This game truly impressed me the longer I played it. The first few hours were pretty lackluster to be honest but I kept going. It got very interesting around the “tree”. I really liked the fact that after you defeat Mordagon, the game “ends” and the credits roll, but yet the story continues and you discover the ACTUAL true enemy that you need to stop. The writing is simple, yet genius at the same time. Great game
Better yet that explains why Mordegon destroyed the Lantern before Calasmos had a chance to break free out of his seal. Because only the luminary could defeat Calasmos. That’s why they had to seal him since Erdwin got betrayed by brainwashed Morcant.
Because the Luminary's damage output with 2H is comparable if not better, and also more reliable, and on top of that he outclasses Erik in defense and utility.
Tried using those..it's good but greg/hendrik with parallax does more damage in the 3ds version. I am using both him and camus/erik but the luminary and hendrik/greg have better damage output at least in the 3ds version.
@Daiyaan Slamang nah it's ok. I beat him while using divide and fatal flash with the dual wielding swords for x6 damage. It only worked on his second phase that way and only hit for x2 on his first form and other enemies. Some weird glitch
They made this boss so bad ass. And the post boss is awesome too. Very memorable villains. I surely will never forget them as bosses. He'll they kicked my ass 😂
Did it on 47, It was super tight, had to juggle my line up for specific abilities constantly, with several incredibly close calls. Felt immensely satisfied in what I did! But no more dumb bragging from me, this was probably my favorite game of the year (casually ignoring the switch remaster was a new game lol)
Because of my party (hero, Erik, Sylvando, Rab) as soon as Hero and Rab die, it’s pretty much over unless I find some Yggdrasil leaves but those are super rare.
I beat him first try when my party was around level 53. I used the luminary, Erik (using divide and mountainmover, as well as the cobra strike and victimiser combo), Sylvando (hustle dance for healing, oomphle for luminary and erik, and attacking), and Serena (main healer, offensive spells, and debuffs). If you cast mountainmover and do the cobra strike victimiser combo with Erik, you can deal insane damage, given he's stong enough and you have those abilities (you'll need to be using knives). But yeah this fight was still tricky, luckily if you play it safe, you won't even wipe out your first party
I was level 55. I used luminary,hendrick,rab, and sylvando. I would buff hendrick and luminary's attack, use multiheal when low, and use some of my strongest attacks. After a couple rounds of that his first form was defeated.
@@misterrhombus it's been a while since I played so unfortunately I don't have a lot of details. From what I remember, you have two options. 1 is to have the luminary be a main source of damage using his specials and spells. 2 is to have Erik's combos be a main source of damage (very effective), which requires more setting up. I'm pretty sure you can track down certain items that increase Erik's accuracy and chances of poisoning enemies.
Killed at first try. Luminary, Hendrik (tanks) and Rab, Serena (healers). Level 50 with best armor you can find at this point in the game. Just Unbridled Blade the bastards and use Multiheal, Magic Barrier and Kabuff.
Dude, it's a Dragon Quest. Check out Final Boss music for first Dragon Quest games... I kinda do like this music. Surely, i love epic Final Boss themes like FFVIII, FFIX, Tales of Destiny 2 (Wheel Of Fortune, that's the song name), Etrian Odyssey V... But i still do like this tune. Sounds the same as Shin Megami Tensei IV Final Boss music.
The voice acting surprised me, but I'm glad they try new thimgs while still keeping things like multiple forms, surprise main bosses and doublr bosses alive
When I fought Mordegon for the first time, Luminary (named Elliot in my first complete playthrough) was level 99, and my party members' levels were above 70.
Did this on strong monsters about 10 levels lower than you. Lost to the first form twice but beat his 2nd phase in one attempt. Such an intense battle... I was running out of MP on almost every member. If it wasn't for Wild Side, I would have lost
@@AzureFIame kinda cringe when these people brag about their accomplishments in a turn based video game, especially on a video you probably made for fun.
@@gamerprince-tl5hg "Did this on strong monsters about 10 levels lower than you" That's literally bragging, in a turn based single player video game no less. Why feel the need to go out of your way and say it like that? It's just cringe.
