How to Beat Great Dragon Boss Guide

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

Great Dragon Stats and General Info

Great Dragon Location

Map	Actual Location

Great Dragon can be found in the southwestern portion of Traslida Highway. You must first fight a pack of boars to encounter the dragon as part of the Sub-Quest Claiming a Bounty.

Claiming a Bounty Sub-Quest Walkthrough: Rewards and How to Clear

Great Dragon Stats

Recommended Level: 25
HP: 71380
Attack	848	Defense	395
Elemental Attack	811	Elemental Defense	351
Penetration	793	Resistance	835
Weakness		Resistance
Water		Fire

Item Drops

How to Beat Great Dragon

To aid in your battle against Great Dragon, here are some tips that you can utilize in your fight.

1. Take Care of the Boars First
2. Use Water-based Artes
3. Use Rinwell to Cancel its Artes

Take Care of the Boars First

Before being able to fight against Great Dragon itself, you will encounter a pack of Boars that you will have to fight against first before the dragon will swoop down. Take care of the Boars first if you are unable to defeat them before the Great Dragon comes down from the sky, as their charges will be difficult to overcome if left unchecked.

Use Water-based Artes

Great Dragon is weak to Water-based attacks. Equip your party members such as Rinwell and Shionne with these Artes, and if none are available, be sure you have all the best equipment available at this point in Elde Menancia.

Use Rinwell to Cancel its Artes

Oftentimes, Great Dragon will attempt to cast Artes of its own – outside of its Over Limit state, you can use Rinwell's Boost Attack to cancel out its Artes, knocking it to the ground in a stunned state.

Alternatively, you can make use of Alphen's Boost Attack to acquire the same effects.

Recommended Party Setup for Great Dragon

Party Members

Leader	Members
Alphen Lv.25	Shionne Lv.25	Rinwell Lv.25	Law Lv.25

Turn Off Fire-based Artes

Before heading into the fight, go into your Artes List for your party members and turn off all Fire-based Artes to force the party members you don't directly control to make use of Artes that Great Dragon is not resistant to.

Alphen Equipment and Artes

Alphen Lv.25	Equipment
	Flare Claw
	Topaz Mail
	Pierce Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Severing Wind	Mirage
Sword Rain: Alpha	Stardust
Mega Sonic Thrust	Luna Rondo

Weak Point Attacker

Alphen's physical strength, including his powerful Boost Attacks, is a good choice for attacking Great Dragon's Weak Point. He can easily shatter it with persistent strikes before you reach half of Great Dragon's HP. You can make this process occur faster by doing it in tandem with Law.

Shionne Equipment and Artes

Shionne Lv.25	Equipment
	Innocent Lily
	Middy Blouse
	Garnet
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Healing Circle	Toxicity
Spread	Glacio Celestra
Freeze Lancer	-

Use For Water Attacks

At this stage in the game, Shionne will have a decent amount of Water-based Artes to make use of during the fight against Great Dragon. To shift away some of the healing duties usually put on her, you can swap out any other party member in your active party with Dohalim or Kisara if you've unlocked some of their healing Artes.

Alternatively, you can make use of Items you've acquired beforehand to temporarily be used for healing.

Rinwell Equipment and Artes

Rinwell Lv.25	Equipment
	Silver Sword the Owl
	Topaz Cloak
	Garnet
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Air Thrust	Swallow's Flight
Spread	Placid Pool
Tempest Whirl	-

Allow to Freely Cast

Whether or not Rinwell has Water-based Artes, you can simply just allow her to cast her own Artes freely to get decent damage done against Great Dragon. When controlling her, just simply cast her Artes from far away to avoid taking any damage.

Law Equipment and Artes

Law Lv.25	Equipment
	Flaming Knights
	Zeugle Shell Vest
	-
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
Talon Storm	Glimmer Dragon
Steel	-
Fang Blast	-

Secondary Weak Point Attacker

Law can be used in the same manner that Alphen is used throughout the fight. Like Alphen, his Boost Attacks can also cause significant damage against Great Dragon's Weak Point. In tandem with Alphen, you can easily shatter its Weak Point faster than if you do it with just one character.

Great Dragon Attack Patterns

Fire Attacks

One of its common attacks, apart from its physical strikes, Great Dragon can send a spew of fire from its mouth into whichever direction it chooses. It is easy to avoid these attacks due to the slow build-up time before it unleashes the stream of fire. Great Dragon can perform this attack both on land and in the air.

Fireballs

While in the air, instead of making use of its regular stream of Fire, Great Dragon will instead shoot balls of fire down to the ground, causing a small explosion that can knock you to the ground if hit. If you stand back far away from the dragon when it flies, you'll be able to avoid the fireballs due to its limited range.

Explosion

If allowed to finish its Artes casting, Great Dragon will be able to summon a giant ball from the sky that explodes once it reaches the ground. Staying close to the area of effect for this attack will knock you to the ground and cause a majority of your HP to be reduced.

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