Lord of Terror

Lord of Terror is the second stage of the Baal Castle area in Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and the remakes' Etna Mode. It is unlocked upon defeating Priere and Marjoly, thus being the only bonus map in the game not requiring a proposal to access.

Typical Strategy
The only enemy standing between you and ultimate victory is the Tyrant Overlord Baal. He is level 4000 with over 200,000 in every stat, so do not even attempt this unless your stats match or slightly humble his. Baal's equipment is Legendary, the "Super Robo Suit" accessory on him when fighting him the first time. Stealing his equipment will weaken him quite a bit. Once that's done, pounce on him with all you have. Use Special skills ONLY. DO NOT use normal attacks under any circumstances. He can Counter easily, heavily injuring, if not outright killing, the attacker. Be wary of his specials as well, which are boosted even more so by the fact that they are Star elemental attacks.

Take note that if the player wins this battle, Laharl will be given the "Tyrant" title. This will ensure that mostly all Dark Assembly proposals will pass with ease.

Upon revisiting this map, Baal is replaced by his other form: Prinny Baal. His stats are quadrupled, as well as having max-leveled "Nemesis MK II" and "Prinny Costume" items equipped. Stealing his equipment can mean the difference between life and death. He has access to not only normal Prinny moves, but a special of his own as well. Take extreme caution.

Etna Mode Strategy
Unlike Laharl, Etna only fights Baal's first form. However, she's fighting Baal at his maximum strength. She's fighting him at level 9999. The Prinny Squad has also betrayed her, allying themselves with Baal and watching over 4 Geo Symbols powering Baal up even further. The whole map is covered in Clone, Silence, No Lifting, and Enemy Boost x 3 effects. Since the last thing any experienced player would ever want to do is fight a multitude of overpowered Baal copies with no means of escape or evasion, these must go ASAP. Once the Symbols are destroyed, the strategy becomes the same as the original counterpart of this map. However, take into account the extra damage Etna's troops may take due to attempting to destroy the symbols, the Prinnies that may boost the Combo Counter (and in turn the power of Baal's attacks), as well as Baal's heightened powers.

Note that Etna will not be able to fight Prinny Baal. Also, upon completing this Map, the player with achieve the "Tyrant Beauty Queen Etna" ending, and will be asked to start a new cycle.