FF13 Mission 64 Gestalt/Poison trick to kill Vercingetorix 5 stars in HD

Vanille's back.. this time to poison that annoying mark on the last mission. Unfortunately, he's cheesier than cheddar and uses that cheap impenetrable aura. So you have to keep recasting poison. Or do you?
If you enter gestalt mode, it stops him from doing so. You can drag this out and let the poison work. I killed off the last 1/3 of his HP (5 mill+ HP) this way. Vanille is ideal for this because she has poison, a good debuff weapon, and her summon is the only one with a gestalt move that expends one point. This allows you to really drag out the time and milk the poison and letting him have it.

[@kpernod30]

Good video. This is arguably the toughest enemy in Final Fantasy 13. I'm sure people already know but if you're shooting for the 5 star battle rating equip the Gold Watch you receive for beating him the first time. The paradigm's I used were... Infiltration (SAB+SAB+SAB), Relentless Assault (RAV+RAV+COM), Diversity (COM+RAV+MED), Rapid Growth (SYN, SYN, SYN), Salvation (MED+MED+MED), and Tortoise (SEN+SEN+SEN). As the video illustrates try to keep poison active at all times, Vercingetorix has a colossal HP total. Outside that my only advice is to switch to Tortoise right before he uses Wicked Whirl and follow that up with some healing using Salvation. Then switch to Rapid Growth when he's in his Impenetrable Aura. Follow that with Infiltration the second he comes out attacking again, then go to town on him with Relentless Assault using Diversity when you need to heal. Rinse and Repeat. It's also important to note that he gets tougher the more HP he loses. He sprouts stronger wings at HP thresholds of 90%, 60%, and 30% so use the video's recommendation and summon when his HP gets below 25%, he's rough to finish off otherwise.

[@BlueGuise9]

YES! I did it! - I even got 5 stars!! Although: * I used Sazh at the front casting poison because Vanille can't survive! * I also had snow tanking the whole time (except when buffing) * Vanille just healed all the time. Also, one thing that helped me: After using the 'Tortoise' paradigm to defend from his nasty move, use a paradigm of SENT/SENT/MED to get back on your feet! I didn't even need to summon! Don't use Fang because she sucks balls!

Does she?

[@marioman200]

Tf? Fang is literally one of the strongest characters in the game you probably werent even properly level to say that.

@@marioman200 I think so.

[@BlueGuise9]

@@marioman200 She has high strength but that is all.

[@AndreasFleissner]

@@BlueGuise9 She has so much more than that.

[@Kandoken]

Oh wow! You let the poison drain its HP during the summon!!! 🤯

[@KrimsonButterfly]

I have tried so many other methods and this has been the only one to work for me...thank you!

[@AoNkGnSiS]

Awesome job...thanks for the post! After watching your video (mainly the paradigm arrangement, and your use of it), I was able to beat Vercingetorix with a 5 star rating! Thanks again!

[@Terron145]

I think I can give you a tip. Have the Paradigms Tortoise (SEN/SEN/SEN) and Salvation (MED/MED/MED). With these two, You can survive Wicked Whirl and quickly heal off the damage.

[@deaththekid922]

Thanks alot , i kinda did the part with the eidolon wrong , but i still got 4 Stars on first try ^^ finally beat the mission , gonna retry it soon to get 5 stars

[@iCTsang]

You are awesome, dude! LOL! I didn't expect to beat this guy with your trick..he died from the Poison and he had like 30k HP left before I had the chance to Commando it. It was my first time mission too with 5 stars. Thanks! =D

[@ThrustingTurtlez]

@Zer0pnp not really. it took me 110 hours to get that far but that was because i was going between Eden and Pulse and doing Titans Trials A LOT just for fun. without all the time i put into that it would have taken me about 90 hours.

[@indigomoonlite222]

This works, but I missed the 5star by 1 fucking second.. Lol I'll try again later. Thx for the help cause out of all the videos on this boss, yours worked best.

[@WoWFlummox]

TYVM i tried differend tactics and your tactic got me through the mark :D THANKS A MILLION!!!

[@WalkDemon22]

I recently went back to get Platinums form games I never 100% completed and this is one of them, thank you for this it worked perfectly for me.

