Final Fantasy Tactics Walkthrough

You only have four slots here, but that's because Beowulf is coming along as a guest. Unlike some previous battles with him as a guest, Beowulf cannot be KOed or the battle ends. The gate here is open, unlike your last visit long ago, so you don't have to worry about anybody pushing buttons.

Aliste shares Beowulf's skillset, so you know what you're in for. He starts atop the castle, but seems to target Beowulf exclusively in this battle, particularly with the Disable skill, so don't be surprised if Beowulf doesn't really have anything to do in the battle. If you have a way to heal that status, you can keep Aliste busy for the entire fight, which can be very useful. Otherwise, charge in and take out his henchmen if you like, or attack Aliste when he inevitably teleports right in the thick of things with your entire party. He comes equipped with the Shirahadori skill, which means that you'll have a lot of trouble hitting him with physical attacks. So, you'll need to rely on magic-based attacks to do the most damage to him, but your physical units can still work on the supporting enemies. Once you kill him, he does get back up with just 1 HP remaining, but that's just a small setback. He can take a lot of damage, but he really can't deal it out, so this should be an easy battle.

Aliste has a number of good things to steal, so if the opportunity should arise, liberate him of it. Balthier's Piracy skills, more often successful than standard stealing, can be very useful in this and the battle coming next.

After the fight, Aliste will reveal that this was some misguided way of getting Beowulf to give his old friend a warrior's death instead of slowly dying from a terminal illness. Uh… okay, you do you, champ.