PM = private messageOriginally Posted by Dr.M
this is what i did in order to beat the dark aeons...
0. THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION YOU WILL NEED, which im sure you can all figure out yourselves anyway, is that whenever a dark aeon has a full overdrive gauge, you MUST summon an aeon to take the hit for you, because it will most likely kill your whole party (you might be able to survive an overdrive by the first few dark aeons, but not when you get to the last few dark aeons).
ne way this is what i did
1. used zanmoto on dark valefor (i didn't know what to do, and i really wanted to get back into besaid).
2. got the celestial weapons for the characters that i could (in order: Auron's, then yuna's, then lulu's, then kimahri's, then rikku's, then wakka's). i couldn't get tidus's celestial weapon until after i beat dark bahamut, so in the mean time i made him a similar weapon using items.
3. got AP weapons for my three best characters from one-eye or ultima buster at the monster arena (an AP weapon has triple overdrive, triple AP, overdrive -> AP).
4. battled Don Tonberry to get quick sphere levels (using the AP weapons).
5. after levelling a bit, i found that it was quite easy to beat dark ifrit, shiva and ixion. They have the weakest defences and i was able to kill them using wakka's attack reels (it never misses... i killed dark shiva using a single attack reels).
6. levelled a bit more and equipped armor that i had won from previous dark aeon battles (some of them had ribbon)
7. battled dark yojimbo, and then battled him again, and again, and again, and again... that 5 battles took ages cos u can't stop in between and come back later... again i used a combination of attack reel and used aim (alot) in order to hit him with physical attacks. remember, when he is about to do zanmoto, summon an aeon.
8. killed the dark magus sisters (amazingly) one by one using the same technique... yes you can fight them 1 by 1, and it is alot easier that way (they can never use delta attack if they are not together). you will have to run like hell in order to do so though. as you run through mushroom rock road, cindy will stop chasing you about half way along the path, and sandy (i think) will stop when you reach the elevator. tehn just work your way backwards killing them one by one.
9. levelled more, and beat dark bahamut. his impulse attack does petrify shatter, so it is necessary to have stoneproof or possibly ribbon. his impulse attack (which is a counter attack to every fifth attack on him) also does ALL the breaks on your party, making them weak and defenceless. mega flare will no doubt kill your party, so it is important to summon an aeon before this, and possibly before impulse if you want to avoid the breaks (keep a tally of the physical attacks you do on him, so you know when he will do it - after every 5th attack).
10. beat dark anima. did not use attack reels, because it didnt do very much damage. used aim many times and then hit him with physical attack, and summoned aeons to avoid oblivion. this was a very hard battle, and i had to sacrifice ALL of my aeons to avoid oblivion. hit pain attack will cause instant death to a character (regardless of deathproof or ribbon) and his mega gravition will take off about half your max health.
there we are, a short explanation of how i beat the dark aeons... believe me, there is a lot more to it than that, but it is definately possible and quite satisfying as well (still gotta beat penance though).
hope that helps...
