'Bravely Default 2:' How to Defeat Anihal & Prepare Character for the Battle

The video game "Bravely Default 2," Anihal the Beastmaster is an unfortunate character but is known to be one of the kindest ones.

Owner of the Beastmaster Asterisk, Anihal follows Bernard, the character who holds the Thief Asterisk, and she thinks of him as the only one she has left that treats her well. Because of this, players find themselves in a position where they need to battle with Anihal in order to continue with the story.

How to beat Anihal

Keep in mind that Anihal is the second boss of the game's Chapter 1. She can be encountered right after Orpheus the Bard. Both of the fights have mobs within the arena, so players need to jump from one fight to another, according to Game8.co.

Anihal's moveset

Anihal has numerous movesets as she has the Mercy Strike that deals with great damage but can't bring the HP of the target lower than one, according to a thread on Reddit.

The Mow Down that deals with damage to the entire party, the Muzzle that inflicts 'silence' to the whole party, the Animal Rescue in which Anihal will start to counter-attack when her HP is low using beast summons and Off the Leash, which commands a beast to make a special attack.

Anihal can easily score knockouts if players are not prepared for her, so it is best to have a healer in the party before you fight her. Echo Herbs or equipment that makes you immune to silence and at least two Black Mages should do the trick.

Anihal counters physical attacks with a Sandworm attack, so if you want to include a physical DPS, make sure that it is a Monk. Also, you will need to only attack her with high burst skills of a specific job instead of many weaker ones because they are more deadly than helpful.

When your setup is ready, you can jump into the fight itself. Together with Anihal, there are four pet monsters that will appear, according to IGN.

What you need to do is to take care of Undine, the pixie-like creature that can heal Anihal's whole party. Kill her, then focus on the two other pets. After that, go after Anihal's snake, and that will leave Anihal by herself.

Do not forget that while doing all of these, you need to keep at least 1 BP to your healer in order to be able to AOE heal or remove negative status from your team. The Muzzle skill targets your whole party, and it has chances of causing 'silence' to everyone in your party. This is why you need to have Echo Herbs.

While Anihal is alone, things will be easier, but you still need to be on guard. Do not use small attacks. Instead, brave with everyone so you can reach your max BP, then throw your nukes at her.

Also, if you can poison her early in the fight, that will be very helpful as it can cause constant damage to her while you are healing or defaulting. Be patient, make sure to heal when needed, and double-check if you are good to go.

Anihal can be daunting if you challenge her without making a plan, so make sure that you have everything ready and laid out. You can get your Beastmaster Asterisk and continue your journey.

You can get "Bravely Default 2" exclusively on the Nintendo Switch.

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Written by Sieeka Khan