Final Fantasy XII HD Remaster: Zodiark Boss Fight (Secret Esper) (1080p) 

Like a Leaf in the Wind More like pragmatic, like fuck the usual slow start bullshit I'm taking you fuckers out now.

Always wondered why people never use their strongest attack first. - Sans

Not as bad as Final Echlipse tho

Strongest attack? That's just him tipping his fedora.

In an alternate universe somewhere...Zodiark is a Wal Mart door greeter.

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

Zatoh 😂😂😂

LOL! Big things come in small packages ;)

Remember: Zodiark was kept in a state of eternal youth in order to keep him from growing too powerful. Had he been allowed to age, I'm sure he would appear much more imposing

Finally someone know Ivalice lore

Bob Sanders 8

You know whats up.

Or, you know, don't go there underleveled or underequipped. Darkja does random KOs, but it also just does a lot of damage. So if at least one of the characters can survive that, they should be fine.

equip black mask for one character so he absorb darkja and stay alive

The 50% Instant Death still pierces through absorption.

Same, and I don't know HOW I beat it on the first try. It was the purest form of a fluke

What worries me are those long halls with also insane enemies just to get to it. Good times.

@@lcsmirk6257 I beat it first try too...I also believe mine was a fluke lol

@@artyomxiii Especially those green grim reaper ones in the final hallway before it

Well, have u met yiazmat...?

I feel ya :(

same, got 3 characters in the 80s, still triple ko'd 90%of the time. had an easier time on the hellwyrm.

The trick to the fight is to try to one hit ko him with a Black hole limitbreak.

here let me help 0:46

Whats the Problem? you can change the 3 dead people with the other 3 after the attack???

Yep. That’s the scary thing about it. All of the other espers were sealed because they rebelled against the gods. Zodiark was sealed because the gods feared that it would become too powerful.

I think you mean yiazmat

@@FunkyBrawlerYT ould be also hell wyrm

C Colagross same

I think his Phoenix-like form is him temporarily leaving his eternal youth. He was kept eternally young to prevent him from growing too powerful

So glad someone else finally commented on this! You’d think someone recording a battle for RU-vid would know exactly what they’re doing but so many them flair around madly in the menu like they’re having a seizure. I don’t understand.

Well well

He cast Darkja as I read this comment

That’s what I did for Ultima. I thought I was about to have my ass handed to me, but I pressed on and just kept chipping away at her hp with attacks and quickenings. Then it happened. I won.

I did realize that from gilgamesh 2nd fight and behemoth king, haven't beat yiazmat until now though

shangaiify hardest?meh omega mark more harder than this

I'm seeing a severe lack of love for Yiazmat in this general area

Dark Villian took me 16 straight hours to beat Yiazmat. And that’s excluding the failed attempts 😂

Demon shield absorbs darkness literally healing your team more than half the time. This fight with three of those shields equipped is a laugh.

@@jbac5767 shows you haven't actually played the game. The spell has a huge chance of insta ko no amount of bone armour or demon shields help with that

Meanwhile, GIL TOSS GOES BRRRRRR

@@TakeshiMitsuhide Once the physical pailing goes up gil toss wont work its consired physical by game standards your only best way is using magic or summonings.

Marito Adiwijaya Snake is Zodiark itself. Metal thing around him is his cage holding him back.

LittleMopeHead It's preety much the same on ps4. There is no autosave chance before Zodiark battle. You have to restart since the previous area AND recollect all the items especially renew

Thought the ps4 version was pussified in terms of difficulty?

This fight is a joke with demon shield. I just cleared the game at 98%. This shit was easy. Demon shield.

I did it on PS2. This fight was a royal pain in the ass for that reason. I kept at it though and eventually won.

PS2 vanilla version FF12 were much more harder than IZJS and ZA, game has damage cap 9999, no OP weapon (which only available after IZJS and ZA), no buff weapon, armors and accessories stats plus less additional effect, no game x2/x4 speed up, more difficult obtain specific loot item and weapon since drop and spawn rate entirely different than the rest of two.

