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How to Beat Maliris

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This is a walkthrough for the boss fight Maliris from the game Final Fantasy IX (FF9, FF IX). Read on for tips and strategy about how to beat Maliris, including Maliris's stats and other useful information.

Maliris Stats and Weaknesses

Stats

Boss

Maliris ImageMaliris
Lv HP
69 22535
Exp AP Gil
0 7 2860
Fire Ice Thunder
-100% 150% 100%
Water Wind Earth
100% 100% 100%
Holy Shadow Healing
100% 100% -100%
Abilities
Sword Quiver, Esuna

【Numeric Value】= Weakness Ratio,【x】Ineffective,【-】Absorbs

Crystal World

Maliris ImageMaliris
Lv HP
72 59497
Exp AP Gil
0 10 8532
Fire Ice Thunder
-100% 150% 100%
Water Wind Earth
100% 100% 100%
Holy Shadow Healing
100% 100% -100%
Abilities
Sword Quiver, Esuna

【Numeric Value】= Weakness Ratio,【x】Ineffective,【-】Absorbs

Other Information

Boss

Other Information
Locations Crystal World
Enemy Type Demon
Card Ifrit
Eat Mustard Bomb

Crystal World

Other Information
Locations Memoria
Enemy Type Demon, Heavy
Card This enemy does not drop a card.
Eat This enemy cannot be eaten.

Items Dropped From Maliris

Dropped

Boss

Item Dropped Drop Rate
Phoenix Pinion 100%
Phoenix Down 37.5%
Ether 12.5%
Elixir 0.39%

Crystal World

Item Dropped Drop Rate
Phoenix Down 37.5%

Stolen

Boss

Item Stolen Steal Rate
Genji Armor 100%
Ultima Sword 25%
Masamune 6.25%

Crystal World

Item Stolen Steal Rate
Phoenix Pinion
Phoenix Down
Ether

Maliris Boss Battle Guide

Details

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Maliris uses fire based attacks and strong physical attacks. Be careful when finishing off Maliris due to her last hurrah “Raining Swords”, which can inflict thousands of damage to the whole party.

Stealable Items

Masamune, Genji Armor, and an Ultima Sword.

Moveset

Raining Swords, Flame Blade

Strategy


FF9 Raining Swords
Be careful when damaging Maliris. Maliris uses Raining Swords as its last attack before dying. This move can potentially cause a game over if the player is not careful.


Having Auto-Reflect can make Vivi easily deal damage to Maliris, even though she casts reflect on herself. Simply cast the ability on your character with reflect to make the magic hit her.

Using Water and/or Ice based attacks will also prove useful. The most notable water and ice elemental attacks are Water/Blizzard spells, Steiner's Magic Sword, and the Eidolons Shiva and Leviathan.

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