Harcypete

Harcypete
Appearance	Trials of Mana
Location	Gusthall, Dragonsmaw, Dark Castle
Battle theme	High Tension Wire

Harcypete (ツェンカー, Tsu~enkā) (Tzenker in the fan translation, pronounced /har-SIH-pit-tee/ in the 3D version) is the fourth boss during the storyline of Trials of Mana, during the quest of opening the gate to the Mana Holyland. After the main character and his/her two allies arrive at the cliff to the east of the Mana Stone in the Gusthall, they find Sylphid being forced to summon Harcypete by Darkshine Knight, who leaves immediately after for them to deal with the monster. Harcypete appears to be an advance form of a Harpy.

Strategy

Harcypete is a Wind-elemental user, thus she will obviously know Wind-elemental spells such as Speed Up and Air Blast. Also, she can lift a character up and toss him/her back down, causing damage as well as putting them in sleep status. After ≤ 1/4 of Harcypete's HP has been drained, she will cast Speed Up to make herself more difficult to hit and more accurate in attacks.

Before fighting Harcypete, it is recommended that the party be at least level 12. Because Harcypete is affiliated with the Wind-element, the spells and artifacts that can help with this fight is the Diamond Shards/Earth Coin, Stone Saber/Molebear Claw, and Strengthen/Drake Scales. Also, if you have the Mind up spell, in the form of the Sahagin Chip, give it to Angela, if she is in the party, and have her cast Diamond Missile on Harcypete. It is especially useful in having a character with high Agility, like Hawkeye, because it is rather hard to hit Harcypete with slow characters. However, Harcypete cannot evade the Gnome spells like Diamond Shards.

The fight can also end much faster if Kevin is in the party and it is nighttime, due to a bug that involves Kevin's wolf form. If Kevin gets hit by Harcypete, he will be granted a boost that is an equivalent to a Strengthen spell.

The 3D version introduces the first of many barrier mechanics. When a barrier is up, it will be marked with a blue integrity bar, so the player will need to break the barrier to stall her special attacks and knock her to the ground. Continue the assault as above to score a hard-fought victory. The move Supersonic becomes a charge attack.

Enemy Intel

2D VERSION

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Harcypete - Level 10 (First Encounter)

• HP : 1808
• MP : 109

Strengths & Weaknesses

Earth	Wind	Ice	Fire	Light	Dark	Moon	Wood
Weak	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Attacks

• Feather Needle - Shoots a feather to a single target.
• Hoist - Hones in on a character, then grab it with its talons then throw them off mid-air. Adds the Sleep status to target.
• Guard - Covers body with both wings, making itself temporarily impervious to all attacks.
• Cyclone - Summons one or multiple tornados, dealing wind-elemental damage to one or all targets.
• Defenseless [Wind Elemental] - Reduces a single target's defense for a short duration.
• Accelerate [Wind Elemental] - Increases own's agility, dexterity and evasion rate for a short duration. Used only at quarter from full health.
• Supersonic - Generates green shockwaves, hitting all enemies (strongest attack).

Spoils

• 1246 Lucre
• 160 EXP

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Harcypete - Level 45 (Second Encounter | Dragonsmaw)

• HP : 8822
• MP : 366

Strengths & Weaknesses

Earth	Wind	Ice	Fire	Light	Dark	Moon	Wood
Weak	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Attacks

• Feather Needle - Shoots a feather to a single target.
• Hoist - Hones in on a character, then grab it with its talons then throw them off mid-air. Adds the Sleep status to target.
• Guard - Covers body with both wings, making itself temporarily impervious to all attacks.
• Cyclone - Summons one or multiple tornados, dealing wind-elemental damage to one or all targets.
• Defenseless [Wind Elemental] - Reduces a single target's defense for a short duration.
• Accelerate [Wind Elemental] - Increases own's agility, dexterity and evasion rate for a short duration. Used only at quarter from full health.
• Supersonic - Generates green shockwaves, hitting all enemies (strongest attack).

Spoils

• 366 Lucre
• 8830 EXP

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Harcypete - Level 47 (Second Encounter | Dark Castle)

• HP : 9950
• MP : 390

Strengths & Weaknesses

Earth	Wind	Ice	Fire	Light	Dark	Moon	Wood
Weak	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Attacks

• Feather Needle - Shoots a feather to a single target.
• Hoist - Hones in on a character, then grab it with its talons then throw them off mid-air. Adds the Sleep status to target.
• Guard - Covers body with both wings, making itself temporarily impervious to all attacks.
• Cyclone - Summons one or multiple tornados, dealing wind-elemental damage to one or all targets.
• Defenseless [Wind Elemental] - Reduces a single target's defense for a short duration.
• Accelerate [Wind Elemental] - Increases own's agility, dexterity and evasion rate for a short duration. Used only at quarter from full health.
• Supersonic - Generates green shockwaves, hitting all enemies (strongest attack).

Spoils

• 6133 Lucre
• 9950 EXP

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3D VERSION

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Harcypete - Level 20 (First Encounter)

Strengths & Weaknesses

Earth	Wind	Ice	Fire	Light	Dark	Moon	Wood
Weak	Immune	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Attacks

• Hoist - Hones in on a character, then grab it with its talons then throw them off mid-air. Adds the Sleep status to target.
• Cyclone + [Wind Elemental] - Hurls a tornado in a straight line.
• Buffet - Covers body with wings, then open them up sending a dozen of yellow and green will o' wisps to a small area, then a shower of light needles.
• Air Rush - Creates two tornados in front of it with wings.
• Supersonic - Charge attack that takes up almost the entire arena. Interrupting Harcypete will make it stunned for a short while.

Spoils

• 990 Lucre
• 7000 EXP

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Harcypete - Level 60 (Second Encounter) | Dragonsmaw

Strengths & Weaknesses

Earth	Wind	Ice	Fire	Light	Dark	Moon	Wood
Weak	Absorb	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Attacks

• Hoist - Hones in on a character, then grab it with its talons then throw them off mid-air. Adds the Sleep status to target.
• Buffet - Covers body with wings, then open them up sending a dozen of yellow and green will o' wisps to a small area, then a shower of light needles.
• Air Rush - Creates two tornados in front of it with wings.
• Supersonic - Charge attack that takes up almost the entire arena. Interrupting Harcypete will make it stunned for a short while.
• Thunderstorm + [Wind Elemental] - Summons purple bolts of lightning, hitting multiple small areas.
• Stun Gust [Wind Elemental] - Creates yellow tornado that has a chance of silencing target.
• Defenseless + [Wind Elemental] - Reduces all targets' defense.

Spoils

• 8090 Lucre
• 30,000 EXP

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Harcypete - Level 62 (Second Encounter) | Dark Castle

Strengths & Weaknesses

Earth	Wind	Ice	Fire	Light	Dark	Moon	Wood
Weak	Absorb	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Attacks

• Hoist - Hones in on a character, then grab it with its talons then throw them off mid-air. Adds the Sleep status to target.
• Buffet - Covers body with wings, then open them up sending a dozen of yellow and green will o' wisps to a small area, then a shower of light needles.
• Air Rush - Creates two tornados in front of it with wings.
• Supersonic - Charge attack that takes up almost the entire arena. Interrupting Harcypete will make it stunned for a short while.
• Thunderstorm + [Wind Elemental] - Summons purple bolts of lightning, hitting multiple small areas.
• Stun Gust - [ Elemental] - Creates yellow tornado that has a chance of silencing target.
• Defenseless + [Wind Elemental] - Reduces all targets' defense.

Spoils

• 8100 Lucre
• 36,000 EXP

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Harcypete in the 2D version.