Diabolus Avades Boss Guide: Weakness and Resistances

Diabolus Avades is a boss that can be fought during the Save the Country Quest in Metaphor: Refantazio. Read on to learn how to beat Diabolus Avades, their weaknesses, rewards, as well as the recommended party setup and Archetypes to use against Diabolus Avades.

Diabolus Avades Overview and Rewards

Diabolus Avades Quest and Location

Diabolus Avades Boss
Quest	Level	Location
Save the Country	73	Tyrant's Star

Diabolus Avades 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.

Unlocks Ultimate Weapons After Defeating

Upon defeating the Diabolus Avades and destroying the Melancholia Crystal where it's found, several weapons will be awared to the player.

Note that these weapons are one of the strongest weapons for their respective Archetype lineage and obtaining it will lock you out of the Secret Boss on your current run.

How to Unlock the Secret Boss

Diabolus Avades Weakness and Resistances

All Elemental Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

Right Hand Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

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Left Hand Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

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Shell Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

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Assailant Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

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Recommended Party Setup Against Diabolus Avades

Best Characters to Choose

Character	Explanation
Protagonist	The Prince Archetype allows the Protagonist to use all Synthesis skills from all his party members. Utilize this Archetype's strong Almighty moves to bring Diabolus Avades down.
Hulkenberg	Hulkenberg will act as support for the Protagonist, providing access to powerful Synthesis skills like Royal Sword.
Junah	Junah is your buffer and second DPS. She will buff the team as well as using Fire to take down the Hands of the Avades.
Eupha	Eupha will be your debuffer. She will mainly keep Diabolus Avades debuffed with Vidyartha.

Recommended Archetypes Against Diabolus Avades

Best Archetypes to Equip

Archetype	Recommended Skills
Prince	・Hero's Proving ・Hero's Cry Synthesis Skills: ・Royal Sword
General	・Matarukaja Inherited Skills: ・Any Recovery Skill
Persona Master	・Ruin's Flameflower Inherited Skills: ・Vitalja
Trickster	・Vidyartha Inherited Skills:

The Prince Archetype provides strong Almighty attacks that are very good against bosses. Using Prince as your main DPS along with Persona Master's Ruin's Flameflower is the best way to go offensively.

The General will be support to access Royal Sword and to cast Matarukaja when needed, and Trickster is your debuffer with the move Vidyartha.

All Archetypes and How to Unlock

How to Beat Diabolus Avades

How to Beat Diabolus Avades
Use Hero's Cry Use Prince's Almighty Skills Take down the Hands with Fire Buff the Team and Debuff the Enemy

Use Hero's Cry

The Prince Archetype has various moves that are exclusive to him and are very powerful to use. Hero's Cry adds four more Turns Icons once in battle.

We highly recommend using Hero's Cry at the start of the battle to make sure to buff, debuff, and do the maximum amount of damage you can do in one turn before Diabolus Avades can even attack.

Use Prince's Almighty Skills

The Prince Archetype also has access to various different Almighty skills that won't be blocked by any resistances from bosses.

Use Synthesis skills like Royal Sword as well as moves such as Royal Slash to deal big damage to Diabolus Avades.

List of All Almighty Skills

Take down the Hands with Fire

Since the weaknesses of Diabolus Avades is the same as Homo Avades, taking down the Hands with Fire is stil viable to gain extra Turns.

Use multi-hit Fire spells like Ruin's Flameflower to hit both at the same time.

List of All Fire Skills

Buff the Team and Debuff the Enemy

With any boss battle, buffing your team and debuffing the enemy will always be to your advantage.

Using moves like Vitalja and Vidyartha will help make sure your damage will be at a maximum during your turns while ensuring that the enemy will do the least amount of damage to your party

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	Greatworm Homo Butera	Heismay
Homo Jaluzo	Sergeant Xanth	Maintenance Chief Ceiba
Master Sergeant Glechom	Helmsman Cabio and Grand Chief Salva	Glodell
Sea Horror Homo Sabara	Treebeast Alento	Malvirta Drako Eht
Homo Margo	Louis Guiabern	Sogne the Icebound
Homo Gorleo (Second Fight)	Melancholia Zorba	Diabolus Gorleo
Diabolus Avades	Diabolus Butera	Diabolus Jaluzo
Diabolus Sabara	Diabolus Margo	Archdemon Louis Charadrius
More	Destroyer Charadrius

All Optional Bosses

List of Bosses
Fire Dragon Mauna	Grotesque Guptauros	Maneater Manjula
Catherina the Bounty Queen	Goborn King	Demo Man Goddard
Alpha Rockworm Valmo	Kadablich	Roger the Libertarian
Lina the Machinist	Trove Imitec	Fatolich
Kokasados	Orgas	Kokasadors
Homo Pento	Psyocropos	Leogron
Milo the Adonis	Rudolf the Roussainte Lion	Icebeast Chimenzahn
Ziocropos	Ordemos	Mad Sanctor Hyperic
Jin the Charlatan	Serial Killer Vinca	Kokamordos
Bandit Chief Cistus	Homo Sandro	Devourer of Nations
Devourer of Stars	Devourer of Flames	Elegy of the Souls
Redscale Apocalypse Dragon