Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together FAQ/Walkthrough

Tynemouth Hill

Condition(s): Kill Orba.

• Yellow
  • Orba (Wizard)
  • H. Warrior x3
  • H. Archer x2
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Vyce (Warrior)
  • Canopus (Vartan)

This is a fairly straight forward battle with not to much room to maneuver. Melee units typically work the best for this battle since the enemies rush at you.

In this battle, you gain the ability to use the Chariot Tarot.

Krysaro

Condition(s): Kill Moldova.

• Yellow
  • Moldova (Necromancer)
  • S. Warrior x2
  • P. Wizard
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Archer x2
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Vyce (Warrior)
  • Donnalto (Cleric)
• Suggested Unit(s): Canopus

This is where your priests shine. Their healing spells and weapons can do devastating damage to the undead. Unfortunately, they are still quite fragile so equip on emphasis for defense be wary. It may be helpful to keep the enemies at bay while having Canopus in bow distance of Moldova. As you advance, watch for back attacks from newly resurrected undead. When Canopus has enough TP to unleash Dark Weight, execute it on Moldova and it should kill her, ending the battle.

Golborza Plain

Condition(s): Kill Brezen.

• Yellow
  • Brezen (Berserker)
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Valkyrie x2
  • H. Warrior x2 or H. Wizard, H. Archer, and H. Warrior
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Vyce (Warrior)
  • Leonar (Knight)

Wizards are your main concern in this battle as they will inhibit your characters with stun. This is otherwise a straightfoward battle.

In this battle you'll gain the ability to set an AI for your characters. Be warned, AI units can and will use any item in the inventory.

The Arkhaiopolis of Rhime

Condition(s): Kill Bolis. Protect Cistina (option 1 only).

• Yellow
  • Bolis (Knight)
  • Earth Dragon
  • H. Berserker
  • H. Archer
  • W. Archer
  • H. Beast Tamer
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Valkyrie
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Vyce (Warrior)
  • Leonar (Knight)
  • Cistina (Warrior)

Assuming you want to save Cistina, deploy your healers up front to your right in the deploy screen. Archers are useful in this fight because it is easy to cluster together. Due to this, missile-type magic should be used with caution as it is possible to hit your own units accidentally. However, the clustering tendency of the fight has a benefit in that units who can Phalanx can tank hits for everyone else quite easily if they are deployed at the front, leading the pack.

When the mission starts, rush to Cistina's aid in order to recover her from what will be an inevitable onslaught. Use a equipless Canopus with Field Alchemy and a healing item sling for ease. Since he's equipless, he has a good chance of drawing enemy attention away from Cistina as well. It'll require a bit of luck to make sure she keeps alive from the outset but with a few tries, it isn't impossible. However, if she does end up dying don't sweat it. You can go back to this fight later after completing a route. In any case, hide behind your tqank and start to barrage the late leader with arrows.

Qadriga Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Nybeth.

• Yellow
  • Nybeth (Necromancer)
  • H. Z. Warrior x2
  • S. Warrior x3
  • P. Wizard x2
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Vyce (Warrior)

This is basically an uphill battle that involves resisting a rain of magic and arrows and is one of the difficulty walls that a new player may be tested against. Naturally speaking, you can expect to fail a lot. Although it is possible, it is folly to attempt killing all units so be concise and purposeful in who you defeat.

Your first priority should be to kill and exorcise Archers. They are among the easiest to kill yet pose some of the most trouble. Use those newly bought Grimoire Exorcisme to instantly exorcise the relevant units or Donnalto and other units who have Exorcise prelearned.

Afterwards, march up while having a close-packed squad. Melee units and Wizards should insulate healers and deflect the undead away all the while having Archers pressure Nybeth. It may be helpful to hunt down the Phantom Wizards before attempting to kill Nybeth for insurance's sake.

Lake Bordu

Condition(s): Kill Grion.

• Yellow
  • Grion (Knight)
  • W. Archer
  • H. Archer x3
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Warrior x2
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Vyce (Warrior)
  • Ravness (Knight)

The rain here will inhibit ranged accuracy a lot but the same goes for the enemy. The weather will eventually get better as the battle rages on but until then, surround Grion and just start pummeling him. This is another stage where your party can cluster easily, albeit not as drastically as the last maps.

Xeod Moors

Condition(s): Kill Ganpp.

• Yellow
  • Ganpp (Beast Tamer)
  • Berda (Gryphon)
  • Orbda (Gryphon)
  • W. Beast Tamer
  • W. Archer x2
  • R. Berserker
  • R. Warrior x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Vyce (Warrior)
  • Ravness (Knight)

Ganpp will waste no time at closing the distance between you two--it won't be long until you find him at your doorstep. As a result, melee units have a lot of moments to shine.

The battle will end if any of the following are at low HP: Ganpp, Berda, or Obda. Logically, you should just focus on one of these targets to end this battle quickly.

Balmamusa (1)

Condition(s): Kill all enemies.

• Yellow
  • H. Archer x4
  • H. Warrior x4
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Vyce (Warrior)
  • Ravness (Knight)
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Vyce (Warrior)

Unlike a lot of battles in this game, you're one with the height advantage this time. Archers are an extremely great asset to have in this battle because they can snipe extremely well from above. You won't really need a lot of healers during this battle since you're the aggressor.

Balmamusa (Ch2 Law)

Condition(s): Kill all (Yellow).

• Yellow
  • H. Berserker
  • H. Knight
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Valkyrie x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Wizard
• Purple
  • Ravness (Valkyrie)
• Guest
  • Catiua (Priest)

You will need to spare Ravness if you want to recruit her. Since she won't lay down her arms, get a Wizard and cast multiple debuffing and disabling spells on her to make her weaker. You can also make use of some the Tarot cards that inflict debuffs.

From here, you go to the Chapter II (Law): I will fear no reproach. route.

Balmamusa (Ch2 Chaos)

Condition(s): Kill all enemies.

• Purple
  • H. Knight
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Valkyrie x2
  • H. Berserker
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

This battle is all about keeping your HP up because the enemies will constantly throw status ailments at you, the most often of them all being Poison. You'll want to kill the melee units which will probably make first contact with your party--preferably with your own melee units. Afterwards, mop up the remaining enemies.

From here, you go to the Chapter II (Chaos): The world can be put to rights. route.

Balmamusa

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Yellow
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Knight
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Archer x3
• Guest
  • Catiua (Priest)
• Suggested Unit(s): Canopus

Proceed with a pack of units with your strongest (damage-wise) unit in front. Archers are a bit less useful than they usually are because of the rain and the multiple obstacles that get in the way of arrow paths. Indirect magic units, by the same circumstances, are wonderful though.

Have Canopus climb to the top of the area and have him snipe out enemies that get too troublesome to kill.

Xeod Moors

Condition(s): Kill Garba.

• Yellow
  • Garba (Wizard)
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Terror Knight
  • W. Warrior
  • R. Warrior
  • R. Berserker
  • Gryphon
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Don't move because you'll want to drive the Gryphon away from the enemy's group. When he approaches you, focus all attacks and vanquish it first. After that your second priority should be Garba--ignore the rest of the enemies.

Rhea Boum Aqueduct

• Terror Knight classmark acquired for the first time.

• Yellow
  • Josephine (Cleric)
  • Octopus x3
  • H. Beast Tamer x2
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Archer
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Non-melee units are best in this stage because while there is some room for you to move, there isn't much for the enemy to do so. Octopi and Josephine are the exceptions to this what with the former being able to move through water and the latter moving away from you.

The octopi are your biggest threat so try to pick them off before they draw too close. If you are using archers, play around with targetting outside of your range (just try it). If they're in range of your magic units then you can kiss them goodbye--one fling of magic will make them Adversed to the element you used and another of the same element will end them. However, even after attempting to keep the octopi at bay, they still have a move called Aqua Bubble which will probably OHKO any unit so keep moving all units forward. Since the leader is a Cleric this time, it shouldn't be too hard to end the mission when you reach her. She retreats at low HP.

Port Asyton (1)

Condition(s): Kill Nadia.

• Yellow
  • Nadia (Cleric)
  • Clay Golem x3
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Berserker
  • H. Wizard x2
  • W. Archer
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

You'll only need a few Archers to snipe the Nadia, again using the out-of-range aim trick. It might be helpful to bring your weak units in on this fight so they can soak in EXP from such an easy fight.

Port Asyton (2)

Condition(s): Kill Arycelle.

• Purple
  • Arycelle (Archer)
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Archer
  • W. Archer
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Berserker x2
  • W. Warrior
  • H. Warrior
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

When you start, split your melee and missile magic units in two so one squad goes directly forward and another to the side to prevent clustering. You should ignore the Knights in the stage--their defenses and support from their allies are too high. You should seek to kill healers instead. Take down the Archers if you wish for insurance. If you stall killing Arycelle for too long then she'll have enough TP to unleash Dark Weight which can be devastating to your party. If you are unable to avoid an encounter with the Knights, focus as much units as possible on defeating them so you can avoid a long-winded duel.

Arycelle will retreat at low HP.

The Reisan Way

Condition(s): Kill Alfred.

• Yellow
  • Alfred (Knight)
  • H. Knight
  • H. Archer x3
  • H. Warrior x3
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Wizard
• Green
  • Ravness (Valkyrie)
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Enemies near Ravness are your highest priority. Take your time fending off enemies and deal with Alfred when it's absolutely safe. Don't attack Ravness and keep her safe to recruit her later in the route.

