Octopath Traveler 2 Lvl 55 Consistent Secret Boss Completion Guide (No Duplicate Battle Tested)

Hello again everyone! I decided to do a real guide video on the super boss fight in Octopath 2 since my earlier videos featuring the fight were more to simply prove that I managed to win against Galdera under various challenge conditions. While there are certainly strategies I used that can be helpful, considering I was doing those fights with level 1 characters, two manning it, etc, I don't feel that they make for good guide videos for the average team; after all, the builds, equipment, and levels I am often using are major overkill for a standard fight. In this video, I show my favorite consistent way to kill Galdera using level 55 characters with no duplicate battle tested equipment. I use recommended subclasses and show where to get all of the important items for my build. I also speak during the fight to explain what you should be doing based on what occurs. Here are the time stamps to help you navigate straight to the information you need:
Weapons
2:27 - Battle Tested Blade
3:47 - Battle Tested Dagger
4:25 - Lionheart's Axe
4:47 - Giant's Club
5:24 - Battle Tested Staff
5:53 - Battle Tested Shield/Bodyguard's Vantage
Accessories
7:46 - Alpione's Amulet
8:26 - Finisher's Claws
8:48 - Fang of Ferocity
9:15 - Elemental Augmentor
10:13 - Champion's Belt
Other Important Things
11:01 - Ochette Summons
11:45 - Windy Refrain Skill
12:04 - Concoct Ingredients
13:42 - General Items
Intro to Builds (17:19)
17:33 - Throne
18:57 - Ochette
20:11 - Castti
20:56 - Osvald
22:26 - Hikari
24:06 - Agnea
24:48 - Temenos
26:20 - Partitio
Boss Intro (27:40)
29:06 - Phase 1
41:38 - Phase 2
47:47 - "Elemental Souls" on Phase 1
52:07 - "Eternal Rancor" on Phase 1
57:20 - Other Turn Order Issues/End

[@WaffleMenu]

You are a champion for this. Stopped me from an endless grind. This became one of my favorite games of all time, but I just don’t have the time or strategical knowledge to expend to beat bosses like this. So, thanks so much for your effort and guide. Truly.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to help!

[@thecookies6109]

This sadly became the opposite for me and one of my most hated games ever , because this final boss ruined it.

[@Sharkenite]

​@@thecookies6109How did the final boss ruin it?

[@thecookies6109]

@@Sharkenite over 40 hours trying to beat it using different strategies on youtube where my stats, items etc matched or exceeded the video and still failed as a disabled and depressed gamer this ruined the games content /final story boss for me. -Only managed to win with divine protection cast by both hirakir learned skili and merchant for 5 stacks. I was very unlucky. Had all the other trophies etc so it was pure frustration. My party was 80+

[@The_B_Button]

​@@thecookies6109 Galdera is an optional superboss, and it sounds like you're going for all trophies on Playstation? OT2 doesn't require Galdera dead to understand the story, unlike the first game.

[@metamayto]

I think it's funny that the two teams end up being OCTO and PATH

[@DarrinNewcomer]

It was definitely a nice little surprise considering it wasn't planned

[@RelatvityUnset]

@@DarrinNewcomer I 100% the game and I took down this boss because this comment pointed this out. Cleric Throné carried the 2nd phase for me.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

@@RelatvityUnset congrats on your clear!

[@andresmolina2625]

Clearly the most consistent and well explained guide for this boss. Thank you so much for putting all the time in this video and help a lot of people who was struggling with this boss, as you cannot make a single mistake. Greetings from Spain

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@victoto4]

Thank you for the sharing! It’s a very good and consistent strategy making full use of the cleric licenses. Phase 1: Ochette breaks all the limbs in one action, followed by Throne dealing most damages using latent + cleric + thief skill, with the support from others. Phase 2: One cleric ensures Windy refrain at the right time, 1HP Hikari finishes the enemies with support from dancer and the other cleric.

[@darkflame710]

Just got my plat thanks to this guide. You’re a real one for making this!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on getting the kill!

