Phantasy Star IV - Boss #7: Zio

This time it's the real deal. He attacks the entire party at once with Hewn and Corrsion, but nothing that a few Sars can't fix. I guess I got kinda lucky though, since Zio only used that strong red beam attack once, and on Chaz to boot.

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• Phantasy
• Star
• IV
• Sega
• Genesis
• RPG

[JuneLinMilliam]

Zio was the first bad ass dark magic boss before Magus on Chrono Trigger. When facing Zio, is that the only time this boss music is played in the game?

[FFL2and3rocks]

It's also played when you fight Lashiec.

[ChaoticRenegade1]

did you phantasy star iii had the two same characters wren and rika they must the most ancient robots to phantasy star iv

[FFL2and3rocks]

Rika isn't in Phantasy Star 3, you must be thinking of Mieu. And the Wren in Phantasy Star 3 is not the same one from this game.

[DreamFlare]

I'm pretty sure Nightmare turns his Black Wave into a one-hit kill.

[FFL2and3rocks]

Black Wave just does a ton of damage (about 100, I think). I heard somewhere that it will be a one-hit kill if you don't use the psycho-wand, but there's no reason not to use it anyway so I'm not sure if that's true or not.

[finalfantasyrules222]

love his boss music

[silverfox799]

best boss in the game

[ohmysweetnurse]

Kefka's final boss theme aside, this is the greatest boss theme in history. So fucking good!

[DigitalOberon]

@FFL2and3rocks It is a one hit killing spell without using the Psycho Wand. But yes, since you can't even hurt Zio without using the Psycho Wand, it's really useless to find that out - except to note that it was a pretty cool way of showing that if you didn't use the wand he would own your party, no questions asked.

[monkeyboyrulz]

I love that background music and Zio is rock.

[streamer730]

@ every1 who thinks nightmare is an attack booster

you are wrong. nightmare is how zio can use his magic (black wave)

[princedarienlover]

It actually took me a bit to figure out to use the psycho wand to neutralize night mare, cuz I remember seeing the description that it neutralizes barrier, so I figured I'd try it

[shadmart]

make a macro of rune and chaz like zan and gifoi/giwat

[Draxsiss]

this magic is actually a tribute to the past, its only played when you face boss's from the old versions. both Zio (or Generation of dooms Darkforce) or Lasute

[RPGHacker86]

@FFL2and3rocks It's true. The first time I battled Zio I didn't know I had to use the Psycho-Wand as an item and got killed by him in a few turns, due to him firing many Black Waves at me, each being a one-hit-kill.

Oh wait... 3-year-old comment.

[davidterrell]

@petermca its 2 different wrens. in ps3 "true" ending when u beat da game with aron, alisa 3 goes thru a blackhole back in time then crashes on Earth's moon. every1 on the spaceship dies. aron ending is da only ending that makes any kind of sense when putting all the phantasy stars together

[Dharkification]

this game got some good music :D