【 Ys Origin 】 Boss 11: Toal Fact (Nightmare Mode/Hugo)

Boss 11: Toal Fact: The Believer
Hugo/Nightmare Mode
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Hugo passes through the Tower's final floor with a steadfast determination, and he soon encounters his final roadblock: his brother Toal. Impressed with his suppression of his demonic element and defeating all of the others, Toal asks Hugo whether he finally found his own path. Hugo says that he has, but only by realizing that he had been blindly following in either Toal's footsteps or his father's words. In seeking power he only found loss, but in seeking mastery he found his one true path; Hugo vows to defeat Toal with his own strength.

Toal is pleased to see his brother's resolution, but still suggests that their clash is inevitable. He releases his demonic element and challenges Hugo's strength.

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Toal has all of his moves from the first encounter with him, though they're a bit stronger thanks to his demon form. His basic pattern involves dashing across the field and following up with one of those attacks, either at normal or to full power.

His most annoying attack is when he gives chase and swipes at you while dashing. Where his normal dash (that leaves a trail of fire) is fairly telegraphed, he can go into his pursuit on a whim and it can be hard to get around. The main way around it is leading him on and jumping over him when he gets near, though if he follows up with his other moves then you may get caught. Even still, Force Shield makes getting around it that much easier.

His claw strike is pretty harmless and short-ranged uncharged, but when it's charged it has a large damage sphere and acts as a gravity well; this is pretty much the anti-shield move. If you're jumping you won't be able to fight the move's pull, and that's made worse if you're stuck floating in the air. Thankfully it's only 2 hits, but it leaves you open for future damage if you rely on Force Shield more than you should. Basically, this move is there to check you if you're too jump happy.

His flare tornado comes in two sizes, the larger being a good counter to your jumps or just being close to him. Overall its small range makes it fairly non-threatening, but it pays to look out for it as, like his claw strike, he has a fair cooldown afterwards.

After a set amount of HP Toal will dash to the opposite side of the field and charge a giant laser. He sweeps it across the field to hit you, so to get around it you want to be near an edge of the field and cross to the other side and towards Toal, likely having to jump over him if you run out of room. Hugo's EX attack is also a free get-in card against this attack, but just know that like other human bosses he will block/run away from this attack as soon as he can move again.

Overall it's actually not too bad a fight as long as you respect Toal's space control and don't get thrown off balance by his speed.
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Toal kneels in defeat, remarking that he was glad to have made the right choice. He reveals having distanced himself from the Fact name partly because it was what he wanted, but also because he knew Hugo, being more apt at magic, would fill the role better than he ever could. Though Toal regrets leaving Hugo with a life he didn't want, he leaves his little brother to finish handling his own affairs, knowing that Hugo will finish things.

Before Hugo can ask what Toal means the elder Fact falls unconscious, leaving Hugo to ponder on his words. With the reassurance that Toal never held any ill will, Hugo rushes to the Tower's top to stop Dalles' ritual.

Game: Ys Origin
Release Date: 12/21/2006, 05/31/2012 (Steam)
System: PC (Steam)
Nightmare Mode
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