Qadriga Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Darza.

• White (Pirates)
  • Darza (Berserker)
  • H. Warrior x3
  • H. Wizard
  • U. Wizard
  • W. Archer
  • W. Rune Fencer
  • Cyclops x2
• White (Headhunters)
  • Xapan (Berserker)
• Guests''
  • Catiua (Priest)

Don't get too scared by the Cyclops. They, unlike most monsters, are woundable by anything and are pretty much Berserkers in monster form.

Have a equipless Canopus with a Lobber heal Xapan and maintain his HP. Even though Xapan can do a bit of self defense with his Berserker traits, he'll still be overwhelmed.

Tynemouth Hill

Condition(s): Kill Wynoa.

• Yellow
  • Wynoa (Cleric)
  • Gatialo (Terror Knight)
  • H. Cleric x8
  • H. Archer x2
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
• Suggested Unit(s): Canopus, Xapan

During the course of the mission, Gatialo will try to run while the Clerics feebly try to keep you away. Let him pass if you don't care about missing a title and you'll face him later in the route. The battle will be much easier if you do this since all of the units are fragile. Still, you'll need to focus attacks instead of throwing them out randomly or the Clerics will be able to outheal your damage.

If you do care for the title, you can come back to this stage later on with the World System. If, by whatever reason, you can need to get the title now then you'll have to kill the Clerics first. Have Canopus, Xapan, and whatever other units have Finishers do this while the other units should focus their attacks on Gatialo. When the Finisher units have enough TP, unleash a flurry on Gatialo and pray that it is enough to kill him. You can also kill Wynoa before Gatialo can flee which will change the objective to, "Vanquish Gatialo" which will make him cease to flee so you don't have to fight the clock. This will change future battles.

If you want to prepare for the latter then get into a random battle. After one enemy is left then have all of your Archers beat up a Knight or some other hardy melee unit. Have Clerics keep the whipping boy's HP up and soon enough, you'll have Finisher moves for those Archers to use on Gatialo.

Golborza Plain

Condition(s): Kill Gousin.

• Purple
  • Gousin (Ninja)
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Knight
  • H. Archer
  • H. Cleric
  • R. Warrior
  • F. Rogue
  • H. Knight
  • H. Rogue
  • U. Rogue
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

The choices you choose for Catiua won't affect the story aside from small dialogue so go wild.

It benefits you if you are not overleveled coming to this fight because then Gousin will lack Double Attack, making him worthless. His jutsu may still do some damage but shouldn't be much of a problem. However, a full magic team may be useful if the justu proves to be too much trouble. Magic units have a high resistance to magic attacks hence they'll take less damage from his jutsu.

The Arkhaiopolis of Rhime

Condition(s): Kill Vyce.

• Purple
  • Vyce (Ranger)
  • Arycelle (Archer)
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Valkyrie x2
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Cleric x2
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Don't kill Arycelle if you care about recruiting her.

Have some Wizards around and severely debuff Arycelle since she's an amazing unit. Vyce is in your sight without any enemies to block him so go for his throat with haste. Ranged fighters may be useful in this regard.

The Gates of Almorica

Condition(s): Kill Modiliani,

• Purple
  • Modiliani (Sorcerer)
  • Arc Dragon
  • Dark Dragon
  • H. Stone Golem x2
  • H. Witch x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Beast Tamer x2
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Magic units and Berserkers need apply here. Stone Golems will be nearly impossible to scratch without Magic units and the same goes but Dragons but Berskers can also take care of them if a substitution is needed. Take your time taking out the monsters then go for Modiliani.

Almorica Passageway (1)

Condition(s): Kill Marino.

• Purple
  • Marino (Terror Knight)
  • H. Knight x4
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Archer x3
  • H. Warrior
  • H. Ninja
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Take out the enemies to your right or they'll flank you later on. Afterwards, run past the Knights--they're just there to distract you. They're not much of a threat due their low damage and swift RT accumulation.

Almorica Passageway (2)

• Terror Knight classmarks acquired for the first time.

• Purple (Walister Resistance)
  • Leonar (Knight)
• Purple (New Walister Alliance) (Ally)
  • Vyce (Ranger)
  • Arycelle (Archer)
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Not too hard, just go wild because the New Wallister Alliance and Catiua will provide offense and heals respectively.

If you're still having trouble, switch Denam to a hardy melee class and let him tank the stage.

Port Asyton

Condition(s): Kill Arycelle.

• Purple
  • Arycelle (Archer)
  • H. Knight x2
  • W. Rune Fencer
  • W. Warrior
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Cleric
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

When you start, split your melee and missile magic units in two so one squad goes directly forward and another to the side to prevent clustering. You should ignore the Knights in the stage--their defenses and support from their allies are too high. You should seek to kill healers instead. Take down the Archers if you wish for insurance. If you stall killing Arycelle for too long then she'll have enough TP to unleash Dark Weight which can be devastating to your party. If you are unable to avoid an encounter with the Knights, focus as much units as possible on defeating them so you can avoid a long-winded duel.

Arycelle will retreat at low HP.

Rhea Boum

Condition(s): Kill Xapan.

• Yellow
  • Xapan (Berserker)
  • Octopus x2
  • W. Beast Tamer
  • H. Terror Knight
  • R. Warrior x2
  • U. Archer x2
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Not much room to maneuver so melee units will be much less useful. There's not a lot of random altitude-based obstacles so missile magic units and Archers are great in this stage.

As soon as you deploy, position your hardiest units in a way that they'll block Xapan's melee units from advancing. Then, just pick off the Octopuses with Thunder magic from afar then just hunt Xanap down while ignoring the rest of the enemies. Have Clerics keep everyone's HP up.

Xapan will retreat at low HP.

Xeod Moors

Condition(s): Kill Vance.

• Yellow
  • Vance (Rune Knight)
  • H. Berserker
  • F. Familiar
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Warrior
  • H. Knight
  • U. Rogue
  • Clay Golem x2
• Purple (Ally)
  • Arycelle (Archer)
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Bring magic users along, preferably Wizards. Like the last stage, there's not a lot of room to maneuver in the beginning but there's no altitude-based obstacles. Additionally the Clay Golems will be totally invulnerable to attacks other than magic. If you lack magic users, you will probably have to spend a lot of time running away from them

Vance will most likely stay in the back while the other units try to kill you. Just kill the enemies that come to you and take your time.

Arycelle will appear here if she survived at Port Asyton. She won't attack you and instead aids you.

Lake Bordu

Condition(s): Kill Genzo.

• Yellow
  • Genzo (Ninja)
  • Octopus x2
  • Cloud Dragon
  • H. Berserker x2
  • W. Rune Fencer
  • H. Beast Tamer x2
  • H. Archer
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Arycelle (Archer)

Advance forward but not too much. Since Genzo is a Ninja, he can walk over this terrain easily and probably go ahead of his own troops.

Tynemouth

Condition(s): Kill Vyce.

• Purple
  • Vyce (Assassin)
  • Cyclops
  • H. Knight
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Terror Knight or H. Dragoon
  • H. Beast Tamer
  • Flame Dragon
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Arycelle (Archer)

Method 1

1. Arycelle charges straight into the enemy pack and shoots the Healer. This is the worst scenario you can get. For this, you'll want to recklessly run to the heart of the stage in order to draw attention. Arycelle will get hurt a lot since she seems to have no regard for her own life but luckily, if you followed my advice, the main character will be deployed right next to her and will be able to heal the ambitious Arycelle.
2. Arycelle fires at one unit but eventually falls back to your group. This is the best scenario but also the least likely. In this one just pick off enemies so you can isolate Vyce then just gang up on him--he won't dodge many attacks.

You can make the second scenario more statistically likely if you unequip Arycelle's bow and give her melee weapons.

Thankfully no matter what scenario plays out, Vyce runs away at low HP.

Method 2

In any case, be sure to pick up the crafting item in the ditch near your spawn at the beginning. Be sure not to send a Cleric to get it or else they'll be trapped.

Krysaro

Conditions(s): Kill Farrel.

• Yellow
  • Farrel (Knight)
  • Knight x2
  • Berserker x2
  • Warrior x2
  • Archer x2
  • Wizard
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Don't be overly ambitious. The enemies don't deal that much damage but they have a decent amount of defense and will take time to defeat. Focus on what enemies you have in front of you. Make sure to have enough MP to barrage Farrel when he comes marching in your direction.

Qadriga Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Darza.

• White
  • Darza (Berserker)
  • Cockatrice x2
  • R. Berserker
  • W. Rune Fencer
  • R. Warrior
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Wizard
  • W. Archer
  • U. Wizard
• Yellow (Ally+Guest)
  • Folcurt (Knight)
  • Bayin (Wizard)
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

Unlike the last time you were here, most of the non-melee fighters are too far away to strike you. Everyone else will come to you, including Darza.

Ndmamsa Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Veldre.

• White
  • Veldre (Valkyrie)
  • F. Rogue
  • W. Beast Tamer
  • H. Rune Fencer
  • H. Archer x2
  • W. Archer
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Terror Knight
  • Gryphon x2 or Gryphon and U. Familiar
• Yellow (Guests)
  • Folcurt (Knight)
  • Bayin (Wizard)
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

This is pretty much the same as the time you fought Nybeth but you should be significantly stronger this time around. The yellow faction usually stays in the corner so you won't have to worry about them too much.

Golyat

• Cistina joins as a Guest.

