Abyssion in Tales of Symphonia

Abyssion is an optional boss tied to the Devil's Arms. The Japanese name is アビシオン, and the Japanese voice is Hirofumi Tanaka. You first meet him in Flanoir after the party already holds one Devil's Arm. He tells Nebilim's story, calls himself the last demon hunter of a cursed family, and hands over the Nebilim weapon and Nebilim's Key. The fight is at the bottom of the Temple of Darkness, after every Devil's Arm is collected.

The turn: he uses the Necronomicon to bring Nebilim back inside his own body. Genis burns the book with Fireball.

The fight

He wields every Devil's Arm and can use artes from the party except Sheena and Raine. He copies much of Genis: Spread, Flame Lance, Gravity Well, Ground Dasher, Explosion, Indignation, Thunder Arrow, Meteor Storm, and Prism Sword. Higher difficulties add Indignation Judgment.

One guide, ludo.guide, prints HP 120,000, TP 8,200, attack 2,250, defense 425, 8,000 experience, and 6,800 gald. Drops are Hyper Gauntlet and Jet Boots. It lists no elemental weakness. Below 40,000 HP it adds Meteor Storm and Prism Sword, and the fight can pass 13 minutes. I mark that whole block as a single source.

Before entering the Temple of Darkness

Aselia lists nine Devil's Arms: Nebilim (Abyssion in Flanoir), Evil Eye (Toize Valley Mine), Disaster (Altamira), Heart of Chaos (Koton at Hakonesia Peak), Soul Eater (Sand Worm near the Sylvarant Base), Fafnir (Gaoracchia Forest), Gates of Hell (Temple of Earth), Diablos (Latheon Gorge), and Apocalypse (Welgaia). In GameCube, Disaster comes from the gambler outside the casino; PS2, PS3, PC and Remastered use the casino shop for 250 chips.

For a concrete party example, ludo.guide uses Lloyd at 75 with Raine, Kratos and Genis at 73. Its plan puts Raine on healing, keeps Kratos available to heal Lloyd, and uses Genis for ranged spells. Treat that as one community setup and adapt to your roster. Port-specific immunities below matter when choosing items and Unison Attacks.

PS2 and PS3

On PS2 he is immune to All-Divide, opens Mania with Divine Judgment, uses Falcon's Crest and Shining Bind on Hard and above, and Time Stop on Mania. On PS3, once his HP falls to half, he is immune to every Unison Attack.

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