Final Fantasy XII HD Remaster: Zodiark Boss Fight (Secret Esper) (1080p)

[@UnlimitedFlyers]

Zodiark knows his manners... what do you do when you meet new people? Hit them with your strongest attack right off the bat, of course! Classy Zodiark.

[@WokeandProud]

Like a Leaf in the Wind More like pragmatic, like fuck the usual slow start bullshit I'm taking you fuckers out now.

[@Youngone0G9]

Always wondered why people never use their strongest attack first. - Sans

[@Ph4lip]

Not as bad as Final Echlipse tho

[@HighPhoenix1754]

Strongest attack? That's just him tipping his fedora.

[@take7upyours822]

In an alternate universe somewhere...Zodiark is a Wal Mart door greeter.

[@Patrick_The_Pure]

Player: Imma steal some stuff Zodiark: Nope - Darkja

[@cameraredeye3115]

0:46 Zodiark: GET REKT YOU SCRUB!

[@pedrorafaeldiasalves1252]

Zodiark is basically 50% of the time spamming darkja,40% dont take damage for nothing and 10% you can do damage.And 3000% a son of a bi%12c

[@bobsanders5225]

NEVER enter the boss battle with a full party. Zodiarks first move is ALWAYS Darkja (unless they changed something), it will hit the entire party like this everytime Though im glad we got a video that shows off what most of our experiences probably were

[@light-l1b]

Bob Sanders 8

[@TenebrusI07]

You know whats up.

[@Life4bombs]

Or, you know, don't go there underleveled or underequipped. Darkja does random KOs, but it also just does a lot of damage. So if at least one of the characters can survive that, they should be fine.

[@SyaifulAlamLeonheart]

equip black mask for one character so he absorb darkja and stay alive

[@coolguy02536]

The 50% Instant Death still pierces through absorption.

[@TheNightquaker]

0:46 You get nothing! You lose! Good day sir.

[@GawainW]

the strongest of the espers is a fish that wears a giant horseshoe...

[@jimmyshoot3207]

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@PrinceZaos]

Zatoh 😂😂😂

[@starlight2815]

LOL! Big things come in small packages ;)

[@AzureMoebius22]

Remember: Zodiark was kept in a state of eternal youth in order to keep him from growing too powerful. Had he been allowed to age, I'm sure he would appear much more imposing

[@heekiaw]

Finally someone know Ivalice lore

[@chaoschris8194]

This boss is way easier if you never dispel him. Dispelling him causes him to use magic paling in addition to physical paling. If you don't dispel him, he won't use magic paling, and you can just use Flare with your caster equipped with an Opal Ring to get through Reflect.

[@3DSDF]

*Player enters the battle with a full party* Zodiark: I’m bout to end this man’s whole career.

[@malefico0079]

Zodiark from XIV: *Curse you Warrior of Light* Zodiark from XIi: *Darkja* *Unholy Instakill*

[@Deverey1]

2:36-2:55 went really well with the music. Like Gives-You-Chills well.

[@moondoor9031]

I remember when I fight against Zodiark for the first time... It was like a ride to hell full of despair and fear. Good times.

[@lcsmirk6257]

Same, and I don't know HOW I beat it on the first try. It was the purest form of a fluke

[@artyomxiii]

What worries me are those long halls with also insane enemies just to get to it. Good times.

[@championanthony7643]

@@lcsmirk6257 I beat it first try too...I also believe mine was a fluke lol

[@championanthony7643]

@@artyomxiii Especially those green grim reaper ones in the final hallway before it

[@mohdfadzli7905]

Well, have u met yiazmat...?

[@Ixionos]

Penelo: "Oh, what a cute little baby salamander! Can we keep it?" Zodiark: "So you have chosen death" 0:33

[@QuintenLust]

Zodiark: *casts scathe* Fran with staff of the magi: no you

[@harryshearer2431]

0.46 Reminded me why I haven't beaten this guy in nearly a decade.

[@Auron447]

I feel ya :(

[@ww19871]

same, got 3 characters in the 80s, still triple ko'd 90%of the time. had an easier time on the hellwyrm.

