Final Fantasy VII Weapons/Hardest Bosses, etc.

[zen la]

well not just emerald ruby aswell this method works for both it is kick ass it works pretty much anything

[Phoenix Flame]

Aren't there far fewer options to pwning Ruby then there are Emerald?

[Shinra Soldier 1]

Ruby weapon was one of the hardest, I never did defeat him, kinda ticked me off. It took me two years of off and on play, a walkthrough, and a gameshark to even beat the game. Good luck.

[dappa]

Its been mentioned before in this thread, that ruby weapon is vulnerable to the stop status, if he is stopped he cant do much to your party, the hades summon has a good probability of inflicting the stop status on him.

And try not to complete this game using gamesharks!!!!!!!!!!!

[Phoenix Flame]

'Complicate'?! Whaa?!

I dunno what you're talking about fine sir *whistles some more* XD;

Nothing wrong with 'sharkin every now and again...especially after you've done gone through the game 8 or so times and gotten everything it has to offer. x3

The only think I'd really use it for at this point is just to get all the materias off the bat....or the weapons/accessories and such.

Anyway, back to the conversation.

The only way I've ever beat him was via gameshark x3, or legitimately by being on/close to level 99, having two of my party members killed when the battle starts, then by using (I think! It's been a while) a combination of Hero Drinks to raise your attack, Double-cut materia, Hades - MAYBE, and/or KOTR summon. It still takes F.O.R.E.V.E.R. to kill him even if you're NOT using KOTR because of his high defense and HP.

[dappa]

lol, sharking is ok if you've cleared the game before, but not ok in my opinion to first time players. My gameshark has been gathering dust for years now as i rarely use it lol.

[Phoenix Flame]

I just used mine for Dragon Quest VIII. XD; It's sweet starting with all the best equipment/items off the bat.

...not too challenging afterwards though. ._.;

[strife]

Originally Posted by Arkacia

I've scoured the net and tried various metholds I've found on it to beat ruby weapon but nothing has worked. I get killed every time .

Has anyone here managed to beat it and if so how?

I've played the game through about 10 times and would love to just once do it completly with nothing left undone. I've not managed to beat emerald weapon either but think I've figured that one out. Ruby weapon just defeats me every time.

The way I beat Ruby was to give one character w-summon, quadra-magic linked with master-summon, and give the other two characters mime. Then use quadra-hades and knights of the round and mime it repeatedly. Hades will paralyze and poison Ruby so he can't counter-attack. It takes a while, but you can do it without having problems.

As for Emerald, don't equip more than 5 or so materia on each player, then use the 7777 trick. That takes down like 3/4 of his hit points.

[clief101_]

i didnt have any stragaties for eother of them. well kinda?

for ruby i killed 2 characters before i went into battle. made sure i had final attack and pheonix. then i jus KotR his ass till cloud died, hoping id have enough MP left to use pheonix, then jus tried miming KotR with my character that had mime, and hoping to stay alive as long as i could till he died.

i did the same thing with emerald, 'cept i hade a full living party at the start of the battle....took me a couple of tries (by couple i mean about 15) on each before they finaly died

[rissole25]

Originally Posted by clief101_

i didnt have any stragaties for eother of them. well kinda?

for ruby i killed 2 characters before i went into battle. made sure i had final attack and pheonix. then i jus KotR his ass till cloud died, hoping id have enough MP left to use pheonix, then jus tried miming KotR with my character that had mime, and hoping to stay alive as long as i could till he died.

i did the same thing with emerald, 'cept i hade a full living party at the start of the battle....took me a couple of tries (by couple i mean about 15) on each before they finaly died

thats exactly what i did...i finid it useless how you get the desert rose & that gets you a gold chocobo...i use a gold chocobo to run into ruby so i was sorta angry when i got the gold chocobo

[TherathxRikku]

So far, the hardest boss was Aps from the sewer, I forgot to equip Fire and it cost me 13 potions. xD

[rissole25]

Originally Posted by TherathxRikku

So far, the hardest boss was Aps from the sewer, I forgot to equip Fire and it cost me 13 potions. xD

lol i found Rapps harder than Aps. I went to Wutai straight after i got the Bronco and didn't realise i was under-levelled till i faced him. I hated Aero3...such a pain.

[TherathxRikku]

Well, I know to expect the worst from Wutai. If I didn't already. >_> (Yuffie)

I wanna know the name of the two robots on the elevator when you escape Shinra. They killed me twice cause I kept forgetting to give Red XII and Aerith spells so they DO SOMETHING. >_>

[clief101_]

OMG!! i hated those 2 machines!! the first time i ever played the game, I COULDNT GET PAST THE SECOND 1!! pissed me off soooo much!!

and also dyne the first time i played was just impossible!!

[TherathxRikku]

Bolt helped a BUNCH! lol Cure can also save you lots. I just wish I had more Phoenix Downs, cause I barely won. .__.