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Final Fantasy IV DS first route

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  1. General Guidelines
  2. - You want to be on Battle Speed 6 for all random battles. This ensures you will run away from the battle with no damage 90% of the time (that's a made up percentage). It seems as though the time it takes to run away is independent from the battle speed, but I can't say for sure.
  3.  
  4. - You don't want to be on Battle Speed 6 for any boss fight or scripted battle. This will simply drain time in the speedrun. Battle Speed 1 is recommended, but I admit that Battle Speed 2 or 3 may be as fast or faster for specific boss fights.
  5.  
  6. - For many boss fights, I wrote down what I refer to as a "Combat Loop." This is basically what the party member should do when there's no situational condition to handle instead. Any directions given before a combat loop are things for the party member to take care of before moving to the loop.
  7.  
  8. - Twincast is different in this version. You can ensure Palom & Porom will cast Comet, the stronger spell, by keeping them both at max HP and max MP. The game checks the HP ratio (Current HP / Max HP) and MP ratio (Current MP / Max MP) of both twincast users to determine if Comet is used. If the ratios are within 20% of each other, Comet is used... otherwise, it's Pyroblast.
  9.  
  10. - Make sure to check out https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/final__fantasy_iv_ds.html for any further developments of the route.
  11.  
  12. ********************
  13. ** Airship Battle **
  14. ********************
  15. Cecil: AutoBattle (Attack)
  16.  
  17. Baron Castle
  18. - Battle Speed: 6
  19. - Movement: Run
  20.  
  21. Baron Castle 1F
  22. - Chests behind the wall
  23. -- 480 gil, Ether, Tent
  24.  
  25. Overworld Map
  26. - Set Kain's AutoBattle to Jump
  27. - Southwest to Chocobo Forest
  28. - Northwest with Chocobo to Mist Cave
  29.  
  30. Mist Cave
  31. - Start 100%ing the map
  32. - NorthWest Chest: Potion
  33. - MidEast Chest, before Mist Dragon: Potion
  34.  
  35. Before Mist Dragon
  36. - Battle Speed: 1
  37.  
  38. *****************
  39. ** Mist Dragon **
  40. *****************
  41. Cecil: AutoBattle (Attack)
  42. Kain: AutoBattle (Jump)
  43. Cecil: AutoBattle (Attack)
  44. Cecil: AutoBattle (Attack)
  45.  
  46. - Kain Lands -
  47.  
  48. Kain: Fight
  49.  
  50. - Mist Form -
  51.  
  52. Kain: Potion Cecil
  53. Cecil: Darkness
  54. Kain: Jump (immediate)
  55.  
  56. - Dragon Form -
  57.  
  58. -- Repeat from Beginning --
  59.  
  60. *****************
  61.  
  62. After Mist Dragon
  63. - Battle Speed: 6
  64. - Remove Kain's Equipment
  65.  
  66. Mist Cave
  67. - Finish 100%ing the map: 5 Potions
  68.  
  69. Before Kaipo
  70. - Battle Speed: 1
  71.  
  72. ************************
  73. ** General & Soldiers **
  74. ************************
  75. Cecil: Darkness
  76. (Optional) Cecil: Attack General
  77. (Optional) Cecil: Attack General
  78. Cecil: AutoBattle (Attack) until battle is over
  79.  
  80. Killing General adds 300xp
  81. ************************
  82.  
  83. Kaipo
  84. - Battle Speed: 6
  85. - Talk to Rosa, Receive AutoPotion Augment
  86.  
  87. Waterway Entrance, South - B1
  88. - (Optional) NorthWest Chest: Maiden's Kiss
  89. - Talk to Tellah
  90.  
  91. Underground Waterway, South - B2
  92. - Save Point Cutscene
  93. - NorthEast Chest: Ice Rod
  94.  
  95. Underground Waterway - B3
  96. - SouthEast Chest: 580 gil
  97.  
  98. Underground Waterway, North - B1
  99. - Battle Speed: 1
  100. - Start fighting battles from here on, nuking enemies with Tellah's magic. Final goal is to get Rydia to level 10.
  101. - South of Exit Chest: Shadowblade
  102. - Further South of Exit Chest: Bronze Hourglass
  103.  
  104. Overworld Map
  105. - Tent before Underground Falls (Refill Tellah's MP)
  106.  
  107. Underground Lake - B2
  108. - 100% Map for 5 Potions
  109. - South Chests: Hades Helm, Hades Gloves
  110.  
