niks FF8 Low level, no stat junction, no in battle magic or summoning, challenge.

[nik0tine]

This...is amazing. (And do you plan on making a guide )

Don't let up now! You're almost there! (Where do you get Aura Stones anyway? )

Amazing, huh?

I never really thought about making a guide. I don't see why I can't make one, though. I'd probably have to do this challenge a second time, though.

Don't worry, I don't plan on giving up yet. (Although Sphinxaur has beat me three times in a row.)
Aura stones are refined from alot of things. A power wrist gives me ten, I believe. Steel pipes (or is it orbs?) and fury fragments give me two. Also, I got some from the chocobo sidequest, I think.

Now, I'm looking for some strategies for sphinxaur. I basically can't do any damage at all. Once I knock his "mask" off I have to deal with Doom. I can't heal, I can't revive anyone who dies (and after 8 seconds they are certain to be dead) and I cannot kill her before she uses doom because my attack power blows and I can't use limit breaks. I'm really not sure what to do, here. Are there any abilities that prevent statuses like doom? I tought Siren the return damage ability, thinking that I might be able to use that for extra damage, but it doesn't do more than 50 damage, and it only works when Squall is attacked. (plus, he's dead after four or so hits, so it wont do more than 400 damage anyway)

Basically I'm looking for a way around these seals so that I can actually dish out a fair amount of damage.

[Ultima Shadow]

Well, just in case you would need it in futher battles, the Item that teaches GFs Auto-Shell is Moon Curtain.

Anyways... congratulations on beating Adel! This is so totally awesome!

As for Sphinxaur... well, the battle is all about holding down the X button to perform Normal Attacks over and over again. So I guess the best thing to do is boosting your Attack power somehow. The only way to do this, though, is to junction Str+60% and get the ultimate weapons for everyone in your party. Auto-Haste is probably good to have equiped, too. If Gilgamesh appears and does Excalibur or Massamune, then that will probably help a lot, too. Also, it's impossible to protect yourself against Doom.

[Shin Gouken]

F**k yeah that must have been amazin!!! I for one am seriously impressed

[nik0tine]

haha, yeah, it was pretty cool.

I find it somewhat humorous that I took out Adel even though I was so severely handicapped and immediately thereafter I get killed by Sphinxaur.

[Shin Gouken]

haha, yeah, it was pretty cool.

I find it somewhat humorous that I took out Adel even though I was so severely handicapped and immediately thereafter I get killed by Sphinxaur.

How did you lose to sphinxaur

He's not going to give you as much trouble as Adel though surely? Have you got a way to beat him?

[nik0tine]

At this point I do not have a way to beat him, although I doubt he is going to give me the same trouble that Adel did. I just need to figure out how to deal a decent amount of damage to him so that I can kill him before all of my guys die.

This is where the "low level" portion of this challenge comes in. If I could level up I could just outlevel alot of these bosses, Sphinxaur included. Now I have to figure out how to get around my handicaps.

[Shin Gouken]

I don't remember what exactly you don't have for this battle. Items, magic, GF, save, revive, limits, in battle commands and.... something else. and obviously you can't junction. But can you still use abilities like auto-protect?

If you can't then yeah, levelling up is all you can do. But won't they level up with you?

[nik0tine]

I beat him. Or, to be more accurate, Gilgamesh beat him. I refined the Carbuncle card into 3 glow curtains (I think) and equipped all of my characters with auto reflect. The beginning of the battle was a breeze because sphinxaurs attacks just bounced back and hit him. Later he began casting Doom and killed both Rinoa and Selphie. About that same time Gilgamesh came in and did something I've never seen him do before - Masamune. It did 3,300 damage and took Sphinxaura out. I chose to unlock limit breaks, but I kept a seperate save file before that just incase I need to unlock something else instead.

Also, is there a way to tell which CC group member has my Carbuncle card? I want it back.

Edit: I just took down Tiamat and enabled the command ability. I've now unsealed two of the seals in Ultimecias castle. Next up I'll be fighting Red Giant, I think.

[nik0tine]

Sphinxaur.. Krysta.. Tripoint.. Trauma.. Catoblepas.. Red Giant.. Gargantua.. Tiamat..

I've off'ed every enemy in Ultimecias Castle... except one. Omega Weapon, here I come!

[Ultima Shadow]

About that same time Gilgamesh came in and did something I've never seen him do before - Masamune. It did 3,300 damage and took Sphinxaura out.

The ultimate proof that Gilgamesh > Odin.

Sphinxaur.. Krysta.. Tripoint.. Trauma.. Catoblepas.. Red Giant.. Gargantua.. Tiamat..

I've off'ed every enemy in Ultimecias Castle... except one. Omega Weapon, here I come!

Wow, that was fast. Seems like the other ones didn't really put up a good fight, after all.

Anyways... good luck with the big beef. HE will not be a pushover, that's for sure.

[Mirage]

I don't think you can get back a rare card once you've refined it.

[TheSpoonyBard]

nik, I think the Diamond on the left plays all the high-level cards.

Mirage, you can win back all the cards (except Pupu) from the CC group on disc 4, but only if you defeat them all before the end of disc 3. They'll be on the Ragnarok.

[Fire_Emblem776]

*claps hand* my god... your so brave...

[nik0tine]

I gave Omega a run for his money last night. It took him at least 20 minutes to kill me. It has become very apparent that although he is hard, he is beatable. I just wish there was a way around this hero/holy war thing.

[TheSpoonyBard]

You can Defend against everything except Lv5 Death, Megiddo Flame (9,998 damage) and Light Pillar (9,999 damage). You wouldn't get many attacks in if you keep Defending, and without invincibility or junctionin to HP you won't survive Megiddo Flame.