[@tisko102]

Well that method worked, but because of over excited-ness to the point i missed Paradim change a couple times, I actually almost lost since my summon wasn't able to reach 30, and poison wore off. But hey With a million health left I still beat him. So thanks for helping me come one step closer to the Plat

[@zaraki2447]

Duuude your guide help me a lot I got 4 stars in 8min_47secs Thanks man

[@kp91afirox]

Worked like a charm. Awesome! I was having so much trouble with this fight.

[@tarzantheapeman100]

Thnx for this poison trick, each time it took 10min. for me. Finally completed the game 100% :)

[@Deathscythetransform]

some of the bosses of this game are so ridiculously difficult to kill its a crying shame because this game is stunning

Thank you for this video! I even got a ribbon thanks to you ^^

[@KaMiKaZeGiNgEr]

this helped me beat him i was having trouble and then i tried this and only just beat him thanks for uploading this strategy

[@oregonian22]

This helped SOOO much! 5 stars with no Gold Watch....beautiful Paradigm and great accessories.

[@GamingRobioto]

Thanks, helped me a great deal. Did it 6th try with quite a low level party and with 5 stars which means I don't have to fight that bugger again!

[@soraFF213]

@FifaScythi Do you know where the archylette step northern plains is? Befor eyou enter mah'habra, there is the grey wolflike beast and a behemoth fighting. Since you can get a preemptive strike, staggger behemoth, and kill it quikly then focus on the other monster. With growth egg, you will get 13200 cp, and around 999,999 cp every hour or 70 mins

[@Phillinloco]

Solid strategy! Thank you! Beat it on my first try and got 5 stars with Tier 2 weapons.

[@razthakingbaby]

i did it in under 7 minutes and got 5 stars first kill without gold watch. your video really helped (Y) thanks alot :P he did his really strong attack on me and i flopped when it came to switching to tortoise, i though i was dead, light and fang died so i summmoned and bullied the last 2m of his hp, i staggered him twice which was strange :S

[@Glus95]

@freshy115 Its a time limit before you are forced to make an attack. Obviously, to extend the time of the poison you hold off as long as you can before making your selection.

[@muffetmissulena6540]

Fuck this boss! I don't know why, but EVERY time when I'm nearing the end of Hecaton's Gestalt countdown, the poison stat just disappears and he is just barely alive at that point. Then he kills me.

[@2io.]

thank you for uploading this video :)

[@MoozipanCheese]

Worked first try for me! Awesome.

[@mattp9850]

@BlueDragon507 it doesn't matter which tier but it's better if you have the belladonna wand or it's upgraded virsion because then debuffs always work on whatever your fighting

[@ThrustingTurtlez]

@AkumaPB ive gotta say that pretty damn amazing! was it your first time?

[@onimushawarlord411]

Excellent video bro, i'm right behind you on this one.

[@BenTheGuitarMan]

Me again thank you so much after 6 tries I finally beat him with 5 stars.

[@MageQuentin]

I love playing Vanille as the leader

[@915nabi]

I beat this thing today by sheer luck. I used Vanille as the lead, with Fang & Snow as support. Vanille's job was to poision, then heal, then buff. Fang and Snow's job was to punch it to death. When it grows 3 wings and start that crazy whirl wind move, QUICKLY SWITCH EVERYONE TO "TORTOISE." Vanille MUST have this ability in place, otherwise she will die, so she needs to have the sentinel role avaliable to her. I beat it in 11:21, got 5 stars, and the gold watch. Good luck fighting it everyone.

[@powerniman]

OMG it has worked! i´ve done it with one trx. thank you so much!!

[@WolfOneMaster]

@fbGorillius u know i never noticed that vanilles eidolon is the only one that has a one point attack FAIL

[@CerulianHimmel]

Here is a little tip, when Vercingetorix is in impeneratuble aura, he heals 8 times everyonce ina a while he'll heal 9 times.

[@Bufurzone]

@Noctiquius After the last battle the game ends, am I missing something?

[@Platinum0694]

What a great time you can cast hast,ener and courage by yourself

[@BlueDragon507]

@TheletterAa but I magically didn't do it without maxing it out. I still had lv 4 on stuff like sen for lighning and hope and lv 4 for the others to.

[@fumanojotarogamechannel4776]

初めまして♪ Vercingetorix 戦はワクワクしますよね～((*'ω'*))♪ 強いからワクワクするのかな？(？-？*) サイヤ人の血が流れているのかも(*^-^*)笑　　　(Japan).

