Final Fantasy 16: Garuda Boss Guide
Players will come face-to-face with many Eikons during their time with Final Fantasy 16, however, the fight with Garuda is the first time that they’ll encounter a full-on Eikon. Up until this point, the closest thing that players will have gone up against is Benedikta during the second phase of her boss fight in the game’s previous chapter.
The fight against Garuda can be extremely punishing if players go into it without a plan, so it’s a good idea to take a look at what the Eikon is capable of before charging in head-first. While we can’t beat the boss for you, we can outfit you with enough knowledge to give you the upper hand in the fight. Here’s everything you need to know about how to beat Garuda in Final Fantasy 16.
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In the first phase of the Garuda fight in Final Fantasy 16, you’ll want to make sure that you’re staying underneath the Eikon as best you can since it’s much hard for it to hit you. Garuda prioritizes a lot of sweeping attacks with its limbs and, if you’re directly underneath it, it’ll have a tough time trying to reach you with the majority of its moves. That’s not to say that you shouldn’t be dodging every time that it tries to hit you, since that’s a great way to mitigate any potential incoming damage, but it’s where you should prioritize being as much as you can during the fight so you can deal the most damage possible.
A lot of Garuda’s moves in this section of the fight will be very obviously telegraphed by the Eikon winding up with its arms and body and then dishing out a
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