Ice Wolf Leader Boss Guide: Recommended Setup and How to Beat

The Ice Wolf Leader is a boss you fight in the Tales of Arise (Beyond the Dawn)! Read on to learn more about tips on how to beat The Ice Wolf Leader, as well as stats, weaknesses, attack patterns, and the best party setup including Artes and Equipment in this boss guide!

Ice Wolf Leader Stats and General Info

Recommended Level: 12
HP: 28,190
Attack	296	Defense	197
Elemental Attack	283	Elemental Defense	175
Penetration	363	Resistance	383
Weakness		Resistance
Fire		Water

How to Beat Ice Wolf Leader

To aid in your battle against the Ice Wolf Leader, here are some tips that you can utilize in your fight.

1. Use Fire-based Artes
2. Eliminate the Ice Wolves
3. Avoid its Charges
4. Use Alphen's Boost Attack

Use Fire-based Artes

Due to its weakness to any Fire-based attack, equipping your Party Members with fire-based Artes will help to land significant damage against the Ice Wolf King. Conversely, any Water-type attacks will only be resisted when they hit the wolf.

Eliminate the Ice Wolves

At the start of the battle and near the mid-point of the second phase of the fight, Ice Wolves will back up the Ice Wolf King. It is recommended that you take these out first, as they can easily overwhelm whichever character you aren't playing as, or overwhelm your character if you're focusing all your attacks on the Ice Wolf King.

Avoid its Charge

When it enters its Over Limit mode, it will charge at you and your party at great speeds, leaving behind ice shafts in its path. Avoid this attack at all costs, as it can drain your HP to critical levels at best, and K.O. you in one hit at worst.

Use Alphen's Boost Attack

Provided that you have it at the ready, making heavy use of Alphen's Boost Attack is one good way to deal significant amounts of Elemental damage against the wolf. Managing to land hits on its Weak Spot can also allow you to deal critical hits that go a long way in quickly draining the wolf of its HP.

Recommended Party Setup for Ice Wolf Leader

Party Members

Leader	Members
Alphen Lv. 12	Shionne Lv. 12	Rinwell Lv. 12

Equip Party With Fire-based Artes

Apart from reaching the recommended level of 12 before beginning the fight, it is highly suggested that the entire party be equipped with Fire-based Artes if possible. As a substitute, Fire-enhanced equipment can also be utilized to broaden the amount of damage that you can cause.

Alphen Equipment and Artes

Alphen Lv. 12	Equipment
	Ground Fang
	Bone Fragment Armor
	Pierce Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Rising Wyvern	Mirage
Swallow Blade	-
Demon Fang	-

Use Swallow Blade Flaming Edge

The Swallow Blade's Flaming Edge is one of the earliest available Fire-based attacks that are in Alphen's arsenal. During combat, making heavy use of it in moments that the Ice Wolf King is not attacking is a great way to deal significant damage against it.

Preserve Boost Attacks

Alphen's fire-based Boost Attacks is a very useful one to use, capable of bringing down the wolf to its side, allowing you to focus more attacks into its Weak Spot.

Shionne Equipment and Artes

Shionne Lv. 12	Equipment
	Ignis Roar
	Noble Scarlet
	Garnet
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Ignis Celestra	Toxicity
Magna Ray	-
First Aid	-

Make Use of Ignis Roar

As a way to make dealing regular damage against the wolf much easier, having Shionne equipped with the Ignis Roar can cause it significant damage without much use of Shionne's Artes. Combining the fire-based weapon with fire-based Artes such as Ignis Celestra or Magna Ray will help to cause more elemental-based damage against the wolf.

Focus Healing on Alphen

Rinwell as a party member in this fight does not do very much, and so the primary focus of all healing efforts must be put into either Alphen or Shionne herself to save CP.

Rinwell Equipment and Artes

Rinwell Lv. 12	Equipment
	Secrets of the Stars
	Inherited Coat
	Garnet
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Air Thrust	-
Photon Flash	-
-	-

Disable Spread Artes

Rinwell's Spread Artes is an attack that the Ice Wolf King is resistant to. It won't do much, and leaving Rinwell able to cast it wastes valuable time where she could be used in other ways. Nonetheless, it is advised that she be kept relatively safe from the battle to not have Shionne cast healing spells on her, which spends precious CP that could be used more for the other party members that can cause more damage.

Ice Wolf Leader Attack Patterns

Upwards Attack

Ice Wolf King will charge straight at you, resulting in an upward roll of its body that can send you to the ground. Although the attack is vicious, it does not result in large amounts of your health being drained.

Forward Hop

A simple attack where it hops forward to gnaw its maw at you. Sometimes, it will also use its claws, or hop around from side to side first before going forwards to engage in the attack.

Ice Breath

Before the attack, it will gather beams of light into its mouth before jumping backward while spewing chunks of ice to the ground. This attack can deal large amounts of damage, so it is wise to equip members of your party with Garnet Accessories to soften the blow.

Ice Charge

Part of its attacks in the second phase of the fight when it can enter into Over Limit, the Ice Wolf King will charge straight at you. Even if you manage to avoid its charge, the trail of ice it leaves behind still poses a major hazard to you and your party.

Tales of Arise Related Guides

List of All Bosses

Beyond the Dawn DLC Bosses

Beyond the Dawn Story Bosses

Story Bosses
Nimus Pandemonium	Venoflage
Nazamil	Nazamil Nether
Ooze Hive	Nazamil Nether (2nd Encounter)
Nazamil Nether (3rd Encounter)	Captive Nazamil
Oppressor	Emergence Suppressor

Beyond the Dawn Optional Bosses

Optional Bosses
Ruthless	Boisterous Roper	Cruel Keeper
Megawrecker	Ghoulish Arms	Nimus Juggernaut
Grinymuk	Mother Boomy	-

Story Bosses

Story Bosses
Balseph	Ice Wolf Leader
Ooze Hive	Lord Ganabelt
Zacarania	Kisara
Dohalim	Venoflage
Temararus	Grinymuk
Almeidrea & Mesmald	Meria Phein
Kalmarzel & Kaldinzel	Vholran
Eljarania	Efreet
Tormented Limbs	Red Woman
Valclynimus	Great Astral Spirit
Subsumer	Vholran (Final Boss)

Optional Bosses

Toxidillo	Boisterous Roper	Polycephus
Great Dragon	Relentless Charger	Flamewrecker
Alpha Reaper	Stormbringer	Elemental
Regent Bee	Agony Keeper	Mother Boomy
Ruthless	Thunderite	Mantis
Calamity Arms	Meneiys	Ezamamuk
Sword Dancer	Undine Drop	Luo Undine
Grand Gnome & Vas Phein	Masher Mare & Masher Bull	Procella Sylph & Sylph Zloa
Mesmald	Edna	Nimus Origin
Eizen	Edna & Eizen	Chronos
Dulneiys, Maleiys, & Vasneiys