Magus' Threshold | Game Info

SINGLE TECHS:
Lightning 2 -- Uses 8 MP -- Spinning lightning attack electrocutes all enemies
Ice 2 -- Uses 8 MP -- Two large chunks of ice come hurtling on top of all enemies
Fire 2 -- Uses 8 MP -- Inferno unleashes on all enemies
Dark Bomb -- Uses 8 MP -- An unholy explosion hurts all enemies in the bomb's range
Magic Wall -- Uses 8 MP -- Reduces magic damage done to ally by 33%
Dark Mist -- Uses 10 MP -- A wave of evil damages all enemies
Black Hole -- Uses 15 MP -- A rip in the time-space continuum causes nearby enemies to vanish
Dark Matter -- Uses 20 MP -- The ultimate evil is unleashed upon all enemies

DOUBLE TECHS:
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TRIPLE TECHS:
Omega Flare -- Needs Blue Rock, Lucca and Robo -- Uses 8 MP -- Lucca's Flare + Robo's Laser Spin + Magus' Dark Bomb = Mass Destruction

Dark Eternal -- Needs Black Rock, Lucca and Marle -- Uses 20 MP -- The elements collide with overly-effective results

AVAILABLE WEAPONS:
Dark Scythe -- Power 120
Hurricane -- Power 135
Star Scythe -- Power 150
Doom Sickle -- Power 160

SIBLINGS: Stepsister, Schala

MAGIC ELEMENT TYPE:

REASON(S) FOR WHY HE WANTS LAVOS DEAD:
Messed up his life, made his stepsister disappear

MEANINGS OF HIS NAMES:
Janus -- Janus, in Roman mythology, was the god of portals. He had two faces, one looking to the past, one to the future. Quite applicable to a young fellow who makes quantum leaps through time.

Magus -- Magus is an archaic term used to call a magician. Plural of Magus is Magi (as in "Gift of the Magi")

NAME: Magus (in Japan, Jacky)

PHOTO:

GENDER: Male

HEIGHT: Approx. 6'2"

YEAR OF LIVING: 12000 B.C. as Janus & 600 A.D. as Magus

BIRTH NAME: Janus

OTHER ALIASES: The Prophet, Gill (Guile?) from Radical Dreamers what the?!?

PARENTS: Mother, Queen Zeal; Father, Unknown

There comes a time in every Chrono Trigger player's life when he or she becomes extremely frustrated with Magus as a boss (especially when playing New Game). Well, this can hopefully come as some help. First off, Magus has a whopping total of 6666 HP which is quite a lot at the time. (Something to think about: When you get Magus later in the game, what's the highest his HP can be? 999! Yeah! Where'd the other 5667 go? ^_^) Now, the game would be simple if you could just, say, beat those six-thousand-and-sixty-six (which, by the way, closely resembles the number of the devil) hit points out of him with simple physical attacks. But no, this is a Squaresoft game we're talking about. Nope, this guy needs magic thrown at him. The only real effective physical attack is Frog's, being aptly equipped with the Masamune and Hero's Medal, which lowers Magus' defense. Anyway, back to pumping him full of magic. This, again, is easier said than done. This punk likes to engage in "barrier changes", meaning that only a certain type of magic works best on him. Therefore, having a team such as Crono, Frog and Lucca (Lightning, Water and Fire) is optimal. And, to add insult to injury, when he changes shields, he'll use either Ice 2, Lightning 2, Dark Bomb (like you have someone able to do Shadow magic, right? He's the only one, despite what Spekkio says about Robo!) or Fire 2, depending on what his weakness is. After a while Magus "will risk using a spell", and once it says this, cover your hineys because Dark Matter is on its way, Magus' strongest attack. Once using Dark Matter, he'll stop his barrier changes and he's a big pussycat from there on out. Once again, I say, beating him is easier said than done, so two words for you: level up.

EXCLUSIVE PROTECTION:
RavenArmor -- Armor -- Defense 76
Gloom Cape -- Armor -- Defense 84
Doom Helm -- Helmet -- Defense 29
Gloom Helm -- Helmet -- Defense 42

WORD OF THE WISE:
Magus' seemingly best accessory is the Amulet, which was given to him by Schala when he was young. Now, surprisingly enough, the Gloom Helm does what the Amulet does: protects his status. Now, this is just my opinion, but Magus, whose expertise is magic, mind you, should have an accesory dealing with magic like the Magic Seal or the Gold Stud. Most effective is the Gold Stud because it slashes the amount of MP for each spell by 75%! Imagine performing Dark Matter for only 5 MP. Think about it.