[@boa8080]

This is the most detailed build video ever made on KZbin for Octopath Traveler II. I used these two teams to defeat Vide then the final boss. Thank you!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad it helped!

[@hub64points]

Followed this strategy today after giving up on the trophy a few months ago. Thank you.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@reeodd2112]

This is insane! I never thought that a guide to defeat this boss would come by so quick - and super reliable too. Had so much trouble trying to figure out this boss altogether with the party builds, but you made it so simple. Thank you so much!!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to have helped!

[@lightanddarklugia]

Oh YES!!!!! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! I've been trying to beat this git for a week, and thanks to your guild i did tho it did take about 6 attempts and on my winning go a choose the wrong attack but it help me so much. Again Thank You

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@yohnouchi2024]

I came late to the party, but enjoyed OT2 to the fullest! Thx for the guide, it worked perfect!

[@bang-naim]

Hey man, I beat galdera today because of your guide!! You're a genius for this!! The details were so precise that I was so shocked when you correctly predicted what would happen in my gameplay. Now I can travel the world without enemies until I'm ready for the true final boss. So thank you very much for this man, I appreciate it!!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill! Glad the guide was able to help out somewhat.

[@aileengaragai6897]

I finally managed to defeat Galdera TODAY thanks to your amazing guide. I was losing hope because I was following another guide but without success. Almost give up until I found this incredible well-done tutorial. I owe this victory to my travelers 🥰

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@RanTurniphead]

Amazing guide!! Appreciate the effort on making it as RNG-proof as possible. I've got all achievements thanks to this.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@calarius4382]

Absolute life saver thank you so much for this. I'd tried a couple of other attempts but needed 99 or specific characters with specific nuts etc and after spending half a day trying to grind a shark with Alrond i was close to just giving up. My party was stronger than 55 so having you do it at that level step by step was immense for me. Throne

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to have helped somewhat. Congrats on the kill!

[@MrFaller25]

One of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen. Would have never done with without you. Your explanations were very through and helped me tackle this challenge.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Thanks!

[@Sharkenite]

Thank you so much man!! Truly this saved me so much time and stress, I did this at lv90 with some at 80 and before this guide I tried to fight him without strategies and ended up picking at the souls for 30 minutes with no real damag done lol. Haven'r fought a crazy strategic boss like this since the fighting the Adventurer, the Boss Gauntlet and the Wifi Demons on Bravely Default, this boss here is no easy feat but requires strategy indeed. Your IQ must very high indeed, to put all this together!! Thank you very much again!!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Thanks for the kind words! Congrats on your clear!

[@WickBRSTM]

Absolutely fantastic guide, even with not the best of non-required equipment this was more than doable. You are a godsend. Only thing I would change is that, as some other comments mentioned, I wasn't having much luck getting Hikari's physical attack where it needed to be even with nuts, so I scrolled through the comments and found that someone had luck upping their critical stat into the 400-ish range. No idea if this is consistent or not, could've just gotten lucky, but doing this easily got me the kill, so just thought I'd mention it if it's still something you're looking into. Aside from that, this worked like a charm. Thankee kindly!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@keeleyhoek]

Thank you also for this comment, I also had a weak Hikari and the critical advice let me win on the next attempt!

[@jethrojamon7655]

So thanks to you, I got my platinum trophy for Octopath 2. My very first platinum ever. You're a hero, dude.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@cesara.segoviaaguirre6168]

One super important detail that I don’t know if it’s obvious but turn your time into night

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Yeah. I've seen that ruin a lot of people's attempts.

[@keeleyhoek]

Thank you so much for this guide, which got me over the line! Extra advice: I neglected my Hikari with literally no nuts (~level 56), so had only ~870 attack with the battle-tested weapon. I won phase 1 consistently with your guide but failed phase 2 about ten times because of low Hikari armsmaster axe damage. However, I read advice in these comments to try to get Hikari crit to 400+; I managed ~430 by changing his non-shield armor and won next try! Thank you again.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Yeah, I wish I could easily go back and add a little thing where I mention the crit. Unfortunately, other than deleting this video and uploading a new one would be the only option. Congrats on the clear!

