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Yeah, I tried that too. Phoenix Downs, Elixers, Ethers, Flare 10, Ultima 11, Cure 13, AND I STILL LOST!!! Few things are worse than withstanding all his magic attacks, while doing steady damage for ten turns, then getting nailed by that Life-Drain ability of his. For 5000 hp. And the target only has 1000 left.

Ok, so the pimpy whimpy emperor is difficult, but I think that you might be exagerating! With all the things that you list it should be a cleat overkill! I beated this game with way less than that (my flare and ultima were both just lv. 9 and I never used ethers, elixirs or any items or blood sword. I do not state this for showing off, it is just a fact) It did take me three chances, but that was enough. What equippement do you have? Some things that I found useful to do were, for example, to have one of my characters only casting life for everybody at once every turn, even if everybody was alive (in case killed during that turn).