  111. Underground Lake - B1
  112. - 100% Map for 3 Zues's Wraths
  113. - South Chest: Hermes Sandals
  114. - North Chest: Hades Shield
  115.  
  116. Before Octomammoth
  117. - Equip Cecil Optimize
  118. - Equip Rydia Optimize
  119. - Rydia should be level 10, minumum
  120. - (Optional) Ether Tellah
  121.  
  122. *****************
  123. ** Octomammoth **
  124. *****************
  125. Cecil: Hermes Sandals
  126. Rydia: Poison
  127.  
  128. - Three or Four Tentacles Left -
  129. Tellah: Blink Rydia, Cecil, and Tellah in that order.
  130.  
  131. ~ Combat Loop ~
  132. Cecil: Attack or Darkness (if not already Darkness'd)
  133. Tellah: Thunder
  134. Rydia: Potions or Defend
  135. *****************
  136.  
  137. Damcyan
  138. - Remove Tellah's Equipment
  139. - Optimize Rydia
  140. - Walk around the East side of the castle
  141.  
  142. Damcyan Castle Dungeons
  143. - SouthWest part of room has a hidden staircase
  144.  
  145. Damcyan Castle Dungeons - B1
  146. - Chest configuration below. Open chests labeled as "O"
  147. X X X
  148. O O X
  149. Ether, Phoenix Down
  150. - SouthWest part of room has a hidden Elixir
  151. - Backtrack to continue storyline
  152.  
  153. Damcyan Castle - 2F
  154. - (Optional) Chest East of stairs: Tent
  155.  
  156. Before Antlion's Den
  157. - (Optional) Tent
  158. - Battle Speed: 6
  159.  
  160. Antlion's Den B1
  161. - NorthWest Chest: Spider Silk
  162.  
  163. Before Antlion
  164. - Battle Speed: 1
  165.  
  166. *************
  167. ** Antlion **
  168. *************
  169. Edward: Spider Silk
  170. Cecil: Darkness
  171. Rydia: Poison
  172. Rydia: Thunder
  173.  
  174. ~ Combat Loop ~
  175. Edward: Potions
  176.  
  177. ~ Combat Loop (Red Eyes) ~
  178. Cecil: Attack 4x
  179. Rydia: Defend 3x
  180.  
  181. ~ Combat Loop (White Eyes) ~
  182. Cecil: Defend 3x
  183. Rydia: Thunder 3x
  184. Cecil: Darkness
  185. *************
  186.  
  187. After Antlion
  188. - Battle Speed: 6
  189.  
  190. Antlion's Den - B2
  191. - NorthWest Chest: Spider Silk
  192.  
  193. Antlion's Den Save Room
  194. - Chest East of stairs: Phoenix Down
  195. - NorthEast Chest: Ether
  196. - NorthWest Chest: Emergency Exit
  197. - Emergency Exit out of Antlion's Den
  198.  
  199. Before Kaipo
  200. - Battle Speed: 1
  201.  
  202. Kaipo
  203. - Sand Pearl to Rosa
  204.  
  205. **************
  206. ** Waterhag **
  207. **************
  208. Edward: AutoBattle (Attack)
  209.  
  210. Kaipo
  211. - North of Inn: Item Lore Augment
  212.  
  213. Before Mount Hobs
  214. - Battle Speed: 6
  215. - Rosa to back row
  216.  
  217. Before Mom Bomb
  218. - Battle Speed: 1
  219.  
  220. *************
  221. ** Goblins **
  222. *************
  223. Yang: Kick
  224.  
  225.  
  226. **************
  227. ** Mom Bomb **
  228. **************
  229. Rosa: Protect All
  230. Cecil: Darkness
  231.  
  232. ~ Combat Loop ~
  233. Rosa: Defend
  234. Edward: Defend
  235. Cecil: Attack
  236. Yang: Attack
  237. Rydia: Blizzard
  238. ---------------
  239.  
  240. -- After ~1400 damage, Explosion Form Begins --
  241. Yang: Brace
  242. Everyone Else: Defend
  243.  
  244. -- After Explosion --
  245. Yang: Kick until battle is over
  246. **************
  247.  
  248. After Mom Bomb
  249. - Battle Speed: 6
  250.  
  251. Fabul Castle Weapons & Armor
  252. - Buy Thunder & Ice Claws
  253. - Remove Rydia & Rosa's Equipment
  254. - Optimize Yang
  255.  