[@OldManMose92]

The trick to the fight is to try to one hit ko him with a Black hole limitbreak.

[@xgalarion8659]

here let me help 0:46

[@timurkral3781]

Whats the Problem? you can change the 3 dead people with the other 3 after the attack???

[@HexaSketchi]

*ALL OF EXISTENCE, BENT TO MY WILL!*

[@SkittleXero]

Zodiark is one of the most powerful if not the most powerful summons in any Final Fantasy so far. I'm not talking about how much damage is done to enemies. I'm talking real situations. It literally destroys reality with Final Eclipse all while it's still just a baby. I don't know of any other summons that can do that. I've only seen destruction of a planet and what not but never one that one shots on a cosmic scale like Zodiarks.

[@3DSDF]

Yep. That’s the scary thing about it. All of the other espers were sealed because they rebelled against the gods. Zodiark was sealed because the gods feared that it would become too powerful.

[@nothingelsetodo4229]

​@@3DSDFprobably grows to eat an entirely galaxy

[@shangaiify]

One of the hardest boss fights in this game, he's extremely cheap with all those barriers and that instant kill Darkja...

[@darkvillian9122]

shangaiify hardest?meh omega mark more harder than this

[@oofley8346]

I'm seeing a severe lack of love for Yiazmat in this general area

[@xfatoushe-6908]

Dark Villian took me 16 straight hours to beat Yiazmat. And that’s excluding the failed attempts 😂

[@jbac5767]

Demon shield absorbs darkness literally healing your team more than half the time. This fight with three of those shields equipped is a laugh.

[@lionofthebluevale7170]

@@jbac5767 shows you haven't actually played the game. The spell has a huge chance of insta ko no amount of bone armour or demon shields help with that

[@johndough4396]

This boss fight actually inspired me in real life. Just when I thought of restarting the fight I pressed on anyways and ended up pulling the victory out of my ass. Never give up. Keep at it. Pure resolve will see you through. And black masks help. Pfftt.

[@frozenfusion6072]

That’s what I did for Ultima. I thought I was about to have my ass handed to me, but I pressed on and just kept chipping away at her hp with attacks and quickenings. Then it happened. I won.

[@ardraagatama2858]

I did realize that from gilgamesh 2nd fight and behemoth king, haven't beat yiazmat until now though

[@2Tall_Powerlifting]

You know a boss is going to be hard when they OHKO your entire party before you even land a hit.

[@gordobrigadainviernoel8216]

I remember that day I defeated Zodiark it was such a long process to win and I am a FFX fan through and through but this guy was so worth the trouble to claim. I will never forget that day of defeating the best of the best to have.

[@corriec28500]

Ahhhh Zodiark! My favorite esper because he is a Phoenix when he goes super. I thought he was easy at first until he went immune then I got pissed.

[@undergroundvagos8481]

C Colagross same

[@AzureMoebius22]

I think his Phoenix-like form is him temporarily leaving his eternal youth. He was kept eternally young to prevent him from growing too powerful

[@kailenne7149]

My thought was: oh it looks inoffensive! Spams Darkja - everyone dies... Oh...

[@greenedge2055]

Never played this game but I love FFXIV so I am really excited for the inevitable encounter with Zodiark there. *Duty Commenced* *Zodiark casts darkja*

[@nekuronee]

Well well

[@UltimaTheWolf]

He cast Darkja as I read this comment

[@mitzelsim1978]

The best rpg and final fantasy for me. There was a time a fought a secret boss a dragon located in a big arena can't remember the name, but it lasted 9 suffering hours for that boss alone...

[@FunkyBrawlerYT]

I think you mean yiazmat

[@jonasfadi8213]

@@FunkyBrawlerYT ould be also hell wyrm

[@marito2036]

this esper is no have "strongest espers appearence". but this s#It power is no joke

[@AleXwern]

Marito Adiwijaya Snake is Zodiark itself. Metal thing around him is his cage holding him back.

