Barret Wallace: Rebel With a Cause

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Barret Wallace

Barret Wallace is a mountain of a man with a heart of gold. His cause is something he believes fully in, and he'll stop at nothing to see to it that his goals are obtained. He's a character we can indentify with on several levels. He blames himself, and is blamed by others, for an incident that he could in no way have caused or countered, yet people need someone to blame and insteand of turning inward, they seek out someone they rest all of their hatred and woe upon. He also faces a moral dilemma of whether he should fight and endanger himself or stand in the shadows and direct to prevent further trauma to the little girl he's taken to raise as his own daughter. Barret is a character easy to feel for, he's lost everything he had, including his family and his best friend, to a company that it is his life's goal to shut down, but he's bounced back with a vengeance. He cares for the daughter of his best friend, whom he has to confront and ultimately help destroy, this makes for a character we can all have a little feeling for. He's also a top notch fighter, and with only three open slots on an active party, it's difficult to leave him behind on occasion, but such is the way of Barret. I tend to use him for shere power, give him a few boosters, but I don't load him down with materia, he's not a magic user, he's a powerhouse of physical force best used up front. In a typical team scenario, I generally choose Barret if forced to keep Aeris, give him a cover materia and let him keep her alive. All in all, he's my fourth favorite character of the game.

Statistical Information

Job	Leader of AVALANCHE
Age	35
Weapon	Gun-arm
Height	6'4"
Birthdate	December 15
Birthplace	Corel Village
Blood Type	O
Description	Head of the underground resistance movement, AVALANCHE, Barret is fighting the mega-conglomerate ShinRa Inc. which has monoplized Mako energy by building special reactors to suck it out of the planet. Barret depends on brute strength and his "Gun-arm" to see him through. His wife died in an accident several years ago, and he now lives with his daughter, Marlene.

Weapons

Gattling Gun	initial equiptment
Assault Gun	spoil of defeating Guard Scorpion or later purchased in the Sector 7 slums
Atomic Scissors	can be stolen from Custom Sweeper outside Kalm or later purchased in Junon or Gongaga
Cannon Ball	can be purchased in Kalm
W Machine Gun	found on the Mount Corel train tracks
Heavy Vulcan	can be purchased in Cosmo Canyon
Enemy Launcher	found in the ShinRa Manion in Nibelheim
Drill Arm	found in Cid's house in Rocket Town
Chainsaw	can be purchased in Wutai
Rocket Punch	found in the Temple of the Ancients
Microlaser	can be purchased in Icicle Inn
AM Cannon	can be purchased in Mideel
Solid Bazooka	can be purchased in Costa Del Sol after Meteor has been summoned
Max Ray	found in Sector 8
Missing Score	found on the stairs leading to the fight with Hojo but will only be there if Barret is in your party

Limit Skills

Level One	Barret's level one limit skills start with Big shot, a non-elemental attack that is also long range. At the beginning of the game it's generally more powerful than Cloud's Braver. Mindblow is a non-elemental, non-physical attack that saps an opponent's magic power. This skill is extremely useful if dealing with a magical powerhouse, but doesn't work on some enemies. It's excellent in Wutai when dealing with Rapps.
Level Two	Grenade Bomb starts off level two with a bang. This attack hits an entire group with explosive, non-elemental, damage, therefore it's wasted on a single enemy. Hammerblow, however; attacks only on enemy and is the least useful of the two. It causes no physical damage, simply removes an enemy from battle, thus it's useless against bosses.
Level Three	Sattelite Beam begins level three off well, attacking an entire group or single enemy with non-elemental damage. It's effects, however; are best suited for multiple opponents. Ungarmax allows Barret to unload some major firepower onto his opponents and is also better used on multiple enemies. It hits more times than Sattelite Beam, but each hit is slightly weaker.
Level Four	Barret's greatest limit skill, Catastrophe is a powerful, non-elemental, attack that deals out damage to either a group or single enemy, but as before, it's best against a group.