Yiazmat down. Thank god for the 4X speed mode. I agree with Karifean that having attribute lowering skills significantly make the fight easier, but it also makes the sheer endurance match of it all that more noticeable. I killed him in my second attempt and would have finished him off in my first attempt if the damn beast didn't get super lucky with his instant death spell towards the end. With him down, I only need to do a few more things to platinum this beast.

I have tried my hands at the Trial Mode and it's pretty cool. Best part of it is that it helps you fill the Bestiary faster and it's debatably a better means of getting some of the rarest stuff in the game. I've reached the 80th floors on my two attempts. My first one was stopped at the rematch with Zeromus who still has his no magic rule in full effect making this fight pretty intense with all the undead and gravity magic being thrown around. My second attempt saw me beat him with the help of Excalibur and and making Basch only target the undead while my other two party members focused on Zeromus. I reached the fight where I had to take on Reddas' bargain bin underlings who are helped by twelve pirates using guns. I learned fairly quickly that the rules with guns like ignoring defense still applies to your party.