[@DiepinDots]

thank you god for this

[@AndyY499]

Brilliant tactic! Iv been trying to beat this mission. I have not completed the crystarium yet though.. Im having trouble farming CP as I cant down a Long Gui in 1 stagger with Vanilles death trick, it only does like 350,000 damage. Can you give me any tips that will make it 999,999 damage or better places to farm CP please?

[@xeinezes]

what items and accessories u wear to each character? thank you and great video!

[@TheGuardianCore]

It looks to be the Nirvana based on a Belladonna Wand, since she has improved Debuffing 2 : )

[@bizzy420]

good job man. this boss was killing me.

[@GamingGod1996]

I did this method and I defeated that fucking hard and painfully frustrating monster!!!!!

[@BlueDragon507]

@Zer0pnp he might just be really good at the game. how do you know he hasn't played this before on a different profile and he already knows all the tricks?

[@Metalhead121396]

i REALLY hate how his chain resets whenever he goes into impenetrable aura

[@randomguy666uk]

If you want to make this fight slightly easier - it's a good idea to let fang cast Slow on this guy - he'll stay out longer and will take longer to use any of his moves which means poison has more time work it's magic, and you can hit him for some more damage :)

[@sensiblemateria92]

nirvana upgraded from malboro wand (improved debuffing)

[@TheErryK]

It worked, best strategy ever.

[@Bufurzone]

@Noctiquius Doesn't the crystarium expands after a boss battle, so how is it possible?

[@Linkmaster2010]

so, you use the "up + X" combo? and then if you let the gauge drop, it will automatically use the same ability? is that right? or do you just wait until the last possible moment to press the button again?

[@Deathscythetransform]

yeah but to those unfamilliar with the series, like me (ff 13 was the first ff I ever played) there should be an easy option... anyways, I don't hate for that :) love the characters (except hope, he's the weakest and gets killed too easily) Lightning and Vanille are my favorite girls in this game, and Snow is my boy!

[@JohnnyLeyenda]

Does it help if you fill the gestalt gauge completely? Does it give you more points to do actions?

[@BlueDragon507]

do you have to have tier 3 weapons for this? or do you think it would be okay to do it with maxed tier 2 weapons?

[@spike007980]

It works...IT WORKS!

[@DeniseFarron]

nice video. i got 4 stars when i beat it but that was without gestalt mode. and i hadn't my chars max i have all of them lvl 5 so i gone try it this way.

[@lightdude321]

can anyone tell me what i have to do exactly because i dont understand the video

[@KaiisKlips]

That really isn't the easiest way to kill Vercingetorix.

[@deaththekid922]

+Vorpal Lets Play as long as it works safely ....... i am at over 200 Hours ( fuck this Treasure Hunter Achievement ) and any glitch that helps me get 100% faster is welcome

[@KaiisKlips]

Minene Uryuu922 More of an exploit my friend, yes fuck the achievment.....one long ass grind, can get seriously 2.0 achiev from gears of war quicker.

[@UltraPenguinx3]

@AllaDevie1995 uhmm i tried a safer way. it takes longer but it definately works :) have vanille fang and snow. give fang and snow their weakest weapons to increase the time and for vanille giver her a lvl1 belladonna staff or maybe a second tier version. equip everyone with damage reducing accessores like witch's bracelets and black belts. start with sab sab sen to poison it. then quickly switch to sen sen sen and use mediguard with vanille. as soon as it goes invinsible buff/heal and repeat.

[@JoeyHashBrown]

what does that red arrow thing do in the gesault mode? is it meant to make it more powerful once it it hits the bottom?

[@kyuzona]

he was like "fuck when can I get my turn, hurry up bitch" lol

[@fdcookies]

thx god , i did this on xbox n it rly worked. all i need is t hunter n im done with ffxiii

[@spike007980]

I'll have to try this myself, I'll post a response if this strategy works.

[@Codeman016]

got it i was down to using mediguard, about do die,and he died from poison :) hell yea, thanks man!

[@TheJack5675]

there always should be extra bosses that are incredibly hard to beat, as in all final fantasy's

[@itwuzavalibles256]

In 13-2 that thing is hella annoying

[@mario9hm1]

goooooood men

[@powerniman]

Why he can´t move after you transform?