[@RenIkeda]

Followed this to the T with only a few minor adjustments in turn order and it worked like a charm. I was going crazy putting up too many defences and dying all the time. Thanks so much for the Platinum!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@user-zp1hp4jk6r]

The time you put into this guide is incredible. Copied everything in the video other than a few minor weapons and armours. Beat him easily and skipped most of his phases and attacks thanks to you

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@chrisbenfield7256]

Great video and exceptionally well explained. I followed this stratergy but could not beat the second phase using Lionhearts Axe. My Hikari was at 850 str at level 60, even with having used nuts on him. To win I swapped out Lionhearts Axe for the learned skill Limb-from-Limb. With Battle-Tested Blade my str was around 980. This did the trick for me.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill!

[@Withapencilinhand]

just got the platnium this has been a great video, better than the others i have seen. the fact you gave a real detailed step by step process of what to do turn orders, and it can be very rng for sure (took me over an hour!) over 100 hours and one of the best rpg games ive played in years thank you so much for the helpful video!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@Kbol1n]

I know I might be 3 months late, but THANK YOU for this guide, it took many many tries to get a good turn roll and countless hours of doing it over and over, I managed to beat this boss cause of this video! Thank you so much man! This boss was such a pain to go through😂

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@victorsullivan9107]

I want to thank you for this incredible guide. I didn't follow it exactly, probably changed about 20% of builds and equipment to adapt to the items I had (and to make myself feel good about partially being responsible for the strategy). But I was able to use this as a framework to defeat both endgame bosses. It was also really helpful to learn some of the finer details of how the combat system works (like how Giant's Club and Battle-Tested Blade have stacking passives).

[@DarrinNewcomer]

I remember when I first learned they worked that way; for a while I just never used both assuming they didn’t! Glad it was able to help somewhat

[@briansayers4041]

Thank you for this guide! After so many failures you helped me get the Platinum!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on getting the kill!

[@mtkkk]

I had already given up on spending the time and effort to beat this boss but since this popped up on my recommended and it laid out everything so nicely I gave it a shot and was actually easy when following everything you said, so thank you very much :)

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@Jonlionheart]

Took me quite some time (Since I haven't used so much nuts and also wanted to fight it around lvl 60 and not push to lvl99), but I managed to defeat it thanks to this guide! Normally I tend to push myself to defeat them with least guides as possible, but this fight really took the number of me and I learned a lot from this fight. I really love how the pacing on your guide is making it easy to go back and forward to get all the details needed :)

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@bastienbattistini3613]

Just in time ! This one did it for me I’ve been struggling with this boss for a long time ! Thank you very much friend 🙏🏼

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to be of assistance!

[@Ninxz21]

Thank you for this! My party was at level 85+ and I still couldn’t beat Galdera. I know this was a lot of work for you but it was greatly appreciated! Cheers to you man!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to be of assistance!

[@ashe12mariana]

Thanks for the guide! I lost several times in the second phase because my Hikari didn't have enough critical, until I decided to swap the +50 damage passive for the +50 critical passive. I won right after!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Nice going! Congrats on the clear

[@maxleveladventures]

This strat did it for me! I didn't even know until I went to fight this boss that nuts were permanent buffs...

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@danalbers2193]

Thank you so much for this. For some reason my Hikaris stats were lower than the ones in your guide despite him being level 61 but your Phase 1 explanation is pretty much foolproof. I had to retry Phase 2 like 10 times and it only worked after putting some more crit gear on Hikari to consistently get those 99k, but Phase 1 I could do in my sleep now

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill! His stats are a bit higher due to him being my main character and receiving a lot of my P attack nuts. I wish I knew how to remove those as well for these guide, as I'm not sure if I have time to redo the entire game for that. Out of curiosity, was your Lionheart's Axe with a physical attack boost and the limbs physical defense debuffed not one shotting them?

