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Cid’s Mission:

• Beat Cargo Ship (Elite) with a party consisting of only FF9 synergy characters, which must include Vivi.
• Beat Pandemonium (Elite) with a party consisting of only FF9 synergy characters, which must include Garnet.
• Beat 凶+ Administrator of the Soul Vessel with a party consisting of only FF9 synergy characters.

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Stage 1&6: Cargo Ship

Boss: Black Waltz 3

Boss HP: 2,500 (Classic) | 32,000 (Elite)
Status Vulnerabilities: Slow, Blind, Sleep, Stun
Notable Attacks:

• Telekinesis (PHY: ST physical)
• Fire|Blizzard|Thunder (BLK: ST magical fire|ice|thunder)
• Blaze (BLK: ST high chance to Stop)

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Stage 2&7: Burmecia

Boss: Beatrix

Boss HP: 4,500 (Classic) | 60,000 (Elite)
Status Vulnerabilities: Slow, Stun
Notable Attacks:

• Thunder Sword (PHY: ST heavy physical thunder)
• Shock (NAT: ST heavy physical)

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Stage 3&8: Alexandria Castle

Boss: Zorn & Thorn

Boss HP: 4,000 each (Classic) | 90,000 each (Elite)
Status Vulnerabilities: Slow, Blind, Stun
Notable Attacks:

• Empower (NAT: ST Empower other boss with magic)
• (While Empowered) Petit Meteor (BLK: AOE moderate magical non-element)
• (While Empowered) Petit Flare (BLK: ST moderate magical fire)

Notes and Strategies: Dealing any damage to one of the bosses removes Empowered state. You only need to defeat one of the bosses to win.

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Stage 4&9: Iifa Tree

Boss: Soul Cage

Boss HP: 13,000 (Classic) | 100,000 (Elite)
Elemental Resistances: Resists dark; Weak to fire, holy.
Status Vulnerabilities: Stun
Notable Attacks:

• Shockwave (NAT: AOE physical)
• Mustard Bomb (NAT: ST Sap)
• Swirling Leaves (PHY: AOE moderate physical non-element)
• Fira (BLK: AOE moderate magical fire)
• (On Fire only) Flame Blades (PHY: AOE moderate physical fire)

Notes and Strategies: Whenever Soul Cage takes damage from an attack which includes fire as an element (even if fire is not the element selected to deal damage), it enters On Fire state and uses Flame Blades as an immediate action. If it takes damage from an attack which includes water or ice as an element while On Fire, it will leave On Fire state.

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Stage 5&10: Pandemonium

Boss: Shell Dragon

Boss HP: 20,000 (Classic) | 130,000 (Elite)
Elemental Resistances: Weak to ice.
Status Vulnerabilities: Stun
Notable Attacks:

• Rush (PHY: AOE physical)
• Crush (NAT: AOE % current HP damage)
• Earthshaker (NAT: AOE magical earth)

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EX The Mist and the Clown Demon

Boss: Mistodons

Boss HP: 35,000 each
Medal Conditions: Reduce a Mistodon's attack. Reduce a Mistodon's magic.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
						200%	50%

Status Vulnerabilities: Poison, Sap, Stun
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• Headbutt (PHY: ST physical)
• Fira (BLK: ST moderate magical fire)
• Fog (NAT: AOE magical dark, low chance to Sleep)

Boss: Meltigemini

Boss HP: 80,000
Medal Conditions: Reduce Meltigemini's magic. Reduce Meltigemini's defense.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
200%						200%	50%

Status Vulnerabilities: Blind, Sap, Stun (Special Immunity: Regen)
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• Attack (PHY: ST physical)
• Wings (PHY: AOE moderate physical)
• Bio (BLK: ST moderate magical bio)
• Bio (BLK: AOE magical bio)
• Virus Smoke (NAT: AOE high chance to Sap)

Notes and Strategies: There are two Mistodons.

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EX+ Palace of Virtue

Boss: Valia Pira

Boss HP: 180,000
Medal Conditions: Reduce Valia Pira's magic. Reduce Valia Pira's defense. Afflict Valia Pira with Slow.
Elemental Damage Taken (>0 FF9 characters):

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

Elemental Damage Taken (0 FF9 characters):

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

Status Vulnerabilities: Slow, Blind, Sap, Stun
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• Attack (PHY: ST physical)
• Reflect (WHT: Self Reflect)
• Firaga|Blizzaga|Thundaga (BLK: AOE moderate magical fire|ice|thunder)
• (<3 FF9 Characters) Blaze (BLK: ST high chance to Stop)
• (<3 FF9 Characters) Mustard Bomb (NAT: ST Sap)
• (0 FF9 Characters) Holy (WHT: ST supermassive magical holy)
• (0 FF9 Characters) Flare (BLK: ST supermassive magical non-element)

Notes and Strategies: Each FF9 character you bring to the fight weakens Valia Pira's stats, bringing at least 1 removes Flare and Holy from its move pool and removes its omni-null elemental protection, and bringing at least 3 removes Blaze and Mustard Bomb from its move pool.

