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'''Dragon Fire''': The dragon breathes smoke momentarily, then steps up with its front leg onto the platform, which will propel you upwards, then breathes a long stretch of fire, continuously juggling you. This deals insane combo damage and the burning ailment will further intensify it.<br/> | '''Dragon Fire''': The dragon breathes smoke momentarily, then steps up with its front leg onto the platform, which will propel you upwards, then breathes a long stretch of fire, continuously juggling you. This deals insane combo damage and the burning ailment will further intensify it.<br/> | ||
'''Aerial Dragon Fire''': The dragon flies up and flies to the other end of the cave and then back while breathing fire on the ground. It also repeat another time on hell mode (back and forth fire breath). If you get hit by the fire, you will keep flinching as this is the specialty of the Ancient Bone Dragon's fire.<br/> | '''Aerial Dragon Fire''': The dragon flies up and flies to the other end of the cave and then back while breathing fire on the ground. It also repeat another time on hell mode (back and forth fire breath). If you get hit by the fire, you will keep flinching as this is the specialty of the Ancient Bone Dragon's fire.<br/> | ||
'''Fire | '''Fire Rain''': The dragon fires a bolt of fire up into the air, and flames rain onto the middle battleground.<br/> | ||
'''Smoking''': When you reduce the Ancient Bone Dragon's health to about 1/4, the dragon will start smoking. While it is in this state, you will receive damage as you attack it, even with ranged attacks such as arrows, fireballs and electrons (Special Actives are an exception). This effect can kill if your HP is low enough.<br/> | '''Smoking''': When you reduce the Ancient Bone Dragon's health to about 1/4, the dragon will start smoking. While it is in this state, you will receive damage as you attack it, even with ranged attacks such as arrows, fireballs and electrons (Special Actives are an exception). This effect can kill if your HP is low enough.<br/> | ||
==Tactics== | ==Tactics== | ||
*When the | *When the Dragon flies up to use '''Aerial Dragon Fire''', that is a signal to run to the furthest left platform in order to avoid getting burnt by the insane flames. Then quickly run back to the furthest right platform once the flames have died down.<br/> | ||
*When the | *When the Dragon is about to do use '''Dragon Fire''', run to the middle battlefield and stick to the right wall, to avoid getting roasted. Another more advanced tactic is to jump over the ledge just after the Dragon slams its claw down and breathes fire, enabling you get some hits in while the Dragon's body is stretched out. This is useful for skills with wide hitboxes such as [[Valkyrie's Javelin]], noted [[Rising Slash]], noted [[Flying Impact]], etc. If you attempt this tactic, your timing must be perfect.<br/> | ||
*The Shock element proves very useful with this boss, as it creates windows of opportunities for attacking and also resets the Dragon if he is about to attack. Aisha's [[Time Stop]] is also effective.<br/> | *The Shock element proves very useful with this boss, as it creates windows of opportunities for attacking and also resets the Dragon if he is about to attack. Aisha's [[Time Stop]] is also effective.<br/> | ||
*It is best to mana-break (hold Z up to 100MP) if you are hit by his combo attacks, such as '''Dragon Fire''' and '''Aerial Dragon Fire''', to minimize the damage you receive. | *It is best to mana-break (hold Z up to 100MP) if you are hit by his combo attacks, such as '''Dragon Fire''' and '''Aerial Dragon Fire''', to minimize the damage you receive. | ||