[@danalbers2193]

@@DarrinNewcomer Hey, sorry for the delayed reply. No, I had the physical boost from spicy jerky on and ruinous relic on Galdera but I'd still occasionally get white damage numbers and hit for 30k + 40k I think. Then on the next turn I'd get wiped. Increasing my crit from 1xx something to 4xx something with gear fixed it :)

[@DarrinNewcomer]

@@danalbers2193 oh yeah the crit damage with finishers claws does a ton! Glad to hear it worked out in the end though

[@arnotskywalker6366]

Best guide out there for this fight

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Thanks! I tried my best to remove as much randomness and necessary grinding as possible

[@arnotskywalker6366]

@@DarrinNewcomer It worked great for me! I was like OK... I clearly HAVE the tools to do this (my party ranged from level 80-92, and I had done all the side quest content, seen every location, looted tons, etc etc)... but I kept getting cheesed by the locked element part of the first half of the fight... using your guide to overcome that, I beat both it and the 2nd phase first try.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

@@arnotskywalker6366 congrats on getting the kill! Glad I was able to help in some way

[@Winddragoon]

Amazing video guide. I was a bit overstatted and skipped a few turns here and there but you explained the general concept of abusing the turn mechanics so well that I could just improvise from there. This worked even though I forgot to pick up the foreign assassins from Merry Hill. Cheers!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@aru_dentomrol4008]

Thank you so much for this video, it took some getting used to adapting to weird turn order, but I got the kill after about 2 hours of practice. Everything was very well explained, it was fun to see Hikari hit that big 99,999 damage x3

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@ppranksterr]

Great guide! Thanks for sharing this! Got it on the 2nd try cause I fucked up one of Hikari's turn before the boss went vulnerable lol

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@davemetz7672]

Phew! Finally beat this beast! Thanks so much for the guide! You rock!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your kill!

[@tommi050]

Already beat him with your erlier guides but this one seems really helpfull so good Job on that one.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Thanks! I wish I had made this earlier. I wasn't really expecting many people to use my earlier videos as guides. My hopes for this one is that for the future when people search for it that they will have something that is more applicable to a regular team.

[@munkeyboi89]

This just helped me with my platinum trophy. Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill!

[@throwaway6777]

Thanks a lot for the guide!! I was already at level 85-95 by the time I got to Galdera but I still followed everything here except getting those special items that grant an enemy debuff. I thought I would have to attempt the boss again when I realized my Hikari didn’t do as much damage for not critting on the second lionheart’s axe (when Galdera’s shield points were exposed). The third lionheart’s axe did crit but because I didn’t have the debuffing item, Hikari didn’t get to kill Galdera like on the video, so I basically had to finish Galdera off with max boosted Hired Help 😅 I lost my first attempt from the first phase of the boss but fortunately, the second attempt gave me mostly the same attack order as the one on the video and that’s when I won. I had a few mishaps like accidentally using the normal provoke instead of the EX provoke with Ochette so I had to improvise using max boosted basic weapon attacks with Osvald and Throné to reduce the shield (both had Aelfric’s Blessing and already acted once for the round). Fortunately on the next turn, Ochette got to act first so I used the 2 remaining bps to break the shield and debuff Galdera. Followed by Castti, where I used the bp, physical atk, strengthening, whimsical, and defusing serum. Then Osvald finished the phase with One True Magic.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on getting the kill!

[@rafaelfelixamaral]

I already try beat Galdera like 45 times! I would follow this guide religiously and see the result! Come back tomorrow! All my characters are lv 75+, Ochette and Hikari are 90lv.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

I look forward to hearing the results

[@Jaaaak]

Dude this is amazing. Just finally finished all achievements. Thanks so much.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats!

