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[KoShiatar]

If you've just been on the moon, the best place to level up I think is the Phantom God's cave. When you're short of HP and AP, you just go out to the Big Whale and rest. Also if you steal Artemis Arrows from that enemy that looks like an amazon (I can't remember the name now) they're very good for the dragons you meet on your way to Zeromus.

[seein2stars]

Originally Posted by ShunNakamura

Alright this thing is giving me a pain in the .. well everywhere.

Party is
FuSoYa lvl 50
Rosa lvl 37
Cecil lvl 34
Rydia lvl 33
Edge lvl 35

Right I decided to try to reflect is one-hit-K.O. spell.. to no avail.. couldn't be that easy.

I have reflected spells off my walls.. back at him.. nice and dandy cept I never hit what I want it to.. and then he just one hits me.. usually targeting Rosa and FuSoYa and taking them out before they can attempt to revive one another.. actually he can fry just about all 5 of them before I can get a turn in edgewise. *sigh* my guess is that my lvls are a bit low. Particually since the only one dealing noticable damage is FuSoYa.

Also Rydia has basically no summons yet... thought I would run around and see if I could get some after getting back from the moon. Now I am stuck here.. Well tips would be appreciated.. but if it is just "go lvl up" I will not be happy.

wow, i not even started to lucys key cave with the doors going to monsters by the dwarfs (i dont know if that makes sense) and im only at:

cecil-35
kain-36
edge-33
rydia-32
rosa-34

i must be way wussy... (but i guess it depends if i am playing hard or easy version, im on hard)

[Dewprincess]

If you're playing the hard version, you may want to level up a bit more. My characters were quite a bit more advanced during the Odin battle and I still had to redo it once. One thing that will help speed you up is to go to the magic menus for Rydia and Rosa and make it to where the spell you want them to cast is the first one on the list. That way you can just go down to the magic option and press the button instead of having to scroll down to find the spell you want, which wastes time (bad for this battle!). I had Rosa casting Holy and Rydia casting Bolt3, but it takes them a while to learn those spells, both somewhere in the 50s I think. Lots more leveling and any shortcuts to make your turns go quicker will help a lot.

I am very surprised you beat Bahamut at those levels though! Impressive! Never feel wussy playing Hard version, it's called Hard for a reason (this is what I keep telling myself since I keep getting beaten by Zeromus...)

[Sasquatch]

I think Rosa learns Wall at level 35, or something like that. It's all you need to beat Bahamut. Plus, the FFC version of IV has the items that cast Wall, so it's easier.

And yeah, the Trapdoors in Luca's Cave give an ass-ton of experience, as long as you have the Life1s and Potions to revive/heal all your characters after each battle.

[Behold the Void]

If you're facing Odin or Bahamut, have Kain jump when the count is 2, and ONLY when the count is two. Hold his turn in the original round when it gets to him until you can jump with him. It will be long and cheesy, but you CAN do it.

[ShunNakamura]

uhg... I wish odin counted would make it a bit easier... If I just sit he just hits me physically till kain falls.. if I throw an item.. he iron swords just before kain gets airborne... then again I have managed a few lvls and some extra equipment since then.

I am not sure what version I have. Moon, Light, I believe are the two that cast wall in my version. Odd as can be cause I can't figure out the what all spells do without experimenting.. and even then.

Bunch of weird things... then again maybe the rom I picked up(my snes kicked the bucket about 6 months ago ) is messed up.. What ever it is, it is fun at this lvl, been awhile since I have been this challenged... unfortunately it is now just lvling and that is boring as can be . Why couldn't Rydia learn Thunder 3 just a tad earler?

Originally Posted by seein2stars

wow, i not even started to lucys key cave with the doors going to monsters by the dwarfs (i dont know if that makes sense) and im only at:

cecil-35
kain-36
edge-33
rydia-32
rosa-34

i must be way wussy... (but i guess it depends if i am playing hard or easy version, im on hard)

As for my lvls.. I did say I get bored of random battles and ran.. up till this point I have probably fought less then 1% of the battles I got into.

Anyways lvls now are

Edge 45
Rosa 46
Cecil 44
Rydia 43
Kain 45

I got like 150+ artemis arrows now :P those moongoddess things can be annoying if you don't cast stop on them however.

Rosa only lacks Holy. And Rydia gots all the 3's EXCEPT thunder... they really wanted to try my patience didn't they?

Ah wel lthe end is in sight. Hopefuly the next couple lvls will get me odin.. then I guess I can go elsewhere and see if I can get anything else. hmm... what else have I missed. Don't got the adamant amor yet.. can't find anything that drops pink tails. heh. oh well I prolly don't need it to beat the game. Though before I started my lvling campaign I did go down and try the guy... he one hitted my whole darn party

Do not double post. ~ Leeza

[boys from the dwarf]

you seem a bit under leveled so you may want to level up a bit. have fusoya cast flare on the defense system and leave the attack system alone because it will only be doing 100-200 damage to your party members.have cecil attack the CPU and rydia use her best spells on the CPU (dont use summons because that will take out the attack system which makes CPU do instant kill attacks and revive its partners.)have rosa heal from the attack systems laser beam attacks every now and then and depending which is more powerful have edge use ninja magic or normal attacks and cecil just attack normally too have fusoya constantly cast flare on CPU not meteo cause that hits every enemy(i think)and it takes ages to charge.after CPU is done for kill attack and enjoy the rest of the game.

[Behold the Void]

Did they take out Odin's counting in the PS1 version? That might be a problem.