How to Beat Shadowseer

This page contains information about the boss Shadowseer in Final Fantasy XII (FFXII, FF12). Read on to know more about the boss fight including its movesets and optimal strategies to beat it.

How to beat Shadowseer

Details

The Shadowseer is an Elite Rank VI Mark found at the lowest level of the Pharos at Ridorana's Subterra. It will fight with a coterie of past foes--Fenrir, Slyt, Pandaemonium, and Phoenix.

The lowest bowels of the Subterra will be unlocked once the player completes conditions involving activating torches with Black Orbs.

Moveset

The main action of the Shadowseer for most of the battle is summoning creatures in the order of Pandaemonium, Slyt, Fenrir, and finally, Phoenix. When it runs out of summons, the Shadowseer is shown to be an easy opponent. The problem here is that it is also fond of using Fearga, a move which depletes the MP of its target upon hit.

Gambit

Strategy

As status ailments will be frequent here, a White Mage with Esuna/ga is a benefit to the party. Since the Shadowseer is geared toward the Dark element, Faith + Holy will cause great damage, as well as Holy-element weapons.

An example of this is putting the Genji Glove on and equipping Excalibur or Wyrmhero Blade. With haste, Bravery, and Berserk cast on the damage dealer, the Shadowseer will be defeated pretty quickly.

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