CreativeEly | FFIV Item Restriction Challenge Ep 7: Babil Sacrifices [PC] [Hard] @CreativeEly | Uploaded February 2015 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
With one crystal remaining, the gang heads out to the Tower of Babil in attempt to obtain some of them back, only for drama to occur.

The bosses fought here are the Calcabrina dolls, Golbez and Dr. Lugae and his robots. They were very tough, and required some luck to get through. It is essential to keep Rosa alive in this challenge, since she will be our healer, buffer, de-buffer.

Calcabrina Dolls: Cover Rosa for both stages of the fight (draw works too). First start off by killing the 3 front dolls until they become one. Immediately cast slow, and have Yang focus, while the others use their physical attacks. I want Rosa to blink everyone, because the doll is easily capable of KOing with one physical attack and can counter attack. Before the end of this battle, I want Cecil to have lots of HP for the next battle which is more difficult, and there is no time to heal up in between.

Golbez: You get a small time frame before Golbez kills the party, so immediately start off by casting slow. If Cecil gets a turn off try casting shell on him. Once Rydia joins the party, have Cecil cast Libra after each barrier shift, and have Rydia summon whatever his weakness is. I will need some luck here, because Golbez can cast osmose on Rydia, and I have no way to restore my MP. Cecil will do his best to keep those two alive in between Libras.

Dr. Lugae's pet golem thing is a jokel but you do lose one of the characters at the end of the battle. He is weak against lightning, so a round of focuses and lightning claws should quickly take him out. The self-destruct is scripted, and gives me a few turns to heal up for the second battle, since that one is not a joke :p
With Cecil being dead, this is will be very tough. The FIRST thing you want to do is cast Slow on Dr. Lugae. When Reversal Gas is in effect, Cure-type spells harm, normal damage heals. All his attacks are capable of wiping my entire party with one fell swoop. We just need to be at a decent level with some HP and just deal with it. I decide to use the focus strat, while others heal each other. If I have many people attack, he will use sleeping gas as counter, so a couple focused attacks should take him out.

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So what does the item restriction challenge consist of?
-Can't execute item command during battles
-Hard mode ( harder enemies, in this version you can choose between normal and hard mode.)