Welcome to the Arena Strategy FAQ. Here, I'll list all that is known about
the Arena's bouts, and strategies on how to beat them as soon as you
unlock them!
Finished the game. Have fun with the strategies.
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Name of the bout. When it is unlocked.
Prize: Prize for the first time you beat the bout.
Prize after you've beaten the bout.
Whether you can use items or not.
Whether there's a time limit or not.
Ammount of time in time limit.
Strategy: How to beat this bout easilly.
Requirements: What you'll need for my strategy.
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Bleeders Cup 50 Upon freeing Golovnin
Prize: Shiitake Onigiri
100 HP
J1000
Items Allowed
Time Limit
2:00
Strategy: Kill everything you see. To make it easier, equip the Great Oar
and use up all of its MP, then just beat up all the Ninjaroids. You'll
reach 50 KOs in no time. In fact, you don't even need to use Maelstorm.
Just whack them like nuts.
Requirement: Chain Attack, Three Sixty, perhaps. (Ninjaroid, Galvabot)
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Vaporbot Face-off Upon freeing Golovnin
Prize: Vaporbot Imagicard
J1200
Items Allowed
No Time Limit
Strategy: Okay, this is a lot easier than the first time you fought this
guy, especially since I'm assuming you've gotten your Magic Alloy and used
it as soon as you could. Anyhows, just whack him. If you want to avoid
damage, circle him when he's about to attack with his fists, and move away
from where he's going to land when he jumps. Piece of cake even if you
don't dodge. You only need to defeat him to end this.
Requirements: I'll assume you have what you needed for the previous bout.
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Gorpus Gamble Upon freeing Golovnin
Prize: Gorpus Imagicard
J1200
Items Allowed
No Time Limit
Strategy: Easier than before. Here's my strategy : Stay close to him in
the beggining, and react according to his pattern : He'll claw at you. The
first clawing ( his right claw, to the left of your view if you're facing
him ) usually misses if you're attacking him. His left one, just jump over
it and slash as you fall ( there's a chance you may land on his attack and
get knocked back, just get the timing right for your hand-eye coord. ).
Move away when he jumps, but not too far away. Away enough so that you can
reach his side. Slash at his right claw and he'll start to turn around and
you'll slash his head. (warning: there's a chance you're not strong enough
to remove his helmet before he starts his powerful attack, which, if you
are close, will not leave him stunned, so move away; his barrage of fire
balls increases for each time you damage him going in a 1, 3, 5 fashion )
When the helmet comes off, just slash him with a strong attack ( even with
a weak slash, he'll still only take 3 more rounds of this pattern to be
defeated ), then he repeats his pattern.
Requirements: Nothing new.
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Mayhem in the Mine Upon freeing Golovnin
Prize: Squint Julep
Focus+20 for a minute.
J800
Items Allowed
No Time Limit
Strategy: Uhh... kill all the Drillers and the Miners... this one's quite
simple, really. Most you'll have to watch out for are when the Voltrabots
appear... just dodge the electricity and keep killing the Miners. If you
really feel like if you need to, use Maelstorm.
Requirements: Nothing new.
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Golem Confrontation Upon freeing Golovnin
Prize: Drill Golem II Imagicard
J2000
Items Allowed
Time Limit
2:30
Strategy: If the monetary value isn't a hint, this one's hard. In fact,
most of the next bouts are cheaper, and subsequently easier than this one,
and it's all because of the time. Now, here's the easiest way in my
opinion: Equip the Banishing Blade ability before hand. Now, attack the
Drill Golem by moving around behind it ( a bit behind it's arms ) so it
can't face you as it turns around. If it manages to face you, dodge by
jumping or running out of range. If it doesn't, it'll charge towards one
of the walls ( you might wand to get a running start so you can reach him
before he turn to face you ). Attack it again. Repeat until dead ( should
not take long ). Use Banishing Blade with moderation if you wish, because
you'll need it for number 2. Use Banishing Blade on him when you can
target him. Make sure you came in with the Sword of Earth equipped,
because he'll soon go underground. Use Tremor Thrust as soon as the drills
move towards you. Rinse and repeat, and if you're lucky, you'll make it in
time.