[@JohnnyLeyenda]

I was doing perfectly with my summon until he used wicked whirl and fucked my strategy, I lost. But I'll try using these Paradigms, maybe it'll be better that way

[@awreally]

What equipment are you wearing for your characters

[@juank0418]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!! LO HACES VER MUY FACIL!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS

[@kipliafif9599]

I play final fantasi 13 but ATB 5,how ATB 6

[@lechondre]

A Tier 3 weapon, that requires a Trapezohedron (R&D Depot for 2m or Adamantoise/Adamantortoise/Long Gui as a rare 1% drop).

[@adamhagerty3869]

@@lechondre I disassembled 2 gengi gloves, I didn't really need 3, happy with 1 and 2 Kaiser knuckles.

[@Videogamefan100]

@AllaDevie1995 do you have the third tier weapons

[@spaghettimonster2798]

GUYS. HELP. I have:- Beaten Barthandelus in Chapter 11- Completed ALL the missions from 1 - 63- Beat the game and almost have all mi characters' CPs on level 5 (the original ones, not the extra three)- Killed all of the previous UndyingI did all this and the damn Cie'th Stone for mission 64 is still dormant. Does ANYONE know what the hell is going on or know about what I have to do?!

[@lechondre]

spaghettimonster2798 Are you sure you've either accepted the Cie'th stone challenge from Oerba and/or killed missions 7?

[@philippGM]

You can check out on the map press X to open the overview of all missions. There you should find which you missed.

[@rafanoutube]

PLATINUM AT LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST!!!! *dies*

[@AllaDevie1995]

This strategy doesn't work for me at all. And my characters are maxed out...

[@Deathscythetransform]

so did you get it?

[@SoulReaver1100]

yes im agre whit you this is real powerful monster they heding whit giwing a monster a Aura end Heal abelity in FF13 II thei create a twin monster Noel end Sarah fight whit the seim monster ennd seim ability

[@colealmonte]

What?

[@xeinezes]

@sec0ndevolution its ok i finished all missions now :)i order new FF 13-2 tomorrow :)

[@Bufurzone]

How do you get their hp so high?

[@griffthedragoon]

Use this video I 5 Stared this mission first go and I was under leved and geared It is not as hard as everyone thinks

[@markwise7257]

well random instant chain can kill it

[@Dharcnesss]

well you should find your own way, i have platium for it and i have it for 13-2 =D

[@Hyperfling]

Makes me wanna go fight a Long Gui!

[@xxichigo1380]

Hahaha, cool:)

[@JoeyHashBrown]

@Glus95 ok fair enough loll thanks for that :P

[@TechniqueSan]

amazing strategy, my chars are a little weaker than yours and i got it second try,

[@Lance241151]

@KOTRobioto Same here. I'm pretty under-leveled,so much so that i can't even afford to attack. Putting poison is all i can do before I'm freaking bombarded like crazy by that son of a bitch. lol I've only tried 2 times so far,but too tired to bother trying anymore for tonight. I got close on my second try. it takes getting used to,but it starts to feel easier the more you do it. I'm currently 11k Hp average with a 14k Hp max for like 1 character and 9k lowest. What stats you beat it with?

[@uoshi1]

yea i think Yomi was worse than this one

[@justpazzingby13]

am I the only one who never poisoned this guy because it would be cheap..?

[@Talal_111]

have a cookie

[@justpazzingby13]

Yum cookie.. Yum yum.. in my tum tum..

[@sleepyyheadd]

It's not really cheap - if they didn't want you to use it, they would of made it immune to it.

[@justpazzingby13]

***** not really.. my record on this guy is a 15-minute mano'y mano filled with manic healings and clutch sentinels..

[@Talal_111]

any tips, guys? I got 4 starts with this strategy

[@BlueDragon507]

it sucks how you get 0 cp for this

[@FFXITheGodOfPain]

@fbGorillius When I finally get your trick to work, I ONLY GET 4 STARS! WHAT THE FUCK!!!

[@VeNdiOniC]

this is so trash I killed it on first go with 5 stars barely even trying Do you even know the game? Also plated it on first go too,without guides

[@anhosmus]

You're so different 🤪

[@67VasileTruth]

MAXED Out already So no wonder. Try doing it in my shoes idiot you will always get 4 stars. EVEN if you switch to Tortoise just when he uses his move you can still DIE!

[@NutInMyCrosshair]

Beat it first try, 5 stars without having the gold watch. Nice one :)

[@kipliafif9599]

I play final fantasi 13 but ATB 5,how ATB 6

[@emppunator3468]

+Kipli Afif you get ATB 6 with tier 3 weapons

[@kipliafif9599]

Thank you.