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DEFEATING FINAL DEUS

You will be facing Deus twice in the game. Defeating Deus the second time is more difficult and here are the tips on defeating him. If you want to post your suggestions/tips 'n tricks on defeating the final Deus, please go HERE. If you have tips on anything other than defeating the Deus, send them to [email protected].

from Bigman <[email protected]>

In Xenogears when you get to Deus, kill all the orbs for an easiertime killing Deus. Here's what you do: do not use Fei in the orb battles or the there you going to use in the deus battle. For Marlute use tank guards to stop fuel drain. Sundel: use weak characters. Metatron and Harlute: use the next stongest charaters. Killing all the orbs lowers Deus' HP.

from Goh Ming Jun <[email protected]>

From what I have known, all the characters are capable of reaching the attack level three. Let me tell you some strategies that may aid you in defeating the boss. First, you must have a Frame HP 70 for all your characters who are fighting against the boss. Make sure you use your boosters on the first turn. Use the Z-Charges if you have it. No combo attacks, make sure to attack with the X button every turn. You must kill all four of the shining glowing orbs around Deus, without doing this, it is almost impossible to defeat Deus without killing the four orbs first. With this strategies, I really hope that you can defeat the boss.

from <[email protected]>

First, before even getting to Deus, I recommend that you have purchased all the engine, armor upgrades.  Second, there are three fundamental items you should equip on each gear. GNR500, which increases you engine output (more damage to enemy, less to you), DeathBlower1 (allows a [T]+[X] combo), and FixFrame for 50%.  When you have all of these, and you are in the orb room, look at the orbs.  AN electrical haze surrounds them , and they're all different colors.  The one you want first is Metatron, and his is white.  Then look for a yellow. That's Marlute (Bird on floor). Then, the other two are yours to pick.  Don't use infinity combos, just use your DeathBlower for the [T]+[X] combo.  The GNR500 should increase the damage potential of your gears, and with that and this advice, you should be able to kick Deus' ass.
from <[email protected]>

Deus isn't that hard to beat if you have a ton of money and are relentless in your attack.

  1. Get at least RX Metal 80/30 (but get at least 1 Z Gold 100) for all characters.
  2. Buy a ton of Drives for Chu-Chu.  Eth Drives are most important because she can cure your Gear Hp so you won't need Fix Frame HP.  With 200 Ether, she'll recover 10000 HP.  HP, VIT, and ETHDEF Drives are also important.  
  1. Fight angels (Power Seraphs are good) for exp and try to get at least 3 Angel AR+1s to give to your best characters.
  2. I feel that Metatron and Sundel are the most important orbs to kill. I've beat the game without killing any orbs, but it is very hard to beat him if he uses Ultimate Break and then follows it up with Earthly Anointment, etc.
  3. If you use the engine that gives you 8000 fuel, you can boost and you should have about half your fuel left at the end of the battle if Deus uses Fuel Drain.  Heavenly Anointment is more a nuisance than anything.  It's his confusion attack that you should worry about.
  4. For Metatron and Sundel, I use Billy, Bart, and Emeralda.  Billy will rely on his O attack and deathblows, Bart will have a GRNS50 to do major damage (as long as he doesn't miss Sundel goes down QUICK), and Emeralda is fast enough to continually pound whoever you face.
  5. Against Deus himself, I use Fei, Citan, and Chu-Chu. Chu-Chu never attacks, only cures or defends.  Fei and Citan boost, Citan goes to level 3 and attadks(he rarely goes to infinity, I think one of Deus's attacks or healing lowers Hyper Mode) and Fei uses Kishin as soon as he gets it.  Fei and Citan both have Z Gold 100, Extra Ar DX, Ether Ar+3, Fei has Anti-Angel Sys and Citan has Angel AR+1.  Chu-chu should have the best equipment you can give her, maybe a Speed ring S to make her faster. 
  6. Holy Pendants (Billy has one, you can buy them the 1st time you're in Nisan) will give you Infinity Level for SIX rounds instead of three.
  7. Deathblowers are great, but I only used them a few times on the first disk and against the last Ramsus/Miang battle.
  8. The last boss isn't too much trouble, boost and either go straight to Kishin or just stick with Reppu. If she starts using that DEF Down, wait until she does it at least twice, THEN use Inner Healing so you won't waste turns.
     
