Final Fantasy XIII

Class: A
HP: 742,500 (x3)

This fight is the same as the one you fought against the Tonberry for Mission 34 - Zenobia, the Butcher except you’ll be fighting three Tonberrys instead of just the one.

Each Tonberry’s regular attack is called “Knife” which they will use as they run towards one of your party members. This attack will slowly do more and more damage as the fight continues and it will also dispel positive status effects placed on a party member. Because of this, you shouldn’t spend too much time with a Synergist buffing your party member as this is an uphill battle that doesn’t end up being worth the time, especially with three of them on the battlefield.

In addition to Knife, each Tonberry will use a chain of special attacks that eventually builds up to its most powerful attack. The first three moves do nothing and are essentially Tonberry charging itself up. They are:

• “Grudging Look”
• “Brooding Grudge”
• “Imminent Grudge”

After “Imminent Grudge”, its next attack will be “Deep-seated Grudge”, which will inflict a very high amount of damage on your party and will fully refill Tonberry’s HP. This attack does enough damage that it will probably kill one or more of your party members.

Because this attack restores a Tonberry’s HP, even if you do survive it, Tonberry’s regular “Knife” will continue doing more and more damage as the fight progresses. The goal is to go on an all out offensive and bring the Tonberry down before its damage overwhelms you.

Get a quick Libra or Librascope out and have your Saboteur apply Deprotect and Deshell to the Tonberry you will be taking down first as this will greatly increase the amount of damage your chains will inflict.

Getting a few buffs up from a Synergist, like Haste, can be helpful. The idea is to keep your party healed so as not to succumb to the damage from regular “Knife” attacks but you need to defeat the three Tonberry as quickly as possible.

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