Tales Of Symphonia

In the Balacruf Mausoleum (the Wind Seal), you can avoid the spikes that come up from the ground. Simply walk slowly across them (only press the Analog-stick a little) and the spike will not come up. They seem to react to the speed of your movement.

After returning from the scene where you save Genis and Raine from the soldiers by the Tethe'alla Bridge, you can go to Meltokio. However, you cannot go through the gate. Go into the Meltokio Sewer. Eventually you will see the pedestal that allows you to change the Sorcerer's Ring function. Change the function and use the Sorcerer's Ring to shrink yourself. Then, get into a battle. The rats will be bigger, and will deal more damage. Note: It should still work if you have already completed the sewer.

After defeat the Dark Dragon and going through the door, go into the castle in Meltokio and find two maids facing each other. Talk to them and an intermission sequence will begin where Colette runs errands for a rich woman. After this, you will receive 100 Gald and the title: Maid, which lets you wear a maid costume.

In a fight, press Forward + A, Forward + A, A, Sword Rain: Alpha (Sword Rain, Sonic Sword Rain, Sword Rain: Beta may also work), Hunting Beast (Raging Best also works). In this combo, you will stun the enemy, (or make the enemy fall and use time to stand up ), which gives you time to give to do extra damaging attacks to them and is also a good opportunity for spellcasters to cast quickly without being disturbed.

With Lloyd, press Forward + A, Forward + A, Forward + A, Swords Rain, Psi Tempest (while holding Forward), turn around (for a good position), Rising Falcon. This results in 12 hits, RF is the finisher.

With Lloyd, press Forward + A, Forward + A, A, Sword Rain, Sonic Thrust, Tempest, Fierce Demon Fang, Tempest Thrust or Tempest Beast or Hunting Beast. Note : Try equipping the Sardonyx (from Volt) or equip Shiden (sold in weapon shop in Mizuho) to make the Sonic Thrust into Lighting Thrust, giving extra damage once you execute Sonic thrust in the combo. Also, instead of using Tempest, you can also use Tiger Blade, and if you equip Sardonyx or Shiden it will turn to Lighting Tiger Blade for even more damage. Level 1 techs may be bad for damage, but the best tech for opening a combo or chaining from level 1 to level 3 techs, plus the level 1 techs contains most of Lloyd's special techs.
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With Lloyd, press A + Forward, A, A, Super Sonic, Sword Rain, Sword Rain, Tiger Blade. This results in a combo of at least 20 hits if you can push the enemy up against the edge of the field.

Use the following trick to get your max combo up. You must have these party members to do it and have their unison attacks set as:

Raine: Ray
Genis: Indignation
Zelos: Air Thrust or Thunder Blade
Lloyd: Raining Tiger Blade

Once your gauge is full, choose a target and use Lloyd's basic attack 3x combo and follow up with Sword Rain. As soon as the last strike hits, unleash the Unison attack. To make it easy, have all their abilities set to the same direction. By this time you will already have twelve hits from Lloyd alone and any other hits from your allies. After your team unleashes all their attacks, Genis and Raine unleash a Duo attack called Prism Stars that hits thirty times. It is possible to get a max combo of 89 with this move.
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After you have met Altessa, leave then go back to his house this time with Zelos as your on-screen character. If you see Tabatha standing by the stove, talk to her. Lloyd will then appear as the on-screen character. Follow through the sequence that plays and she will teach you the recipe for curry, a dish that you cannot learn from the Wonder Chef. If this does not work the first time, then go back a short time later.

This may be one of the most difficult battles in the game. You can only use three characters in Party Tournaments, so choose well. Garr is not so strong as he appears. His only advantage is his long range bow attack. His best Bow Skill is Gale, during which he shoots about five arrows at once. However he also has sword attacks. Defeat him after dealing with the girls. You must start with Meredy. Keep in mind that you must defeat her very quickly, because you cannot interrupt her magic casting. She use the most powerful spells, including Absolute, Explosion, Holy Lance and even Meteor Storm. She may sometimes also cast Grave, Freeze Lancer and Acid Rain. Also, she will automatically revive once you kill her, so you must kill her again. Farah is who you should fear the most. Her attacks are the strongest in the party, and she has skills such as Swallow Dance, Eagle Dive, Twin Palm Strike and the powerful Chi with Maximum Burst. Once she hits you with the Chi, she will link a powerful attack where she launches another three Chi Attacks. Use the following strategy while you (as Lloyd) fights Meredy alone, and have the other two take care of Farah and Garr. Go into this battle with your Gels and Life Bottles to the maximum. Do not worry about the Magic Lens. Even if you do not use, it will be registered in your Monster List, status and everything.


