======================================================================= BRAVE FENCER MUSASHI BOSS GUIDE ======================================================================= Brave Fencer Musashi Boss Guide Version 1.0 For Sony PlayStation Only By YEE SENG FU E-Mail : ysf@pacific.net.sg Date : 25th Dec'99 ICQ : 25076522 HomePage: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Portal/7933/ Country : Singapore Copyright Protected. 1998-1999. No part of the content is allowed to be reedited or published without the permission of the writer. It can only be used as a personal guide, but not for any commercial purposes. Anyone who has violated this agreement will be severely dealt with. Anyone who wants to link the faq to a particular site must seek permission from the author. Thanks for your cooperation. I have spent a lot of time typing this faq and the only way to show your appreciation is not to use this faq for profitable means and hopefully, this faq will be of some help to you. 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It cannot be used in any game magazines, guides, books etc or in any other form of printed or electronic media in any way, shape, form (that includes reprinting, reference, inclusion) without the express written permission of the author, myself. This faq is owned and created by me, Yee Seng Fu. If you feel that, reading the faq like this is a bit tedious, especially when you have to look at the computer and play your game, you are allowed to print the part or whole of this document out, but the printed copies can only be for personal use. This FAQ is best viewed using wordpad with word wrapped to window. Please refer to my other Brave Fencer Musashi faqs for more details. Introduction ============ This Brave Fencer Musashi boss guide faq is a small mini-guide for you to help you defeat the bosses along your way. Hopefully, this faq will be of some use to you. I have also written a walkthrough guide for Brave Fencer Musashi in my main Brave Fencer Musashi faq. Feel free to read it and comment my walkthrough. Be sure to take a look at my other Brave Fencer Musashi faqs. Update ====== Version 1.0 -Added Boss Strategies -Added a Content, Update section. -Added a copyright section. -Added credit section. Content ======= i)Chapter 1 -Stone Head -Steam Knight ii)Chapter 2 -Crest Guardian: Skullpion iii)Chapter 3 -Vambee Soldiers in the Church -Crest Guardian: Relic Keeper iv)Chapter 4 -Duel at Island of Dragon: Kojiro -Crest Guardian: Frost Dragon v)Chapter 5 -Crest Guardian: Queen Ant vi)Chapter 6 -Soda Fountain Part I : Ben -Soda Fountain Part II : Ed -Soda Fountain Part III: Topo -Crest Guardian: Tower Of Death -Dark Lumina Part I : Wizard Of Darkness -Dark Lumina Part II -Dark Lumina Part III : Finale vii)Credit viii)Copyright Protected ======================================================================= I)Chapter 1: The Journey Begins!!! ======================================================================= Now, the real stuff begins. Are you ready? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I.I)Stone Head ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Start off by heading left or right along the circular path. Along the way, you should notice many statues and in the middle is a stone head. The stone head will bombard you with exploding red spiral beams. The middle stone head will generate some sort of electrical field. Destroy the four statues by hitting it using your Fusion sword and an emblem will appear for every statue that you destroy. Step on the four emblems. You don't need to step on all four emblems at the same time. Just one time and it will do. Once the four emblems are stepped, a path will be revealed. Now, you are on your way to the spiral tower. Tips:While you are busy hacking the statues, you should notice that the middle stone head will generate some sort of spiral electrical field on you. If you come into contact with these beams, you will get hurt. The bad thing is that these beams will keep on be produced to chase after you. The best way to do is to run around in a random manner. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I.II)Steam Knight ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Steam Knight has a large steel ball, which he will use it to hit you. When he's spinning the ball, you will know that he is ready to shoot at you. The trick is to run around or jump around to dodge the ball. Watch out for the steam, which is emitting out from his legs as it will hurt you. Remember, when he's spinning the ball, do not hold R1 as this will cause Musashi to move very slowly and unable to dodge the ball. Move closer to his heads, hold R1 and when the gauge bar is full, press triangle to do a lumina rotation. Repeat these and damage his legs and he will be unconsious. At this moment, attack the torso spot in the mid-section, which the arrow points to. This will do him damage. He will wake out after some time. Repeat the same strategy. When