[@naruto0116]

Work of advice to EVERYONE out there. I had my characters at level... Vaan: 91.Balthier: 91.Fran: 75.Basch: 91.Ashe: 75.Penelo: 75.Reddas: 88.(I recommend bringing him. Because he literally saved my life. Zodiark was targeting him mostly and banished him while my main three killed him.) Have the battle speed start at the lowest. I started off with Penelo taking Darkja with Reddas(Who miraculously survived). Bring in Vaan and Balthier. Revived Penelo, switched her with Basch, rekt the shit out of Zodiark until ten percent, THAN as soon as you saw 'Shift'. Use your Mist! Get the highest combo possible that you can get and it should kill him. It worked for me. It could work for you. Just pray he doesn't kill any of your main three.

[@LittleMopeHead]

I can't imagine going into this battle back in the PS2 days (I'm playing it on PS4, Zodiac Age). No autosave and 4X speed. You would have to go through the dungeon all over again if you died.

[@undergroundvagos8481]

LittleMopeHead It's preety much the same on ps4. There is no autosave chance before Zodiark battle. You have to restart since the previous area AND recollect all the items especially renew

[@novavarium4378]

Thought the ps4 version was pussified in terms of difficulty?

[@jbac5767]

This fight is a joke with demon shield. I just cleared the game at 98%. This shit was easy. Demon shield.

[@frozenfusion6072]

I did it on PS2. This fight was a royal pain in the ass for that reason. I kept at it though and eventually won.

[@TakeshiMitsuhide]

PS2 vanilla version FF12 were much more harder than IZJS and ZA, game has damage cap 9999, no OP weapon (which only available after IZJS and ZA), no buff weapon, armors and accessories stats plus less additional effect, no game x2/x4 speed up, more difficult obtain specific loot item and weapon since drop and spawn rate entirely different than the rest of two.

[@AlexSmith-zy7lj]

If you get his HP low and he starts spamming paling your best (and probably only real chance of killing him) is by using the summons exodus (comet does damage that ignores shift) and zeromus for the same reason, massive damage that ignores shift.

[@TakeshiMitsuhide]

Meanwhile, GIL TOSS GOES BRRRRRR

[@sora6748]

@@TakeshiMitsuhide Once the physical pailing goes up gil toss wont work its consired physical by game standards your only best way is using magic or summonings.

[@zulfian1069]

Player: I will steal Serpentarius. Zodiark: Hold my Darkja!

[@SchlossRitter]

If you never use Dispel on Zodiark, you can avoid him putting up both barriers at the same time later in the battle.

[@marvink.9369]

If you think this is worst boss, you haven't fought Yiazmat. I fought him long time ago and I didn't google anything. After fighting for 4 hours, he casted Reflect on my party and he got renewed to full life.

[@mr.redhands8390]

lmao, that sucks.

[@timeforgottenprince8271]

ouch.

[@ilho84]

Same here.but i managed to defeat yiazmat in second try tough

[@Fingers998]

never use renew, use curaja haha.

[@DL212]

Yiazmat was easy it was just a battle of attrition. It took me 8hrs lol but I got him

[@caseyteague7636]

Me: *sees Zodiark and charges head on* Zodiark: 😏😏 *casts Darkja and kills entire party* Me: *makes surprised Pikachu face* 😮😮

[@GamingG4276]

The strongest of all espers. You have my respect for beating him. And I thought Ultima was hard.

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

I mean it isn't tho, there's no insta-kill chance in Holyja, the only thing that makes it hard is the mechanic. You could just tank the quickening with Holy mask / robe, but her basic attack inflicts reverse (which can be countered with Esuna & remedy gambit) and you have to switch tactic from time to time because of the restrictions mechanic and the incurable HP & MP Sap

[@jimmymackinnon8474]

Ultima is annoying to fight because of the shifting battle conditions. Reverse caught me off guard the first time too.

