Secret Boss: How to Beat Ludo

The secret boss in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince is Ludo. Learn how to beat Ludo by reading through the secret boss strategy guide, recommended Monster parties, and secret boss information.

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Secret Boss Ludo Strategy

Jumplist
: Purchase Recovery and Buff Items
: Attack with Dark, Explosive, Earth, and Non-Attribute Skills
: Use Reflect Skills to Cover Weaknesses
: Lower Ludo's Accuracy
: Gigacross Damage is Reduced by Increasing Electric Resistance
: Have Two Monsters That Can Heal

Purchase Recovery and Buff Items

When fighting the secret boss, Ludo, it is important to prepare items that recover HP and MP, as well as items that buff your stats. In addition to stocking up on recovery and buffing items, you'll also need to bring items that cleanse status effects.

Ludo has a very high agility stat which makes him act faster. By using items like Acceleratonic that increase your agility on healer Monsters, it will allow them to keep up with Ludo's high damage potential.

In addition, items which lower the enemy's attack power like Oomph Powder is useful for reducing damage from physical attacks such as Brightsplitter which inflict heavy damage.

Items You Should Buy

Attack with Dark, Explosive, Earth, and Non-Attribute Skills

Ludo has no resistances against Dark, Explosive, Earth element skills as well as skills with no elemental attributes. Other elemental damage against him will have its damage reduced and Ice and Light element attacks are completely nullified.

It is best to use MP-efficient attacks like Kazammle and Multifists to conserve resources.

Use Reflect Skills to Cover Weaknesses

The secret boss, Ludo, uses a variety of attacks ranging from slashing attacks like Parallax, spells like Kazammle, and breath attacks like Ice Age so it is difficult to counter all of them with Special Skills.

When using spell reflect skills, Ludo will not cast Kasizzle and when using breath reflect skills, he will not cast Ice Age.

If there are Monsters in the party that are weak to Light, use a skill like Bounce; if there are Monsters in the party that are weak to Ice, use a skill like Brake Wind to cover that weakness.

Recommended Monsters with Strong Attacks

Can Be Scouted
Wing Slime	Restless Armour	Archdemon
Hatching Only
The Time Being	Great Keeper	Jasper Unbound

Recommended Monsters with Bounce Skill

Can Be Scouted
Vampire Cat	Peeper	Crabber Dabber Doo
Hatching Only
Belial	Pazuzu	Aamon

Lower Ludo's Accuracy with Bedazzlement

Lowering his accuracy is an effective strategy against the secret boss, Ludo. If you lower his hit rate using skills like Sandy Sigh or Dazzle, it makes Ludo's high damage attacks like Shining Shot or Brightsplitter have a higher chance to miss.

However, Ludo has access to Wave of Relief which can cleanse debuffs that are placed against him.

So, even if Ludo is hit with an accuracy debuff, he has the chance to cleanse it and continue his double attack pattern. It is recommended to keep your Monsters' HP above 600 for this reason.

Skills that Inflict Bedazzlement

Gigacross Damage is Reduced by Increasing Electric Resistance

Gigacross is a Physical skill, so using skills that lower accuracy is not recommended. The only way to effectively counter this attack from Ludo is by increasing your resistance to this attack.

As this attack is of Electric element, you can prioritize equipping Monsters with accessories that strengthen their resistance to Electric attacks.

Have Two Monsters That Can Heal

Ludo will attack twice using two actions and will greatly damage your party with AoE and single-target attacks. In the case of his single-target attacks, he can reduce a Monster's HP from 800 to 600 in one turn.

Bringing at least two Monsters who can heal using skills like Omniheal which heals the entire party can alleviate this pressure.

Recommended Monsters with Healing Skills

Can Be Scouted
Flutter Slime
Hatching Only
Slionheart	King Cureslime	Belial

Recommended Level and Party

Recommended Level and Rank

Recommended Parties

Party 1

Monster	Talent
Slionheart	Supreme Healer
Uberkilling Machine	Uberkilling Machine
Barbarus	Barbarus
Belial	Heretic

This is a party that utilizes Slionheart who can act twice in its turn and is a dedicated healer. This party aims for a short fight with three aggressive attackers.

Uberkilling Machine has Multifists, while Barbarus has Kazammle, and Belial has Kaboomle. These three attacks have equal power and are elements that Ludo is not resistant to.

Belial and Barbus have low resistance to Electric attacks and will take heavy damage from Gigacross, so it is recommended to equip either Lightning Earrings and Lightning Charms to reduce the damage.

Party 2

Monster	Talent
Archdemon	Storm Chaser
Overkilling Machine	Duelist
King Cureslime	Supreme Healer
Flutter Slime	Supreme Healer

Equip Light Guard and Sealing Guard to one of the healers and Archdemon respectively to reduce damage and counter Ludo's use of Fizzle. Overkilling Machine has specializes in physical attacks and can learn Attack Booster III and Attack Booster IV

By utilizng two healers, it is easy to offset Ludo's damage and keep your party at a comfortable HP threshold. Panacea can be used to prevent harmful status effects such as paralysis.

Secret Boss Ludo Skills and Resistances

Secret Boss Ludo Skills

These are the attacks Ludo will use against the player. He acts twice each turn and will use two of the listed skills below.

Secret Boss Ludo Resistances

Elemental Resistances

Status Effect Resistances

Secret Boss Ludo Basic Information

Post-Game Content: How to Get 100% Clear

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Related Guides

List of Bosses and Guides

Lower Echelon

Lower Echelon Boss List
Bernie	Raph	Penteratic Guardian
Percival	Foo Dog	Abracadabrador
King Foo Dog	Cheater Cheetah, Rhinoceraxe, & Hellion	General Chayne

Middle Echelon

Middle Echelon Boss List
Darius the Shadethrower	Ash	Dessert Demon, Boss Troll, & Chocolate Golem
The Cane Custodian	Claudio	Petrarch
Grimglow Cave Boss	Whiteworl the Watcher	Succubat

Upper Echelon

Upper Echelon Boss List
Ash, Blaise, and Bernie	The Ifreann Eagle	Massimus
Pruslas	Hacksaurus	Warhog
Escudogre	Metal Dragon	Barbatos
Estark Izmah	Aamon	Sir Goolahad
Lady Vinezzia	Sir Sabrefang	Sir Beefdrake
Dolph the Destroyer	Final Boss

Post Game and Secret Bosses

Post Game & Secret Bosses
Estark Venjah	Wyrmsworth	Azabel
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