You will quickly gain the urge to take down Benedikta in Final Fantasy 16, and when the earlier missions have her just within reach, you will expect to do battle with her. However, the rug will be pulled out from under you at first when she summons a winged creature known as Chirada to deal with you.
Chirada is a pretty straightforward fight and won't prove to be too complicated to deal with. She has some attacks to look out for, however, and knowing what you are doing is always going to benefit you greatly.
How To Beat Chirada
Thanks to her wings, Chirada will use a lot of aerial attacks, with her favorite one being an attack where she swoops across the arena to slash at you. Luckily, this attack is incredibly easy to dodge. She telegraphs the attack pretty clearly and will often back up to the outer edge of the area to start it.
When she does this, just get ready to dodge, and then move back in to do some damage while she collects herself.
Other than that, she will attack you with vertical and horizontal slashes of her wings, which are quicker and harder to see coming, but you can still manage to get out of the way when you see her getting ready for it. Even if it does hit you, though, they don't do much damage, so you will be fine.
She will also summon area-of-effect attacks around the arena periodically. When this happens, just avoid these spots, which will be shown to by glowing spots on the ground and in the air. These attacks seem to stay close to Chirada, so expect to dash away a few times during the fight.
Just stay close to her and keep the attacks coming. Use your Eikon abilities when you can to take out some good chunks of her health bar.
Chirada Phase Two
Chirada will also have a second phase once you have reduced her health to just about half. Fortunately, there isn't much of a difference between this phase and the first, so keep up the same strategy for the most part.
You will have to look out for a new attack where Chirada will spin in a circle, creating a whirlwind that will do damage to the surrounding area, hitting you repeatedly if you get caught in it. Just be ready to dodge backwards to avoid the damage from the attack.
Keep up the pressure, and Chirada will eventually be Staggered, opening her up to some massive amounts of damage. With this, she will go down without much of an issue at all.