[@mrcar6877]

Thanks for the guide! I was really struggling with keeping my team alive in the second phase after breaking all of Galdera's arms and I definitely don't think I would've come up with using the Cleric divine on both Hikari and Agnea to help manage the turn order. Cheers!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

I've ran into that problem many times myself! Eventually I remembered that ability and now I pretty much always use it. Glad it was helpful!

[@GingerMoogle-mm9qc]

This video is brilliant thanks! I can get through the first stage a breeze but the second keeps failing me but at least with this guide I should get there eventually!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

What seems to be happening in the second phase?

[@tomebbens3935]

Awesome vid, a few tries and a bit of tweaking, got the kill finally.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@Ha5hi_]

Finally done x100 tries 😭 thank you so much for this guide

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on getting the kill!

[@ThomasKonan]

Unbelievable! You got me through it when I never thought I would. This is brilliant. Thank you!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill! Glad it was helpful

[@itachi4728]

Thank you SO MUCH brother!!! Finished him with your strategy !! 100% Works!!!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@Twaschillbro]

Other than my level 80 throne not doing half as much damage as yours this was a great guide man

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Thanks

[@WorldshakerX]

You're a legend for this, I still haven't won, but I'm confident I'll get there soon!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Is any particular part giving you trouble? I can always give specific advice if that’s the case

[@WorldshakerX]

​@@DarrinNewcomerI ended up getting it down, thanks again. I was anywhere losing track of buffs in P1, but improvised and even got the second phase done first try.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

@@WorldshakerX congrats on the clear!

[@aliwasim2981]

finally i have beaten Galdera , thanks to your brilliant setup :)

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@aliwasim2981]

@@DarrinNewcomer thanks my friend

[@GregardIM]

you are awesome! Thanks so much for this, worked perfectly! Saved me from griding to 99.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear

[@GregardIM]

@@DarrinNewcomer failed once in second phase because hikari refused to crit :P But second attempt went smoothly. Thanks for covering so many possible turn order scenarios!

[@dimbyrasolo6453]

Hi. Just wanted to thank you for your amazing guide and your amazing strategy. I finally made it after many attempts ! Thanks a lot! (Since I'm French, it was even more difficult to understand everything, but I did it, yeah!)

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on winning!

[@fakejasonlawless]

Thanks for making this guide! I managed to beat the boss just now. Phase 1 is a bit tricky but I reload a few times and got a decent turn order, phase 2 is actually really consistent, can't believe armsmaster can deal that much damage 😲

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to help out!

[@weij5123]

Thank you so much for the guide, this is the final boss for me before complete the game.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to have helped!

[@P_hub]

Thanks for guide bro. You really end my pain.🎉 But I use learned limb skill instead for Hikari P2.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@CorneleusGreen]

You are as brilliant as you are kind for making this incredibly detailed guide. I fumbled a few times but eventually did triumphantly cheer (out loud) with glee as the boss dissolved into dust. Thank you × 100 boosted 🎉

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@alexrobinson9138]

I agree with the top comment, you definitely are a champion for this. You saved me so much stress and hair loss over beating this one boss. Thanks to you, I have the platinum! I’ll be sharing this video with my friends, cheers and many thanks mate!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill! And thank you for the kind words!

[@Salazarnaruto52]

Thank you so much for this guide. I just got the platinum trophy! :)

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@Shimahou]

I know based on your other videos that the whole Team OCTO & Team PATH thing is a coincidence, but it just feels *right*.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Yeah, they certainly do seem to fit each phase really well.

[@kefkapalazzo6565]

Thanks so much for this. I followed you step by step and beat it.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill!

[@cassandralutze7211]

Thank you very much for your tutorial. it really helped me

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@swmorgan515]

First of all I want to say thanks this guide was really helpful! It was confusing though in one sense because you have three different characters with cleric as their secondary. The game will not allow me to do this...

