Ayakashi is a superboss in Final Fantasy XV fought during the Dead General Strikes Down the King hunt in Chapter 15.
Bestiary[]
- An exceptionally brutal specimen spotted on the outskirts of Lestallum, this daemon is responsible for many a hunter's demise. While it bears a striking resemblance to other yojimbo, its unique coloration and overwhelming power suggest this daemon deserves a category all its own.
- Size: 9.28 ft. Weight: 679.4 lb.
Hunt[]
| Name | Location | Rank | Type | Mark | Habitat | Level | Reward | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead General Strikes Down the King | Lestallum – Surgate's Beanmine (Chapter 15) | 1 |   | Ayakashi x1 | Kelbass Grasslands (Nighttime) | 99 | 42,000 gil, Ribbon | ★★★★★ |
Stats[]
Battle[]
Ayakashi is one of the most powerful hunts. It uses both physical and magical attacks. It employs magical Ice-elemental attacks capable of inflicting Frozen status, and Dark-elemental attacks.
Its long blood-stained katana has great range and speed, slicing in various directions. Two of the ayakashi's attacks are capable of inflicting Instant Death, but can be blocked and parried. One such attack strikes straight forward, as if to impale its target. The other is after an iai strike charge; the draw attack can instantly kill any member of the party that stands in its radius of effect.
Instant Death attack.
It can charge its katana with darkness then plunge it into the ground, summoning spikes of miasma to shoot up from the ground. It can impale Noctis on its katana, lift him off the ground, then slam him down. Among its brethren, ayakashi has the fastest miasma blink-jump attack, after which it crosses blades with Noctis. The player must mash the attack button in response to the QTE. As a ranged attack, it unveils the bag at its belt to shower the party with a "Gil Toss".
Ayakashi is weak to polearms and firearms and buffs from Ignis's Enhancement. It is fought at the bottom of a crater whose rocks make for point-warp spots and the player can recover HP by crouching behind them.
Strategy[]
The party should be equipped with Safety Bit and Ribbon accessories to remove ayakashi's ability to inflict Instant Death. The party can also eat food that provides Death-Defying (Fettini di Cernia at Altissia or Tide Grouper Carpaccio at camp) or wear the Medjay Assassin's Robe attire.
It is advised to stock on curatives and Phoenix Downs. As ayakashi is a daemon, one can charge into battle with it just before sunrise, and once day breaks, it will continually lose HP. Ayakashi's attacks are relatively straightforward and the player should stay on the defensive to prepare to block and parry, hopefully comboing into a link-strike with a nearby ally. Equipping Trident of the Oracle can prevent depletion of the player's MP. If the player has Ardyn's Ensemble for Noctis from playing "Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn", it immunizes against dark damage making it great against any daemon.
Though the ayakashi resists elemental damage, the player can still use Venomcast magic to inflict Poison (although the player should then have poison-protection on their own party or they will be infected as well). The player should use Armiger/Armiger Unleashed and Ignis's Overwhelm whenever possible.
Playing as Prompto still deals damage while staying outside of the ayakashi's attack range.
The player can also character-swap to Prompto and shoot from the edges of the battle area to stay out of the ayakashi's range; the accessory that gives infinite machine gun fire (The Clever's Talisman) can be especially useful.
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Etymology[]
Ayakashi (妖?) is the collective name for yōkai that appear above the surface of some body of water.