[@IzludeTingel]

Definitely the best recording of this battle on YT. Everyone else is digging through the menu like they're confused and it takes forever to see any action. Lol.

[@MarionRelics]

So glad someone else finally commented on this! You’d think someone recording a battle for KZbin would know exactly what they’re doing but so many them flair around madly in the menu like they’re having a seizure. I don’t understand.

[@One.Zero.One101]

I like the game but the menu-hopping is too much sometimes. You don't notice it that much when you're playing, but when you're watching someone else play, you realize watching this game as a playthrough is not entertaining.

[@napatpon5180]

6:34 go away firefox, it time for internet explorer.

[@Mrroot-nr8xk]

Zodiark: always wondered why espers never use their strongest attack first

[@velvia7880]

I killed him in less than a minute by: >1 party member sacrifical lamb who dispels him and dies by initial darkja >bring in true party with 2 berserked and fully buffed DPS, 1 of them with excalibur >1 healer >win

[@vortex_7574]

In the base game (not IZJS or The Zodiac Age), this fight was quite brutal! The path to him was hidden (you needed 10 espers to unlock this area), then, fight your way to him which has the game's strongest enemies (like, literally!) and once you reach him, there's no save/teleport crystal (unlike on the ps4 which has autosave). So, it was a must to have weapons like Excalibur and everyone's levels above 70. Along with that, the max damage was capped at 9999 and so was your health (unlike in seen here!)

[@JameyMcQueen]

"Base game" does not mean "original version".

[@slashxxrr]

No way anyone found that fun back than

[@ausphere_7397]

Yeah the original version was the real challenge! The fight was brutal, pure luck based

[@One.Zero.One101]

@@slashxxrr Yeah I see a lot of people longing for the PS2 version but most people wouldn't find that fun. And it has nothing to do with the generation gap, I'm 35 years old and I would quit the game if it had that mechanics.

[@slashxxrr]

@@One.Zero.One101 dude I played the original ff12 on ps2 as a kid and even than the first couple areas were hard enough for me back than

[@sunnyplays3037]

I fought him only once and when he hit me for the first time it was all over for me

[@thatsnogood6413]

Ah yes. A boss that opens up with a cheap ass insta-kill attack that has the chance to wipe out the entire party as soon as the battle fucking starts.

[@untrustingstatue]

Why wouldn’t a boss use its strongest move on the first moment tho? Are you waiting for it to be beaten up beforehand?

[@Art_and_Anxiety]

I like his little swimming movement at :16. It's cute.

[@macabre73]

Me: Practically 10 minutes of amazing Quickening cutscenes Zodiark: LOL

[@parisrembare]

Lololol 😂

[@marubii.]

Mate why did u enter Zodiark with the full party you basically asked him to destroy you

[@vortex_7574]

Exactly!

[@Ry91415]

Dude that insta wipe o m e g a o o f

[@Kristalya]

Creepiest enemy ever with the creepiest ultimate attack ever! Zodiark really managed to make pink and purple horrifying! 💜💕🖤❤

[@huwisel]

I remember summoning this esper to try it out, and the bats in those very same mines clapped Zodiark in seconds. I'm like after the fight you put up against me, you go down that easy from a few bats.

[@MarthSR]

So THIS is what the Ascians want to revive?!?

[@kaihedgie1747]

Keep in mind that the original Zodiark from this game is still an _infant_

[@squidboygrey2915]

And people wonder why Venat sundered Zodiark

[@TalesofCROWE]

after playing 13 years ago i had no trouble because you just sit your weakest member in until he casts darkja, then bring in your strongest 3, make sure your heavy hitters are in beserk and beat on him until 35ish% health, then you have to chain together a massive amount of quickenings to finish him off. but when i first fought him in 2006 i didnt know better and he killed me like 100 times lmao

[@ShaunMeechan]

Man the music is so GOOD

[@RaccoonPrince]

0:35 i love the way hes dance before unleash that sh*t

[@misterpayah7723]

The worst part is that this thing comes at the end of an extremely long and difficult section without a buffer area in between for an autosave. What an evil horseshoe fish.