Requirements: Banishing Blade. (White Ninjaroid)
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Kraken Clash Upon freeing Golovnin
Prize: Fontina's Armlet
Strenght+1, Defense+1, Luck+1, Focus+2. Hydroblast MP/2.
J1500
Items Allowed
No Time Limit
Strategy: Move towards his mouth, jump over his tentacles, hack and slash
his mouth, then move away quickly when he reels back to squish you. Move
close again, then move away as he shoots blobs of harmful ink... try not
to move near the mouth, or you'll make ink land there, and that's where
you need to stand. By now, the next hack and slash portion will cause him
to show you his blue pearl tongue thing. Use Banishing Blade or hack and
slash it. Move away, wait for him to look to a side, and run towards the
other to dudge the water attack. The ink's now gun. Repeat the process.
When he turns blue, he'll be faster and he'll throw you around if he grabs
you with his tentacles. You'll be done with him in no time. Worst and
hardest to dodge attack is the squish attack.
Requirements: Nothing new.
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War on Terroir Chapter 4
Prize: Twins' Headband
Strenght+3, Defense+1, Luck+2, Focus+1. Pyroblast MP/2.
J1500
Items Not Allowed
Time Limit
2:30
Strategy: Use Maelstorm for all it's worth. The little black guys are
really, REALLY annoying. But they'll die soon enough. After wards, you
have a few Yellow Ninjaroid, Red Galvabots and Magma Drones to worry about.
Kill 'em normall, then Maelstorm the little bad guys.
Requirements: Whirling Dervish. (Red Galvabot)
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Strategy: Not hard at all. Equip the Sword of Water before hand. Dodge his
arm swipes, then stay away as he slams his palms on the floor. Use Hydro
Blast on his arms, or just on one of them, and climb onto it. Then target
his head with R1 ( if you left the other arm, you might target it on
accident ), and Hydro Blast his head as much as you can. The arms will
turn into MP, pick it up, then dodge the fireballs that fall from the sky.
Locate him, dodge his attacks ( he may throw rocks on fire, shoot spikes
from his body, that explode after a while, or swing his arms to cause
strange shockwaves that go towards you-I've never been hit by this last
one ). Wait for him to slam his palms on the ground, and repeat the
Hydro Blast-climb-Blast process. When he's about to die, he might try to
attack you while you're on his arm. If you stand close to his elbow, he
tends to miss. He'll die while you Blast his face.
Requirements: Nothing new.
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Bot Battle Blowout Give Galvabot Kit to Golovnin
Prize: Lightning Rod
Defense+8, Luck+15. Lightning damage decreases.
J2000
Items Allowed
No Time Limit
Strategy: Gah. I hate this one. This one appears after you give hin the
Galvabot kit... And it means utter, evil doom. It's practically every bot
you've faced, either larger, smaller or tiny. Use Maelstorm and Whirling
Dervish. The most I can suggest is try to attack one at a time for the big
bots ( Red Galvabots and Galvabots ), destroy all of the small bots, but
be careful where you end up when you destroy them, and then go nuts on the
last wave of attack ( Three Large Red Galvabots, three normal Voltrabots,
4 tiny Galbabots, and I think 6 big Galvabots ). I suggest you collect
every bit of HP and MP that you can.
Requirements: Nothing new.
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Picodon Rumble Chapter 5
Prize: Hellstew
0-300 HP and 200 MP
J1200
Items Not Allowed
Time Limit
3:00
Strategy: Okay, so this one is a bit hard. Mealstorm the Shadow Beans to
death before they do the same to you. If you feel confident, use the
Sword of Fire to instantly kill the Shadowbeans and Jugglenium when they
appear. Then just destroy the Green Ninjaroid and Ninja Troopers. This is
hard because of the Shadowbeans more than anything.
Requirements: Nothing new.
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Gorger Air Duel Chapter 5
Prize: Great Crimson Gorger Imagicard
J2500
Items Allowed
No Time Limit
Strategy: This'll be a lot easier with Karmic Circle. Try to hit the
Gorger whenever you have the chance with it ( ie.- not shooting fireballs,
not diving underwater and not infront of you ). Now, dodge the fire balls.
