Final Fantasy IX - Soulcage (Final Boss of Disc 2)

A lot has happened since the last video in the game, and their journey has lead them to the bottom of the Iifa Tree. *Plot* So way back after the last video, stuff happens in Lindblum that causes the party to realize they have to travel to another continent if they want to stop Kuja from manipulating the Queen. Everything that has been happening in the game so far has been on only one Continent (Mist Continent). They now have to travel to the Outer Continent. So to do this they go through Qu's Marsh, where you're forced to get Quina as a party member if you haven't already. Quina is needed to "show you" where to go for that secret path. You're taken through Fossil Roo, where you encounter one of the two bounty hunters the Queen sent after Dagger for her Necklace thing, whose name is Lani. I skipped that fight, but she loses of course. After you emerge on the other side of the giant cave path, you are in the new Continent. You visit a village, and then you travel through a huge forest to find the Black Mage Village. You find out that's where all the Black Mages escaped that became aware of their existence. You also find out that they are dying, and that they seem to have a limit to their life span. Next, you travel through the Mountain Path where you meet Eiko, who appears to be a thief. Zidane saves her life, which causes her to like him the entire game. You follow her to her village, where you find out she's the sole survivor of the village and alone. Eiko then leads you to the Iifa Tree, the source of all the Mist in the world. After a long trek down you meet the, I guess ruler, of the Iifa Tree. Take him out and Mist does indeed disappear around the world, mostly the Mist Continent. The dialog also reveals that Kuja was using the Mist to create the Black Mages for war. *Strategy* This boss is actually kind of a challenge. Depending on how well you prepare depends on whether or not you Game Over immediately. The boss always starts the fight off with a move called Level 5 Death. It means if your level is a multiple of 5, you are hit by Death. So walking into this fight with everyone at, say, LV30, is an immediate Game Over. You're given tons of fights on the way here, you'd do well to make sure no one is a multiple of 5. If one person is, it's fine, but any more is risky. Next, you'll want the Body Temp ability on EVERYONE. Otherwise, his Mustard Bomb move will give you tons of trouble. Getting hit with Heat means you're pretty much going to die if you do anything. If everyone has this equipped, that move becomes useless and a free turn. Tons of equipment carry that ability, so it should be easy to have everyone learn or equipped for this fight. The other real quirk of this fight is that the boss retaliates with a Fire Blades move if you hit it with a fire spell. So be careful about that. It IS weak to Fire, though, so you'll probably want Vivi to cast Fira, but just make sure everyone is fully healed. Fire Blades targets everyone for major damage. None of his other moves are a threat really. Just be careful of hitting it with fire, Blizzard spells quell the flames if you start them up with a Fire spell. That's about it for this fight. He has 10k HP, which is quite a lot for this point in the game. Zidane physicals + Vivi Fira/Blizzara + Dagger summons = fairly easy fast win. Eiko should be the healer if Dagger is not, she's the best White Mage IMO. http://www.bizkit.me