@@Ribcut i genuinely dont understand why this bothers u enough to call it cringe but whatever man i would hope you got over it in the past year you posted that comment lol
Here’s a tip for people. Line up , Sylvano, Luminary, Hendrickson, and Arab Focus on Swords for Luminary, Greatswords for Hendrik, Whatever for the other two tbh Turn Rab to fight Wisely and spam oomphle on Luminary and Hendrickson for max damage
Why no shield or extra wand for Serena? I just beat this boss yesterday. Was definitely a doozy. It's interesting seeing other ppl's equipment. I had hero with greatsword, Hendrick with shield+axe, serena with dual wand, jade with spear.
@@SquallLion90 Ha awesome. It just felt right, though I did initially want hero to go sword+shield for DQ8 nostalgia. I haven't played in a while after this point. I got whooped by that crystal ground crawler thing and it demotivated me haha.
I beat him on my first attempt, all of my characters were past level 60 at that point after farming Hardy Hands at the Manglegrove whalestation after beating Gildygga
The most balanced overall level I'd suggest for the party is 60 because it seems like most people in the comments seem to be nearly getting killed if their party isn't near that level.
Probably from about 48-58 is where you should be when you get to him which should be fine if you have a good build for everyone and don’t make dumb mistakes
I was level 60 so I kinda got by without any trouble which is annoying because I really like tough fights it’s more memorable. I just had Hendrix spam Kabul and magic barrier, sylvando for hustle dance and gold rush and hero and jade for damage output
I got to the twin dragon stage of this fight, but couldn't get past that. What would you all say is the best tactic to use at that point? I'm not quite as high level as in the video, but I think I should be high enough.
I've been trying to beat this for a few days I think I should just step back and level up Edit: I beat him a while ago and I gotta say slowing down and leveling up really helps, I no longer had to give a arm and a leg to get close.
I beat the first boss with no problem but the I struggled on the second one. 😂 Got jade and rab dead. But after checking this I felt bad for my weak characters. 😂
Yeah it works alright, I was tired with the 4th boss fight in Drustan's trials, I kept going over the required turns, then I switched everyone to fight wisely and had my meal, when I went back I actually won! And the number of turns are just right.
Damn, how did he not use red mist and not be impervious to sap? Every time i tried on ps5 i got raped by red mist and was never able to lower his defense
Mordrgon cast zing if you defeat lord of shadows first lol It wasn’t too bad but I thought it was funny, actually thought it would end the fight if I finished him first
I beat em yesterday first try level 49, it was not hard, i used luminary, Hendrick,Sylvando and Serana(ofc she is a beast), crapped my pants after focusing on head and seeing the other cast Zing XD, after hendrick ran out of mp switched him for jade who buffed was doing close to a 1000 dmg per turn XD with the lightning kick looking attack.
I kinda wish he was harder (but that is mostly a problem with the whole game) I was like lvl.50 and didn't even use serena. Lol i had Omniheal on my hero.
I think is one of the few times I think the English dub of a Japanese source material is way way better than the Japanese dub. The Japanese acting especially for mordegon is so flat compared to this performance!
I actually did the metal king slime grind before i went into the castle , it's a tedious grind but it jumps all the characters up 3 levels each time you kill one.
You can use a pep up with sylvando, yourself, and jade and then use spectacle show/electro light. Doing so has a 75% chance of summoning metal slimes. Depending on your level, it could range from liquid metal slimes to the ultra rare vicious metal king slime + vicious liquid metal slime combo. I recommend that both jade and serena equip spears and know the skill that does critical or nothing, because these things are prone to run away. Another way is to go to tatsunaga's lair and run into the bloody hands. Hardy hands sometimes show up alongside them, and they give A LOT of exp. However, they act like metal slimes, are hard to hit, have a high defense, and tend to run away often, but when they don't, they call for backup, which brings even more hardy hands into battle, which is VERY useful for grinding. I did this and easily got to level 68 before going up against Mordegan, crushing him with ease.
Chu Chan you have to use pep powers. With jade and I think 2 others for the metal slimes to appear. Keep in mind sometimes you get these stupid robot things which aren’t worth any experience
Tbh i liked the story until the end of act 2. Thats when it all went downhill. But ignoring act 3's existence, I'll say dragon quest xi has the best story of dragon quest franchise.
I beat em yesterday first try level 49, it was not hard, i used luminary, Hendrick,Sylvando and Serana(ofc she is a beast), crapped my pants after focusing on head and seeing the other cast Zing XD, after hendrick ran out of mp switched him for jade who buffed was doing close to a 1000 dmg per turn XD with the lightning kick looking attack.
