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>>9844630
enemy skill is THE reason a minimal-exp game is possible.
it is without a doubt the most useful materia in the game.
pic related is my lv8 cloud that successfully beat dio's challenge at the battle arena

i've been playing a lower level game and my Lv8 Cloud (he's only been alive at the end of the first battle of the game and rufus) just managed to overcome the second-tier battle arena during as part of entertaining Dio for the keystone.

his equipment was
weapon: Murasame (added effect)=(odin) (long range)=(counter attack) (enemy skill)
armor: Edincoat (restore) (hp plus) (hp plus) (hp plus) (mp plus) (mp plus) (mp plus)
accessory: Jem Ring

i put him in sadness and in the back row to reduce damage as much as possible. also, i had a healthy supply of turbo ethers, status curing items, and a few elixers and hi-potions.

the key strategy is to maintain a wall, be in haste, have death force, maintain initiative by using death sentence (so you can have your ATB maxed out at the start of the next battle), and casting cure when necessary. it is also imperative to manipulate the slots by rapidly pressing square to get the least crippling handicaps. finally, for battles 7 and 8, you also need to have max HP and MP. battle 7 is has particularly nasty formations, but with initiative and full MP you can drop an Odin with this setup to wipe enemies.

battle 8 is pretty crazy. i managed to beat it with a dragon (zuu, ying/yang, and ghirofelgo are also possible). dragons are susceptible to L4 suicide. i cast that, but the dragon bit me first, and even walled i went down to about 205 HP. the suicide connected and then i used Cross-Slash to finish it off, but not before it used Flame Thrower to knock me down to 13 HP. it took a number of tries, but it's at least possible. i got the goods from Dio without having to level cloud.