• White
  • Dagon (Wizard)
  • U. Terror Knight
  • H. Ninja x2
  • W. Archer x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric
  • Clay Golem x3
• Yellow (Guests)
  • Folcurt (Knight)
  • Bayin (Wizard)
  • Cistina (Valkyrie)
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)
• Suggested Unit(s): Canopus

Canopus can practically solo this stage by riding the roofs and sniping the Cleric then Dagon with a bow. Kill as much units as you want until you are satisfied then have Canopus take out the leader.

The Arkhaiopolis of Rhime

Condition(s): Kill Xapan

• Yellow
  • Xapan (Berserker)
  • Dark Dragon
  • R. Hoplite x2
  • H. Beast Tamer x2
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Rogue x2
  • Arc Dragon
  • Stone Golem
• Guests
  • Catiua (Priest)

At the start: Denam and Catiua are ambushed. The rest of the party deploys far away from them. Taking this in consideration, I suggest you change Denam into a melee class so he can adequantely survive nearby foes. Have him fall back when possible or he will be surrounded. Catiua should follow suit.

Xapan will retreat (yet again) at low HP.

The Gates of Almorica

Condition(s): Kill Ramidos and Xapan.

• Purple
  • Ramidos (Sorceress)
  • Xapan (Berserker)
  • W. Warrior
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • U. Rune Fencer
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric

The two Knights are just a distraction. Go for Ramidos' throat and fell her first. Everyone else will flee afterwards. This is the first time that reinforcements will come.

Almorica Passageway

Condition(s): Kill Vyce.

• Purple
  • Vyce (Assassin)

Yep, here's the Tactics Ogre equivalent of the Wiegraf Riovanes Castle battle from the original Final Fantasy Tactics. Unlike that one, you can definitely win this by brute strength. If you've been heeding my advice, you should have Sanguine Assault or Phalanx. Keep dealing back attacks until you have enough TP to activate either of them.

When Vyce is 50HP or lower, the battle ends no matter what. Even if you were die by his counterattack.

Madura Drift

Condition(s): Kill Hektor.

• Yellow
  • Hektor (Knight)
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Knight
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric

Before you attack Hektor, make sure you're absolutely going to defeat him before his turn comes up. At 50 TP, he will activate Phalanx and then his party will heal back all the HP he lost which is not an attractive scenario.

Due to this, I suggest building TP against hitting enemies or hitting your own units then unleashing all your offensive skills/Finishing moves on Hektor all at once. It will be useful to take advantage of Drain Power dark magic to keep Hektor's TP below 50.

Hektor will retreat at low HP.

Brigantys West Curtain Wall (Left)

Condition(s): Kill Bingham.

• Yellow
  • Bingham (W. Archer)
  • Cyclops x2
  • U. Hoplite x2
  • U. Juggernaut
  • W. Archer x3
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric

One of the most annoying maps in this game. There's a huge river dividing you and the enemy and the only way to across is to go through the small platforms on the far left and right of the map. Before you even get to the other side the enemy's non-melee offensive units will pick you off. From all of this info, it's obvious that you should bring many hardy units to the fray.

Brigantys South Curtain Wall (Right)

Condition(s): Kill Kakrinoros.

• Yellow
  • Kakrinoros (Wizard)
  • W. Archer x2
  • W. Rune Fencer
  • H. Rune Fencer
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Warrior x2

This route would have been as annoying as the left one but the inhibition here is height, not water. As such, Canopus and alike units who have a mastery over high maps have quite the advantage here.

Deploy Canopus and any units that can climb the wall easily and go for Kakrinoros directly. Be sure to have some Clerics on standby just in case those units need healing.

Brigantys Great Hall

Condition(s): Kill Hektor.

• Yellow
  • Hektor (Knight)
  • H. Archer x4
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Terror Knight x2
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Wizard x2

The same mechanics from the last Hektor fight applies here. Once again, you will want to try to avoid engaging Hektor until all units can contribute to killing him before his turn comes around or you will have to face Phalanx usage.

If you are okay with a longer encounter, it might be helpful to be reserved in your advance in order to lure the Terror Knights from out the stairway. Their double Rampart Auras in the stair area will cause your party to cluster easily and stop units enough for Hektor to build TP on them, causing Phalanx to come out. Siege can obviously break through the Rampart Auras but due to the tight spot between the two Terror Knights, it is unlikely you will really gain any real tactical advantage for trying to brute force through them. The Siege unit will get surrounded pretty easily due to the other units being unlikely to keep up the pace with it not to mention Hektor will be able to build TP on that unit.

Bahanna Highlands

Condition(s): Kill Roberval.

• Yellow
  • Roberval (Ninja)
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric x2

If you don't have Jeunan or you don't feel like recruiting Ravness, whether this be simply out of apathy or you want to do it later with the World system, just take your time and proceed forward. Archers should stay on the highest parts of the stage because your marching melee units will lure Roberval out of the pack.

Assuming you have Jeunan and you want to recruit Ravness, unequip all Counterattack skills on your soldiers. When the battle begins, have a Cleric cast Boon of Swiftness IMMEDIATELY on Jeunan. After this use the above strategy and weaken Roberval to at least below 70% (could be lower, unconfirmed) and just wait. On Jeunan's subsequent turns he'll say various dialogue and you must see all of them in order to recruit Ravness later in the route. He'll talk for about three times and you'll know when you've seen all of them when Denam's final response is, "What?!"

The Reisan Way

Condition(s): Kill Vance.

• Yellow
  • Vance (Rune Fencer)
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Ninja x2
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Warlock
• Green
  • Z. Earth Dragon and Z. Hydra, both stilled (felled).

Grab a Cleric. If you use a multitude of Magic Leaves on her from the beginning, you should be able to exorcise one of the dragons before they rise. Try to go for the Z. Earth Dragon because the Hydra one has less defense.

Your plan of action in this fight relies on your ability to handle the enemy mob while dealing with a Z. Hydra that will enter the fray and probably flank you. If you think you can handle it, go wild and charge straight into the enemy group. If you don't think you can, stay still and wait for the Z. Hydra to rise. It should head to your group faster than the enemy can which allows you time to kill it before you're overwhelmed.

The Gates of Coritanae

Condition(s): Kill Orgeau.

• Yellow
  • Orgaeu (W. Archer)
  • H. Dragoon x2
  • H. Archer x4
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Wizard

Go the high route. Make use of ranged/magic fighters in this battle. The high route has a lot of enemies with Rampart Aura, preventing you from advancing too fast. Plus, Orgeau is also a W. Archer which means he'll stay away from you. Melee fighters will have a hard time catching him.

Coritanae Ward

Condition(s): Kill Apollinaire.

• Yellow
  • Apollinaire (Knight)
  • H. Valkyrie x2
  • H. Terror Knight x2
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Archer x4
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Witch

Grab your Knight(s) or any other units with Rampart Aura and have them block the path in the middle. Have your entire party behind them and charge. Ranged/magic units are helpful in this battle so they can hide behind the Knight(s) and do devastating damage.

Bahanna Highlands

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Yellow
  • H. Knight x3
  • H. Archer x4
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Warrior
  • H. Valkyrie
• Green
  • Ravness (Valkyrie)

Immediately attempt to kill all of the non-melee units that are in front of you. When Ravness' turn comes, have the entire squad follow her footsteps She'll be expectedly reckless and with her low HP, she will definitely need the support.

The Psonji Weald (Path A)

Condition(s): Kill Brutakos.

• Yellow
  • Brutakos (Sorcerer)
  • Thunder Dragon
  • Flame Dragon
  • Hydra
  • R. Juggernaut x2
  • U. Archer x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Warlock x2

If you have well trained Dragoons or have some Bersekers with Sanguine Assault then this should be done in a snap. Just take your time killing those Dragons because they won't let up so easily. They will kill you if you neglect them.

Lake Bordu (Path B)

Condition(s): Kill Muntzer.

• Yellow
  • Muntzer (Necromancer)
  • R. Matriarch x2
  • R. Juggernaut
  • R. Archer
  • S. Knight x2
  • Cockatrice
• Purple
  • Z. Berserker, Z. Warrior, Z. Valkyrie, and Z. Terror Knight all stilled (felled).

Bring a LOT of Clerics and Magic Leaves. You can also get some Grimoire Exoricisme to make things easier. From the very start try to exorcise as much stilled enemies as you can. After that you need to advance forward swiftly because enemies will just bog you down while Muntzer will stay in the back, reanimating what dead you didn't manage to exorcise fast enough.

Tynemouth Hill

Condition(s): Kill Ganpp.

• White
  • Ganpp (Beast Tamer)
  • Berda (Gryphon)
  • Obda (Gryphon)
  • Banga (Cockatrice)
  • Zanga (Cockatrice)
  • R. Hoplite x2
  • R. Juggernaut x2
  • W. Cleric
  • W. Wizard

Well this is a stage where you're going to have to be extremely careful about killing Ganpp's beasts. Why? Killing them will yield positive effects for Ganpp and negative ailments for your party. Needless to say, you have to kill him right away when he's in range with your non-melee units.

Obda - Heal for Ganpp, Weaken on party

Berda - Strengthen for Ganpp, Breached on party

Banga - Falsestrike on party

Zanga - Sidestep for Ganpp, Stagger on party

Don't worry about killing his beasts if you want to recruit him later in the route. Storywise whether or not you injure them the continuity will consider them dead. Ganpp will retreat again at low HP.

The Gates of Almorica

Condition(s): Kill Gildora.

