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Melancholia Zorba Boss Guide: Weakness and Resistances
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Melancholia Zorba is a boss who can be fought during the Skybound Avatar Conquest Quest in Metaphor: Refantazio. Read on to learn how to beat Melancholia Zorba, their weaknesses, rewards, as well as the recommended party setup and Archetypes to use against Melancholia Zorba.
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| Zorba | Melancholia Zorba |
List of Contents
Melancholia Zorba Overview and Rewards
Melancholia Zorba Quest and Location
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| Quest | Level | Location |
| Skybound Avatar Conquest | 74 | Skybound Avatar |
Melancholia Zorba Rewards
| EXP | A-EXP | MAG | Money |
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| 8000 | 850 | 15000 | 10000 |
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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.
Melancholia Zorba Weakness and Resistances
All Elemental Weakness, Affinities and Resistances
Defense Form
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Melancholia Zorba has two forms the Defense Form and Offense Form. Near the start of the battle, Zorba will shift into his Defense Form during this phase he will have resistance to elemental Skill Attacks and will continuously give himself buffs making it difficult to deal him damage.
Recommended Party Setup Against Melancholia Zorba
Best Characters to Choose
| Character | Explanation |
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 Protagonist
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The Protagonist will be taking on the Prince Archetype. Since Zorba has now become a human-type creature he will be focusing on using the Royal Slash. This can be used in both his defense and offense form since this skill deals Almighty damage. |
 Junah
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Junah will be using the Royal Masked Dancer Archetype with the Wizard's Mask. Junah's passive Magic Surge gives her a 25% boost when using magic skill attacks making it ideal for her to use the Wizard's mask. With her skills that allow her to bypass resistances like Thunderhead Dance, she will be able to deal damage even during Zorba's Defense Form. |
 Hulkenberg
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Hulkenberg will be using the Royal Knight Archetype. She will be providing massive support by tanking most of the damage for the team. |
 Eupha
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Eupha will be taking on the Royal Summoner Archeteype. She will be dealing most of her damage during the Offense form. When Zorba is in his Defense Form its best for Eupha to pass her turn to let the Protagonist or Junah get more attacks in. |
Recommended Archetypes Against Melancholia Zorba
Best Archetypes to Equip
| Archetype | Recommended Skills |
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Wizard's Mask:・Kandera Synthesis Skills: ・Hellfire Dance |
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Inherit Skill:・ Dekaja |
The Prince Archetype will focus on dealing Almighty damage to bypass the resistances during the Defense Form phase using Royal Slash. The Royal Masked Dancer during this phase should use Thunderhead Dance to bypass Zorba's electric resistance letting her and the Royal Knight do Electric Skill Attacks.
Once Zorba moves to his Offense Form, fully utilize the attacking ability of the Royal Summoner Archetype and finish him off.
All Archetypes and How to Unlock
How to Beat Melancholia Zorba
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Take Advantage of Skills That Bypass Resistance
The Royal Masked Dancer has skills that can let you bypass the resistances that come with Zorba's Defense Form. Make sure to make full use of them so that the rest of your party can still do damage even at this phase.
Take Advantage of Almighty Skills
The Prince Archetype will have Almighty Skills that can bypass the resistances of the defense form, he also has higher damage on human-type creatures. make sure to use skills like Royal Slash to maximize your damage.
List of All Almighty Skills
Melancholia Zorba's Defense Form
During Zorba's defense form, he will be resistant to all elemental and physical skills. He will Continuously give himself buffs while taking away the buffs from your party.
Prepare for Zorba's Transition Into Offense Form
After dealing enough damage to Zorba's defense form he will transform into his offense form. In this form he will have no weakness or resistances. Before this happens make sure that your party is in full health and on guard if possible. Once Zorba transforms he will do a Soul Scream giving him four additional turns and will attack on all those turns.
Use Armageddon's Final Sire If You Can
If you have grinded the game and have fully leveled all your Royal Archetypes then you will have the option to use the synthesis skill Armageddon's Final Sire. This will require you to have a full party of Royal Archetypes and will deal 9,999 Almighty Damage to the enemy.
Metaphor: ReFantazio Related Guides
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