Hey everyone! It's time to talk about another enemy that has the potential to cause a great deal of misery in your visit to Mateyo: the Corpse Flower!
Starting off, we see that the Corpse Flower has A LOT of hit points. When taken with its solid Defense and M. Defense stats, this means that in spite of its abysmal Agility score you are highly unlikely to be able to kill it before it attacks. And speaking of: the Corpse Flower’s primary attack is based on M. Attack, so if you want to reduce its damage (and healing…more on that in a second) capabilities consider using abilities which reduce M. Attack. Also, note the extremely high luck statistic…as discussed previously, Luck affects a wide range of “hidden parameters” such as Evasion, Crit Rate, etc.…there’s not much you can do to counter this, but just keep in mind that there’s gonna be a little more to this enemy than meets the eye.
The Corpse Flower’s weaknesses are pretty straightforward: It takes 50% more damage from both [Fire] and [Slash] attacks, and 25% more damage from [Ice] and [Machine] attacks. [Holy] and [Dark] skills are neutral (boooo!) and every other damage type in the game does significantly less damage to these guys.
The Corpse Flower has three special attacks, and depending on how the fight progresses these abilities can make your life pretty miserable…the first, “Leech Vine”, is the Corpse Flower’s basic attack. It deals [Earth] damage and heals the flower for the amount of damage dealt; these guys hit very hard, so be sure to keep your HP up! Next up we have “Glow Dust” which grants HP Regen to the Corpse Flower and any allies. Normally this would fall under the “annoying” category, but since the flower’s basic attacks also heal it, you’ll need to really keep up the pressure on these guys just to cancel out the health they are regaining each turn! Finally, we have “Blinding Spores” which has a high (50%) chance to “Blind” your entire party.
So, how do we kill these guys? Not gonna lie, these are some of the nastiest “standard” enemies in the game…but it can be done! To cancel out some of its nastier stats, consider having Nolan use skills that reduce M. Attack, or possibly Defense / M. Defense to maximize the damage you can deal. If you snagged the Maalik revolver as you were heading through the Trabunco Mountains, the “Consecrate” skill will cancel out any possible health regained from Glow Dust and/or the Leech Vine ability…consider having it equipped on somebody for the entire time you are on Mateyo. Other good characters to bring along are Allan or Carmen for their selection of [Fire] element skills, but keep away from Allan’s “Magma Burst” ability: it’s a dual element [Fire/Earth] skill, so the bonus from the fire damage will be mostly cancelled out…Isaiah and Corbett both learn elemental blade skills which are extremely effective against these guys, and if you have Butler in your party he will have access to a whole suite of [Ice] abilities you can use to deal extra damage. Other than that, just try to focus on dealing a lot of damage and keeping your HP as close to full as possible…these guys are tough, but I believe in you!