Stallion: Now, this is the First boss that I came across that you might want to use some strategy on, other than all out war.
When I entered battle with the Stallion, Ryu was lvl 17, Momo 14 and Garr 13. No matter your lvl or battle formation, your going to want to immediatly start with Ryu Casting his Shield spell.
Now, if all of your party is about Garr's lvl, you might want to pick a defensive form. For this Battle, I chose an Attack Formation, with Ryu out in Front dealing most of the dmg, and had Garr attacking other turns with heals, along with Momo. Letting Ryu lead the attack formation allowed him to deal great dmg while in dragon form... Also, since Momo and Garr have naturaly high power as it is, the battle ended farely quick.
I dont recomend using Nina in this battle because of her Low hp. The Stallion has a powerfull normal attack along with a very strong multi-attack... This will make it difficult to heal your party and try to keep Nina alive (although you could use Nina's speed as an advantage for quick heals before Stallion gets a chance to attack your party). He also has a Resist spell which will null all attacks against him for that turn.
Gazer: The LightHouse Boss
Overall, Gazer wasnt too difficult, I even had time to experiment around on him. At this point in the game, Ryu was 19, Nina 18, and Garr 15. Right away, I had Nina attack with strongest magic and put her on heal duty, Garr was mostly attacking with item using if neccassary, and after Ryu casted the Sheild ability (+defense to all) I had him turn into a Fire Dragon. By now you should have frost, flame, and thunder genes, amoung those three, Gazer is weakest to Flame. The fight was simple with Nina attacking/healing, Garr attacking, and Ryu using Flame Claws attacks.
Gazer has a few good attacks, he can hypnotize you, which is a pain sometimes, he has a weak multi-attack, and his "eye beam" can do a great amount of damage to a single character.
Dolphin: Fairy Village Boss
The Dolphin can potentially be a very difficult battle. I suggest you do some serious leveling with Nina and Momo if you havent already. In this Fight, Ryu is lvl 20, Nina 18, and Momo 16. I suggest you have everyone at minimum of 16.
Of course, naturally, you will want to start this fight off with Ryu casting sheild on everyone. Use Nina to constantly cast her best spells on Dolphin. Be extremley careful with Momo, the Dolphin will counter attack to all physical attacks, but not to magic or item attacks. This makes it difficult to keep Momo alive and useful... since her main offensive is a strong physical attack.
Now, Dolphin is weak against lighthing attacks, so have Nina use her thudner spells, and have Ryu splice into a Thunder dragon (if your high enough level, you can probably just use Whelp form to save MP) and have him use Thunder Claw. Momo will probably be the one to heal your party.
* if you feel you can, you are able to leanr the ability "Intimidate" from the dolphin, this ability will cancell out your opponets turn*
Old Man: Crazy Old Guy boss in Mt. Zublo
Before entering this fight, make sure you've found the "Fire Ring", "Asbestos Armor", and at least one set of "Magma Armor" (from the Vulcans). All these, except the Asbestos Armor, will heal your character when he's attacked by Fire. Asbestos Armor will just minimize damage. If you only have two items that absorb fire damage to heal you, equip them on your other 2 characters besides Ryu (Fire absorbing armor wont help Ryu since he'll be in Dragon Form).
For This Battle, Ryu was level 22, Nina 21, and Garr 18
For this battle, Ice will obviously be your opponets weakness, I suggest concentrating all your attacks on just one of the fire dragons first. You dont really want to use Ryu's Ice Breath, although it does damage too all, its weak damage to all. Stick with Ice Claw on this fight. If your using Momo, be sure to have her eqiuped with Icy Chrysm.
