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This section is totally devoted to providing tips on ALL four Weapons: Ultimate, Diamond, Emerald, and Ruby. These tips have been provided by PsychoCloud. This part of the site is to give pointers on how to beat the crap out of the Weapons. The 4 Weapons you get to fight are Diamond, Ultimate, Emerald, and Ruby. The last 2 were add ons for the American FF7 to give it a real challenge. Diamond and Ultimate are push overs for just about everyone. Fighting Diamond is mandatory, you'll fight him in disc 2, Ultimate is optional later in the game, but you'll have to fight it in Mideel, but it's highly recommended to fight Ultimate after you've faced Diamond if you want Cloud's Ultima Weapon. Emerald is tough, but beatable by most means, Ruby is the worse one of them all I feel because of the tentacles and it's Whirlsand Attack which removes 2 random characters for the rest of the battle. But enough of the talk. Here's the tips. Diamond Weapon The easiest chump/Weapon in the game, you'll fight this "big badass" after going to the Forgotten Capitial with Bugenhagen. So you'll have to go to the Midgar area and defend Midgar by getting in this thing's way. Once it gets on land, it can be fought. So, go fight it! It's not that hard, 100,000 HP, anyone around Level 50 or 60+ can beat it without a problem, use your better magic (Ultima, Comet, Contain) to attack him, summons will work pretty well also, just remeber to keep your HP up and attack with a quickness, it could be dangerous to fight this guy if unprepared. But, as I said, 100,000 HP, not much to worry about. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Also, you can steal Yuffie's Rising Sun from it! Rising Sun has 4 linked slots and doubles materia growth. Ultimate Weapon This so called "Ultimate Weapon" is the ultimate wuss! When fighting him in Mideel, he could be trouble for your team because you're using you're weaker squad because you're without Cloud, so they could be quite weak, and in for the fight of their lives! He'll have 100,000 HP in Mideel and it's pretty hard to hit this sucker, so magic is the key, hopefully you took the time to make Ultima useable after saving Corel from the train. So, same as Diamond pretty much, but make sure you cast the defensive spells or what I call, the defensive set which is Regen with Wall, Haste, or Big Guard (Big GUard is the better choice because it's Wall WITH Haste, so it'll save some MP and save a turn also!) So cast that if you have it. After you beat Ultimate Weapon in Mideel, it flies off like the chicken it is. Don't worry about it now, go after it later. Eventually when you past by this giant lake close to Junon that was never there, you'll notice a flying chicken (Ultimate Weapon) make sure your HP and MP is up, then crash into it with the Highwind to initiate the fight. You can use only magic because you're fighting aboard the Highwind, so, pretty much, just cast the defensive set, and attack with magic like crazy! After a certain amount of damage, it'll fly off being the chicken it is, so go after it! By the way, if you get the chance to fight it at Gongaga, remember to steal from him! I won't tell you what you get, but it might be good, it might be worthless, you don't know till you get it....Anyway, if you knocked out enough of it's HP, it'll fly off to the Cosmo Canyon area. If you didn't oh boy..it'll fly around for awhile, go find it and keep on crashing into it, if it stops at a city, crash into it and you'll fight it. It's favorite destinations are, Mideel, Gongaga, Nibelheim, and Midgar. It can be found flying aimlessly around the Wutai continent until you crash into it. At the final fight at Cosmo Canyon, he won't have that much HP left, so finish him off for good! Use the same strategy as you used to beat Diamond, and that should be it, you'll get Cloud's Ultima Sword for all your troubles. And, if you haven't done so yet, you'll be able to go into the Ancient Forest without a Mountain Chocobo now. Emerald Weapon Well, it's time to face that bad ass Emerald