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ANCIENT RECORDING DEVICE
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There is a save point in the canyon leading to the ruins.
D UNIT 04
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The fourth D Unit is directly north of the ruins.
UNEARTH THE BLUE RUINS
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If you repeatedly Access the buried ruins, Gash will eventually tell you of a
device the Seekers dug up nearby that could create tornadoes. There are two
ancient relics with Caution warnings in the northeast and northwest of the main
area. Accessing them will summon the tornado, and this will clear the sand away
from the Blue Ruins.
ENTER THE BLUE RUINS
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It is a very good idea to use HP replenishing berserk techniques or items to
ensure that you have full HP before entering the uncovered ruins. When you do,
you will leave the area and face the Gigra boss.
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BOSS: GIGRA
[Gigralyph / Gigra / Hunter Gigra / Fighter Gigra / Swift Gigra]
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Note that it is much harder to get the Excellent grade against this boss if you
didn't pick up the Mauler gun upgrade at the Green Oasis.
In the first phase of this battle, the defenceless Gigralyph cannot fight back.
It is a good idea to use the "Carry Two Gauges Over" tactic (described in
Section 3.03) here. Just keep lasering the Gigralyph and it will eventually
summon the more powerful Gigra.
The Gigralyph will now noticeably take damage when you hit it; keep lasering it
until the Gigra emerges from the sand. Again, keep using the "Carry Two Gauges
Over" tactic. When the Gigra does emerge, start shooting the weak Gigralyph
with your gun instead, to guarantee hitting it and not the Gigra. All zones are
unsafe, so there is no point in moving. You should be able to damage the
Gigralyph enough to end this phase before you get attacked, even while limiting
yourself to only your third gauge in this way.
When the Gigralyph's HP drops to zero, it will "metabolize" with the Gigra,
becoming a single entity. In this Mobile Form, the safe zone is behind the
Gigra, but it will constantly reposition to try and get you into an unsafe
zone. The best approach is to simply keep to the safe zone behind the Gigra to
charge your gauges, and wait for it to reposition completely so that you are in
front of it. If it repositions to your side, simply move to the rear again.
When it does move you around to its front, you will be able to hit the Gigra's
weak point, its head; your gun is best to concentrate fire on it. When you have
no more full gauges, move around behind it again, and repeat the process.
It is imperative, particularly if you are at a lower Level, that you do not
risk trying to move yourself to the front. This will usually result in you
being hit by a volley of Spears, either on your way there, or on your return
journey to the safe point at the rear. Be patient; the time you use up will
harm your grade much less than the damage you would otherwise take.
If you are a at a reasonably high Level, you might be able to lower the Gigra's
HP to zero very quickly, in which case it will morph straight into its final
Complete Form. If you are slower, however, it will perform an unavoidable Quake
/ Cave-In attack, and will then morph into its Defensive Form.
Against the Defensive Form there are no safe zones, only the unsafe sides and
rear, and the dangerous front. The Gigra's weak point is still its head;
however, if you move to its front to try and shoot it, the Gigra will shield
itself with its arms. Instead, stay out of the danger zone to charge a gauge,
and shoot an arm from the side with your gun (they are Anti Laser) to paralyze
it. With one arm paralyzed, you will be able to move to the front and shoot the
unshielded weak point with your gun. Charge all three of your gauges in a safer
side zone, do this, then move to a side zone again and repeat if necessary. You
should be able to deplete the Gigra's HP quickly, if you get to this phase at
all. It will then morph into its Complete form.
The exact same tactics that worked against the Mobile Form can be used to
defeat the Complete Form. It has more powerful attacks than the other forms,
and more HP than anything you will have encountered so far, but eventually it
will be defeated. Using these tactics, and having the Mauler from the Green
Oasis, should be enough to get you the Excellent grade.
Note that the Gigra's Defensive Form, the "Fighter Gigra", will be added to
your "Data on Defeated Enemies" gallery regardless of whether or not it got to
morph into that form during the battle.
VALIANT WING - LASER RANK #1
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After the battle your dragon will evolve to the Valiant Wing model, which has a
laser rank of #1. For more information on Model Changes such as this, see