Blue Dragon Low Level - Phantom Dragon

This is one of the dragons I expected to be one of the hardest (the other being the Spark Dragon but we’ll get to that one tomorrow) and I think I’m still confident in saying that it’s the hardest, mainly because of what you CAN'T hit it with, more than anything. It absorbs both physical and Dark. So Shadowus (which would give the highest damage output) and Corporeals were off the table. Flarus has the next highest damage output so I was left using that. This did made the fight a lot more time consuming.
Like with the Blizzard Dragon, the AOE that Phantom has hits more than once so Wallus only minimises damage instead of blocking it entirely. It’s also a physical attack so Shieldus is necessary to lower the damage of the hits following the first and also any that I’m unable to wall. Jiro and Marumaro’s jobs were to keep the party healed and walled up, putting Shieldus back up when it wore off and, given how long this fight went on for, it did wear off. Quite often. Zola was on Support Magic duty and didn't get much chance to fit attacks in. Damage was coming almost exclusively from Kluke. Shu was just a brick wall in this fight. Which he is in most fights, to be fair, but he literally couldn’t actually deal any damage since he only has access to physical attacks.
Maintenance was the main focus of this fight and was another reason why it was so time consuming. There were also times where I had to divert Kluke’s attention away from attacking to healing because I needed both Jiro and Marumaro to be using Barrier Magic.
I'm aware this video is 45 minutes long so feel free to only watch as much of it as you feel you need to.
Skills
Shu: Guard, Boost Max HP 25%, Magic Defence Up, Caution, Magic Sword LVL 1, Charged Defence, Vigilance, Endure
Jiro: Barrier Magic, White Magic LVL 2, Black Magic LVL 1, Enhance Item Effect
Kluke: Black Magic, White Magic LVL 2, Support Magic LVL 2, Enhance Item Effect, Boost Max MP +25%
Marumaro: Barrier Magic, White Magic LVL 2, Black Magic LVL 3, Support Magic LVL 1, Enhance Item Effect, Double Item, Boost Max MP +25%
Zola: Support Magic, Black Magic LVL 5, Ninja Swiftness, Boost Max MP +25%
Accessories
Shu: Infinity Bracelet, Sun Necklace, Earth Ring, Renew Earrings, Spring Breeze Kerchief, Stomach-Band, Shoes of the Ancients
Jiro: Ancient Warrior's Bracelet, Final War Necklace, Ancient King's Ring, Ancient King's Earrings, Belt of Hermes, Shoes of Hermes, Magic Shoes
Kluke: Gravitic Bracelet, Eternity Necklace, Infinity Ring, Infinity Earrings, Belt of Hermes, Bellybutton Ring of Wind, Belt of Hermes
Marumaro: Crystal Bracelet, Renew Necklace, Grand Tribes' Ring, Eternal Engine Earrings, Gem of Jibral, Champion's Belt, Devee Idol
Zola: Grand Tribes' Bracelet, Infinity Necklace, Renew Ring, Eternity Earrings, Shoes of Hermes, Crown of the King Ghost, Champion's Belt
Next video: Spark Dragon
Rules:
- Flee from all encounters unless they are necessary to proceed (e.g. guarding a door, forced encounters that I can’t flee from)
- No stat increasing items
- Class increasing items are permitted to reach necessary class milestones
- Any experience found through examination is to be given to the character with the least experience
- Accessories that increase EXP and SP gain are banned
- Field barrier is only permitted so long as EVERYONE has their class set to Generalist