Final Fantasy IV - The After Years (PSP): Mysterious Girl & Bahamut

If you are like me and only fought the bosses for EXP, you are probably around level 50 and this fight will be extremely difficult.
Probably the hardest story boss.
She opens up with Meteor and will probably kill 3/5 of your party. Slow the both of them and recover quickly before she starts picking you off with single target spells.
Cast Float for quake every time she removes your buffs.
After the countdown is over, Bahamut will probably kill 3/5 of your party again with Megaflare, then the whole thing starts over.
Have fun casting Curaja every turn, pretty much.

[@Nichodo]

Mysterious girl: R-Reflect... Bahamut: You waste your breath!

[@gavintan9477]

nichodo *Bahamut casts Mega Flare*

[@IncredibleFulk1]

"Bahamut, Father of all Eidolons, shall deliver your final judgement!" Freaking epic! This is why I love Bahamut! He is the Godzilla of the FF universe!

[@lashimarusanade]

Maenad : R-Reflect... Bahamut : You waste your breath! Sorry, had to

[@FEFEFEFF1]

Fun fact: I think the mysterious girl casted her own demise by casting black hole. This spell removes all buffs and debuffs on the battlefield. Maybe it gave back Bahamut his conscience 🤣

[@ilanlaham6911]

Asura: (tries to stop Bahamut) Mysterious Girl: *You waste your time.* Bahamut, 30 seconds later: (turns on the Mysterious Girl) Mysterious Girl: (desperately tries to defend herself to no avail) Bahamut: *You waste your breath!*

[@kerrygamer9359]

It's into memes

[@edfmed1080]

Bahamut being a cold mf

[@OfficeThug]

4:35 LOL that 5 second pause, like "Well shit what now"

[@SkylerWXG]

Fun Fact: Mysterious Girl, in here has exactly 10 000 HP. Bahamut deals 9999 damage and she remains with 1 HP. To add more kick ass ingredient to the battle.

[@YuriRPG]

Your video should be more famous than this, honestly. This is probably one of the most epic battles in all the Final Fantasy series, all because of the storyline and the simple concept between the Mysterious Girl aka the Maenad. One of the best games Square ever released.

[@SkylerWXG]

True that. He's basically one of the most awesome characters in the game. I must say though, the Maenads were extremely good antagonists in this game.

[@storytimeanimations746]

I just had a theory. FF fans gather round. The creator at the end of the game says he sent out tons of crystals to different worlds. And the crystals you fight in the depths have monsters from different ff games. What if the ff games are taking place on different planets and thats why they brought back those monsters? Maybe theyre for the creator to experiment on with the knowledge from the crystals?

[@SkylerWXG]

I like Kain because how he changed in the series, Edward because of the wisdom he showed, and Leonora because she is wise and has an interesting background story.

[@adam622500]

Leonora : being playable at level 85 when she finally learn flare

[@pawadox4958]

​@@adam622500 Hey, atleast she's awesome when she learns Holy. She's a fucking monster when she uses that. It replaces Flare for now, but she's still a beast with Holy, and 3rd level Black Magic. She can be useful.

[@ItsBobu]

Bahamut looks kinda scary/constipated in this version. I wasted my money on the wii version and didn't know there was a PSP version

[@TriniGamerGirl7]

I love Maenad and her theme.

[@erieldelgado5319]

I just started playing this on my tablet, seems hardcore interesting

[@Gogito4]

It's because it's not called like this on the PSP. The After Years was released on the Wii. The PSP version comes with FFIV: The complete collection.

[@Soki7000]

The Maenad was a recurring boss done right. Memorable theme music and a boss theme that screams “dangerous!” At this point you know how serious you have to take her because you never even had a shot in the individual tales.

[@luizth42]

Ah i love Mary Sue( that's my nickname for mysterious girl) she one of the best antagonist ever

[@kerrygamer9359]

Actually she just clone

[@finalbang4pvp]

