Quote ""I am kind of confused where the problem is though - Valvalis can't actually damage you outside of Weak if you're doing things right.
Yes, I was able to beat her once I went and restocked on Cure 2 potions. Those are a must. Without those, Valvalis is impossible. There were no sources of besersk, like Jce3000gt said. So, you do need some cure 2 potions to beat her. Can I ask how far you have gotten? I am playing ver 1.0 (the one where even bosses give no exp) Even if you're playing 3.0 I'm still interested to know how far you've made it. Thanks
Right now I have made it to the battle with Golbez (Where Rydia returns) and after defeating the dolls and Calbrena, the party is pretty weak. Then Shadow destroys nearly the entire party, so once the battle with Golbez started, he killed me immediatly with the Virus spell, then killed Rydia with the Lit 3 spell. There was not even time for me to get one round in, so basically I come to the conclusion that it is impossible to defeart him unless you can have Cecil survive his first attack. That means getting through the battle with Calbrena with full hit points. That is going to be a big challenge in itself. Once I can do that, then I think Goldez willl be possible to beat.
Also I would post my screenshot from right before I fought Valvalis, but It's nearly identical to the one posted here. The only difference was the time played.
If you would like any screenshots from the current progress, let me know.