his HP runs out, go near him and throw him by pressing triangle towards the wall. His HP will then be refilled again and he will start throwing pillars at you. You can't attack his leg anymore. The only way is to let him jump high up the air and when he lands, his torso will be exposed. Try to stand a distance from him when he lands as it will hurt you. Just as he lands, quickly go and hit his torso by pressing triangle. This will inflict him damage. Repeat this procedure and when his HP is completely gone, you will get a chance to toss him out of time. Exhausted after battle, Musashi decides to take a rest. ======================================================================= II)Chapter 2: A new Journey!!! ======================================================================= What's the mystery behind the five scrolls and Lumina? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- II.I)Crest Guardian: Skullpion ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Below shows the description of the various attacks that Crest Guardian: Skullpion will use on you. There are five main attacks. Spewing Sand ------------------- You can avoid this by outrunning the stream and and staying behind it. This is a great time to charge your gauge bar, provided you are far away from the sand stream. Ram ------------------- He will ram at you sometimes. Just move around the area to dodge his attack. Tail Sweep ------------------- It will swing its tail. Hop over it to avoid. Attack Comrades ------------------- It will attack your comrades, causing your comrades unable to assist you. Before he gets the chance to attack your comrades, use earth scroll to create earthquake. Ground Sweep ------------------- This attack consists of him sticking his tail into the ground and making it pop out under Musashi's feet. Keep on moving once you see it stuck its tail into the dirt. If you get hit, you will not only recieve damage but be poisoned also. Thanksfully, you can use the antidote that you bought from the store or using earth scroll to create Earthquake to make the antidote in the basket to topple and land on the ground, then use it to heal yourself. Here's the Strategy ------------------- Skullpion is smarter than average boss and will occasionally attempt to climb the wall to attack one of your comrades. If any of them is hurt or injured, they won't be able to assist you in transporting loads. Your comrades will transport loads like bombs, antidotes, stones. Each bomb that hits the crest guardian, Skullpion, takes away 10 HP from him and each large stone takes away 100 HP from him. Use the power of the Earth scroll ability to create Earthquake to cause the item in the basket to trip over and land on him, especially items like bombs and large stones. Do this repeatedly, and Skullpion will eventually become unconsious. When Skullpion is unconsious, his core will be exposed. Use your Lumina sword to attack his core by pressing the Triangle button. This will do him damage. Repeat this procedure until the Crest Guardian, Skullpion dies. Tips:You can also pick up the large stone on the ground and throw the large stone at him to damage him. ======================================================================= III)Chapter 3: Saving Tim!!! ======================================================================= What's the hell is happening? Vambees...? Tim...? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- III.I)Vambee Soldiers in the Church ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Enemies: Vambee Soldier. Once you are inside the church, you should see Bubbles. After having a short conversation with Bubbles, she will send tons of vambee soldiers inside the church to kill you. Survive the battle until sunrise. Note that the vambee soldiers cannot be easily killed by normal attacks. They are only afraid of light. This should be an easy battle for you. Just don't get hurt and try to delay the time. Remember that you just jumped down from the roof? Now, there is a big hole there. Sunlight can now penetrate in. Get what i mean? Here are some tips to help you: 1)Consider using the power of the Earth Scroll to create Earthquakes to stun the vambee soldiers temporary. 2)Use Lumina sword to attack as it is your most powerful sword, therefore does the most damage. 3)Try to carry them and throw them out to the outer ring. Do not let too many vambee soldiers to come into the inner ring and let them come near you. These will trap you. 4)Take this opportunity to perfect your Crosswise technique that Knight Lardwick has taught you. With these tips given to you, i suppose you can manage these yourself, right? Once all these vambee soldiers are defeated, Bubbles will run away and Father White will give you the rope. