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The Citadel of Flame is one of the Hard mode-exclusive dungeons inValkyrie Profile: Lenneth. From the name alone you can conjure an image of the place - filled with fire, lava, and enemies who want nothing more than to burn you alive.
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Featuring some of the trickiest platforming puzzles in the game, this dungeon is worthy of the Hard mode exclusivity. Luckily, it has some really fantastic rewards for completing it, so it’s worth completing.
Citadel Of Flame Overview
As you might expect this dungeon is filled to the brim with fiery enemies who are weak to ice.A sorcerer with Icicle Edgewill work wonders, as will any ice-elemental weapons.Icicle Swordsare the best, and you should be able to transmutate one or two by now.
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These flying enemies will exclusively target the character you have in the back row. Make sure they’re healed up - especially if they’re a squishy sorcerer. Counters when it’s able to defend against attacks.
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Incredibly dangerous. Its fire attacks can deal over 5,000 damage to your entire party. Make them your priority and use ice attacks when you can.
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Far less threatening than Fire Elementals, but can still do damage to the entire party.
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Can use Equipment Break - deal with them as soon as possible.
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Uses Icicle Edge, which will deal a lot of damage. Counter them very easily with a Poison Blow.
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Will counter attacks if they manage to successfully defend against you, so magic handy. They deal a ton of damage with their regular attacks, too.
If you still have theEther Scepter from the Tower of Lezard Valeth(or another incredibly powerful Staff), you can simplify a great deal of the fights in this dungeon by castingIcicle Edgeon every enemy at the start of a fight. Equip your sorcerer with aMagic Bangleto improve results.
The First Orb
The first screen of the dungeon will introduce you very quickly to a very annoying feature -fireballs. You’ll have tomove to the right gradually, trying to avoid as many fireballs as possible. It’s very difficult to get the timing right, and you’ll likely get struck a ton of times, so make sure you have lots ofElixirsbefore heading into the dungeon - each hit shaves off a bit of your DME.
The chest on the platform in the middle has anEye of Heaveninside. Considering how annoying the fireballs are, you might want to just skip trying to acquire it. Move along to the next screen, slide dashing underneath the hanging ramp.
The next screen has some enemies and then aplatform being bombarded with fireballson the right. It is functionally impossible to walk through these fireballs without an immense amount of frustration, and the alternative method to get to the other side involves a finicky jump that requires you to create a large crystal near the pit underneath the platform. This is likely to make you fall into the pit either way -take our advice and just drop down the gap, but beware of the floating enemies that are just underneath.
On the lower screen,head all the way to the rightto find a chest obscured by some flames. It’s afreezing gas trap, so remain crouched when you open it. Inside is aSoul Slayer, a bow that instantly kills those pesky spirits.
On the opposite end of the room,interact with the machine underneath the floating orband activate it. With that done,climb up the ladder in the middle of the roomto get back to the previous screen.
The Second Orb
Pick up theShadow Servantbook here if you didn’t grab it earlier. you’re able to either use a crystal explosion to get back over the gap to the left, but it’s much easier to justhop up to the fireball platform and take a negligible amount of damage. Take theexit to the rear to the left- it’s a new platform hanging by chains from the ceiling.
This is a very large room, withmuch of the floor filled with lavathat hurts you quite a bit if you fall into it. Before attempting the platforming challenge,drop down the ladderto the floor and open the chest to the left to find anEstoc.
To get over the gaps,stand at the very edge of the platformyou’re on,turn to the opposite direction you wish to travel, and thenfire three crystals directly into the ground. You’ll be launched backward, in the direction of your choosing. Use this method toget over the gapsand open the chests on the way to get aDark Saviorspell book, someGhoul Powder, and aStone Torchspell book. The final chest is trapped withfreezing gas.
Yoursword swingis long enough to start fights with the floating skull enemies from the platforms - use this to avoid getting caught by them mid-jump.
Take thepath to the rearat the end. In this next room, you’ll have to get past thesecond gapby firstfalling down them while shooting a crystal at the wall, and then climbing back up andusing that crystal as a platformto get over the slippery ramp. Drop down the third gap to find a chest containing aFlame Jewel.
On theground floor, there’s aRanseurin the chest on the left.
To progress,drop down the first gap- you’ll see the rear exit on the platform just to the upper left. To get here,fire a crystal at the slanted sectionof the floor across from you, thendestroy it with a third crystal- it will create a small, temporary platform made up of shining stars. Jump onto that, and then quickly get onto the solid ground. It may take a few times thanks to the small area you’re working with and the finicky controls, but you’ll get there.
Press onto the rear, and then goto the left, anddown the laddersuntil you reach a large room filled with purple spirit monsters. Drop down to the bottom of the screen, go all the way to the left, andstart using crystals in the wall to climb up to the top, where you’ll find anothermachine with an orb. Activate it.
Catching Fire
With the second machine activated,head back to the entrance of this screenby climbing the ladder on the right side of the room and using crystals to get up to the platforms above. There’s anew exit to the rearon the large platform to the left that you summoned with the orb - take it.
You’ll be in an office - save your game and restock if you need to, and then take the exit to the rear, which can be foundto the left of the office.
On this screen, you’ll find asmall vase to the left, a plate underneath the wall in the middle, and a room filled with fireballs once you step on the plate on the right. The puzzle in this room is quite devious. First, you need topick up the vase and then throw it to the right so that it lands on the other side of the wall. To do this,throw the pot from the top of the stairs- the image above depicts the perfect place to stand. If you don’t throw it far enough, you will not be able to pick it up again as it’ll hit the ceiling -leave and return to reset the puzzle.
Once you’re on the other side of the wall,pick up the vase. You need to use this tocatch fireballs- be careful not to get hit by too many of them, as once you’ve caught enough fireballs, the boss fight of the dungeon will start.Heal upbefore (and during, if you get hit too many times) completing the fireball puzzle!
How To Beat The Fire Elemental
ThisFire Elementalis far different from the ones you’ve faced before. It’s larger, meaner, and doesn’t even use fire attacks all the time! This one can useFrigid Damselin addition to the usual fire attacks.
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As a souped-up version of the Fire Elementals you’ve been fighting, you should know what you’re in for - lots ofunblockable, high-damage moves. Thankfully, apart from a huge damage output, the Fire Elemental doesn’t have any gimmicks.
To that end, the normal strategy for this battle is simply to win the damage race. Asorcerer with Healwill be incredibly useful for countering Flame Banner’s huge damage, and you should have someBanisheson hand to deal with any freezes you get.
Equipment that protects against fire damagewill be incredible in this fight.Cloaks, Anointed Cloaks, Feathered Tiaras, and Extreme Guardsare all great and accessible.Stun Checks, which can be bought cheaply through the Divine Item menu, are also great and can be equipped by anyone.
If you have anIcicle Sword(which can betransmutated from a Book of Everlasting Life or a Holy Relic with the Creation Jewel), you may one-shot this boss. It instantly kills any enemies weak to ice.
Citadel Of Flame Artifacts
This dungeon hasthree decent artifactsas a reward for the annoying fireballs.
Eternal Lamp
Having this in your inventory will prevent all of your characters from being frozen.
Infernas
A powerful sword with a three-hit combo that instantly kills any enemies weak to fire. Using it will hurt the user, though.
Holy Water of Mithra
A one-use battle item that deals 100,000 to an undead enemy.
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