This walkthrough will cover the optional boss battle against
Long Gui. In order to encounter the beast, head to the Sanctorium area while it’s
sunny.
Boss Battle: Long Gui
Before attacking the boss itself, you must first disable its
legs. These count as separate enemies with separate health bars. Use the
Guerilla Paradigm to inflict damage while protecting yourself and debuffing.
Apply Imperil, Deshell, and Poison to the forelegs. When Long Gui prepares to
use his Ultima attack, switch to the Tortoise Paradigm quickly to avoid the
brunt of the damage. If you miss the timing to face down Ultima, you’ll have to
waste serious time recovering from the crippling blow.
Continue using the Guerilla Paradigm to stagger Long Gui’s
Left Foreleg. Use Cerberus now to cripple the leg. Occasionally as you assault
the leg, Long Gui will use its Stomp attack. Again, this is a powerful attack
and this is a long battle, so switching to Tortoise to prevent damage will be
more beneficial than soldiering through it with a bunch of Commandos. Do the
same to the Right Foreleg. Be sure to be quick about taking out the legs,
though, as if you don’t Long Gui can cast Quake which, again, is highly
damaging.
Long Gui will fall to the ground once you’ve defeated both
of its legs, but the battle isn’t over yet. Cast debuffs on the boss to weaken
it. Deprotect, Deshell, Imperil, and Poison should all be on the boss before you
switch to a more offensive Paradigm. Drive Long Gui’s Chain Gauge up and
stagger him. Once you’ve gotten the Chain Gauge to be pretty high, around
900-950%, you can safely destroy him using Cerberus. A good strategy here is to
actually have two different Cerberus Paradigms set up in your deck. That way,
you can switch between them to constantly refresh your ATB Gauge. By doing
this, you should be able to defeat Long Gui.
Beating this massive boss will net you 30,000 experience
points and the Long Gui Fragment.
Article Series
This article is part 31 of a 56 part series. Other articles in this series are shown below:
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 1: New Bodhum
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 2: Bresha Ruins
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 3: Yaschas Massif
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 4: Oerba
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 5: Sunleth Waterscape
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 6: The Archlyte Steppe
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 7: Return to Sunleth Waterscape
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 8: Academia
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 9: Serendipity
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 10: Augusta Tower 300AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 11: Augusta Tower 200AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 12: Academia 4XXAF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 13: The Graviton Cores
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 14: The Void Beyond
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 15: Return to New Bodhum
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 16: A Dying World
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 17: New Bodhum 700AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 18: Academia 500AF Part 1
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 19: Academia 500AF Part 2
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 20: Chaos Bahamut and Caius Ballad
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough Part 21: Final Boss Battle
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 1: New Bodhum & Bresha Ruins
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 2: Yaschas Massif 10AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 3: Oerba
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 4: Yaschas Massif (01XAF)
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 5: Sunleth Waterscape
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 6: The Archlyte Steppe Part 1
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 7: The Archlyte Steppe Part 2
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 8: The Archlyte Steppe Part 3
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 9: The Archlyte Steppe Part 4
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 10: The Archlyte Steppe Part 5
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 11: The Archlyte Steppe Part 6
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 12: Bresha Ruins 300AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 14: Yaschas Massif 110AF Part 1
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 15: Yaschas Massif 110AF Part 2
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 16: Academia 400AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 17: Yaschas Massif 100AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 18: Sunleth Waterscape
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 19: Augusta Tower 200AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 20: Academia 4XX AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 21: Quiz Answers: Grand Avenue Square
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 22: Quiz Answers: New Town Southwest
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 23: Quiz Answers: New Town North
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 24: Quiz Answers: Entrance
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 25: Captain Cryptic Answers Part 1
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 26: Captain Cryptic's Answers Part 2
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 27: Vile Peaks 200AF Part 1
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 28: Vile Peaks 10AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 29: Vile Peaks 200AF Part 2
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 30: Oerba 300AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 31: Oerba 400AF Part 1
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 32: Oerba 400AF Part 2
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 33: The Void Beyond ???AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 34: The Void Beyond: New Bodhum & New Bodhum 700AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 35: A Dying World 700AF
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 End-Game Walkthrough Part 36: Bresha Ruins 100AF & Academia 500AF
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