Tales of Eternia- Boss 9: Celsius [NIND/Hardcore Mode]

No Items, No Death Geez, what a pain. Celsius is definitely one of the harder battles of the run mainly because she has two instant-death attacks- Maximum Burst and Absolute. While they can both be both dodged and outright avoided, it’s difficult to stop them. Absolute is easily the more dangerous of the two, since she casts it nearly instantly and tends to target Meredy and Keele. She activates Maximum Burst after performing a knockback attack, but considering there are two melee’s on the field it is almost required to do some manual switching of positions in order to make sure everyone is safe. Her Beast’s have a LOT of range, and the third on kills anyone it hits. Considering the first two capture you in stunlock, there is no choice but to get everyone out of since you can’t move the casters when they’re casting then you have to fight Celsius as far from them as possible. Besides Absolute and and Maximum Burst (both which can happen multiple times), it’s just a case of staying on her and making sure she doesn’t get much breathing room. I lost a bunch of times controlling Reid until I watched the AI Reid, Meredy, and Keele hold her off during one of the “waiting to die so I can reload“ moments. They actually almost killed her while staying relatively untouched until I stopped then switched to Farah and Twin Palm Strike’d her into oblivion. A tough ass fight indeed.... dat Celsius VA is pretty cool though *PUNched*