Alright, so my strategy is as follows: Party: Ceodore, Kain, Leonora, Cecil, Rydia First, the only people you'll probably need for this battle are Kain and Leonora, due to sheer versality. Place Adamant Shields + Adamant Helms on Kain and Leonora. Limit Ring on either Leonora or Kain. Wyvern or Dragoon Lances on Kain (Bahamut, being a floating enemy, will take 2x damage due to throw-elemental, and 4x due to Dragon-opposing weapon.) Blue Armors on Ceodore, Kain and Cecil. Pink Armors on Leonora and Rydia. If Limit Ring is on Kain, go on a New Moon, if not, go on Waxing Moon due to Leonora having the Limit Ring. Start with Rydia using Spider Silk. Cecil will use an Hermes Sandals. Ceodore will cast Haste on Leonora. Since Leonora has a speed boost, dualcast Haste on Kain + Curaja on everyone (as the Maenad opens up with Meteor) Kain will Jump, and, if he has the Limit Ring, he will hit for minimum (9225) to maximum (13000ish) due to having the Throw / Dragon elements on his lance. On 80+ levels, you'll probably hit from 10000 minimum to 20000 maximum. (Remember, Jumping on a New Moon). Rydia will now use Flare / Meteor / Leviathan, hitting for ~4500 - 9000~ damage Cecil will use a Spider Silk UNLESS you want this battle finished really quickly, which then he'll then use a Bacchus' Wine. Ceodore will eventually cast Haste on Rydia or on himself. Kain will Jump, doing the same damage I foretelled. Leonora will get her turn first than everyone, so Dualcast Curaja (if you need) + Holy / Flare, eventually breaking the damage limit with the Limit Ring. Repeat this UNTIL Black Hole Megaflare Rydia will probably die, so use a Phoenix Down on her with Ceodore, Dualcast Curaja on everyone, it'll heal for 1700 the 2 times. Keep going with the second part of the strategy until Megaflare, which then you'll use this third part of the strategy, then eventually repeat.

[@finalbang4pvp]

As for the items... Dragoon Lance: Obtained at the end of Kain's Tale Wyvern Lance: Obtained from Red Dragons. Spider Silk: Ceodore's Tale, Baron City, Items Shop Adamant Items: Get Adamantite at the end of each tale from Challenge Dungeons. Limit Ring: Trade 14 of 21 small tails for a Rainbow Tail. Blue Armor: Trade in Blue Tails Pink Armor: Trade in Pink Tails Bacchus' Wine: Look at chests.

[@DFK_CC]

Your battle iq is so very well

[@TheMajesticice01]

No party should be: Kain , Porom (for dualcast) Ceodore, Rydia and Edge

[@TheMajesticice01]

Problem is with Leonora she’s not high with wisdom or spirit as a mage. It’s balanced because she can use both black and white magic. Take Porom which is the best option even over Rosa.

[@fisherdotogg]

So it's not like MegaTen where only elemental attack magic (excluding Almighty) can be reflected. Here, literally all magic can be reflected, correct? If so then it should work if Maenad didn't cast Black Hole.

[@RuruFIN]

Holy shit Maenad looks cool in this version

[@SkylerWXG]

True that too. Which was your favorite tale and band?

[@insertrandomurlhere]

Here's a tip: enemies with time limits tend to have a weakness against slow magic…

[@shuntobi]

is this boss soundtrack in FF4: The Complete Collection by any chance?

[@SkylerWXG]

But still, imagine that it's the critical HP point. Those are small details that if you put them together, make the game even more awesome.

[@SkylerWXG]

For the physical class, it should be a multiplier of around 6 or 7 and around 22 or 23 defense.

[@richterdelgan123]

This fight was tense.

[@SkylerWXG]

Right on the first floors in the Depths, on the FF 1 Boss Series Floor. Use Break to insta-kill them.

[@fisherdotogg]

Question: Were it not for Maenad casting Black Hole, would Reflect even work on Megaflare?

[@RydiasRevenge]

*cackling laughter echoes* Rydia: "Who Are you?" Mysterious Girl: "Open Hells Gate, Come Forth My Servant!" Rydia: "The Scent of your blood, you're a Maenad!" Maenad: "Crush This Flea who invades my Moon!" *cackling laughter*

[@SkylerWXG]

The After Years was launched about 6 years ago, 17 years after the release of FF IV, the original one....

[@starzz323]

i like the graphics

[@handracorokan]

i love maenad's theme song

[@duannekhristopermangampat9608]

That Maenad was so Beautifully but it acts as Antagonist

[@manoharalisa5829]

Yes vert powerfull opponent and Maenad is not only 1 but more than 10+.. scary..

[@manoharalisa5829]

One of the most powerfull antagonist in FF series.. even Golbez is in trouble fighting Maenad..

[@HisDivineShadow245]

You can't reflect the Meganuke attack in this game like in the original one? =(

[@GrantAevis]

And what other stuff they can do in Fina Fantasy 7 anyways?

[@kittykitty101001]

Thats interesting. Whos your least favorite charactor? I like all of them but the one I like least would be Porom. She helps with the story though.

[@Sacrengard]

how much is "have a high magical defense"?

[@GrantAevis]

And besides, in the Gameboy and PSP ports of Final Fantasy IV, there are Lunar Eidolons, in which you defeat them, summon them and they all deal 9999 non-elemental damage to all enemies.

