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Ys Origin (2006)

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Boss 9: Epona, The Resolute
Yunica/Nightmare Mode
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The Tower quakes at the awakening of a strong power. Unbeknownst to Yunica, the ritual taking place on the summit unleashes a surge of energy into the sky, forming grip on the entirety of Solomon Shrine that begins to drag it back down to earth.

As Yunica ponders the goings-on, Epona makes an appearance and more or less spells out that the ritual has started and that they have indeed captured the Black Pearl. Determined to save Lady Reah and stop the Darklings' plans from reaching fruition, Yunica takes up arms against Epona who is eager for a rematch.

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Epona bring a stronger repertoire of her moves from the first encounter, and is now broken up into two distinct phases. Her attacks are all a bit faster from the previous fight: she either directly attacks in a series of stabs, fires off a spread of bolts from her trident, or counters your jumps with a jumping fire spin of her own. When she does her flame trail, she now does two dashes as well. Dodging the first with a jump and the second with a double jump into Thunder Crash is an optimal way to avoid getting hit and dishing out the damage during her down time. Overall not much has changed here, so it's easy to come out unscathed.

Her second phase has her activating her burst, and upon doing so she splits into three Eponas which move even faster and attack much more persistently. It can be very hard to both hit Epona and avoid taking damage here even with Thunder Crash, so it can becomes a battle of attrition. Epona's attacks do very little damage, but especially in this phase the chances of getting endlessly tagged by them quickly adds up. Thankfully, each Epona can take damage for her overall lifebar, so every skill Yunica has can be useful here. They are especially vulnerable when first coming from the ceiling, so that can also be a good time to unleash your (hopefully acquired) new Burst Attack. The Eponas will actually run away from this attack if you use it carelessly, so using it when they're grouped in attack patterns like that is the best bet.

Besides just tanking the damage, baiting Epona's fire spin by jumping near the clones can also be helpful for both grouping them together and delaying their attacks. Overall this phase depends on how well you can attack them together, but even then with Epona's damage output you should come out on top.
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Epona falls unconscious, giving Yunica the opening to continue on her way. She picks up the Rod dropped by Epona before leaving, giving her a way to progress to the next level of the Tower.

Game: Ys Origin
Release Date: 12/21/2006, 05/31/2012 (Steam)
System: PC (Steam)
Nightmare Mode
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