Kolosso

Locations


Characteristics

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Spells

 * Illyana - attracts an ally and heals it by 500-600.
 * Razepoutine - does 500-700 damage to all enemies in an infinite cone-shaped AoE. Needs an adjacent ally or enemy to be targetted on.
 * Baikal - buffs +50 damage triggered by [...].

Drops

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Strategy
At the start of each fight, Kolosso puts the state Telepathy on all enemies, which gives them -6000 heals for the entire fight. This prevents characters from healing with spells, weapons (such as Boogey Wand) or Cawwot. However, you are still able to gain HP from steal damage, The Inflatable, Coney, Barrel or Tree of Life. Additionally, Kolosso's sidekick Professor Xa puts the state Morvele (1 turn duration) on all monsters every 2 turns. When hit in state Morvele a monster will gain +100 damage for 1 turn, but will also heal all enemies in an AoE of 5 by 90-140. Use this effect carefully to keep your characters healed: MP rape, simply kill or unbewitch the monster you buffed or protect (e.g. with Immunity) characters in its reach.

Professor Xa also has the ability to revive monsters. You can deal with this by killing him early or by surrounding him (as he can only revive on adjacent tiles). Especially the top left of the dungeon map is useful for blocking Professor Xa, because there's a corner with only one adjacent tile. However, it can be difficult to get him there due to his cowardly AI (i.e. he will usually run away from enemies). When Xa dies, all other monsters are healed full.

Kolosso is in state Invulnerable, which is disabled when he gets hit by a summon. Because summons prefer to hit other monsters, it's most common to kill Kolosso last. Until everything else is dead it's advisable to MP rape and separate him from other monsters (due to the nature of his only damage spell, Razepoutine).

Also, keep in mind that it's important to have a high initiative character with a summon that is likely to hit Kolosso. To avoid being hit by Razepoutine it's best to use summons hitting on range. Confirmed to work well are: Cra Dopple, Feca Dopple, Red Wyrmling, Osa Dopple, The Sacrificial Doll.