• Yellow
  • Gildora (Witch)
  • H. Dragoon x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Ninja
  • H. Beast Tamer
  • H. Cleric
  • Dark Dragon
  • Cloud Dragon
  • Iron Golem

Dragoons are a great asset here. Dragons will rush at you first. They'll be bogging you down and weakening you fairly well otherwise. Kill the dragons to ensure a victory then defeat Gildora whom, as a witch, has low defense.

Almorica Passageway

Condition(s): Kill Xaebos.

• Yellow
  • Xaebos (Knight)
  • H. Necromancer
  • H. Terror Knight x4
  • H. Warlock
  • H. Dragoon x2
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Wizard

Remember that last battle with Hektor? This one is almost exactly the same, only difference is that Xaebos has a stupidly high amount of defense and there's a Necromancer that you should definitely attempt to recruit. Since Xaebos has such a high defense you should sic your highest damaging units on him as well as kill the enemies around him to accumulate TP.

Mount Weobry

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Green
  • Dark Dragon
  • Earth Dragon
  • Flame Dragon
  • Arc Dragon
  • P. Wizard x2
  • S. Archer
  • S. Warrior
  • U. Familiar
  • U. Rogue
  • R. Warrior
  • R. Berserker

Dragoons.

The Arkhaiopolis of Rhime

Condition(s): Kill Ozma.

• Red
  • Ozma (Knight Commander)
  • H. Knight x3
  • H. Warlock
  • H. Warrior
  • H. Archer x3
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Rune Fencer

Your main force should be filled with Rampart Aura carrying units. Go forward and surround Hobyrim to halt attacks. One to three units should go on the small way on the left to flank and block off the enemy.

Ozma will retreat at low HP.

Phidoh West Curtain Wall (Left)

Condition(s): Kill Mercure.

• Red
  • Mercure (Swordmaster)
  • Iron Golem x2
  • Stone Golems x2
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Warlock x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Cleric
  • W. Archer

There are many golems here and you know what that means: get magic units or hammers and start beating on them. Warlocks/Witches are great if you have them because you can try recruiting them.

Phidoch South Curtain Wall (Right)

Condition(s): Kill Vestiarri.

• Red
  • Vestiarri (Wizard)
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Warlock
  • Thunder Dragon
  • Flood Dragon
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • W. Beast Tamer
  • W. Archer
  • H. Warrior

Canopus can climb the wall but the enemies here should be pretty weak if you have a strong Dragoon. If so, stall a bit and kill some enemies for some loot and EXP. If not, just have Canopus go straight for the leader and kill her. Reinforcements arrive as you kill.

Phidoch Great Hall

Condition(s): Kill Balxephon and Oz.

• Red
  • Balxephon (Knight Commander)
  • Oz (Knight Commander)
  • H. Templar x4
  • Iron Golem
  • H. Terror Knight
  • H. Warlock
  • H. Knight
  • H. Valkyrie
  • H. Witch
  • H. Archer
  • H. Cleric

Denam will be deployed in the way front, away from the party. Try to weaken the people around you before going for Oz because it'll turn into a really unnecessary battle of attrition. Even though the Hydra is a different breed of dragon, it is considerably weaker than it's more popular counterparts so don't worry.

Almorica Castle

Condition(s): Kill Hektor.

• Yellow
  • Hektor (Knight)
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Archer
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Berserker
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Terror Knight
• Blue (Ally)
  • Leonar (Knight)
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Knight

Just go wild and have fun.

Boed Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Oz.

• Red
  • Oz (Knight Commander)
  • Templar x10
• Blue (Ally)
  • Cerya (Valkyrie) starts off Leadened.

The Templars are pretty much embellished Terror Knights while Oz is practically an embellished Knight--Magic and Archery will be largely ineffective but still useful. Send your Archers to the sides of the map and you should more or less wait for the units to come to you. Have your non-melee units (the best for the job) take them out while your melee units take down Oz.

Tynemouth Hill

Condition(s): Kill Ganpp.

• Green
  • Ganpp (Beast Tamer)
  • Berda (Gryphon)
  • Obda (Gryphon)
  • Banga (Cockatrice)
  • Zanga (Cockatrice)
  • R. Juggernaut x2
  • R. Hoplite
  • W. Wizard x2
  • W. Cleric

Well this is a stage where you're going to have to be extremely careful about killing Ganpp's beasts. Why? Killing them will yield positive effects for Ganpp and negative ailments for your party. Needless to say, you have to kill him right away when he's in range with your non-melee units.

Obda - Heal for Ganpp, Weaken on party

Berda - Strengthen for Ganpp, Breached on party

Banga - Falsestrike on party

Zanga - Sidestep for Ganpp, Stagger on party

Don't worry about killing his beasts if you want to recruit him later in the route. Storywise whether or not you injure them the continuity will consider them dead. Ganpp will retreat again at low HP.

Qadriga Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Botis.

• Yellow
  • Botis (Wizard)
  • Cockatrice x4
  • H. Terror Knights x3
  • F. Rogue
  • U. Familiar
  • W. Beast Tamer
• Blue (Ally)
  • Phesta (Valkyrie) starts off incapacitated.
  • Tamuz (Knight) starts off incapacitated.
  • Chamos (Wizard) starts off incapacitated.

Get your wizard and cast negative ailments on the Cockatrice such as Petrify to keep the flow of monsters in check.

You don't have to revive your allies in order to recruit them. Just make sure their death counters don't hit 0. You will lose a bit of in battle dialogue if they stay dead.

Port Asyton

Condition(s): Kill all (Undead).

• Green (Enemy)
  • Z. H. Warrior x2
  • Z. R. Juggernaut
  • Z. H. Cleric
  • Z. H. Knight
  • Z. W. Warrior
  • Z. H. Archer
  • Z. Cloud Dragon, S. Wizard, and P. Wizard all stilled (felled).
• Green (Ally)
  • Dievold (Terror Knight)
  • Oelias (Cleric)

Remember the last time with Arycelle? Apply the same tactics but keep a lot of Clerics with Magic Leaves nearby.

Mount Hedon

Condition(s): Kill Cassandra.

• Yellow
  • Cassandra (Necromancer)
  • U. Familiar
  • U. Rogue
  • U. Juggernaut
  • R. Hoplite
  • P. Wizard
  • Z. Flame Dragon x2, S. Terror Knight, and S. Warrior all stilled (felled)

If you get out an Archer you can walk to a higher platform and end this in a few turns.

Hagia Banhamuda

Condition(s): Kill Cressida.

• Yellow
  • Cressida (Necromancer)
  • F. Familiar x2
  • F. Rogue
  • Cyclops
  • S. Warrior x2
  • P. Wizard

Again, just get an Archer and move them forward. When they're in range, just target Cressida and this should be over with.

Ndamsa Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Nybeth.

• Yellow
  • Nybeth (Necromancer)
  • Gildas (Death Knight)
  • Z. R. Berserker
  • Z. H. Terror Knight
  • Z. U. Archer
  • Z. H. Archer
  • Z. R. Wizard
  • Z. H. Rune Fencer
  • S. Terror Knight, S. Wizard, and S. Knight are stilled (felled).

This is the same as the last Nybeth battle but thankfully it's easier to climb the hill and you're much stronger than before.

Golyat

Condition(s): Kill Orgeau.

• Yellow
  • Orgeau (W. Beast Tamer)
  • U. Berserker x2
  • R. Hoplite
  • W. Archer
  • W. Cleric
  • U. Wizard
  • R. Juggernaut
  • Cyclops
  • Octopus

This is a fairly straight forward battle.

Gates of Coritanae

Condition(s): Kill Gildoras.

• Yellow
  • Gildora (Witch)
  • H. Terror Knight x2
  • H. Ninja
  • H. Valkyire
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Archer
  • H. Knight
  • Thunder Dragon
  • W. Archer
  • H. Berserker

Dragoons are a great asset here. Dragons will rush at you first. They'll be bogging you down and weakening you fairly well otherwise. Kill the dragons to ensure a victory then defeat Gildora whom, as a witch, has low defense.

Coritanae Ward

Condition(s): Kill Xaebos.

• Yellow
  • Xaebos (Knight)
  • H. Terror Knight x2
  • H. Dragoon x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • W. Wizard x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric x2

Get units with Rampart Aura (Knights if possible) and charge the center region. Have your Archers target units with less armor regardless of their distance to the enemy healers because what you're looking to do is build up TP to barrage Xaebos with Finishers.

Mount Weobry

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Green (Enemy)
  • Hydra
  • Flame Dragon
  • Green Dragon
  • Dark Dragon
• White (Enemy)
  • Stone Golem
  • Clay Golem
  • R. Hoplite
  • R. Juggernaut
  • R. Patriarch

Stay in one spot and stay closely packed together. No spell caster is safe in this mission because reinforcements come regularly and there's eventually flying units that enter the fray.

Have your Wizards petrify or use any other negative ailments on some of the monsters to help make the flow of attacks easier to handle. Dragoons naturally should be used since most of the enemies are either beasts or dragons.

The Arkhaiopolis of Rhime

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Red
  • H. Knight
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Terror Knight
  • Arc Dragon
  • H. Beast Tamer x2
  • H. Valkyrie
  • H. Frost

As long as you use Rampart Aura around the spawn you don't have to worry about ranged/magic characters being attacked. None of the enemies can cross the water, save for the Valkyire.

Phidoch West Curtain Wall (Left)

Condition(s): Kill Mercure.

