Phrekyos

Phrekyos is one of two added superbosses in the 20th Anniversary and iOS versions of Final Fantasy II. He is summoned by Deumion who uses him to test the worthiness of the party. Once the party defeats Phrekyos, they are given the choice of fighting Deumion or requesting a weapon from him.

Strategy
Phrekyos's stats depend on that of the party's, his HP being 150% that of the character with the most HP in the party, making him a mighty foe. He can cast magic spells, but will use severe physical attacks more often than other attacks. Raise your defenses with Shell, Protect, and Blink to combat this. His physical attacks can also instantly kill your characters if they are not protected. Since he is resistant to spells, it's better to hit him with physical attacks. Use Haste and Berserk to increase the damage dealt. Another stratagy can be used if one of your characters has the Osmose spell and it's a decent level. You can easily steal all of his MP in one turn with a Osmose that's around level 10. This instantly renders him weak as he will only be able to attack. Note that his attack is still strong and it's advised to still use Protect with this strategy, however since he can only hit one character per turn now, he will be much less dangerous.

Related enemies

 * Deumion