  256. ****************
  257. ** Fabul Rush **
  258. ****************
  259. Yang/Cecil: Kill Edward in the first fight for more XP.
  260.  
  261. -- General & Soldiers --
  262. Cecil: Attack General
  263. Yang: Kick
  264.  
  265. -- Leshy, Goblin & Waterhag --
  266. Cecil: Attack Leshy
  267. Yang: Kick
  268.  
  269. -- Gargoyle --
  270. Yang: Attack
  271. ****************
  272.  
  273. Fabul Throne Room
  274. - NorthEast Chest: Spider Silk
  275.  
  276. Fabul King's Room (After Dialog)
  277. - Optimize Cecil
  278. - Remove Yang & Edward's Equipment
  279.  
  280. Dock Cutscene
  281. - Collect Counter augment from Yang's wife
  282.  
  283. Mysidia Armorer
  284. - Sell all equipment except
  285. -- Thunder/Ice Claws
  286. -- Sage's Surplice, Kenpo Gi & Gaia Gear
  287. -- Iron Gloves & Silver Armlet
  288. - Buy Equipment
  289. -- Silver Armlet
  290. -- Lustrous Shield
  291. -- Gauntlets
  292.  
  293. Mysidia Weapons
  294. - Buy Flame Rode
  295.  
  296. Mysidia Sundries
  297. - Buy Items
  298. -- 11 Echo Herbs
  299. -- 21 Phoenix Downs
  300. -- 31 Hi-Potions
  301.  
  302. After Twins Join
  303. - Battle Speed: 6
  304. - Give one twin 2 augments, and the other twin 1 augment.
  305.  
  306. After Tellah Joins
  307. - Optimize Tellah
  308.  
  309. Mount Ordeals - Summit
  310. - (Optional) 100% Map: Red Fang
  311.  
  312. Before Scarmigilione
  313. - Battle Speed: 1
  314.  
  315. *******************
  316. ** Scarmigilione **
  317. *******************
  318. Cecil: Spider Silk
  319. Palom/Porom: Twincast
  320. Tellah Silence
  321. Porom: Cry
  322.  
  323. ~ Combat Loop ~
  324. Cecil: Attack or Darkness (if not Darkness'd)
  325. Palom/Porom/Tellah: Defend
  326. *******************
  327.  
  328. **********************
  329. ** Scarmigilione 2 **
  330. **********************
  331. Anyone: Elixir Scarmiglione
  332.  
  333. After Scarmiglione
  334. - Remove Cecil's Equipment
  335.  
  336. *****************
  337. ** Dark Knight **
  338. *****************
  339. Cecil: Don't do anything (of course!)
  340.  
  341. After becoming a Paladin
  342. - Battle Speed: 6
  343. - Optimize Cecil
  344.  
  345. Mount Ordeals - Crossing
  346. - East of second stairway: Curse Augment
  347.  
  348. Mysidia
  349. - Head to Baron
  350.  
  351. Baron
  352. - Confront Yang
  353.  
  354. Before Confronting Yang
  355. - Battle Speed: 1
  356.  
  357. **************
  358. ** Generals **
  359. **************
  360. Cecil/Palom/Porom: Defend
  361. Tellah: Blizzaga All
  362.  
  363. **********
  364. ** Yang **
  365. **********
  366. Everyone: Defend
  367.  
  368. -- After Yang's 2nd Kick --
  369.  
  370. Cecil: Attack
  371. **********
  372.  
  373. Baron Weapons & Armor
  374. - SouthEast of store has a hidden passage to get the stores chests.
  375. -- Zues's Wrath & 2000 gil
  376. - Sell Dark Equipment
  377. - Buy Equipment
  378. -- 4 Headbands
  379. -- 2 Kenpo (You may only be able to afford one)
  380.  
  381. After Shopping
  382. - Optimize Yang, Tellah & Cecil
  383.  
  384. Before Sewers
  385. - East wall has a hidden passage leading to a chest
  386. -- 1000 gil
  387.  
  388. Early Sewers
  389. - Use Kick & Tellah's Magic to get Cecil to level 10 before castle.
  390.  
  391. After Cecil's level 10
  392. - Battle Speed: 6
  393.  
  394. Ancient Waterway - B3
  395. - Chest elevated out of the water: Hermes Sandals
  396.  
  397. Ancient Water - B2
  398. - 100% Map for 3 Remedies
  399. - Only Chest: Ether
  400.  
  401. Before Baigan
  402. - Battle Speed: 1
  403.  
