How'd you beat Trema? + a few other questions :)

[Tensa Zangetsu]

How'd you guys beat Trema?

I had Yuna at lv. 99, using eq. Highroad Winds (me thinks) Garmament Grid, Gunner Dressphere, Catnip and Key To success.

Paine lv. 86 using eq. Valiant Lustre w/ Black Knight dressphere, Crystal Bangle (+100% hp) and the accessory that grants +60 magical defence.

Rikku lv. 84 using eq. Valiant Lustre w/ Black Knight dressphere, Crystal Bangle (+100% hp) and the accessory that grants first strike and the ability to cast haste.

Little more into detail.
Unequip -> Equip Key to Success on Yuna so she will be at half HP at the start of the battle vs Weapon, then have her shoot herself (she'll then be at about 200hp) and have Rikku cast haste on her. Then 1 (on occations 2) Trigger Happy volley to finish him off. No prob.

Now onto Trema... this match for me was ALL about luck. I must have had at least 20 tries on him before I was able to land enough trigger happys to kill him. I had Paine (high magical resistance) cast shell and protect granting items on the party while she and Rikku constantly had themselves at 100% hp by the use of X-potions and Elexirs.

Would like to hear your strategies. I feel like I have been "cheating" by using catnip... By the way, do you guys also feel like the Special Dresspheres are just a waste? The right combinations of party dresspheres easily overcomes the SD's.

Since this is my first post on this forum, I'd like to ask a few more questions so as not to have 2-3 topics with my name on them after each other :P

Is it possible to get the 1st and 5th crimson sphere in the 5th chapter? 2nd time going trough the game and at 92%. I realize I wont be able to score the 100 this time, but I really would like to gather all the crimson spheres. I was rather shocked after watching nr. 8 ;o.

Do you guys know how many endings the game has in total? The first time I completed the game I was at 56% and got a real lame ending not answering any questions. I've played all titles since FF7 and all of them from the start leave me with a thirst for more of the incredible story and some answers. Sadly FFX-2 only supplies you with the answers by sidequesting, thus moving away from the story making it at times extremely boring (For about a year my copy of FFX-2 has been dusting down in my bookshelves).

On to the Next question.
How many different parts do I have to dig up in the desert for the machina to be at lv 5-5-5? I've done a 100 digs and I'm starting to get really fed up with this mission. I do NOT want to have to complete this mission the next (and hopefully the last) time I finish the game. Oh and where do I find the repair manuals? I got one from the guy sitting in the left room as you enter Jose temple, but used that one allready. Where are the other ones?

Well thats about that. Got a bit long but better then posting three different topics at once dont you say? :P

[Mitch]

Easily.

[boys from the dwarf]

question one:with crimson spheres you usually have to get them in the right chapters but i think you can still get the one in the leblanc cheteu if you dont have it.
question2:just keep on digging!

[Markus. D]

i drained his mp with gun mage and annialated his mp with samurai.

attacking in timed syc so trema ddnt have a chance of attacking. MUAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (all done without that stupid catnip accecory)

[The Anarchy Angel]

Soul Spring, wipes out his Mp in no time

[Markus. D]

i found paragon harder then trema, trema was just a real fun battle.

[karatehero]

Trema didn't seem hard to me at all. I beat him the first time.

Now I've been through the game several times, and have 3 iron dukes. He isn't even a challenge anymore except for this HP. Taking 1000000 HP off him takes quite a while even when hitting for 9999 every time. I usually just cat nip him even at this point. I hit him up without cat nip for about 15 minutes, and didn't even have him a quarter of the way there (when I fought him that last time, I only had 2 dukes and I had to keep revivng paine).

[Tensa Zangetsu]

òÓ I never thought draining mp would be worthwhile, guess I'll try that next time ;o

ANYWAYS...

I have now been digging 280 digs... I have:
Attack: Z19 S36 A32
Defence: Z12 S55(!!) A25
Special: Z20 S41 A26

Total digs: 292
Successfull digs: 280
Failed digs: 12

Now... where do I find the repair manuals? I've been digging for 3 days straight, and this is by far the most boring mission of them all, but I need the episode complete. The walktrough supplyed by eyesonff does not say anything about where to find them, and so I'm lead to belive that they should be so easy to find that it's not worth mentioning, but I dont have them and I dont find them, plz help me out here First time I beat the machina it had the stats 4-5-5

[karatehero]

Is it just me, or have you gone way overboard on collecting parts? Thats way more than you need, you just have to get the manuals.

sorry, check a walkthrough for their locations. I don't remember. I know 1 guys gives you one right in the temple, and there is another one in the chocobo dungeon (I think). Thats all I remember.

[Tensa Zangetsu]

*sigh* Thanks, guess I'll keep looking.
But for the dungeon, the walktrough said send 3 chocobos out to search for items, each a different level. I did and none ran away, yet nothing happened? What do I do?

[Directorate Jax]

The manuals:

1. From the guy in the room left of the cloister stairway in Djose Temple.
2. From the guy just outside Experiment's room in Djose Temple. Password: MARNELA.
3. From the monkeys by the interview office outside Djose Temple. Press X when all three jump simultaneously.
4. From a machina near the northern Mi'ihen gate (haven't figured out how to get it).
4. From the Ruin Depths Chocobo Stables secret dungeon (have yet to open this dungeon).

As for Experiment parts... Beat him once before his stats are 5-5-5. Repaired it with the first repair manual. Afterward, I did 30 digs (total 45) in the Central Expanse (previously had 15 from the Western and Southern Expanses) and the stats were at 5-5-5. Cat Nip for an easy kill.

[mohd syarir]

why do bother, my girls level are when defeat trema

yuna=lvl 67 berserker
rikku=lvl 70 warrior
paine=lvl 68 alchemist

first i make sure that he has no mp left, then make him physical attack lower and defend lower, then i stampede him and win.

[sephiroth the dark angel]

where abouts in the stable

[Mo-Nercy]

I have now been digging 280 digs... I have:
Attack: Z19 S36 A32
Defence: Z12 S55(!!) A25
Special: Z20 S41 A26

Total digs: 292
Successfull digs: 280
Failed digs: 12

Holy carping saint Moses!

You don't even need to repair him 5 times. You just need to get the machina up to level 5 on all stats (and you've gone over about 6 times worth) and beat it to get Episode Complete.

[sephiroth the dark angel]

Soul Spring, wipes out his Mp in no time

u mean with no mp he can't attack?