Mindflayer (Final Fantasy XII)

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--- Statistics  - HP      | MP  | STR | MAG | VIT | SPD | ATK | DEF | MRES | EVA | LP | CP 31161    | 999 | 32  | 26  | 74  | 19  | 49  | 15  | 26   | 4   | 18 | 3150 ---

- Elemental Resistance Fire  | Lightning |   Ice   |  Earth  |  Water  |  Wind  |  Holy  |  Dark Half  |   Half    |   Half  |  Half   |  Half   |  Half  |  Half  |  Half ---

Status --- Blind   |     Sleep     |      Slow      |   Silence    |    Poison Yes    |    Immune     |      Yes       |    Immune    |    Immune ---    Confuse   |      Oil      |    Disable     |     Stop     |     Sap Immune   |    Immune     |     Immune     |    Immune    |    Immune ---    Berserk   |    Disease    |   Immobilize   |   Reverse    | Yes    |    Immune     |     Immune     |    Immune    | ---

Steal: Pebble, Float Mote, Vanishga Mote ---

Skills --- 1. Dark Shock - Inflicts varies Harmful status such as Sap, Blind, ect.. 2. Invert - Switches targets HP and MP 3. Stop - Inflicts Stop 4. Drain - Drains targets life and adds it to own 5. Fira/Blizzara/Thundara 6. Soul Etude - Fully Restores HP, uses once 7. Hero's March - Buffs with Bravery, Faith, Haste, Protect and Shell 8. Mystery Waltz - ?? 9. Bio - Non-elemental, inflicts sap

Passive:

Ignores Reflect Last Stand Gun/Bomb Defense ---

-  Location  - Henne Mines/Phase 1 Dig

SE corner, must have full MP when you enter the area. Note that it's Phase 1 Dig and NOT Phase 1 >Shaft<

-  Strategy  - Level 23 - Recommended 30+

He isn't too bad. He spends most of his time casting black magic and sometimes inflicting Stop. If all 3 get stopped try to switch someone in to start curing it. He can use Invert so just queue up Curaga on his target when you see it. He has a trick up his sleeve called Soul Etude which he'll use at critical to fully restore his HP as well as buff up with Hero's March. He will only do this once per fight though.

The easiest way to do this is to inflict berserk and blind(as well as slow if you wish). Also if needed you can Decoy 1 melee and have 2 others a range and this takes the AoE of the spells out of the picture. This is the basic party and strategy I use throughout the whole guide. He has very high defense at critical so try using Defense ignoring attacks such as magick or techs.

About Soul Etude - Soul Etude/March/Waltz seem to be a part of a package that is used once so if you interupt it by say berserking it before it can finish casting them it may be able to use soul etude again.