  404. ************
  405. ** Baigan **
  406. ************
  407. Palom/Porom: Twincast
  408. Cecil: Protect All
  409. Yang: Focus
  410. Tellah: Slow
  411.  
  412. Palom: Poison
  413. Porom: Cry
  414. Cecil: Cover Porom
  415. Yang: Focus
  416. Tellah: Blizzaga Left Arm
  417.  
  418. Palom/Porom: Twincast
  419. Cecil: Fight Body
  420. Yang: Focus
  421. Tellah: Heal
  422.  
  423. ~ Combat Loop ~
  424. Yang: Attack
  425. Cecil: Attack
  426. Tellah/Palom: Blizz magic on a reflected party member
  427. Porom: Defend or Heal
  428. ************
  429.  
  430. Before Cagnazzo
  431. - Hi-Potion All
  432. - Remove Palom & Porom's Equipment
  433.  
  434. **************
  435. ** Cagnazzo **
  436. **************
  437. Cagnazzo casts slow a LOT, so be ready with Tellah to Haste Yang. He may counter physical damage with hold, which can be remedied, but to avoid tons of counters we'll do most of our damage in bursts with Yang.
  438. When Cagnazzo gathers water, he's going for Tusnami. If you don't hit him with Thunder or a Zues's Wrath before he casts it, the part will be wiped.
  439.  
  440. Palom: Poison
  441. Porom: Slow
  442. Tellah: Haste Yang
  443. Cecil: Protect All
  444.  
  445. Porom: Cry
  446. Palom: Blizzara Porom
  447. Tellah: Wait in case Cagnazzo gathers water or Haste Yang if slowed
  448. Cecil: Wait in case Cagnazzo gathers water or Attack
  449.  
  450. Palom: Blizzara Palom
  451.  
  452. ~ Combat Loop ~
  453. Yang: Focus 3x
  454. Cecil: Wait in case Cagnazzo gathers water or Attack
  455. Tellah: Wait in case Cagnazzo gathers water or Haste Yang if slowed
  456. Yang: Attack
  457. ---------------
  458.  
  459. -- Cagnazzo gathers water --
  460. Tellah: Thunder or Thundara
  461. Everyone Else: Zues's Wrath (If Tellah isn't ready)
  462.  
  463. -- Cagnazzo withdrew into shell --
  464. Yang: Fight
  465. Tellah: Blizzaga
  466. Cecil: Wait in case Cagnazzo gathers water
  467. **************
  468.  
  469. Baron
  470. - Battle Speed: 6
  471. - Buy extra Kenpo if you only got one Kenpo before
  472.  
  473. Mysidia
  474. - Talk to Elder to receive 5 augments
  475. -- Dualcast, Bluff, Cry, and 2x Twincast
  476.  
  477. Mist Northern House
  478. - Empty Fireplace hidden chests
  479. -- Polymorph Rod & Golden Hairpin
  480.  
  481. Troia Castle
  482. - Talk with Edward
  483.  
  484. Chocobo Forest
  485. - Black Chocobo to fly to Lodestone Cavern
  486.  
  487. Lodestone Cavern - B3
  488. - Southern room on map
  489. -- Middle Chest: Spider Silk
  490. - 100% Map for 3 Silent Bells
  491.  
  492. Before Dark Elf
  493. - Optimize Cid
  494. - Equip Tellah with Poly Rod
  495. - Augment Cecil: Cry
  496. - Augment Cid: Curse/Twincast
  497. - Augment Tellah: Bluff/Twincast
  498. - Replace Empty Slot with Cry in Cecil's Abilities
  499. - Battle Speed: 1
  500.  
  501. **************
  502. ** Dark Elf **
  503. **************
  504. - Before anything else, SILENCE DARK ELF! -
  505. Everyone but Tellah: Silent Bell
  506. Tellah: Silence
  507.  
  508. Tellah: Haste Yang
  509. Yang: Focus
  510. Cecil: Cry
  511. Cid: Attack
  512.  
  513. Tellah: Berserk Yang
  514. Cecil: Protect All
  515. Cid: Attack
  516.  
  517. Tellah: Cura or Shell All
  518. Cecil/Cid: Attack
  519.  
  520. - Dragon Form Begins -
  521. Tellah: Slow
  522. Cecil: Cry
  523.  
  524. Tellah: Blink Yang then Cecil
  525. Tellah: Osmose (if alive)
  526.  
