Hee hee . . . silly peoples with your fancy status protections!

FFVIII was the only FF where I bothered to get all my characters up to Level 100, so at the end of the game Malboros were never a problem for me . . . Squall could hit even when blinded, so I just left him on Beserk (he had Auto-Haste too . . . yay). Everyone else I just let die -- a hasted Squall dealing 9999/hit even with poison could pretty easily be victorious. And before the 4th disc? Mug, then RUN AWAY.

And yes, I found the Malboro's laugh to be one of the creepiest things I've heard . . . on my first battle with one I ran away just cause it was SCARY. EEK. :o