Almeidrea & Mesmald Boss Guide: Recommended Setup and How to Beat

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

Almeidrea & Mesmald Stats and General Info

Recommended Level: 29
HP: 160420
Attack	968	Defense	430
Elemental Attack	1028	Elemental Defense	525
Penetration	1198	Resistance	1262
Weakness		Resistance
None		None

How to Beat Almeidrea & Mesmald

To aid in your battle against Almeidrea & Mesmald, here are some tips that you can utilize in your fight.

1. Bring Plenty of Recovery Items
2. Run Away During God's Breath
3. Equip Elemental Defense Accessories

Bring Plenty of Recovery Items

The fight against both Almeidrea and Mesmald is a very extensive one due to their high HP. While attacks against them are not insignificant so long as you keep up with equipment and levels, they can still cause you tremendous amounts of damage and even a few K.O.'s if you're not careful.

Bring with you a good amount of Recovery items – not just ones that recover HP, but also CP as well. This will help take the load off of healers in your group should you make use of them, and preserves the much-needed CP for the much more difficult second phase of the fight later on.

Run Away During God's Breath

When the God's Breath has been unleashed, the cyclones that come down will focus on the character you're directly controlling. To not spread its damage around to other characters in your party, move as far away as possible until the attack ends. Your allies in the meantime will be free to attack Mesmald as he stands around momentarily as the attack is occurring.

Equip Elemental Defense Accessories

A large majority of Mesmald's attacks will be focused around the elements. To reduce the amount of damage you take from it, equip your party with elemental defense accessories such as the Resist Ring.

Recommended Party Setup for Almeidrea & Mesmald

Party Members

Leader	Members
Alphen Lv.29	Law Lv.29	Rinwell Lv.29	Dohalim Lv.29

Prioritize Heavy Hitters

While there are two health bars for you to pay attention to, you only need to really finish off Mesmald to end the fight. Due to its high pool of HP however, you will need your active party to be comprised of party members who can contribute significant amounts of damage.

This tactic works well when bringing along enough recovery consumables to keep your party alive. Having Dohalim in your party allows for the limited use of healing Artes, but should the need arise for greater healing than what Dohalim can provide, you can swap him out for Shionne during the fight.

Alphen Equipment and Artes

Alphen Lv.29	Equipment
	Aurum Long Sword
	Topaz Mail
	Resist Ring
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
First Set
Destruction	Rising Falcon
Shockwave Slash	Stardust
Eternal Devastation	Mirage
Second Set
Swallow Bade	-
Demon Fang	-
Severing Wind	-

Save His Boost Attacks

Alphen's Boost Attacks is enough to stagger Mesmald while dealing it significant damage. It is recommended to save his or Rinwell's Boost Attacks for when Almeidrea will try to cast the God's Breath attack, allowing you to disrupt it.

Law Equipment and Artes

Law Lv.29	Equipment
	Refined Flaming Knights
	Natural Vest
	Resist Ring
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
First Set
Talon Storm	Eagle Dive
Tectonic Punch	Eagle Assault
Fang Blast	Death Blossom
Second Set
Super Swallow Dance	Glimmer Dragon
Talon Hurricane	-
Dragon Shot	-

Fast Damage

While Law does not provide that much damage against Mesmald unless the party has been leveled up above Mesmald's own level, he is capable of inflicting fast damage against it, however. With Mesmald's large HP pool, having a fast attacker like Law can more speedily lower the HP gauge in time for a well-placed Boost Strike.

Rinwell Equipment and Artes

Rinwell Lv.29	Equipment
	Artes of the Cosmos
	White Cloak
	Magic Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
First Set
Spread	Placid Pool
Freeze Lancer	-
Thunder Blade	-
Second Set
Lightning Orb	-
Sharpness	-
Photon Flash	-

Long Ranged Attacker

Rinwell is an invaluable member of the party to have, able to cause damage against Mesmald from afar. The only dangers Mesmald presents to her would be its attacks that surround its immediate area, like its Cyclone attacks. By controlling Rinwell from time to time to avoid these attacks, you can more easily manage her HP by attacking from a safe distance.

Dohalim Equipment and Artes

Dohalim Lv.29	Equipment
	Columna Latio
	Stonewing Mantle
	Magic Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Stalagmite	Tornado Drive
Air Pressure	-
Solitary Captivity	-
Second Set
Seismic Rupture	-
Crescent Flash	-
Tempest	-

Can Be Changed With Shionne

While Dohalim's added attacks can contribute to the faster defeat of the Almeidrea & Mesmald, he can be swapped out of the party at any given time for Shionne should you need her healing abilities. Alternatively, Dohalim can also provide healing to the party, but only to one character at a time.

Almeidrea & Mesmald Attack Patterns

Claw Attack

Mesmald's most ordinary attack, where it will sweep its claws to the side to hit you. This attack causes decent damage against you, but can otherwise be avoided as Mesmald telegraphs this attack easily.

Fire Breath

Another common attack, particularly in the first phase of the fight, is where Mesmald will fly high above you, breathing fire down to where you are. Mesmald will commonly focus this attack on whichever character you are directly controlling.

Wind Beams

Commonly done right at the very start of the battle, where Mesmald will immediately shoot a beam of Wind energy across the ground and upwards towards your party. This can be easily dodged and does not have a wide area of effect like its Fire Breath counterpart.

Cyclones

One of its more devastating attacks, Mesmald will use cyclones to surround a large portion of the area around it. Getting caught in these cyclones will cause massive damage, but can be easily avoided as they stand still. He can also directly target these cyclones by shooting a ball of energy from its mouth – wherever the energy lands, a cyclone will appear.

God's Breath

Similar to cyclones that surround it, God's Breath will focus down beams of wind energy down on top of whichever character you are controlling. Having said character near your other party members can cause them damage as well, so it is better to move away from them, allowing the beams of energy to follow your controlled character.

Fireballs

Near the end of the first phase, Almeidrea will gather energy into Mesmald, allowing the dragon to cause fireballs to fall down to the ship. The landing points for these balls of fire can be seen by the faint glow on the ground – move away from these before the fire falls.

Chaotic Disaster

Its end-game strategy that it uses, Chaotic Disaster will see even more cyclones appear around Mesmald in a tightly formed circle. This can be quite difficult to avoid, due to your party member's insistence on attacking Mesmald. It is better to have your directly controlled character stand outside, allowing you to heal anyone that may need it until the danger comes to pass.

Almeidrea will continue performing this attack until the fight ends.

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