  527. ~ Combat Loop (Dragon formed or used Dark Breath) ~
  528. Cecil: Attack
  529. Yang: Attack
  530.  
  531. ~ Combat Loop (Dragon physicially attacked) ~
  532. Cecil: Defend
  533. Yang: Brace
  534. **************
  535.  
  536. After Dark Elf
  537. - Grab Dark Crystal
  538. - Exit Crystal Room
  539. - Battle Speed: 6
  540. - Tellah: Teleport (may need to use Ether)
  541.  
  542. Troia Castle
  543. - Dark Crystal cutscene
  544.  
  545. Troia Castle Eastern Entrance
  546. - Western staircase
  547.  
  548. Troia Castle - B1
  549. - Talk to guard for entry to B2
  550.  
  551. Troia Castle - B2
  552. - Chest configuration below. Open chests labeled as "O"
  553. X O O O O X X X O
  554. X O O O X X X O X
  555. 2x Remedy, 2x Ether, 2x Dry Ether, Elixir, 50000 gil, 5000 gil
  556.  
  557. Troia Castle Western Entrance
  558. - Talk to Edward to receive Bardsong augment
  559.  
  560. (Optional) Troia Item Shop
  561. - Max Hi-Potions
  562. - Buy 31 Phoenix Downs
  563.  
  564. Tower of Zot - 4F
  565. - 100% Map for Elixir
  566. - Middle Door to 5F
  567.  
  568. Tower of Zot - 5F
  569. - East of entrance chest: Hell Claws
  570.  
  571. Before Magus Sisters
  572. - Heal up
  573. - Battle Speed: 1
  574. - Equip Hell Claw to Yang
  575.  
  576. *******************
  577. ** Magus Sisters **
  578. *******************
  579. The goal in this fight is to silence Sandy and dispel any reflects on Cindy. The sisters will keep trying to do the delta attack, but the result will simply be Mindy casting level 2 elemental spells on Cindy over and over.
  580.  
  581. If you have Silent Bells, use them.
  582. Otherwise, Silence Sandy with Tellah
  583.  
  584. Tellah: Dispel Cindy's Reflect
  585. Cecil: Cry
  586.  
  587. Tellah: Esuna Mindy's Silence
  588. Cecil: Protect All
  589.  
  590. ~ Combat Loop ~
  591. Yang: Focus 3x
  592. Cecil: Attack Mindy
  593. Cid: Attack Mindy
  594. Tellah: High Level Magic Sandy
  595.  
  596. Yang: Attack Cindy
  597. *******************
  598.  
  599. After Magus Sisters
  600. - Remove Tellah's Equipment
  601.  
  602. After Tellah dies
  603. - Receive Fast Talking, Last Stand, and Recall Augments
  604.  
  605. Before Barbariccia
  606. - Augment Rosa: Dualcast/Fast Talker
  607. - Remove Cid's Headband/Kenpo
  608. - Equip Kain with Headband/Kenpo
  609. - Optimize Rosa/Cecil
  610. - Replace Attack with Dualcasting in Rosa's Abilities
  611. - Replace Aim with Fast Talker in Rosa's Abilities
  612. - Switch Kain and Cecil's positions
  613.  
  614. *****************
  615. ** Barbariccia **
  616. *****************
  617. Barbariccia will counter most spells with Maelstorm (criticals entire party) and most physical attacks with Lightning to the whole party. Because of this, we want to do as much damage possible with a single attack, so Yang is the primary damage dealer.
  618.  
  619. Rosa: Slow/Shell All
  620. Cecil: Cry
  621. Yang: Hermes Sandals
  622.  
  623. Rosa: Blink Self & Yang
  624. Cecil: Protect All
  625.  
  626. ~ Combat Loop (No tornado) ~
  627. Yang: Focus 3x
  628. Everyone else: Defend/Heal
  629. Yang: Attack
  630.  
  631. ~ Combat Loop (Tornado) ~
  632. Kain: Jump
  633. Everyone else: Defend/Heal
  634. *****************
  635.  
  636. Go Underground
  637.  
  638. Before Dwarf Castle
  639. - Remove Cid's Equipment
  640.  
  641. ****************
  642. ** Calcabrena **
  643. ****************
  644. Kain: Jump Top-Left Blue Doll
  645. Cecil: Cry
  646. Yang: Spider Silk
  647. Rosa: Protect All / Blink self
  648.  
  649. Kain: Jump Bottom-Left Blue Doll
  650. Cecil: Attack Middle-Left Blue Doll
  651. Yang: Attack Middle-Left Blue Doll
  652. Rosa: Blink Yang/Cecil
  653.  
