Just a second.
I had recently finished my second play through this game. What I recommend doing is going into the final dungeon and leveling there. That's no joke. First off, run away from Dark Sages and Moonmaidens, they aren't worth the trouble. Dark Sages deal way too much damage with their spells, and they give so little exp that they aren't even worth it. Also run away from Armoured Fiends, since they're way more trouble than they're worth. Use Edge's Smoke to get away from these nuisance battles.
What you're going to want to do is fight Blue Dragons, Gold Dragons, and Silver Dragons. Gold and Silver Dragons will always come in a battle together, and Blue Dragons will always show up alone [though on occasion, I think you can run into two Blue Dragons at the same time. If this happens, get the hell out of there]. For all of these, all you need to do is cast Stop. For the Gold and Silver Dragon battle, I think the one you need to use Stop on first is the Silver Dragon [I think that's the one that really hurts your party]. Stop is a 100% guarantee on these monsters, so it should make leveling a lot easier. Once you level enough, start collecting all of the gears down there. Kain will get a ton of equipment that halves elemental damage per piece, and I think Cecil gets at least one or two of these. Eventually, you'll be able to tolerate a Red Dragon's Thermal Rays [which would otherwise rape your party], to get one of his Crystal gears [I think it's his Crystal Armour, but I can't remember]. The first Red Dragon you fight is basically the toughest thing down there. Once you kill that and get the gear it's guarding, immediately teleport to the surface and save it. You should level up quickly by using the Stop spell strategy against the Gold, Silver, and Blue Dragons, so leveling should be easy.
Please note that Stop does not work against the Red Dragon. I highly recommend hitting it with Berserk first, then Slow. Once you have it in Berserk, it will be forced to attack you each round, and thus will be unable to use its Thermal Rays attack [which can easily destroy an under-geared party]. Once you have Berserk on it, cast Slow on it, then try to keep Blink up on everyone [and don't forget, Edge can do this for himself with less MP, with a faster cast time if I recall correctly]. Once you have this going on, you should be under complete control. Just make sure you keep an eye on the Red Dragon, as Berserk will eventually wear off. Also, if for some reason you need to use an Elixir during this fight, feel free to do so. The first Red Dragon you fight will be tough, so you need to make sure you don't take any risks. You should have about 20~ish of these Elixirs anyways [I didn't even use any of mine throughout the game].
Also, please note that I'm a bit of a purist, and chose to go through this game without the use of any augments. Most people will use augments, and I'm assuming you have as well, so it should be even easier for you.
Goodness! I wasn't level 60 until a while after I finished the Giant of Babil part, towards the beginning of going through the Lunar dungeon. Of course, I never really got all of the summons in the game aside from the main ones.Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
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