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- III.II)Crest Guardian: Relic Keeper ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Musashi will start laughing at The Relic Keeper because the ceilings have started to collapse and knock on it. Musashi will also call The Relic Keeper a loser. Now, the real battle has just started. Use the water scroll to create a shield and keep on shooting bubbles at him. Keep running from side to side while shooting rapid bubbles. When it turns blue, he will keep attacking you, which does quite severe damage. Many hits on the Relic Keeper will cause the ceiling to collapse and eventually knock Relic Keeper unconsious. During this time, his blue torso will be exposed. Quickly, go to the menu, choose normal and performs a jump to use lumina rotation. Hold R1 first, then jump and press Triangle to hit the torso for a lumina rotation. This should inflict him some damage. Remember to attack fast because he will wake up very soon. Repeat the procedure over again and three hits in the torso will end the fight. ======================================================================= IV)Chapter 4: The Duel at Dragon Island!!! ======================================================================= Kojiro... it's time to settle our feuds. Princess, don't worry! I will save you at all cost. Is there any conspiracy behind it??? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IV.I)Duel at Island of Dragon: Kojiro ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kojiro will appear once you have gotten the Fire scroll. He will use Princess Fillet as a hostage to make Musashi fight with him. Defeat Kojiro and you will save Princess Fillet. Well, Kojiro is very easy to defeat. Just use your normal attacks while dodging his attack. Also, use whatever techniques like Crosswise, Tenderize, Dashing Pierce and so on that you have learn so far to inflict great damage on him. Tips:You can also assimilate kojiro to learn the 'Fence' technique. Credits:Thanks to for telling me that you can actually assimilate Kojiro to learn the 'Fence' technique. However, i have not tried it before. Try it yourself. It's confirmed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IV.II)Crest Guardian: Frost Dragon ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Below shows the description of the various attacks that Crest Guardian: Frost Dragon will use on you. There are four main attacks. Ice Ball ------------------- You can avoid his ice balls by doing a double jump. When hit by it, it will take away 15 HP to 20 HP damage per ball. Ice Beam ------------------- There is only one way to avoid. When it shoots the beam from left to right, immediately, run up to the top-right hand corner. Similarly, if the beam comes from right to left, run to the top-left corner. Each beam costs about 70 HP damage, which is quite devastating. After shooting the beam, he will lay his head down and this is your chance to use the power of the Fire scroll to shoot fireballs at his head. Sweeping its Body ------------------- This attack is swift and fast, and is one of the hardest to dodge. But, there is a way. Go to the top screen and you should be able to avoid it. Attacking Directly ------------------- It attacks you directly, when you are very near him. You should be able to dodge his attacks very easily. Here's the Strategy ------------------- Avoid all his attacks and concentrate on shooting fireballs at Froze Dragon. The best way to shoot rapid fireballs at Froze Dragon is when he is exhausted, especially after shooting the ice beam. Repeat this procedure and Froze Dragon will become unconscious and his torso will be exposed. Then, immediately use your Lumina sword to attack his torso by pressing the Triangle button. Follow this pattern and a few hits on his torso should eventually end the fight. Note:Remember not to come near him or you will be frozen, which will take away about 20 HP from you. ======================================================================= V)Chapter 5: The One that Nest Underground!!! ======================================================================= Are you afraid of ANTS? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- V.I)Crest Guardian: Queen Ant ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Below shows the description of the various attacks that Crest Guardian: Queen Ant will use on you. There are four main attacks. 1)Single Claw Sweep. 2)Pink Clouds. 3)Belly Spikes. 