New game, any tips?

[d£v!l'$ ph0£n!x]

i'm starting this game again and truth is i never really mastered this one, so i want ur opinions on some things:

1. Who is the best party? taking into account the only that defines chars apart at the end of the game i thought zell and irvine (for most attacks) but i've heard rinoa's angel wing is good if u only give her awesome magic (ultima, comet, flare, curaga, aura, etc).

2. What is the best magic to junction to each statistic? obviously having 99 mkaes this better, but ther r some that do more for each stat right? (like full-life is the best for hp, while ultima is the best for strength) does anyone know which the best r or wer i can find a list? (p.s i hav tried gamefaqs already, but to no avail)

also i want to share an experience i had. i was doing the dollet mission and riunning from the machine Biggs sets on u, wen selphie got her limit in battle. they wer all pretty weak so i though i'd cure em all before i ran. then as i was cycling through something awesome happened. i got ultima 2 times, in the dollet mission XD i cast, i pwned, i got bonus points

[TheSpoonyBard]

1. Who is the best party? taking into account the only that defines chars apart at the end of the game i thought zell and irvine (for most attacks) but i've heard rinoa's angel wing is good if u only give her awesome magic (ultima, comet, flare, curaga, aura, etc).

Generally Squall, Zell and Irvine deal the most damage with their limit breaks, but if you give Rinoa only Meteor magic, she'll only be able to use that when she's in her Angel Wing state. Seeing as Angel Wing multiplies Magic damage by five, the result is quite powerful.

2. What is the best magic to junction to each statistic? obviously having 99 mkaes this better, but ther r some that do more for each stat right? (like full-life is the best for hp, while ultima is the best for strength) does anyone know which the best r or wer i can find a list? (p.s i hav tried gamefaqs already, but to no avail)

You can have 100 of each item/magic in this game, not 99 as before.

The best setup I can think of right now is below. I can give you more info later when I'm at home.

HP: Full-Life/Holy
Str: Meteor
Vit: Meltdown
Mag: Holy/Anything
Spr: Reflect/Full-Life
Spd: Triple
Eva: Tornado
Hit: Double
Luck: Aura

Elem-Atk: Varies
Elem-Defx4: Life, Protect, Shell, Flare

ST-Atk: Varies
ST-Defx4: Pain, Confuse, Berserk, Break/Death/Sleep

You can put Ultima on anything that is lacking, but don't use it for Elem-Def. It's wasted there since the damage you'll be absorbing will be minimal if your Spr is half decent.

[Rantz]

Elem-Defx4: Life, Protect, Shell, Flare
You can put Ultima on anything that is lacking, but don't use it for Elem-Def. It's wasted there since the damage you'll be absorbing will be minimal if your Spr is half decent.

I like having Ultima on Elem-def. For my last game, I had 100 Ultimas, 100 Lifes, 100 Full-lifes and 100 Shells on each characters Elem-def, which rendered me invincible to anything but status effects and non-elemental damage, which I pretty much covered with Esuna, Pain, Reflect and a varying fourth, depending on situation, junctioned to ST-def, and good junctions to HP/Vit/Eva etc. Each to their own though, right?

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

1. Who is the best party?
2. What is the best magic to junction to each statistic?

1. IMO Squall, Zell and Quistis
2. If you use your stat bonuses then you can get away with junctioning any half decent magic and still get max stats
3. Good for you

Apparently you can get 50AP from this battle. I would appreciate it if someone could explain how this works. On several occasions I've taken the Black Widow down till it started repairing itself but wasn't awarded any AP.

[crazybayman]

draw draw draw!

[Mokoto]

Well party wise i try and keep evryones levels up by taking it turns for misions or taking them training so when the teams split up, the two teams both have a chance. Another tip is too draw loads and loads of magic and take your time with it becuase if you rush parts it will become difficult and your seed rank will decrease in places.

[Laugh at face of Danger]

100 of each magic... sorry if it was laready said before!
Anyways, get Zell to be great.. along with Rinoa and be sure to whoop everythings A$$ so you can get all of Quistis' limits!

[d£v!l'$ ph0£n!x]

thnx guys, ur the best (the problem is u all know it )

[TheSpoonyBard]

Well party wise i try and keep evryones levels up by taking it turns for misions or taking them training so when the teams split up, the two teams both have a chance

You should really keep your levels as low as possible (use Card to defeat the enemy) and raise your stats with magic refined from cards. Sure, it may take longer, but you'll find your characters are much more developed than the enemies, hence the battles will be very easy.

[Laugh at face of Danger]

thats taking the easy way out, play the naive way and you'll see how hard Omega is at lv 100

[TheSpoonyBard]

Omega is at Lv100 regardless of your character's levels, so taking him on at low levels is harder.

[Jessweeee♪]

Here's some tips.
1. Learn all of the junction and refining abilities first
2. Refine a lot of stuff. Cards too.
3. When you get further in the game (like the third disc) go to the island closest to heaven/hell for good draw points. The fill up very fast.
4. Pretty much everyone has an awesome limit. Zell's duel is the most handy at this point of the game. Irvine's shot is useless if you don't have good ammo (really fun if you have a turbo controller). Angelo's reverse, wishing star, and invincible moon are very helpful. Lionheart is just awesome of course.
5. DO NOT RELY ON GFs!!!

[Laugh at face of Danger]

Omega is at Lv100 regardless of your character's levels, so taking him on at low levels is harder.

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sorry, i fell forward onto the keyboard with shock! I thought Omega played along with the "I'll be at Squall's level!"?!

*bubble shatters*

[TheSpoonyBard]

Omega's not the only one. The monster's level is 80~120% of the average level of all three characters in your party.

Exceptions to the rule are Omega Weapon and the enemies on the Island Closest To Heaven/Hell (all Lv100) and the enemies in the Lunatic Pandora (all Lv1). You also need to take into account the level caps of some enemies. For instance, Ifrit can never be higher than Lv6 and Ultimecia can never be above Lv65.

[Roto13]

Remember to draw from every boss. Nothing more annoying than realizing you missed a GF a few hours ago.