Giygas

*Giygas redirects here. For information on his original state as a character, see Giegue.*

**Giygas** is the final boss in Mother: Cognitive Dissonance. (This page has obvious spoilers both for endings and overall, of course.)

As a transcendent form of Giegue, it is only fought at the very end of the game, after Giegue has completely lost his body and self. Its ultimate fate in this form is decided by the ending that the player decides to pursue.

## Giygas [Phase 1]

After this, there is no going back. Limitless power cannot be held within a normal physical body.

## Stats

### EXP

99999
700
700
???

### Money

9999
175
600
???

### Chance

None
0%

## Damage Multiplier

### Beam

50%
100%
50%

### Freeze

50%
50%
50%

### Ballpeen

50%
50%
1%

### Ground

200%
100%
0%

## Status Effect Chance

### Insane

0%
0%

### Poison

0%
0%

### Wrapped

0%
0%

### Coughing

0%
0%

### Strange

0%
0%

### Dumb

0%
0%

### Sticky

30%
0%

## Skills

* Inexplicable Jolt
* Insanity Fog
* Do nothing [Phase 1 only]
* Incomprehensible Zap [Phase 2 only]
* Unnatural Wave [Phase 2 only]

## Strategy [Phase 1]

During this phase, Giegue slips further and further from reality, slowly disintegrating as his powers grow exponentially. As such, this phase is based on turns lapsed rather than HP depleted, and you want to emphasize team survival over damage.

Have Alinivar and Niiue use PSI Healing γ to address Insane status as it's afflicted, and when they're not doing that, have them cover the team with Lifeup. If need be, they can attack too.

Larice and Col. Saturn can focus on killing off the "wisps" that Giegue will periodically spawn: these wisps have only 900 HP, but there can be a *lot* of them on the field at once and their attacks add up, so kill them as they appear. (The Mayhem Shotgun will be *really* useful here if you have it.)

In time, this phase will end and Giegue will complete his transformation, leading you to Phase 2.

**If you wish to pursue the Paradox final boss and ending, this is where you want to have Niiue sing.** Having him sing after Phase 1 is over will have no effect.

## Giygas [Phase 2]

The Universal Cosmic Destroyer. Its very form is inexplicable. There is no telling what it is capable of.

## Stats

### EXP

99999
999
999
???

### Money

9999
800
750
???

### Chance

None
0%

## Damage Multiplier

### Beam

50%
100%
50%

### Freeze

50%
50%
50%

### Ballpeen

50%
50%
1000%

### Ground

75%
100%
0%

## Status Effect Chance

### Insane

0%
0%

### Poison

0%
0%

### Wrapped

0%
0%

### Coughing

0%
0%

### Strange

0%
0%

### Dumb

0%
0%

### Sticky

30%
0%

## Strategy [Phase 2 ~ Normal]

With the beginning of this phase, there is only Giygas left, with no mind and no self. Its stats have dramatically increased now, especially its speed and defense, and it will no longer just waste turns. It has full immunity to all status effects, and very high resistance to almost every element... so, needless to say, it's *incredibly dangerous.* It ***will*** simply rip through your team if you're not careful, and unlike in EarthBound, there's no equipment like the Sea pendant to save you now.

Assuming you're going for the Good ending instead of just letting the party die, your top priority is going to be making sure that Alinivar can begin PK Harmony and see it through to completion. Have him do so as soon as possible, and have the team prioritize his protection and survival.

Giygas' behavior will dramatically shift upon the first use of PK Harmony, but keep your guard up. If Alinivar gets KO'd in the middle of his PK Harmony attempts, he'll have to start from the beginning.

## Strategy [Phase 2 ~ Severance]

If you want the happiest ending of all, you're going to have to tear through nearly half of Giygas' 99999 HP. This means not using PK Harmony to disrupt and ultimately pacify it, but toughing it out.

To proceed down this path, you'll need Niiue to know Nightmare Empower, an ability learned from the Chapter 7 Mothership sidequest. Use that once as soon as phase 2 starts, and you'll get the message in the screencap, setting the flag for the Severance ending.

Obviously, you'll want to be high-leveled and well-prepared for this fight, with plenty of items to restore team PP. If you brought the Ballpeen Hammer, it's **extremely** effective against Giygas. Use it a few times while attacking and you should succeed.

If you don't have the hammer your best bet at doing damage is dropping its defenses with Forceful Jab and then putting Col. Saturn and Larice to work with physical-attribute attacks. Niiue and Alinivar will be more than busy with keeping the party alive, but the former can get away with the occasional Incomprehensible Zap if you're lucky. Use PP restoration items as you need them (you'll need a *lot*, I recommend Special gold herbs since you can farm them on Pluto)*,* and PSI Quicken Ω will go a long ways if you can get a use or two of it in.

## Trivia

* The BGM for the second phase of the fight is a mashup of MOTHER 3's "Battle Against the Masked Man" and one of EarthBound's tracks for its own final battle against Giygas (Giygas' Intimidation and Prayer for Safety).
* Before the battle against Giygas, it made 2 short cameos on Chapter 7, one on future Niiue's narration about the Earth's future, and another one in blue colored, when Alinivar learned PK Harmony.
* Compared to EarthBound's Giygas, this iteration has a wider variety of attacks across both phases. EarthBound's version has three different random attacks (a PK Thunder equivalent, a team-wide PK Freeze β equivalent, and a PK Flash γ equivalent) while this one has unique attacks.
	+ This change makes it much harder to safely fight Giygas, making it far more of a challenge. In EarthBound, you could have a character hold the Franklin Badge and equip the Sea Pendant, which together would give near-immunity to *all* of Giygas' attacks!
* Interestingly, the in-game files refer to Giygas with it/its pronouns, rather than Giegue's standard he/him pronouns. This text can only be viewed with datamining due to Zarbol being unavailable for this battle. However, it/its pronouns are suitable for Giygas given its nature as a mindless force and how it is treated as a separate entity from Giegue by the narrative.