Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough - FINAL BOSS battle Part 71 HD English FF13-2 FFXIII-2

[@manman504]

This final boss took me by surprise! There was no foreshadow of it coming and had to be by far the most difficult, longest and challenging boss since The Cloud of Darkness...imo...

[@irenekristine]

Boo. I miss this game. My PS3 blew up two years ago and I wish I could replay this. XIII-2 was one of my top favourites :(

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Dam that's rough.😩

[@1justintaylor]

Obelisk, Slifer and Ra. I was like "HOLY SHHHHHH............."

[@chubeviewer]

i like how the music is synced to those awesome noises at the start and the camera zooms out on the 3 bahamuts with the one in the middle folding its arms like a boss!

[@Antiformed]

I actually died to this boss two or three times because of Tetra/Gigaflare. If you don't have your eyes on Jet Bahamut throughout this fight, he can cast it without you even noticing. If you're not shifted to Sentinel by the time he casts it, you won't survive (and it's an unblockable cutscene move so you need to be fast).

[@jeremyw.5729]

You're playing on a completely different level than me. What an eye-opener!

[@nastynas9000]

Best boss in the game I really enjoyed the build up to this epic fight sequence. This is how a last boss just be. First time around I found it hard fighting this guy because I didn't understand the play fighting system. My two main characters was not even leveled up highly. I still enjoyed the hell out of it thow.

[@LordMalice6d9]

@TheEpic305 So I take it leveling your characters as much as possible is essential for this fight?

[@lukejamesbgn]

Wait...what? This is Final Fantasy? *scratches head* Oh boy. I'm getting old.

[@lightyagami3492]

the first time i fought him i was so close then boom exoflare ._.

[@otakuravedoctor]

@HassanAlHajry where did you go to farm for all that CP to make your characters have that much health

[@suzleber4]

@Eriqzzzz I cleared most of the maps before going to the final episode, I really wouldn't suggest doing that because it doesn't leave much for you to do in the post-game play, but its up to you. If you do anything get all or most of the graviton cores for Hope in Academia 4XX so you can get either Noel or Serah's paradox weapon, which ever you choose the other will be available in Serpendepity for 100k or 10,000g.

[@Namingway248]

can you tell me your equipment set up for this boss and also if it would be a good idea to use a green chocobo as a medic in place of what you used?

[@SpaceCattttt]

Thanks for your tips. I DID, however, finish the boss off (finally!!!) yesterday, before I read your comment, but I appreciate it. I used a completely different set of paradigms, though. It seems there are quite a few different set-ups that work well, but the outcome of the fight (in my opinion) still comes down to a lot of luck and timing. If you get into a good (and fast) rhythm, it's possible to win. Now I'm playing Dark Souls! Suddenly I wish all bosses were like FF XIII-2's!

[@otakuravedoctor]

@HassanAlHajry what were your characters strength and magic points when you did this battle? and if anyone else has completed this battle can they please let me know what their strength/magic was on as well

[@TheCrimsonKodiak]

I think the best chance that I have with this fight is getting Noel and Serah to level 99 everything. He ended up using Exaflare which killed all of my characters instantly when they were all at full health, fully buffed, and I had a Sentinal currently in that paradigm when he used it to boost defense.

[@cangri1788]

I kindda didn't like the first one but 13-2 is badass and i ended up loving this battle system so much!

[@KAlice]

cangri1788 me too love 13-2 much more

[@Sir.YeetusIII]

Yeah it was great, didn't really like the wound system though but the game was awesome, i liked both of then tbh

[@breizhbev3069]

What ? FF XIII-2 was the worst FR I’ve ever played. It was way too short, the story was stupid, especially the end and the final boss as ridiculously easy.

[@breizhbev3069]

FF Not fr of course

[@otakuravedoctor]

@13nohead what hp/strength/magic points did you have for serah and noel?

[@drunklee52]

where did you get your COM monster and MED monster that you used?

[@Wildcatbball18]

@K3NGL1SH Did you even use buffs from synergist?? If you didn't then you should've

[@hakimohamido]

The game was awesome to the end thumbs up

[@ruffsenpai]

@Sekainoowaride no like i have chichu, the cait sith, and the caqtaurina but i cant figure out how to switch from chichu to one of the other ones in battle lol and yes i beat it last night :p

[@NASTAR01]

@StainIessChina It was the GBA version. I hear the DS version of IV is difficult, still. With III, I'm playing it on my Pod (the DS version). Not sure if there was much scaling for it. How did you find that version?