I mean it isn't tho, there's no insta-kill chance in Holyja, the only thing that makes it hard is the mechanic. You could just tank the quickening with Holy mask / robe, but her basic attack inflicts reverse (which can be countered with Esuna & remedy gambit) and you have to switch tactic from time to time because of the restrictions mechanic and the incurable HP & MP Sap

Ultima is annoying to fight because of the shifting battle conditions. Reverse caught me off guard the first time too.

"Base game" does not mean "original version".

No way anyone found that fun back than

Yeah the original version was the real challenge! The fight was brutal, pure luck based

Keep in mind that the original Zodiark from this game is still an _infant_

lmao, that sucks.

ouch.

Same here.but i managed to defeat yiazmat in second try tough

never use renew, use curaja haha.

Yiazmat was easy it was just a battle of attrition. It took me 8hrs lol but I got him

Lololol 😂

Not even black mask absorb that shit

yes x3. Well, the animation plays, but they're still invisible.

Now that the moon is a thing , his Final Eclipse could be how Zodiark arrives in FFXIV

ff14 zodiark is entirely seperate from the Ivalice counterpart

@@jonasfadi8213 I'm aware, but most of the recurring characters keep many if their design features. Obviously in this case that didn't happen and that's okay. FFXII Zodiark just has a neat design.

Why wouldn’t a boss use its strongest move on the first moment tho? Are you waiting for it to be beaten up beforehand?

No Darkja just has a chance to insta kill regardless if you absorb dark or not. That's why you enter this fight with just 1 character since he always starts with Darkja then bring everyone in after. Also the shield your looking for is the demon shield.

b1acksteve ah. It was a long time ago since i did this fight. Couldnt remember exact details of it.

Thank you, I couldn't remember entirely what Darkja did but i did remember it either worked or you just got killed. I always started with 1 character after my first few attempts with him after reading a guide back in like 06.

No Problem

Demon shield and black masks. I know this is 6yrs old

Exactly!

That's because they made the zodiac age easier apparently, big mistake in my eyes but each to their own.

Yeah, big mistake of mine back then

Wait, flare is a castable spell?

Larsen Griffin This video will help. It shows you what to do, and also what NOT to do. One obvious case of the latter is at the start of the fight. NEVER enter the fight with a full party (like what they did here) because Zodiark *_will_* kick off with Darkja every time the fight starts. Another good idea is equip stuff that negates/absorbs Dark elemental attacks. In the original, I had Black Mask and Bubble Belt on EVERYONE, including reserves in case Zodiark got lucky with the instakill effect and wiped the first crew. You can't stop it, but you CAN do something about the raw HP damage Darkja inflicts. Absorbing it is the best way as those who survive the side effect go back to full HP. Also, try and use a Quickening immediately once you see Zodiark use Shift, because after that point he erects the Paling - and KEEPS it up for the rest of the fight (though I got super lucky one time and managed to use a regular attack to kill him after he dropped the Paling. Don't count on this happening with you). After the Paling goes up, your best bet is to use non-elemental spells to hit him. Also DO NOT LET HIM KEEP REFLECT! That buff can bite you in the ass if you don't Dispel it immediately.

cameraREDeye Also if you use dark absorbing on everyone on your team then Zodiark will use Darkja twice as much. So have Black masks on 4 characters instead of all 6

Not with all those traps littered across the arena.

Still feels too long to deal with him lol

Not really.

Total n00b this guy am I right?

Henne Mines have tough enemies in its back end

How about the YOUNGEST

I think there is a statue of him in the game, it's hard to tell but it's definitely not a fish lol

Hell wyrm too bro 😊

Elite tier hunts against the likes of Fafnir and Behemoth King is a great challenge for the late game, especially for people who are not into level grinding. All the hunts involving the depts of Pharos Subterra