What order to fight each of the optional bosses in, from easiest to hardest?

[Taka]

Is there a list somewhere that shows each optional boss from easiest to hardest? I'd like to try to avoid being too overleveled for some of the lower-tier bosses, so I'd like to try and take them "in order" so to speak.

This includes all of the monster arena bosses, Omega, Dark Aeons, etc.

[Grad]

Omega isn't that bad, the Dark Aeons are vastly more painful to deal with. I didn't do much of the monster arena on the ps2 though so I can't help you there.

[Ryudo]

Ultima/Omega are the easiest optional bosses.

Next is Nemesis (Capture every fiend, beat all the species/area conquests and original creations to unlock, this will also prepare you for the Dark Aeons/Penance, as it allows you to farm materials for your Sphere Grid).

After that comes the Dark Aeons, arguably the hardest bosses in the game along with Penance.

In order of difficulty: Dark Valefor, Dark Ifrit, Dark Ixion (You fight this guy twice), Dark Shiva, Dark Yojimbo, Bahamut and Anima are both annoying, last but not least - Magus Sisters. You have the choice to fight them one by one, making the battle significantly easier, or you can take on the challenge of fighting them all at once...... making it very difficult. The choice is yours.

Once you've beaten all of them, you unlock Penance. It'll be a hard battle, and a lengthy battle, and he's the hardest boss in the game. Even with maxed out stats/sphere grids and the best equipment you won't have an easy time. (Unless you do it the hella cheap way by Zanmato'ing him).

[Terra]

Omega -> Monster Arena sans Nemesis -> First 4 Dark Aeons -> Nemesis -> Last 4 Dark Aeons -> Penance

[Taka]

Originally posted by Terra:

Omega -> Monster Arena sans Nemesis -> First 4 Dark Aeons -> Nemesis -> Last 4 Dark Aeons -> Penance

But in what order should I do the Monster Arena enemies aside from Nemesis? There's quite a lot of them.

[Karifean]

Chimerageist -> other Area Conquests in order -> Species Conquests in order -> Original Creations sans Nemesis in order

[Terra]

Originally posted by Not A Bear:

Originally posted by Terra:

Omega -> Monster Arena sans Nemesis -> First 4 Dark Aeons -> Nemesis -> Last 4 Dark Aeons -> Penance

But in what order should I do the Monster Arena enemies aside from Nemesis? There's quite a lot of them.

Species are usually the easiest, because they're what drop the stat spheres you use to max out the sphere grid.

Area is a bit harder but still managable at a "low" level.

Originals you go in hard and heavy, because they were the original superbosses of the original release.

[OverFjell]

Originally posted by Ryudo:

Ultima/Omega are the easiest optional bosses.



In order of difficulty: Dark Valefor, Dark Ifrit, Dark Ixion (You fight this guy twice), Dark Shiva, Dark Yojimbo, Bahamut and Anima are both annoying, last but not least - Magus Sisters. You have the choice to fight them one by one, making the battle significantly easier, or you can take on the challenge of fighting them all at once...... making it very difficult. The choice is yours.

I'd argue Ifrit and maybe even Ixion are easier than Valefor. Valefor can just do Energy Ray for the lulz, at least Ifrit and Ixion don't have stupid random AoE attacks.