  654. - After Kain's second jump completes -
  655. Cecil: Red Fang
  656. Yang: Red Fang (Kick if only 1 Fang)
  657. ****************
  658.  
  659. ************
  660. ** Golbez **
  661. ************
  662. Rosa: Slow Golbez / Shell Cecil
  663.  
  664. - After Rydia Appears -
  665. Cecil: Phoenix Down Rosa
  666. Rydia: Hi-Potion Rosa
  667. Rosa: Shell All
  668.  
  669. Rosa/Cecil: Heal/Libra
  670. Rydia: Summon based on Golbez's weakness
  671. ************
  672.  
  673. Dwarf Castle, East Tower - 1F
  674. - Chest: Dwarven Axe
  675.  
  676. Dwarf Castle, East Tower - 3F
  677. - South Chest: Elixir
  678. - West Chest: Power Armlet
  679. - North Chest: Ether
  680. - Equip Kain with Dwarven Axe & Power Armlet
  681. - Augment Cecil: Draw Attacks
  682. - Augment Rydia: Bardsong
  683. - Equip Rydia Poly Rod
  684.  
  685. Dwarf Castle, Inn
  686. - Buy Items
  687. -- Max Hi-Potions
  688. -- (Optional) 41 Phoenix Downs
  689. -- 31 Remedies
  690. -- 4 Cottages
  691.  
  692. Head to Tower of Babil
  693.  
  694. Tower of Babil - B12
  695. - Chest West of entrance: Green Beret
  696.  
  697. Tower of Babil - B7
  698. - West Chest: Dry Ether
  699.  
  700. ***********************
  701. ** Doctor & Barnabas **
  702. ***********************
  703. Cecil: Cry
  704. Rosa: Slow / Blink Cecil
  705.  
  706. ~ Combat Loop ~
  707. Yang: Focus 2x
  708. Kain: Jump Barnabas
  709. Rydia: Ramuh
  710. Cecil/Rosa: Defend
  711. ***********************
  712.  
  713. ***************
  714. ** Dr. Lugae **
  715. ***************
  716. Everyone: 2 Elixirs to Lugae while under Reversal Gas
  717.  
  718. After Lugae
  719. - Remove Yang's Equipment
  720. - Battle Speed: 6
  721.  
  722. Before Goblins
  723. - Battle Speed: 1
  724.  
  725. *************
  726. ** Goblins **
  727. *************
  728. Kain: Fight
  729. Rydia: Blizarra
  730. Rosa/Cecil/Yang: Defend
  731.  
  732. After Goblins
  733. - Battle Speed: 6
  734.  
  735. Eblan Weapons & Armor
  736. - Buy Ice Shield & Ice Armor
  737. - Spend all money on Shurikens
  738.  
  739. Before Edge
  740. - Battle Speed: 1
  741.  
  742. After Edge Joins
  743. - Equip Kain Ice Shield
  744. - Equip Cecil Ice Armor
  745. - Battle Speed: 6
  746.  
  747. Tower of Babil - B5
  748. - Chest West of the Rubicante/Edge's Parent fight: 10,000 gil
  749.  
  750. Before Edge's Parents
  751. - Battle Speed: 1
  752.  
  753. ********************
  754. ** Edge's Parents **
  755. ********************
  756. Rosa: Cura/Shell All
  757.  
  758. ***************
  759. ** Rubicante **
  760. ***************
  761. Rubicante will counter almost all physical damage with Fira to the entire party, so be prepared to heal. When he opens his cape, you should be able to summon Shiva and Steal from him before he casts Inferno. Stealing causes Rubicante's AI to close his cape. If Rubicante casts Inferno, which he only casts while his cape is open, then the party will be wiped.
  762. Rubicante counters Shiva with Blizzara... on himself. So as long as you don't steal before the summon goes off, he'll deal extra damage to himself.
  763.  
  764. Cecil: Cry
  765. Rosa: Slow Rubicante / Shell Party
  766.  
  767. Rosa: Blink Cecil
  768.  
  769. ~ Combat Loop (Closed Cape) ~
  770. Kain: Jump
  771. Rosa: Heal (After Fira)
  772. Cecil: Defend
  773. Rydia/Edge: Wait
  774.  
  775. ~ Combat Loop (Opened Cape) ~
  776. Rydia: Shiva
  777. Edge: Steal immediately after Shiva
  778. Rosa/Kain/Cecil: Defend or Wait
  779. ***************
  780.  