[@DarrinNewcomer]

So when you go to a guild to get an additional subclass, there is an option when you talk to the guild leaders to do additional tasks to get up to 3 “licenses”, which allows you to have 3 people using that subclass

[@swmorgan515]

Ah ok that makes sense, thank you! @@DarrinNewcomer

[@Shiycho]

Tutorial worked perfectly, great job! I may have messed up 23 times from being impatient and skipping ahead of the video (I never learn) but that is no fault of the guide

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on getting the kill!

[@Diaryofaninja]

Thanks for the guide. Finally beat him! Now I just need a guide for the lore.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill!

[@LumberjackZE]

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH. This video realy helped alot to finish the game.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@peerenboom77]

Thank you beyond words.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to have helped out!

[@tomderry7295]

Thank you for the video. Incredibly helpful!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to be of assistance

[@magilomagilo4924]

Thanks for the complete guide.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Sure thing!

[@beastrace81]

thank you sir this was very helpful! I was struggling hard on phase 1 with the dumb elemental rotating shit.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to have helped out!

[@JavyAD]

Great strategy guide. There's no way i would have beat him otherwise.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@SyUAgaIn]

With a lot of RNG and a dozen try then I finally get it done, I can confirm this strategies is work as a gem but some of the RNG such as cri or turn can also put you down. PS. Thank you so much for this guide, I can get another 100% and move to another project.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on your clear!

[@wootsat]

this helped me get that title screen crown, thanks bro

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad to be of some help!

[@syamsramadan9579]

Nice work man! My comp for beating this boss was quite similar to yours although the characters are all level 65ish, throne was a merchant and agnea was the inventor. One thing to note though, I feel like nuts are definitely a huge factor in getting this build right. I wasn't able to get my Hikari to have 8k HP, 400 crit nor 999 phys atk for the axe because I distributed the HP nuts evenly to all my characters and I spent almost all phys atk and crit nuts on Ochette. So I mainly struggled with the second phase because I wasn't able to clear the 3 minions fast enough. My Hikari only has 6.5k ish HP and around 760 phys atk on the axe and it was dealing around 40k only for each hit of lionheart axe, so I decided to use the bodyguard shield to pump up the axe phys atk to 830 and it was dealing around 80k after that which is a HUGE difference, agnea was also needed as the inventor to guarantee crit for all the enemies. It's amazing how many comps you can build to finish this boss, I was thinking you could also swap Hikari and Ochette with Hikari using double tomahawk and ultimate stance so he can hit AOE axe 6 times (albeit with more BP cost), or you could even use temenos as a damage dealer if you min max his SP haha.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill! Yeah, I wish there was a way to remove the nuts for the guides. If there is a way, I'm not sure how other than replaying the game up to that point without using them. That being said, I'm not sure where the rumor started, but Alpione's only cares about your relative HP percentage (as in the percent HP you are at in relation to your total health). It does technically have an effect when your HP is higher, but is extremely small, as being at 1 health with 6.5k max would mean you are at a ".015" percent damage boost versus a ".0125" percent damage boost (unsure how they exactly calculate damage here, but the difference in .0025 doesn't change much in my tests). The Hikari I was using had 877 physical attack with his axe as well, not 999. I'm guessing that Galdera's physical defense must be in the 700's if putting on that shield made such a large difference. Just to make sure, that was with Hikari being at max charge with a physical attack buff while the boss had a physical attack debuff right? I just checked my level 1 completion where I had 661 physical attack and I did 46k + 56k on the boss with Lionheart's.

[@syamsramadan9579]

@@DarrinNewcomer Yeah i used the spicy jerky though i forgot if i applied debuff, i think temenos automatically does that at the start of every nighttime battles right? I think crit nuts and phys atk ones are the most important items for this build, since if you cant get your crit to ~400 then you either need to rely on rng after beating 1st phase or have inventor agnea and sacrifice aelfric on hikari (thats what i did). I was also using fang of ferocity before switching to finisher's claw on hikari so thats probably also why I was only able crit for ~45k haha. I dont really know the calculations but i was only doing 80k damage at 830 phys atk while your 870 phys atk was dealing deal 99k damage per hit and that is also a huge gap for only a 40 phys atk difference, if what you said about alpione is true then i do think phys atk also matters a lot. Anyway though, this guide was really well made man! And you're also a legend for doing the lvl 1 guide lmao.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

@@syamsramadan9579 Yeah, Temenos will do that for you, although I have met a few people who didn't realize he debuffs enemies at night, so they try to do the fight during the day. Crits can definitely ruin it. That's why I put inventor on Temenos to try and get the crit scope, but unfortunately that will require a little turn order luck to fit that in, although there are a couple of things that can be done to try to make that happen. Thanks for the kind words!

