The game is cheating
In the western localization, the attributes growth of all the player characters is far lower than in the original. Even worse, when fighting another one of Lemele's warriors, that opponent keeps his/hers original Japanese attributes.
This accounts for the great difficulty of the game.
Cheats
Cheating in the duels
During a duel against one of Lemele's warriors it's possible to summon your ally. First, one of your characters must have learned the Revive1 spell (a bottle of Magic Water would not work). Second, before the actual fight leave town and let the other character die. When you start the duel against the other warrior, cast Revive1.
This is useful during Chapter 4 and Chapter 6, where fighting a duel is part of the plot.
Four characters can learn the Revive1 spell:
- Valsu at Level 10 (he can likely do this trick already in Chapter 4; he can also learn Revive2)
- Esuna at Level 24
- Kamil at Level 30
- Olvan at Level 42 (very, very late)
Super-upgrades of Lux
In Melenam during Chapter 10, Lux can still move away while he's getting fixed. This way, he can leave and re-enter the room several times, until all his attributes are maxed out to the top.
Secrets
Rare items
Four unique items are hidden around Ticondera. They are armors or accessories. A character can equip two of them at the same time: one cloak and one accessory.
- Cloak of Fire: search in Dowaine; it improves resistance against Fire spells;
- Cloak of Ice: search in Castle of Baran; it improves resistance against Ice spells;
- Ring: search in Pandam; it grants resistance against Vacuum spells;
- Amulet: search in Bilthem; it grants resistance against Debuff spells.
Secret passages
In the North Tower, two secret passages allow shortcuts.