  781. After Rubicante
  782. - Battle Speed: 6
  783.  
  784. Talk to Cid to fix up Falcon
  785. - Receive Adrenaline, Upgrade, and Analyze Augments
  786.  
  787. Talk to Dwarf King for Sealed Cave key
  788.  
  789. Sylph Cave
  790. - Travel to the Avenger
  791.  
  792. Before Malboros
  793. - Battle Speed: 1
  794.  
  795. ****************
  796. ** Malboro 2x **
  797. ****************
  798. First Person: Bronze Hourglass
  799. Cecil: Cry
  800.  
  801. ~ Combat Loop ~
  802. Rydia: Ifrit
  803. Kain: Jump
  804. Edge: Flame
  805. Rosa/Cecil: Defend or wait
  806. ****************
  807.  
  808. After Receiving Avenger
  809. - Battle Speed: 6
  810. - Equip Kain with Avenger
  811. - Augment Kain with Adrenaline
  812. - Replace an Empty slot with Adrenaline in Kain's Abilities
  813.  
  814. Before Sealed Cave
  815. - Heal up everyone except Kain (Should be low health from Sylph Cave tiles)
  816.  
  817. Before each trap door
  818. - Battle Speed: 1
  819.  
  820. ***************
  821. ** Trap Door **
  822. ***************
  823. Cecil: Cry
  824. Edge: Shurikens
  825. Kain: (Berserked)
  826.  
  827. Rosa: Slow (If Kain's missing a lot)
  828. Rydia: Defend or Wait
  829. ***************
  830.  
  831. After each trap door
  832. - Battle Speed: 6
  833.  
  834. Collect Dark Crystal
  835.  
  836. Before Demon Wall
  837. - Battle Speed: 1
  838.  
  839. ****************
  840. ** Demon Wall **
  841. ****************
  842. Rosa: Slow
  843. Cecil: Cry
  844.  
  845. ~ Combat Loop ~
  846. Kain: (Berserked)
  847. Edge: Shurikens
  848. Rydia: Dragon
  849. Rosa/Cecil: Defend or Wait
  850. ****************
  851.  
  852. After Demon Wall
  853. - Battle Speed: 6
  854. - Remove Kain's Equipment
  855.  
  856. Receive Lunar Whale
  857.  
  858. Moon, Hummingway Abode
  859. - Level Lust Augment
  860.  
  861. Moon, Crystal Palace - 1F
  862. - Fusoya Joins
  863.  
  864. Back to Earth!
  865.  
  866. Giant's Chest
  867. - North Chest: Fuma Shuriken
  868.  
  869. Giant Inner Passage
  870. - Chest: Elixir
  871. - 100% Map for another Elixir
  872. - Cottage at save point to regain magic power
  873. - Buy Shurikens from Namingway
  874.  
  875. Before Four Fiends
  876. - Battle Speed: 1
  877. - Remove Fusoya's Equipment
  878. - Optimize Rosa
  879. - Optimize Fusoya
  880. - Augment Fusoya with Recall & Last Stand
  881. - Augment Cecil with Level Lust
  882. - Replace Attack with Level Lust in Cecil's Abilities
  883.  
  884. *****************
  885. ** Four Fiends **
  886. *****************
  887. - Scarmigilione -
  888. Rosa: Protect/Shell Party
  889. Fusoya: Bless
  890. Cecil/Edge/Rydia: Elixir Scarmiglione
  891.  
  892. - Cagnazzo -
  893. Rosa: Blink Cecil / Haste Edge
  894. Cecil: Cry
  895.  
  896. ~ Combat Loop ~
  897. Cecil: Heal
  898. Rosa: Heal & Keep Edge and a magic user hasted
  899. Edge: Shurikens
  900. Fusoya/Rydia: Blizzaga / Thundaga
  901.  
  902. - Barbariccia -
  903. Rosa: Slow / Cura
  904. Edge: Shuriken
  905. Cecil: Cry
  906.  
  907. ~ Combat Loop ~
  908. Rosa/Cecil: Heal
  909. Fusoya: Holy
  910. Rydia: Dragon
  911. Edge: Defend or wait
  912.  
  913. - Rubicante -
  914. Rosa: Slow / Blink Cecil
  915.  
  916. ~ Combat Loop (Cape Closed) ~
  917. Everyone: Wait or Defend/Heal
  918.  
