Should i fight magus

User Info: Shihali. I use Marle during this battle; the value of Haste during the second phase is worth losing a lot of possible hits against weakness in the first, at least to me. If you don't have Haste, though, I'd lean towards Lucca. User Info: billygoten.

Use the sharp part of the sword. It's his weakness. User Info: Cragnous. Masamune lowers his magical defense only. More topics from this board Im annoyed. Whats the password for the zabie defence system? Side Quest 2 Answers What level should I be at to defeat the third form of Lavos and how do i beat him?

General 1 Answer Rainbow Sword? General 5 Answers. Ask A Question. Browse More Questions. Keep me logged in on this device. At this point use the Triple Attack that they have, which is very powerful. Mine did over damage. If you have your characters at a high enough level, he won't even get a chance to cast his Dark Matter as within 2 Triple Attacks without his guard he should be defeated. User Info: 4evergaming. Example: If Magus hit you with Lightning 2 attack, hit him with Lightning element.

User Info: gilbie Do not be active in the battle, waiting for Magus to cast first. Basically, copy the magic he casts on you back at him, until he "Risks casting a spell" - dispelling his own barrier.

Then whup him good. With HP, this battle takes a while. Don't rely solely on physical attacks and techs, his Defense is too high. The "light pillar" attack that he uses early on will slowly and steadily eat at your characters' HP throughout the battle. Don't worry about his scythe attack, he's relatively weak physically.

The third character will depend on your play style. Marle will allow for faster attacks Haste and good healing Aura Whirl while Frog attacks , but no way to deal Fire or Shadow damage. Robo will allow for good healing and Shadow damage Laser Spin , but is slow and relatively vulnerable to Magic.

I'm not sure about Proximity Bomb's range, so Fire damage may still be an option. For the second half he will drop the elemental weakness card for Dark Matter. Overall, keep HP high, avoid attacking physically unless it's with Frog's Masamune , hit his elemental weaknesses, and go all out when Dark Matter is in play. Heal HP with items if you burn through your MP too fast by healing. User Info: Kraleck. Keep everyone well-healed.

Generally try to keep everyone at least at HP. Once Magus casts a spell, have Frog hit him with the Masamune, then follow up with a Tech of the same element Magus last used.

Having Frog hit Magus like this before attacking will soften him up for the next attack and make the fight go quicker.

If you don't have an attack of that element, heal up and bide your time until he casts a new element you can attack, but it won't do much damage, so save your MP. Once Magus lowers his barrier, hit him with your strongest attacks regardless of element. After a few turns of this he'll cast Dark Matter, which can dish out hundreds of HP in damage, so keep everyone healed over to be ready. Continue to follow the above pattern until he goes down.

User Info: Kreskin. The enemy tries to run away. User Info: Metastase. Do you think Cyrus and Glenn Frog must be avenged by what Magus did to them? If yes, don't recruit him.

If not, recruit. User Info: HorizonN7. Ignore that nonsense about Cyrus and Glenn said by metastase, because Magus had to do what he had to do. Plus, they have their moment in the game anyway. Magus is a versatile character and powerful all around. Don't miss the opportunity to recruit him, dude User Info: quittaboi Bam, Magus salvaged and in the bestiary, the end. User Info: Gurthawoe. LukeSkyvvalker posted How exactly is it any different? If you're referring to the anime ending, how does that ruin him?

If you kill him, Frog will get his human form back at the end of the game. If you fight him, you have to do so as Frog 1-on-1, and you'll also get his second entry in your bestiary. If you take him with you, you'll be able to add all his techs to your tech list, but you'll miss his bestiary entry. There is a trick though that will allow you to do both in a single playthrough, although it isn't easy on a first playthrough.

You save your game before you fight Magus. Defeat him and then proceed to kill Lavos and see the ending. At the end you'll be prompted to save to the system file, which is just a log of all the extra's you've unlocked. Once you save, you can reload your file from before you fought Magus and still have his Bestiary entry, and credit for the ending you saw.

You cannot save at any time after you kill Magus. You have to wait till after the ending when it prompts you to save your data. Only then can you save or this won't work And that is pretty much all there is to it. The meaning of life is to suffer and be miserable. Sorry about that, I wanted to elaborate on the end there and let you know you can't save till after the ending or you'll mess it up. User Info: VeghEsther.