[@danreyes6354]

you have a good commentary! more power to your channel!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Thanks!

[@1franciscolobato]

Thanks for all the help!!🎉

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Sure thing!

[@BinggomanLive]

Massive thank you for this. I finally killed this guy after trying for hours.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill!

[@XxSkineyxX]

The 3 turn kill guide worked for me, after 3 days trying I realized I hadn’t use a single nut on my chars, after that the process became significantly easier in phase 1, i literally just had to give all the magic nuts to Osvald and phase 1 gets nuked, on phase 2 I had a lot of trouble cuz Hikari is my main and the only 99 I have, so he was quicker than most of my party. So I gave témenos and Agnea speed amulets and boom, nuked Galdera with Lion Dance + Limb.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the kill!

[@jbac5767]

This game really comes down to the Boss fights.. only needed help for Vide and Galdera!! Havent unlocked the scret final boss but i wish they would switch it up. Seems like Galdera will be the Omega Weapon of this series

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Indeed; I’ve had a lot of fun fighting him and doing challenges on him

[@jbac5767]

@Darrin Newcomer I'm amazed at first about these different builds and hacks (my uncle and I'm playthrough went 170+ hours before EVER touching Google for help or direction) Yet doesn't surprise me when you think of other major AAA Rpg's in the past. Amazing work. How long til OPT3. WE ALL know it coming!!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

@@jbac5767 the wait will be killer!

[@jbac5767]

@Darrin Newcomer We will ALL be ready fir Galdera 3. The final boss and the new Secret Boss to replace Galdera. I'm calling it now. Galdera is the Ganon. Or Omega Weapon of this franchise. Long live the Gamers!!!!

[@lacasadedarkam]

Thank you man, you made it look so easy.

[@eroraf8637]

We came, we saw, we KICKED ITS ASS. Many thanks, traveler! Have yourself a sub.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Thanks! Congrats on the kill!

[@fatoomalhajri93]

this guide helped me a lot thank you so much. all you have to do is be patient 😂 the rng in this game is kinda messed up.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad it helped out!

[@taemeister9302]

Once you deal about 300k dmg,it gets much easier. The eye will eat it's other limbs for 10k and will be vulnerable whether the limbs are around or not. You can just focus fire on it and kill it

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Indeed. That’s what I normally prefer to do myself

[@BlairofShadows]

"It's really hard to mess this pahse up" -Me messing up twice Thanks for the guide, just got my plat!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on the clear!

[@Vitreia]

This was fantastic, thank you

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Glad it helped

[@sophiamalcolm2119]

I feel like Merchant would be the better subclass for Ochette, so if you need to during the cycling elemental phase, you can use a fully charged Beastling Hired Help and not have to use a Decaying Dragon Essense. And, though not quite as powerful as Aeber's Reckoning, the stronger Hired Helps chip in a good amount of damage if you get the opportunity.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Yeah that does sound like a pretty solid strategy

[@WorldWorlding]

Thanks! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

To you as well buddy!

[@JonathonPlaysGames]

worst feeling was that i managed to skip all phases in the first fight but forgot to recharge hikari's latent power for the second fight

[@tanyatokyo]

First of all thanks a lot for putting together this detailed and helpful guide! 🙏 I tried over and over again to defeat Galdera without looking at a guide, but I was utterly lost in phase 2 lol no clue how to go about it, so I finally looked for a guide :P As other people in the comments mentioned as well though, I have a weak ass Hikari, gave all the physical dmg / crit nuts to Ochette. I can clear the arm etc with limb from limb, but after that there is just not enough dmg coming through for Galdera. Even SP are an issue, I don't have enough left for a second attack on Galdera 🥲 My Hikari is Lvl 57, so I guess my only option is to level him a bit?

