Valukar

Valukar (Balrog in the original Japanese) is an optional superboss in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. He is located at the end of the optional Yampi Desert Cave dungeon. He must be defeated to gain access to the Daedalus summon sequence. He resembles a hulking red-pink demon with blue horns, blue wings, and wielding a gold hammer.

At the end of the Yampi Desert Cave dungeon, approach Valukar as he stands in front of Daedalus' summon tablet, and he will make his challenge:


 * "I am the guardian of fire. If you want my power, prove yourself in my crucible of flame."

Battle stats
Valukar possesses 12,960 Hit Points, 550 Attack, 175 Defense, 206 Agility, 46 Luck, and acts twice per turn. He is very resistant to Mars but quite susceptible to Mercury-based attacks. When felled, he yields 8702 Experience and 4980 coins, and you can obtain the Daedalus summon sequence.

Valukar can attack physically, attack with the Monster skill Stun Jip which may stun the Adept, and his trademark skill which may seem questionable to some players: Djinn Stun, which puts one of each battling Adept's Djinn on standby. This may be seen as helpful to the party, because they now have more Djinn on standby to use Summon sequences against Valukar, but not when Valukar demonstrates a unique talent; with his Crucible ability, he can use any Summon sequence in your possession against you using your Djinn on standby. This can be particularly devastating depending on how many Djinn are on standby and what summons the player has collected; Valukar summoning Eclipse and Haures to attack the party is fair game, and if he summons Coatlicue he will regenerate enough HP to always have a full health bar at the end of each of the next five turns.

Battle strategy
While strong, Valukar is often considered the easiest of the four superbosses of Golden Sun: The Lost Age, much like Sentinel, while Star Magician and Dullahan are immensely more dangerous. You often just need to summon before he does and he'll be defeated in time. One strategy is to have 1 Venus Adept, 2 Mars Adepts, and 1 Jupiter Adept in the front row and battle, and whenever he uses Djinn Stun, you will be able to summon both Zagan and Megaera, both which do a surprising amount of damage.