• Yellow
  • Mercure (Swordmaster)
  • Iron Golem x2
  • Stone Golem x2
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Warlock
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Terror Knight
  • H. Warrior

You'll be bogged down from the outset by the army of Golems. The other units, Archers primarily, will be there to pick you off while they're doing so. Magic, crushing strikes, and Dragoons are the key to killing off those Golems so you can advance.

Phidoch South Curtain Wall (Right)

Condition(s): Kill Vestiarri.

• Red
  • Vestiarri (Enchantress)
  • Thunder Dragon
  • Flood Dragon
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Warrior
  • W. Archer
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Warlock

Canopus can climb the wall but the enemies here should be pretty weak if you have a strong Dragoon. If so, stall a bit and kill some enemies for some loot and EXP. If not, just have Canopus go straight for the leader and kill her. Reinforcements arrive as you kill.

Phidoch Great Hall

Condition(s): Kill Ozma.

• Red
  • Ozma (Knight Commander)
  • H. Templar x5
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Witch
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Knight
  • H. Terror Knight
  • H. Beast
  • Hydra

Don't charge for Ozma because you'll easily find yourself surrounded and killed. Defeat the Templars in front of you, especially the red one which has low defense and will thusly yield the most TP.

Port Asyton

Condition(s): Kill Gannon.

• White
  • Gannon (Berserker)
  • U. Terror Knight x2
  • H. Archer
  • H. Wizard x2
  • Clay Golem
  • W. Rune Fencer

Bring indirect magic users and Archers. Snipe the Golem and Gannon when they approach you.

Xeod Moors

Condition(s): Kill Feinatorre.

• Purple
  • Feinatorre (Knight)
  • H. Valkyrie x3
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Ninja x2

This is a fairly open ended battle.

The Gates of Coritanae

Condition(s): Kill Gildora.

Yellow

• Gildora (Witch)
  • H. Archer x3
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Knight
  • Stone Golem
  • W. Cleric

Pick one path, the water or the bridge, and concentrate all troops onto it. The former is best because the units you make first contact with in that route are brittle.

Coritanae Ward

Condition(s): Kill Xaebos.

• Yellow
  • Xaebos (Knight)
  • H. Terror Knight x2
  • H. Dragoon
  • W. Rune Fencer
  • H. Archer
  • H. Warlock
  • H. Cleric

Bring bludgeoning weapons because they're the most effective against the enemies of this stage. Stay still and just pick off enemies to build TP. When you have enough, unleash a fury of Finish moves on Xaebos. Watch out for the Clerics in this stage, not only do they heal very well but they'll hurt you heavily with their item slings.

Xaebos retreats at low HP.

The Reisan Way

• Warlock classmarks acquired for the first time.

• Yellow
  • Cassandra (Necromancer)
  • R. Hoplite
  • S. Archer
  • U. Juggernaut
  • U. Familiar
  • U. Rogue
  • P. Wizard
  • P. Wizard, S. Warrior, S. Terror Knight, and S. Knight all felled (stilled).

Well this is certainly an original fight. Here, there are a lot of undead units but some of them are already felled and ready to revive themselves. You can deal with this battle the same as her daughter, Moldova's battle or you can simply rush her. She'll probably die in two hits of anything.

Bahanna Highlands

Condition(s): Kill Hektor.

• Yellow
  • Hektor (Knight)
  • Gryphon
  • Frost Dragon x2
  • H. Dragoon
  • H. Beast Tamer
  • W. Archer x2
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Terror Knight
  • H. Wizard

This should be your first snow stage. Hektor's another hardy Knight like Xaebos so employ the same strategy.

Brigantys West Curtain Wall (Left)

Condition(s): Kill Orgaeu.

• Yellow
  • Orgaeu (W. Beast Tamer)
  • Octopus x2
  • R. Juggernaut
  • R. Hoplite x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric x2

Unlike other leaders, Orgaeu won't charge at you until everyone else is dead (in theory) which will take forever so you're going to have to hop along the sides where the platforms are which also will be a tedious venture what with such a narrow passing and the enemies picking at you.

Brigantys South Curtain Wall (Right)

Condition(s): Kill Kakrinoros.

• Yellow
  • Kakrinoros (Wizard)
  • H. Archer x4
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Witch
  • H. Terror Knight
  • H. Knight
  • H. Berserker
  • W. Cleric
  • W. Archer x2

This route would have been as annoying as the left one but the inhibition here is height, not water. Canopus and alike units are not bogged by altitudes like they are by water.

Deploy Canopus and any other bow-wielding hawkmen and have them scale the wall. At this position, you should rain arrows onto the Kakrinoros while keeping in mind that you can shoot outside of the reported range by simply selecting a target outside of it. Be sure to have some Clerics on standby just in case those rangers need them.

Brigantys Great Hall

Condition(s): Kill Xaebos.

• Yellow
  • Xaebos (Knight)
  • Stone Golem x2
  • Cyclops x2
  • H. Terror Knight x2
  • H. Witch
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Wizard

You're going to need a lot of magic users to take care of those Stone Golems deftly. Alternatively, you could use a bunch of Shackle-inducing moves in order to stall them while you kill them. This battle is otherwise the same as the last time you faced Xaebos.

Bahanna Highlands

Condition(s): Kill Modilani

• Purple
  • Modilani (Sorcerer)
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Ninja x2
  • H. Rogue x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric x2
• Green (Ally)
  • Hobyrim (Swordmaster)

Like all "save the NPC" missions, he's pretty reckless. Thankfully Hobyrim has quite the high evasion rate so he will be safer for a longer period of time than other NPCs. You know the drill: get a naked Canopus with a lobber and start healing him until your party arrives to back him up.

Gates of Coritanae

Condition(s): Kill Marino.

• Purple
  • Marino (Terror Knight)
  • W. Archer x2
  • H. Witch
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Beast Tamer x2
  • Arc Dragon
  • Flood Dragon
  • Octopus
  • Flame Dragon
  • Cloud Dragon

Get your Dragon slayers for this battle, that probably being either your Dragoons with the Dragonslayer skill or your Berserkers with Sanguine Assault. The dragons will rock you until Marino arrives to his death sentence so it'll be a great help.

Coritanae Ward (Choice 1 only)

Condition(s): Kill Leonar.

• Purple
  • Leonar (Knight)

You can employ the same strategies that were used when you faced Vyce alone. It should, however, be noted that Leonar is a fair distance away from where you are deployed which allows you to: 1) use a non-melee class (not recommended) or 2) make a tactical retreat from Leonar as you stall for your Finish move.

Coritane Ward (Choice 2 only)

Condition(s): Kill Leonar.

• Purple
  • Leonar (Knight)
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Warrior x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric

This is practically the same as any of the Xaebos battles but with weaker enemies and a less durable boss.

Mount Weobry

Condition(s): Kill Ganpp.

• White
  • Ganpp (Beast Tamer)
  • Berda (Gryphon)
  • Obda (Gryphon)
  • Banga (Cockatrice)
  • Zanga (Cockatrice)
  • U. Juggernaut x2
  • W. Archer x2
  • W. Cleric

Well this is a stage where you're going to have to be extremely careful about killing Ganpp's beasts. Why? Killing them will yield positive effects for Ganpp and negative ailments for your party. Needless to say, you have to kill him right away when he's in range with your non-melee units.

Obda - Heal for Ganpp, Weaken on party

Berda - Strengthen for Ganpp, Breached on party

Banga - Falsestrike on party

Zanga - Sidestep for Ganpp, Stagger on party

Don't worry about killing his beasts if you want to recruit him later in the route. Storywise whether or not you injure them the continuity will consider them dead. Ganpp will retreat again at low HP.

The Arkhaiopolis of Rhime

Condition(s): Kill Hiram.

• Red
  • Hiram (Terror Knight)
  • Knight x3
  • Warlock
  • Octopus
  • W. Beast Tamer
  • H. Cleric

As Denam informs you, these units aren't very strong. This should be taken advantage of. Kill until you're ready to end the mission.

Boed Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Oz.

• Red
  • Oz (Knight Commander)
  • Templar x11

The Templars are pretty much embellished Terror Knights while Oz is practically an embellished Knight--Magic and Archery will be largely ineffective but still useful. Send your Archers to the sides of the map and you should more or less wait for the units to come to you. Have your non-melee units (the best for the job) take them out while your melee units take down Oz.

Phidoch West Curtain Wall (Left)

Condition(s): Kill Mercure.

• Red
  • Mercure (Swordmaster)
  • W. Rune Fencer
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Archers x2
  • H. Berserker
  • H. Warlock
  • Stone Golem x2
  • Iron Golem x2
  • W. Archers

You'll be bogged down from the outset by the army of Golems. The other units, Archers primarily, will be there to pick you off while they're doing so. Magic, crushing, and Dragoons are the key to killing off those Golems so you can advance.

Phidoch South Curtain Wall (Right)

Condition(s): Kill Vestiarri.

• Red
  • Vestiarri (Enchantress)
  • Thunder Dragon
  • Flood Dragon
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Warrior
  • W. Archer
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Warlock

Canopus can climb the wall. The difficulty of the battle can be drastically lowered if you have a strong Dragoon to slay the dragons and what not. If this is the case then I suggest that you stall a bit and kill some enemies for some loot and EXP. If you don't have a strong Dragoon then just have Canopus go straight for the leader and kill her.

Reinforcements arrive as you kill more and more units that aren't Vestiarri.