[@AstroParrotKing]

does anything change if you use easy mode insted of normal like diff ending ?

[@ALEXIS731x]

hey why dont you use tri disaster to quick stager than switch to agression for afast kill? while using a healer here and there to

[@singyist]

yeah i've got a one of those 4 legged beast with a sword in its hand and stands on two legs it awsome. and quick quetion what is the health i should be at before i face these guys?

[@gabriellepine7045]

That's what I ended up doing ^__^ ... but I still haven't beaten it gah. Thanks for the tips! I'll try em out. :D

[@KageNoTenshi]

is it a one time thing or does he infinitely re-summons? if so, why didn't you do that balance damage and finish all in the end method

[@L-1F-E]

I can`t wait to play this game, I finished XIII, and im curious to see what the sequel is like :)

[@rbkeys]

di you think this boss ia harder than XIII-1 last boss?

[@StudioNama]

I've been trying to beat this boss for 3 days! I need a behemoth like that though. Maybe that'll help...

[@InBedGamer]

Karashou Tengu Ikr?! Everyone in the comments and on forums seems to beat him no problem, yet here I am fighting his two asshole companions over and over until he gets a lucky flare on me. Wtf am I doing wrong?? I’m guessing I NEED to go get good monsters because the difficulty curve here is ludicrous.

[@Sir.YeetusIII]

Yeah took me 4 tries to beat him. Sentinel is essential in this battle though, jet bahamut does extreme damage with his two major attacks

[@gamester512]

@drunklee52 You can get the Behemoth at Yaschas Massif 010 AF in the spotlight area right from the first time you get there, but if you try for one right away bring a maxed Pulse Knight (a SEN that the Feral Behemoth can hardly scratch) and attack it from a distance and whittle it's HP down until it dies. It'll take a while but it's worth it to get and level up a Behemoth ASAP. I don't know what the Medic monster he used was though. I don't use MED monsters, only COM, RAV, and SEN.

[@chrisdafurz]

How did his potion heal so greatly? Was it that accessory that "improves potions"? If So, I'm going to use that

[@lotharleopard]

@TommyNerdlands yes, you can... you only need to enter again to academia 500AF and get to the end of line, (you dont need to clode the door or active paradox sope to fight against caius)

[@Shinnaryu]

it took me 4hours to beat that boss >.< and i feel exhausted

[@Zebo12345678]

I like this game, but 13 was better. What I didn't like about 13-2 is that it's difficulty was super inconsistent. I was fighting just fine against the enemies before the end, but the first and second stage of that fight are just too hard for me. I need to level up, and decided to look here for help. I am not watching the video because I am not on stage 3 yet, but I did want to see what health to fight him at, and the fact that he has 5000 HP on each hero in this video blows my mind. Did they decide while making this game that it would be a good idea for the player to have to grind? I am at about 2500 HP and most of my roles are at about level 50-60. Why could I fight everything fine, but get roflstomped by the boss so hard?

[@Sir.YeetusIII]

An hour or so of grinding should be enough, get your characters to 3000ish, noel will easily pass that though, he'll likely be in the 4000's, on Serah use equipment that raises max hp and on noel use equipment that raises offensive potential, buy the best weapons chocolina has to offer and go ham! :)

[@Sir.YeetusIII]

And play around with different roles, just make sure you have two sentinels ready for the final battle, you're going to definitely need it

[@Kirbyluver2]

@Luxoran it buffs the other dragons with haste and bravery/faith. Not sure what else it does.

[@HopeCross6]

I found the strategy guide doesn't always help in 13 with the boss at the end of chapter nine if you use what the book says you will have a hard time defeating it. but in most cases it does give a lot of good info for both games :)

[@marthpwner]

Where did he get that blue behemoth? I looked at gilgamesh and it's red monster thing.

[@jfraps]

did they get rid of the haste buff in this one?

[@chazzpriceton1]

hey what's the best sentinel monster out there? i dont have any sentinel monster

[@singyist]

i went up agiasnt all 3 like you always do was doing good then they used thier epic move deals about 1200 wound damage and 500 damage. i need help. Heth for noel i 6000 searah is 4500. medic 290 commada 4500 and ravager 2800. and whta does changing skies do

[@Marik745]

@drunklee52 They're both from Yaschas Massif, I know that the behemoth is only available when it's dark, not sure about the other one.

