Chrono Trigger - LLG Part XXX: Zeal & Mammon Machine

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Published on September 19, 2007 2:06:37 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aizXKJ7dKKc

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Chrono Trigger (1995)

Duration: 10:53

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This video shows the final three battles on the Black Omen: fights against both forms of Queen Zeal and the Mammon Machine.

After what was shown in the previous video, I left the Black Omen to fill up my stock of Revives, which I was short on. Subsequently, I decided to max Frog's and Ayla's Power as well, so that they become more useful in the battles ahead of us (there may be few of them, but I want to be as strong as possible during each).

If you are wondering how I maxed up my strength at such low levels, go to my Chrono Trigger playlists and find the part of the series entitled "Black Omen".

Anyway...

The first battle against Zeal is an easy one. Crono uses Confuse, while Ayla & Robo use the doubletech Beast Toss for spectacular damage. Crono has been given Gold Stud to be able to use the tech twice before running out of MP (without the accessory he can't use it at all), and Robo's attack is increased even more with Prism Specs. She goes down very fast.

After this, the video depicts my fight versus the Mammon Machine. Attacking it in its modifying phase increases its stats, depending on which type of attack you use. We're not interested in that, so we recover HP & MP with MegaElixir, count 10 seconds, then use a Barrier on Ayla (who MUST be at full health). She will be the only one to survive his move, and will revive the party.

You can attack him now, without having to worry about enhancing his stats. Crono is theoretically (i.e. if all 4 Confuse hits connect) the best damage dealer in a Low Level Game, even though it is hard to imagine - he is only level 1! Robo, however, is more reliable because of a better hit rate (he still misses though) and enhanced attack with Prism Specs.

When characters fall after his magical attack, revive them without hesitation. No point to heal, but there's one important thing to consider nevertheless: he won't warn you that he is about to enter his modifying phase again, so before confirming your attack WAIT a few seconds to make sure he's still in the offensive phase. Once he is, once again, make sure Ayla is at full health and use a Barrier on her.

Mammon Machine will eventually be destroyed.

The fight against the second form of Queen Zeal is a tough one. We restore our health and have Ayla Charm the best piece of armour for females in the game, the Prism Dress. I wouldn't mind having had a chance to get one earlier (without having to reject the more important 3 Prism Helms), but oh well. Everyone is used to receiving the best stuff too late in RPGs anyway.

I digress... For this battle, we need our characters to absorb both Water AND Shadow elements, because these attacks kill the entire party. We can only have one or another, so equip 1/2 character(-s) water absorbing armour and the other(-s) - Shadow absorbing. That way you can hope that if the attack of the element that leaves one character alive is used, he is fast enough to revive the rest before being killed. Therefore we are not guaranteed success, and may need to reset.

The boss also uses a very powerful lightning elemental move on a single character (revive the fallen), and the hands use Shadow attacks which heal those with Black Mail/Vest on.

I had great luck in this battle (well, not in the Confuse department though), because Robo was the only one standing at one point and could revive his allies before getting knocked out. I didn't see the full-party Shadow attack coming my way either, but probably because my attacks were strong enough to take her out quickly.

Note: I decided against uploading the battle versus the final mutant, Terra Mutant. All I did in that battle was heal myself while he drained the health away from the bottom. It would be too boring to watch and a waste of an upload.

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