from <[email protected]>

You only need to take out 2 ORBS. The orbs you only need to take out is "Sundel", and that monster that just lies on the floor. After you defeat them. Have Emerelda in your party. I used Citan, Fei, Emerelda. Ok make sure you have good accesories. Here were mine:


Fei- GNSR50, Extra Armor DX, Extra Armor DX

Emerelda- GNSR50- Extra Armor DX, Frame HP 10

Citan- GNSR50- Extra Armor DX, Frame HP 10

As soon as you start the match. Have Emerelda to INFINITY. Just keep pushing the X button, not doing any death blows, same with fei. And citan. Just do normal attacks. Member keep your Hp over 10,000... Fei's HP was 38,000. Citan's was 30,000. Emerelda was 28,000. After you have INFINITY on emerelda.

Use Dark Force. It should take out about 10,000 if you have GNSR50. If you have GNSR20 it'll take out about 8,000. Fei's INFINITY use his strongest one. It should take out about 12,000+. And nothing for Citan just attack.

from <[email protected]>

I just beat the game yesterday and the following is the way I did it.
Hopefully, this will help you out too.  I killed 3 out of the 4 orbs, only leaving Marlute alive.  Then, I have my characters equip tank guards against the fight with Dues.  I used this strategy so that Dues wastes some attacks by trying Fuel Drain (obviously, to no effect).  Better than all his attacks doing legit damage, right?  I used Fei, Citan, and Emeralda in this fight (this is the only time I use Fei and Emeralda) because Emeralda and Citan are both very quick (therefore, can get to infinity in less time).  For Metatron, I suggest using Bart for his Wild Smile (Metatron can dodge X attacks sometimes) and Citan to shield against the Earthly Anointment attack (the only time I used him outside of Dues).  Bart's Wild Smile is also good against Sundel.  As with the fight with Urobolus, it really helps to have the level 3 infinity deathblow (Kishin).
from name witheld upon request

I only kill 3 of the 4 orbs: Metatron, Sundel, and Marlute, the fuel stealing orb.  The other orb, Harlute, has a completely useless function for Deus, and is not necessary to defeat.

As for character use, that would just depend on who you have spent time building up.  Of course, save your best 3 for the Deus fight alone, and use the next 3 strongest to kill the orbs (for me, it's usually Emerelda, Billy, and Bart).  I use Fei, Citan, and Maria to kill Deus.
from <[email protected]>

I didn't kill any of the orbs. I went straight ahead and killed him directly I think if you have 3 really good people this is the fastest and easiest way. And I used Fei,Citan, Bart to beat him. And Fei's gear was the only one that could reach infinity.
from Adam Robinson <[email protected]>

Well, I just beat the game yesterday, and I must say it was easier than expected. I used Fei, Citan and Emeralda for all the orbs and Deus. Gave Fei the Holy Pendant, SpeedShoes and GRNS50, and let him attack until he hit hypermode. Emeralda had 3 Power Magics, EtherDoubler and 2 EtherStoneLgs, and she was probably the most powerful character out there, doing at least 8000 damage with each spell. Citan was mostly useless, though he delivered the final blow, the only deathblow he got off.

I defeated all the orbs, and for the most part they were easy. On Deus himself, it was almost laughable. I cut him to ribbons before Fei could even hit hypermode. Each character was about lvl 75 or so. And I didn't think I could beat him going into it.
from Marc Joseph Henderson <[email protected]>

First, figure out what two characters you want to be your most powerful (they will accompany Fei to attack the Deus core). Assure that these two (as well as Fei) have the best of the best tune-ups. I used Fei (duh<g>), Citan and Rico (although Rico didn't have the best armor and engine at the time). Also, if you have the Speed Shoes put those on Fei (it's a character item, not a gear item). This will halve his turns, and is VERY useful. Now, for the equipment. I had everyone using Fix Frame 30%. The other two slots are free for your choice; I suggest giving Fei a Z Charger to make sure that he doesn't run out of Fix Frames (and if you have more than one, try giving it to another person). You can also give someone a GNSR20 if you have them, however I didn't.

Now, on to the fighting. Fighting all 4 orbs is not only difficult on its own, but it is also taxing on your characters. Instead of doing that, I suggest you look for the orb emitting the white energy spray (the stuff coming off the orb itself, look closely!). This orb is Sundel, and he is Dues' healing power. Use three characters that will NOT be in the fight against Deus to defeat this orb (Sundel is easy, just pound him; I suggest a fast person like Emeralda to speed it along).