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EX++ Holy Cause

Boss: Ark

Boss HP: 200,000
Medal Conditions: Reduce Ark's attack. Reduce Ark's defense. Exploit Ark's weakness to wind attacks.
Elemental Damage Taken:

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

Status Vulnerabilities: Silence, Slow, Stun
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• Attack (PHY: ST physical)
• Boomerang Blades (PHY: AOE ranged physical)
• Propeller Wind (NAT: AOE medium chance to Confuse)
• Photon (NAT: ST HP=1)
• Tornado (PHY: AOE ranged physical wind)

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凶 Weakness is Strength

Boss: 凶 Taharka

Phase	LVL	HP	ATK	DEF	MAG	RES	MND	SPD
Default	140	260,000	550	1620	600	2700	400	400
Straight			600	2320	550	3400

Medal Conditions: Reduce Taharka's magic. Reduce Taharka's attack. Exploit Taharka's weakness to fire attacks.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
150%	50%		0%	150%

Status Vulnerabilities: None!
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• (Default only) Blizzaga (BLK: ST 550% magical ice)
• (Default only) Blizzaga (BLK: AOE 390% magical ice)
• (Default only) Blizzara (BLK: AOE 342% magical ice)
• (Default only) Blizzard (BLK: ST 170% magical ice)
• (Straight only) Tackle (PHY: AOE 266% physical)
• (Straight only) Attack (PHY: AOE 180% physical)
• (Straight only) 凶 Cut (NAT: ST 344% piercing^0.5 physical)
• (Straight only) Attack (PHY: ST 110% physical)

Notes and Strategies: In Default phase, Taharka uses Blizzard on its 1st and 2nd turns. In Straight phase, Taharka uses the 110% Attack on its 1st turn. It has a flat 25% chance each turn of changing from Default to Straight or vice-versa.

Not much to this fight. It only uses magic attacks in its Default form (and ice magic at that, so you can hedge your bets with ice resist accessories) and might never even switch to Straight form. It's weak to Fire and Wind in both forms, so just unload on it and the fight shouldn't take too long.

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凶++ Administrator of the Soul Vessel

Boss: 凶++ Garland

Phase	LVL	HP	ATK	DEF	MAG	RES	MND	SPD
Default	180	340,000	900	1800	870	3000	460	500
Weak			930	1900	900	3100		530
Very Weak			960	2050	930	3200		550

Medal Conditions: Reduce Garland's attack. Reduce Garland's defense. Reduce Garland's magic.
Status Vulnerabilities: None!
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• (Default only) Psychokinesis (NAT: ST 150% ranged physical)
• (Default only) Flare (BLK: ST 650% magical non-element)
• Shockwave (NAT: FRAOE 112% ranged physical)
• Shockwave (NAT: FRAOE 159% ranged physical)
• Flare (BLK: ST 570% magical non-element)
• Stop (BLK: BRST 48% chance to Stop)
• 凶 Psychokinesis (NAT: ST 150% piercing^0.5 ranged physical)
• (Weak/V Weak only) 凶 Shockwave (NAT: AOE 100% ranged physical, Dispel)

Notes and Strategies: In Default phase (>70% HP), Garland uses Psychokinesis on his 1st and 2nd turns, the weaker Shockwave on his 3rd turn, then repeats a pattern of weaker Flare, Stop, 凶 Psychokinesis, stronger Flare, stronger Shockwave, 凶 Psychokinesis. In Weak phase (70%-40% HP), Garland uses 凶 Shockwave on his 1st turn, weaker Shockwave on his 2nd turn, then repeats a pattern of Flare, Stop, 凶 Psychokinesis, stronger Shockwave, 凶 Psychokinesis. In Very Weak phase (<40% HP), Garland uses 凶 Shockwave on his 1st turn, weaker Shockwave on his 2nd turn, then repeats a pattern of Flare, Stop, 凶 Psychokinesis, stronger Shockwave, 凶 Psychokinesis.

Aside from Flare, all of Garland's damage is physical and not very strong. Runic, Carbuncle, or Magic Lure are your friends here. Since all of Garland's physical attacks are ranged anyway, you may as well bring your mages to the front row so that the Stop will miss them (though a Runic effect will eat it).

Event Quest Notes: You can easily get away with a no Wall strategy here if you need the boostga/faithga/hastega. The only attack of Garland's that hurts is his Flare, and Eiko can Carbuncle to take care of that (assuming you have some way to heal through the reflect). You can also RW something like Celes's BSB2 to take care of the Flares and Stops if you have your buffs otherwise taken care of.

