This is necessary, as Magic Master will eventually cast Ultima assuredly wiping your party, regardless of how you otherwise beat it. Obtaining Reraiseįirst things first even if you wished to tackle the boss the “correct” method, you would still need to have completed Locke’s quest in order to gain the Phoenix Esper as detailed in our FF6 Esper locations guide. There's a few things you'll need, and a few steps you'll therefore need to take. This is a more in-depth companion page to our full FF6 Walkthrough.

However, due to Magic Master using entirely magical attacks unless you afflict him with the Berserk status, there’s a far simpler method of dealing with the boss, which we'll detail below. Found at the top of the Cultist’s Tower, the developers' likely intended strategy for the Magic Master boss fight in FF6 is to treat the fight similarly to how you would have fought Hein in FF3 using Libra to detect his weakness whenever it shifts, and then pepper him with the proper magic attack to take advantage of his current weakness.

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