Coming across creepy bosses to beat in Metaphor: ReFantazio isn’t exactly anything new by the time keen players come across the tentacled Sea Horror Homo Sabara boss during their 80-hour+ campaign. While the party uses their mighty Gauntlet Runner vehicle to trek across the ocean, the horror that looks like a cross between a purple-bearded man and an octopus gets in the way and threatens to capsize their journey. To carry on your quest as a royal candidate, you’ll need to make use of a particular skill type, party members, and a level of preparedness in advance.
In the later stage of the game, you come across Sea Horror Homo Sabara; you will have access to a selection of party members that are beyond complete, along with a plethora of Archetypes to choose from at this point. This can become a test of all you have learned about the massive JRPG’s immense turn-based combat systems so far. Otherwise, this sea-based mess of teeth and tentacles will make you and your crew face their doom. Luckily, coming into battle with the right loadout of characters and Archetypes will have you more than ready for this very intense fight.
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How To Prepare For Sea Horror Homo Sabara
Level & Armor Up
Found by Virga Island, the Sea Horror Homo Sabara boss is at Metaphor: ReFantazio is at Level 39. For the best chance at beating it, prepare yourself and your team well in advance by ensuring all party members are at least Level 30. To do this, you will need to follow all of the necessary tips and tricks to farm EXP & MAG fast, which is available in the game so far.
The Kraken-like boss also has a wide range of hard-hitting attacks that can inflict Physical damage and Ice. In your last chance to explore before you head towards Virga Island, you must also be sure to stock up on the latest armor to equip your team with. The higher their defensive and evasive stats, the better chance they have at taking more damage and having extra survivability throughout the fight, just like when beating the Grotesque Gupatauros, the brutal optional boss near the Royal Capital of Grand Trad.
Best Party Combo To Beat Sea Horror Homo Sabara
A Song Of Fire & Lightning
When it comes to the best of your Metaphor: ReFantazio party members with combos that can more easily beat Sea Horror Homo Sabara, you should take the protagonist with a Wizard Archetype and Hulkenberg with a second Wizard. Then, as for the remainder of your party, take Heismay with the Assassin Archetype and Junah with the Masked Dancer.
Have at least two party members inherit group healing and ailment-curing skills through inheritance as well. Homo Sabara’s Ink Spew attack can inflict Malady.
While being resistant to Sea Horror Homo Sabara’s Ice-type attack, your two Wizards can both learn Kandera to inflict medium magic Electric damage, which the boss is weak against. Having Masked Dancer and another Wizard at the party will allow you to use the Gakandera and Kandeon Synthesis skills, both inflicting medium electric damage to all enemies and heavy electric damage to one enemy, respectively. Masked Dancer is also resistant to the boss’ Ice-type attack, so this will give your team an extra advantage against one of its attacks.
How To Defeat Sea Horror Homo Sabara
Electrocute The Kraken
To beat Sea Horror Homo Sabara in Metaphor: ReFantazio, you need to use your pair of Wizard Archetypes to target its weakness to Electric-type magic attacks. Having a weakness makes it a bit easier to strategize against it than learning how to beat Zorba, who does not have one. Focus your Electric attacks on Synthesis skills to target Homo Sabara on its tentacles. Meanwhile, have Heismay’s Assassin use Lurking Nightblade to lower its Hit/Evasion stats. Junah’s Masked Dancer can use Hellfire Dance to weaken it to Fire.
Using Electric and Fire to hit its weakness and generate extra Turn icons depletes its health until it loses about half. Afterward, it will try to use Soul Scream to gain more Turn Icons itself and fight back, so you should keep piling on the pressure with more uses of Electric and Fire magic, another with the Wizard Electric-type Synthesis skills to finish it off. Just remember to target Sea Horror Homo Sabara’s weakness to Electric-type magic attacks, and victory in this sea-based Metaphor: ReFantazio boss battle will be yours for the taking.
- Released
- October 11, 2024
- Developer(s)
- Studio Zero
- Publisher(s)
- Atlus
- Engine
- GFD
- ESRB
- T For Teen // Blood, Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Playable
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty