How To Defeat The Master Of Books In Octopath Traveler: Champions Of The Continent

While you come through Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, you will constantly upgrade your weapons and armor to challenge tougher enemies. After reaching level 60, the Battle Tested series of weapons will be your go-to choice for endgame battles, although getting them can be difficult.

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Battleworn Weapons are level 60 weapons with high stats, but can only be obtained by defeating difficult NPCs around the world. Let’s take a look at where to find the Master of Books holding the Battle-Hardened Tome and how to defeat him.

Where to find the master of books

The Master of Books is in Library in Theatropoliswhich is located in the lower house to the left of the square in the main building of Theatropolis.

battle strategy

The Master of Books is vulnerable to Dagger and Wind attacks. Throughout the fight he will Buff his physical and elemental damage before attacking with high damage front line attacks. Also, he will throw Magic Counterposewhich grants him a buff that will have him Retaliate with a high damage attack in the front row when hit by a magic attack or an elemental debuff. Avoid using these abilities while Counter Stance is active.

For this fight, we recommend bringing a few with you thieves to break the shield of the Master of Books. These units can be of any level as long as they have unlocked their useful abilities like everyone else Multi-hit dagger attacks, if you have any. That is, tThe higher the tier of your units, the more likely you are to succeed.

Except bring breakers At least one character that can boost your party’s damageand one that can debuff the boss. Lynette and Viola are prime examples of these aspects, but these roles can be cast other dancers or thieves who can buff and debuffrespectively.

When you’ve had enough Multi-hit attacks to break the master of books Shield often, you may not need to bring a healer to battle. However, you might still want to do this, just in case.

A tank character like Gilderoy or Tressa will also help keep your party safeto allow them attract aggro. Tressa’s dodge mechanic can be very useful in this fight.

Finally bring yours strongest attackerpreferably a Thief with high damage attacks and a unit that has high damage or multi-hit wind attacks. Equip these characters with your best weapons and use them when the boss is broken to deal high damage.

Make sure, that reapply your buffs and debuffs during combatand keep the master of books broken as much as possible. Allies can also help immensely, especially those Happy acrobatwho has one Multi-hit dagger attack this is great for breaking the boss in an emergency. You can find this NPC near the fountain in Shepherd’s Rock.

Reward

The Battleworn Tome is no guaranteed drop after defeating the Master of Books. In fact, this weapon has quite a low drop ratebut every time you defeat the Master of Books by Contend, you get a historical material that you finally can exchange for the gun itself.

Alternatively you can Re-challenge the boss through the Impress Path Action (as opposed to Contend). That is possible Battle the Master of Books as many times as you want, but you won’t get the historical materials if you win. However, if you’re just after the battle-hardened Tome, the best way to farm him is by impressing the boss.

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