  919. ~ Combat Loop (Cape Open) ~
  920. Rydia: Shiva
  921. Fusoya: Blizzaga
  922. Edge: Steal
  923. Rosa/Cecil: Defend or Wait
  924. *****************
  925.  
  926. After Four Fiends
  927. - Battle Speed: 6
  928. - GO BACK AND SAVE, TRUST ME!
  929.  
  930. Before CPU
  931. - Battle Speed: 1
  932.  
  933. *********
  934. ** CPU **
  935. *********
  936. Oh boy... Good luck. If the Attack Node gets a turn, it will cast Laser Barrage and I never found a way to reliably survive it. Cecil can live if he's defending, but by the time he revives anyone the node is usually barraging again. This fight is, unfortunately, more luck than skill right now.
  937.  
  938. Rydia: Ramuh
  939. Fusoya: Meteor
  940. Edge: Fuma Shuriken Attack Node
  941. Cecil: Spider Silk
  942. Rosa: Haste Edge & Fusoya
  943.  
  944. If Attack Orb doesn't die and you're still alive
  945. Edge: Shuriken Attack Node
  946.  
  947. - After Attack Node dies -
  948. Rydia: Ramuh
  949. FuSoYa: Meteor
  950. Edge: Shuriken CPU
  951.  
  952. - After CPU dies -
  953. Rydia: Blizzaga Fusoya
  954. Edge: Shuriken Heal Node
  955. *********
  956.  
  957. Flashback
  958. - Talk to Dad, east of house
  959. - Talk to Mom, NorthWest most room
  960.  
  961. Back to the moon!
  962. - Battle Speed: 6
  963.  
  964. Before Lunar Subterrane
  965. - Receive Omnicasting, Phoenix, and Bless augments
  966. - Augment Kain with Phoenix
  967. - Augment Rosa with Omnicasting
  968. - Augment Edge with Bless
  969. - Replace empty space with Phoenix in Kain's Abilities
  970. - Replace empty space with Adrenaline in Kain's Abilities
  971. - Replace Pray with omnicasting in Rosa's Abilities
  972. - Replace Ninjutsu with Bless in Edge's Abilities
  973.  
  974. Travel to Zeromus (Save if you so desire)
  975.  
  976. Before Zeromus
  977. - Battle Speed: 1
  978. - Equip Edge with Kenpo Gi
  979. - Equip Kain
  980. -- Avenger
  981. -- Green Beret
  982. -- Black Belt Gi
  983. -- Power Armlet
  984.  
  985. Final Levels
  986. - Rydia lvl41 (40 minimum)
  987. - Kain lvl53
  988. - Cecil lvl40
  989. - Edge lvl43
  990. - Rosa lvl40 (40 minimum)
  991.  
  992. *************
  993. ** Zeromus **
  994. *************
  995. The key to this fight is a simple crazy realization. Haste and Hastemarch stack. Or at least they seem to... if not, then hastemarch is just THAT amazong of a bardsong. The party will be going so fast, Kain specifically, that Zeromus will only get about 3 or 4 attacks in before being taken down and because of how his AI is setup(I think), the only offensive attack he might use is Meteor.
  996.  
  997. - Before Using Crystal -
  998. Rydia: Thundaga Kain
  999. Rosa: Raise/Haste on Party
  1000. Edge: Bless
  1001.  
  1002. Rydia: Hastemarch
  1003. Cecil: Crystal
  1004.  
  1005. - After Crystal -
  1006. Cecil: Cry
  1007. Rosa: Slow Zeromus / Reflect on Party
  1008.  
  1009. - After Black Hole -
  1010. Rosa: Dispel Kain (For some reason, he isn't affect by Black Hole) / Haste on Party
  1011. Rosa: Slow Zeromus / Reflect on Party
  1012.  
  1013. - After Osmose -
  1014. Cecil: Dry Ether Kain
  1015.  
  1016. - After Meteor -
  1017. Rosa: Raise Kain / Haste on Party
  1018. Cecil: Dry Ether Kain
  1019. Rosa: Reflect on Party
  1020.  
  1021. - After Big Bang -
  1022. Cry... to yourself. Big Bang shouldn't ever happen and that's probably a wipe.
  1023.  
  1024. ~ Combat Loop ~
  1025. Edge: Shurikens
  1026. Kain: (Berserked)
  1027. Rydia: (Hastemarching)
  1028. Rosa/Cecil: Wait or Defend
  1029. *************
  1030.  
  1031. CELEBRATE!
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