Final Fantasy VI Bosses

Here's the thing. Neslug's Head will pop in and out of the shell every now and then. It'll start the battle with a Slowga spell and will randomly use physical attacks, set Stop with !Tongue Bath or use Sticky Goo to set Slow. Bo-oring. The shell will use White Wind once every time the Head is out of the shell, counter any attack with the instant-kill !Megaton Smash and will randomly attack with !Megaton Smash as well. Did I mention the shell is invulnerable to attacks and will therefore always heal the full extent of 9999 HP?

The defense isn't difficult. Throw up the Maginot Line to protect yourself from !Tongue Bath and !Megaton Smash and the stray physicals and equip Hermes Sandals to turn yourself immune to Slowga and Sticky Goo. The thing is that you'll need to do more than 9999 damage to the Head, preferably targetable. It can be multi-target, but only if you have Golem up.

Neslug's awesome Magic Defense ensures that things aren't quite as simple as you'd like them to be. Barrier-piercing fire-elemental attacks reign supreme. Flare Star is a good one coming from Gau and/or Gogo, as is the Meltdown spell if you have it handy, though you'll want to make sure you don't suffer from any kickback. Breaking Flame Rods is great and/or Flame Shields are great as well. It may be cheap, but so is total invulnerability/White Wind combinations, so shut up, Neslug. You can target the head only by trying to set yourself as a target for the broken item, then switch back to the monster's side, where you'll find the pointer has gone single-target. Clever!

Valor is another way to make targetable attacks even more powerful. Valor will triple the power of Fuma Shuriken, Attack commands and Edgar's Drill (superior to Chainsaw now that it's so powerful, since Chainsaw will do nothing 25% of the time). Those that are stuck without targetable attacks such as Sabin and Gau just aren't all too suited for the fight, thus making them prime candidates for casting Valor. Expand Full Strategy