4)Acid Rain. Avoid getting near her tail unless you have the Wind scroll in effect. The pink cloud will poison Musashi. The fighting area is somehow narrow and restricted. Don't get too close to her belly as there are spikes. Dodge her acid rain by standing in between the different sections. This will then be followed by her single claw sweep. Do not let her grab you as it will cause about 50 to 90 HP damage. Press any button repeatedly to free yourself. Use double jump to jump over the claw. That's the best way to avoid it. Sometimes, you will see maggot burst. Kill them as some may give you antidote to cure your poison. When a section of her body starts to shake, she's ready to spike Musashi. Jump over to the next cross section. The queen ant's core is lodged in her tail and is hidden and will only appear when she goes crazy. Here's the Strategy ------------------- Keep on attacking the Queen Ant's eye with your Wind scroll by creating a cyclone. After a few hits like this, she will bow her head. Immediately, use your Lumina sword to attack her eye by pressing the Triangle button. She will go crazy and cover her face temporary. During this moment, her core will appear, which is at the back near the cloud of poison gas. Because there is poison, you need to use the power of your wind scroll to create a cyclone to get near it. Keep moving to the right and you should hit the core and cause her damage. Repeat the procedure several times and she will be KO very soon. ======================================================================= VI)Chapter 6: Sword of Luminescence!!! ======================================================================= Is this the end..? Princess Fillet, don't worry! Musashi's gonna save you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VI.I)Soda Fountain Part I: Ben ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben is strong. However, it is quite easy to rule out his pattern. In fact, i personally think that he is the toughest boss in the entire members of the Leader's Force. Well, there's only Ben, Ed and Topo in the Leader's Force. He will start the fight by tossing bombs onto the ground. After each bomb has exploded, he will start to throw shurikens, followed by axes at you. Be careful! Try not to use any recovery items here, if not, at least one. More tougher bosses await you so you must be stingy with your items. Here are his attacks and how you should defend against these attacks. Bomb ------------------- Use the power of the Sky scroll to hover in the air, but make sure that you stay away from the 'about-to-explode' bombs to prevent getting hit. Throwing Shurikens ------------------- It is much harder to avoid it but you can stand between them or double jump over it. Throwing Axes ------------------- Similar to throwing Shurikens. Double jump over them carefully. Here's the Strategy ------------------- After Ben has thrown the bombs, then shurikens and finally axes, this is your chance to counterattack him. However, it is also quite risky as he will also counterattack you back with his weapon. This can be avoided by performing double jump out of the way. The safer way is to use Rumparoni-SP that Knight Rumparoni has taught you earlier to attack him when his propeller blades rises out. As long as the propeller is on its way up, he is defenseless and cannot counterattack you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VI.II)Soda Fountain Part II: Ed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed is by far the easiest boss that you will ever encounter in Soda Fountain. It is possible to defeat him unhurt. He will first start to power up and then shoot a laser beam. You cannot attack Ed when the beam is activated as there is a shield protecting him. However, you can easily double jump over the beam to avoid it or use the power of the Water scroll to create a shield to absorb a single hit of the laser beam. Just jump in circular manner around Ed as he powers up the beam. Ed can teleport and when that happens, it is impossible to hit him. Instead, after firing the laser beam, he will be exhausted and this is the chance for you to attack you. Use your normal attacks or Crosswise technique to attack him. This will cause him to teleport around the arena and then drop fire bombs, which will then explode into large fireballs. Don't worry! The fire bombs are easy to dodge. Repeat this strategy and you should defeat him very soon. If possible, don't use a single item. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VI.III)Soda Fountain Part III: Topo ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The fight with Topo is considered one of the most innovative boss fight that i have ever seen in Brave Fencer Musashi. It is much like Musashi meets Parappa. [Perhaps, i exaggerate too much!!!] Topo decides to challenge you to a dance. After all, Topo is a girl. For those who has played Parappa the Rapper before, this shouldn't be quite hard for you. All you need is to follow what Topo does and if you manage to follow Topo correctly, without making any mistake in three dances, you will win. The good thing is you only repeat the dance that you make a mistake in. For example, if you make a mistake in dance number 2, you only start from dance number 2, and not dance number 1. However, the control and the style are slightly different from Parappa the Rapper. Topo will first begin by performing a button pattern dance using the symbols on the controller. If Topo steps on X symbol, you will then have to press the X button. She will demonstrate only once and the second time will be your turn to follow her. If you press a wrong button/ too fast/ too slow, the dance will stop immediately and she will