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[feioncastor]

Originally Posted by ScottNUMBERS ^

I didn't expect Antlion to put up so much of a fight, I had no trouble with him, but I actually had to use three or four potions - against Antlion!

Why would you expect anything like that out of Antlion? Do not worry. Antlion is tame. Edward will take the Sand Ruby.

[ScottNUMBERS]

Just droppin' a post in this thread just to say I have not neglected it, I just haven't encountered many bosses, although now I'm very close to Rubricant. I'll update properly soon.

[Cruise Control]

Alright. Ready for the final battle. I opened every Monsters! chest in the game, got all the summons (Odin was HARD), and got every sealed weapon. Let me tell you Dark Bahamut was the toughest fight thusfar. I used 35 Phoenix Downs, and tried 12 times.

Rosa survived Mega-Flare with 215 HP. I had her revive Edge. Edge started reviving, and Rosa started casting reflect. Once everyone was up, I started laying on the offense. When someone died, revival was top-priority.

I'm prepared for my final descent. 99 Hi-Potions, 99 Phoenix Downs.

I have lots of stuff to throw.
1 Shuriken
17 Fuma Shuriken
Defender
Light Sword
Excalibur
Gungir
Spoon

Levels and equips are as follows:

	Edge	Rydia	Cecil	Rosa	Kain
Level	41	38	41	40	41
R. Hand	Murasame	Blitz Whip	Ragnarok	Sage's Staff	Dragon Shield
L. Hand	Masamune	N/A	Crystal Shield	N/A	Holy Lance
Head	Genji Helm	Ribbon	Crystal Helm	Ribbon	Dragon Helm
Body	Black Garb	Minerva's Plate	Crystal Helm	White Robe	Dragon Mail
Arms	Genji Gloves	Diamond Armlet	Protect Ring	Protect Ring	Dragon Gloves

Rydia has Blitz Whip instead of Stardust Rod, because of the 2 point defense boost.

EDIT: Only Cecil survived big bang. This is obviously not going to work. Where can I get Lunar Curtains, and Hermes Shoes in abundance?

[ScottNUMBERS]

There are quite a couple Hermes Shoes at the start of the game, that's the only way you can get your hands on them unfortunately (Since getting them to drop from random encounters is off-limits).

It might be worth plowing the caves in hope of some, unless you know you got them all whilst at the point in the game.

Good job getting this far, (and not to mention overtaking me twice), I'm sure you can beat Zeromus somehow, don't give up.

As for me, I tryed my hand at Rubricant a few times, he catches me out with that strong fire spell he likes to use, and with my weak weapons (I didn't pick up new equipment, due to insufficiant funds) slowly chewing at his HPs the battle goes on for quite a while.

[Cruise Control]

Unfortunately, I got them all, and I only have two. My only hope is to use Kain. The plan is to have Cecil live, phoenix down on Kain. Kain uses hermes shoes. Jump. I saw a video a little back that if you use magic on Zeromus, he counters with flare. So I think I'll Lunar Curtain+Zues Rage (and the like). EoFF doesn't have a steal guide though.

[Cruise Control]

I GIVE UP. I make it like 15,000 damage into the fight, but mess up my timing and get Banged (so terribly clever). But, whatever. I declare this challenge over.

[Frostwake]

Not trying to bash or anything, but the GBA version is NOTHING compared to the original... NOTHING! Bosses in the original version attack 5 or more times before your whole party has time to do anything... I dont believe someone can do this in the original

[Cruise Control]

Yeah, but you can't play the original while your taking a crap. GBA>Orig