[thien_tai_xxx]

Princess Garnet/Dagger
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Dagger can be used as either a healer or an attacker. Dagger has
the Chemist ability which doubles the effects of Potions, Ethers
and Hi-Potions. Use this ability to top up the teams HP/MP.

Don't bother using Daggers status attack magics. They tend to miss
and Yans have immunity to Silence. And Berserk.

Using summons with the boost ability equipped is useful for
characters with the Auto-Regen ability equipped. The summon
animation will give some time for Regen to recover lost HP. Take
note that this will probably get her snorted so use this at your
own risk.

Odin can instantly dispatch Yans (provided the attack hits) but
will probably be snorted by remaining Yans. Learn Odin from the
Dark Matter item bought from the Treno Auction house.

If you have 70-80 Amethyst and are at a reasonably descent level,
Atomos with the boost ability can do 9999 to all. Using this as a
first blow will set other characters up for a single 9999 hit
kill.

Alternately have Dagger summon Ark since Yans are weak against
shadow elemental attacks. There are two ways to obtain Ark: defeat
optional boss Ozma or refine two pumice pieces in Memoria at the
Legendary Synthesis Shop in disc four.

Vivi Ornitier
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Vivi should mainly be used as support in Yan battles since Yans
have high resistance to magic. More often than not, Vivi will die
if he is hit by Comet. This is consistent with most mages with
their high magic but low defense.

The return magic ability will allow Vivi to counter-attack all
Comet attacks thrown at him provided he doesn't die from their
initial attack. However like the Yans Comet attacks, the damage
from Vivi's comet seems pretty random.

If you plan to attack using Vivi cast the shadow elemental magic
Doomsday. Note that this can SERIOUSLY hurt your whole team too
so equip Shadow elemental defense items. Learn Doomsday from the
Mace of Zeus in Memoria (disc four).

If you haven't reached disc four yet Vivi should Focus a few times
before using his strongest magics such as Flare and Bio. Don't try
using Meteor - I've never seen it hit.

If you want to try a quick one-hit-kill use Vivi's Death magic.
Learn this from the Black Hood.

Adelbert Steiner
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Steiner should be used as a full-on attacker. However, Steiner is
one of the few characters who has Chemist so you may want to use
him to top up characters with Hi-Potion/Ethers.

Avoid using his Power/Armor/Magic/Mental Break attacks. These miss
quite often and you can't afford to lose him just for reducing the
Yans defenses.

Use Steiners strongest attacks such as Shock, Climhazzard and
Stock Break.

Exploit the Yans shadow weakness by using Steiners Darkside attack.
This attack costs HP instead of MP so heal after using it.

Iai Strike can kill Yans instantly if the move hits.

If Vivi's also in the attacking party use Steiners strongest sword
magic attacks such as Flare and Doomsday.

Eiko Carol
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Eiko should primarily be used as a healer in these battles.

Try to keep Eiko in this battle. There's a faint chance that
Phoenix will resurrect a fallen team.

Similar to Dagger, the animation time of the summons will allow
characters with Auto-Regen to recover lost HP. Remember that
you'll need boost equipped to see a full summon animation.

Cast Full Life to KO'd characters the moment they've fallen. This
costs quite a bit of MP but use this anyway. You need to worry
more about HP than MP. Learn this magic from the Siren's Flute
or a Light Robe.

If more than one person is KO'd in the battle cast Phoenix. It'll
hurt the Yans while resurrecting fallen characters. You'll probably
lose Eiko but in my opinion it's probably worth it.

Freya Crescent
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Freya has the Chemist ability. Use this to top up HP/MP levels when
they are getting low.

The more dragons the party kills, the more damage Dragon's Crest
inflicts. About 60 dragons killed will do 9999 damage.

If you're feeling EXTREMELY lucky use Six Dragons. The outcome
each time you cast is not very predictable.

A more interesting way is to Trance Freya and make her jump. When
Freya uses Spear the Yans will counter attack other party members
until there are none remaining. When the other members are dead
Yans will be unable to counter attack until Freya's Trance ends,
but by then Freya should have killed them.