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I have a feeling that the chapter 2 battles are going to get a rep for being the hardest. By the time you get to chapter 3, a lot of people have Agrias at full power, backed up by a fairly beefed up Ninja or something, while the Balk battle gets trivialized because you have Orlandu by that point. I seem to be the only person around here who doesn't use him, and let me say: If you're sticking with generics (with reasonable equipment... no Javelin+, Escutcheon+, or Chantage), the Balk fight is HARD!!! Two of the enemies have 8-panel attack ranges; three of the others fly and can kill you in 1-2 turns; and the Dark Behemoth has over 600 HP.
That said, while Balk may outclass you more than Velius does, I still think Velius is harder. Balk's dragon trio will only kill you if at least two hits of their "Triple ___" attacks land in your panel, while Velius and his goons can take out most of your characters in one turn with Cyclops or Dark Holy. Sure, you can cheap him out by Yelling a lot in the first part of the battle (which even I've been forced to do upon occasion... actually, I only used Yell a few times, but I used Speed Save too which made up for it), but any fight can be trivialized with the right abilities. The trick is beating the battle while giving the enemies a fighting chance.
Not to say that Golgorand isn't hard or anything... I typically die several times there. To win, you really have to disarm Gafgarion, and do so on your first try; missing is fatal, because you take too much damage on the first round to have time for another break/steal attempt. Arm Aim and Weapon Break are your friend, though if you can manage to filch his sword, it's t3h sweet. Slap it on Ramza to make the subsequent Lionel Castle Gate battle (as well as the Wiegraf/Velius battle) much easier, as Ramza can now heal himself while causing damage.
Speaking of Lionel Castle Gate... I forgot to list that as one of the choices. I've never had particular trouble with it, but I admit that it takes a great deal of preparation, phoenix downs, and often luck. I'm rather proud of myself for coming up with three completely different (proven successful) strategies for winning the battle without opening the gate. Cesar, were you referring to the Golgorand Battle in your post, or this one? If you'd like to add this as a choice to the poll, I agree that this deserves to be a candidate. I know some n00b is going to come along and say, "no that battle is so easy i winned it on my first try. u just have 2 give all your guys rubber shoes, all the enemies use lightning weapons." Just remember what I said above - the trick is to win these battles without being incredibly cheap, and remember that this battle is really hard if you play fair.
I've also heard people say that Zaland Fort City (i.e. the Save Mustadio battle) and Yardow Fort City (i.e. the Save Rafa battle... the first one, where you have to fight Malak and all those ninjas and summoners) are both really difficult. To me, sure they may be a bit on the hard side, but they just don't compare at all to Dorter/Golgorand/Riovanes/Murond.
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