RE: Chrono Trigger
Bosses and Enemies
Lavos has several defenses that must be eliminated in a certain order, so your key to victory is knowing what to attack and when to do it. Always keep your party healthy with spells and elixirs. Break Lavos's Revive spell and speed up your progress in the battle by destroying his arms first. The highest priority throughout the battle is keeping your party healthy with Cure 2 spells. After Lavos is cut down to the core, concentrate your party's attacks on the humanoid body first. After the humanoid center of the Lavos Core is destroyed, target the tough floating pod on the right. Depending on who is in your party will and when you defeat Lavos, you could see one of twelve different endings.
To beat Lavos easily, just crash Epoch, which will kill the shell. Then put Crono, Ayla, and Lucca on your team. Use Luminaire and Blaze kick on the robot. When fighting Lavos Core, Triple Kick the left bit, then Luminaire and Blaze Kick the right Lavos Bit. If your really strong, you can defeat Lavos before he can be revived.
To beat Lavos with out even getting hit, use Crono, Lucca, and Ayla when they're on level 99. Use triple kick on the far left guy, then use Luminaire to knock out the middle Lavos. Now, just Blaze Kick the last Lavos bit and Luminaire him. He'll be dead in no time!!
To fight against Son of Sun easier, use "black hole" of Magus and the fire which are not the one to be attacked will be pulled away by the "black hole". "black hole" can only pull away 2 of the fire. But this has become the most favorable thing as there will only be three fire balls, and each character can attack one of the fire, i.e., ONE OF THE CHARACTERS MUST BE ABLE TO ATTACK THE ONE WHICH HAS TO BE ATTACKED.
The entry form is like this:
Name: (enemy name)
Preferred Characters: (original names are used. If this doesn't appear, you have no choice who to fight the boss with. When I say Anubis, I mean the Secret Character, although that isn't his real name. I'm keeping it secret for those who haven't found him.)
Weaknesses: (If the boss is weak against anything, it appears here. Also shows : Strengths against an element).
Strategy: (How to kill the boss),
Name: Yakara
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Have Crono and Frog use X-Cut while Lucca uses Flame Toss. If one of your characters is low on HP, have Lucca use Tonics on him or her, then resume with Flame Toss. Yakara has about 1000 HP.
Name: Dragon Tank
Weaknesses: Head is shielded from Fire and Water attacks.
Strategy: First, have Crono kill the head with normal attacks. Lucca can shoot it or heal Crono with Tonics. After the head dies, have Crono hit the wheel and body with his Slash attack while Lucca shoots the Wheel or uses Flame Toss and keeps the party's HP up.
Name: Guardian Bit
Weaknesses: None, strong against Fire.
Strategy: First, kill the small Bits on the sides. If you attack the main enemy while these are alive, it will counter-attack with either Delta Attack, which does about 50 points of damage to everyone in your party, or AmpliFire, which does about 80 points to one person. After the bits are dead, the Guardian will count down from five before reviving them. Attack it with your weapons. When the bits come back, repeat the process.
Name: Krawlie
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Use your most powerful techs on Krawlie. I cannot give you specifics, because there are many different times at which you can fight him. He doesn't have much HP, though, so keep up the pressure and he shouldn't live long.
Name: R Series
Preferred Characters: Lucca and Crono
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Have Lucca and Crono use their Fire Whirl combo on the center robot of the first line twice. Two whirls kill the line (Since Fire Whirl kills surrounding enemies). After the first line dies, recover your characters completely and repeat the process on the second line.
Name: Heckran
Preferred Characters: Crono, Lucca, and Marle
Weaknesses: Magic. Strong against all forms of physical attack.
Strategy: Have Lucca and Marle use their Antipode combo on Heckran while Crono uses Lightning. When he says Go ahead! Try and attack, DON'T attack. Use Crono's and Marle's Aura Whirl combo to recover the party's HP while Lucca uses Ethers to recover the party's MP. When you get a a breif Counterattack break, continue using Antipode and Lightning. It shouldn't take long to dispose of Heckran.
