Bahamut Burns
Posted by Mike Blitz on February 25th, 2008
As we reoriented ourselves on our return to the moon, we noticed a cave that we hadn’t seen before. It looked separate from the caves that appear to connect to the palace, so we decided to try this isolated cave first.
Once inside, we find ourselves facing some of the more formidable opponents we’ve battled yet. We are fighting all sorts of dragons, giant robots, and Behemoths. These enemies take a massive beating before they fall. In most battles, Rosa is forced into overtime as she tries to keep our health levels up. As a side benefit, we are raking in gobs of experience and cash. The Behemoths, in particular, give us 65,000 gil each when they die. By the time we get to the third level of the cave, our entire party is over Level 50, and we have over 300,000 gil in our pockets. We also find an entire set of Genji Armor, which gives Cecil a reasonable upgrade over the diamond armor he was wearing.
Finally, we reach what appears to be the end of the cave! A wizard stands there, and as is usually the case in Final Fantasy games, he starts to babble. Not sure what he’s getting at, but it appears that he is impressed that we know the Leviathan spell, and with that, he offers to let us battle Bahamut. Maybe he is Bahamut? Humm. My memory is a little vague, but I remember this guy from previous games.
In any case, we get right down to work. Bahamut has this strange counter thing that starts with five, and is working its way down. Whatever, dude, count as long as you want. We start wailing away on the beast, and are putting on some significant damage. You count, we kill. Silly Bahamut.
And then it happens. Bahamut’s counter reaches zero. With that, he unleashes Megaflare, which should probably be more appropriately named “Hah! You All Die!” Which is exactly what happened. The bastard burned our entire party to a crisp in one shot. We are Dead. Again.
That was great fun.
Not sure what I can do against this guy, as there is no way we can take the damage he deals. I’m guessing that I should have used some sort of defensive spell, or perhaps that reflection spell would work. I have to think we’re strong enough to beat him, as we’ve been grinding away in the underworld for so long that we must be overleveled by this point.
Status: Dead
Image Credit: Lesmode
February 25th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Well, it’s Bahamut, he is tough, get used to it…he’ll be back again and again and again…
It’ Megaflare, by the way…
February 25th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Edje,
Yup. We’ll get him yet! Fixed “Megaflay”, by the way. Thanks for picking that up.
February 25th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
You’re definitely strong enough. It wouldn’t hurt to wait till you have five in your party again though.
February 26th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Bahamut was the dragon that upgraded your classes in Final Fantasy 1. He was also a summon in Final Fantasy 3.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:05 am
He’ll appear in most (if not all) of the games. In fact, all of the numbered games from now will at least something in the game will be called Bahamut
February 26th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Final Fantasy 2 is the only game that doesn’t have Bahamut anywhere in it.
As for the strategy, you should use the Defend-command on all the characters when the counter reaches zero. Although, you’ve best to wait till you get a full party again before you try again. ;D
February 26th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
There are items called moon curtains and light curtains that cast reflect on your party members when used and one lasts longer than the other when used, although I can’t remember which one. This could help if you find you don’t have enough time to cast the spell on everyone. Also, the Behemoths are technically boss battles and when they’re killed they don’t come back. You can even leave the cave and rest and march back down without worrying about them.
February 28th, 2008 at 12:47 am
I held off on reading this until after the battle I wrote about tonight, but thanks for the info.
At some point I really should take a look at all those random fangs and curtains and stuff that I’ve collected. I bet some of them might be kind of useful.
Bahamut and me are buddies now, so bring him on! We’ll take him in any game! He should be a Pokemon. I’d fry his butt there too. Pikachu!!!!!!!