Super Mario RPG Switch Remake - Low Level Part 19: Czar Dragon
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A very Final Fantasy-like boss this time, Czar Dragon has two phases with a total of 3,200 HP without taking the Helios it summons into account, as those are disposed of in a Ice Bomb use anyway. Bowser with the Ghost Model can technically tank this boss, and many others coming in the future, endlessly, but it's possible to keep everybody in the party alive with a little luck and effort, so it results in a very lively action-packed battle. The "Fire armour" I show equipped at the start of the video is just the latest gear, solid in this very dungeon, and not something that would allow us to resist fire moves. Kind of a shame that weapons and armour don't have any interesting properties in this game.
By this point, physical attacks have all but become pointless, with bosses having such high defences that we simply cannot crack with our lowest-level party. Ice Bombs work best in the first fire-weak phase of the boss, after which cracking the Star Egg multiple times is the most cost-efficient strategy.
In the second part of the battle, resurrecting Mario over and over again is consistently the right thing to do, granting us a third turn, with max power Jump being super-effective and outdamaging the items we don't mind parting with (i.e. not Rock Candies). Water Blast and other elemental/unblockables strike us hard, but under the Bracer buff and with the correct accessory Peach can barely cling to dear life with little HP remaining, getting everybody still standing back to full health with Group Hug.
It's a nice battle to play, albeit with no surprises.