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

Necrophobe Overview

Necrophobe Location and Drops

Necrophobe
Quest	Fire in the Sky
Location & Region	The Crystalline Dominion , Crystalline Dominion
Rewards	・1500 EXP ・180 AP ・3000 Gil ・ Magicked Ash ・ Wyrrite ・ The Favor of Earth (Windup)
Abilities	・Elemental Dissonance ・Firaga ・Blizzaga ・Enfiraga ・Enblizzaga ・Enthundaga

How to Beat Necrophobe

Step-by-Step Guide
Evade Basic Elemental Spells Based on the Color Spells Are Enhanced After Elemental Dissonance Prevent Dark Energies From Unleashing

Evade Basic Elemental Spells Based on the Color

The Necrophobe has access to a variety of elemental spells which include ice, fire, dark, and lightning which he'll all utilize against you for the majority of the battle.

For the first phase of the fight, he'll be launching basic magic attacks at you that you can easily dodge as he'll be entering a windup animation first before casting it. You can determine which elements he'll be using based on the color of the spell as he charges it up.

Spells Are Enhanced After Elemental Dissonance

Once Elemental Dissonance is activated, the boss will mainly be using Blizzaga and Firaga spell abilities to attack you.

You can evade Blizzaga by dodging sideways to avoid the ice beams, and Firaga by dashing away from the fireballs circling around him.

Prepare to Dodge Twice on Dualcast Spells

The Dualcast: Blizzaga has the Necrophobe fire two consecutive ice beams at you, so you'll have to dodge again on the succeeding beam as it will automatically lock on to you after the first one.

After this he'll use Dualcast: Firaga to summon two sets of fireballs that rotate around him so you'll have to dash away twice again in order to not get caught in it.

Spells Can Be Used in One Combo

Towards the end of the fight, he'll be using stronger versions of these spells which he'll use in one combo.

First he'll cast out ”Enfiraga” which sees the Necrophobe slashing his sword at you with flames on it. Followed by an AoE attack known as ”Enblizzaga”, where icicles will emerge from the ground within his vicinity. Finally, he'll spawn several lightning bolts in the battle zone during ”Enthundaga” which detonates after a short period of time.

Prevent Dark Energies From Unleashing

After reducing his HP to 50%, the Necrophobe will begin charging up Dark Energies and you'll be instantly KO'd if you fail to deal a certain amount of damage to him within the timeframe given.

Use Limit Break to increase damage plus DPS to your basic attacks and abilities, then spam your combos to quickly reduce the purple gauge bar found on the top right of your screen.

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