Phidoch Great Hall

Condition(s): Kill Oz and Ozma.

• Red
  • Oz (Knight Commander)
  • Ozma (Knight Commander)
  • Templar x4
  • Hydra
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Knight
  • H. Beast Tamer
  • H. Terror Knight
  • H. Archer
  • H. Witch

Denam will be deployed in the way front, away from the party At the outset don't go for Ozma. Instead you should let Ozma take her time arriving to the fray while you try to kill Oz hastily and his Templars. This will make it so when Ozma comes down, you'll have have less annoyances to deal with. Even though the Hydra is a different breed of dragon, it is considerably weaker than it's more popular counterparts so don't fret.

Bahanna Highlands

Condition(s): Kill Uram.

• Green
  • Uram (Wizard)
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Swordmaster
  • H. Beast Tamer x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Berserker
  • Frost Dragon x2
  • H. Valkyrie

If you want a really quick clear, you can deploy an archer to the bottom tile and a unit behind it. Make sure the unit behind it has lower RT than the archer so that its turn comes sooner than the archer. Have the archer equip a range 6-9 bow. At the start of the battle, have the behind unit strike the archer on purpose so the archer builds TP. From this action, your archer should be able to activate Tremendous Shot and finish off Uram with one strike.

Otherwise, not much to say about this map even if you choose to complete it more conventionally. This fight can be revisited easily for grinding purposes should it come down to it.

Brigantys West Curtain Wall (Left)

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Purple
  • H. Terror Knight
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Witch
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Archer
  • W. Archer

Well there are no octopus this time but this is still a pretty annoying map because of the body of water dividing you and the enemy.

Brigantys South Curtain Wall (Right)

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Purple
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Dragoon x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Warlock x2

Unlike the last time you were here, there's a "Kill all" objective so you can't have Canopus win the battle by himself. Keep him relatively close to the party next time because even if he were to hunt down one of the more softer enemy units like the Wizards, the Clerics are there to heal them.

Mount Hedon

Condition(s): Kill LeRozza.

• Red
  • LeRozza (Warlock)
  • W. Archer
  • P. Wizard
  • H. Terror Knight
  • U. Rogue
  • Flame Dragon
  • Dark Dragon
  • U. Familiar
  • H. Dragoon
  • R. Warrior
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Rune Fencer

You might want to go backwards to lure the dragons away from the rest of the enemy batalion. Defeat them now and you will have an easier time dealing with everyone else.

Hagia Banhamuba

Condition(s): Kill Sherri.

• Red
  • Sherri (Witch)
  • H. Dragoon x2
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Ninja x4
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Terror Knight

The enemies in this stage are not strong at all. The main difficulty from this stage stems from trying to weaken Sherri into critical status (~17HP if you aren't overleveled) by using stones and bare punches so you can recruit her later on. Have a bunch of Archers weaken her to a point that the other units can pitch in by throwing stones at her.

Krysaro (Law only)

Condition(s): Kill Volaq and Ozma.

• Red
  • Volaq (Knight Commander)
  • Ozma (Knight Commander)
  • Templar x13

Don't kill Ozma if you want to recruit her. Have units that carry Rampart Aura spearhead on the walkway and use your Archers to snipe Volaq who will eventually gravitate to you. Once he's dead put Ozma into critical status and the battle should end. A cut scene will ensue. If the battle does not end then keep attacking the Templar generic units and eventually Ozma will surrender.

The Vanessan Way

Condition(s): Kill Alessandro.

• Red
  • Alessandro (Terror Knight)
  • Flood Dragon
  • Thunder Dragon
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Rune Fencer x2
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Cleric
  • W. Wizard
  • H. Ninja x2
  • W. Archer x2

Alessandro has a common trait that binds all Terror Knights: he will rush to you without any concern for his safety. Stay where you are and wait for him to come to you. The uneven terrain of the bridge and the land below allows Canopus to slip in and out of the fray--something you should take advantage of.

Lambiss Hill

Condition(s): Kill Pajeot.

• Red
  • Pajeot (Dragoon)
  • H. Beast Tamer x3
  • Thunder Dragon x2
  • Arc Dragon
  • H. Valkyrie x2
  • H. Cleric
  • W. Archer x3

The boss here won't rush you so soon. Have non-melee units take the humans while melee units will be in front, tanking the Dragons.

Tzorious Field

Condition(s): Kill Andoras.

• Red
  • Andoras (Knight Commander)
  • Templar x4
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Witch
  • Earth Dragon
  • Flame Dragon
  • Dark Dragon

The right path to advance through is quite attractive because there is some clean land. However, the strategy I favor in this fight is to stand your ground in the "island" that you deploy on and begin pelting enemies with your ranged units.

Andoras retreats at low HP.

The Gates of Barnicia

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Red
  • Templars x8
  • Iron Golems x2
  • W. Archers x3

If you're a little patient and let the enemies come to you, the battle will end up having better enemy and TP pacing. However, at higher levels you may have to rush at the enemies anyway because they will decidedly hit harder. Make sure to not bunch up near the Iron Golems when they have 50TP or they'll obliterate everyone with Raven Eye.

Barnicia Courtyard

Condition(s): Kill Barbas.

• Red
  • Barbas (Knight Commander)
  • Templar x12

Regroup Denam with your party and wait for the enemies to come to you. You'll only be wasting time trying to go around. Barbas usually has a tendancy to decend anyway in order to flank your party.

Barnicia Grand Staircase

Condition(s): Kill Lanselot.

• Red
  • Lanselot (Death Templar)
  • Catiua (Priest)
  • Templar x13

Not commonly seen is that there are a set of stairs to the left which are easy to travel through.

You have to fight Catiua if you have given the first choice to Cistina's father. If this is so, don't kill her so you can recruit her later on.

After you clear the map, you will given a chance to save which I highly suggest taking in case something goes wrong in the next scene.

Ioruzma Canyon

Condition(s): Kill Stanoska.

• Red
  • Stanoska (Beast Tamer)
  • R. Berserker
  • R. Juggernaut x2
  • H. Enchantress
  • H. Valkyire x2
  • R. Warrior x2
  • Octopus x2
  • W. Archer x2

Make use of your Archers to snipe Stanoska from afar.

Oeram

Condition(s): Kill Hanzo.

• Red
  • Hanzo (Swordmaster)
  • H. Cleric x2
  • Cockatrice x2
  • H. Knight
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Dragoon
  • W. Warrior x3
  • H. Dragoon

Vartan/Archer Hawkmen are your best friends in this battle. If you haven't recruited any beforehand then don't move Canopus too far away from the pack or he will be surrounded and ambushed.

The Gates of Heim (Left)

Condition(s): Kill Deram.

• Red
  • Deram (Terror Knight)
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Valkyrie x2
  • H. Witch
  • H. Berserker x2
  • Dark Dragon
  • W. Archer

There are not many enemies here when compared to the other paths you can go to. The Terror Knight leader is as spongy as fellow Terror Knights too.

Heim South Curtain Wall (Middle)

Condition(s): Kill Vermado.

• Red
  • Vermado (Knight)
  • Dark Dragon x2
  • H. Beast Tamer x2
  • H. Swordmaster
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Witch
  • H. Valkyrie x2
  • H. Wizard x2

This is a typical skirmish that involves you climbing up a huge wall. It makes more of a hassle than it should be.

Heim Postern Gate (Right)

Condition(s): Kill Halphas

• Red
  • Halphas (Beast Tamer)
  • Arc Dragon
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Valkyrie
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Knight
  • Flame Dragon
  • H. Beast Tamer x2
  • Flood Dragon

Not a lot of enemies here and the terrain's mostly flat. The only problem are the Dragons and the Archers at the top but as long as you take care of the former, you should be able to take care of Halphas fast enough to avoid severe harm from her.

Heim Courtyard

Condition(s): Kill Latimer.

• Red
  • Latimer (Knight)
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Ninja x5
  • Iron Golem
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Warlock
  • H. Valkyrie x2

Take your time going up. Not much threats here except for an extremely hardy Iron Golem and a very hardy Knight leader which should go down with some Finishers to the face.

Heim Great Hall

Condition(s): Kill Brantyn.

• Green
  • Brantyn (Dark Bishop)
  • H. Terror Knight x6
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Fusilier x2
  • H. Witch x2

Contrary to his looks, Brantyn is a pretty dangerous enemy with spells that can kill human units in 1-2 hits. Additionally, he has a Cleric to back him up so for now, just don't get ahead of yourself and kill all of the Terror Knights until you can cut a path in where you can focus all of your might onto him.

Foot of the Gardens

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Red
  • Templar x11

Head on over to your right, in other words, the side away from the enemy. Climb up to the higher platform where here, you have much more room to maneuver and fight.

Twixt Heaven and Earth

Condition(s): Kill Andoras.

• Red
  • Andoras (Knight Commander)
  • Baldur Golem x2
  • Thunder Dragon x2
  • Templar x9

This time you'll want to pursue Andoras and his group because the area you're in is the part of the map that is too restricting. Andoras is not that strong and can be killed easier than when you previously fought him if you just work at it. He is able to block attacks easily, however.

The Tomb Below

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Green
  • Z. H. Archer
  • Z. H. Warrior
  • Z. Cyclops
  • Z. Berserker
  • Z. Hydra
  • Z. Wizard
  • Z. Knight
• Red
  • Templar x3

Typical undead battle. Kill the Templars first then have a team of Archers and Clerics mop up the undead. Some are already felled so you will probably be able to exorcise the two to your left before they rise if you feed your Clerics some Magic Leaves.

