Diamante

Diamante is a Ba'al a Boss and major plot point in Bravely Second: End Layer. Diamante is referred as the strongest Ba'al.

Background
Diamante was one of many Ba'als created by Providence. However and unlike the rest of its brethren, Diamante's purpose may have been to destroy the people of the Moon in Fort-Lune as they constantly interfered with the Ba'al invasion into Luxendarc. Diamante successfully ravages the Moon leaving very few survivors and making it the target for Magnolia Arch's revenge.

The Ba'al after destroying the Moon falls into Luxendarc, creating the Ba'al Crater, where it is later found by Kaiser Oblivion and Anne spending most of the game imprisoned in the Skyhold.

During the end of Chapter 5, Anne who is in control of the Skyhold and used the Matriarch and Vestaling, in order to summon the Holy Pillar to create a bridge for Providence. Attempting to once more make the Moon disappear so that Providence can strike Luxendarc without the Moon's interference, she is denied by Denys as he cuts her brooch. Being left with no option Anne reanimates Diamante and the party battles it. Unsuccessful on permanently destroying the monstrosity, Denys takes it upon himself to use the compass and take himself and Diamante to the end of time itself where the beast will be unable to hurt another being, thus putting a permanent end to Diamante's threat.

Gameplay
Diamante is the last boss of Chapter 5, and can be a dangerous opponent. Diamante carries its own unique status which allows him to reflect ANY attack (physical or magical) right back at the user while taking no damage. He starts with a charge of 100% which decreases by 20% with each attack he suffers and recharges by 20% at the end of each turn. Drain attacks can entirely bypass this defense.

The player should be careful when dealing damage to Diamante as its body will glow brighter and brighter until it is shining stark white. When this happens Diamante will perform Brilliancy, its strongest Magical attack that can annihilate the party. Diamante carries other attacks and like Uroboros is capable of denying one character from performing any action except Default and Summon Friend for a couple of turns. When beaten it will restore its HP to full health and will keep any "charge" for Brilliancy that it may have.

Strategy
Diamante is tricky but many factors can make the battle easier. Debuffs should be applied to Diamante as its attacks, specially Brilliancy can hit very hard even with Default. By this time the player should have the Pirate Asterisk so this or the Patissier can work. As mentioned above, Drain attacks can bypass Diamante's protection so Steal Breath is an option. A Ninja is very good at chipping away at Diamante's barrier as they can attack twice, furthermore since Ninjas (specially when their Defense is augmented) assault opponents through Hit Count rather than high power itself, the Ninja will suffer little penalty for the reflecting.

A Hawkeye can also inflict severe damage on Diamante by exploiting its weakness. A Wizard with Rain can also easily dig through its Mirror status although one should be careful when using it on Diamante itself as it can charge his Brilliancy faster.