A Little Help Here Please (Possible Spoilers)

[GranFran]

You mention you've maxed out Ravager, Medic and Sentinel for Light, Hope and Fang, but how are you on their other roles? You'd really benefit from Fang's Saboteur abilities, particularly Dispel and Slow, and Light makes a decent backup (but not main) healer. At this point in the game Hope is only decent with his Synergist role and the lack of Haste really starts to hurt right around now if you're not using it a lot. My main party through most of the game was Fang, Hope and Vanille but I ended up switching Hope out for Sazh for quite awhile when the battles got too tough to keep up with otherwise. Hope's low HP also makes him vulnerable to big AoE spells.

You could also try switching your accessories to be more defensive. Dahaka has a nasty status AoE move so any resist accessories you have could be helpful, and HP+ accessories would at least help with Hope's low HP.

Other than that, keep TP handy for Renew or a summon and try using shrouds to get an early jump on him.

~DragonHeart~

I took your advice, hon, and went back, did some more grinding and got my other 2 roles maxed out.. I already am using Sazh for his Haste ability.. I finally defeated dahaka and now have gone back to grinding some in the tower to max out all the little nodules I missed on the outer rings..

I think I should be able to go on to Oerba now, though I'm still not comfortable with weapons and accessories.. I simply am confused by the whole thing.. All those damn items, I don't know which are the best ones to use, which to sell for money and which to save and keep for transforming stuff after they reach their limit.. Heck, I don't even know which weapons and accessories won't upgrade, because someone said some of them can't level up.. Whew, I don't know why Square had to make this part of the game so difficult.. Upgrading has always been something that I considered one of the most fun things to do, but this time I think it's awful.. Probably, if I was better in math, it would be easier.. But that's wishful thinking..

Anyway, thanks so much for your help.. It's greatly appreciated..

You mention you've maxed out Ravager, Medic and Sentinel for Light, Hope and Fang, but how are you on their other roles? You'd really benefit from Fang's Saboteur abilities, particularly Dispel and Slow, and Light makes a decent backup (but not main) healer. At this point in the game Hope is only decent with his Synergist role and the lack of Haste really starts to hurt right around now if you're not using it a lot. My main party through most of the game was Fang, Hope and Vanille but I ended up switching Hope out for Sazh for quite awhile when the battles got too tough to keep up with otherwise. Hope's low HP also makes him vulnerable to big AoE spells.

You could also try switching your accessories to be more defensive. Dahaka has a nasty status AoE move so any resist accessories you have could be helpful, and HP+ accessories would at least help with Hope's low HP.

Other than that, keep TP handy for Renew or a summon and try using shrouds to get an early jump on him.

~DragonHeart~

Got another question for you.. I'm in Oerba and am getting ready to leave.. God, I hate another fight with you know who, but I'm as ready as I'll ever be I guess.. So, to my question, I'm doing a little weapon upgrading and am wondering what does Stagger Lock mean? I'm assuming that it means the ability to stagger a target is unavailable with the weapon? But I'm guessing.. Thanks much..