Mother Brain

## Chrono Trigger: The Zodiac Era enemy

**Mother Brain** is a superboss in *Chrono Trigger: The Zodiac Era.* It is the *Zodiac Trilogy's* quintessential superboss*.*

Unlike other superbosses, this one in particular has max stats, with very high-tier abilities. It's very high magic evasion makes magicks difficulty to strike unless the caster has the Indigo Pendant equipped. It also has a chance of healing its self with Curaja, using Curse, and using Ultima on the party, which is unblockable and lethal. Along with its return damage factor, and the HP Sap, makes it a very dangerous foe to encounter especially if the current party is under leveled. Defeating it yields Explosion Materia and the Bahamut summon. It is located in the core of the Iifa Tree Inner Seal, and a rare spawn in the Temporal Research Lab, Sector 5. Defeating Mother Brain unlocks its sprite in the Kingsglaive Cafe and earns the player the title of Authority-Absolute *(King of Dragons in English version).* It is also fought in Stage 95 in Trial Mode with much less HP and stats. In both battles, the battlefield is affected by a rotating handicap.

## Strategy

### Method 1

It is highly recommended to have Johnny in the party during the fight. It is recommended for the main party members to be at least level 75 or above; level 65 or above for back-up characters. Teleja (Teléga, теле́га), an attack more devastating then Teraflare, has a 20% chance of inflicting X-Zone and Stop status. For this reason it is crucial to have Schala's Amulet obtained before the fight to counter the X-Zone status. The player should stock Ethers and curative items before the fight. Bubble Belts and the Ring of the Lucii are useful for additional advantages.

## Statuses and immunities

### Immunities granted by Safety

Enemy has innate Safety; additional immunity to Instant Death, Warp, Poach, Fractional Damage (Gravity, Graviga), "Fang" items, Syphon

## Classification

### Other Information

Battle conditional shift:HP Sap

MP Sap

No Attacks

No Magick

No Tech

No Items

Magnetize

## Abilities

### Attacks

Normal AttackCharge time: 25

Added status effect: Sap (4%)

### Magicks

TelejaCuraja

Renew

Blindna

Reflectga

### Techs

ScintillationTeraflare

Curse

Shock

Scourge

Scathe

Redemption

Greater Barrier

* when HP<50%; use only once

Ultima

### Augments

SafetyNo Knockback

Ignore Vitality

Ignore Weather & Landscape

Ignore Reflect

Ignore Evade

Low-HP ATK+

Low-HP Mag+

Low-HP Def+

Reflect Damage

0 MP

Magick CT0

## Items

### Steal

Normal rates:[55%] Virgo Gem

[10%] Explosion Materia

[3%] Save the Caliber

Thief's Cuff:

[80%] Virgo Gem

[30%] Explosion Materia

[6%] Save the Caliber

### Poach

Nothing

The Great Machete and Blade of Faith makes for an excellent weapon against Mother Brain, especially if coupled with the Ring of the Lucii allowing attack charge time of 0, however there are drawbacks. Using the Great Machthe yeilds a capped damage to the user of 9999. With this combination, coupled with Ring of the Lucii (for attack charge time 0), Bravery, Haste and Berserk, the character can heavily wound Mother Brain quickly before the Attack command gets sealed.

### Method 2

One can unequip White Masks to lure Mother Brain to use Redemption, then immediately switch back to absorb its attacks. Should the party be afflicted with Reverse from Ultima's special attack, one should immediately cast Esunaga/Esuna, or Ultima will cast Renew on the Reversed party members.

It is recommended to equip Prism Spectacles (Auto Regen) for protection of Mother Brain's Curse attack—during the magick seal, and simply cure with X-Potions, if the party has a healthy stock.

## Ultima Phase

### Blind-Exploit

There is a glitch within Mother Brain's A.I. where it will continuously cast Curaja on itself while under Blind status. This due to the spell animation structure in the A.I. which originally calls to executes Blindna—instead executes Curaja continuously in a loop until it is cured of Blind status. This glitch becomes apparent when it has HP<45% remaining and begins its Ultima-attack phase—this is the best time for the player to utilize their physical or magic attacks on Mother Brain as much as possible as exploiting this glitch, Mother Brain may lapse and continue casting Ultima.