Changes: Nova Dragon (The After Years)

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Template:FFIV:TAY Enemies Nova Dragon, also known as Lord Dragon, is a superboss from Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Unlike Atomos or Gilgamesh, it is optional to fight it in the Depths of the True Moon.

Strategy

It is recommended to fight Nova Dragon when the party is at Level 70+ with some of the best equipment, such as Ultima Weapon and the Adamant Armor. A Black Mage must have Rapid Ring v2, while the party's White Mage should equip the Twinstars. Immediately cast Slow or use a Spider Silk on Nova Dragon to lower his speed. Nova Dragon will begin battle with Tidal Wave, which will KO characters with low HP, even at high levels. Quickly revive them with Phoenix Downs, and have a White Mage use Curaja every turn afterward. He does not use Tidal Wave twice in one turn, and always takes time to perform other attacks before using it again. He often uses Cursed Elegy, which will put the party under the Slow status. This can be remedied with Haste, but it will not impede on the party's performance too much. When they do not have to use healing items, physical fighters should use abilities such as Jump, or attack with the Ultima Weapon. A Black Mage's best spells to use are either Flare, or Meteor, which will do 5,000 - 8,000 damage to Nova Dragon, if not more with a Limit Ring. Other abilities such as the Heal Pill Ninjutsu are useful if any characters are in critical condition. Nova Dragon will sometimes use Embrace, which will petrify a character and also heal all of their HP, which can be stopped with equipment such as the Ribbon. Before dying, he will cast Meteor on the party, so the player must make certain that at least one of their characters will survive. The same strategy works better if the player has Porom with Dualcast and the Twinstars. Dualcast will allow Porom to heal the party more efficiently and use Arise to revive others simultaneously. This is especially useful when someone dies from Nova Dragon's Doom spell.