[@ThisSubtleDagger]

everyone has their preference. I like the old and new games. I grew up playing the first couple final fantasy games on NES and SNES and then went through and played all the PS1 /2 games and now of course the current generation. They all have very different qualities about them that make them good in their own way.

[@consumev]

@Auron225 there is a counter on the screen that starts at 3, when it gets down to one, switch to sentinel and you will never die to giga, exa or tera flare

[@gamester512]

When I fought him I had Serah and Noel almost totally maxed out (5 of their 6 roles were all level 99, the last one was around lv 70), had a maxed Silver Chocobo (SEN), maxed Golden Chocobo (COM), and nearly maxed Albino Lobo (RAV) in my Paradigm Pack and I still had a bit of trouble with this fight. But I loved every minute of it. It was really fun. :D

[@SpaceCattttt]

Yeah, I know all that. And I actually beat the final boss several weeks ago now. But since you brought it up, it would actually be good to be given 2 save options. That is to say, it would be very practical if the game let you choose between saving BEFORE a boss AND, if a boss battle is in several stages (as in FFXIII-2), also in between stages. That way you'd never have to start all over again, after you'd rage quit, but you'd also have the option to go back and level up some more.

[@RemiusTheAwesome]

@KinevAsaic Finally, someone with a brain. Anyone who's played 13/13-2 and some of its more difficult bosses/marks would be extremely distraught if Auto-battle suddenly disappeared. Sometimes that extra speed is the difference between life or death, ESPECIALLY when it comes to the Medic/Sen roles. It also makes Syn/Sab easier to deal with sometimes too.

[@3N3MYBOATSPOTTED]

@TheTyico its not about the hp its how you properly level up your characters (optimizing points in strength and magic). I beat this boss when noel was barely over 2000 like 2100 ish and serah was below 2000.

[@MrXxsnipesXx]

so does this fight take place in any time like, i dont know 1000 af? or something like that???

[@ajpenolio304]

grind at academia 400 af thats where you can grind for gil and cp and for leveling up monster archylte steppe rainy weather go to clearwater marshes to get monster materials level 4 5 hope this helps :)

[@singyist]

@DartUchiha yes Exaflare was also a probelm for me but i got pasted that by grindinin the clearwater Marshes. it is a perfect place to grind and get lv 4-5 monter materials.

[@shadowfire023]

@rwaaarrrrr I remember my strategy was kinda basic, but it worked really well. I had three offensive paradigms (2 commandos and 1 ravager/ 3 ravagers/ 1 commando and two ravagers), two mixed ones (two commandos and one medic/ two ravagers and one medic) And a defensive one (two medics and one synergist). Doesn't sound so effective, but it was pretty easy. It could basically work in any situation.

[@MisterHeroman]

Depends on the region. Was released a year or so in Japan before, released last year in Europe, and April in America.

[@BeccaInWinterland]

@937olter Seriously it is I've tried three times, where as I beat both orphan's in like I don't know around 5 minutes?

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

@sudfamily I think it was referring to the different paradox ending's.

[@Labbish1]

What weapon you use for Noel? Where did you get that because my Noel won't hit that hard. I cant beat this even I use level 40 Omega :D

[@IchigoCandy1]

Use ravager-based paradigms to build stagger (they build fastest, pref 2 rav 1 sent, 2 rav 1 med, or 2 rav 1 syn/sab) then use commando based to deal damage once they are in stagger (2 commando, 1 med, 2 commando, 1 sent, 2 commando 1 rav) prepare a sent/syn/sab or a med/syn/sab class as well for quick buss/debuffing and a sent/med/syn class for recovery (or med/med/sent)

[@nastynas9000]

This boss really tests if you know how to play the battle system properly. They really did a good job on these three.

[@chubeviewer]

such an epic intro

[@BruceWillis57]

best last boss i've seen in a game in a LONG time

[@White_Hell_Days]

This was a fun boss fight. Took me a few tries, but I got It. Havent played In awhile, just started up again, trying to figure out how to open the last few gates I have left so I can I get to the new times. Need more wild artifacts....but I cant find them.

