Orphan (final boss)

Orphan's second form is the final boss of Final Fantasy XIII. Orphan's true form is revealed after its shell is destroyed by the player party. Defeating Orphan completes the game.

Strategy
If the player wishes to change their paradigms and equipment, pause the game and select Retry. If the strategy listed on the previous battle article was followed, there should not be any need to change anything.

Orphan starts the battle by casting Doom on the party leader. While Doom will last three times longer than normal, the time limit imposed is very strict as the player is required to remove its 3,390,000 HP to win the battle. To make it more difficult, Orphan is immune to all forms of damage unless it is staggered.

Due to the impending Doom status, shift straight to Relentless Assault (Commando-Ravager-Ravager) and begin charging Orphan's chain gauge. None of Orphan's attacks hit for any major damage, however there is one attack in particular that causes Pain and Fog. It may be too time-consuming to heal these status ailments with a medic, so instead heal one of these with the Painkiller or Mallet items respectively. Occasionally shift to Combat Clinic (Sentinel-Medic-Medic) if a party member's HP runs too low, then quickly shift back to Relentless Assault to continue charging up the chain gauge.

Once Orphan is staggered, it is vulnerable to damage. shift to the Aggression paradigm (Commando-Commando-Ravager). Orphan can be launched, but can still damage party members when in the air. Don't hesitate to use Combat Clinic if it is necessary to do so, even if Orphan is staggered. When Orphan recovers from Stagger, shift back to Relentless Assault and start charging his chain gauge again. Depending on the strength of the party, Orphan may be required to be staggered up to three times to deal enough damage to defeat it.

Defeating Orphan will grant a final Crystarium Expansion for all character roles and the Instrument of Change Trophy/Achievement will be obtained.

Superstar
To receive the Superstar Trophy/Achievement, one must defeat Orphan's second form with a five-star battle rating. This is most likely to be too difficult to obtain in the first attempt. It is wiser to leave this trophy/achievement until the party have mastered their three primary roles. By then the party is able to defeat Orphan with the first stagger period. Equipping the Gold Watch accessory prior to battle will increase the target time, which will make obtaining Superstar easier. In addition, Orphan loses its immunity to Instant Death when it is staggered, so the player can gamble with Vanille casting Death upon a staggered Orphan to quickly end the battle. Death's chance of hitting greatly increases when the enemy is in stagger

Related Enemies

 * Orphan (First Form)
 * Anima
 * Dahaka
 * Barthandelus

Trivia

 * You can boost staggering proccess by assigning Lightning to battle team and giving her Ravager role. Be sure to learn her Army of One, because it greatly icreases chaining and deals damage before Stagger.