Chapter 13- Orphan’s Cradle
Encounters
Sacrifice
HP: 452000
MA:456
ST:1368
Stag:300%
CP:1440
Aquila Velocycle
HP:282500
MA:1032
ST:1032
Stag:250%
CP:2400
Mergrim Thersher
HP:1017000
MA:1216
ST:1216
Stag:300%
CP:3200
Dargonite
HP:203400
MA:684
ST:684
Stag:200%
CP:1600
Sanctum Templar
HP:56500
MA:912
ST:842
Stag:200%
CP:3520
Immortal
HP:1695000
MA:1094
ST:1094
Stag:200%
CP:5600
Centurion Blade ( Summoned by Immortal)
HP:169500
MA:10940
ST:1563
Stag:300%
CP: 0
Jabberwockey
HP:678000
MA:1765
ST: 1765
Stag: 300%
CP: 1600
Bandersnatch
HP:245250
MA: 781
ST: 781
Stag: 200%
CP:16000
Waldislaus
HP:734500
MA:2735
ST:2735
Stag: none
CP:32000
Treasures
Librascope
Millerite
Cherub’s crown
Supercharger(X4)
Perfect Conductor(X4)
Particle Accelerator (X2)
Uraninite
Tubroprop(X5)
Seaking’s Beard(X20)
Aegisol (X2)
Tear of Woe(X9)
Gale Ring
Shamanic Spear
Tetradic Crown
Starblossom Seed(X6)
Black Mycelium(X8)
Rhinochrosite
Weriding Glyph
Adamant Bangle
Scarletire
Elixer
3000 gil
5000 gil
Gameplay:
WOOT! Go us! We are at the final chapter! Right on! We have work
our gamer thumbs to the bone and now here we are at the end, so take a sec and
congratulate yourself on getting here.
Ok let’s not rest just yet we aren’t done so let’s get ready for
this. Alright you remember me saying back in chapter 11 that we get to go back
to Gran Pulse if we want/need? Well once in side the cradle 2 warp gates open
up. One allows us to go back to the Edenhall map and the other takes us to Base
Camp in Vallis Media. So If you want you can go back and do all those side
quests and now you could even take on a few of the stronger baddies, but this
is not your last chance to do so. If you haven’t had any problems to this point
or you’re just itching to go mark hunting, just carry on. You can’t get the
last Crystarium expansion till after you be the final boss so it’s usually just
better to carry on from here. Again don’t worry you’ll have plenty of time to
explore and beat up monsters after the credits role.
Ok so unless your just really itching to fight something right
off just ignore the Sacrifices here and move to the second left and follow the
path to the end collecting 3 spheres there.
So we gathered spheres and beat some baddies and now we’re ready
to move on to the next maker. There will be a shot cut scene, afterwards take
the left platform and collect the sphere in this area. Then go back and take
the right platform and collect those spheres before moving on. Oh look at that
a save point. Save if you want then examine the stature goddess thing to gain
access to the next set of areas.
While running around this area you will encounter strange
groupings of baddies. One of which is the Sacrifice and the Veleocycle. These
guys are a deadly duo, but you can take ‘em. So here’s what you do. Take out
the Sacrifice first, then the cycle. Another is Sacrifice and Dragonites.
Dispatch the Dragonites first or their rush attack will cause problems for you.
There are 4 spheres in this area. One to the right and down,
another to the right and up, and the third to the left and up. There is another
to the back of the starting area behind a group of Sacrifices and a Velocycle.
The Megrim Thresher can be a challenge however it can be de-buffed, so try to
do so when fighting one of these, then use Relentless assault to take it out.
When faced with a group with a Sanctum Templar in it, take out
the Templar fast. He hits hard but has a devastating attack called Charging
Manadrive. This will inflict several debilitating status aliments on your party
right before a near fatal lighting elemental attack, however lucky us this
isn’t really used during the first few moments of battle. The Templar can be
launched, do so and juggle this guy in the air.
Now moving on the marker, there is a save point, use it if you
wish, and get ready for a boss fight.
Boss Fight
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"-Lewis Carroll
Jabberwockey
HP:678000
MA:1765
ST: 1765
Stag: 300%
CP: 1600
Bandersnatch
HP:245250
MA: 781
ST: 781
Stag: 200%
CP:16000
Ok so the Jabberywockey is immune to magic and the Bandersnatch
is immune to physical attacks. The Jabberywokey can be hit with physical
attacks but the damage is reduced to 1/10 and the Bandersnatch can be hit with
magic but that damage is reduced by half. So what do we do Ed? Well you start
with Evened Odds and let Fang de-buff the mighty beasts, while Hope buffs and
Light heals. Ok so you want to make sure that Fang casts Deprotect on the
Jabbery-baby-wockey, then you can enter Delta Attack or Mystic Tower, oh
Champion and precede to kick butt! It will take a bit since Light’s Commado is
the only one that does real damage and Hope’s Ravager helps to at least drive
the stagger gauge up, while Fang takes the majority of the hits for us. Make
sure to reapply Deprotect as needed throughout this part of the fight.
