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Exclusive to Normal and Hard mode, the Tower of Lezard Valeth is a significant difficulty spike inValkyrie Profile: Lenneth. This is where the game starts putting its money where its mouth is, and aims to confuse you with a sprawling, multi-level maze.
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And when it’s not confusing you, it’s brutalizing you with tough enemies that you may’t avoid, including Manticores and the dreaded Dragon Zombies. We hope you’ve packed your Dragon Slayer and Beast Slayer - you’re gonna need them.
Tower Of Lezard Valeth Overview
The Tower of Lezard Valeth isunlocked in a different mannerto most other dungeons in the game - in Chapter 4, on Normal and Hard modes, you will learn of Lorenta’s imminent death and be directed towardsFlenceburg. After going there and recruiting Lorenta, you will be takenautomaticallyto this dungeon.
It is important,if you want the best ending of the game, that you complete this dungeon when you first arrive. If you do not, you will not be able to fight the boss. If you really need to leave, head to the roof from the starting screen and keep heading left.
This dungeon is a multi-level marathon with lots of very difficult enemies to take down.
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None
560
These enemies like to evade, so start combos against them with magic or familiar attacks.
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Holy
2,520
Very tough sacks of health with lots of resistance. Lorenta will come in useful here thanks to her Mystic Cross spell, as will any other source of holy damage if you have it. The Dragon Slayer works on this enemy.
24,000
Lightning
7,000
The Dragon Zombies in this dungeon are different from the ones you’re used to. The Dragon Slayer will still destroy them very quickly, but you may also use Jewelled Blade “Grimrist” to kill them in one hit thanks to the lightning weakness.
9,200
Dark
2,940
Can and will inflict paralysis with its Electro Touch attack. After a few turns, it will explode, dealing huge damage to your entire party. Definitely a high priority.
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4,550
Be prepared with status ailment healing - Manticores can use Three Deck to inflict damage and the poison and freeze ailments on the whole party. Strong attacks. If you have the Beast Slayer (from Brahms Castle), it will kill it in one shot.
4,400
Poison
1,225
Casts very strong spells that can decimate the entire party - definitely a priority when they appear. If you have Reflect Sorcery, use it for these fights. Fight them when you can, they can drop the Invoke Feather spell book.
The First Elevator
This dungeon is arranged vertically, as you’d expect a tower to be. To get around, we’ll be usingelevators, which will force you to wait inside them for a while, often with enemies inside.
Take thefirst door to the rear on the left, and thenenter the elevator. When it stops moving, leave andgo to the rear in the next room.
On this floor,take a few steps to the right, take the exit to the front, and then follow this linear pathuntil you reach an encounter with aManticore. Refer to the notes above for tips on beating it. Once beaten, continue on until you reach a chest, it contains aBook of Everlasting Lifeand is trapped with an explosion.
Return to the elevator and get inside. The elevator will take you to the next floor down, but there’s nothing on it apart from a fight with a very tiny Wise Sorcerer. Get back inside the elevator and you’ll be back where you started. Take this opportunity to save and restock.
The Second Elevator
From the save point, head one screen to the left to find another elevator. Take it one floor down by entering it and waiting. The first floor down contains onlytwo treasure chests, and they’re both trapped. The one on the left has an arrow trap and contains aWarhammer, and the one on the right is an explosion and has anEye of Heaven. Go back inside theelevator.
On the next floor down, head out of the elevator. Explore this floor to find aDragon Zombieand a chest containing theSplashskill book. You could take the path behind the Dragon Zombie to get to the next destination, but you could also just take the elevator another floor down.
On this floor, you’ll find another Manticore encounter on the left. Behind it are two chests. The one on the right has an arrow trap and containsNightshade, and the other is safe and contains aFrigid Damselspell book.
Instead of taking the elevator again, head to the next screen to the right.Head up the stairs on the right and follow the linear pathuntil you have the option oftaking an exit to the rearwith a set of stairs next to it. Take the exit to find another elevator.
Remember that you canuse the dungeon mapto see roughly how much of the dungeon you’ve explored - it is specifically helpful for working out which elevator you’re in! Access the map byhitting R1.
