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Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawnis filled to the brim with boss encounters. Some will be mandatory to progress through its central story, while others will be entirely optional but necessary if you want to obtain the best Weapons or Armor for your characters.
As such, the Megawrecker is a completely optional boss encounter found within the Mausoleum of the Jungle: Helgal-Ryugola 6 dungeon, but serves as a guardian of two powerful Weapons that can later be upgraded to the best available in the entirety of the expansion. So, if you want those weapons, you must take on this amped-up Golem!
Megawrecker Overview
TheMegawreckeris thefirst optional bossyou can fight in theMausoleum of the Jungle: Helgal-Ryugola 6 dungeon,who standsguard of powerful weapons for Kisara and Dohalim.You’re undoubtedly familiar with theGolem Zuegalsby now, and the Megawrecker is just asuper-charged versionwith minor differences.
For more information on the Megawrecker, thetable belowwill have your back, detailing itsWeaknesses and Resistances, its Stats, and more!
198,997
4,464
1,882
3,828
1,341
1,192
4,321
EXP and SP payouts are entirely dependent on how you performed overall in the battle against the Megawrecker!
How To Beat Megawrecker In Tales Of Arise: Beyond The Dawn
While theMegawrecker has largely the same attacks as your standard Golem Zuegalin Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn, ithits much harder and has substantially more health,making this encounter more of atest of endurance and strengththan anything else.
Itsmove list isn’t overly complex or varied,so once you get its patterns down, you should be able to steamroll through it with no issues, and the sections below will help you do just that!
Megawrecker: Swipe Attack
As theencounter begins,Megawrecker will toss out aslow but powerful Swipe Attack,covering a wide range in front of itself. Its slow movement makes it easy to telegraph and avoid. Eithertime an Evade for a Perfect Evade, or run away from the Megawreckeruntil the attack is over to avoid taking damage!
Megawrecker: Core
Being an oversized and overpowered Golem, theMegawrecker also has a Core on its backside,making it the place you mustfocus all your powerful attacksif you want to dispatch it quickly and efficiently. You will havemany opportunities to land attacks on its Core, so don’t force it if itwill be too dangerous!
Megawrecker: Charged Flop
In addition to its Swipe Attack, theMegawrecker will also periodically crouch down before leaping into the air with a massive Flop,crashlanding to the ground with tremendous force and power.
Themoment you see the Megawrecker bend its legs, move awayfrom it. Then,as soon as it leaps into the air, run to the left or right,wait for it to crashland into the ground, thenunleashyourattacks onto its exposed Core!
Law: Boost Attack
By now, you should have someBoost Attacks ready to go,butLaw and Alphen’s will be the most effectiveduring this encounter. Since theMegawrecker is heavily armored, Law can pierce through itwith his Boost Attack, causing aBoost Breakevery time on contact!
Alphen: Boost Attack
As mentioned above,Alphen’s Boost Attack is also incredibly effectiveagainst the Megawrecker, enabling him to cause aBoost Breakon it every time he lands the Boost Attack, allowing everyone tounleash their attacks onto its Core when it’s temporarily staggered!
Megawrecker: Windmill
Joining the Megawrecker’s small list of attacks is itsWindmill,which has itrotate its Crystallized Arm in a broad swinging motion,dealingsubstantial damageto anyone it hits.
Either get behind it here andstay towards its back left side to avoid taking damage while also being able to hit its Core, or run away from the Megawreckeruntil the attack is over!
Core Break
TheCore of the Megawrecker should be extremely weakenedby now, enabling you toland a few more hits onto it,breaking it for aCore Breakstagger effect!
All Out Assault
Causing aCore Break will temporarily stun the Megawrecker for a short period,enabling you tounleash everything you have on it.By the time the Core is broken, it will be atnearly half health,so give it everything you have when you cause a Core Break!
Boost Strike: Half Health
Getting the Megawrecker down tohalf health will have you perform a Boost Strike,taking you into theboss' ‘second phase,‘which ismore of the same with one or two additional movesin this case!
All Out Assault (Part Two)
Afterperforming the Boost Strike, the Megawrecker will be temporarily stunnedagain, sogive it everything you’ve gotuntil it recovers. This will enable you to shave off quite a bit of its health!
Megawrecker: Windmill (Part Two)
Upon recovery, the Megawrecker willharden the Crystals on its body and perform another Windmillattack. This will beavoided the same as before,exceptthere is no Coreat the moment, so keep that in mind!
Megawrecker: Rapid Slams
Immediately followingthe Windmill attack, the Megawrecker willperform a series of Rapid Slamswith its Crystallized Arm, dealingmass damageto everyone and everything in its path.Run away from the Megawrecker here; don’t even attempt to attack it!
Megawrecker: Second Core
After its Rapid Slams, theMegawrecker will generate a second Coreon its body, giving you something to focus all your attacks on again!
Megawrecker: Crystalized Slam
Following this, the Megawrecker will perform aCrystalized Slamattack,creating Crystals in a straight linein front of where it strikes. As soonas you see it begin to bring its arm down, run behind the Megawrecker and start attacking its Core!
Alphen: Boost Attack (Part Two)
Many of yourcharacters should have their Boost Attacks readyto go at this point, so go ahead anduse Alphen’s hereto cause anotherBoost Break,thenunleash everything you haveonto the staggeredMegawrecker’s Core!
Core Break (Part Two)
You should be able to cause a Boost Break here, as this Core has far less health than the previous one. When that happens, unleash more attacks on the temporarily stunned Megawrecker!
Law: Boost Attack (Part Two)
If the Megawrecker still isn’t dead at this point,Law’s Boost Attack should come back online around this point,enabling you to call it in to more or less finish the job!
Boost Strike For The Win
With theMegawrecker’s health fully depleted,you must useone last Boost Strike,having you perform a final flashy attack to spell its defeat, enabling you to rake in its hefty rewards and the powerful weapons for Kisara and Dohalim!
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