[@suzleber4]

Well then again some people's choice of paradigms packs and sets might be the reason why they're struggling. My second time beating them I used my superpower monsters such as Lightning, Omega, and of course Bunkerbeast. I suggest if you're having a really hard time to come up with an all chocobo deck. Use the Blue, Green, and Purple chocobos. All I did was use the Ruthless paradigm followed by Relentless Assault and finished with Cerebrus, of course paying attention to health.

[@billyjoesarangelo1608]

WHOAA!!! 3 Bahamuts in 1 game! :))

[@AvatarKira]

Fairly simple battle. Just use Tortoise when the count is at 1 and their ultimate attack will only do a few hundred dmg. Relentless assault --- tri disaster--- cerberus. Throw in some potions and wound potions and you're set. Some weaker parties may want mystic tower and others with a sentinel.

[@937olter]

@BeccaInWinterland mhm. there are a few strategies. orphan took me about 1 min. if you wanna beat this guy, an average player would take around 10 mins. if u wanna beat him with five stars, u might wanna level up by grinding and start trying to improvise paradigms. if i explain it through, it'll just take up too much space and it'll bore you. pretty much the strategy is to attack jet bahamut is to barrage attacks and use sentinel to block its powerful moves. that's just my tip.

[@redryder90]

This bossfight kinda took me back to the classic FFs for a second.

[@SpoonyAzulpunkt]

I had Debris, Bunkerbeast and Yakshini in my paradigm pack, my characters were seriously underleveled and I had mediocre equipment. Having Tortoise in paradigm shifts seriously saves you from those nasty flare attacks, shift to Med Med Syn for healing and buffs, and continue attacking. Definitely a hard boss fight for not having your levels maxed.

[@suzleber4]

@Eriqzzzz I just meant that if they know they're not skilled or comfortable yet then you should be atleast 1000 hp higher than the book suggestion. Most of the suggested paradigm sets are based on some what well developed characters. For instance, if the deck they suggest doesn't involve 'Combat Clinic' then you should be strong enough to survive. I personaly use my own sets that I like. My suggestion if anyone isn't sure definitly have 'Ruthless' and 'Combat Clinic' available.

[@marthpwner]

Hey, I have some questions; 1. What monster is that Gilgamesh? 2. Is it better than Twilight Odin? 3. Where can you get it?

[@cupofjoe2k]

I found this fight is much easier with sen/sen/(higher hp monster) during the gigaflares and single dragon special attacks just have to switch them, they take sometime before they go when they are announced, so you have good amount of time to switch to defensive positions. Also having a Med/Med/__ after this heavy periods of damage as those. Key things to look for are the countdown to Gigaflare, Seed of Destruction(the eggs), Judgement Blade, Megiddo Flame, Light Eruption, and Dying Sun.

[@merlin2k6]

Had this fight nailed in just a few attempts when I realised I had a countdown to pay attention to. Easier than orphan in some ways as you didn't have to have a certain accessory equipped to avoid failure.

[@thelinedrive]

@jakeisdadambest honestly you should use a bunkerbeast probably the best sential in the game. there is also a good synergist in the vile peaks area Yitashi his feral link abillity heals you can gives you every staus increase. he's very useful in this fight.

[@Fenix61556]

This game is awesome :D

[@suzleber4]

@Eriqzzzz When I first fought the Proto Behmoth my party was maxed out on the Crystengeon points but I had about 130 fragments, which made Noel and Serah's weapons Odinblade and Odinbolt insanley strong. If you're not that far along with the fragments consider picking up weapons that increase the ATB speed rate so that you can do damage faster.

[@killer272301]

i beat mine yesterday lol i rushed the last boss easy had over 7k hp with noel when i got there...beat it all without the guide for most of it to :D i can't wait for DLC's or a FF-13-3

[@UltimateX34]

@TommyNerdlands After the end credits you're warped back to the historia flux, you are then free to return to academia from right before the battle and you can easily replay it.

[@Hitithardify]

@incinerator142 welcome to the club bro my first ff was XIII but im still a noob just level the heck out of your characters im on the last episode so im close to this part i have 4 of my classes level 99 for both characters so im sure ill be fine but good luck dude im sure youll be fine

[@suzleber4]

@chrisdafurz Grimore Hat, I believe you pick it up in Archlyte Steppe ???, that improves potions. He may even have the upgraded version of the hat making his potions that much more powerful.