The Third Elevator
Get in the elevator. The first floor it gets to is where we want to be, but there’sanother floor with treasureon it to get to first, soget back inside the elevator. The next floor down has three chests in it, with the two closest to the elevator being trapped. The chests contain aBastard Sword, theIcicle Edgeskill book, and aCitrine.
Citrinescan be transmutated intoLapis Lazuli, which can either be consumed for 200 Materialize Points or transmutated into the Enemy Search decoration. It’s not that useful.
With the chests opened, you now need toride the elevator twice- enter the elevator, exit, and then repeat. You’ll know that you’re on the right floor if you take the exit to the rear, head right, and encounter a Dragon Zombie. This encounter hastwo Dragon Zombiesin it, so be prepared for a tough fight.
Behind the Dragon Zombie is a chest with theTeachings of Asainside. This can also be transmutated into a Lapis Lazuli.
From the chest,head all the way to the right until you cantake some stairs down to the front.
Activating The Crystals
You should be in a room withglowing red runes and a Manticore. Defeat the Manticore and press on until you reach a large door. The enemies in this next room are very annoying to avoid, and they’re toughWise SorcerersandFatal Glimmersto boot - be on your guard.
Head to the right, down the stairs, and then through the doorto the back. Here,head up the stairs on the left, beat up a Manticore, and reach a room with a statue holding a crystal.
Strike the crystalwith your sword - it will start shining.
There is another crystal in the tower to activate. To reach it,return down the stairs, leave to the front, and then head up the stairs on the left again. On this screen,head down the next stairs and take the door to the rear. Take two screens to the left, ignoring the exit to the front, and follow the path until you reach a Dragon Zombie.
Behind the Dragon Zombieis another crystal to hit.
The Transporters
Once you’ve done activated both crystals,return to thefirstfront exit that you bypassed earlier- there will be two, and you’re looking for the one furthest away. Take the stairs down and you’ll eventually reach a magic circle on the ground. You’ll know it’s the right room if it does not have a save point.
Use the magic circleto be teleported. It takes you to a very linear path with three chests at the end. They all havefreezing gas traps, which are avoided simply by remaining crouched after opening them. These items are really fantastic:
Timer Ring
Halves enemy speed in dungeons.
Now that you have the Creation Gem, you’re able to access some really cool stuff. A high priority thing to transmutation is theBark of the Dryadinto aDimension Slip(eliminates enemy encounters).
Return to the magic circle andhead back to the room with red runes. From this magic circle, head to the other byleaving to the rear and taking the right pathuntil you reach anotherexit to the front. You’ll know it’s the right room if there’s asave pointhere - use it, restock etc.
There are three chests on the right, all of them trapped - after opening one, interact with it while standing and not crouching to pick it up and throw it, this will let you open the ones that fall into place.
Interact with the magic circlenow to be transported to an office. In this room, open the chests to get aNormalizespell book and someBase Metal. The one on the floor has an arrow trap, and the one on the desk has a large explosion trap. Base Metal can be turned into theCrack Ring, which lets you break guards easier.
The exit to the left leads to the boss, so make sure you’re healed up and prepared for a tough fight.
How To Beat Lezard Valeth
Lezard is backed up bytwo Dragon-Tooth Warriors, so he’s a pretty tough boss to beat.
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28,000
14,000
1,750
You’ll notice thatthe Dragon-Tooth Warriors in this fight are slightly weaker than the others in this dungeon, but they are still pretty threatening. Don’t get too gung-ho about finishing them off early, though -when a Dragon-Tooth Warrior dies, Lezard will be buffed. With both dead, he ends up with 20,000 HP overall.
Lezard himself, however, is a bit of a pushover whether you target him first or second. He’s quite fragile and you should be able to finish him off before he’s able to break out any big spells - his single-target magic shouldn’t be enough to cause you concern. If you need a bit more breathing room, however, try usingReflect Sorcery.
If you have it,Poison Blowis a fantastic spell to use against Lezard.
There are no artifacts to collect in the Tower of Lezard Valeth, but the Creation Gem is reward enough.
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