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Elcian enemy strategy
Version FINAL
By GheddonLN([email protected])

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. Intro.
II. Setting up
a. Characters statistics.
b. Elcian In-depth
III. The fight
a. Other things
IV. Conclusion
V. Versions
VI. What comes next???
VII. Credits
VIII. Disclaimer

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I. Intro
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Welcome to my Elcian monster FAQ!!!. After being kicked by this lil' looper
twice, I've got a NICE strategy that WORKS, and WORKS EVERYTIME(at least for
me). The FAQ Is in-depth, as I'll list things like spirit and so.

So, what's elcian. Elcian is one of the looper series that lives in ---what
could be the lands of the black moon---; ya know, the Dark rift. The lil' but
insanely tough monster appears once you've beaten Galcian and you have access
to Soltis via Shrine island. The guy is STRONG, so if you get your butt
kicked, call it Elcian WEAPON to feel comfortable. However, with my tactics,
you won't lose.

My basic strategy involves the use of S-MOVES that were never used through
the game for some people; so, they aren't useless. The basic thing here is
planning(like I did) rather than brute force.

Yet again, I must say that this strategy, although time-consuming, will
ensure a 100 percent win. You won't lose against it, and with some practice,
you won't even take damage.

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II. Setting up
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a. Character statistics.
--------------------------------------------

I like ---and is NECESSARY--- to use Vyse, Fina, Aika and Enrique as my
fourth character. Remember you must be at the "end game" to find this guy. To
find it, go to the east side of the Dark rift near Yafutoma. He's in the room
where the Anguila monster hanged out. You won't engage a fight with it until
you press A in front of it, so take your time to save. Also, if you want some
nice experience, you must equip the Black Map. This item is giving by Domingo
after you get 50 discoveries, but I got it after fighting a group of Loopers
in south ocean. I was VERY lucky, I must say.

+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| VYSE |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| EQUIPMENTS | OTHER STATS |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Volrik Blade(wpn) | LEVEL: 41 HIT: 300 |
| Gaia Cape(armor) | HP: 4270 DEFENSE:336|
| Black mapa(acces.)| MP: 15 MAG.DEFENSE:336|
+-------------------+ SPIRIT REGENERATION: 3 per FOCUS |
|###################| ATTACK: 412 QUICKNESS: 145 |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| BASIC SKILLS |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| CUTLASS FURY, RAIN OF SWORDS, COUNTERSTRIKE, PIRATE'S WRATH, |
| SKILL SHIELD |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ROLE IN THE FIGHT: SKULL SHIELD. |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| FINA |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| EQUIPMENTS | OTHER STATS |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Cupil spear(wpn) | LEVEL: 39 HIT: 150 |
| Robe of Faith | HP: 2940 DEFENSE:292|
| Jade swirl ring | MP: 34 MAG.DEFENSE:337|
+-------------------+ SPIRIT REGENERATION: 3 per FOCUS |
|###################| ATTACK: 260 QUICKNESS: 179 |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| BASIC SKILLS |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| LUNAR BLESSING, LUNAR GLYPH, LUNAR WINDS, LUNAR CLEASING |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ROLE IN THE FIGHT: FOCUSER. |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| AIKA |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| EQUIPMENTS | OTHER STATS |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Icesplitter | LEVEL: 40 HIT: 110 |
| Gaia cape | HP: 3616 DEFENSE:354|
| Valuan medallion | MP: 20 MAG.DEFENSE:354|
+-------------------+ SPIRIT REGENERATION: 3 per FOCUS |
|###################| ATTACK: 292 QUICKNESS: 209 |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| BASIC SKILLS |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ALPHA STORM, LAMBDA BURST, DELTA SHIELD, EPISOLON MIRROR |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ROLE IN THE FIGHT: DELTA SHIELD. |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ENRIQUE |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| EQUIPMENTS | OTHER STATS |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| Stone blade | LEVEL: 40 HIT: 95 |
| Silver armor | HP: 3977 DEFENSE:330|
| Ble rogue patch | MP: 21 MAG.DEFENSE:330|
+-------------------+ SPIRIT REGENERATION: 3 per FOCUS |
|###################| ATTACK: 347 QUICKNESS: 167 |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| BASIC SKILLS |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ROYAL BLADE, JUSTICE SHIELD, THE JUDGMENT |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ROLE IN THE FIGHT: FOCUSER. |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

As you can see, the only things that matter here is Defense and spirit
building. If you have this equipments and levels, your Quickness should be
near mine; it is important: Skull and Delta shield have to come quickly.

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b. Elcian in-depth
-----------------------------------

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Elcian's stats:
****************

HP: 13,000. Approx.
MP: 99 - I SUPPOSE!!!!
EXP: 7,500.
MagEXP: 20.
Gold: 15,000.
Items(what I've got thus this far); Valuan medallion. Black map. Moonberry.
Dexus seed.

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Elcian's attacks:
*****************

Physical: lots of damage(up to 3675; 4000 in critical). Justice shield is
NECESSARY.

Pyri: TONZ of damage to all party members; up to 2677. Delta shield will help
you A LOT.

Slipara: DEADLY. It works most of the time, and is normally followed by Pyri
or any other bestiality.

Electri: Tonz of damage; 2500-3000.

Crystali: Yet another damaging attack; 2000-2400.