[@scowlinsun]

I hope this guy keeps this appearance when he appears in FF14. There's got to be a time when we actually fight him, so I hope he stays as the darkness fish that he is!

[@matc1995]

Now that the moon is a thing , his Final Eclipse could be how Zodiark arrives in FFXIV

[@jonasfadi8213]

ff14 zodiark is entirely seperate from the Ivalice counterpart

[@scowlinsun]

@@jonasfadi8213 I'm aware, but most of the recurring characters keep many if their design features. Obviously in this case that didn't happen and that's okay. FFXII Zodiark just has a neat design.

[@zephyr9949]

That Darkja is exactly why I walk in with Penelo alone to the fight

[@noctsickversusTOBETOLD]

Not even black mask absorb that shit

[@gordobrigadainviernoel8216]

i fought him so many times with the same gambit setup each time (and lost each time) and the minute i change it, i won. Never forget.

[@jakedge3]

People playing ffxiv looking at this guy and thinking to themselves "Wait this is what the super scary evil god of darkness is based on-" right before he literally one-shots the entire party with the highest tier dark spell in the entire game must end up feeling really foolish thinking that ffxiv's zodiark isn't based on pure PTSD in videogame boss form.

[@FirstTry9948]

Goddamn, now i know where that overused mugen black hole attack came from.

[@EdantheBloodAccelerator]

I never "Steal" from Zodiark :/

[@SkyChady]

the eldest and most powerful of primals

[@rdu239]

How about the YOUNGEST

[@theshinryuu]

so a great trango = trango tower? Is seiteingrat still exist? Are both weapon still have no in-game animation?

[@coolguy02536]

yes x3. Well, the animation plays, but they're still invisible.

[@ayakotami3318]

Zodiark is my favorite summon alongside Zalera. . .even if he looks like a fish wearing a horseshoe. 😅 But it's something to think he's considered tbe most strongest summon in Final Fantasy Lore. Not in sense of damage in battle (at least by compared to others) but in what this guy can do and why he was kept in this form instead of being allowd to grow! Can you imagine his full grown form?! 😲 I have a feeling we only have seen a fraction of his power even when you can summon him and he uses hus strongest attack.

[@SoraZ2112]

Vaan: "So anyway, I starte stea-" Zodiark: *"FALL."* 0:32

[@GTPGanger]

0:33 Zodiark: No, No, No... Wait a Second. I need you to see this. 0:48 Zodiark: Hey, what happened?

[@vilmos240]

Only time I got a game over in this game.

[@tone5037]

My longest quickening streak was 24 hits

[@Cryosxify]

Beat him after the third try, just needed to flare him a new asshole when he's 15% health left. If I'd done that in the beginning would've beat him every time.

[@QuintenLust]

Wait, flare is a castable spell?

[@jerichogold5368]

Something is really2 changed in this version. I play the original ver, he's a lot more aggresive, attack more often. If u use dispel he'll cast either magic/physic barrier or faith/bravery. And he rekt you with darkja more often. Like hell until now i still didn't got him as my esper

[@novavarium4378]

That's because they made the zodiac age easier apparently, big mistake in my eyes but each to their own.

[@rdu239]

Yeah, big mistake of mine back then

[@1zeldalover]

I cant get into the mine to humt the last pre-Monster hunt because they keys INSIDE the mine, How do you get the key? Its to hunt a bat >.

[@seanalexander694]

Come on bro everybody who’s played the game and went for this boss knows it does that first attack

[@rustym.shackelford5546]

Total n00b this guy am I right?

[@tone5037]

Demon shield absorbs dark and for me the golden axe. Once you get him down to 20% health he will shift and not take damage, if you can catch him with your Quickening attacks, you got him timing is the key, my favorite PS2 game

[@miguelmedelguantecura3504]

Penelo : eres un Esper cariñosito, verdad ? 0:33 Zodiark : AQUÍ TE TENGO TÚ CARIÑITO!