Having defeated Sundel the healing power, you can go ahead and hit the core with your three powerful characters. I know you might be itching to kill the rest of them, but that isn't necessary. In fact, when I fought Deus, I accidentally went to the core without equipping Fei's gear with a third item<g>.

Okay, the Deus fight. The entire fight rests almost entirely on Fei achieving and using his infinite deathblow (use Kishin, the X attack). Fei will need to attack three times, use the X attack for all three times, then he's free to pound away three times for 9999 each turn (and Deus only has a total of 45000, so 4-5 of these will kill it, or less depending on how much damage the other two characters do). Keep your HP above 12000, and if necessary have the other two characters devote more of their time to healing (you want them alive to take some of the single-attack hits).

Using the above advice, Deus shouldn't be too difficult. I hope you'll able to complete this unbelievable story without too much frustration:).
from Psycrow <[email protected]>

When I went after Deus, Fei was only on level 65 and with Level 2 deathblows.  I soon realized that I had to defeat 3 of the 4 orbs (Harlute isn't worth the trouble, it doesnt really do anything) in order for Deus to be weak enough to be killed with by such weak characters.  So, here's what I did.

  1. I equipped all my gears with -two- Extra Ar DX's and either a 50 or 70% frame restorer.  Simple, cheap and effective.
  2. I took Maria, Bart and Billy-- my second-best group-- and headed straight for the toughest orb, Metatron, using thier best L1 Deathblows.
  3. After disposing of Metatron, i took the most damaged and fuel-drained party member (which happened to be Billy) and replaced him with Chu-Chu*, and went for Sundel, still using Maria and Bart's L1's.
  4. After Sundel, i once again replaced the weakest character.  My party now consisted of Maria, Rico and Chu-Chu.  Then I fought Marlute (who, for some reason, you can't Deathblow) using basic X attacks while Chu-Chu kept healing.
  5. After equipping Emeralda's character with an EtherDoubler, I was now ready to take on Deus with her, Fei and Citan.  Even if my remaining characters had been strong enough to take on Harlute, I assure you, it would not have been worth the trouble.
  6. Destroying Deus now was not too difficult.  Emeralda used her
    extra-powered Ether attacks, only using fuel to heal periodically.  Fei and Citan used their L1 Deathblows.  Even with my low levels and equipment, Deus didn't stand a chance.
  7. Urobolus isn't even worth worrying about.  She won't even get of 1/3 of your HP before you creamate her with any attack you see fit.

*Note: Yes, I know Chu-Chu is a worthless piece of fluff.  But there are two good things about her.  The first: she can serve as a target and mildly heal others before she dies.  The other: Between battles, just use an Omegasol and she'll be ready to serve her purpose in the next battle. (Note from the webmaster: From previous submissions above, they say that Chu-chu can be healed by Aquasol)

Hopefully this will help all of you out there who are as lazy as I am to keep from spending too much time having to prepare for the final battle :) With this technique, destroying Deus with whoosy characters isn't all that tough.
from Hin-Tso Tai <[email protected]>

First, goto the underground city at the lighthouse where you can make Emeralda grow up and get at least three Z-Chargers, you can get one free inside the subway car when you go down the manhole, and you can get the rest from Big Joe's shop in there, they are expensive though, 50,000 gp for each charger (one easy but tedious way to get money is by going into Big Joe's shop over and over again, everytime you step out the door and back in again you can obtain new free stuff near Big Joe, most of the items are useless, but alot of the times you can get Billy's Matchlock gun, which you can immediately sell back to Big Joe for 6,000 gp).

After you get to the final dungeon, do not use Fei's xenogear to fight the ORBS, you need him at full strength to fight DEUS, instead, rotate all your other characters around to fight the ORBS, and for each battle, equip the fighting gears with your highest armor, a Frame HP50, and a Z-Charger, and also equip the character whose gear has the best chance of attaining infinity attack with a holy pendant, avoid healing your armor unless it's so low the ORBS' next attack will probably kill you (because the lower your hp the more likely you will attain infinity attack), dont worry about saving them to fight DEUS, you wont need them, Fei can beat him all by himself if equipped as prescribed (which is what i did, i wind up fighting DEUS with Fei alone because DEUS' first attack was so powerful, something over 8,000 hp damage, it KO my other gears before they had a chance to fight), you can still use your other gears in the DEUS fight, but make sure they have at least 9,000 hp left.

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