Uploaded January 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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From Milla Chapter 6.
Music: FFXIII-2 Beautiful Heroes

Maxwell...no point even talking about what he can do here, because he's nothing but a big punching bag. They placed 3 weak points on his body(legs/body/head). The developers practically WANT you to just decimate him. To his credit, I will say that his wind form is just GODLY, even in Xillia 2, from a no-damage standpoint. Nonetheless, its still irrelevant, since he's just a punching bag.

The combo itself wasn't too hard to pull off initially, but it took a few successful tries to fine-tune it. Using elemental weapons to extend my normal Power Combo time, using various combo sets used on previous bosses, refreshing the PC gauge by using an elemental weapon and elemental arte; basically using a number of things learned playing through the game. Normally you can only knock down the boss twice before Iron Stance kicks in upon knockdown, but because Maxwell has three weak points on his front side, its easy to hit in order to instantly break his IS and continue the combo.

I can't say I liked the over-reliance of Darting Claw after Rock Splitter, but RS doesn't have a good stagger time when used so high up, and only DC and Shining Spiral can successfully combo after it. SS leaves you a bit in the air afterwards, so DC was used most often.