I always smurf up the marching so I'm definitely gonna try Skyblade's tactics next time.

I never try to get over 100 for Rufus as it gets you a Force Stealer for Cloud. You can pick one of these up in Corel which isn't too far away. I always get 90 so he gives me a HP Plus materia which I can be busy levelling up before picking up some more in Cosmo Canyon.

Like the majority of disc 1, this bit was awesome.