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Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined (DQ7)

How to Beat Maeve

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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - Maeve
Maeve is a boss encountered in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined (DQ7). See how to beat this boss, recommended equipment for the fight, and the boss' information here.

How to Beat Maeve

Give Patrick the Doll

Give Patrick Maeve
Before going to the Tower, it's highly recommended to give the doll to Patrick during the cutscene. This will make it so that you get reinforcements during the fight, increasing your overall damage output.

Should You Give the Wooden Doll to Patrick?

Exploit Their Fire Weakness

Exploit Maeve
Similar to the previous boss, Maeve will be weak to Fire-type attacks. Again, have Kiefer and Maribel spam their Fire skills so that the boss goes down quickly.

List of All Offensive Skills

Cast Buff to Increase Defenses

Buff
Unfortunately, Maeve is immune to Dazzle, meaning that her powerful physical attacks cannot be avoided. Because of this, it's highly recommended to cast Buff on the entire party to minimize the damage everyone takes.

How to Learn Buff and Effects

Have the Hero Focus on Supporting

Hero Casting Buff
During the fight, Kiefer and Maribel will be spamming their Fire attacks every turn. This means that the Hero should take on a more supportive role, casting Buff and healing the lower HP ally when needed.

Hero Profile and Voice Actors

Maeve Boss Moveset

Maeve Skills and Abilities

Skill / Ability Effect
Normal Attack Maeve Attack
Maeve attacks 1 target, dealing physical damage.
Assess Situation Maeve Assess
Maeve assesses the situation, doing nothing during her turn.
Deflect Attack Maeve Deflect
Maeve deflects an incoming attack, nullifyng damage received.

Maeve Boss Information

Maeve Details

Maeve Maeve EXP 24
Gold 30
Drops None
Locations
The Tower (Past)
Description
The sorry sister of the hero who laid down his life to save Ballymolloy. She let her resentment against the villagers who failed her brother fester to the point that she was transformed into a monster herself.

Fought in the Tower (Past)

Maeve is fought in the Tower (Past) in Ballymolloy.

After learning more about the predicament that Ballymolloy is facing, Maeve will be fought as the final boss before resolving the curse on the town.

100% Walkthrough Guide

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