Quote Originally Posted by Dr Unne
If you lose a battle more than 2 or 3 times in a row I'd say gain a few levels. All that time you spend going through the dungeon could be spent levelling. If you must, fight through the ToF until you get to right before Chaos and then warp out and save. It's like losing the battle, except you get masses of experience and money so the time isn't a waste.
I think lord shishio was playing the Dawn of Souls version, where you can save anywhere, so you don't even have to warp out to save.

Are level proportions really different in DoS? In NES, WSC and PSX, I always beat Chaos on levels 30-50 (he's a breeze if you're on level 40+), and those versions are all considerably harder than the DoS version.