Shadowseer
Lv : 67
Location :Pharos at Ridorana,Bottom floor in Subterra known as 'Unknown'.
HP : 278078
Weak : Holy
Possible Steal:
- Forbidden Flesh
- Foul Flesh
- Maggoty Flesh
Client :Montblanc, Rabanastre Clan HQ.
Reward :
- 20,000 gil
- Megalixir x2
- Clan Point : 6000
LP gain : 6
--- Lv to challenge ---
Recommended: > 65
Minimum Lv : > 62
Average Lv : > 40
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I wonder why this mob listed as rank S/VI, he's actually much stronger than many other ranked H/VII mobs. I recommend your main team characters are all over 65 level since I fought it at 64-65 level team is still tough. So leave this mob for a moment, go for other rank H/VII mobs before this.
== Preparatories ==
Here are some recommended equipments:
Excalibur, Masamune, Zodiac Spear, Whale Whisker, Golden Axe,
Durandal, Fomalhaut, Perseus Bow/Artemis Bow, Valcano...
Zodiac Esctcheon, Demon Shield, White Mask, Black Mask, Dueling Mask,
Circlet, Golden Skullcap, Genji Helm, Brave Suit, Lordly Robes...
Nihopalaoa, Sage's Ring, Bubble Belt, Ribbon, Genji Gloves...
Well, almost all are the best equipments in the game, seriously you need most of them for this fight, but I'm not telling you to get all of them, just try to get as much as possible. However, most of them can be found in the Subterra, have some exercises in Subterra for these equipment,
and you don't need to equip Diamond Armlet to obtain them.
- Check this map for the details of Subterra:
Subterra For Excalibur, you can find it in the Crystal Grande/The Great Crystal
For Masamune, you can either trade it or clear the Gilgamesh rank H/VII mob, and it will become the reward of thismission. Also make sure you steal all Genji equipment from Gilgamesh mob. As for magics and technick/skills, Curaja, Hastega, Esunaga, Arise, Bubble, Charge, Telekinesis are most important, make sure you have all them.
Needless to say, you should learn all abilities slots on the top part of the Licenses Board to get your character to become stronger.
== Unlocking Subterra ===
Return to Pharos at Ridorana, take the Dais of Ascendence at 1F to underground (B1F, Penumbra). Collect enough Black Orbs/Pearls by killing monsters and fill it to the Altars at four different corner to get to lower floors. Here is the require orbs of each floor.
B1F - South-West 6, South-East 3, North West 9, North-East 18
B2F - South-West 18, South-East 15, North West 9, North-East 15
B3F - South-West 12, South-East 27, North West 21, North-East 15
B4F - Battle~!
Before you can reach B4F/Unknown, you have to defeat Phoenix optional boss at North of B1F/Penumbra. You can check Phoenix under "Optional Bosses" section for some details. Anyway, Dispel Phoenix at the beginning of the battle, then equip Nihopalaoa and use a Remedy to Phoenix, that's all you need to do, after this you can defeat it easily.
== The main target ==
If you look carefully on the bill, you can actually see there's more than Shadowseer on the portrait, and the other opponents are Pandaemonium, Slyt, Fenrir and Phoenix, which are also the elite enemies in the Pharos. During the battle, all these Pharos elites will be summoned out one after one, no other to skip the fights, you have to defeat all of them again before you can defeat Shadowseer.
At the beginning, Dispel Shadowseer before attack. He will probably cast Shinning Ray or Darkness to attack, just equip White Mask or Sage's Ring to absorb Shinning Ray and Black Mask or Demon Shield to absorb Darkness. When Shadowseer down to 75% HP, he will be invincible and start summoning the bosses that you fought before. Start from know, Shadowseer will also use many many annoying moves to attack you team. Nothing you can do other than defeat all four bosses that were summoned by Shadowseer.
My Gambit setup for this fight (only show the important Gambits):
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| Character 1: Fran | As mentioned before, you have to face
| 1. Ally: Any = Phoenix Down | four bosses beside Shadowseer, so the
| 2. Ally: Any = Smelling Salts | Gambit setup here is still has some
| 3. Self: MP < 10% = Charge | flaws, so some actions you actually
| 4. Ally: HP < 50% = Curaja | have to use it manually since the
| 5. Ally: Any = Bubble | different strategy needed to be used
| 6. Foe : flying = Telekinesis | against different boss.
| 7. Foe : lowest HP = Attack |
| | Do remember to cast Dispel to each
| Character 2: Ashe | of the bosses as soon as it has been
| 1. Ally: Any = Arise | summoned, then following by Remedy
| 2. Ally: Any = Smelling Salts | with Nihopalaoa accessory equip.
| 3. Self: MP < 10% = Charge |
| 4. Ally: HP < 50% = Curaja | Make sure your healer has equiped
| 5. Ally: Any = Bubble | Ribbon when Shadowseer readies the
| 6. Ally: Any = Hastega | Curse. You can actually cure your
| 7. Ally: Any = Eye Drops | ally instantly right after they're
| 8. Foe : flying = Telekinesis | cursed, just cast Esunaga to your
| 9. Foe : lowest HP = Attack | ally when the Curse is almost sent,
| | means you have to calculate the
| Character 3: Penelo (healer) | timing. If you don't have Ribbon,
| 1. Ally: Any = Arise | make sure you healer is not in the
| 2. Ally: HP < 20% = X-Potion | range of Curse, or else you will
| 3. Ally: Any = Esunaga | get many bad statuses as bad as
| 4. Ally: Any = Remedy | getting hit by allies (Confuse).
| 5. Self: MP < 10% = Charge |
| 6. Ally: Any = Bubble | Fenrir is a bit tough, I recommend
| 7. Ally: HP < 60% = Curaja | equip a shield. Since Sleep does
| 8. Foe : flying = Telekinesis | work on Fenrir, try only use non-
| 9. Foe : lowest HP = Attack | elemental magics to him after using
---------------------------------------- Remedy + Nihopalaoa trick.
Another problem is Invert, which is to switch between you HP and MP from Shadowseer. He will probably use this after he has drained your MP, so once you get switched, your HP will be reduced to a few or even death. For safety a Gambit slot for X-Potion using is no a bad idea. Once you've successfully heal the switched character, he/she will be full of MP uses, cast Renew if you have it, probably your team has not much HP left when you get to this situation, Curaja instead if you don't have Renew.
After defeating all bosses, Shadowseer seems has raised his stats, when he gets lesser HP, his defense power is even stronger, probably you can't deal over 1000 damage to him. Since now the Shadowseer is the only opponent left, plus Berserk and Bravery to your main attacker, and better you have Excalibur to end the battle faster, just make sure you always have a healer with range weapon to support.
