How to Beat Lich

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

Lich Stats and Weaknesses

Stats

Lich
Lv		HP
71		58554
Exp	AP	Gil
0	10	8436
Fire	Ice	Thunder
100%	100%	100%
Water	Wind	Earth
100%	150%	-100%
Holy	Shadow	Healing
150%	Half%	-100%
Abilities
Death Cutter, Earthquake, Earth Shake, Stop, Venom Powder, LV5 Death

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

Other Information

Items Dropped By Lich

Dropped

Stolen

Lich Boss Battle Guide

Details

Avoid having characters with levels divisible by 5 to survive Lich's Lvl 5 Death ability. Lich follows the elemental trend of the Chaos Guardians and specializes in Earth elemental attacks.

Moveset

Lich possesses several deadly magic abilities such as Stop, Death, and Doom. Lich can also use Earth Shake and Earthquake which, as the names suggest, are Earth elemental attacks.

Lich will use Death Cutter, a high damaging physical attack that may inflict Doom on its target, as well. Having Antibody equipped is a good choice to protect against Venom Powder.

Strategy

Equip the Auto-Float ability or Earth resistant armor. Having high defense is also recommended to survive Lich's Death Cutter. Equipping Anti-body and Locomotion is also helpful to avoid Lich's Stop and Venom Powder abilities. Auto-Reflect also works as long as your White Mage has the Reflect-Null ability equipped.

Use Fire and Holy attacks to deal the most damage to Lich. Vivi's Fire magic, Steiner's Sword Magic, and Garnet's Ifrit will obliterate Lich. Your White Mage can also use Holy whenever your party doesn't need healing.

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