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Being one of the final dungeons in theYs Memoire: The Oath In Felghana, Valestein Castle comes with a suitable level of challenge befitting its place in the game. The dungeon itself is quite non-linear, though some of its biggest difficulties come in the three bosses you must defeat throughout it.
The second of this trio of bosses is Zellfel Zam Schultiger, a boss with a name unlike most others in the game, and one that is notably just a very angry dog. Of course, a trained dog is a dangerous as any killer. Here’s how to defeat them and get even deeper into the castle.
Preparing For Zellfel Zam Schultiger
As the majority of bosses in Valestein Castle will be fought in relatively close proximity to each other,most of the same advice applies to all of them. As such, this info could be broad strokes be applied to all of the dungeon, with an extra leaning towards Zellfel Zam Schultiger.
With all of that prepped, we canhead into the battlewith the hound of Valestein Castle.
How To Defeat Zellfel Zam Schultiger
The battle against Zellfel Zam Schultiger takes place in anentirely sidescrolling arena, making many of the boss' moves rather difficult to dodge. This is whythe Ignis Bracelet is your best friend in this fight, You’ll want to keep as much distance as you’re able to from the boss as they can close the distance quite quickly.
The boss themself has no gimmicks, nor do they gain any new moves or change phase as their HP reduces. They are exactly what they look like, they’re just deceptively difficult. Let’s get a quick breakdown of their moves:
And that’s about everything they can do. The trickest attack to avoid is their jumping attack as it’s easy to mistake it for the slam. That’s a big reason to keep your distance from them. Or justuse the Terra Bracelet to negate the attackif you aren’t sure which they’re going to perform.
If the boss finds themself in a corner,activate Double Boost and lay into them with the extended combo. They are liable to get stunlocked during the attack, trapping them until your Boost ends. Beyond this, fire to melt them with fireballs whenever you’re able to, only running in with physical attacks when you’re out of MP.
After they’re defeated, they will dropthe Holy Cross key item, potentially the last item you need to proceed into the dungeons of Valestein Castle.
