Mateus (Final Fantasy XII boss)

Mateus is a boss in Final Fantasy XII found guarding the Sword of Kings within the Stilshrine of Miriam. He is the second Esper to be obtained in the storyline. It is also fought in the International Zodiac Job System Trial Mode at stage 16 along with five Ice Azers.

Bestiary Entry

 * Genus: Esper
 * Classification: The Corrupt

Battle
When the party finds Mateus at the heart of the Stilshrine of Miriam, numerous Ice Azers will spawn around him. Although they are similar to Ice Elementals, they are weaker.

Mateus is protected by Reflect. Mateus's Blizzaja is difficult to counter and can inflict Sap.

Strategy
Eliminating the Ice Azers before working on Mateus is a good way to start, although at level 30-33 they will only do about 10-30 damage, so it is not necessary to destroy them. Equipping the Dawn Shard on a character comes in handy, as it will yield a wall of 0 damage from the Azers. One should be wary of using area-of-effect magick to eliminate the Elementals, as Mateus has Reflect and hitting him by accident could KO the caster.

Ice Shields and good weaponry (Lightning-elemental) will be useful. Using magick against Mateus is ill-advised, as he is constantly protected by the Reflect.

Another effective strategy is to cast Reflect on the three party members and have them cast Thundara on themselves. Since Thundara is an area-of-effect spell, it will target all three party members and be reflected to hit Mateus and score nine hits on Mateus each time. With the party's levels being in the low 30s, about three rounds of this will be enough to finish the battle.

Another simple strategy is to chain Quickenings (if available). If the party is around level 25-30, this will do about 3000-4000 damage to Mateus.

Related Enemies

 * Adrammelech
 * Belias
 * Chaos
 * Cúchulainn
 * Exodus
 * Famfrit
 * Hashmal
 * Shemhazai
 * Ultima
 * Zalera
 * Zeromus
 * Zodiark

Mateus (FFXII Boss) Mateus (Final Fantasy XII)