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Can anyone tell me some good enemies to "Leap".

Thanks for helping me out !  



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Magic Urn - Cure 3, all-elemental absorb, immunity to nearly all ailments and Haste, Regen, Near Fatal, Clear (!), and Image.  Haste and Regen are the result of Slow/Seizure immunity, and Near Fatal will still be applied at 1/8 HP but won't be taken off until the battle ends due to immunity (good for Gogo, that means X-Meteo could come out at any time, for Gau though, it doesn't mean much).  These immunities can be a good thing if you apply the necessary status BEFORE going into Rage.  Also, bear in mind Poison absorption also absorbs the ailment's damage, so if you don't mind after-battle healing, you can poison Gau before Magic Urn Rage to complement Regen.

Stray Cat - CatScratch (Physical attack damage * 4).  Most powerful Special attack, definitely helpful.

Areneid/Primordite - Numb/Numblade (Stop).  Might be useful in some situations, Dadaluma and Ultros come to mind.

ChickenLip - Quake.  Get a few Gaia Gears, and here's your Merton for the WOB.

Pterodon and Hazer - Fire Ball and Bolt 2.  Pterodon also floats and Hazer has instant death protection, along with Petrify and Condemned immunity.  Good at the beginning for their attacks.

Cirpius - Haste2.  You can get this during Sabin's scenario, while the spell itself won't be available to you for a long time.

Rhobite and Rhinox - Life and Life 3.  One revives for free, the other casts Life 3 for free.  Can't beat that in the WOB, especially since Life 3 isn't available any other way for a good while.

For looks:

Io - Flare Star.  Very cool looking, but serves little purpose unless the enemy's level is high, is vulnerable to Fire (preferably weak), and has few or no allies (Flare Star divides damage by ALL targets, instead of by 2 for multiple targets).  The only use I thought of would be for a low level game, but even then, it's not much.

Retainer - Shock.  Play as Leo all you want, and realize how crappy this attack really is by the time you can get this Rage.  Hell, I've got better for you if you don't mind an elemental property...

Weapons:

Imp Halberd - The only weapon that Gau can equip without Merit Award.  By default, this is also the only way he can use Genji Glove/Offering.  Only one serves to lower Gau's Bat.Pwr by 9 though (well, beef it up by just 1 point technically, when a character has no weapon you can get their real Bat.Pwr by subtracting 10).

Tempest - While mediocre for Cyan, this is the weapon for which I coined Gau's "Wind God" nickname (and what I was referring to above).  Get the Merit Award and mix this with Stray Cat Rage for the best example of why this weapon is popular.  You think CatScratch on one enemy is hellacious, try all enemies with no split damage (def.: damage is not divided by 2 for multiple targets, IOW all enemies are gonna get the full effect at once!).  Wind Slash can also be mixed with ailment Specials to create unblockable status spells that will hit any vulnerable enemy.  Heart Burn (Crawly, causes Seizure), Duster (Beakor, causes Poison), Numb, and SleepSting (Mind Candy, causes Sleep) are some examples to play with concerning this.  Probably the best find I ever made.

There are others, such as Mover (Merton), Figaliz, Scullion (both Dischord), Doom Drgn (N. Cross), Gilomantis, Toe Cutter (both Shrapnel), Behemoth (Meteor), Wyvern (Cyclonic), Luridan (Land Slide), but that's usually what I use.  You'll want more responses than this one though, for I did neglect the WOB quite a bit in this post.

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If I may add something, you may want to leap an Earthguard. It casts Big Guard on your party (Safe + shell on each character).

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I now have a respect for Gau I never had... Thanks.

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uh i don't really understand what you guys mean with 'leap' since i never used gau (he was the 1 char i didn't put in the teams to enter kefka's tower) can anyone plz tell me what leap is?

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Maybe you would have used him had you bothered to find out.

When you are on the Veldt with Gau, you can leap on to monsters. You then can use them as Rages, which beserk Gau and cause him to attack using some of the special attacks of the monster you chose. You HAD to use Gau at least for part of the WoB, why didn't you ever try to figure out what to do with him?

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my favorite has to be
Tyranosaur. since I can finally have someone use Meteo on the enemies. very good attack against the final boss.

Question: When Gau "leaps" away, does he gain the rage of only the enemy he leapt on, or does he gain the rage from each enemy for as long as he's gone?

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If i remember correctly, it was the monsters that he leaped onto. And the monsters your fighting when he comes back.

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Quote (Mewmon @ 19 Aug 2003, 16:10)

my favorite has to be Tyranosaur. since I can finally have someone use Meteo on the enemies. very good attack against the final boss.

But if you are looking for the Meteo attack from someone, Behemoth also does it, and you can get him sooner than Tyranosaur.

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No, Behemoth's Rage does Meteor, the black magic spell.  Tyranosaur's Rage casts Meteo, the enemy spell.

Yes, it can be confusing....

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-Master ZED

Screw Tyranosaur, leap an Intangir on the World of Balance and you can get a Meteo rage seriously early.

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My soul is bound to the Mistress of the Afterlife, and my fealty is to her always. So let's just hope she doesn't use it as one of her ten daily meals.

My personal favorite is the White Dragon's pearl becuase alot of enemies are weak or are not resistant to Holy.  What do you think of White Dragon Oh wise Zed!

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I find most Rages to be mediocre, which is why I only go for a select few from memory.  I don't use White Drgn because I don't find a Pearl Rage to be of any use, but whatever floats yer boat, I suppose.  But since this is White Drgn in particular we're talking about, one tip; look out for Mute.

Oh, BTW, Intangir's Rage, while as far as status and elemental defense is top-notch in the WOB, uses Pep Up for its attack.  Unless you want to teach it to Strago really badly, or you don't mind potentially wasted turns (if you mute Gau before Rage, he can't cast Pep Up), it's a horrible Rage.  It'll protect him from many things, but his attacks won't be as frequent as you'd want and it still won't prevent Stop, which means Brainpans will be able to torment Gau just like the rest of the crew if you try Intangir....

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Quote (Master ZED @ 21 Aug 2003, 18:56)

No, Behemoth's Rage does Meteor, the black magic spell.  Tyranosaur's Rage casts Meteo, the enemy spell. Yes, it can be confusing....

Yea. not the black magic Meteor, but the Enemy skill Meteo.
when I was first saw it, I wished could use it. It look like a very neat attack to use.
most of the times when I meet enemies using Meteo, I was getting annoyed by getting hit by it.
there was an enemy that used it when I was trying to protect Banon, there is this one enemy that used this attack and killed him off. (it caused around 300 points of damage when this happened)
I kept on getting hit by this attack and wishing I would attack them with Meteo.
when I was busy leaping enemies, I've looked up on some enemy walktho for rage for Gau.
when finally founded out how to use Meteo,
It was payback time on those enemies.
When I was using Meteo, it felt like I'm having fun using it to shower on the enemies.
I also liked Barb-e rage too.
since Love token makes it fun to get the enemies to protect Gau/Gogo.

I could have sworn the Behemoth from the floating continent does Meteo for a rage.  At least that's what I'm getting from the japanese translated rom without the US edits.

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