How to Beat Akashic Morbol

Akashic Morbol is a boss that appears during the Fire and Ice quest in Final Fantasy 16 (FF16). See the best strategies for how to beat Akashic Morbol, how to counter its attacks and abilities, as well as its location, quest appearance, spoils, and drops.

Akashic Morbol Overview

Akashic Morbol Location and Drops

Akashic Morbol
Quest	Fire and Ice
Location & Region	Drake's Breath , Iron Kingdom
Rewards	・180 EXP ・120 AP ・2000 Gil ・ Magicked Ash ・ Meteorite
Abilities	・Giant Leap ・Worse Breath ・Acid Rain ・Wild Rage

How to Beat Akashic Morbol

Step-by-Step Guide
Steer Clear of Worse Breath Avoid Stepping on the Black Goo Anticipate and Evade Giant Leaps Spam Your Abilities After Staggering

Steer Clear of Worse Breath

Akashic Morbol will blow out a stream of toxicated smoke known as Worse Breath in a counterclock wise rotation. Since this poisonous cloud moves slowly, you can run away from it until the Morbol stops, or you can precision dodge through it as suprisingly you won't take any damage if you evade through it.

Avoid Stepping on the Black Goo

Like the Morbol that you've faced in the prologue quests, the Akashic version can also spit out black goo which immobilizes your movements and slowly deplete your health so keep an eye out on where these will land and do your best to avoid stepping on them!

Anticipate and Evade Giant Leaps

The Wild Rush is a common ability of the Morbol species where it will charge forward continuously in different directions.

However, unlike the previous Morbol that you fought, the Akashic Morbol will leap through the air and slam the ground towards the end of wild rush so be prepared to press the Dodge Button before it lands.

Spam Your Abilities After Staggering

Clive will have access to more powerful abilities at this point of the story, such as the Judgement Bolt which you can use to deal massive damage to the Akashic Morbol while it's staggered, removing a good chunk of its HP.

Best Abilities to Learn and Master

Create Combos by Switching Between Eikons

You can maximize your damage by juggling abilities between Eikons! One great example is using Gouge plus Wicked Wheel, then switch to the Ramuh's ability set to cast out Thunderstorm and end the combo with Judgement Bolt.

Best Combos for Early to Late Game

Final Fantasy XVI (FF16) Related Guides

List of Bosses and Formidable Foes

All Formidable Foes

All Formidable Foes
Gigas	Morbol	Knight of the Blinding Dawn
Eikon of Fire	Shiva's Dominant	Tiamat
Dragon Aevis	Fafnir	Midnight Raven
Chirada	Suparna and Chirada	Benedikta
Garuda	Knight of the Dying Sun	Iron Giant
Infernal Eikon	Infernal Shadow	Imperial Cannonier
Akashic Dragon	Typhon	Republican War Panther
Akashic Morbol	Flame Lizard	Liquid Flame
Coeurl	Hugo	Undertaker
Titan	White Dragon	Necrophobe
Bahamut	Sleipnir	Barnabas (First Encounter)
Control Node	Aurum Giant	Barnabas (Second Encounter)
Behemoth	Ultima (First Encounter)	Ultimalius