One of the most seemingly "difficult" battles of the game involve Asura... usually with good reason. Asura is able to cast a monsterous Cure3 (Magic stat of 69 implies a spell multiplier of 18) which is pretty much around what Rosa would have and an unholy Cure4.
For the sake of argument that you want to face Asura WITHOUT using Reflect... (for those TA speedruns or people who have balls... or maybe they are simply clueless), the best method of going about this is maximizing Edge's potential.
Note: All math done here involves truncation where applicable.
Let's use two of Edge's levels and start analyzing from that:
Edge @ level 26 has a Str of 21 and a Agi of 24 (this implies a bonus multiplier of 3). Edge @ level 29 has a Str of 24 and an Agi of 26 (this implies a bonus multiplier of 4).
Here's Edge's ideal equipment that boosts Str (there isn't any Agi boosting equipment up to this point):
Ninja Blade (FF2US name), Mute Knife, Bandanna (FF2US name aka Green Beret), Black Belt (SNES name), Strength Ring (FF2US name aka Power Armlet).
This equipment combined increases Str by 20 points, which implies a bonus multiplier of 3 @ level 26 and 2 @ level 29. If you are lucky to have gotten Zeus Gloves (aka Giant's Gloves), the bonus multiplier for Edge @ level 29 is improved by 3 instead of 2. (For this exercise, I won't use the Zeus Gloves because it is a rare drop).
So, Edge's Attack Power should look like this:
48 (Ninja Sword power) + 35 (Mute Knife power) + 41/4 (Strength bonus) + 41/4 (Strength bonus again) + 26/4 (Level bonus) + 26/4 (Level bonus again) = 115
This has an attack multiplier of 7 with a hit rate of..
(90 (Ninja Sword hit rate) + 75 (Mute Knife hit rate)) /2 + 26/4 (Level bonus) = 88
Edge's damage range (vs 0 defense targets) then becomes:
115 (attack power) * 1 (worst case) * 7 (attack multiplier) = 805
115 (attack power) * 1.5 (best case) * 7 (attack multiplier) = 1207
Factoring the hit rate though...
805 * .88 = 708
1207 * .88 = 1062
Ok, that doesn't scare anyone.. not even Asura. However... the Mute Knife increases attack power by 4 vs Mages and that's where the fun begins. When you combine that with Berserk... this isn't going to be pretty.
Asura's defense is 3 and Protect brings it up by 5... so Asura starts with 8 effective armor (that's the first thing she casts in FF4, this is unapplicable to FF2).
(115 (attack power) * 1.5 (Berserk status) * 4 (enemy type multiplier) * 1 (worst case) - 8 (target defense)) * 7 (attack multiplier) = 4760
(115 (attack power) * 1.5 (Berserk status) * 4 (enemy type multiplier) * 1.25 (avg case) - 8 (target defense)) * 7 (attack multiplier) = 5964
(115 (attack power) * 1.5 (Berserk status) * 4 (enemy type multiplier) * 1.5 (best case) - 8 (target defense)) * 7 (attack multiplier) = 7168
Factor the hit rate...
4760 * .88 = 4188
5964 * .88 = 5248
7168 * .88 = 6307
So now, Edge becomes a real contender.. if all things go well. Obviously I cannot explain how Edge would survive an attack, nor assume to know if you cast Haste/Fast or be unforunate that Asura casts Cure4 or Protect on herself... but this is the starting point to ultimate mayhem.
Really, it's not that hard.
Pic that doesn't show the level I specified, but just to prove Edge owning Asura...
Yea.. that's not fair:
9999 is good:
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