Undead Grius Boss Guide: Grand Trad 2

Learn how to defeat Undead Grius in Metaphor: ReFantazio. This guide covers Grius's attacks, weaknesses, and the best strategies to overcome this boss.

Alright, let's talk about Undead Grius in Grand Trad 2. Honestly, this fight is pretty straightforward, so don't overthink it. You'll be fine!

Stats / Weaknesses:

• Weakness: Light attacks (Hama is great here).
• Resistances: None explicitly mentioned, but focus on exploiting the Light weakness.

Phases:

1. Phase 1: Grius's Basic Attacks
   Grius will start with two main moves:
2. Phantom Dance: This hits your whole party with weak Slash damage. It's his strongest attack, so you'll want to mitigate it.
3. Mocking Phantasm: This targets a single character with weak Slash damage. It's a bit stronger than a regular attack.

Strategy:

• Before the fight even begins, Hulkenberg will awaken as a Knight. This also unlocks Synthesis Skills, which are powerful moves that use multiple Turn Icons. For example, Jump Thrust uses the Knight and Warrior to deal Pierce damage and lower enemy defense. While cool, it's probably best to save Synthesis Skills for now, as they eat up valuable turns you might need later.
• To deal with Grius's party-wide Phantom Dance, use the Knight's skill Knight's Proclamation. This taunts Grius, making him focus on Hulkenberg. He'll usually just use a normal attack or Mocking Phantasm on Hulkenberg. Since these are his only other attacks, negating Phantom Dance makes the fight much easier.
• Remember, Grius is undead, so he's super weak to Light attacks. If you have a Healer in your party, have them spam Hama. Seriously, a Healer is super useful early on, especially with that quest from More to get an Archetype to rank 10.
• Use Dei to heal anyone who's close to going down.
• After you beat Grius, you'll head back to the inn. You'll form a Bond with Hulkenberg, unlocking the Knight Archetype for everyone. Your Bond with Gallica will also go up to rank 2, which is handy for knowing who to level up. After some more scenes, you'll get free time to do extra stuff.