Lloyd: Tiger Sword Rain (or any other Sword Rain skill) and Demonic Circle and Rising Falcon are what you will need to use the most. Skills that stagger opponents (such as Beast techniques) are useful against Meredy, as this will at least keep her in ground a few seconds so that you can heal yourself. Rising Falcon is a good choice to confuse your opponents, and to avoid Garr bow techniques and some of Meredy's magics.

Zelos/Kratos: Healing techniques for support, and magics such as Thunder Blade or Air Thurst. As for the skill, Light Spear Cannon, Super Lighting Blade and Fierce Demon Fang. This character's function here is to keep Farah busy while you defeat Meredy twice. Kratos' Judgement may be useful if you have someone to protect him while he casts it.

Regal: He is useful against Farah. Most of his skills are good in this battle. His function is the same as Zelos/Kratos, but use him to deal more damage to Farah.

Presea: If you put her in battle, she may be useful to help you killing Meredy or perhaps serve as a human shield to protect a spell-caster character (if the third character is one).

Colette: Not very useful, but if you want her in battle, Holy Song is essential as well Angel Feathers and perhaps Judgement. She will act as a supportive spell-caster. Have a tough character cover her while you deal with Meredy and Garr.

Genis: Starts with mid-level magics (that inflicts regular damage and are quick casting). When the opponents are away dealing with the other two characters, use magics as Ground Dasher and Tidal Wave (that haves a wide area of hit), and to inflict most damage Explosion, Indignation and Meteor Storm.

Raine: Healing and support is the only thing she will do, maybe one time or another casting Photon or Ray suits stop the enemies that are around. Try keep her the farthest you can from Garr.

You will receive Zelos' Last Fencer Sword and the Elemental Circlet no matter who you use to fight Seles. Lloyd is recommended for this job, because of his high HP and Str. Use the Material Blade or the Ninja Sword. At the start of the fight she almost always casts Freeze Needles. She also uses Absolute and has her own Sword Skills using the Last Fencer as weapon. To avoid damage from her magic skills use Guardian when she casts Freeze Lancer. Use Back Jump (X + Away) when she casts Absolute. Try using Tiger Sword Rain when you get close to her, then use Back Jump to avoid her close-range attacks (the Last Fencer or a bag attack). If you keep using this strategy she will die quickly. She has 12,000 HP.

Use the following trick to defeat the Dragon Knight in advanced mode in the coliseum with Genis and Raine. Wait until it flies up into the air, then run underneath it. If you are lucky, the dragon will land on you, and you should be able to cast spells without having to worry about getting hit. Try to use spells that do not make the enemy move to the left or right (Photon with Raine; Lightning, Thunder Blade, or Indignation with Genis). This could also be applied to Zelos or Kratos if you are having trouble with them.

To defeat Phantom Knight, a powerful monster in Derris-Kharlan, you must equip the Diamond, which you get from Origin, to your lead character. After this is done, only your lead character can cause melee damage to it, unless you use a union attack against it and it will take damage.

The Devils Arms are a set of cursed weapons you can find that appear to have very little attack power. However, after you defeat Abyssion in the Darkness Temple, try equipping them to defeat a monster. Each time they are used to kill a monster, they will become more powerful. These weapons can become the most powerful weapons in the game if you have the patience to battle with them.

The Devil's Arms are powerful weapons hidden around Tethe'alla and Sylvarant. They can surpass any other weapon and do over 2,500 damage per hit. It takes some work to get them. First, in the Mine where you get Inhibitor Ore, check the pieces of the Bakura after you smash it to get the "Evil Eye". Take it to Flanoir and show it to a dark-haired man in the front of the town, at the foot of the building named Abyssion. He will give you access to the other weapons. He will give you Lloyd's weapon. Go to the Gaoracchia Forest and you will find a dark chest. It contains Zelos' weapon. The next is in the Earth Temple. You must gather the five gnomes. They will let you pass (one of the gnomes is at Altessa's house). You will find Sheena's weapon in the chest that they were blocking. Next, go to Altamira's night life and travel to the casino. There will be a bridge nearby, and halfway across is a man that will sell you Genis' weapon for 1,000 gald. To get the next weapon, go to Triet and talk to two of the men near the oasis. Leave and search the desert for a skit point on the west side of the mountain. Trigger it and you will fight a Sandworm. Defeat it to get another of Zelos' weapons. You will find Presea's weapon in Latheon Gorge. Go to Welgaia to find Regal's weapon. Return to Flanoir and speak to Abyssion again. Go to Hakonesia Peak to receive Raine's weapon. You now have every weapon. Travel to the Temple of Darkness and go down to the seal. Abyssion will be waiting. He takes the weapons and transforms into a powerful Boss with 120,000 HP. Defeat him and you will get the "Devil's Arms" in their true form. The more enemies that your character defeats, the more power your weapons have. Presea will also receive the title "Empty Soul". Transfer your Battle Info to retain the power if you wish to start a new game.