Lina the Machinist Boss Guide: Weakness and Resistances

Lina the Machinist is one of the candidates that can be fought as a boss in Metaphor: Refantazio. Read on to learn how to beat Lina the Machinist, their weaknesses, rewards, as well as the recommended party setup and Archetypes to use against Lina the Machinist.

Lina the Machinist Overview and Rewards

Lina the Machinist Quest and Location

Roger the Libertarian Boss
Availability	Level	Location
7/23 Onwards	32	Gauntlet Runner On the way to Gracia Forrest

Lina the Machinist Rewards

At the end of a battle, receiving a Spoil slightly reduces the EXP and A-EXP gained. If no Spoil is obtained, you'll receive the regular amount of EXP and A-EXP.

Lina the Machinist Weakness and Resistances

All Elemental Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

TBA					TBA	TBA

Recommended Party Setup Against Lina the Machinist

Best Characters to Choose

Character	Explanation
Protagonist	The Protagonist will take on the role of the Wizard Archetype for this match. Lina has a weakness to Ice Skills so his main role will be to cast Blizza on the enemy.
Strohl	Strohl will take on the Pugilist Archetype. to deal Pierce Damage and a defence debuff with Power Thrust.
Hulkenberg	Hulkenberg will take on the role of the Magic Knight Archetype and provide support with Mediline and Heavy Rush.
Heismay	Heismay will be acting as the Assassin Archetype. Use Steal to take rare loot from Lina then attack her with Lurking Nightblade and Assassinate for damage.

Recommended Archetypes Against Lina the Machinist

Best Archetypes to Equip

Archetype	Recommended Skills
Wizard	・Blizza
Pugilist	・Power Thrust
Magic Knight	・Knight's Proclamation ・Mediline ・Heavy Rush
Assassin	・Steal ・Lurking Nightblade ・Assassinate

Lina the Machinist has a couple of resistances that you have to watch out for, mainly her resistance to Strike and Fire damage. Focus on having the Wizard Archetype hit her with Blizza. This will strike her weakness and let you have another attack. The Assassin Archetype can use Steal to grab rare loot before focusing on dealing damage.

The Magic Knight and Pugilist Archetype can focus on providing support by maintaining health and using attacks that could debuff Lina.

All Archetypes and How to Unlock

How to Beat Lina the Machinist

How to Beat Lina the Machinist
Use Ice Skills and Items Hit Hard and Fast Utilize Your Skills that Debuff the Enemy

Use Ice Skills and Items

Lina's main weakness is Ice. Use Ice Skills like Blizza to hit her weakness and get extra turns.

You can also use items that inflict Ice damage to the enemy if you want to do additional damage for units without Ice Skills.

List of All Consumables

List of Items that Inflict Ice Damage

Hit Hard and Fast

Try to end the battle quickly, Lina will attack you with a party-wide Mage Plasma which deals electric damage to the party. Hitting her with heavy damage and weakness attacks should finish the match quickly before she can do too much damage to your party.

Utilize Your Skills that Debuff the Enemy

Utilize your Physical Skills that cause debuff to your enemies! Both the Pugilist and Magic Knight Archetype have attacks that cause the enemy defense to go down. Utilize these skills to deal more damage to the enemy.

List of All Support Skills

Metaphor: ReFantazio Related Guides

List of All Bosses

All Story Bosses

List of Bosses
Homo Gorleo	Captain Klinger	Homo Fulquilo
Undead Grius	Zorba	Homo Avades
Monk Captain Gideaux	Heismay	Homo Jaluzo
Sergeant Xanth	Master Sergeant Glechom	Maintenance Chief Ceiba
Helmsman Cabio and Grand Chief Salva	Glodell	Sea Horror Homo Sabara
Treebeast Alento	Malvirta Drako Eht

All Optional Bosses

List of Bosses
Fire Dragon Mauna	Grotesque Guptauros	Maneater Manjula
Goborn King	Catherina the Bounty Queen	Alpha Rockworm Valmo
Lina the Machinist	Roger the Libertarian	Kokasados
Fatolich	Orgas