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In a challenging boss battle that’s in many ways as much a fight against Rella as against the legendary beast itself,Metaphor: ReFantazio’s Sogne the Icebound puts up fierce resistance and can quickly prove more than a match for the protagonist and his steadfast allies. It’s one of Metaphor’s biggest difficulty spikes, at least insofar as the main story is concerned.
Our guide on how to beat Sogne the Icebound is based on multiple runs, each of which gave us a stronger feel for what makes the fight potentially rough, and how to bypass that roughness outright. Here’s how to prove your worthiness to Rella.
Magic Seeker
Front
Have him castMedicall, inherited via the Cleric, whenever needed (which will be often). He should also usePenPatra,also inherited from the Cleric, to deal with theFrostbiteeveryone will suffer through. When he has the chance, useHorsedrawn Carriagesynthesis skill for heavy Strike damage.
Sniper
Back
Use theMania Bulletsynthesis skill for heavy Pierce damage that will also add a one-time weakness toPierce, Strike, and Slash, which can be taken advantage of with Strke and Slash attacks from others. Strohl can also be onReset Talisman and Amnesty Talismanduties.
Summoner
Start the fight withSummon Gargoyleto get a good hit in on Sogne’s weakness. UseSummon Noctilucato supplement the protagonist’s Patra in curing Frostbite while providing a regenerative buff.
Berserker
Have Basilio use the synthesis skillWild Bore,a Pierce-type synthesis skill that will deal extreme damage while lowering Sogne’s Attack sharply. Do this afterChargeskill on the first occasion to do a great deal more damage on that round.
Bring skills and/orAmnesty Talismansto repeatedlyremove Sogne’s buffs. BringReset Talismansas well - as many as you can find. This will serve to removeyourdebuffs, which will stack up rapidly.
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Rella casts a party-wide Light-elemental spell.
Battle Strategy
When the fight commences,seize the chance to hit Sogne’s Fire weaknesswith attacks likeSummon Gargoyleand anything you’ve inherited elsewhere -in our case, the protagonist had Infernal Vortex, which makes for a decent pick.
Rella will soon use Quartz Wall, which willmake Sogne block a single elemental attack. While it may be tempting to let an elemental attack get blocked in order to use more Fire moves thereafter, there are two issues.
First, it’lldeplete your turn icons by two upon block, which may very well give your enemy faster chances to cripple you. Second,Rella will just cast Quartz Wall again, anyway.
You can never target Rella, so there’s essentially not a thing you can do about her tenacious Quartz Walls and powerful spells!
There’s a two-sided major stat-related issue in this battle. Rella will repeatedlyraise Sogne’s Attack with Tarunda,and Sogne willlower all four of the party’s stats sharply with Roar.
For these, we want eitherReset Talismansor (better yet) actual skills to solve your team’s stat issues. Dishes likeAlmighty Stewwork great, too. As for Sogne’s Attack,Amnesty Talismansor - again, better yet - Attack-lowering skills - will do the trick.
In this case, Rellawillwaste time; when Sogne’s Attack is lowered, there’s a high chance she’lluse a turn icon to raise it again. Which’ll hurt more when Sogne strikes, of course, but you’relimiting the number of times Rella will attack with her spellsinstead.
Otherwise, this battle is all about using robustphysical movesat every possible opportunity, whilethe protagonist and Euphause strong curative party-wide spells and Pen Patraand/or Summon Noctilunato resolve theFrostbitethat’ll repeatedly crop up to haunt you.
The Sniper’sMania Bulletwill dealhigh Pierce damageand make Sogne one-time weak to Pierce/Slash/Strike.Basilio should use Chargeto gain aonce-per-fight very-high damage bonuson the following round; useWild Boreafterward, and then consistently thereafter.
Other synthesis skills, such asHorsedrawn Carriage- which the protagonist will be able to tap into - can bolster your offenses. Keep up with this, but don’t neglect to spend time healing whenever your party’s health is low, and you’llwhittle down Sogne gradually until the fight ends.
