Vanessa at Valstrath
Vanessa is the mini boss in Temple of Cuatal. Players fight her in the room before the boss, Samsara.
Vanessa's first form is similar to Ryan's Sentinel class. Her attacks are quick and can lock and even kill the player if caught in a combo. She has a large Soul Effect skill she uses, along with a seed she throws that turns into a plant, somewhat like the Viken, that deals repeatedly small damage and temporarily immobilizes the player. If the player gets caught in it, Vanessa can use her combo on the player, and therefore the player will not be capable of dodging the attack, making it quite possibly lethal.
Vanessa will automatically use Soul Effect when attacked by ranged attacks for too long, or being attacked from below or above her.
Once defeated, she transforms into her wolf form like Ryan's Druid class, with the ability to use the Sentinel's Spinning Phantom skill. The wolf form commonly uses either Spinning Phantom from 1-4 times, or a slashing attack. Sometimes she howls, causing all players to receive a status similar to Home of Darkness in that the players' left and right keys are temporarily switched.
Vanessa also appears in Valstrath to assist the players when fighting the boss, as Samsara sensed a "threat" and asked her to help them. When Ashtaroth uses his Danger attack, similar to the Battle Mage's 3rd black magic skill, Vanessa will use Soul Effect to stop Ashtaroth's attack. Meteors cover almost the entire stage. They are possible to dodge but otherwise can kill the player almost immediately.
After defeating Mynos, the Grand Chase thanks her and asks if she will join them. However, she refuses, as it is forbidden for one fraction of an Element to bypass another (ie "Light" cannot cross through "Fire", as in Vanessa cannot go to The Wrym's Maw).
Vanessa sometimes drops a fragment of armor if players are trying to obtain Amy with the Worn-Out Amy Mission at a low drop rate.
Trivia
- There is an armor set that makes players look like Vanessa, even giving the players her ears and hair if wearing the helm. The armor is dropped at Temple of Cuatal and Valstrath from the boss only, and from The Wyrm's Maw, from both the boss and regular monsters.
- Vanessa is known as Ryan's "Mother" because of her similarities to Ryan, both in appearance and attacks, but she is not related to Ryan.
- Despite her small size, her Soul Effect is equal to Dark Anmon's. In other words, it has an insanely huge range.
- Although she does seemingly use Soul Effect to "shield" you during the fight between Mynos, that isn't true. It just keeps Ashtaroth off-guard.