[@pepot119]

I was around Level 60 or above... only Edge was level 58 or so... but then i still got beaten up by the Quake, Meteor, and MegaFlare because of all things, i forgot to CAST FLOAT!!! Thanks for uploading this by the way... i never played the Wii Version cause i don't have a Wii.

[@ohwell78]

for me im still working on the boss's and im close to lvl 60

[@davidcroft1872]

Bahamut committed murder including a double murder

[@PerrinAybara752]

I remember having a tough time trying to pull off omega weapon amd bahamut . Omega weapon is almost unfair . but i beat them after a while.

[@kittykitty101001]

It is. My favorite boss fight would be with ultima weapon. A good and fun fight.

[@SkylerWXG]

Cecil doesn't go crazy. His spirit was sealed away by the Mysterious Girl after his body was overloaded by Bahamut's Megaflare. Same happened to the Eidolons. And if you look in the background, the Creator actually sent crystals in all the Final Fantasy worlds, because himself said that he navigated through space, collecting the Crystals from the planets he sent them to. Just think about the background story and don't expect everything being served on the plate.

[@lilbeba411]

i didn't get asura or leviathan tho :( does it still work out the same way? o.O

[@mugestu94]

why no use reflex? cause scr tht girl cast meteor?

[@MichaelGroesbeck]

anyone notice the Devil's Horns (Baphomet Handsign) she's making with her left hand? Fore Finger & Small Finger up, 2 middle fingers down. Interesting.

[@kittykitty101001]

In ff 7 crisis core how was sephiroth able to not bleed after being stabed?

[@SkylerWXG]

Make sure they have a high magical defense, and someone is immune to Paralysis. She will murder you otherwise. Make sure you use Gale Rush and Izayoi and Gekkou's healing band after being damaged. And get yourself equipment by trading tails. You have no chance head-on with her if your characters don't have high magical defense, high magic evasion, or over 4000 HP per character.

[@Necrosergei]

Most likely, as far as i know the only spell in FF IV that cannot be reflected at all is Meteor, and also the Twincast spell Porom and Palom have in the 3D remake on DS, Ultima

[@Soriyou3]

What the?? I've never seen this before!

[@SkylerWXG]

Actually, the Ghost Train is in one of the crystals...

[@SkylerWXG]

My favorite tale was the Lunarian one, and the band would be either King's Quad or Infinity or Pure White Magic.

[@TheMnitro]

equip weapons that can cast silence it works on her at least when i fought her black hole wont be used if she is silenced

[@Deejay_BuddyLee]

This battle she will cast Haste on Bahamut sometimes... When I first fought them, i didnt expect earthquake at all and paid the price for it but it took me about 10 attempts to do this and my guys were around level 60...

[@mariox901]

M. G.: R-Reflect... Bahamut: You waste your breath! Prolly the best line in the game :D This is why Bahamut kick's ass in any square game.

[@tehmaimed]

Would defending work against Mega Flare?

Mega Flare is immune to reflect

[@PrimalShulk]

@TheBob4356 This version has not been out for very long, 2 months at the most. So you never completly wasted money unless you got the wii one very recently.

[@Jotari]

I'm confused, you tried attacking the Mysterious Girl before realizing you had to attack Bahamut yet never tried using reflect to defend against Mega Flare. Was this a first time attempt or not. Was it simply forgetting Bahamut is the real target or is it prior knowledge to the Black Hole Mega Flare combo before a first attempt.

[@Bonkbork]

1st got to this part on Steam version i was pissed all the time because that meteor x megaflare combo was pure criminal

[@Divinehero1]

@supersonicmusicman09 cuz the game went into cutscene mode so battle time is frozen

[@kittykitty101001]

I think it was a good challenge.

[@SkylerWXG]

Thank you. XD

[@Necrosergei]

well its hard to tell since the battle was designed this way so u will always get hit by Megaflare... but since reflecting it was the main strategy in the original FF IV to beat Bahamut it should work... in theory

[@HisDivineShadow245]

@ChrisTheBest1992 Ah, I didn't notice until you just mentioned it that Mysterious Girl casts Black Hole right before the Meganuke gets rolled out. Not cool.

[@keobutbutt]

This fight was so hard in my end. Even though all of my party members were somewhere at levels 71 - 73. Maenad would ALWAYS cast meteor after Bahamut casts megaflare.

[@kittykitty101001]

My favorite tale would probaly be....kain's or the final tale. To be honest I went through most of the game without useing bands. I kinda just found out that they can be powerful. So my favorite would be the band involving cecil and kain.

[@SkylerWXG]

This battle is hard even at level 60. Kain and Golbez are usually the only characters which survived from my party...

