[Nick]

Easier than I expected!

My characters are all about level 30, all Djinni

Isaac - Samurai
Garet - Dragoon
Ivan - Elder
Mia - Shaman

used Isaac as the main attack with Demon Axe, occasionally Garet with Righteous Mace and Ground/Fizz sometimes, especially once I had used up his PP healing everyone. Ivan is almost useless it seems, so mainly used his Psynergy attacks, raised Isaac's attack and used Zephyr/Spritz. Mia to heal and use Flash/Corona. Then just a combination of other Djinni and summoning whenever my HP was good - suprising how much damage they can do with only 1 element.

YAY!

Ivan died twice, but handled easily - I thought it would be much more difficult.

but what's best to do with Ivan? - his defence is poor and I can't find a good attack for him...

anyways, I'm off to go get more rare stuff! :)

[Primal]

Ivan is there for his attacks. He has superior offensive psynergy over the rest of the party.

[Nick]

hmmm, maybe I need to try a different class for him then - I really don't think I'm getting the best out of him yet

[Primal]

Just set all and only jupiter djinnon him, then he should learn all the best jupiter psynergy.

[Sol's Djinn]

I never mix Djinn

[Mallick]

I'm with sol's djinn it works best for me I beat him second round at lv 45

[TorrentLord]

I don't know why people find him hard. He's really pretty easy.

[Mallick]

We all no that Torrent Lord look at how easy I beat him *points up*

[el_Sethro]

congradulations! I found him pretty tough the first few times I faced him, too.

Ivan is actually really good if you use him right.

[Golden Legacy]

Well, any character is capable of being an awesome fighter, really...

And Deadbeard is quite difficult. Congrats! ^_^

[Primal]

A good tip: NEVER.MIX.DJINN. If it can't be avoided, put the spares on standby and don't summon them. Trust me. If you have venus djinnon isaac, mars on garet etc. You will stronger characters who know far better psynergy.

[Sky Dragon]

well, i don't know about GS1 but in TLA, mixing dijinn is very smart. It gives you new stats and new psynergy, it could be to your advantage if you do i right

[Golden Legacy]

^Exactly what Sky Dragon stated. That's part of the fun: new classes, different Psynergy.. the only thing that bothers me about mixing Djinn is that Unleashing them becomes quite an issue...

Anyway, congrats Nick! :)

[Primal]

But dosn't keeping all Djinn aligned to the right adept (element wise) give you the most benefits? I have always though so.

[Nick]

I think there is a lot to be gained by playing with your classes - having a 2nd healer against Deadbeard was very helpful.

also, as an idea, wouldn't it cool if GS could remember presets for you Djinni set-up, so that you could save them and switch easily?

[Primal]

Well, if you have all your djinn aligned, then you can have all the most powerful psynergy and the best healing spells, so why swap?

[el_Sethro]

your character's elemental power for the element that they're aligned with is best if you don't mix djinn, but that's about it. "best" psynergy is in the eye of the beholder, and mixing can be very useful (for example, multiple healers, like Nick said). but mixing also does make unleshing much more complicated (like Golden Legacy said)

[Primal]

Yeah. Keeping them alligned is much better in my oppinion. I'd like to give examples. Um, in GS2, if felix is all alligned, then he learns potent cure, revive, grand gaia, and oddysey, and ivan and sheba learn moves like spark and shine plasma, as well as tornado? It;s just better to keep them alligned.

[Izar]

I kept them alligned when I first beat it, the second time i changed everything around. When Fighting Deadbeard, keep them the same, it's easier... well... for me it was...

[ForteGX]

No psynergies, except recovery ones.

Just use djinn and summons, that's the way to go.

[freez_deathliver]

I used anything I could to defeat Deadbeard and it took me FOREVER!!!! The Fushion Dragon was a scale of 2 with a scale of 1 o 10!!! deadbeard was 8!!!!!!

[vasko]

hey people i dont believe you are talking about the same deabeard than I! the deadbeard of crossbone isle, the one that appears at the upper left stairs of the ship, i beat him in about 7 turns :P !!! :P swapped flash to ivan and standbyed the jupiter djinn for garet, :P then kept using flash and granite and summoning djinn with mia and garet and unleashing them! ^_^ really easy, i was about level 26-27, i remember that to beat fusion dragon i trained to 29. and it was harder. ^_^ :unsure:

[Julian]

gasps* someone killed dreadbeard?!?! congrats!!! yay for you nick!!

[Dullahan]

Deadbeard! Don't make me laugh! He's not tough at all i've massacred him three times. Ivan's use was taking hits or using Flash if it was needed which wasn't very often. If struggled with Deadbeard you'll really struggle with Dullahan on number 2.

[kate]

dead beard? what's the big deal? i mean, he's tough, but not that tough. he's more difficult then most, but definitely beatable, and quite easily sometimes. i was level 30 when i defeated him, and it wasn't that tough, probably about the same toughness as fusion dragon, which was also a kinda disappointing final boss. of couse, i played tla first, and the bosses there were much tougher (dullahan, doom dragon) so pretty much everything is gs pales in comparison

[Kaj]

I found Daedbeard rather easy. He was stronger then the fusion dragon, ok, but if you are about level 30 or higher you can easily win. But after you beat him you get an item that just sucks.

[Alex]

I beat Deadbeard. I don't use Ivan to use attack, but to power my other guys up. I use mia to hal, and Isaac and Garet to attack.

[kate]

deadbeard never really bothered me, cept he kept killing ivan, and then i had to revive him, and then have him die again, it was a pain. i've noticed that him and the final dudes aren't really tough so much as take a really long time to kill, and they might get the upperhand in the process. mostly it just took time tho, no real losses

[Cosmos]

The first time I thought deadbeard was tough, then a few weeks later I came across DULLAHAN. Then Deadbeard seemed like, a, well, vermin. :(

[ForteGX]

True, compared to Dullahan, Deadbeard was a pretty straightforward boss, but when you encounter him for the first time, you really don't know what to expect.

(Sadly, he makes Saturos and Menardi seem like Vermin. T-T)

[Dullahan]

A pretty straightfowrd boss?! Deadbeard is a mere insect when compared to Dullahan, then again everything in both games is.

[ForteGX]

Well, considering that Dullahan was the Deadbeard of GS:TLA...