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[Captain Maxx Power]

You can probably complete the game in the mid-30's if you tried hard enough.

[Paul]

wicked masks are an absolute bastard. if you're too low level to run though, edge's smoke works well.

[Sephiroth1999AD]

Originally Posted by Goldenboco ^

Originally Posted by Evastio ^

Behemoths, Blue Dragons, and Zemus' Minds will probably give you some trouble.

I'll keep that in mind. Does Zantetsukun work on them?

(I enjoy being underleveled adds strategy to the game)

While guides claim you can't run away from them, I've run away from them several times, using Edge's smoke. I'm not sure if it's possible with L+R buttons. It's quite easy to run away from Behemoths anyway since I don't think they'll attack unless you attack them first. The boss music plays during them, so they probably count as bosses, and I think bosses are immune to Zantetsuken.

If you just want to beat those enemies, just keep fighting Behemoth slowly until it dies, taking your time to heal your characters between your attacks since it won't attack you except when countering. Kill Blue Dragons with Flare and physical attacks. To beat Zemus' Mind, cast Holy, Flare and some other powerful spell at it since it only has 20,000 HP. Rosa and Rydia probably don't have those spells if you're playing on such low levels, but I'm not sure if Palom and Porom have them.

[Goldenboko]

Another question is do you think I can beat Zeromus with this party? (All low fortys 40-43)

[Sephiroth1999AD]

Lowering the battle speed can help a lot. I tried fighting Zeromus on levels 58-62 in the hard type version for SNES on the fastest speed, and he was almost impossible. I changed to the normal battle speed (3rd fastest), and he was actually quite easy. Changing to the slowest battle speed will probably make him beatable even on your levels, provided your characters can survive his Big Bang attack.

[Zeromus_X]

I've beaten him in the 40s myself (late 40s, anyway), like I did when I completed the faq (even on the Hardtype version). You have to be patient though. Thankfully, text goes by mega-fast in the GBA version.

You can run from the monsters in the crystal floors of the moon. But I use Edge's Smoke, as it's faster.

[Paul]

zemus' breath is good exp on the last floor of the game. all it does is scan you.

[Darius]

Originally Posted by Goldenboco ^

Really I kept reading be level 70 so I assumed I was way underleveled.

I beat the game with my highest character being a 36. I only fought the bosses and chest monsters. NO RANDOM BATTLES. It wasnt as hard as I thought but some monsters did give me trouble. Theres a nice strategy to use too when only fighting bosses and it has to do with the chest monsters.

Now im going through with only Cecil and the only part that gave me trouble were the doors in the underground crystal cave. Ninth Dimension sucks! But I got past it after leveling up alot.