open up the three small fans on the walls, which will blow you back into an electric field, thus costing you 36 HP of damage. You will then have to start all over again. The damage is unavoidable, so try not to make any mistake, if possible. There are a total of three songs. So, here's the control for you to rap. S: Square Button. T: Triangle Button. O: Circle Button. X: X Button. The three songs are: _________________________________________________________________ |Dance Number |Control | |_____________|___________________________________________________| | 1 |S, T, O, X, S, T, X, O, S, T, O, X, S, T, O, X, S. | | 2 |X, O, T, S, X, O, T, O, X, O, T, S, X, X, O, O, S. | | 3 |X, T, O, S, X, T, O, X, X, T, O, S, X, X, T, T, S. | |_____________|___________________________________________________| Wow! So many to r...ra..rap! Actually, each song gets more harder as the rhythm is faster. It's no use looking at the buttons here and press the buttons. You have to follow Topo step by step. If you are good, you may be able to complete three dances without getting hurt. Who knows? "YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!"- Parappa the Rappa's famous quotation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VI.IV)Crest Guardian: Tower Of Death ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The fight with the final Crest Guardian, Tower Of Death is another innovative and perhaps the most strangest boss fight that you will ever have. Upon entering the tower, the Sky scroll will mysteriously activate itself automatically, in order to keep Musashi floating in the air. The meter, as shown by the gauge bar on the left side of the screen will not drop at all, meaning that you can float as long as you want in the air until the Crest Guardian, Tower Of Death is defeated. You can also press the X button and release the X button to adjust your altitude. The eye or torso, which is blue in colour will appear randomly at different levels of the tower. You have to search for this blue torso and hit it using your Lumina sword by pressing the Triangle button. It may sound easy but just watch out!!! It's not as easy as you think. Below shows the description of the various attacks that Crest Guardian: Tower Of Death will use on you. There are three main attacks. Spinning Walls -------------- The walls will spin around the tower in a circular manner. Some levels spin in opposite directions of another. Avoid coming into contact with the walls as it will take away 20 HP. You think it's easy? Not really!!! Electric Beams -------------- The tower will change shape first and then to start to emit electric beams from some protruding walls after being inflicting some damage. This can be easily avoided by floating in the same direction as the walls or dropping down levels when cleared. Eyes -------------- Occasionally, the tower will eventually stop spinning for a while and then, you should notice that several eyes are revealed. After that, the eye will then be closed again. And, few moments later, all the eyes that are opened just now, will be opened again, with the exception of one that is being closed. The opened eye will start to emit large red fields and when come into contact, can take away around 32 HP and cause Musashi to confuse. When confused, Musashi will mess up his direction. For example, if you press the Left button, Musashi will move right instead and if you try to make Musashi ascend, Musashi will descend. Basically, all the commands will be reversed. But, do not fear! This is just temporary. What you have to do is to find the eye that is close and stay near it and you will be able to avoid the large red fields. However, it depends on luck also. Here's the Strategy ------------------- The tower will first use the spinning walls attack pattern, follow by electric beams. When his HP is low, he will then use the eyes attack and after that use any randomly selected attack. Try not to use any recovery items, if not, use at least once. Now, your main objective is to avoid getting hurt as possible, while searching for the blue torso and hit it using your Lumina sword by pressing the Triangle button as soon as possible. Note that once you hit the blue torso, it will disappear again and will change to another position. Therefore, you have to look for the blue torso again. Also, take note that if you take too long to hit the blue torso using your Lumina sword by pressing the Triangle button, the blue torso may disappear and shift to another position. A few hits using your Lumina sword on the blue torso and the Crest Guardian, Tower Of Death will be K.O. Once you have defeated the Crest Guardian, Tower Of Death, your HP and BP will be completely restored. Now, you have two more bosses to go. Keep it up!