Sacres: Heals Elcian for 1000 pts.

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III. The fight
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A. Round one
B. Round two.
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| ROUND ONE(before prophecy): |
| Projected Spirit: 13 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| Vyse's turn | Skull Shield |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Aika's turn | Delta shield. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Fina's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Enrique's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| A great start. By setting both shields, you'll ensure that neither |
| Elcian's physical attacks or magic attacks will causee you damage. Both|
| Fina and Enrique will max out the Spirit Point Bar. |
|________________________________________________________________________|

________________________________________________________________________
| ROUND ONE(before prophecy): |
| Projected Spirit: 24 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| Vyse's turn | Skull Shield |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Aika's turn | Delta shield. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Fina's turn | Focus - healing items |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Enrique's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| You'll need to set up the shields agains to make sure Elcian doesn't |
| damages you--or screws you. Anyway, Fina will use healing items if some|
| body(like herself) gets hit by Elcian(specially if the end up fatigued)|
| Use items, not magic. |
|________________________________________________________________________|

________________________________________________________________________
| ROUND ONE(before prophecy): |
| Projected Spirit: 36 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| Vyse's turn | Skull Shield |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Aika's turn | Delta shield. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Fina's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Enrique's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Nothing really new here, just the defenses up. |
|________________________________________________________________________|

________________________________________________________________________
| ROUND ONE(before prophecy): |
| Projected Spirit: 48 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| Vyse's turn | Skull Shield |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Aika's turn | Delta shield. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Fina's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Enrique's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| It's very imortant that you set the defenses now or you could screw the|
| whole battle. Now, brace yourself. |
|________________________________________________________________________|
________________________________________________________________________
| ROUND ONE(Before prophecy) |
| Projected spirit: 55 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| All | Prophecy - 5674 |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|

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| ROUND TWO(after prophecy): |
| Projected Spirit: 9 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| Vyse's turn | Skull Shield |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Aika's turn | Delta shield. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Fina's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Enrique's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|

________________________________________________________________________
| ROUND TWO(after prophecy): |
| Projected Spirit: 18 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| Vyse's turn | Skull Shield |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Aika's turn | Delta shield. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Fina's turn | Focus - healing items |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Enrique's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|

________________________________________________________________________
| ROUND TWO(after prophecy): |
| Projected Spirit: 19 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| Vyse's turn | Skull Shield |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Aika's turn | Delta shield. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Fina's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Enrique's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|

________________________________________________________________________
| ROUND TWO(after prophecy): |
| Projected Spirit: 36 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| Vyse's turn | Skull Shield |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Aika's turn | Delta shield. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Fina's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Enrique's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|

________________________________________________________________________
| ROUND TWO(after prophecy): |
| Projected Spirit: 46 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| Vyse's turn | Skull Shield |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Aika's turn | Delta shield. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Fina's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|
| Enrique's turn | Focus. |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|

________________________________________________________________________
| ROUND TWO(after prophecy) |
| Projected spirit: 55 |
|________________________________________________________________________|
| All | Prophecy - 6000(Elcian K.O |
|_________________|______________________________________________________|

NOTE: The projected spirit may be a bit misleading, because one of my
characters had the FATIGUE status; prevents you from recovering SP.

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a. Other things to note
------------------------------------

1. Try to keep at max health; even with the shields.
2. Don't get confident: set the shields every round.
3. Don't use S-moves such as Pirate's wrath or similar; Elcian has HIGH
defense.
4. Try to remove the fatigue status elcian can cause to fight at optimum
conditions.
5. Don't goof around, as Elcian can heal itself several times.

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IV. Conclusion
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As you can see, to win this fight you must play defensively; you can put your
hopes on steel, but you would be vulnerable to its spells, and its physical
attack would be painful. The lil' guy is well worth the effort, as level up
will be easier as well as spell learning. Take your time with this guy, and
eventually you'll be able to kill it without receiving damage, and causing
fair amounts of punishment.

Toughness level: 3/10(if you USE this FAQ).

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V. Versions.
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0.1 - Initial FAQ; all to Elcian in depth.
0.2 - I kicked Elcian @$$ Elcian again, but this time around, I got the
Projected spirit.
RELASE OF THE FAQ.
FINAL - After about three month in the air, I decided to update this and mark
the final version. No more questions or contributions will be accepted.

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VI. What comes next?
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VII. Credits
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1. Sega and Overworks for making this wonderful and addictive game.
2. Elcian, for being the theme of the FAQ^_^.
3. To the guy who told me about Skull Shield(forgot the name).
3. To me.

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VIII. Disclaimer
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Skies of Arcadia unofficial "elcian enemy strategy" has been written by J.F.
Vargas, best known as "GheddonLN". Therefore, this document is (c) of the
author and may not be used for any purpose, by anyone, without previous
permission. The walkthrough may NOT be used under ANY circumstance to satisfy
monetary needing. So, anyone who has permission to use this document CAN'T
print it and sell, put it on a magazine or on a promotional CD. In other
words, people who can use this for X thing may not gain money with this. You
can't say you did it, as this is copyrighted. Bad things happen to those who
violate any of these rules... oh yes.

-This document is (c) Jose F. Vargas 2002. All rights reserved.

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GheddonLN, owner of the past, present and future...

"I'm waiting for ya in my tower of Gheddon...".

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