The final boss battle in Metaphor: ReFantazio pits the player’s party against Louis, the antagonist who has been pulling the strings throughout the game. The battle takes place in a grand, dramatic location that has the themes of the game’s story, emphasizing the conflict between Louis’s vision for the world and the player’s own ideals. Louis’s power is formidable, and he draws from various sources of magic and wields unique attacks that can take out your party if you don’t have the right strategy.
The fight is a lot like others seen in SMT and Persona, but this time, the boss has three phases. These phases are beaten by repeatedly using a key strategy. Louis is also mostly the same throughout all three phases; the only difference is his attack power and how often he does party attacks. However, if you can just focus on exploiting his weaknesses, you can get through it a lot better than if you tried just attacking over and over. Once you win the third phase, you’ve beaten the game.
Best Archetypes To Face The Final Boss
Pick The RIght Archetypes
When facing the formidable Archdemon Louis in Metaphor: ReFantazio, assembling a party with the right archetypes is crucial for victory. The Prince archetype, exclusive to the protagonist, needs to be the primary damage dealer because it has powerful attacks and can potentially use the Faker/Trickster abilities to disrupt Louis’ buffs and inflict debuffs.
The Devil Summoner and Persona Master archetype work together, which lets the Persona Master exploit weaknesses and deal weakening status ailments. At the same time, the Devil Summoner deals powerful attacks against those weaknesses, capitalizing on the press turns gained.
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A Healer Mask equipped on the Persona Master gives great support, keeping the party healthy throughout the long battle. These three archetypes, combined with strategic item usage and careful exploitation of Louis’ weaknesses, create a formidable force for attacks. Finally, make sure you have some kind of healer to keep your party in play. The fight lasts a long time, so you need to be sure to have someone who can heal injuries and ailments while the others are fighting against Louis’s many forms.
How To Beat Archdemon Louis (Phase 1 Best Strategy)
This Is As Easy As It Gets
The first phase of the Archdemon Louis fight in Metaphor: ReFantazio is all about exploiting his weaknesses and managing your party’s resources. Equip your best gear, especially items that grant dark resistance and evasion for your Persona Master to negate Louis’s dark spells and prevent him from gaining press turns. Then, use the Devil Summoner and Persona Master. The Persona Master can inflict weaknesses while the Devil Summoner deals damage on top of them for powerful attacks.
Picking a healing party member as your fourth is the smartest thing to do. In the later phases, Louis’ attacks are devastating.
Keep your Prince archetype strong and ready to take on physical damage, as Louis will target you frequently. Pay attention to the “wings to the front” animation. This signals Louis’s defensive stance and imminent special attack. If you see this, immediately inflict a one-time weakness on him and exploit it to break his formation and avoid his special move. The key to winning the first phase is a proactive approach: consistently inflict weaknesses, maintain your party’s health, and be prepared to counter Louis’s special attack. After this, you’ll get a small break.
How To Beat Masked Louis (Phase 2 Best Strategy)
Almost Over The Hump
Masked Louis, the second phase of the Louis boss fight in Metaphor: ReFantazio, presents a new challenge with his increased power and new abilities. While his basic attacks are still manageable, the real threat lies in his powerful Masked Fury move, which can wipe out your party if not dealt with properly. This phase requires a more focused approach, but luckily, the same strategy above works fine with this phase. So just keep healing your party, weakening Louis, and dealing as much damage as you can.
The key to victory here is a combination of speed, damage output, and debuffs. Focus on using the Persona Master archetype to inflict weakness on Masked Louis, allowing your Devil Summoner to unleash devastating elemental attacks. The Prince archetype should focus on dealing consistent damage. Keep a close eye on Masked Louis’ Masked Fury charge. When he begins to gather energy, immediately attack his weakness to interrupt the move and prevent devastating damage. Keep healing your Persona Master’s healing skills, or use a dedicated Healer.
Make sure you heal any
status ailments
Louis sends your way as quickly as possible.
By this point, you should be pretty spent. However, you should also have the rhythm for beating Louis down. It may seem dull, but if you start trying to do flashy techniques just to try to get big individual hits in, you’re likely going to get devastated by an attack you don’t expect. It’s better to use any openings to heal your party if they need it, because Louis doesn’t seem to have a limit on how often he’ll use party attacks before he’s beaten. After you finish this phase, Louis’s final form will appear.
How To Beat Destroyer Louis (Phase 3 Best Strategy)
Beat The Final Phase
The biggest difference here is that Louis is much harder to beat just because he’s so powerful. Destroyer Louis in Metaphor: ReFantazio is essentially his last big attempt to beat you. Luckily, the same strategy above works just fine against him. Prioritize the Prince archetype for your protagonist, focusing on its unique abilities to negate enemy attacks and inflict debuffs. Pair this with the Persona Master to exploit weaknesses and inflict status ailments. Keep this approach, and we cannot stress healing enough, he seems to get critical hits out of nowhere here.
During the fight, utilize the Persona Master’s healing capabilities to keep your party healthy. You’re going to need to power through a devastating onslaught of damage. Destroyer Louis will focus his attacks on the protagonist, so just keep your main character alive. The other three can do their own thing without worrying much about damage. Your primary objective should be to exploit weaknesses whenever possible, including making them yourself. These three phases are just repeats where Louis gets a bit stronger, but when you beat this form, he’s down for good, and you’ll have beaten Metaphor: ReFantazio.
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- Platform(s)
- PS4 , PS5 , PC , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S
- Released
- October 11, 2024
- Developer(s)
- Studio Zero
- Publisher(s)
- Atlus
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