The Lion of Ivalice/Awesome

"Zalbag:"
 * Rattletrap killing.
 * LUCAVI DETECTED. ENTERING DEFENSIVE STATE.
 * Zalbag's Rousing Speech in Chapter 32

"Kletian: It's a pity, however, as it seems you didn't learn enough. Valmafra: Not everything I learned came from you."
 * When Ramza and Izlude face Chaos, the first Lucavi seen in the story, screw the fact that they're alone and have never seen such a thing before, because they take - him - down - with nothing but their teamwork together and skill. Meaning that they proving from an early point that a) the Lucavi are not invincible; and b) anyone trained under a Beoulve is destined to become an inherent Badass.
 * Ramza and his companions taking down the Lucavi duo of . Especially for two reasons:
 * Ramza defeats  singlehandedly, and with good motive to boot.
 * Meanwhile  deserves credit for being able to hold off Mel, Alma and Izlude together, since he only really went down when Valmafra showed up to help. Given he was   in canon, this shows the Lucavi aren't being treated as a joke even in the early stages of the story.
 * Ramza's Duel Boss fights with Gafgarion and  - not only for being good achievements for the youthful hero (defeating much older and more experienced adversaries), but also for the author, who deserves praise for creating such effective battle sequences.
 * In detail, Ramza fights Gaff twice, first time on his own, second to try out his new Dark Sword abilities, and both times he won, sparing Gaff's life for favors. When he fought, he made it look real easy at first.
 * In Chapter 23, 's fight with Zeromus/ . It's probably the best-written fight scene up to that point (YMMV), and easily of the best battles in the entire story in general. Not to mention that it took a villain from the original game who was simply a despicable and abhorrent indivudual, and turned him into a potent threat. Followed by:
 * Chapter 28, where Zalbag and  face off together against Mateus, who tops Zeromus in terms of potency in battle. Besides that, it's made even better by the fact that  's actions are what bring about his defeat in the end. Of course, come Chapter 29, this makes.
 * Chapter 35 has two:
 * First is Valmafra's magical duel with Kletian, not only for the sheer epicness described in the battle but also because.

"Gaffgarion: Not so tough now, are you?"
 * Second is 's fight with  . Even the   didn't deter his determination and morals , and.
 * The entirety of Chapter 36, the "Airship Battle" chapter, which delivers just as the author has been promising.
 * Gaffgarion extracting some well timed revenge on Elmdore, . Complete with fear shock and fisticuffs afterward.


 * In Chapter 38, Izlude faces Vormav/Hashmal all by himself..
 * Rattletrap gains three back to back in the form of three specific tropes:.
 * Ramza