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VI.V)Dark Lumina Part I: Wizard Of Darkness ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, don't worry! This part is not a boss fight. However, Dark Lumina: Wizard Of Darkness will keep chasing behind you, destroying buildings that obstruct his path. If you don't run fast, you might fall and you have to start all over again. Don't worry! There are unlimited continues but you waste time if you start all over again. Get that? Well, i really don't know why SquareSoft loves this sort of chasing event. Never mind about this now! The first part of the chasing is pretty simple. Simply keep running left and make sure that you keep performing a double jump. This is because the walkway will be destroyed by Dark Lumina: Wizard Of Darkness, whom is chasing behind you. If you don't perform a double jump onto a higher platform, there's a possibility of falling and as a result, you have to start all over again. Eventually, you will come into an arena. To your surprise, Princess Fillet is being held as hostage by Kojiro. Kojiro threatens Musashi to a duel, if not, he will not let Princess Fillet off. But, this is really not the time now for a duel. Dark Lumina: Wizard Of Darkness is on his way here. They should run away as soon as possible. Unfortuately, stubborn Kojiro won't change his mind. Just then, Dark Lumina: Wizard Of Darkness comes into the picture. He absorbed Kojiro [don't know why?] and he transforms into his second form, Dark Lumina Part II. [He looks like a gigantic green lizard now.] Princess Fillet is then blown away to a tower. Now, the second part of the chase begins. This time, it's more harder and of course, more challenging. You can't afford to slow down at all. Keep running and don't wait. The good news is at this point of time, you only restart from the second part of the chase if you happen to fall. At the base of the tower, remember to use double jump and keep jumping to your right to get onto the ledge. Maintain this way. Well, I don't have any tips to give you. But, if you maintain consistency this way, you should be able to reach the top of the tower. Just a ledge before you reach the top of the tower, you should see Princess Fillet. She asks you to defeat the Dark Lumina, if not, peace will never return. Once you reach the peak of the tower, the fight with Dark Lumina Part II begins. Without any doubt, i feel that this is one of the hardest fight, if not, the hardest of all. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VI.VI)Dark Lumina Part II ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In my opinion, Dark Lumina Part II is the hardest boss i have ever fought in this entire game. Well, you only have him and one more boss to defeat. So, keep it up!!! Before that, here are some of the things that you should take note of before you fight. 1)Always stay to Dark Lumina Part II left side, which is to your right side. 2)Don't go behind Dark Lumina Part II. 3)Work out a fighting pattern. Dark Lumina Part II has some very distinct way of attacking you, which is very hard to avoid. It will grab you with his right arm and toss you onto the ground for about 13 HP, which is most likely to make you fall off the platform for more further damage. That is why i say that you must stay to Dark Lumina Part II left side, which is to your right side. You don't want him to grab you, right? If Dark Lumina Part II fails to grab you, good for you as he will remain in that position for a few seconds, making him defenseless. However, if you still stand too close to his right arm, chances of him grabbing you is still quite high. Dark Lumina Part II also has a tail that sweeps over a large area for about 45 HP to 60 HP of damage. Typically, it will use this attack if you stand too close to him for too long. Try to double jump to avoid it. Here's the Strategy ------------------- Hit the blue orb on his forehead. Each time you attack, it changes colour from blue, then pink, and finally red. When it turns red, attack the orb on his forehead for one more time and he will either send shockwaves or splits fireballs at you. If Dark Lumina Part II uses shockwaves, he will jump and when he lands down, he will send two powerful shockwaves. Avoid these two powerful shockwaves by performing double jump. If you get injured by the shockwaves, it is very likely that you will fall off the platform and you will have to start all over again and hit the orb on his forehead. Avoid sending too close to him if Dark Lumina Part II splits fireball at you. What you should do is wait at one corner. Once Dark Lumina Part II has finished using either one of these attacks, attack the orb on his forehead and this should inflict some damage on him. His life bar will decrease and the orb on his forehead will turn blue, so that you have to hit the orb again four times to inflict another damage. Repeat this strategy until Dark Lumina Part II dies. Question:How do i attack the orb in the forehead? First Strategy --------------- Stay away from Dark Lumina Part II a reasonable distance from you until he charges at you. When Dark Lumina Part II fails to grab you with his right arm, jump from his left, which is