Relics of the Past

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Red
  • Templar x11

Some of the Templars are Swordmaster in disguise and can do the Harvest Dance. You can identify these Swordmaster Templars by just aiming at them with a weapon; they are the ones that take in the most damage. Once you have found them out then you should plot to fell them first to ease the battle up.

Chamber of the Seal (1)

Condition(s): Kill Barbas and Martym.

• Red
  • Barbas (Knight Commander)
  • Martym (Knight Commander)

Get some non-melee attackers and some tanks. You probably won't need Clerics--even if you do need some healing, just bring a melee unit that can do that for you (ex. Knight).

The role of the tanks are as a dam to hold back Barbas and Martym from the non-melee units which are meant to drill the bosses' HP from afar. Focus on one at a time. Archers are out of luck against Martym but by the time you kill Barbas with arrows, you should have enough to use Finishers on Martym anyway.

Chamber of the Seal (2)

Condition(s): Kill Dorgalua.

• Red
  • Dorgalua (Dark Lord)
  • Doppelganger versions of your deployed team.

Yeah you read that right. For this battle, Dorgalua brings forth Doppelganger versions of the team you deploy in this mission. They have the same exact stats and equipment as your units so they're exact carbon copies. ^l2|Circled spots correspond with each other. I personally think that you won't be needing healers again but should you bring them, deploy them in a way so that on the enemy's side, they'll deploy in front making them easy targets (see image). For example, in the white spot there should be a weak (defense-wise) unit there so that his/her Doppelganger shows up in front. ^s3|Final Form. Kill the healers that you deploy (if any) and other weak units to gain some TP. After you think you're ready, focus all attacks on Dorgalua but don't use any TP moves unless you really have to. You probably won't because he's considerably squishy. At low HP, he pulls a Sigma and transforms, you'll transition into the subsequent battle immediately.

All of your Doppelgangers will be gone regardless of if you killed them or not. Your units will deploy in corresponding points again but it doesn't matter too much since they're all the same distance from the boss. All of your team will be brought from the last "battle" in the same condition they were when they left it, example: if one of your units were dead, he/she will spawn here but they'll still be dead. ^s4|Part of the Radius attack. The name of the game in this stage is to attack him enough that you'll gain enough TP to use constant Finisher moves on him. Most normal attacks won't really hurt him save for Berserkers with Sanguine Assault and whatever unit has Lombardia on him/her.

When he starts to have enough TP, he'll use Radius which is undoubtedly one of the most powerful moves in the game, not to mention one of the beautiful. It's an AoE attack and will definitely devastate whoever is caught in it so make sure you're well spaced apart. To avoid this you can get two characters with Dark Magic and you can spam "Drain Power" on him.

After all is said, good luck. This is it!

Battles

S is side, F is forward, et cetera.

1. Adventurer's Gap - Branch point, entry, desperately easy, good for training

S1. Snowmelt Stream - Almost as easy as Adventurer's Gap.

S2. Phorampa's Doorstep - Easy, very easy with ranged

S3. The Howling Hills - Still easy, good place to get some classes early in Chapter 2

F1. Field of Fallen Shadow - Dragon hunting, if you retreat to the north-east corner at the start three tanks can sit and keep the dragons occupied for a good long while if the rest of your party is being leveled or anyone needs time to work on weapon skills. Sometimes turns into a trap if the AI wises up and your backline is really weak (so level with caution).

F2. Untrodden Marsh - Undead, fairies, imps, and some heavies. Also the branch point to reach to get deeper into the forest.

F3. The Feral Shore - End of the F line, undead group. If you have well trained Archers with Chapter 3/4 equips then you'll wreck the undead. Bring Exorcists

C1. Gunagua Headwater - Larger area with a stream through it and a lake at the north point. Party limit increases here, and the enemy may have some heavy units. As they start at lower elevation across a stream, though, any non-melee units can punish them severely before they close with the player's troops.

C2. Whisper of Leaf and Water - Same exact map as the Feral Shore, only you are starting at the opposite side. For extra bonus, the point where you start is varied in elevation quite a bit, and it is possible to have spellcasters put in a place where they cannot get out of the pit, forcing you to cede the high ground. Opponents are, if I recall, all living but in my visits they carried some heavies (Cockatrices, I do believe) and a bussel of healers.

C3. Lie Down In Green Pastures - First map you can use ten members in. This is a branch battle, so getting here means you can progress into the chapter 4 section of the forest.

C4. The Frostfen - The last battle of the chapter three section, and a fun one. The enemy outnumbers you pretty heavily, is composed of Knights, Terror Knights, Ninja, Rogues, and the odd Dragoon and Swordmaster. The Ninja also tend to be carrying the same spells as each other, so if one casts something annoying at your party, expect the next four to do the same. Even so, you can usually take control of the battle at the natural choke point right in front of where you start and decimate the more aggressive of the enemy forces there. Once that's done, and you've dealt with the one or two units who try to go around the lake the opposite way (you can usually isolate and exterminate at least one rogue or swordmaster trying this unwise tactic per battle) the rest becomes mopping up.

E1. Scenic Knoll - Dragon central. I've visited several times and always there have been five or more. Excellent place to pick up a few. This is another reused map, this time of the Howling Hills, but again your party starts in a different, and generally less advantageous, location. Namely, the bottom of the zig-zag slope. It is easier to fort up and take on the foes then sally forth, but to each their own. Despite being the first map in the chapter four section, this is also a branch battle.

Heart of the Wildwood - Phorampa's Doorstep is an straightforward map because you start next to what amounts as a high-ground fort and you are facing a bunch of not very good at range, often squishy targets. Heart of the Wildwood is the same map, but you face off against heavily stacked odds, in what is usually four different discrete groups - a warlock on the right with two iron golems, a bunch of humans on the left, a mess of skeletons in the middle low ground, and a whole lot of phantoms backed with the occasional fairy and imp on the high ground. If I recall right, and I could be wrong, you will face eighteen in total and you start on the bottom right / bottom east. This one usually gets a little interesting. Definitely carry the ability to exorcise.

E2. Land of the Supplicant - Dragons form the van of the enemies, but the rest of the enemy forces are composed of a mix of hawkmen, fairies and imps, at least one undead, and I always seem to pull a gryphon. Again a stage is reused - the map is the same as the Field of Fallen Shadow - and again you are given a less advantageous starting point. On the bright side, you usually aren't outnumbered.

E3. [Unknown Name] - Large map, and the only chapter four battlefield in the forest which is new. The map is based around a mucking huge crater in the ground - almost a caldera. The enemy is primarily undead with enough human units to make it interesting. You start on the left corner of the screen, and have the choice of either going for the large concentration of enemies ahead of you - at which point the battle quickly narrows to who controls a choke point - or go around. Either way the enemy does again outnumber you, so expect at least a few of them to come about at the side you are neglecting. I found this to be the easiest of the chapter four maps. Because of the ease of the battle and the name (that firseal can't recall) there might be a secret passage.

Port Omish

Condition(s): Kill Ragnar.

• White
  • Ragnar (Berserker)
  • H. Terror Knight
  • H. Rogue
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Swordmaster x2
  • H. Knight
  • H. Wizard
  • H. Dragoon
  • H. Cleric
  • H. Witch
• Green (Ally)
  • Diego (Buccaneer)

Everyone here, save for the Knights, are pretty fragile. Still, Diego still has some of that bad AI that every ally has. Get some naked Archers to lure enemies away and deploy them in front. They should be attacked a lot and should absorb a lot of damage which means their TP will increase at a very, very fast rate. As soon as Ragnar is in range you should have enough to use some of your Finishers so you can kill him as soon as you want. Get a naked Canopus with a lobber if you think you need it too. Ignore all other enemies.

Balmamusa

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Green (Enemy)
  • Z. U. Rogue
  • Z. H. Berserker
  • S. Warrior
  • Z. Cyclops
  • Z. H. Warrior
  • Z. R. Juggernaut
  • Z. Hydra
  • Z. H. Archer
  • Z. H. Terror Knight
  • P. Wizard
  • S. Archer
  • Z. Gryphon
• Green (Ally)
  • Oelias (Cleric)
• Suggested Unit(s): Canopus

It is absolutely necessary that you bring a unit or item capable of reviving units for the purpose of reviving Oelias, the guest. You don't need to worry about healing Oelias after reviving her because she retreats immediately.

Besides that, this battle is basically nothing you haven't faced before. As said before, be sure to use Exorcise to prevent things from getting too hairy.

Qadriga Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Dievold.

• Green
  • Dievold (Terror Knight)
  • S. Archer x2
  • P. Warlock
  • P. Wizard
  • Z. H. Dragoon
  • Z. Thunder Dragon
  • Z. H. Swordmaster
  • Z. Dark Dragon
  • S. Warrior
  • S. Knight
  • Z. Cockatrice
  • Z. Terror Knight
  • Z. Flood Dragon

Exorcise the Thunder Dragon on the side of the deploy point for some ease.

The leader in this battle is quite aggressive so attrition is not a big factor in this fight.