[@quocvietophu1627]

My party was underleveled but somehow i survived the fight only with rosa and cecil

[@SkylerWXG]

The guy would be Cagnazzo, with the water. Mine is Rubicante.

[@RedKoopa231]

dem graphic...never even heard of dis game before.

[@GamersXnostalgia]

I just started this game today, and now that I see all this crap it kinda makes me nervous to play through it. But I'll do it anyway, I'm getting really lost because it seems like I can pick my party but have no idea how to build it when I'll get to, I like Leonora though.

[@Lee-sf7nw]

GamersXnostalgia just pick who you like

[@Necrosergei]

right unfortunately that ability is exclusive to the DS remake, btw my bad the strongest twincast spell on the DS remake for Porom and Palom is Twin Meteor,in that version u can get augments which are items that allow u to teach a character the abilities of other characters, in this case u can teach Twincast to both cecil and rosa and they are able to cast Ultima which is exclusive to them :)

[@handracorokan]

this battle is where you only focus on one target, which is bahamut, because after he have 200K HP left a cutscene will start

[@tediz8280]

I beat this game on Android 2 months ago.. never even saw this version of the game.. it looks a lot better than the mobile version..

[@NewTypexvii]

imo edward is perfect for this match, have him buffed and hide before black hole and mega flare and he'll avoid it all. have him then return and if he has economical ring equiped along with his Salve ability you have an OP healer. X potions will heal all part for 4000hp as well he can revive everyone at once for around 800-1000 hp.

[@pawadox4958]

That's basically the best healer. Tbf, i actually had to grind him a lot in order for him to survive some attacks, and got him to level 99 by teaming him up with only Leonora.

[@kittykitty101001]

Whos your favorite archfield? Mine would be....The water dude (can't spell his name)

[@bukx21]

apparently the players can only hurt Bahamut

[@Boomerlance]

@HisDivineShadow245 it can be reflected by using reflect,but that annoying and stupid black hole makes everything difficult..

[@supersonicmusicman09]

How does Kain stay in the air so long? 11:32-13:45

[@bigdaddynasty69]

gotta grind hard level 60

[@Saviarai-Dravolika]

What's your characters' lvls?

[@GrantAevis]

And why summons where only good in 7?

[@davidcroft1872]

Oh my god they killed Kenny

[@SkylerWXG]

You have issues. FF 1 to 6 are some of the FF games with the best stories. And honestly. The After Years is probably one of the masterpieces that Square has put out on the market.

[@fisherdotogg]

I kinda' figured that. I'd have done the same thing.

[@asimkhanbest1]

You can't because she uses black hole right before he uses mega flare.

[@IAmMugel]

@lilbeba411 nope. You have to have them both or you just end up killing the ultimate Eidolon sadly.

[@SkylerWXG]

But extremely annoying when she starts picking your characters with single-target spells. Grrr, I can't recall how many times I had to deal with her doing that...

[@Kaelir]

what hes saying is true,one wrong step and you're dead.this fight was probably the hardest in the game.

[@jarvis20xx]

He dealt morw damage more then 9999 to her square enix could only use 9999 lol

[@Xxdragonfantasyxx123]

imagine if the mysterious girl DID put up reflect but since kain is in the air and he hits mysterious girl the moment she did reflect that'll be funny

[@TizzyTormentor]

No it isn't, did you not get the "magic effects nullified" message? You could use reflect in the original game, but not here.

[@SkylerWXG]

Otherwise, if I am wrong, try explaining me why a load of Crystals are on the New Moon, and Fiends from all over the FF worlds spawn from various crystals found on that Moon.

[@SkylerWXG]

But then again, do you expect monsters inhabiting an area change? Imagien them like animals, would you expect after 17 years that lions would move from Africa to Australia, or such?

[@SuperKkk2000]

@Divinehero1 yes i would like oatmeal rasin if you have any please.

[@HisDivineShadow245]

@PrimalJordan I got the wii one very recently. =( Then again, I don't have a PSP.

[@Veghesther]

I had like level 55 party members and practically had meteor kill all 5 at once using the same Cecil Kain Edge Rydia Rosa party then again if I survived meteor I could have Mega Flare itself practically kill all 5 of them at once.

[@KooLxKid97]

Hm. I think you over exaggerated the description a bit. You seem to be putting too many buffs on in the beginning, which is wasting precious time. Leave that up to Rosa. Once everyone's healed, I just spam Mirage Dive (Kain+Edge) and Holy Blast (Rosa+Rydia) until he says 1. It's kind of sad that you even used Attack or Jump.

[@jessedupere429]

This game is so awesome .. I can't wait till it comes to android ill pay anything lol.

[@SkylerWXG]

*facepalm* That's the point. A good plot is made when the characters evolve during the story.