Today I battled Sophie Peithos in Xenosaga Episode I. The battle lasted 45 minutes, and luckily I managed to win. It is the final battle of the game, so there was no way to avoid it either. The trick for this battle is to defend in every way possible and save up your Boosts. Raise your defenses to protect yourself from attacks and raise your speed to get in an extra round of turns in order to use the Defend option when Sophie uses Dark Omen.

On top of that Sophie Peithos summons lesser enemies that you have to get rid of or the self-destruct and harm the entire party.

But after 35+ attempts over the last however many weeks it's been since I first started fighting this final boss, I finally won! Now to move on top Episode II.