Name: Zombor
Preferred Characters: Crono, Lucca, and Marle
Weaknesses: Bottom Half- fire; Top Half- ice.
Strategy: Dispose of the bottom quickly with Lucca's Fire spell or (If you have it) Lucca and Crono's Fire Sword dual tech. When Zombor uses his RDoom Doom Doom DoomS attack, recover as quickly as possible with Aura Whirl. After the bottom dies, use Ice on the top half until it dies too.
Name: Masa and Une
Preferred Characters: Crono, Marle, Robo
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Concentrate your attacks on Masa, the one on the right. Have Marle and Robo use their Ice Tackle dual tech while Crono uses Spincut or keeps the party's health up. He shouldn't take too long.
Name: MasaMune
Preferred Characters: Crono, Marle, Robo
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Have Robo and Marle use Ice Tackle. Crono should use Spincut or recover the party with Mid Tonics. If you get the message, Restoring Tornado Energy's, have Crono use his Slash attack to negate it. Repeat this process until MasaMune dies.
Name: Nizbel
Preferred Characters: Crono, Alya, Robo
Weaknesses: Thunder
Strategy: Have Crono use Lightning to drop Nizbel's defense, then have Robo and Alya do strong
Dual Techs. Have Crono use Spincut. Keep attacking until Nizbel discharges the energy. Then, have Robo and Alya heal the party with Cure Beam and Kiss. When the party is completely recovered, repeat the process.
Name: Slash
Preferred Characters: Crono, Frog, Marle
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Have Marle cast Haste on everyone while Crono and Frog use X-Cut. This strategy works both times you fight him.
Name: Flea
Preferred Characters: Crono, Frog, Marle
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Use a Barrier on Marle. Have Crono and Frog use X-Cut while Marle uses Ice. Carry a lot of Heals in case Flea uses his/her Waltz of the Wind. Ignore poison attacks and concentrate on keeping all your characters controllable.
Name: Ozzie
Preferred Characters: Any
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Don't hit Ozzie himself. Movethe cursor and attack the handles. When you hit the fourth, a hole will appear under Ozzie.
Name: Magus
Preferred Characters: Crono, Frog, Robo
Weaknesses: Varies
Strategy: This is not an easy battle. Magus' weaknesses will change constantly. Watch what he is weak against. If he is weak against Water, use Frog and Crono's Sword Steam combo. If he is weak against Shadow, use Crono and Robo's Rocket Roll Combo. Otherwise, keep your HP up and have Frog attack with the Masamune. When you get the message RMagus risks casting a spell, S raise your HP to max and start using Crono, Frog, and Robo's Triple Raid Delta attack. This should be able to inflict heavy damage on him. Do that until he uses DarkMatter, his strongest attack. After that, heal and repeat the process. For the record, he has between 6,500 and 6,750 HP.
Name: Nizbel II
Preferred Characters: Crono, Alya, and Lucca
Weakness: Thunder
Strategy: First, have Crono use Lightning on Nizbel. Then, have Alya use her most powerful tech and Lucca throw Napalm at Nizbel. When Crono recovers, have him and Alya use their Falcon Cut combo, and Lucca throw more Napalm. Repeat this process until Nizbel II discharges his stored energy. After that, Recover your HP and repeat the process.
Name: Azala and Black Tyrano
Preferred Characters: Crono, Alya, Lucca
Weaknesses: Azala- Thunder, Black Tyrano- None
Strategy: You should have all three characters equipped with Ruby Vests for this battle. First, go after Azala. Use Crono's Lightning while Alya and Lucca use their Flame Kick combo. Keep your HP and MP high with Mid Ethers and Full Tonics. After Azala buys the farm, Wait until you see the message Removes Def., Is storing power. Then a countdown from Five will start. Use Crono and Alya's Falcon Hit on the Tyrano while Lucca uses Mid and Full Tonics to max out your party's HP. If you manage to get your party's HP to max before the Tyrano has counted down, have Lucca throw Napalm. When the Tyrano reaches 0, he uses a powerful Fire attack on your whole group (That is why you should have Ruby Vests equipped). Recover your HP quickly, because the Tyrano will grab a character with it. Use tongue and chomp him or her to regain some of it's HP. Then it will start counting down again. Repeat the proccess until the Tyrano dies. It will take quite a bit, because the Tyrano and Azala have over 10,000 HP together.
