Why Doesn't Diablos Work On Ultimecia

[John Smith]

Diablos' ability takes 3/4s of health from the enemy you hit. I don't think that it would be balanced if you could do that to a boss monster

 

[ThroneofDravaris]

No matter what enemy you use it again, the damage is capped at 9999. So it wouldn't really be that unbalanced to allow players to use Diablos against bosses when you consider that you can do several times that amount of damage with a single Limit Break.

 

[John Smith]

But to use a Limit Break you need to have either critical HP or use Aura, so it's more riscky. Plus, you need to have some rare items to forge the Lionheart (Adamantine x2)

 

[ThroneofDravaris]

It's not risky if you only put one character on critical, and Aura is pretty easy to come by at the end of the game.

Plus you don't need the Lionheart in the slightest to cause more than 9999 damage. Decent strength will see Renzokuken hitting for 4000+ damager per hit.

 

[Cloud101]

The easiest way to beat a boss,( or any body at that), is to keep Squall's health yellow, that way you can do a limit break every turn, this is also a good way to survive on "The Island Closest to Heaven".I know it sounds fishy, but it works, besides, it's fun to use the Lion Heart over, and over, and over!

 

[Squall Lionheart]

keep Squall's health yellow, that way you can do a limit break every turn!

You ok?

That's just boring and annoying...Nearly as stupid as the Kamikaze Revive way...
There are too many ways to defeat monsters and bosses other than a single boring constant pattern...

As for GF Diablos...with enough experience will damage the enemy's full HP if it's below the maximum damage...If not then Diablos will cause maximum damage at every summon until the enemy is defeated...

 

[Cloud101]

*sniff* it's not booring *sniff*

 

[John Smith]

Yes it is. It's as boring as using Quistis' Degenerator. That's more efficient If Degenerator doesn't work, you can always use Lv ? Death (Useful for monster packs)

 

[Cloud101]

You could use shock wave if you have it(It's her strongest LB!)

 

[dappa]

Yes it is. It's as boring as using Quistis' Degenerator. That's more efficient If Degenerator doesn't work, you can always use Lv ? Death (Useful for monster packs)

I like to use degenerator on the malboros in grandidi forest. I mainly use this method to power level up late in the game with stat boosting gf's. But I dont just go about just dishing out limit breaks to all enemies as the game will lost most of its challenge.

 

[Cloud101]

The Shockwave thing does,(if you are strong enough), 30,000 damage, no kidding!!!!

 

[dappa]

The Shockwave thing does,(if you are strong enough), 30,000 damage, no kidding!!!!

I got a similar ammount of damage when I used it on a cockatrice once.

 

[John Smith]

:O IT BREAKS THE DAMAGE LIMIT!!! :|

How can you get enough items to get the item for Shockwave Pulsar? (I forgot the name of the ingredients ^_^'')

 

[ThroneofDravaris]

The Dark Matter that you use to teach Quistis Shockwave Pulsar refines from 100 Cursed Spikes via Siren's Life Refine when she's at level 100 iirc.

 

[John Smith]

Where can I get my hands on some Curse Spikes?

 

[Squall Lionheart]

You can recieve it from many monsters depending on their level for example Grand Mantis, Malboro, Tri-Face, Imp etc...

You can also refine them from Tri-Face's Card...

 

[dappa]

I got the curse spikes from those skeletons in grandidi forest. Thats where i go early in the game to get them. Those skeletons appear all over the world but seem to appear quite regularly in this particular forest.

They can show up quite often in the mountain areas of esthar too.

 

[John Smith]

Skelletons? :O What skelletons? :|

 

[Squall Lionheart]

Yeah, I already said that these aren't the only monsters...
The name is Forbidden...you can find them in Centra Ruins and many other places...

 

[dappa]

If you are gonna fight a high level level forbidden,be careful though, its atb gauge starts filling up faster when its hp is low and it starts dishinng out 'lai strikes' (instant death, remember steiners attack in ff9).

Dont mug them either cause they wont drop the curse spike.