Elegy of the Souls Boss Guide: Weakness and Resistances

Elegy of the Souls is a boss that can be fought during the Trial of the Dragon: Essence of Power Quest in Metaphor: Refantazio. Read on to learn how to beat Elegy of the Souls, their weaknesses, rewards, and the recommended party setup and Archetypes against Elegy of the Souls.

Elegy of the Souls Overview and Rewards

Elegy of the Souls Quest and Location

Elegy of the Souls Boss
Quest	Level	Location
Trial of the Dragon: Essence of Power	75	Dragon Temple

Unlocked After Defeating the Three Tower Dragons

The Quest Trial of the Dragon: Essence of Power automatically unlocks once you defeat the three dragons.

Elegy of the Souls 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.

Elegy of the Souls Weakness and Resistances

All Elemental Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

The Elegy will cycle through different Archetypes after each turn and likewise, its weaknesses will reflect the current Archetype it's on.

All Archetypes and How to Unlock

Recommended Party Setup Against Elegy of the Souls

Best Characters to Choose

Character	Explanation
Protagonist	The Protagonist will be taking up the role of the Prince Archeteype and will focus on dealing the Ice Damage through the Synthesis Skill for Hadean Icecrag and Blackguard's Hammer.
Junah	Junah will be using the Royal Masked Dancer with the Saviour's Mask. she will be in charge of healing and ailment control. Have her inherit the Healer's Inisght from Healer as well.
Hulkenberg	Hulkenberg will be acting as the Warlord Archetype. Have her inherit Frigid Forest Tactic from the General. She will be in charge of afflicting Ice Weakness to the enemy.
Eupha	Eupha will be using the Royal Summoner and will focus on dealing damage with Summon Fairy. she will also be in charge of using items to debuff the enemy.

Recommended Archetypes Against Elegy of the Souls

Best Archetypes to Equip

Archetype	Recommended Skills
Prince	・Hero's Cry Syntheis Skill: ・ Blackguard's Hammer ・Hadean Icecrag
Royal Masked Dancer	・Ice-Blue Dance ・Ruin's Flameflower Saviour's Mask: ・Medicall ・Pen Patra ・Samarecarm
Warlord	・Back Boost Inherited Skill: ・Frigid Forest Tactic
Royal Summoner	・Summon Fairy (Modified)

Since the Elegy cycles through archetypes and weakness, the better way to approach this is to create a weakness for him instead. The Warlord will be focusing on giving it the weakness to ice with Frigid Forest Tactic. The Summoner will be working in tandem with this by casting Summon Fairy (Modified).

The Prince will be a self-serving damage dealer with Blackguard's Hammer which deals dark damage while inflicting a one-time weakness for the same element. Depending on the situation, he can also use Hero's Cry to extend the party's turn. The Royal Masked Dancer will be in charge of Supporting the party with heals and debuffs.

All Archetypes and How to Unlock

How to Beat Elegy of the Souls

How to Beat Elegy of the Souls
Do Not Use Any Equipment that Can Repel Attacks Debuff the Elegy at Once Inflict Weakness Every Chance You Get Heal Every Chance You Get Stay in the Back Row

Do Not Use Any Equipment that Can Repel Attacks

Do not use equipment that will grant you the ability to repel an attack magic or otherwise. If anyone in your party enters the battle with this effect the Elegy will instantly use Armageddon's Final Sire on its next turn. This skill will wipe out your entire party with a 9,999 damage Almighty attack.

Debuff the Elegy at Once

Make sure to debuff the Elegy as soon as possible. Letting him stack buffs across the different Archetypes will be unmanageable and will diminish your ability to do damage greatly. You can use skills like Ruin's Flameflower or items like the Amnesty Talisman to reset the enemy's stats.

List of All Items

Inflict Weakness Every Chance You Get

The Elegy of the Souls is a tricky opponent. It is a Dragon that copies the form of the Protagonist. The main thing to watch out for is that when its health is below 25% it will start to do Hero's Cry. When this happens you need to finish the battle quickly since there is a high chance of it doing Armageddon's Final Sire which will wipe out your party.

The easiest way to beat the Elegy is to inflict it with weakness, this ensures that you can deal the most damage that you can per turn. Once you have a pattern going, the battle's difficulty can drop as long as you are able to manage his buffs and debuffs.

Heal Every Chance You Get

Keeping your health at max is important since the Elegy is able to cast multiple hard-hitting attacks to your party almost every turn.

Be sure to heal up whenever you get the chance, or whenever you feel like a party member is about to be taken out.

List of All Recovery Skills

Stay in the Back Row

Since this strategy mostly relies on magic users have the party stay on the back row to lessen damage. With the Warlord in your party, your casters will get an extra boost of power through the Back Boost passive.

How to Unlock Warlord Archetype

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