Aster Protoflorian (Final Fantasy XIII)

Aster Protoflorian is a boss from Final Fantasy XIII. One of the Sanctum's bio-weapons created in the Gapra Whitewood, Lightning and Hope face it as they make their way to Palumpolum.

Strategy
Begin by having Lightning use Libra, possibly twice; this will help a lot later in the battle. The default Paradigm should be set to Supersoldier (COM + SYN) so that Hope can immediately buff Lightning and himself with Protect and Shell. When this is done, shift to Slash & Burn (COM + RAV) to start building the chain gauge. When the gauge reaches around 120%, switch to Dualcasting (RAV + RAV) to build it up faster. At the start of the battle, the Protoflorian halves all elemental damage, but about a minute into the battle, it will start "Exoproofing" itself, shifting its elemental affinities to absorb one element, but making itself weak against its opposite. If it uses either Exoproofing Thunder or Exoproofing Water, take advantage of it by having Lightning switch to Ravager and use Water/Aquastrike or Thunder/Sparkstrike respectively. You must also have the War & Peace (COM + MED) Paradigm set up so that Hope can heal. Once the creature is staggered, you can start doing some real damage (Launch helps immensely here), though it will likely not be defeated during the first stagger.

Summoning Odin while it is staggered is also an option, but is not recommended because constant Launched attack chains will do more damage overall.

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 * Manasvin Warmech
 * Anavatapta Warmech
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