Weapon...first, before reading anything, here's what I had equipped playing against Emerald the first time, and what you should at least have... What I had equipped What you should have Ultimate Weapons with Limit Break 4 Ultimate Weapons with Limit Break 4 99 Megalixirs, Elixirs, etc. 60+ Megalixirs, Elixirs, etc. 99 Hero Drinks 60+ Hero Drinks Mystile, Aegis Armlet Mystile, Aegis Armlet A LOT of the high level "Status Plus" materia A LOT of the high level "Status Plus" materia 4x-Slash, 2 Counter Attacks, 2 Mimes, Long Range 4x-Slash, 2 Counter Attacks, 1 Mime, Long Range Cloud(83), Barret(81), Tifa(85) Cloud, Barret, Anyone all at Level 80+ 2 Enemy Skills with Big Guard 2 Enemy Skills with Big Guard 2 Final Attacks w/ Revive on mastered one Final Attack on level 4 w/ Revive Master/Phoenix Master A whole load of Mastered "All" materia A whole load of Mastered "All" materia A LOT of HP Plus and MP Plus materias mastered! A LOT of HP Plus and MP Plus materia mastered! No Tough Rings or Championship Belts Championship Belts on 2 main attackers, Tough Ring for Healer Quite a lot eh? Well to get those extra items, use the W-Item cheat method. You'll also need to do some heavy duty Morphing in the Gelinka for sources. Cloud is the MAIN character here. Cloud must have 4 out of 6 status (Strength, Dexterity, Luck, Vitality) over 100 points. Strength for hitting power, Dexterity for ability to dodge, Luck for Critical Hits, Vitality for durability. That's before equipping the Status Plus materias. (Speed Plus, Luck Plus) Magic Plus is unecessary for Emerald. So, got all your stuff yet? Oh, also, when I said anyone on Line 7 of stuff to have, ANYONE BUT VINCENT! His Limit breaks will screw the flow of the attack up! Make sure ALL your guys are in the back row. Equip Cloud with a mastered Final Attack w/ a mastered Revive, if you don't have Final Attack mastered, use Revive master, if Revive is not mastered, use Phoenix. Now, put all the Counter Attacks on him, along with 4x-Slash, and the as many Speed Plus and Luck Plus materias. Also, put a Enemy Skill materia and Long Range materia on him. Now, Barret needs to have Mime on his armor, put about 6 "All" materias on the Missing Score, and if you got any more "Status Plus" materias, put it on him. The third character needs to have the Underwater materia along with Mastered Cure and Mastered "All" and Enemy Skill with Big Guard, if you have a extra Final Attack materia, put the lower level one on this person. She/he will be the healer/Limit Break add-on, also, if you have another Mime, put it on this person. Now, notice I didn't say a word about W-Summon, Quadra Magic, Knights of the Round....physical attacks is the idea here, which is why you need the Hero Drinks! Everyone has to have their HP and MP maxed out to the 9999/999 set using the HP and MP Plus materias. So, everyone set? Back row? Maxed out HP and MP? Proper equipment, items, and materia? Yes? If no, go to the Gelinka till your fighting 3 hits Level 80 and be sure to make sure to have what I had! Now if you're ready, go to battle! First thing to do is...heal! Emerald has the first attack everytime, so heal! Then, use the defensive set and use the Megalixirs if you got hit. Now, break out the Hero Drinks, one for everyone! And be sure to keep using the Elixirs/Megalixirs! Don't use Cure to heal, use the items! That's why you have to have so many! Now, since you're on Level 80+, with the Hero Drinks, Cloud should be hitting for 9999 per 4x-Slash! Now, use Barret to Mime the action, and have member #3 heal! The reason why I say, bring Megalixirs instead of Cure magic is because Emerald Shoot will drain HP and MP! So when you're low on MP and you're relying on Cure magic, you're fuct! So get busy with Miming the 4x-Slash, and use the Limit Breaks whenever you're on full HP! Cloud hitting 15 times for 9999 damage per slash does 149985 damage, I used Omnislash 3 times so, that took out 449955 damage, that's almost half of Emerald's HP! So, just remember to attack and use the Megalixirs without a second thought! Eventually you'll beat him and