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Welcome to our strategy guide video on how to beat the Summoner, fairly quickly, to unlock her Job Asterisk!
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The Summoner doesn't look very threatening, but wait until you see the power of her destruction summons! About every three turns, Mephilia will summon Girtablulu, which does massive earth damage to your party. Be sure to Default before she lets loose her summon or you could get wiped out.
We recommend starting this battle with the best equipment from Florem and Cura available (requires a Level 6 White Mage) for optimum healing; it also wouldn't hurt to have a couple of levels under your belt (we were Level 23, but you can easily get higher).
Hurting Mephilia isn't hard--it's keeping up with her damage that's tricky. After summoning Girtablulu the first time, Mephilia will summon a Legion Impaler and Archer to back her up--slay them as soon as possible (thunder magic or sword magic is good against the Impaler).
The Archer can cause confuse with Chaos Arrow, ruining your plans. Otherwise, Default to build up your BP and unleash your attacks when it's safe to do so (i.e. after she summons Girtablulu). Cura is a godsend in this battle--don't hesitate to group-cast it twice when things are getting heated.
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