Jabber-baby-wockey should fall with in a few staggers. Move on the frumious
Bandersnatch now. Switch to evened odds and let Fang cast deshell, then swtich
to relentless assault and let the party do their work. This should bring a
fairly quick end to the fight.
Once this is over we are transported back to where we were
before and a brief cut scene takes place. Save if you want and let’s get ready
to move on. We are so close can you feel it? I can.
Ok so next area can be a bit of a challenge. This is where you
will come across come strange combos of familiar baddies. These can get a
little hard to handle. That being said the left path is most likely the easier
of the two. You can evade the Cycles and get the jump on the others if you’re
careful or use a shroud.
In order to collect the spheres that are in this area you have
to defeat the Immortal on the first ring, then use the waypoints. There are 4
in this area. I used a deceptisol to be the preemptive strike on the Mech, then
just hit him hard with Relentless Assault till he fell, I only got hit once,
but I’m going out on a limb here and gonna say that is not a typical result.
Now once the Immortal is beaten and you can warp to the upper and lower levels
you aren’t troubled by baddies till you come back to your original location.
One of these spheres contains the first Elixir of the game.
Ok so you can easily avoid the 2 Velocycles here,(going to the
left ) and you can get the prermptive on the Templar and Thresher. Take out the
Templar first then weaken the Thresher with evened odds then take it out with
Relentless assault. You’ll have to fight a group of Sacrifices and a Thresher
to be able to keep going. Try to get a preemptive on them, even use a shroud if
you have one. Take out the Cie’th first then work on the bigger enemy.
Save your game here and use all the CP you have to this point,
then set your default Paradigm to Protection.
Boss Fight
Waldislaus
HP:734500
MA:2735
ST:2735
Stag: 999%
CP:32000
Alrigthy then! Let’s do this thing! Ok so this guy hit hard and
has a rather nasty ability called Mounting Contempt which will cast Deprotect
and/or deshell on the party right before a mean physical attack. This can take
out a party member. Now what we do to win this thing is let Hope buff *claps
* us up. Once that’s in place and if we get hit with this ability the buffs
will just go away and that is our cue to switch to protection and let Hope re
apply the buff.
So we have buffed up party now what? Well switch to Delta attack
and just wail on the Cie’th till it falls.
From here, use the save point then move toward the strange
goddess statues that either want to help or kill us, and wait for the next area
to be created. Ok so there is a “hidden” elevator in the corner but leave it
for now, and go up the ramp instead. There are 2 spheres on the platform, both
containing gil. Granted that you have to fight some old friends to get them,
but it’s up to you. The fact that these former bosses still drop the same
amount of CP for a regular battle is awesome! This is a good place to farm. So
keep in mind while you are here that once you go through the warp point you
can’t return to this spot again, without using a previous save. So take some
time and power level, it can only help you in the long run. I suggest getting
as close as you can to completing available Crystarium as you can stand. To
make these baddies re-spawn run to the save point on the lower level.
Once you’ve leveled to your heart content or as far as you can
stand, head towards the marker. The group of Sanctum Templars can be a hassle
but if you stay with your healing you can get them. You still have the option
of power leveling at this point if you want to, other wise use the warp point
and dig in for yet another boss fight.
Boss Fight
Tiamat Eliminator
HP:3852000
MA:0
ST:700
Stag:200%
CP:48000
OK So this guy has 2 stages, one fly and one on the ground and
it usually changes after a stagger ends.
OMG this is one very long battle, I feel asleep during it. But
that aside, here’s what you do, mind numbing as it is. When it’s off the ground
Tiamat’s attack inflict status aliments and when it’s on the ground it’s
attacks take status buffs away.
When in the air most of it’s attacks aren’t anything to worry
about, they’re really just more annoying than anything, however Tail Hammer
will launch the party into the air. Overdrive gives the Mech buffs, that you
can have Fang remove in Evened odds, but it might be safer to stay with her as
a sentinel. Use protection long enough to get Haste on Hope and Light then
switch to Mystic Tower or Delta attack for a quick stagger.
When you see Descent text on the screen the mech is landing and
when staggered can be launched, this might be a good time to then chance,
Relentless Assault. When the stagger is over the mech will take to the air
again. Rinse and repeat till beaten.
Now after this fight you can’t go back, so I suggest creating a
separate save file so if you aren’t ready you can come back to the CP gold mind
we just left behind. That being said we will have the chance to return to Pulse
before the final boss again.
