Titanius

WA2 Titanium named — Titanius in Wild Arms 2

Titanius - Dragon of the Bowels of the Earth - is a optional boss from the Pyramid Sealed Monster. He can be found in Halmetz.

Wild Arms 2[]

In Halmetz, the pyramid is in the NE corner, and there's a man standing next to it who will tell you about it. Conveniently, there's a save point right in town.

His Monster Card Shop number is 302

Strategy[]

Fight him a bit, and you'll figure out that he heals himself completely every third turn. So that means that you only have 3 rounds to do 75000 points of damage, which is no easy task. Fortunately, his other attacks, though heavy, are not killers, so you can survive pretty easily. It's just killing him that's more difficult. Here's a way to do it: First, get everyone's FP up to 100, including Ashley's while in KnightBlazer form, and HP at or near full. Now, starting on the turn that he will use Begin Regeneration (the third turn after the last time he used it), start the assault. He will heal himself before your characters start taking their actions, so they won't be wasted. Here's what to do with each of your folks, taking advantage of Titanius' wind weakness too:

Lilka - armed with the best SOR-enhancing equipment (Dan Dairam, Necromicon) she can use Hi-Vortex (put it on your Crest S, too) in the first 2 rounds, then Dual Cast Vortex + Hi-Vortex in the final round.

Brad - he is only useful once, using Boost with the Rail Gun (unless you've massively boosted the ATP on another of his ARMS), again with stat-boosting equipment on.

Kanon- again, only useful once, using Gat Lv. 4 with Eagle Claw.

Tim - if you boost his SOR with equipment/mediums, his Tempest isn't too bad, but you want to use his Hi-Combo with Zephyr in the last round.

Ashley - Gun Blaze in the first 2 rounds works well, and in the last round, you must use his Last Burst.

Marivel - not particularly useful.

If you can't do in within the three rounds even using your bona fide most powerful attacks, then you need to go level up or you're missing the primo equipment listed here, so go get it.

There is an easier way, and it involves using Marivel's Power Seal ability to prevent him from using his special attacks, especially regeneration (it works, too!) But that would just be boring, now, wouldn't it?

Ascon Darkcross sent me this tip for defeating him more easily, too. Equip Brad with Aru Sularto and power-boosting gear. Ideally, he will have also maxed his 'Up P Attack' personal skill. Basically, just keep using Power Charge each round for many turns, while the others just keep the party healed, and then unleash a boosted physical attack to do up to 99,999 HP damage in one hit, wiping this sucker out.

And finally, in keeping with Titanius' status effect weakness, he is actually vulnerable to instant kill attacks, so try Ashley's DeadOrAlive, Tim's Arcana13 or summon Raftina. Thanks to Dalton of Zeal and Dragon Reaper for this tip.

So as it turns out, after my massive 3-turn-kill strategy, there are immensely easier ways to deal with this boss. Go figure. In addition to the experience and gella, you also get Ashley's Shootn Star for defeating him.