Calamity Arms Boss Guide: Recommended Setup and How to Beat

This is a guide on how to beat Calamity Arms in Tales of Arise! Learn more about Calamity Arms's stats, weaknesses, attack patterns, and the best party setup including Artes and Equipment for this boss fight!

Calamity Arms Stats and General Info

Calamity Arms Location

Map	Actual Location

Calamity Arms will only appear on Gegham Helgarahi - Upper Level 3F after accepting the sub-quest Tissue Sample.

Tissue Sample Sub-Quest Walkthrough: Rewards and How to Clear

Calamity Arms Stats

Recommended Level: 50
HP: 282020
Attack	2843	Defense	1004
Elemental Attack	2437	Elemental Defense	893
Penetration	2849	Resistance	2999
Weakness		Resistance
Light		Dark

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How to Beat Calamity Arms

Tips
Attack from behind
Aim for its core
Dodge its blink attack

Attack From Behind

Most of Calamity Arms' attacks are frontal attacks. Go around its back before performing combos if you're using a melee character to get more hits in. Calamity Arms also doesn't move that quickly so stop attacking and prepare to dodge when it turns around.

Aim for Its Core

Calamity Arms' weak point is located on its head. It might be dangerous to attack it head on since most of its attacks are frontal attacks but you can actually hit its weak point from behind.

Dodge Its Blink Attack

Once its HP drops below 50% and it enters Over Limit mode, Calamity Arms will start using an attack where it teleports to your character while damaging everyone around it. If you're close enough, you can dodge away and trigger a Counter Edge.

Recommended Party Setup for Calamity Arms

Party Members

Leader	Members
Law Lv. 50	Alphen Lv. 50	Rinwell Lv. 50	Shionne Lv. 50

Switch between Law and Alphen

Depending on who you're most comfortable with, you can switch between Law and Alphen as your main attacker.

Calamity Arms' attacks are quite slow so you don't have to worry much about not being able to maintain Law's Awakening or Alphen being able to take more hits because he's tankier.

Law Equipment and Artes

Law Lv. 50	Equipment
	Divine Wrath
	Prismatic Jacket
	Zephyr's Ring
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
First Set
Talon Hurricane	Eagle Assault
Talon Storm	Fang Bolero
Whirlwind Snap	Inferno Punch
Second Set
Steel	-
-	-
-	-

Maintain Awakening status

Law's Awakening makes his attacks get stronger the more hits he lands without getting damaged. Attack Calamity Arms from behind so you can safely build up Awakening.

Alphen Equipment and Artes

Alphen Lv. 50	Equipment
	El Vahf
	Mumbane
	Pierce Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
First Set
Lightning Thrust	Mirage
Swallow Blade	Stardust
Double Demon Fang	Hurricane Thrust
Second Set
-	-
-	-
-	-

Use boost attack to boost break

Alphen's boost attack can instantly down Calamity Arms. Use it to interrupt Calamity Arms' attacks so the other party members, especially Law, can focus on spamming artes.

Rinwell Equipment and Artes

Rinwell Lv. 50	Equipment
	Historia Rene
	Spirit Robe
	Magic Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
First Set
Shooting Star	Placid Pool
Sharpness	Razor Cyclone
Thunder Field	Celestial Hammer
Second Set
-	-
-	-
-	-

Spam Light artes

Rinwell's Shooting Star and Thunder Field both deal Light damage. Since Shooting Star has a long casting time and takes a while before hitting its target, try to cast it when Calamity Arms just finished attacking so the attack lands while Calamity Arms is standing still.

You can also get Celestial Hammer for aerial combos then spam it on Celestial Arms' core. Unlock Mid-Air Jump from the skill panel as well so you can hit the weak point consistently.

Shionne Equipment and Artes

Shionne Lv. 50	Equipment
	Sclopetum Rene
	Wedding Dress
	Magic Emblem
Ground Artes	Aerial Artes
First Set
Luke Celestra	Scorched Earth
Burning Strike	Tres Ventos
Magna Ray	-
Second Set
Resurrection	-
Healing Circle	-
First Aid	-

Offensive healer

Other than being in charge of healing the team, Shionne can also spam Luke Celestra to exploit Calamity Arms' weakness.

Calamity Arms Attack Patterns

Calamity Beam

Fires a laser from its head to an arc in front. Calamity Arms will execute this attack in place so use this opportunity to land more attacks.

Venom Blast

Throws six poison orbs one by one from its six arms then end the attack by throwing three more orbs that track their targets.

Rising Death

Brandishes its arms before performing a rush attack. At the end of the rush, Calamity Arms will swipe upwards to deal additional damage to those caught in the charge.

Slicing Vortex

Spins around and teleports next to its target. This attack deals damage to anyone near Calamity Arms while it's spinning, both before and after teleporting.

Blight Drop

Calamity Arms uses this attack right before its Over Limit ends. Jumps high and randomly throws poison orbs below, then lands by performing a slam attack.

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