Name: Golem
Preferred Characters: Crono, Robo, Lucca
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Lucca and Robo should use their Fire Tackle dual tech while Crono uses Full Tonics on whomever the Golem uses Iorn Orb on. This is important, because it will use a Iorn Orb/Energy Blast combo that is almost always successful at killing your characters. Everyone should still have their Ruby Vests because the Golem will counterattack with a weak version of Fire 2 (It copies whatever you use against it).
Name: Dalton
Preferred Characters: Crono, Alya, and Marle
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Have Crono and Alya constantly use their Falcon Cut combo while Marle keeps everyone's HP up. He acts tough, but he's really a marshmallow, and won't take that kind of punishment for long.
Name: GolemTwins
Preferred Characters: Crono, Lucca, Robo
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Give Lucca a Speed-enhancing accessory before the battle. It is absolutely critical she goes first. When she goes, have her cast HypnoWave. If one of the Golems falls asleep, good. If they both fall asleep, excellent. If neither Golem falls asleep, press reset because they will wipe out the party in a matter of seconds. Concentrate on the Golem that didn't fall asleep with Lucca and Robo's Fire Tackle and Crono's Confuse. Lucca should cast HypnoWave every so-often to make sure the other Golem doesn't wake up. When the first Golem dies, concentrate your attacks on the second one until it, too, dies.
Name: GolemBoss
Preferred Characters: Any
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Pound this boss with normal attacks. It won't attack because it's afraid of heights. Eventually, if you don't kill it, it will fall off and die, but you won't get any EXP. So try and kill it.
Name: Dalton Plus
Preferred Characters: Any
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Use your most powerful Dual Techs on Dalton. After you have inflicted around 4000 points of damage, he will call for GolemBoss, who is already dead, and get sucked into the void.
Name: Magus
Preferred Characters: Alya, Lucca, Robo
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: This time, Magus is nowhere near as powerful as last time because his powers have been drained. He is still quite formidable, however. Lucca should use Flare while Alya and Robo use Beast Toss. Keep with this even if some of your characters die because he only has about 5000 HP.
Name: Lavos Spawn
Preferred Characters: Frog, Alya, Marle
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Use Alya's Cat Attack and Frog's Leap Slash on the Spawn's mouth. If you have more powerful techs, use them. Have Marle cure your party when they get injured. The most important thing to remember is not to harm the shell, because it will counterattack with Lavos Spawn Needle, which is quite powerful.
Name: Retinite
Preferred Characters: Alya, Robo, Marle
Weaknesses: Body and legs- none; Core- absorbs energy from Lightning, Fire, and Shadow.
Strategy: Have Marle cast Ice2 constantly to keep the Retinite's defense down while Alya and Robo attack with their most powerful single Techs (I recommend Uzzi Punch and Cat Attack or Triple Kick if you have it). Marle should cast Cure on people with low HP. Every once and a while, have Robo use Shock to keep the Core's HP high. While it may be your first instinct to kill the core immediately, the Retinite uses much stronger attacks after it dies. After the top is dead, kill the legs too. When the legs die, kill the core with normal attacks. It's is a tough battle, but not impossible.
Name: Flea Plus
Preferred Characters: Alya, Frog, Crono
Weaknesses: Just about everything
Strategy: Use weaker techs (Like X-Cut, for example) because Flea Plus is practically the same as the first Flea in Magus' castle.
Name: Super Slash
Preferred Characters: Alya, Crono, Frog
Weaknesses: Same as Flea Plus
Strategy: Use the same tachs you did against Flea Plus.
Name: Great Ozzie and Friends
Preferred Characters: Alya, Crono, Frog
Weaknesses: None in particular
Strategy: First, Alya can charm the Flea Vest, OzziePants, and Slasher 2 away from their owners. The OzziePants are the best helmet, but you have the Chaos condition at the beginning of battles. Slasher 2 s a 155 attack power sword for Crono. Flea Vest is an accessory which increases your Magic Defense by Twelve. After you have these items, use Falcon Hit on Slash and Flea until they buy the farm. They usually counter attack with their Bad Impulse triple tech, so have Frog use Heal on all your characters after you connect with Falcon Hit. After Flea and Slash bite the dust, Great Ozzie runs.
