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[Lynx]

stealing dark matter could help. if not
cecil attack and cure
kain jump and phoenix down
rydia bahamut and die
edge throw all the weapons i have
rosa cure and holy

even on the levels your on you should be able to manage seeing as i normally do it on similar levels.

[ValiantKnight]

Battle speed is one of the biggest concerns.. there are many bosses, especially Z that are just plain HARD if the battle speed is too fast.

Even with a level 75+ party, I imagine you'd have trouble with maximum battle speed on Zeromus.

Rydia's HP is rather... bad, and I would alternate between Ashura(sp?) and Bahamut, leaning more towards Ashura. Rosa Cure4 every round... it really hurts when he gets two big bangs in between a Cure4.
He shouldn't be as hard then, although he still is pretty hard.

[FuzZerd]

zeromus counters bahamut, I think I just had rydia cast ashura every round last time I beat him.

[Dionysus]

The last time I played, I had Rydia equipped with the robe and accessories appropriate to boosting the stat that determines the power of her black magic and summoning, though I can't remember whether it was Will or Wisdom. And although I didn't know Zeromus counters Bahamut, I did get at least two MegaFlares in for 9999 damage apiece before Rydia fell.

From what I can determine looking at the previous posts in this thread, Zeromus doesn't counter Leviathan. Now, if Bahamut was capable of landing 9999 with each MegaFlare, then summoning Leviathan would dish out between 5000-6000 HP with each summon without provoking a counter attack - unless, of course, Zeromus is able to reduce or absorb damage from elemental magic.

Have Rosa cast Cure4 each turn until she is about to run out of HP, and then have one of the other characters use an elixir on her. Otherwise, I cannot suggest anything that hasn't already been covered.

[Sephiroth1999AD]

Originally Posted by ValiantKnight ^

Battle speed is one of the biggest concerns.. there are many bosses, especially Z that are just plain HARD if the battle speed is too fast.

Even with a level 75+ party, I imagine you'd have trouble with maximum battle speed on Zeromus.

That's true. However, you won't need a level 75+ party to beat Zeromus with the fastest battle speed. My characters were on levels 64-67 in the Hard Type version of FFIV SNES, and I beat Zeromus without too much trouble with the fastest battle speed.

Originally Posted by Dionysus ^

From what I can determine looking at the previous posts in this thread, Zeromus doesn't counter Leviathan. Now, if Bahamut was capable of landing 9999 with each MegaFlare, then summoning Leviathan would dish out between 5000-6000 HP with each summon without provoking a counter attack - unless, of course, Zeromus is able to reduce or absorb damage from elemental magic.

I just tried it out, and Zeromus counters Leviathan the same way he counters Bahamut. He first counters with Flare, and later he'll counter by casting Bio on everyone.