist: Uses Fire Whip, Boulder Crush, and Sliprain.
- 11Viera Spellblade: Uses Poison, Sleep, and Doom Blades.
- 12Seer: Uses Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, Esuna, and Pierce.
- 13Illusionist: Uses Prominence, Tempest, and Freezeblink.
- 14Illua is particularly dangerous; aim to defeat her quickly.
- 15Illua removes the judge, so clan privileges and units that raise troops are less effective.
- 16Consider using Stopshot to disable enemies.
- 17Prioritize taking out the Elementalist first, followed by the Illusionist.
- 18Next, defeat the Seer and Spellblade.
- 19Finally, defeat Ewen and then Illua, or focus solely on Illua.
- 20Camouflage and Mirror Items can be a useful combination against Illua.
- 21Ewen may act somewhat suicidally.
- 22The Rift - Mission Objective: Defeat the Neukhia!
- Law Forbidden: Opportunity Commands.
- 23Enemies:
- 24Two Plagues with Binding Circle and Dread.
- 25Behemoths and Sprites will appear after the Plagues are disabled (not killed).
- 26Neukhia: A large, hand-like enemy.
- 27Abilities: Apocalypse (confuse in small area), Consumption (large area damage), White Hole (straight line damage), Spyhonja (MP drain in large area), Catastrophe (lowers Defense/Resistance).
- 28Strategy:
- 29Do not kill the initial Plagues; disable them instead.
- 30Use switches on the side of the arena to activate the Holy Cannon, which deals significant damage to Neukhia.
- 31Flick or examine the purple switches to activate the cannon.
- 32The switches reset after use, so be prepared for them to randomize again.
- 33The cannon hits all enemies.
- 34Neukhia has a relatively weak defense rating; use physical attacks to defeat it.
- 35Bring a White Mage for Raise and healing, keeping them at the back to act as a recovery center.
- 36Use clan privileges effectively.
- 37After the Battle:
- You are teleported to Jagd Zellea.
- 38Lezaford joins the party.
- 39Head to the ! marker to proceed.
- 40The game's title, Grimoire of the Rift, is explained.
- 41Proceed to Camoa, then to Goug.
- 42At the pub in Goug, Hurdy will be next to Luso instead of Adelle.
- 43Mission E5-01 ~ The Dig
- Description: A salvage run in the Goug Mines to find ancient machineries.
- 44Rank: 37
- 45Fee: 200 Gil
- 46Days: --
Tips
- For the Illua battle, focus on disabling her debuff immunity and powerful attacks.
- The Holy Cannon in the Neukhia battle is a significant advantage; coordinate its use with physical attacks.
- Ensure your White Mage is well-protected to maximize healing and revival capabilities.
- The specific rewards for these missions are not detailed in this section, beyond the 68 Clan Points for the Illua mission.
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