How to beat Grimson Balta in Ys X: Nordics

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Since you came to Balta Island in Ys X: NordicsGrimson Balta will be an important part of the story as he is also the strongest mana holder. He will help you quite a bit with the Shield Brethren trial and then the raid on Grugal Fortress, but his actions towards you will change quickly at the end of the fortress battle.

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As he sees that Jord's soul is being absorbed by Karja, he will actively order the entire Balta sea force to attack you. You'll eventually go up against Grimson Balta towards the end of Rollo's Ark, and here's how you can defeat him.

Grimson Balta Overview and Attack Pattern

Ys X Nordics full screen covered with Grimson Balta's attacks.

HP

123,680

STR

572

DEF

626

After all the battles you've been through in Ys X: Nordics, Grimson Balta will seem a bit easier as he only has 123,680 HP and no durability bar. This is more of a miniboss in the game, but its consistent attacks and difficult movement it won't make you feel that way. Here's what you can expect:

The name of the attack

Description

Slash attacks

These are the most common attacks performed by Grimson Balta, where he first swings an axe, then two of them twice, and then rushes towards the active character. before creating an X on the last attack.


These attacks are much slower at first, but get faster with a red aura instead of green in the third phase when his HP is low enough.

Spin Attack

After a brief charging period where you see mist around Grimson, he swings his ax around his body and the rotation effect lasts for a few seconds. This can be a decent source of revenge indicator, but you have to time the parry perfectly.

Red Attack

When Grimson Balta reaches low HP, you'll see him start to jump into the air and charge up his red attack. This is quite easy to parry and you can do a a lot of damage when you parry perfectly it's the first time.

Tornado attack

In the last phase, Grimson can transform into a pink tornado and move quickly across the battlefield. This attack is hard to avoid and it is recommended to time your parade on him instead.

How to defeat Grimson Balta

One of the main things to remember about the Grimson Balta fight is that his attacks become more deadly as the fight progresses. At first, all of his attacks are quite slow and easy to dodge with a little movement on his partwhich makes it barely a challenge to deal damage while dodging everything yourself.

However, as you get to the third phase, with Grimson at about 25% HP left, his attacks not only become fast, but he also starts to move around the battlefield a lot more. For this fight, you should avoid skills that have a long charge time since you might end up using it just to make the boss move away.

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