Golyat

Condition(s): Kill all enemies

• Green
  • Nybeth (Necromancer)
  • Moldova (Necromancer)
  • Cassandra (Necromancer)
  • Hektor (Knight)'
  • Vyce (Hanged Man)
  • Z. H. Warrior
  • P. Wraith
  • Z. H. Terror Knight
  • Z. H. Berserker
  • W. Night Crow
  • W. Night Crow
  • U. Uruk
  • S. Wight
  • Z. H. Warrior
• Yellow (Ally)
  • Cressida (Necromancer)

Multiple units are deployed on all sides of the deploy point. Unlike the last two missions, the units in this battle will not go down easily. Compared to the normally frail undead, the blue tinted units are highly upgraded versions of the normal classes. However, they are not inherently considered undead meaning dark magic is still effective on some of them.

On top of the already numerous amount of enemies, Nybeth can summon anywhere from two to five more units if the battle drags on too long. You may think that killing Nybeth is easy enough as it will both stop the flow of enemies and the battle, but he will actually retreat at low HP and the battle condition will change to "Vanquish the enemy!"

Although possible to revive Cressida, she will remain dead indefinitely if she is taken down again. Therefore, it is almost required that a revive and heal for her is executed one after the other.

Keeping these factors in mind, this is no doubt a difficult fight that will require some level of attrition, but it is not impossible to clear.

Instead of spreading out your units to address each side, it is better to focus your entire party towards Cressida's direction. This strategy might seem like a waste of resources but it will cause all the enemies to gather in a single, concentrated area. You will handle the flow of enemies much more easily this way and cause AoE skills to be that much more potent. Additionally, it is useful to dedicate one or two units simply to revive and heal Cressida. On said units, have them equip Swiftfoot, low weight, bestowed with the Boon of Swiftness light magic, and have access to Field Alchemy. Bringing a ranged unit is helpful to quickly snipe out Nybeth to prevent reinforcements.

After Nybeth has retreated and Cressida has been treated, you will have finished the hardest aspects of the battle and should be on pretty good positioning. This long night will soon be over.

Madura Drift

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Green
  • Crystal Dragon
  • Arc Dragon
  • Cyclops
  • U. Juggernaut x2
  • U. Familiar
  • U. Berserker
  • Frost Dragon
  • Flood Dragon
  • Hydra

Bring your dragon killers for this one.

Crystal Dragon is an enemy only class that can't be recruited so don't worry, you won't need it to recruit Deneb. You don't need to kill it to win the battle and supposedly an Obsidian Dragon replaces in some subsequent playthroughs of the battle.

Belmorose Highwinds

Condition(s): Kill Jilessa.

• Red
  • Jilessa (Cleric)
  • H. Knight x2
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Archer x4
  • H. Valkyire x2

Aside from Reflect Damage I, Jilessa is nothing to be feared and you should be able to get this done quickly so long as you outdamage the Clerics healing around her.

Vasque

Condition(s): Kill Cielo.

• Red
  • Cielo (Fusilier)
  • H. Berserker
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Warlock
  • H. Wizard
  • Z. Arc Dragon
  • Z. Cloud Dragon
  • Z. Flood Dragon
  • Z. Thunder Dragon
  • Z. Earth Dragon
  • Z. Frost Dragon
  • Z. Dark Dragon

The mold around you also has a poison effect while standing upon it so melee units are less useful. Deploy a legion of Archers and a few Clerics to take care of exorcising the fallen dragons and you should be fine. When you have enough TP, barrage Cielo with Finishers.

Lhazan Fortress (1)

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Green
  • Z. Vasque Survivor x6
• Red
  • S. Terror Knight
  • S. Knight
  • S. Warrior
  • S. Archer

This is hands down the easiest map in the game especially since the green faction won't even attack you. Bring your weakest units to have them piggy back on this mission so you can net some easy exp for them.

Lhazan Fortress (2)

Condition(s): Kill Reymos.

• Red
  • Reymos (Necromancer)
  • Z. Cyclops x3
  • Z. Octopus x2
  • S. Archer x2
  • P. Wizard
  • P. Witch
  • S. Terror Knight
• Green
  • Ocionne (Beast Tamer)
  • Teukios (Arc Dragon)
• Suggested Unit(s): Jeunan

There is a lengthy dialogue exchange between Ocionne, Jeunan and Denam which needs to be finished in order to recruit Ocionne. You'll know when it is safe to kill Reymos when Denam says, "Yes, but his remorse is sincere."

As with almost all escort missions, it will be helpful to have some kind of agile healing unit on the ready to do their job. However, the twist is that it may be Reymos who you need to heal. Ocionne both exhibits a higher level of caution than other escorts and she is known to overpower Reymos in this fight. Because the conversation is required to conclude in this fight in order to recruit Ocionne, you will probably have to heal Reymos a bit to prolong the fight.

Bortegun Fens

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Green
  • R. Juggernaut x2
  • R. Martiarch
  • U. Hoplite
  • U. Rune Knight x2
  • Flood Dragon
  • U. Berserker
  • R. Archer
  • R. Berserker
  • Frost Dragon

Normally I'd suggest that you stay still and wait for the enemies to come to you in this situation but the Martiarch in this mission will destroy you if you're bunched up. Split up and rush then or stay still--no matter what you pick you'll want to kill the Mariarch right away. An Archer and Dragoon team is best for this mission.

Lupha Coast

Condition(s): Kill all.

• Green
  • R. Hoplite
  • R. Juggernaut x2
  • R. Matriarch x2
  • W. Archer x2
  • W. Cleric
  • Octopus x4

Yeah this mission is an utter pain compared to the battle that follows it. The enemy AI is pretty much like this: Reptilian units and Octopi will more or less form a wall while the Matriarchs will weaken you. Finally the W. Units will finish you off with a flurry of arrows.

First, you should train and bring a LOT of Dragoons because reliably lessening the number of troops in any manner assures victory. Have non-melee units take out the Mariarch when they're in range and your strongest hitters like your Berserkers should focus their attacks on Hoplites. Don't forget to bring a lot of healers to dispel all of the negative ailments the Martiarches cast on you. And most of all: good luck. If you still keep on failing, level up a bit and update your equipment then try again.

Grimsby

Condition(s): Kill Martym.

• Red
  • Martym (Knight Commander)
  • Templar x13
• Green (Ally)
  • Lindl (Fusilier)

Thankfully, Lindl is an ally that can actually do some damage to the enemies with the added bonus being that the bulk of the Templars won't target him. Still, keep at least one healer (preferably a Knight/Valkyrie) on his tail just to make sure he doesn't die. Treat Martym the same as you would any other Knight leader (like Xaebos).

Martym will retreat at low HP.

Neimrahava Wood

Condition(s): Kill Ganpp.

• White
  • Ganpp (Beast Tamer)
  • Berda The Younger (Gryphon)
  • Obda The Younger (Gryphon)
  • R. Hoplite x2
  • R. Juggernaut
  • H. Rogue x2
  • W. Rune Fencer
  • W. Cleric
  • H. Ninja x2
  • R. Berserker
  • W. Archer

Keep a Cleric to keep everyone's HP up while they trudge through the swamp. Don't kill his beasts and keep his HP in critical status and you'll have him in your party.

Qadriga Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Leon.

• Red
  • Leon (Fusilier)
  • H. Archer x2
  • H. Ninja x3
  • H. Warlock
  • H. Cleric x2
  • H. Beast Tamer
  • Stone Golem x2
  • Iron Golem x2
  • Thunder Dragon x2

You might as well just take your time and fight the enemies that come to you first. Leon won't charge at you and he has quite the amount of HP/defense so you definitely want to put him off to later when you can easily gang up on him. Use Finishers when you acquire them so you can kill Leon swiftly.

Boed Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Lobos.

• White
  • Lobos (Rogue)
  • W. Warrior x2
  • W. Cleric
  • W. Wizard
  • H. Archer x2
  • U. Archer x2
  • H. Berserker x2
  • R. Berserker
  • U. Berserker
  • Flame Dragon x2

Uh oh, it's the first Nybeth battle all over again. Thankfully, Lobos is less cowardly and doesn't have a Metal Slime-like evade rate.

Geyld Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Anaberg.

• Green
  • Anaberg (Lich)
  • R. Juggernaut x2
  • R. Hoplite x2
  • W. Archer x2
  • P. Wizard
  • P. Witch
  • U. Rogue
  • Flood Dragon x2
• Suggested Unit(s): Canopus

Canopus will trump Anaberg in three arrow hits tops. There's no healers to cushion Anaberg either so it'll be even quicker.

Ndamsa Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Aeshan.

• Green
  • Aeshan (Swordmaster)
  • H. Terror Knight x2
  • H. Dragoon x2
  • H. Ninja x4
  • H. Wizard x2
  • H. Cleric x2
  • Cloud Dragon

Just wait for Aeshan to charge at you. Surround him when he gets really close and just keep beating on him.

Lhazan Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Josephine.

• Green
  • Josephine (Cleric)
  • H. Knight x4
  • Frost Dragon x2
  • H. Witch x2
  • H. Cleric x2
  • Cockatrice
  • Cyclops
• Suggested Unit(s): Canopus

One of the easier Fortress battles. You can finish this easily by having a flying unit climb the "tower" Josephine is in and defeat her.

Gecho Fortress

Condition(s): Kill Barvan.

• White
  • Barvan (Berserker)
  • H. Berserker x2
  • H. Terror Knights
  • H. Rogue x4
  • H. Witch x2
  • F. Rogue
  • F. Familiar
  • Earth Dragon x2

You can't have Canopus completely solo this boss because arrows don't do as much damage to him as it does to the other leaders. Once again, you'll be playing a waiting game. Once Barvan is in range, focus all attacks on him.