Runelord is a secret job in Octopath Traveler; in order to obtain it you have to traverse the
Shrine of the Runeblade, a LEVEL 50 Dungeon located south of Everhold in the Highlands.
Like every
secret job you'll have to defeat a Boss at the end of the dungeon. These fights can be challenging if you're underleveled or don't have a solid plan of action so I'll try to help with that.
Shrine of the Runeblade's boss is
Balogar.
Balogar has 200.000 hp, he's capable of several actions per turn, and the fight against him is divided in 2 phases:
-On the 1st phase Balogar will lock 3 of his weaknesses, and he will target your travelers individually (this will give us the upperhand for the first part of the battle)
-The 2nd phase starts when Balogar is below 50% HP. The Boss will gain shields and actions per turn, and his attacks will target your entire party.
It's a tough fight and
HAVING A TRAVELER WITH BOTH MERCHANT AND WARRIOR JOBS IS KEY. Another member of your party should be an Apothecary paired with merchant aswell. Bring a healer and some support character and the fight is yours.
The Battle:*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***
The key move to win this fight is the INCITE+SIDESTEP COMBO. Since all of Balogar's attacks are pure physical moves Sidestep will negate them, and since Incite will make the skill user the one and only target of these attacks you won't be suffering any damage at all. (At least for the first half of the battle).
So while one of your party members is busy tanking the boss have the Apothecary inflict poison on him and he will go 50%hp in no time.
For the second half of the fight have the two Merchants Sidesteping while keeping up the poison. Use the other two party members as support, either healing damage or using BP recovery items on your Merchants. - Having the "Eye for an Eye" support skill equiped on more than one party member will take care of Balogar shields and will give you a break every now and then. - Just keep avoiding damage with sidestep and the poison will take care of the boss.
Good luck!