[@mikemartin8461]

This damn Espers right here got me breaking stuff still can't beat him been trying for almost 12 years now it seems

[@vonvillada7662]

No one: Zodiark: You try to esteal, Darkja You try to use Dispel, Darkja You try to use expose or eshear , right to Darkja You try to change characters in the middle of the fight, believe it or not Darkja You have the same survival rate as a Cockatrice crossing the plain, because of Darkja

[@mono_art143]

Hardest sh*t third to Yiazmat, the first is always the judges.

[@vortex_7574]

lmaooooo..fought Omega?

[@shinra358]

What's great trango? Did they change the name of Trango Tower?

[@ardynight9126]

Yes

[@zenkaishah]

The bgm > anxiety.

[@anakmaganggaming]

Imagine how strong Zodiark is that you need 8 Warriors of Light in FFXIV to fight him in his almost complete form

[@geennaampje8262]

I hope FFXIV zodiark looks like this x3

[@AleXwern]

This guy is nothing compared to his Trial mode version. Now that's a fun and fair battle.

[@rmnhn]

Not with all those traps littered across the arena.

[@rmnhn]

We all know how unfair a boss Zodiark is. But can we talk about how the player was lucky to steal the Great Trango during this fight?!

[@ckennedy1973]

Many hit points lost to this boss.

[@bluninja5702]

If you have reverse or a reverse mote, use that on yourself or your party before you start the battle, it makes the fight a cakewalk.

[@beauvsb5230]

Oh you came unprepared lol, you swallow the Darkja whole 😂

[@xxxkerbyj]

I'm confused how TF is he able to fight that at such a low level, his highest is 71!!!!, wtf I thought you had to have a team of level 99 to fight that??

[@bafflinbook9345]

xxxkerbyj I have fought and killed it a dozen of times with a party no higher than lvl 3.

[@bafflinbook9345]

Kevin Atkins have you played the game or not??You get LP from bosses but not EXP. There is an accessories that block EXP gain and also weak mode where you can't gain EXP whatsoever.

[@keenfuture]

youre wrong, i beat this boss with no characters

[@AleXwern]

122333 run is a real thing though. Also last I checked you have No-exp accessory in your inventory when you start the game.

[@stevelor]

If I remember correctly, you're not required to use every character meaning they wouldn't receive EXP making them stay at their starting levels if you continued using the same three characters throughout the game. Although I'm skeptical about the level 3 party (It's probably possible), since the lowest I've had a party until late game was around the low teens.

[@anikixvi]

LOVE your main three !! my top favs as well !! ^_^

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

Oh man, this guy.... he took a while for me to beat the first time around... then i found a way to have Reddas with me in the original so i grinded to lv70+, got reddas, then fought this guy with 4 people for those that want to know, you have to do all the hunts to unlock this guy, then get every available esper outside of the pharos lighthouse... which also includes zeromus and ultima.... good luck trying to have reddas with you, cause that's what you need to do (at least he can level up in this version)

[@an_ordinary_goose]

I thought you only needed every esper - we never completed all the marks, so I'm pretty sure you only need the 12 espers.

[@Copyblade5]

You really only need 10 of the 12.

[@cameraredeye3115]

DarkFrozenDepths You only need 10 Espers, and you also have to do the Mindflayer hunt IIRC, because for some reason Geomancer Yugelu won't open the secret Level 65 area of the Henne Mines where Zodiark sleeps until Mindflayer is dead.

[@Senny_V]

Doing many of the secrets and superbosses with Reddas was so helpful really. Didn't want to imagine it without him

[@noctsickversusTOBETOLD]

@@cameraredeye3115 yea cause the monster was in the way.

[@Bwagi]

Darkja is my shell that embraces me every Night!.

[@ktms8844]

I had a harder time with this boss fight than Yiazmat

[@kennethmckeel8500]

3 characters with the Holy Lance, Excalibur, and Wyrmhero Blade with as many White Robes equipped as available... then pre-buff those three characters with Berserk, Bravery and Haste. This strat makes it impossible for the Esper to do anything but get fucked on. Just don't enter the battle initially with your buffed characters and you're good to go. You're welcome

[@labtechboy12]

Does anyone think this is how the FFXIV Zodiark will look if we ever get a chance to see how he looks.

