Uploaded April 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This strat can be used if the weird lag/frame skip glitch is not active. I hope I can learn more about that glitch and what exactly causes it, but for the time being, I thought it would be good to devise a strategy to do this fight without it.
So the final battle is really just a mesh of the Flame Ruins boss, the Earth Ruins boss, and the Ice Ruins boss. All these bosses can also spawn adds which means there is a lot to pay attention to. From my testing, it seems like the most consistent way to deal with them is to kill them from weakest to strongest (Fire, Earth, Ice). Now, as shown in this video here youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7XdYy0olg the fastest way to deal with the first guy is with ventus. It is important to keep in mind where the other bosses are and avoid letting them get behind you. It is also necessary to switch between ventus and zodiac in order to deal with the snow bunnies. If one gets on you, there is no escaping and you must switch to quake to kill it.
After the first boss is dead, it's time to focus on the earth ruins boss. I recommend keeping an eye out for health and magic drops throughout the fight. From this point on, ventus is no longer necessary, so the only spell to use is zodiac unless you run out of magic. It's good to try to bring down the earth ruins boss as quickly as possible to prevent him from using his rock attack.
The Ice ruins boss is pretty much a toughened up clone of the earth boss, and this is why it's good to down the earth boss before him. They both have a rock attack, which becomes damn near impossible to avoid if they both use it. At this point, try to eliminate all remaining enemies (The seal cannot be removed unless there are no enemies in the room). The end of the fight is just managing health and magic which isn't that bad with just 1 boss to deal with.
This strat can be used if the weird lag/frame skip glitch is not active. I hope I can learn more about that glitch and what exactly causes it, but for the time being, I thought it would be good to devise a strategy to do this fight without it.
So the final battle is really just a mesh of the Flame Ruins boss, the Earth Ruins boss, and the Ice Ruins boss. All these bosses can also spawn adds which means there is a lot to pay attention to. From my testing, it seems like the most consistent way to deal with them is to kill them from weakest to strongest (Fire, Earth, Ice). Now, as shown in this video here youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7XdYy0olg the fastest way to deal with the first guy is with ventus. It is important to keep in mind where the other bosses are and avoid letting them get behind you. It is also necessary to switch between ventus and zodiac in order to deal with the snow bunnies. If one gets on you, there is no escaping and you must switch to quake to kill it.
After the first boss is dead, it's time to focus on the earth ruins boss. I recommend keeping an eye out for health and magic drops throughout the fight. From this point on, ventus is no longer necessary, so the only spell to use is zodiac unless you run out of magic. It's good to try to bring down the earth ruins boss as quickly as possible to prevent him from using his rock attack.
The Ice ruins boss is pretty much a toughened up clone of the earth boss, and this is why it's good to down the earth boss before him. They both have a rock attack, which becomes damn near impossible to avoid if they both use it. At this point, try to eliminate all remaining enemies (The seal cannot be removed unless there are no enemies in the room). The end of the fight is just managing health and magic which isn't that bad with just 1 boss to deal with.
