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[MustangCobraSVT]

Thanks for the help on my previous question and it worked out well. Im on top of the follower's tower and fighting the boss. I kill him pretty easily but his last ditch effort (Ultima) owns me and kills everyone. I have Terra's and Lock's mblock % close to 100, like 96% or so. Mog and Celes are around 70%. They all die when he casts Ultima. I also cast shell on them and they still die. Is there another thing i could do to ensure life after Ultima?

My other question was at the weapon shop in Narshe, what is better to get the Ragnorak Sword or esper? I was leading toward the esper because Ultima like its name implies is usually one heck of a spell. But the Ragnorak sword is amazing. What do you guys think?

Once again thanks for all the help, it is greatly appreciated.

[theundeadhero]

Cast Life3 on them when they're alive so they come back after being dead.

The Ragnorak is a matter of personal opinion. Some like the sword, some like the esper. I prefer the sword. After getting it, I always bet it at the Colliseum to get an Illumina sword.

[Siegfried]

Have you gone to the phoenix cave/gotten Locke yet?
This is crucial because the esper recieved teaches one of the best supporting spells of the game, Life 3. Once casted on someone, once the person who recieved the spell dies s/he will instantaneously (sp?) come back to life, making the Ultimajpointless cuz everyone will come back to life.
Also, casting berserk on the guy makes this battle a thousand times easier cuz he is a sissy when it comes to attacking

I prefer the esper cuz the paladin shield always seemed to annoying to get and using the esper allows you to learn Ultima earlier in the game which can be helpful, however its mostly just preference

[PuPu]

There's a few ways to survive Ultima:

-Hope your stats are high enough to survive it. (hahaha)
-Use Life3 on a character before he casts it.
-Use Palidor's Sonic Dive. This will cause all of your charaters to Jump. You must be able to kill him by the third attack however.
-Rasp about 50000 MP.

If you use swords a lot, you should probably pick to sword. Though with the Esper, you can get an Economizer without having to beat a tough enemy called Brachosaur.

[Zeromus_X]

The upside to having the Ragnarok Esper:

-Teaches Ultima
-Can Morph monsters into very useful items
-It's much easier to learn Ultima and recieve the best items from Morphing than it is to get them by other means.

The upside to having the Ragnarok sword:

-Often has critical hits, and casts Flare
-Can be traded in to recieve the Illumina, a sword which increases the bearer's stats by an insane amount, as well as having auto-criticals and randomly casts Holy.
-You can get Ultima from the Paladin's Shield, however, you have to go through 256 battles with the Cursed Shield equipped, which is pretty time consuming.

So, in the long run, having the sword is better, but not everyone has that kind of time to use. For your first game, just get the Esper.

[MustangCobraSVT]

Thank you all, the life3 spell to win seems so obvious now....

[ljkkjlcm9]

or use a muscle belt on someone like Sabin who typically has a lot of HP, and you may very well survive it.

I always take the sword, because it ends up being more important to me in a perfect game.

THE JACKAL

[theundeadhero]

I never understood why the cursed shield was "time consuming" to uncurse. Just equip it with a ribbon and continue the game. You'll kill everything before the time counts down and you won't be doing anything extra or going out of your way to uncurse it.