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Thwart Zorba’s Plan begins immediately afterNecromancer Takedownand in the wake of the initial defeat ofNecromancer ZorbainMetaphor: RefantazioAct 1. Zorba attempts to garner sympathy within one last cutscene between the protagonist and the party, after failing to obtain the Royal weapon and destroy the party. As a last-ditch effort, Zorba harnesses hismagla, revealing that, while early, he is bringing theDay of Calamitymuch earlier than planned and the human corpse below has been reanimated. It’s just one more element of thisthrilling RPG story.
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This walkthrough guide contains information on how to finish thismain story quest. For the guide’s sake, the contents can be used foreasy-to-hardgame difficulty within the game. While short, this guide will provide tactics and main strategies for a quick takedown of the quest’s boss fight, the rewards for defeating it, and suggested archetypes going into the fight to prevent you fromrunning out of time.
Quest Details
Quest Name
Recommended Level
Recommended Archetypes
Thwart Zorba’s Plan
Healer, Knight, Warrior, Brawler
Grand Cathedral
The cutscene will show your party racing down the rooftop back to the bottom of theGrand Cathedralwhere the building is starting to collapse. This is where you will findPlateau, More’s cat save point. Here you can record your journey and take the time to go to the Akademia one last time before the boss fight withHomo Avades, as well as change anyequipmentorarchetypesof your party members. Choose"Let’s Take it Down"in the dialogue options given to you byHulkenburg, and you will enter the boss fight’s cutscene.
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Recommended Party Composition
TheHealer archetypewill keep your party’s health up during the upcoming boss fight and can be used by theProtagonistorHulkenburg, whileStrohl’s strike attacks will whittle down the health of the defenses and can benefit from eitherWarriororBrawler.Hulkenburgis recommended to use the Knight archetype if she wasn’t chosen as theHealer archetypeearlier in the questline,Necromancer Takedown.
Homo Avades Moveset
Oblivion Dust
A chance to inflict Forget on one foe.
Deals moderate magic light damage to one foe.
Swiping Arc
Weak Physical damage to all foes, hits twice in a row. If an arm is broken, then the attack only hits once. However, the attack will be completely missed if both arms are broken during this attack.
Ambush Alert
Deals Moderate Almighty damage to all foes. This attack only activates when the shell is broken and the assailants have been activated. If the assailants inside are defeated before the activation round, the move will fail automatically.
Shell Regeneration
Homo Avades will fully restore its shell’s HP. If an arm is destroyed, its effectiveness will decrease with each broken limb.
Homo Avades is resistant toall elemental-based attacks aside from the arms, that are weak to fire. you should focus onphysical strike attacksinstead, while healing in between to keep the party healthy duringAmbush Alerts.
Aim For The Shell
Beginning the fight,your party will point out the exposed heart of Homo Avadesstraight away. However, the heart is out of reach at this time. Instead,aim physical strikes attacks at the eggshell to crack it open.Using theBrawler archetypewill open the egg in a faster amount of time withPerfect Punch. Once the shell is open,Homo Avades will lose its balance and collapse to the stage floor, allowing the Heart to be open to direct attacks.
Aim For The Heart
Once the Heart is exposed,have the rest of the party focus on the heart beforeHomo Avadescan get up. Once the human regains its balance, assailants will appear inside the broken eggshell.If the assailants are not defeated before the enemy’s turn, the party will be hit byAmbush Alert, dealing almighty damage to each party member beforeShell Regenerationis used for the first time.Homo Avadeswill then revert to its usual moveset ofHamoanand begin usingSwiping ArcinPhase 2.
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Break The Arms
After the first use ofShell Regeneration, Gallica points out that the shell has regenerated fully, and instead it’s recommended to aim for the arms first.The arms are weak tofire attacksand using scrolls for fire attacks or the spellBotis recommended, though the arms have very little health and can be broken with other attacks as well if fire is currently unavailablein this lengthy JRPG.
Remember to heal your party once they dip below half health, or else a well-timedSwiping ArcfromHomo Avadesarms will knock one of your party members out.
Once one arm is broken, Avades will only perform a weaker version of theSwiping Arc. Breaking both arms will make Swiping Arc miss instead. Once the arms are out of the way, repeat the steps to break the shell fromPhase 1once more to lower the human to the ground andattack the heart again.After Avades regains balance, the eggshell will not regenerate the full way withShell Regenerationdue to the loss of its limbs, allowing the protagonist and party to finish offHomo Avadesand complete theThwart Zorba’s Plan Questline.
After the quest completes, the protagonist and the party are greeted by the citizens they saved and are proclaimed heroes for stoppingZorba’s planas well as killing the reanimated human, raising their popularity within the race for the throne. Afterward, a new cutscene will be played detailingForden’strue intent for the church’s role and vying for the King’s throne, outlining the urgency as the dawn of a new king continues to draw closer.
Once the cutscene finishes, depending on the time taken for the previous quest, Necromancer Takedown, you will be free to explore the city as you like. Complete side quests, raise your stats,farm some money,wait for rainy days to farm Mag, ordeepen connections with available followers. On the day of 7/4, your new main questline,Apprehend the Real Kidnapper,will begin.
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