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 | EXP = None
 | Items = None
-| Abilities = Tidal Wave, [[Diamond Dust]], [[Meteor (Final Fantasy IV)|Meteor]], Cursed Elegy, [[Protect (Ability)|Protect]], [[Shell (Ability)|Shell]], Embrace, Doom
+| Abilities = [[Tsunami|Tidal Wave]], [[Diamond Dust]], [[Meteor (Final Fantasy IV)|Meteor]], Cursed Elegy, [[Protect (Ability)|Protect]], [[Shell (Ability)|Shell]], Embrace, [[Doom (Ability)|Doom]]
-| Type = Dragon
+| Type = [[Dragon (Enemy)|Dragon]]
 | Weak = None
 | Resist = [[Poison (Status)|Poison]], [[Blind (Status)|Blind]], [[Silence (Status)|Silence]], [[Pig (Status)|Pig]], [[Mini (Status)|Mini]], [[Toad (Status)|Toad]], [[Petrify (Status)|Petrify]], [[Instant Death|Death]], [[Berserk (Status)|Berserk]], [[Confuse (Status)|Confuse]], [[Sleep (Status)|Sleep]], [[Paralysis|Paralyze]], [[Curse (Status)|Curse]], [[Gradual Petrify (Status)|Gradual Petrify]]
-| Absorb = Light
+| Absorb = [[Holy (Element)|Light]]
 | info =
 | PSP = Nova Dragon
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 | PSP EXP = None
 | PSP Items = [[Ragnarok (Weapon)|Ragnarok]]
-| PSP Abilities = [[Tsunami|Tidal Wave]], [[Diamond Dust]], [[Meteor (Ability)|Meteor]], Cursed Elegy, [[Protect (Ability)|Protect]], [[Shell (Ability)|Shell]], Embrace, [Doom (Ability)|Doom], [[Atomic Ray (Ability)|Thermal Rays]], [[Maelstrom]], Venomous Gas, [[Flare (Ability)|Flare]], [[Death (Ability)|Death]]
+| PSP Abilities = [[Tsunami|Tidal Wave]], [[Diamond Dust]], [[Meteor (Ability)|Meteor]], Cursed Elegy, [[Protect (Ability)|Protect]], [[Shell (Ability)|Shell]], Embrace, [[Doom (Ability)|Doom]], [[Atomic Ray (Ability)|Thermal Rays]], [[Maelstrom]], [[Poison Gas|Venomous Gas]], [[Flare (Ability)|Flare]], [[Death (Ability)|Death]]
-| PSP Type = Dragon
+| PSP Type = [[Dragon (Enemy)|Dragon]]
 | PSP Weak = None
 | PSP Resist = [[Poison (Status)|Poison]], [[Blind (Status)|Blind]], [[Silence (Status)|Silence]], [[Pig (Status)|Pig]], [[Mini (Status)|Mini]], [[Toad (Status)|Toad]], [[Petrify (Status)|Petrify]], [[Instant Death|Death]], [[Berserk (Status)|Berserk]], [[Confuse (Status)|Confuse]], [[Sleep (Status)|Sleep]], [[Paralysis|Paralyze]], [[Curse (Status)|Curse]], [[Gradual Petrify (Status)|Gradual Petrify]]
-| PSP Absorb = Holy
+| PSP Absorb = [[Holy (Element)|Holy]]
 | PSP info =
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-'''[[Shinryu|Nova Dragon]]''', also known as '''Lord Dragon''', is a superboss from ''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]''. Unlike Atomos or Gilgamesh, it is optional to fight it in the [[Depths]] of the True Moon.
+'''[[Shinryu|Nova Dragon]]''', also known as '''Lord Dragon''', is a superboss from ''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]''. Unlike [[Atomos (The After Years)|Atomos]] or [[Gilgamesh (The After Years)|Gilgamesh]], it is optional to fight it in the [[Depths]] of the [[True Moon]].
 ==Strategy==
-It is recommended to fight  Nova Dragon when the party is at Level 70+ with some of the best equipment, such as Ultima Weapon and the Adamant Armor. A Black Mage must have Rapid Ring v2, while the party's White Mage should equip the Twinstars. Immediately cast Slow or use a Spider Silk on Nova Dragon to lower his speed. Nova Dragon will begin battle with Tidal Wave, which will KO characters with low HP, even at high levels. Quickly revive them with Phoenix Downs, and have a White Mage use Curaja every turn afterward. He does not use Tidal Wave twice in one turn, and always takes time to perform other attacks before using it again. He often uses Cursed Elegy, which will put the party under the Slow status. This can be remedied with Haste, but it will not impede on the party's performance too much. When they do not have to use healing items, physical fighters should use abilities such as Jump, or attack with the Ultima Weapon. A Black Mage's best spells to use are either Flare, or [[Meteor (Final Fantasy IV)|Meteor]], which will do 5,000 - 8,000 damage to Nova Dragon, if not more with a Limit Ring. Other abilities such as the Heal Pill Ninjutsu are useful if any characters are in critical condition. Nova Dragon will sometimes use Embrace, which will petrify a character and also heal all of their HP, which can be stopped with equipment such as the Ribbon. Before dying, he will cast Meteor on the party, so the player must make certain that at least one of their characters will survive. The same strategy works better if the player has Porom with Dualcast and the Twinstars. Dualcast will allow Porom to heal the party more efficiently and use Arise to revive others simultaneously. This is especially useful when someone dies from Nova Dragon's [[Doom (Ability)|Doom]] spell.
+It is recommended to fight  Nova Dragon when the party is at Level 70+ with some of the best equipment, such as [[Ultima Weapon (Weapon)|Ultima Weapon]] and the [[Adamant Armor|Adamant Armor]]. A [[Black Mage (Job)|Black Mage]] must have Rapid Ring v2, while the party's White Mage should equip the Twinstars. Immediately cast [[Slow (Ability)|Slow]] or use a [[Spider's Silk|Spider Silk]] on Nova Dragon to lower his speed. Nova Dragon will begin battle with [[Tsunami|Tidal Wave]], which will [[Knocked Out|KO]] characters with low HP, even at high levels. Quickly revive them with [[Phoenix Down]]s, and have a [[White Mage]] use [[Curaja]] every turn afterward. He does not use Tidal Wave twice in one turn, and always takes time to perform other attacks before using it again. He often uses Cursed Elegy, which will put the party under the [[Slow (Status)|Slow]] status. This can be remedied with [[Haste (Status)|Haste]], but it will not impede on the party's performance too much. When they do not have to use healing items, physical fighters should use abilities such as [[Jump (Ability)|Jump]], or attack with the Ultima Weapon. A Black Mage's best spells to use are either [[Flare (Ability)|Flare]], or [[Meteor (Final Fantasy IV)|Meteor]], which will do 5,000 - 8,000 damage to Nova Dragon, if not more with a Limit Ring. Other abilities such as the [[Heal Pill]] [[Ninjutsu (The After Years)|Ninjutsu]] are useful if any characters are in critical condition. Nova Dragon will sometimes use Embrace, which will petrify a character and also heal all of their HP, which can be stopped with equipment such as the [[Ribbon (Equipment)|Ribbon]]. Before dying, he will cast Meteor on the party, so the player must make certain that at least one of their characters will survive. The same strategy works better if the player has [[Porom]] with [[Dualcast]] and the Twinstars. Dualcast will allow Porom to heal the party more efficiently and use [[Arise]] to revive others simultaneously. This is especially useful when someone dies from Nova Dragon's [[Doom (Ability)|Doom]] spell.
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