Final Fantasy Tactics Advance/The Cheetahs

After beating Thesis Hunt, a whole world of possibilities opens up. The Cheetahs is just one of the many missions open now.

Pre-Battle
Now that Thesis Hunt is finished, you now have access to the Clan Wars. Clan Wars is simply where two clans fight anywhere. The winner gets money, AP, and items, but don't worry, you won't have to pay up anytime soon.

That being said, a whole world of possibilities are open. Thanks to the Clan Wars, AP is limitless, and you are now able to easily get abilities mastered. If you haven't mastered any abilities yet, let me explain what mastered abilities are:

Most items grant abilities while they are equipped. Each ability requires a certain amount of AP to master. If that AP amount is met through any variety of missions, the ability becomes mastered. A mastered ability stays with the character that masted the ability forever, and can be used when equipping other abilities.

That being said, the way to access most classes in the game is through mastering a small amount of abilities in a certain class. For example, the Human Ninja class is accessible to Humans that have two or more mastered thief skills. Which skills, it doesn't matter as long as they are Action Skills (a skill that is not turned on by other effects, is passive, or is a combo ability).

Now because this is the first point all the classes can be accessed, all challenge games are really started here. Challenges will not be discussed within the walk through, for they are complicated, and some have a large number of rules, and that would take up too much space here.

Anyways, fight whatever guys you want, make any class changes as you like, whatever. Just have a team of ~4 people ready to go into the next mission (you'll see why I said soon).

Now if you like getting powerful weapons early and making the game easier in the short run, you could try going for a special knife called a Cinqueda. The Cinqueda is only gotten through getting a level 30 in the negotiation clan skill. Problem is, there really is no easy way to get it, right? Wrong. Problem is, you have to make some people leave your clan. So if you want the a goo weapon, and really don't care about your original teammates, go ahead and ditch 2. Which two doesn't matter. All that matters is that you don't dump all 4, since then you wouldn't be able to get any teammates any time easily. Also, don't dump your Viera, she's going to help you make your money.

To get Cinqueda itself, certain missions will appear in the pub. They have names like [Wanted: Human] or [Wanted: Bangaa]. These missions are really just looking for a new clan mate since you are less than the "minimum" number, which by the way is 6. Each of these missions gives no money, gives no items, and only 20 AP each. Sounds like a bad idea, eh? Well, not really. You get the 20 AP, which can be used to get specific classes for characters, you get some points in the negotiation skill, and you get the chance to recruit a new member of the race that was wanted. You can turn them away, or you can welcome the new recruit. The choice is yours. Just remember to keep the number of characters down below 5 and above 2 until you get Cinqueda. During this time if you are ever short on cash, sell some items that are not being used, like potions or weapons. You can also get your Viera to become a Fencer, and then when the mission [Swords in Cyril] comes around, you can get 2 items, and some money. You can then sell the items, and repeat. [Chocobo Help] is also a good mission to use to get money.

After you eventually reach level 30 in negotiations, you will get the Cinqueda. Equip it to your thieve(s), and then go and get the mission [Wanted]. There might be two there, you want the one talking about an alchemist. Choose that one, and go to the mission spot (Giza Plains). The thief in this mission has mastered the abilities Steal:Weapon and Steal:Armor. These will be very useful anytime after this battle. Steal the two abilities (sleep on the target makes any ability 100% accurate unless the attacker is blinded), but don't kill the boss. If you do, the mission is gone, and then you can't get the abilities with your other Humans and Moogles who are thieves.

Strategy
Well looky here, you have two allies, Ritz and Shara. Both are plenty powerful to deal some damage to the enemies, and they will probably take out one or two of the guys. Like all battles before this one, aim, attack, kill, move on.