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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin

How to Beat Iron Giant: Locations and Strategies

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How to Beat Iron Giant
This is a fight guide on Iron Giant, a boss in Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. Read on to see strategies against Iron Giant, locations, and attack patterns!

Iron Giant Information

Strengths and Weaknesses

Iron Giant ImageIron Giant
Difficulty ★★
Weaknesses Lightning
Resistances None

How to Beat Iron Giant

Tips and Strategies

Equip Lightning

Equip Lightning
Iron Giant is very weak against Lightning imbued weapons and abilities. Equip yourself with gear and jobs that make use of Lightning to make defeating this boss easier.

Keep a Distance

Keep a Distance
A number of AoE attacks will be present for Phase 2 of Iron Giant's attack patterns. Dragoon is a highly recommended job for this battle as its Jump is a great job action to have in this fight. Simply back off and wait for Iron Giant's attacks to finish then use Jump to get close and deal damage.

Go for the Arms

Go for the Arms
While its attacks are very strong, they are also slow so evading them and soul shielding attacks will be easy. If enough damage is dealt to its arms, Iron Giant will be staggered for a short time and your can use this window to land good damage.

Iron Giant Attack Patterns

Phase 1

Attack Description
Smite Iron Giant slashes its sword to enemies in front.
Savage Blade Iron Giant stabs its sword in the ground in front of it.
Great Wheel Iron Giant spins around with its sword dealing AoE damage in a large area around it.
Frost Blade Iron Giant stabs its Ice imbued sword in front of it.
Frost Slash Iron Giant slashes its sword, releasing an Ice projectile coming from the ground.
Wind Blade Iron Giant stabs its Wind imbued sword in front of it.
Fire Blade Iron Giant stabs its Fire imbued sword in front of it.

Phase 2

Attack Description
Electric Body Iron Giant slams both arms to the ground and covers itself in a field of electricity, damaging enemies in melee range.
Ice Crush Iron Giant shoots out shards of ice to enemies in front of it.
Debris Missile Iron Giant casts homing comet-shaped projectiles to you.
Lightning Spiral Iron Giant rapidly spins around the room twice.
Thunderbolt Iron Giant covers itself in a field of electricity as it charges up then fires lightning projectiles.
Storm Cyclone Iron Giant spins around and releases 4 tornadoes that spin around it.
Flame Barrage Iron Giant casts 3 balls of fire and unleashes them upon you.

Where to find Iron Giant

Known Mission Locations

You can find Iron Giant in the final room of Ancients' Tower during the main mission: Schemes of the Past.

Known Locations
Schemes of the Past Ebon Memories: The Soul Seeker

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