Robust one, huh? In the event you simply received worn out by a blue dragon, don’t fret—it is not simply you. That is nearly actually the toughest battle you may have encountered up till this level within the story. Personally, I’d say Sogne the Icebound is the second hardest boss battle in Metaphor: ReFantazio altogether.
There are stronger, harder bosses to battle after Sogne, however you’ll have the ability to deal with these everytime you need. What makes this a very difficult battle is that when you attain Sogne, you’re locked in. There’s no alternative to go away and are available again while you’re stronger. Your solely means ahead, until you revert to an older save, is to punch straight via this boss.
Additionally, spoiler alert if you have not gotten previous the primary one but: This battle has two phases. Fortunately the primary section is way tougher than the second, however you are positively going to wish to retain some MP in case you plan to outlive the final section.
You are going to want some fairly particular abilities to get via this battle. If you have not outfitted them beforehand then don’t fret—simply let your self die and select to start out again on the Gauntlet Runner. From right here you may change your get together nonetheless you see match. Ensure you additionally edit your lineup within the get together menu beforehand, too, since you will not have some other probability to take action earlier than accessing the map and beginning the battle.
Methods to defeat Sogne the Icebound and Rella on the Mage Academy
So, Sogne is weak towards hearth. Drawback is, Rella will solid Quartz Wall. This can defend Sogne from any elemental assaults, together with hearth. Fairly impolite. In the event you use an elemental talent whereas Quartz Wall is up, it will likely be blocked and you will lose two turns. Actually impolite.
You may suppose that signifies that you should not use hearth assaults in any respect, however you are still going to wish to equip most of your get together with one hearth assault for 2 causes. Firstly, you may need them for the second section. Secondly, you may form of use Quartz Wall to your benefit right here.
Solid hearth on the finish of every flip
In the event you use a fireplace talent in your final flip, you may have solely wasted one flip as a substitute of two. Extra importantly, it can pressure Rella to recast Quartz Wall subsequent flip. Forcing the boss to waste a flip utilizing Quartz Wall is to your profit, as mainly each different transfer Sogne and Rella have is far more annoying to counteract.
Use Dekunda to take away debuffs
Aside from some hearth assaults, there are a number of different abilities you are positively going to wish to take into this battle. An important one is the healer’s Dekunda. Each time Sogne makes use of Roar, your assault, defence and hit/evasion will all lower by two levels. Having much less assault and defence sucks, however dropping hit/evasion is way extra detrimental as attacking and lacking will lose you two entire flip icons. Dekunda will take away all debuffs on your complete get together, permitting you to get some respectable injury in with none worry of lacking. It’s going to additionally normally pressure Sogne to make use of Roar once more subsequent flip.
Use Dekaja to debuff Sogne
The second most helpful one is the Faker’s Dekaja. Sogne will buff itself recurrently, growing its assault to the utmost stage. If it hits your get together with a multi-targetting transfer at full energy, you may doubtless lose greater than 50% of your complete get together’s well being in a single flip. Solid Dekaja to take away all of its buffs and improve your probabilities of survival, while concurrently forcing Sogne to waste a flip rebuffing when it assaults.
Buffing your get together is just about going to be ineffective right here, as Sogne will merely counter the entire arduous work spent buffing your self over a number of turns with Roar. There are two exceptions to this nonetheless.
Use the Samurai’s Unwavering Blade and Soul Hacker’s Adventurer’s Curiosity if in case you have them
If in case you have the Samurai class unlocked you should utilize the talent Unwavering Blade. This can improve your hit/evasion to the max for one get together member. Though Sogne can and can counter this transfer with Roar, it is nonetheless extraordinarily helpful. If Sogne makes use of its multi-targeting assault earlier than utilizing Roar, it can doubtless miss whichever unit used Unwavering Blade. This can trigger it to lose two turns. In the event you’ve beforehand handled Quartz Wall the flip earlier than Sogne misses, Rella will all the time apply it to the ultimate flip the boss has left. Typically this may work and typically it will not, nevertheless it’s a game-changer when it does.
The second most helpful buff you should utilize is the Soul Hacker’s Adventurer’s Curiosity. This talent raises your complete get together’s vital hit price. An important factor about this buff is that Sogne’s Roar won’t really counter it, so it is helpful to make use of on the turns you are not utilizing Dekaja or Dekunda. On the turns you are not countering Sogne’s buffs and debuffs, you are going to wish to prioritise utilizing robust bodily abilities so you may really begin dealing some injury. Adventurer’s Curiosity will allow you to to often earn some further turns while you do, permitting you to pile on much more injury.
Use therapeutic objects, not therapeutic magic
So far as debuffing Sogne goes, that is additionally fairly pointless. Rella recurrently removes Sogne’s debuffs, which she will certainly have accomplished by the point you’ve got gotten round to fully reducing any of its stats. That being mentioned, I nonetheless suppose you need to take one in as a result of Rella will not proceed to clear Sogne’s debuffs within the second section. I’d recommend utilizing the Faker’s Sukunda potential right here, so you may decrease Sogne’s hit/evasion within the second section.
I’d normally recommend some sort of multi-target therapeutic talent in Metaphor, however I do not suppose you need to use one right here. Utilizing your MP on a therapeutic talent is not an ideal thought contemplating how lengthy this battle will find yourself being, and you do not wish to waste the entire effort you’ve spent getting via the primary section solely to expire of MP partway via the second section. As a substitute, absorb some Fairy Mud. These things do precisely the identical factor as a multi-targeting therapeutic spell. Purchase some from a potion store earlier than the battle if you haven’t any, however be sure you buy those that heal no less than 200 HP.
By way of which attacking abilities to absorb, simply prioritise the strongest bodily abilities that you’ve got. The warrior/knight archetype abilities are nice right here, as their single-targeting bodily assaults do respectable injury for a low MP value. Brawler abilities are good too, however the well being value of utilizing them is dangerous and can simply pressure you to heal extra typically.
For the primary section, attempt to preserve Sogne and Rella in a loop. Use Dekunda after Sogne makes use of roar. Use Dekaja when it buffs itself. Finish each flip with a Fireplace assault. This causes Sogne and Rella to waste no less than two of their three turns both buffing or debuffing and recasting Quartz Wall. This leaves you one or two turns to spend on really dealing some injury, utilizing any acceptable buffs, and therapeutic. On the turns that you do not have to make use of Dekaja, Dekunda, Unwavering Blade/Adventurer’s Curiosity or a therapeutic merchandise, substitute these actions with extra assaults.
It’s going to be an extended battle, however you may finally energy via. For the second section, issues shall be quite a bit easier.
Sogne the Icebound section two
Sogne will not be shielded towards hearth assaults and might not clear debuffs, however will nonetheless buff its assault. You possibly can nonetheless use Dekaja to counter this, nevertheless it’s simpler to simply use Sukunda as a substitute and decrease Sogne’s hit/evasion so it misses extra typically. In any other case, simply spam hearth assaults and sometimes heal.
In case your MP is getting a little bit low, use 4 hearth assaults in a row as a substitute of eight after which use common melee assaults on your subsequent 4 turns. Keep in mind to reapply Sukunda on the turns that Sogna’s hit/evasion stat flashes. That’s actually it for the second section. Getting up to now appears extra like a check of useful resource administration than something, as a result of this section is extraordinarily simple… offered you could have sufficient MP left.
