- Main article: Barubary
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Barubary is a boss found in Breath of Fire II.
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Strategy
Barubary is fought three times in the game, the first occurs when Ryu is a child and ends in a forced defeat.
Near the end of the game, the plays has the opportunity to face Barubary again. This second encounter ends when Barubary has taken 1250 points of damage, at which point Barubary will offer two choices, either to duel him one-on-one with Ryu, or face him with the entire party.
Selecting either option leads to a third and final fight against Barubary, which he is widely considered to be the most difficult fight in the game due to his high HP, overall high stats and his ability to attack the entire party for large amounts of damage. He will have less HP if Ryu if fighting him solo, rather than with the party. Regardless of the battle format chosen, Barubary will pummel the party hard with his plethora of multi-target attacks, including Cold Breath, Fire Breath, and his strongest attack, Bolt X. Also worth noting is that Barubary's normal attack will grow in power the more HP he loses, furthermore he has a rather fearsome counterattack ratio, although his counter attack only targets one party member. Fortunately for the player, Barubary is a relatively slow opponent.
Solo strategy
If attempting a solo approach, the player will need a vast amount of restorative items, as it is unlikely Ryu will survive the full brunt of Barubary's attacks without aid. Nonetheless it is recommended the player is at Level 45 and preferably higher to build better stats, and overall bulk and HP.
There are largely two ways to deal with Barubary in a duel. The first one is to use G.Drgn repeatedly, which will require Ryu to restore his HP and AP in a regular basis, priority is to be given to keep HP high and depending on the player's level, Barubary may well be capable of beating Ryu in two swats of physical attacks or two uses of Bolt X (the latter being rare). His weakest attacks Cold/Fire Breath should be taken as chances to act more freely. A large stockpile of Extracts and Wise Balls will be needed for this strategy. Wise Fruits can be used, but since they restore only 20 AP and damage Ryu, they are risky. Around 4 uses of G. Drgn will defeat Barubary with this method.
The second approach is to power up Ryu will multiple buffs which can be achieved with certain items. MedusaSH can rise Ryu's ATK, HolySH can bestoy Shield which will reduce damage from Barubary's spells. Finally Biscuits can increase Ryu's DEF while also restoring his HP. All combined, Ryu should prove sufficiently resilient to deliver a nice pounding at Barubary with increased strength. G.Drgn can also be utilized here, but it is less essential. One small risk from this strategy is that if relying on physical attacks, they may cause Barubary to counter more often, however with sufficient level this should not prove deadly.
Team strategy
If the player chooses to fight Barubary as a team his states will be higher making the fight more of a challenge in ways.
It can be advised to use the same strategy as the player would fighting Barubary alone, using G.Drgn constantly and healing when needed. This should be easier to do now you have a full party to aid Ryu.
A good setup is using Katt (in her Devil form), Nina (in her Wind+Holy form) as well as a third member of the players choice (Rand in his Earth form being a viable fourth pick).
Katt is would be the main damage dealer, together with Ryu (she should be attacking every single turn, if possible). Due to her high speed, don't be afraid to have her use an item to help out the team if needed.
Rand is used as the main healer (using items) and should focus on keeping everyone's HP up as well as Ryu's AP so he can continue using G.Drgn.
Nina is going to dish out as much pain as possible using her most powerful spells (or helping the others keep their HP/AP up using items).
Overall, the players priority should be:
1) Keeping everyone's HP high as possible.
2) Reviving a dead team member.
3) Ryu's AP.
4) Nina's AP.
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