There are a few different types of battle in Unicorn Overlord. Main story battles and side quest battles are long and protracted, often featuring surprises and twists halfway through. Generic region battles, on the other hand, are far shorter and serve as quick tests of your strategic prowess. You'll meet a ton of unique characters completing them, and the Battle for Barbatimo is no exception.

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This city is held by Mordon, a Warrior who wields a colossal hammer, and who is backed up by Hoplites, who prove to be a tricky enemy to overcome without the right tools.

Battle Overview

Enemy Level

5

Victory Conditions

Capture the enemy's command post

Defeat Conditions

The Liberation's command post is captured

The time limit expires

This battle is laid out quite simply: the walled city is protected on all sides by Hoplites surrounded by Mantlets. These are environmental buff items that improve a unit's physickal defence and last three fights and have the same benefits as a bridge garrison.

The tricky part of this fight is overcoming the mantlet's defences and dealing with the heavily armoured Hoplite - to do this, you'll need a Wizard.

For this reason, you'll need to have journeyed north and completed The Self-Effacing Sorcerer side quest and recruited either Auch or a generic Wizard from Fort Veille, which is liberated in that quest. Once you have a Wizard, you can create a formation specifically to deal with this stage, such as this:

Magic Unit

Back Row

Wizard

Cleric

The idea here is that Alain is primarily a defensive unit, with the Wizard providing most of the firepower. The Cleric is there for healing, as Alain's defensiveness alone will suffer against Mordon's might. If you have one, give Alain a Lapis Pendant to improve his defensiveness. Make sure the Wizard is equipped with the Chlorotic staff.

Front Row

Alain

This formation should be enough to deal with both the mantled Hoplite unit guarding the entrance to the city and Mordon's Hoplite to boot.

You'll also want another formation that can deal with the generic Axebearer units that begin near the city and finish off the other formations once the Hoplites are down. Sending the main unit to deal with every enemy in the stage is risky in terms of Stamina.

Good characters to include in this backup unit would be a Knight like Clive (Assault Lance is perfect) or a Gryphon Knight, who can attack the entire back row at once and is very evasive.

Gryphon Knights can be recruited from Fort Mainteneaut.

How To Beat The Battle Of Barbatimo

This is quite a short battle. To begin, send out your Magic Unit and a backup unit that can deal with the Axebearers. Once the Axebearers are down, send the Magic Unit at the Hoplite. Once the Hoplite in the front row is dead, you can send your backup unit in to finish off the other enemies and save on the Magic Unit's Stamina.

As soon as you enter the city, Mordon will order the other Hoplite units guarding the other entrances to converge on your location. It's possible to finish Mordon off before either of them reaches you, but the timing can be tricky.

The strategy here is pretty much the same as the one you used to enter the city: all three formations here are guarded by front-row Hoplites. Use your Magic Unit to destroy those with ease, and then send in your backup unit with strong fighters to finish off whoever is left behind.

It's best to leave Hodrick behind for this fight - as you'll learn when you approach Mordon, Warriors are super-effective against Hoplites (like Hodrick) and will destroy them in a very short amount of time.

After beating Mordon, you'll immediately acquire a Warrior's Medallion. In addition, you'll complete the quest, which rewards you with some Honors, a Lapiz Lazuli, and the Iron Helm Mercenaries Heraldry in addition to the usual Renown. A cutscene after the battle will let you choose whether or not you recruit Mordon.

Should You Recruit Mordon?

If you recruit Mordon, you'll get a handy Warrior earlier than any other unique Warrior in the game. He also has the ability to repair bridges, which allows you to access new areas.

Passing up on Mordon will net you 30 Honors, though this isn't that handy - Honors are very easy to farm by taking on random encounters and grinding at sigils. Even though Mordon isn't special (there is another character who can repair bridges for you), it's worth recruiting him nevertheless.

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