Name: Great Ozzie by himself
Preferred Characters: Any
Weaknesses: I don't suggest attacking.
Strategy: hit the switch behind him, opening a pit below you. After you fall, return to Ozzie and a cat will walk in and press a switch that opens a hole beneath Ozzie. Without his Ice Barrier, Ozzie falls to his doom.
Name: Son of Sun
Preferred Characters: Your two fastest and Lucca
Weaknesses: Unpredictably, Son of Sun is strong against all attacks, including Ice.
Strategy: Before the battle, give one of your characters a Red Vest, one Red Armor, and Lucca the Taban Helm, Ruby Armor, and Flea Vest. Use a multi-attack that doesn't require many MP and hits all the flames surrounding Son of Sun (Like Cyclone or Napalm). Attack the one that doesn't counterattack with normal weapons. Damage to it should do around 200 to Son of Sun. When Son of Sun uses Roulette Shuffle, repeat the process. When he loses his flame, he will retreat.
Name: Rust Tyrano
Preferred Characters: Crono, Alya, Frog
Weaknesses: Lightning
Strategy: Give everyone Ruby Armor, Red Vests, or Red Armor. When RustTyrano counts down, have Crono and Frog use their Spire combo while Alya uses Triple Kick. When he uses his fire attack, have Frog use Heal and keep attacking. He has a lot of HP but shouldn't be all that hard.
Name: Yakara XIII
Preferred Characters: Crono, Frog, Marle
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: Have Crono use Confuse while Marle and Frog use their Glaicer attack. When Yakara XIII uses his NeedleSpin 13 attack, Have Crono and Marle use their Aura Whirl combo or have Frog and Marle use their Double Cure combo. Keep attacking with your most powerful attacks. After Yakara XIII bites the bust, you will go into a short demo scene. After the Demo, return to where you defeated Yakara and get the Yakara Key and find the treasure chest close by.
Name: Mega Mutant
Preferred Characters: Crono, Anubis, Marle
Weaknesses: Magic
Strategy: Everyone should have some kind of status-protecting equipment, like the Vigil Hat, Nova Armor, or Amulet. Giga Mutant has lots of status-changing attacks. Have Crono use Luminare while Anubis uses Dark Mist or Dark Matter if he has it. Marle can attack with Ice 2 or Cure whoever gets hurt.
Name: Giga Mutant
Preferred Characters: Crono, Anubis, Marle
Weaknesses: Magic
Strategy: Basically the same as the Mega Mutant, but Giga Mutant has more HP. Also, it should be noted that the bottom half of the mutant is virtually immune to physical attacks.
Name: TerraMutant (Do we see a pattern emerging here? : )
Preferred Characters: Crono, Anubis, Marle
Weaknesses: Magic
Strategy: Like Giga Mutant, but now the top is immune to physical attacks too and it has a nasty habit of counterattacking with LifeShaver if hit. Defeat it with the same strategy you used on Mega and Giga. Don't worry, this is the last one.
Name: Lavos Spawn
Preferred Characters: Crono, Frog, Alya
Weaknesses: Shell- Strong against everything. Mouth- None
Strategy: To answer your unasked question- Yes, you have defeated these guys before, but this is the hardest one. Have Crono use Confuse on the mouth while Frog and Alya use Drop Kick on the mouth. Like the others, this one counterattacks with Lavos Spawn Needle if you hit the shell. Use Slurp Kiss to keep yourself healthy and keep attacking. You should be able to triumphantly trounce this thug without much difficulty.