[@Silverman216]

I think there is a statue of him in the game, it's hard to tell but it's definitely not a fish lol

[@brandoncrum5843]

best way to fight Zodiark- virgin sacrifice followed by the angry mob

[@charlyharper7633]

Boss in 2 minutes: equip anybody with full Genji-set and Masamune[I], dispell Zodiarc permanently, beat down to 30-40% (near to critical) and them bomb a mythchain. The rest is easy. In this way he spell darkja only one time

[@MrBGP006]

how i defeated zodiark easily, Ashe level 52, equip with Excalibur with haste, bravery, faith, berserk, Basch, level 53, equip wyrmheroblade, with haste, berserk, bravery and faith, hacks Zodiark health under 1 minute until he start blinking red, use quickening got 20 hits into black hole, switch two characters and made 10 hit quickening getting thundaja on him, defeated him. this took less than a minute. Zodiark is easy long as you have good equipment, spells. you don't have to be overleveled like 70-90 to kill him. my characters was betwern 40-50's

[@dragumkirisute1998]

Idk how you survived the hell that is the second part of the Henne Mines. Aka hell itself at that level lol your strategy is pretty much the same as mine. Except i didnt use quickenings.

[@MrBGP006]

All you need is the right equipment and spells to defeat him. You gotta be quick with it though

[@jbac5767]

Even in this video the amatuer goes in with a full team...none of which are leveled equally or properly...also with a whole team which is the biggest "No-No". Yiazmat simply takes time nothing else once you level properly (80 or so) everything else falls fast as fuck.

[@funkyfab27]

I played the original version. Two berserked damage dealers with holy weapons (Basch with Excalibur and Vaan with Holy Lance). Zodiark fell in minutes.

[@parisrembare]

Still feels too long to deal with him lol

[@denzelvilliers]

i remember my first time, it took me around 40 min to kill him, i got problems on the last phase when Zodiak become Immune and i didnt had rings to absorve Dark ( even that sometimes Darkja can kill you ). i'm gonna steal Trago Tower from him :P

[@jbac5767]

First off. You enter this fight with only 1 person. Second Demon shield is your best/only chance at absorbing the darkja and converting it into Health.

[@AdmiralPieDog]

i beat him wayyy back in the ps 2 version not sure how tho lol i forget almost all of that already but if i remember it correctly... isn't there an equipment... named something like "dark mask" ? which can absorb his darkja or my brain fool me agian ?

[@onnnn111]

diviewolves The mask absorb the dark element magic, but does not prevent his instant ko

[@undergroundvagos8481]

Wtf why doesn't the mask work for me??

[@josephcole8808]

if i remember correctly in the original game there is a shield that absorbs dark dmg, but because of how Darkja works it's like a 50% chance it will absorb or you get hit with the full frontal. I remember watching the combat log and quickly switching out gear and accessories to nullify all kinds of issues with this guy. I think there is also Bone Armor that negates dark dmg and an accessory that halves it.

[@b1acksteve]

No Darkja just has a chance to insta kill regardless if you absorb dark or not. That's why you enter this fight with just 1 character since he always starts with Darkja then bring everyone in after. Also the shield your looking for is the demon shield.

[@josephcole8808]

b1acksteve ah. It was a long time ago since i did this fight. Couldnt remember exact details of it.

[@josephcole8808]

Thank you, I couldn't remember entirely what Darkja did but i did remember it either worked or you just got killed. I always started with 1 character after my first few attempts with him after reading a guide back in like 06.

[@b1acksteve]

No Problem

[@huwisel]

Demon shield and black masks. I know this is 6yrs old

[@JameyMcQueen]

I remember this encounter was the first and only time I got the max quickening combo. Up to BS luck on the shuffle.