to your right to hit the orb or use the power of the Sky scroll to float and hit the orb. Second Strategy --------------- Keep to Dark Lumina Part II's left side, which is to your right side. When Dark Lumina Part II charges at you, do a quick jump and make sure that you hit the orb on his forehead. It is either you hit his orb or he grabs you. Get what i mean? This strategy is more risker than the first. Third Strategy --------------- First, use the Sky scroll to float. Note that you can still perform a double jump, even if you are using a sky scroll. Double jumo and float to hit his forehead without taking damage. If you are very quick, you might be able to hit his orb up to a maximum of four times with just only one scroll charge. To avoid his firewaves, just carefully time yourself and perform double jump. When he is about to charge up to split fireballs at you, run straight towards him. When he starts to shoot, run left and then in a circular manner back to his head inside the arc of the fireballs. However, you must really act fast, if not, you might get hit by the fireballs. That way, you don't get hit that easily and you are perfectly positioned to hit him when he drops his head to the ground. Once I discovered this strategy, I didn't take another hit in the whole battle. Credits:The third strategy, as shown above, is being contributed by . Try it yourself!!! Tips:To dodge his fireballs, go right beside his head when he is shooting it. The fireballs shoots out in front and goes to the side only, so it can't get you Credits:The tips, as shown above is being contributed by Kevin Yuan Once you have defeated Dark Lumina Part 2, you will fight the final boss, Dark Lumina Part III: Finale. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VI.VII)Dark Lumina Part III: Finale ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark Lumina Part III: Finale, in my opinion, is easier than fighting Dark Lumina Part II. Simply attack Dark Lumina Part III: Finale when his body turns white by using Fusion. It is the same way that you assimilate an enemy. Hold R1 until the gauge bar is fulled and then press the Square button to send out the Fusion sword. If the Fusion sword hits Dark Lumina Part III: Finale when his body is white in colour, keep tapping the Square button to fill the gauge bar and you should notice that Dark Lumina Part III: Finale is shrinking and eventually turned into a small orb. Attack this orb and this will cause him damage. His lifebar will decrease. After that, it will create whirlwind and lure you to the orb, causing you damage. To avoid being hurt, use the Wind scroll to create a cyclone to avoid it. After that, Dark Lumina Part III: Finale will regain to normal self. It will start changing colour. It will first begin with Fire Rain, Sword Waves, Hurricane Winds, Dark Clones, Fire Shockwaves, Big Rain and back to Fire Rain. When his body is not white in colour, you cannot assimilate him. The strategy is avoid all his attacks and be prepare to assimilate him when his body turns white. After that, Dark Lumina Part III: Finale will turn into an orb. Attack the orb to cause him damage and immediately switch to Wind scroll to avoid being sucked into the orb. Then, repeat the same procedure until Dark Lumina Part III: Finale dies. Meanwhile, read below to see what attacks that Dark Lumina Part III: Finale will use. Red Fire Rain It is quite easy to dodge. Watch the ground for shadows. Dodge and then get ready to attack when he turns white. Purple Sword Waves You can dodge the sword waves by performing double jumps. Sword Waves cause quite a lot of damage. Green Hurricane Winds The Hurricane Winds don't attack Musashi directly. Instead, it will try to blow Musashi off the platform. Use your Wind scroll to create a cyclone to avoid being blown off the platform. Light Blue Dark Clones This is much harder to dodge. When Dark Lumina Part III: Finale spits into many clone-forms, they will charge at you in straight lines through the centre of the circle. Avoid by double jump. Each hit cost around 40 HP of damage and is by far one of the most severe attack. Yellow Fire Shockwaves It resembles the Dark Lumina Part II's Fire Shockwave, if not, they are the same. Double jump over it. If Musashi gets hit, he will fall over the platform. Dark Blue Big Rain The Big Rain attack is slightly harder to dodge than the Fire Rain attack. When large drops of water droplets fall onto ground, they splits into several smaller drops of rain. ======================================================================= VII)Credit ======================================================================= Myself -For everything here. Everyone -For those who has contributed to my various faqs. -Thanks for reading it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= VIII)Copyright Protected ======================================================================= Copyright Protected. 1999. 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