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==Abilities== | ==Abilities== | ||
When fought as a boss, Magus has a magical barrier that protects from magic unless a specific element that he's vulnerable to is used. He will indicate his vulnerability by the spell he casts; when vulnerable to Fire he will cast Fire, etc. Because the player can only use 3 characters in a battle (during the fight with Magus, for plot reasons one of them has to be Frog), it's impossible to have a counter to every element, but fortunately, even if he isn't hit with the element opposite to what he uses, he will eventually change the barrier's weakness anyways. Eventually, Magus will switch to just using his Shadow attacks, including his most powerful spell, Dark Matter, an utterly devastating attack at this point in the game. When Magus is fought, he's by far the most powerful enemy fought up that point, possess very strong attacks, and far more HP then any previous boss (his HP is 6666). If the player chooses to fight him in 12,000 BC, the fight | When fought as a boss, Magus has a magical barrier that protects from magic unless a specific element that he's vulnerable to is used. He will indicate his vulnerability by the spell he casts; when vulnerable to Fire he will cast Fire, etc. Because the player can only use 3 characters in a battle (during the fight with Magus, for plot reasons one of them has to be Frog), it's impossible to have a counter to every element, but fortunately, even if he isn't hit with the element opposite to what he uses, he will eventually change the barrier's weakness anyways. Eventually, Magus will switch to just using his Shadow attacks, including his most powerful spell, Dark Matter, an utterly devastating attack at this point in the game. When Magus is fought, he's by far the most powerful enemy fought up that point, possess very strong attacks, and far more HP then any previous boss (his HP is 6666). If the player chooses to fight him in 12,000 BC, the fight is much easier as Magus has lost much of his power, including his barriers and the ability to cast Dark Matter. | ||
When Magus joins the party, his HP takes a massive drop, but his damage dealing increases. He fights using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythe scythe] as a weapon. His overall function is as a Black Mage type character (dealing damage with magic), but his physical stats are still higher then those of [[Marle]] and [[Lucca]]. He's the only character in Chrono Trigger besides Robo that uses techs that aren't all the same element (and has at least one tech of each element), making him more versatile. His own unique Shadow damage techs are among the most powerful in the early game. Dark Bomb is the only lvl1 spell that can hit multiple enemies and is stronger than any lvl2 spell. His Dark Mist does the same strength as Dark Bomb but hits everyone on screen. However, his Dark Matter, while very powerful, is not as strong as the other final lvl3 offensive spells in the game like Luminaire and Flare. Black Hole can be useful against some of the nastiest regular enemies in the game, especially the Iron Maidens in the Dimensional Vortex in the DS version. | When Magus joins the party, his HP takes a massive drop, but his damage dealing increases. He fights using a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythe scythe] as a weapon. His overall function is as a Black Mage type character (dealing damage with magic), but his physical stats are still higher then those of [[Marle]] and [[Lucca]]. He's the only character in Chrono Trigger besides Robo that uses techs that aren't all the same element (and has at least one tech of each element), making him more versatile. His own unique Shadow damage techs are among the most powerful in the early game. Dark Bomb is the only lvl1 spell that can hit multiple enemies and is stronger than any lvl2 spell. His Dark Mist does the same strength as Dark Bomb but hits everyone on screen. However, his Dark Matter, while very powerful, is not as strong as the other final lvl3 offensive spells in the game like Luminaire and Flare. Black Hole can be useful against some of the nastiest regular enemies in the game, especially the Iron Maidens in the Dimensional Vortex in the DS version. | ||