say, wow, he was pretty easy! That's cause you listened to me! And of course, GeekboyUSA told me, use 4x-Slash, it's faster than waiting for Bahamut Zero with Quadra Magic or W-Summon KOTR, they take forever! Also, I noticed with my past encounters with Emerald, he uses Aire Tam Storm when I used Bahamut Zero with Quadra Magic and W-Summon....I have a theory that Emerald gets pissed when someone uses magic on him. So that's why I listened to the Geek and used physical attacks, he didn't tell me about the Hero Drinks, that one I thought up myself! =) By the way, thanx for helping me GeekboyUSA! Again! Also, for your "hard" fought battle, you win....3 Master Materias!!!!!! Holy cow Batman! So, use them wisely against Ruby Weapon. The walkthrough for Big Red is coming soon! Note: The preferred third character for Emerald is Yuffie because you can keep her in the back row without putting Long Range materia on her, Conformer is also her best weapon, so she won't have to be healing all the time. Also, recently mentioned on the messageboard, Aire Tam Storm is, Materia spelled backwards! Apparently there's a way to lower the damage from Emerald's Aire Tam Storm. The less materia you have equipped, the less Aire Tam Storm will hit. It goes by 1111 HP damage for every materia equipped, so Aire Tam Storm will hurt, but not as much. Additional Note: The second time I played the game, I went without Cloud's Ultima Weapon and used Ragnarok, I also went without Barret's Level 4 Limit Break and Missing Score, and I didn't even get Yuffie past her Level 2 Limit! Cloud was still at level 68, Barret was at Level 65, Yuffie at level 64. And using all the stuff I said you should've had, I still beat Emerald! So it says a lot about the importance of being properly equipped! Ruby Weapon Before doing anything, kill Emerald Weapon first, then you should read this little walkthrough thingie. Okay, now for Ruby, the only changes are....W-Summon, Master Summon, HP and MP Absorb materias, Magic Plus is a must here! Luck Plus isn't necessary, Speed Plus is a BIG neccessity. You also need to have killed 2 of your other characters, so do that first, Cloud is the main character here, everyone will either be useless or will stay dead. Now, if you have Knights of the Round, equip it with HP Absorb, and equip MP Absorb with Master Summon. This is what I call, "the super el cheapo method" or, how I always win. So just make sure your guys stay dead, and KotR away at Ruby, since you have HP and MP Absorb equipped, everytime you use KotR, you gain back HP and MP! I usually gained back more MP than what i used to use KotR. Now if you use the both of them, you don't have to bother healing! Or....if you don't have KotR, put MP Absorb with Master Summon. The only thing to do here is to first use a Hero Drink, then use a Elixir on yourself, now use W-Summon with KotR on the tentacles, first one goes for the tentacles, the second round goes for Ruby itself. Now, hopefully your KotR attacks have been hitting for 9999 damage per hit. It should if your Magic Status is on 255 by itself, if it's around 225 or so, the Hero Drink should've boosted the magic power rating to 255 for this round. Now, if you want to bring your guys back, read on, if you just want to kill him for the heck of it, just keep using W-Summon KotR. So after using KotR on Ruby and the tentacles for seven rounds, the eigth summon, or last 4th W-Summon is Hades, that should put Ruby on Stop status, now use Phoenix to bring back your party members, or you could use Revive-All, but preferably Phoenix even though the flame will heal Ruby. Phoenix should be the 9th summon, KotR is the 10th summon, that's the one that kills it without having it wipe out your party with the Whirlsand Attack. So now all your guys get the AP and EXP. One note, the revival method doesn't work EVERYTIME, so make sure your other guys are equipped to knock out about 100,000 HP from Ruby if it doesn't work. Guides for fighting Emerald and Ruby Weapon are property of PsychoCloud, please do not use this information on any webpages without permission!