[@DarrinNewcomer]

So what you can do is in the turn that you would normally kill Galdera, use the divine protection skill he can learn from the cleric in Canalbrine church. Give him a helmet that gives SP, and make sure someone gives him something like a forbidden elixir or Plum M to restore his SP. On that same turn, use the crit scope from inventor with Temenos. The divine protection will ensure that you don’t die that round and give several more attacks that are guaranteed crits, as the lack of crits is probably the issue and that usually solves it. Also, if you are using limb from limb on the main body and not one shotting him, make sure to use Lionheart’s.

[@tanyatokyo]

@@DarrinNewcomer Thank you for the suggestions, I will give it a try!

[@tanyatokyo]

@@DarrinNewcomer I beat him🥹 divine protection did the trick！thank youu

[@DarrinNewcomer]

@@tanyatokyo congrats on your clear!

[@tubbiechaser3637]

Lizardking II has that double axe all.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Yeah I think that’s the one I used for a while. That’s the one I believe I say to get in the video as you only need to go to the sunken maw for it if I’m not mistaken, unless I’m thinking of a different lizard king. At the very least, I know there is one in the sunken maw that does the double axe hit to everyone

[@paulusbeck6940]

damn good work and damn well explained I think the most complex thing here is to get the 3rd cleric license 😥

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Technically you could take off cleric from Castti if you really wanted, as it’s the least important one, but yeah having all 3 is ideal

[@PenguinMyDude]

Thank you for helping me out also great video

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Sure thing!

[@Annu--]

amazing guide thank you!!

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@JBdunks]

somehow found you, great video. subed hope you put or more great stuff in the future

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Thanks!

[@mylee197]

I spent the whole day trying to take down Galdera and finally did thanks to your guide. Massive thank you to you! Also, have you seen Arawit Buranawangsila's video on killing Galdera in 2:15? Curious to know what your thoughts are on his strategy/builds.

[@DarrinNewcomer]

I haven’t really looked at other videos on Galdera myself, so I’m not familiar with any of them, although I’m sure there are some other good comps for it. Congrats on your clear!

[@-Feylos-]

i kind of wish i knew ahead of time how i should've been investing stat boosting nuts, bc my hikari with the same exact equipment and being 22 levels higher has 100 less attack, and 2500 less hp. it doesnt matter too much for the fight but it just feels like im doing something wrong. sick strats though this finally got me to get the battle tested weapons and better equipment

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Yeah, at least it isn’t too necessary

[@pascalgagnon5423]

I dont have all chapters done, but I will save this video for later :P

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Sounds good

[@pascalgagnon5423]

What does the most damage for Hikari: A) Fully charged On the Hunt (Lionheart's Axe) B) Fully Charged Brand's Thunder (Warrior Divine skill) C) Fully charged Tenretsuzan (Latent power) D) Fully charged Shinjumonjigiri (EX Skill) This is with Lion axe, and lets say either conqueror (+250 Broken) or Battle-tested Sword. I see you always use Axe, it raises its HP but does it beat all the other options?

[@DarrinNewcomer]

@@pascalgagnon5423 yes it beats all of the other options. It has a much higher per hit base damage, and is much easier to hit the 99k cap with 2 times. The health boost isn’t really useful, but especially compared to some of those other 1 hit moves that can only do up to 99k, lionhearts axe can easily do 2 99k hits. Lionhearts also deals more damage the more weaknesses that are exposed on the enemy.

[@andreswijaya369]

Man thanks you very much, i take 15 hours because my rng second team is suck but at least i'm done

[@DarrinNewcomer]

Congrats on getting the kill!