jincyk wrote:I'm about to quit. I restarted in order to get some relics and am now in Tampoto and unable to kill Nebarurion. I'm at level 7 (6 for Bubble). After three tries I figured I'd level up some in the floating temple--but if you go there and come back, the fish is no longer at the end of the dock. This game is very unforgiving.
Is there any way to level up at this point without losing the opportunity to fight?
It is unforgiving, but does give you 20 save slots that helps with going back a bit. Do you have a saved game in the Alfamitis Ruins or Aquarius Cave that you can restore. My characters were a bit ahead of yours when I attacked Nebarurion, but this strategy worked well for me. I could consistently kill the 2 Nebarurions in the 3rd round without any fatal damage to my characters.
Sasha Lvl 10
Heatwave lvl 2
Fiery Rage lvl 2
Pyro Lvl 10
Brasero lvl 2
Torch lvl 2
Bubble Lvl 8
No lvl 2 spells
Turn 1
Sasha cast Heatwave to self
Pyro cast Heathaze
Bubble cast Surface
Nebarurion cast Tsunami with small damage to all
Sasha cast Fiery Rage
Pyro cast Brasero
Bubble cast Soap Opera (or Refresh to anyone in need)
Sasha Ash Corpse or Fireball if Nebarurion's HP is still > 80%, else just Guard
Turn 2
Nebarurion cast Tsunami with small damage to all
Pyro cast Torch (or use healing item or guard)
(Nebarurion has low HP now but don't kill yet)
Sasha guards (or Fireball/Ash Corpse if HP is still >90%)
Bubble cast (use healing item on Sasha or Refresh on others)
Repeat until Turn 3
Turn 3-Nebarurion clones himself (now go in for kill)
First Nebarurion cast Tsunami with small damage to all
Bubble cast Surface
Pyro cast Heathaze
Second Nebarurion cast Lightning Pod with moderate damage to all
Sasha cast Fireball to First Nebarurion which should kill it
Pyro cast Brasero
Sasha cast Fiery Rage which should kill Second Nebarurion
Since your characters aren't at those levels, you may have to attack the first nebarurion more often rather than guarding, but don't underestimate the effect of Pyra's supportive skills, Heathaze and Brasero. Also, having Sasha cast Heatwave on himself the first round greatly enhances the damage he will then do with spells. A third Nebarurion shows up in Round 6, so if you can't dispatch the first two by the end of Round 5, then you probably do need to load a prior save and level up a bit more. Good luck.