Final Fantasy XII Esper: Mateus

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Level: 50HP: 209,060Steal: Leo Gem (55%), Hi-Ether (10%), High Arcana (3%)

Mateus will begin the battle by casting Reflect on itself and by summoning five Ice Azer enemies to help it in battle. Start off by defeating each of the Ice Azer enemies as they will spam your party with Sleep spells and Blizzard Magick.

Ice Azer during the battle against Mateus

Use Protect, Shell and Haste on your party members if you have enough MP. Protect will reduce the amount of damage done by Mateus’ regular attacks, Shell will reduce the damage done by the Ice Azers until you have defeated all them and Haste will greatly increase the amount of damage done by your party members.

Mateus is not weak to any negative status effects (except for Oil which will not help you in this fight). The Ice Azers are susceptible to Thunder and Thundara Magick, but you risk hitting Mateus with Thundara spells which will then be reflected at the caster.

You can use Quickenings or summon Belias to do a fair bit of damage to Mateus and the Ice Azers if you are running into problems. Use Decoy and an Ice Shield to have the boss and the Azers focus on your strongest team member. Mateus will do more damage once its HP gets low.