Ok so this is the final area of the game! We made it. Now if you
find your self lacking in the coming battles you can return to the start of
Orphan’s Cradle and journey to Pulse or the Edenhall to gather some PC. Buy 2
cherb’s crowns from the shops and make sure you have no less that 5 phoenix
downs for the up coming fights. These are back to back.
If you want to take the time and do some of the side quests you
can but again you don’t get the final level of the Crystrium till after the
final boss fights, so keep that in mind as you travel the expansive world.
Alright here we go!
Final Boss
Barthandelus
HP:5227500
MA:840
ST:840
Stag: 250%
CP: 0
Start but sticking with the protection Paradigm, until all party
members have at least Bravery and Faith.
Alright this is the last time we’re going to see this guy so
let’s make it count. In the incarnation Bart only has three attacks. The laser
is back, along with the lesser seen Ultima, that does moderate damage to well
buffed parties, again Thanatosian Laughter. So once you’re buffed and ready to
fight, (which you can use a shroud to start the fight if you wish) use Delta
Attack or Mystic Tower to pound away at this Fal’Cie. Once staggered you could
if you’re brave switch to Relentless assault, but keep in mind that when you
see Thanatosian Laughter text on screen, switch to Combat Clinic right away. If
the battle goes on for 20 minuets Bart will cast Doom on the party leader. If
your party is buffed up enough you shouldn’t have this problem.
Orphan-(First Form)
HP:6780000
MA:1368
ST:1368
Stag: 400%
CP:0
There is no rest for the wicked. We are thrown right in to this
battle after that grueling fight with Bart. So once the battle starts, pause
and select retry. When the main menu pop up replace Protection with Agression
(Commando(X2) + ravager) and set combat clinic as your active paradigm. Make
sure to equip as many Cherb’s crowns as you can on Light. This will be a great
help later in this fight.
Ok so Orphan has 2 modes in this fight. Consume dark and Consume
Light. When it moves between these two modes it follows the change with an
attack called Merciless Judgment, which hits all party members for massive
damage. Always shift to combat clinic when you see the text on screen to avoid
dying and having to start the battles over again.
After recovering from Orphan’s welcome, switch to Evened Odds
and wait for the others to buff and de-buff till Hope has put 6 puffs on each
character. Once done switch to relentless assault, healing with combat clinic
when any characters hp hits about 50%. Right before the first stagger ends
switch to Combat Clinic, because Orphan is going to whip out Merciless Judgment
again.
When it’s in Consume Darkness mode Orphan will use stronger
attacks that have the added ability to inflict status aliments on the party.
Just let them be and keep hitting Orphan with Relentless assault. You need to
fill the change gauge as fast as possible right now, with limited breaks to
heal. Once staggered it will not attack in Consume Dark mode. So rather than
hitting it hard while staggered renew your buffs and it’s de-buffs then if you
have time hit it hard.
Once again after recovering from Merciless Judgment, hop back to
Relentless Assault. You should be doing a good job of bringing down Oprhan’s
hp. Just when you think you have it in the bag, this guy will pull out a couple
of dirty tricks. First Merciless Judgment starts to happen any old time and the
second is that it starts using an attack called Progenitorial Wrath. This nasty
piece of work can kill any character targeted no matter their current status.
So yeah not very nice. This is the reason for those Cherub’s Crowns, in order
to boost Light’s chances of not being killed when targeted. If any one else
falls use a phoenix down.
Later on things start to get will unpredictable. Orphan will
attack with any of it’s attack at random and this can cause some headache. When
staggered fill the gauge to 999% the switch to Aggression and let the commandos
just wreak havoc on it. You should be using these and Orphan should fall in
about 10 minuets or so.
Orphan (Second Form)
HP:390000
MA:1216
ST:1216
Stag:500%
CP:0
Ok so there’s a pesky Doom counter just ticking away, so right
off the bat go into Relentless Assault and just attack Orphan. In this form
Orphan is immune to damage till staggered. Once staggered though it can be
launched, thought it can still attack while in the air. You can use Light’s
Army of One ability to build the stagger gauge. You’ll have to select this one
manually but all in all still a great ability to use.
Keep an eye on everyone’s HP and heal when needed. Like in the
first battle when the stagger gauge hits 999% switch to Aggression and let the
commandos have go at it. When the stagger ends switch to Evened odds and let
Fang dispel any of Orphan’s buffs while Hope buffs you * Clap * up after it
performs Rebirth. Once that’s done rinse and repeat till beaten. If all goes
well you should be able to defeat this guys in the third stagger.
Woot! That’s the end Congrats! Watch you’re well deserved end
scenes and sit back! You beat Final Fantasy XIII!
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