How to Beat Hephaestus

This is a guide to Hephaestus, a Quest Boss battle in Bravely Default 2 (Bravely Default II). Read on to know how to beat Hephaestus, its strengths and weaknesses, and the best strategy against Hephaestus.

Hephaestus Basic Info

Hephaestus Strengths, and Weaknesses, and Obtainable Items

Vulnerabilities
Half Damage	No Resistances
Immunity
Absorbs
Items Dropped	None available
Stealables	None available

How to Beat Hephaestus

Hephaestus Recommended Jobs, Abilities, and Equipment

Recommended Jobs

Best Jobs
Vanguard	White Mage	Red Mage	Phantom
Best Sub-Jobs
Bastion	Spiritmaster	Black Mage	Salve-Maker

Recommended Abilities and Items

List of Abilities

Hephaestus Movesets

Hephaestus Strategy

Vulnerable to Charm

Hephaestus deals crazy damage. However, he can be stun locked via Charm. This will prevent your physical attackers from hitting Hephaestus easily but it will massively help in preventing Hephaestus from moving.

Charm cannot be removed by magic attacks so it's having a damage-dealing spell caster is a must if you opt to use Charm against Hephaestus.

Rampart Can Reduce Damage

Spin Spam deals a decent amount of AOE damage but it can be mitigated by Rampart.

Make sure to always have Rampart available in case you run out of MP to use Philtre or if you don't want to abuse the Charm lock strategy.

Use Sanctuary when Hephaestus' BP is 3

Hephaestus can use two Megaton Presses after quad braving. It can one-hit KO a party member and Rampart will be removed by Spin Slam so it's suggested to use Sanctuary to avoid casualties.

Learn Counter-Savvy

Counter-Savvy is a support ability from the Ranger. It allows your character to dodge any counter attacks and it will greatly help against Hephaestus for your physical attackers.

Going physical is highly recommended if you don't opt to use Charm since magic attacks raises Hephaestus' BP.

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