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InMetaphor: ReFantazio’s final month, you will need to do everything you’re able to to prepare for your final battle against Louis, like finish increasing your trust with your followers, grind out your party’s Royal Archetypes, stock up on recovery items, and take care of any remaining quests.
Entering this stage of the game also unlocks three Trial of the Dragon quests, which promise forbidden power if you are able to conquer them. However, completing these three quests will unlock a fourth, final quest, which is definitely the hardest of the bunch. Below, we’ll take a look at how to complete this quest from start to finish, including how to beat the Elegy of the Soul.
How To Start Trial Of The Dragon: Essence Of Power
The final Trial of the Dragon quest willautomatically be accepted after clearing all of the other ones, includingMad Mischief,Bygone Legacy, andHeroes' Rest. Once you’ve finished the third Trial of the Dragon,starting from the next day, you canreturn to the Dragon Templeto undertake Essence of Power.
Unlike the other Trials of the Dragon, youdon’t need to re-explore the Dragon Templefor this quest. Simply head to the location and use theDivine Altar Pathshortcutto head straight to the room of the boss fight.
How To Beat Elegy Of The Soul
Elegy of the Soul is alevel 75 bosswithno elemental strengths or weaknesses. Instead, every turn it willswap to a new Archetype and use skills of that Archetype, so you can roughly expect what you’ll see during every turn of the battle.
Prince
Front/Back
Provides consistent damage through Royal Slash or support through inherited skills.
Royal Masked Dancer
Back
With the Trickster or Saviour Mask, provide debuffs or healing to the team while inflicting one-time weaknesses with dances.
Warlord
Use Formation abilities to buff the party’s attack and defense. Either Strohl or Hulkenberg can use this Archetype.
Royal Berserker
Front
Deals consistent damage through Wanton Destruction, inflicting a one-time weakness to Strike with every use.
Heismayis also a good option withRoyal Thief and Noble Thief’s Soul, which willdeplete all enemy turn iconswhen he dodges an attack.
Since the boss uses all kinds of elemental attacks, debuffs, and status effects, there’s no point in specializing your party’s equipment for anything in particular.Use the best gear you havethat complements the chosen party member’s Archetype and you’ll be good.
However, whatever you do,do not use equipment that can repel attacks. If you go into the battle with this equipment the boss will immediately and repeatedly castArmageddon’s Final Sire, dealing9,999 Almighty damage to your party.
Battle Strategy
As mentioned above, Elegy of Souls will swap to a different Archetype in a predetermined order every turn, starting with Seeker and ending with Prince. Here is the order it will swap in.
After Prince, it willrestart at Seeker on the next turn. If Elegy of Souls makes it throughthree full cycles, it will castArmageddon’s Final Sire until your party is defeated. This means that you are on a time limit for this fight; if you take too long to kill the boss, it will wipe you out.
The main strategy for this fight is similar to most other bosses.Keep your buffs up, keep debuffs on the boss, andcreate and exploit one-time weaknesseswherever possible. Basilio is great for exploiting one-time weaknesses withWanton Destruction, which can deal massive damage every turn.
Be sure toutilize Formations throughout the battleto mitigate or boost damage. TheWarlord’s Formation skillswill directly move all party members to either the back or the front, so be sure to move them back if needed. For example, you’ll wantBasilio hitting Wanton Destructions from the front row,andJunah is better off in the back rowto reduce the damage she takes.
After Elegy of the Soul begins itsthird Archetype cycle, it will start usingHero’s Crygiving itselffour extra Turn Iconsevery turn. You’ll definitely need to ensure youhave your defensive buffs up at all timesto reduce the extra incoming damage each turn.
This is whereHeismay and Noble Thief’s Soulcome in very handy, especially if you have him inheritKnight’s Proclamationto draw the boss’s attacks to himself.
It may take a few tries, but this fight isn’t necessarily as hard as it first may seem. Stick to your usual boss tactics and you should get through this fight. If you find yourself running out of time and dying to Armageddon’s Final Sire, try tolevel up a bit more and try again, time permitting.
Quest Rewards
Defeating Elegy of the Soul and completing this quest will reward you with theRadiant Crystal accessoryand theDragon’s Legacy sword. TheRadiant Crystal increases all stats by eight, while theDragon’s Legacy makes all attacks Almighty. This will be one of the strongest weapons for the protagonist for the remainder of the game.