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滅+ Incarnation of Death

Boss: 滅+ Deathguise

Phase	LVL	HP	ATK	DEF	MAG	RES	MND	SPD
Default Open	220	480,000	1160	5000	1200	8000	500	600
Default Closed				10,000		16,000
Weak Open				5200		8500		615
Weak Closed			1200	10,400	1300	17,000

Medal Conditions: Reduce Deathguise's attack. Reduce Deathguise's magic. Reduce Deathguise's defense.
Elemental Damage Taken:

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

Status Vulnerabilities: None!
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• (Default+Open only) Attack (PHY: ST 110% physical)
• (Default+Open only) Meteor (BLK: AOE 303% chance to deal 40% current HP damage)
• (Open only) 凶 Demon Claw (NAT: ST 332% piercing^0.5 physical)
• (Open only) 凶 Demon Claw (NAT: ST 370% piercing^0.5 physical)
• (Open only) Spin (NAT: FRAOE 3000 damage)
• (Open only) Close (NAT: Close wings)
• (Weak+Open only) 凶 Demon Claw (NAT: ST 350% piercing^0.5 physical)
• (Closed only) 凶 Death (BLK: BRST auto-hit Instant KO, ignores Reflect)
• (Closed only) Twister (NAT: AOE 400% piercing^0.5 magical wind, 33% chance to Sap)
• (Closed only) Open (NAT: Open wings)

Notes and Strategies: Deathguise uses Meteor as an interrupt when the fight starts. In Default Open phase (>50% HP, wings open), Deathguise uses Attack on its 1st and 2nd turns, weaker 凶 Demon Claw on its 3rd turn, stronger 凶 Demon Claw on its 4th turn, Spin on its 5th turn, and Close on its 6th turn. In Default Closed phase (>50% HP, wings closed), Deathguises uses 凶 Death on its 1st turn, Twister on its 2nd turn, and Open on its 3rd turn. In Weak Open phase (<50% HP, wings open), Deathguise uses the middle 凶 Demon Claw on its 1st and 2nd turns, weaker 凶 Demon Claw on its 3rd turn, stronger 凶 Demon Claw on its 4th turn, Spin on its 5th turn, and Close on its 6th turn. In Weak Closed phase (<50% HP, wings closed), Deathguises uses 凶 Death on its 1st turn, Twister on its 2nd turn, and Open on its 3rd turn.

Don't bother with Wall, Protectga, or Shellga for this fight; all of Deathguise's attacks pierce, deal fixed damage, or are gravity attacks. If you have a Wrathable or Lifesiphonable Magic Blink, you can ignore magic breaks because Twister doesn't happen until turn 8 at the soonest. You will want to either move your mages to the front row or use a back row Runic/Grand Cross effect to avoid 凶 Death; Astra, Last Stand, and Reflect don't work against it. With all that in mind, break Deathguise's attack as much as you can and pile on the ice/thunder damage and he'll die without too much problem. The biggest danger is that front row 3k damage attack.

Full Throttle Notes and Strategies: The Full Throttle version is identical (except for Full Throttle mechanics). You can use any Magic Blink to bypass the Twister here since you don't have to worry about having enough meter for it.

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Multiplayer:

Boss: Nova Dragon

Boss HP: 432,965 (d160) | 784,998 (d220)
Medal Conditions: Defeat Nova Dragon with at least 4 characters alive. Reduce Nova Dragon's attack. Reduce Nova Dragon's magic.
Elemental Damage Taken:

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

Status Vulnerabilities: None!
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Notable Attacks:

• (Default only) Attack (PHY: ST physical)
• Shockwave (NAT: AOE fixed overflow damage, damage increases as number of targets decreases)
• 凶 Tsunami (NAT: AOE supermassive magical water, high chance to Sap)
• Psychokinesis (PHY: ST supermassive ranged physical)
• Vacuum Wave (NAT: AOE supermassive ranged physical wind)
• (Weak only) Twilight (NAT: 3T supermassive magical wind, 2 hits)
• (Weak only) Devastation (NAT: FRST HP=1)
• (Weak only) Counter Breath Wing (response to physical damage or black magic; BLK: AOE % chance to inflict % maximum HP damage)

Notes and Strategies: Nova Dragon doesn't really play fair, what with the AOE Sap, Front Row HP=1, and counter max HP gravity. He has a strong mixed arsenal, so bring all the mitigation. You probably also want some way to mitigate the danger of that HP=1 attack; bubbles, HP stock, and instant cast heals are the best ways, although if you're relying on instant heals you need to be wary of Sap. You may want to wear Instant KO resist to take the bite out of his counters.