[@NASTAR01]

@3N3MYBOATSPOTTED I would say XII and XIII were pretty difficult. All the others (from VII onwards, anyway) have been pretty easy. I can't quite recall VI, and I have yet to play the first five. I think a lot of RPG players love to grind too much, and become overly powerful as a result. Still, I had fun with this fight. I was pretty overpowered, but not enough that I didn't need to use some strategy.

[@Eriqzzzz]

@suzleber4 i have like 120. im gonna do extra stuff first before i fight again. i actually just got the monster encounter ability. im trying to clear all maps

[@Luxoran]

What did Changing Skies do, anyway?

[@Squeakycheek]

He is a bit of a pain but all you need is the right setup and of course to be leveled enough, I'm sure you've found out he is a bit of a problem if you haven't grinded a bit :).

[@sunheart123]

@LissaMamacita YES! Those battles really stumped me the first time I played it.

[@incinerator142]

I'm not gonna comment on whether this game is quality RPG material or not,but what I will say is,this is my first FF,I LOOOVED it,and the gameplay was familiar too me as it reminded me of Pokémon on NDS,with the move selction and the monster catching,but was discrete enough that I didn't get thorugh the game thinking "this is Pokémon on Xbox".I loved it and now I'm on episode 4 for the second time round,and I'm planning to get XIII after that as well.

[@TheCrimsonKodiak]

Actually I've seen other videos where they only got like 2 or 3 stars. And what do you mean by blue monster? The Medic one? Cause it looked like they both had blue auras around them. I don't know what the Medic is but the Commando is a Behemoth.

[@gloriouspurpose_]

Make all 3 sentinel :) It wouldn't hurt to have a SAB/SAB/SEN (cross) setup too. You won't even really need a medic tbh 1 med will do Also don't try to kill one minion then kill the next minion, weaken one to the red zone. Then kill the other, it will make it harder for Jet to re-summon them :)

[@ThisSubtleDagger]

yeah sadly a lot of people who are fans of the earliest games feel that way. But gaming is much different now and as you can see games adapted to the change in technology for better or worse. I like 13-2 but I also love the classics too.

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

@lotharleopard LOL!! the game came out January 31st how the hell did you platinum that game in 4 days. Unless you're referring to the Japanese version.

[@Alexis5224]

13:16 Says Normal Mode when you see the score, it's not on easy and what if it is?

[@gamester512]

@gamester512 I also had gotten and equipped Noel and Serah with their 'ultimate' weapons (In Paradisium and Arcus Chronica respectively).

[@jbg03]

@ITZFUNNY1 just be sure to buff your party members and use SEN-SEN-SEN when the bahamuts use gigaflare/teraflare on you (it'll only take up around 1/4 or 1/3 of your party's HP when they fire it) and be sure someone in your party has the Raise ability...

[@marthpwner]

Gonna burst your bubble, but you always get it on the first try :p, on a side note, do you know what that blue monster is in the video?

[@JusticeSoulTuna]

@NASTAR01 Yeah, it shocked me too. But dude, it's that BOOM sound it makes when they start doing it and that deafening sound right before it fires. Though it was HELLA annoying, and nowhere near as simple or satisfying as final Orphan (cause I think final 'final' bosses should be a cakewake, or you should have some special buff to make it exciting) this felt fitting

[@pikminlover4423]

so does caius split in to 3 bahamut's or were they summoned can somebody help me with this

[@suzleber4]

@TheSoulOfBasement15 Thats fair enough. My point was that it seems a lot of people are rushing through the game, in other videos I've watched too. I know everyone will use their own paradigm pacts for monsters, but some I've seen just make no sense. I should have elaborated that I did a lot of grinding in order to get the catylysts for my monsters. Spending a good hour or two on the Archtyle Steppe will do wonders for your party.

[@Geeez]

During his "solar flare" (I think) I can't shift to Sen/Sen/Sen. Is my game just glitching? It acts as if its a cutscene.

[@kevinmcneely4225]

RevelationKiller do it before. You will know when it is about to happen because he casts Count: 3/2/1

[@JudgeMEntx014]

I've never played ff13 but.. i have to ask.. isn't it quite annoying that the HUD is too large for you to see what is actually happening while you fight?

[@terutend077]

If three dragons have their arms crossed in front of you, you KNOW it's a final boss. Arm Crossing FTW! ^speaking of which, reminds me of Final Fantasy X's Bahamut. LIKE A BOSS.

[@darkkugan]

I just wonder how in gods name do you avoid jet behemoth's "overdrive" flares?