He is a tricky smurfer, yeah. I think it requires some status healing items like the Smelling Salts and Awakening (I can't remember what I called them but I'm sure you know what I mean) if you can get to a shop and possibly even status resisting accessories on your critical characters. Baloki's shop expands as you climb (and indeed your odds of getting Silvers and Golds from crates increase too)Originally Posted by Slothy
As far as the battle itself goes, as the battle goes on longer he breaks out his most powerful attacks so do consider saving your best limits for the end - a similar principle to the Jiro battle. You may have become aware of a situation in the battle where he takes a rest. Perfect time to heal and pour on magical ice damage (Pumpkin is queen of this fight). Finally, hitting him with Slow and/or Confusion (Bubba can do both statuses) can always get you a breather too - you are much more likely to get Slow to stick than Confusion though.
Also, is that not the best version of that song ever? I smurfing love it so much. The FFV main theme bursting on in there out of nowhere, it's beautiful.
