Final Fantasy VI Bosses

The blue Behemoth King 1, despite his appearance, is almost a pure spell caster. He'll normally attack with Blizzara, Blizzaga, and Holy spells which all hit with considerable force. If he hits the 10240 Hit Point mark, he'll get more Blizzaga spells than before and throw (enemy) Meteor in the mix, which hurts a bundle (around 1000 on every character, pretty much the same force Intangir used to throw (enemy) Meteor attacks on you).

If a character of yours is under the influence of Reflect, he'll target the character and use !Devil Claw to remove the Reflect status (the message "Effect of "Reflect" vanished" will appear) and then return to his normal AI script. If multiple characters are under the influence of Reflect, he'll go down from character #1 to character #4, alternating between !Devil Claw turns and normal AI script turns. Note that characters with Reflect Rings still yield the "Effect of "Reflect" vanished" notion yet keep the status. If Behemoth King 1 is turned into an Imp, it'll respond by changing its AI Script. The boss will now receive auto-criticals from being turned into an Imp and will proceed to use two Battle attacks every turn for three turns, after which it'll cast the Imp spell to try and remove the Imp status. It won't try to do this if it has the Reflect status at the moment, though.

Behemoth King 1, if hit by the Holy spell, will counter with (enemy) Meteor. Sadly, due to a bug, this overrides the other normal counter (that of having a 33% chance at countering every other damaging attack with battle), so the next time you attack, the party will also be countered with a (enemy) Meteor attack. In other words, the Holy spell eventually sends two extra (enemy) Meteor attacks down your throat, so don't do it. The Borghese and Holy Dragon Rages cast Holy; ignore them.

What to do? The best way to deal with the blue Behemoth King 1 is a combination of Imp and Stop. With this done, give it everything you have. Cast Hastega to speed up the process. Summoning Fenrir or Golem helps protect against stray physicals from the opposing side. Fira and Firaga really hurt him. Gau's Devil Fist Rage gives Gau inherent Haste and makes him use Will o' the Wisp; it's great for this battle. If you don't have access to either the Imp or Stop status ailments, Celes's Runic can really help if you brought her. Phantom Rush, Fixed Dice, Dragon Horn Jumps - you know what works. Expand Full Strategy

This Behemoth King 2 is a little simpler. He'll just use Battle, !Hypno Gas, the Death spell, or (enemy) Meteor. He won't use Death until the second turn, and he won't use (enemy) Meteor until the third (after which he resets back). If he successfully uses !Hypno Gas on a person, he'll immediately target that person with four consecutive Battle attacks (of which the first one is sure to land). That's about it.

The undead Behemoth King 2's one weakness is the instant death attack. It can be killed by Banish, Snare, and the Air Anchor Tool, and it is hurt by Tiger, Gravity, etc. Since Behemoth King 2's first turn isn't dangerous and he has no threatening counters, the Air Anchor really is a great option to use. The Twilight Requiem from Mog houses both Cave-In and Snare which both truly cripple the massive menace. Since Behemoth King 2 is Undead and lacks Instant Death protection anyway, the Raise spell is a glorious option; the Raise spell also works on an Undead with Instant Death protection, mind you, but here it feels less like taking advantage of the system. Expand Full Strategy