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How to Beat Liquid Flame

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FF16 - How to Beat Liquid Flame

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

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Liquid Flame Overview

Liquid Flame Location and Drops

Liquid FlameLiquid Flame
Quest
FF16 - Main QuestsFire and Ice
Location & Region Drake's Breath , Iron Kingdom
Rewards ・600 EXP
・220 AP
・3000 Gil
Abilities ・Fiery Impact
・Firaga
・Eructation
・Eleventh Hour
・Flagrant Wyvern
・Flagrant Coeurl

How to Beat Liquid Flame

Step-by-Step Guide


Attack its Head After Fiery Impact

The Liquid Flame's main weakness is the head, and due to its high mobility, it'll be hard to take the time to launch yourself in the air to attack it.

One great tip is to wait for the Fiery Impact ability in which it will dash towards you and slam the ground, afterwards it will take it's time to recover in a kneeling position. Take advantage by landing a few hits, then Phoenix Shift away before it regains its footing.

Stagger the Boss Then Damage the Head With Combos

Stagger the boss by completely draining its Will Gauge to zero, then use this time to hurl out your abilities and by switching to different Eikons to unleash different combos at it!

Best Combos for Early to Late Game

Learn the Timing of Attack Patterns

Due to its vast arsenal of abilities and basic attacks ranging from fiery punches, teleportations, and AoE skills, you'll have understand the timing of its attack patterns during combos as some follow-up attacks are slower than the previous one.

One combo sees the boss quickly stomping you twice, then will slowly charge up to dash towards you. It'll be hard to ward off its attacks by parrying, so you'll have to utilize your dodging skill during this fight.

Keep on the Lookout For Its Dash Attack

FF16 - Keep on the Lookout For Its Dash Attack

It will usually dash after swinging a few punches or stomping the ground with its feet. You can easily fall prey to this if you don't know the timing as it'll charge up for a few seconds and dash at you without any indicator or wind up animation.

Equip the Ring of Timely Evasion

If you're having a difficult time familiarizing yourself with the timing of its moves, consider equipping the Ring of Timely Evasion which will greatly provide assistance by automating dodges for you.

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Use Ranged Attacks When it Transforms to a Dragon

Once the Liquid Flame transforms into a dragon, it'll take up to the skies and you won't be able to hit it as it will breathe out fire on the ground while flying towards you. Use your ranged attacks while it's up in the air until he transforms back to its original state.

Avoid Getting Hit by Its Clones

It can create multiple clones of itself during the Eleventh Hour ability, spawning several dragons and encircling you. Each dragon will lunge towards you one-by-one so be sure to Precision Dodge all of them to avoid taking heaps of damage.

How to Use Precision Dodge Effectively

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Flame Lizard Coeurl

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FF16 - Bosses

List of Bosses and Formidable Foes

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

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