Attack. Move away from the bug he's going to eat and smack him from the
one next to it. He'll move back... now, when he goes underwater, when you
can see water picking up, that means whatever bug you were on when he
started to surface is doomed. Hop off it. If he's still alive after the
next attacks, just stand on the one his tongue latches onto and use
Karmic Circle on him ( it'll hit both tongue and Gorger, and will kill him
). Now up next is the big one. Repeat all the process until he moves does
his underwater-to-surface attack. He'll be in front. DON'T ATTACK : They
won't reach him or do damage right now. Dodge the laser by jumping over
it, then jump over one of the two it splits into. You may or may not get
hit, but don't worry. Next, attack him when he latches onto a bug with his
tongue and tries to electrocute both you and it. You'll either make it let
go or not. If he's still alive, one last Karmic Circle should do him in.
Requirements: Karmic Circle. (Ninja Ranger)
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Arachnolia's Nightmare Chapter 5
Prize: Fugu Onigiri
300 HP
J3000
Items Not Allowed
Time Limit
3:00
Strategy: The pillars are there allready. Use Maelstorm if you wish to
destroy its legs, then hop onto the webs next to the pillar closest to him
and jump from the pillar to his stomach. Use Banishing Blade on his mouth
as much as you can ( you should get in 5 hits, the 6th one missing because
of him standing on the ground ). Repeat. Note : Don't use Maelstorm a lot,
and don't use Karmic Circle to attack him from the pillar, it'll waste too
much time... actually, Maelstorm won't waste time, but you'll lose a lot
of MP and not be able to use Banishing Blade. Note : Don't use Whirling
Dervish unless you're willing to risk falling off.
Requirements: Nothing new.
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Arena Idol Challenge Chapter 5
Prize: Istara's Scarf
Strenght+3, Defense+1, Focus+1. Hurlwind MP/2.
J3500
Items Not Allowed
No Time Limit
Strategy: Okay, this one's so easy, it's not funny. Maelstorm her until
you run our of MP, and she'll be harmless. When you run out of MP, block
her attack when she jumps near you, jump if she's glowing yellow, and
dodge the tornadoes she lets out. Just slash her a few times and she'll be
kneel down and give in.
Requirements: Nothing new.
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Mouna Death Match Chapter 6
Prize: Clochette's Belt
Strenght+1, Luck+2, Focus+2. Shadow Warrior MP/2.
J2000
Items Allowed
Time Limit
3:30
Strategy: Surprisingly easy. Use Maelstorm during the rounds where you're
not facing Vapor Knights, switch to Hurlwind when you do confront them,
then switch back to Maelstorm. Remember, combine your normal attacks
inbetween, especially because of the Red Ninjaroids and the Blorbs.
Requirements: Nothing new.
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Ashura's Hell Chapter 6
Prize: Ashura Imagicard
J4000
Items Not Allowed
Time Limit
3:00
Strategy: I suggest you took the time and effort to learn Vapor Knight's
technique, Leaping Tiger. Save your MP as you destroy the swords. It's
rather easy to predict where they'll hit. Stand far away enough to avoid
the side slash, but close enough to be able to reach the vertical one. If
he'll try to do an all vertical slash, stand between two swords (
hopefully close the the target-able one ). If he'll just make them
stand... no worries. This attack never hits unless you're standing too
close when she stabs 'em into the floor, or too far away when she sends
them to attack. After 5-6 swords broken, the head will become separated.
Dodge until it stabs itself into the center, and then unleash Leaping
Tiger on it. It'll die in that first spin. If it doesn't, her health will
still be pathetic in comparison, but the Time Limit might get in the way.
I had 30 min or so left 'fore the time ran out.
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Leaders Cup 100 Chapter 6
Prize: Zoom Lens
Give to Taleggio during replay for more Imagicards available.
J5000
Items Not Allowed
Time Limit
3:00
Strategy: Mycella's Ring + Maelstorm. Don't over use Maelstorm a lot. Use
it with moderation when you start to fight the miners. Go crazy during the
last batch ( You'll have 80 KOs when you're at the last batch ). Careful,
you might knock the Ninjaroids too far away. Just go around the edges
Maelstorming them. I managed to finish with 6 minutes left. You get the
Deadly title as a reward too.
Requirements: Nothing new.
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