Any tips on Tantarion on Disk 2? I beat him on the 3rd disk last time through, but I've been at trying to beat him on Disk 2 for a while.
Beating him on Disk 2 is incredibly difficult if you don't have the right equipments to do it.
Basically, you smack him to open him (derp) and then cast magic with Vivi (Fira <3). If you physically attack, he'll close up again. If you cast magic, he'll stay open longer. You can have Steiner throw in Fira Sword attacks, too. If your Zidane has been whoring out Steal (as he should... Should steal at least once in every battle to keep that Thievery damage steadily rising), he can throw Thievery at the thing for some substantial damage. You could go farm Thievery up super high if you want to, but that would take all the fun and challenge out of the boss fight, imo. >>; Oh~ Just increase his Speeeed with equips if you can, since Speed and #Steals both factor into his Thievery damage. *figured out the equation while farming Grand Dragons for Dragon Crest one time*
But yeah. Fira should hit for upwards of 2k and Tantarian only has about 20k health, so it shouldn't take too long, assuming you have Antibody on and can withstand Paper Storm. Withstanding Paper Storm is the hardest part of beating him on disk 2.
Mostly from memory, so I might be a bit off on a few things...
It has been my favorite game of all time. The storyline, the characters, the battle system. You name it, I like it. The ONLY thing that sucks about it is Trance. Usually, I achieve Trance (sometimes with TWO characters) when the battle is about to end.
At the same time, Trance is so not necessary at all throughout the game. In fact, I recall one battle against the Sea Lion and Black Waltz in the ice caves where I used up my entire Tranced Zidane stealing.