Name: Zeal
Preferred Characters: Crono, Frog, Alya
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: You will need a lot of Megalixirs for the series of battles that quickly ensues after this. Get them by having Alya Charm the Ruminator enemies in the Black Omen. To defeat Zeal, wait until she uses her Halliation attack. This is your cue to have Frog use Frog Squashand Alya use Dino Tail. After you use these two attacks (Which should take away several thousand points of damage each since the less HP the character using them has, the more powerful they are), have Crono revive the party with a Megalixir. Use Confuse, Leap Slash, and Triple Kick until Zeal uses Halliation again and repeat the process. She shouldn't take too long.
Name: Mammon Machine
Preferred Characters: Crono, Frog, and Alya
Weaknesses: None
Strategy: The Mammon Machine uses any attacks used against it to it's advantage. Magic raises it's Attack Power and normal attack raise it's defense. Therefore, use Magic dual techs, like Spire, Bubble Hit, or Volt Bite. Keep attacking. If the Machine does lots of damage to one person, use Frog's Cure 2 to recover their health. Keep attacking until you wreck the Machine.
Name: Zeal
Preferred Characters: Crono, Frog, and Alya
Weaknesses: Hands- Strong against everything, Head- none
Strategy: This tome, Zeal appears as a head and two hands. DO NOT ATTACK THE HANDS! They will counterattack with some really nasty attacks like Flare, MP Buster, Lifeshaver, Ice 2, and even Luminare! Use Frog and Crono's Spire combo while Alya uses Triple Kick. If you are in danger, use Frog and Alya's Slurp Kiss. Also, if you charm the hands, you can obtain a PrisimDress and a Prisim Helm, but risk a counterattack. If you are using characters other than those I suggest, you will find that Lucca's MegaBomb and Anubis' Dark Bomb are quite effective.
Name: Lavos (Shell)
Preferred Characters: Crono, Frog, Alya
Weaknesses: See below
Strategy: Depending on how you got here, you may or may not fight this part. Also, if you arrived from certain places in the game, Lavos skips his first method of attack. Lavos' first tactic is to imitate the attacks of bosses long dead. He uses the powers of the Dragon Tank, Guardian Bit, MasaMune, Giga Gaia, Zombor, and Nizbel, just to name a few. Most of them can be easily defeated, however, since they have the EXACT same statistics, including Defense and HP, of their earlier incarnations. Refer back in this guide if you're having trouble. When he attacks as himself, he is not very powerful either. His "Destruction Rain" can be painful, but heal yourself and keep hitting the mouth. When the mouth dies, you enter the shell.
Name: Lavos (Robot)
Preferred Characters: Crono, Anubis, Alya
Weaknesses: Body is immune to most attacks until arms are dead.
Strategy: This is where levels count. Be around 55 with the best Mag. Degense possible. Lavos' first attack is to open the "Doors of Doom" and buffet you with high-powered laser beams. Have whoever is ready use a Megalixir. Throughout the battle, have Crono use Luminare and Anubis use Dark Matter. It is imperative that you kill at least one of Lavos' arms so he cannot use his Laser attack. Have Alya use Triple Kick on the Left arm until it dies while Crono and Anubis use their spells. When the Left arm dies, attack the right one until it, too, dies. Use Megalixirs if your MP gets low (I told you you'd need lots). When both arms are dead, attack the body. Some of it's status-changing attacks work even with change-proof armor. Use a Heal on anyone who changes status. When it dies, it will change to it's final form.
Name: Lavos Core (Also known as Lavos Bit)
Preferred Characters: Crono, Anubis, Alya
Weaknesses: Left- Strong against all magic. Center- none. Right- immune to everything when it is "Defended".
Strategy: First, have Alya destroy the left part with a Triple Kick. If the left comes back later, have her kill it again. After that is dead, have Anubis use Dark Matter while Crono uses Confuse and Alya uses Triple Kick on the Right part. Do not specifically attack the creature in the middle. If you are wounded by the Creatures Dreamless, Power Stone, or Evil Star attacks, use a Megalixir FAST (it tends to follow up with Crying Heavens or it's normal attack). Keep pounding on the right. It has over 25,000 HP, so expect a long battle. When it dies, you see an ending to the game, depending on how you got to it and what you have done in the game.(Hint- Get the best ending by beating him after going into the right portal of Lucca's Telepod in the millennia fair!)