Quote Originally Posted by a nirvana fan
I think your wrong, I NEVER used Armor Break, not once, I killed all the different type of Flans using Attack, apart from at the very beggining at Besaid, where you HAVE to use the magic to kill them.
Armor Break works on all the Flans until the Monster Arena. I also barely level up. I think I maybe had 30 Sphere levels on all characters my first playthrough. I HAD to use strategy. I don't bother with power leveling (or going out of my way to level at all).