Quote Originally Posted by Nebulance View Post
Quote Originally Posted by TidusVsJecht View Post
So which of these ultimate armours would you now choose;

BHPL
Auto-phoenix
Auto-haste
Auto-potion//Auto-protect//Defence +20%

OR

Auto-phoenix
Auto-haste
Auto-potion
Auto-protect//Defence +20%
Granted, I have not beaten Penance, given that I have the US version of the game, but wouldn't you have to worry about status aliments? I tend to use:

Auto-med
stoneproof
confuseproof
beserkproof

This minimizes the need to heal for status aliments. However, Pete's suggestion of Ribbon takes care of that. His clearly is better. Auto-haste seems to be invaluable in these kinds of battles.
Ribbon is a pain to get, but worth it imo. However, as for Penance Ribbon is not entirely necessary. Only the arms will attack with status ailments. If you're confident enough you can kill the arms before they get a chance to attack during the WHOLE fight, you can risk swapping Ribbon for Auto-Potion or Auto-Phoenix.

I didn't risk it though. I went to battle with about 80 megalixirs. At the start I made sure I boosted some extra defense using Cheer and Rikku's Overdrive. Then all there's left is to count how many turns you need to kill the arms. If I was one turn short I used either Auron's or Wakka's overdrive. After every single Penance attack I used Quick Pockets and a megalixir to get everyone back in shape. Took about 50 minutes, but he went down eventually with about 20 megalixirs left.