Extreme ways to kill Emerald and Ruby Weapon


    By Monetary Dragon
    Ver 1.0 (first release)

    Email: Treylane47@aol.com   
Any Email should have something about FF7 in the title.

    FF7 is a pretty old game, and by now, most everyone has mastered it.
But saying this is quite deceiving. We have all beaten Emerald and Ruby
Weapon to a bloody pulp by now, but Iāve decided to take that one step
further. If you are simply looking for a way (any way) to kill them,
this is not your FAQ. There are many simpler ways to kill the Weapons,
these are just for those who want to kill them while grossly
handicapped. In this FAQ I present the following:

Ways to kill Emerald and Ruby Weapon without a controller
A way to kill Emerald and Ruby Weapon with no materia
A way to cast any spell/summon as a counter, using 0 MP.


Note: throughout the FAQ I will be displaying materia setups. I display
them in this fashion:

(Materia One)=(Materia Two)

Where Materia One and Materia Two are linked together. The ( )=( )
signifies a materia link.

First I will explain how to cast spells for 0 MP, as it is required for
many of my Weapon strategies here. The name I made for this type of
Magic use is Prismatic Magic.

Prismatic Magic works like this:

Magic Counter=(Spell to be cast)
Counter=Mime

The Magic Counter will attempt to cast the spell/summon that it is
linked to, and the Counter=Mime will mime it, using 0 MP. Just be sure
that the Counter=Mime is Īlaterā in your materia setup than the Magic
Counter, otherwise you may end up miming and then attempting the spell.
The setup should look like this:

(Magic Counter)=(Spell to be cast) (Counter)=(Mime)

And not like this:

(Counter)=(Mime) (Magic Counter)=(Spell to be cast)

An example of Prismatic Magic:

(Magic Counter)=(FullCure) (Counter)=(Mime)

After a character with this setup is hit, he will try to cast FullCure
(and succeed if he has enough MP), and immediately Mime. The miming uses
0 MP and works regardless of whether or not the Magic Counter really
casted the spell.


M-Prismatic Magic

M-Prismatic Magic lets you cast a Prismatic spell multiple times, as
long as you have the MP for it. The ĪMā stands for Magic, and is a play
on the fact that an ĪMā is an upside-down ĪWā.

M-Prismatic Magic works like this:

(Magic Counter)=(Spell to be cast) (Counter)=(Mime) (Counter)=(Mime) (As
many more Counter=mimes as you desire)

An example of M-Prismatic Magic:

(Magic Counter)=(Knights) (Counter)=(Mime) (Counter)=(Mime)
(Counter)=(Mime)

Assuming this character starts the battle with 999 MP, the following
will happen when he gets hit:

Magic Counter will cast Knights, using 250 MP    (current MP is 749)
Prismatic Knights will cast Knights for 0 MP     (current MP is 749)
M-Prismatic Knights will cast Knights for 250 MP (current MP is 499)
M-Prismatic Knights will cast Knights for 250 MP (current MP is 249)

Congratulations, you just cast Knights four times in one round, without
really doing anything. Note that the character now no longer has the MP
to cast Knights anymore. This whole M-Prismatic setup will revert to a
normal Prismatic setup, where only the first Counter=mime will be
active.

Limitations of Magic Counter:

Casting a spell with Magic Counter will not allow you to take advantage
of any support links with the spell you are countering with. So if you
have:

(Magic Counter)=(Knights) (HP Absorb)=(Knights)

Casting Knights through Magic Counter will not allow you to regain any
HP through HP Absorb. For the situations in this FAQ, the following
support materia are of no value: HP Absorb, MP Absorb, MP Turbo, Added
Cut, and Steal As Well.

Limitations of Counter:

(Counter)=(Enemy Skill) is NOT a working link. That means no
Counter=Magic Hammer :(


Hopefully you understand the Prismatic Magic concept. Now we will apply
it to making a mockery of the Weapons. Just make sure you donāt save
after killing them, but Iām assuming you know not to do that already.



Killing Ruby Weapon with M-Prismatic Knights:


Yuffie: Dead the entire battle. No specific equip or materia.

Cid: Dead the entire battle. No specific equip or materia.

Cloud:
Equipped with the Ultima Weapon, a Mystile, and a Ribbon.

Cloudās Ultima Weapon should look like this:

(Magic+)=(Magic+) (Magic+)=(HP+) (Magic Counter)=(Restore) (Magic
Counter)=(Knights)

Cloudās Mystile should look like this:

(Counter)=(Mime) (Counter)=(Mime) (Counter)=(Mime)


Notes:
The three materia at the beginning of the Ultima Weapon are Magic
Plusses, not MP Plusses.
It is assumed that Cloud has 9999 HP and 999 MP for this battle. If you
have less than that, feel free to replace any Magic Plusses with either
HP+ or MP+.
Cloud should be in the Sadness status ailment so he receives less
damage. You can do this by giving him a Tranquilizer or two while in the
field menu.
----Very important----
The Restore materia linked with the first Magic Counter *Must* be at
Level 3. When Restore is at Level 3, the Ībestā spell it can cast is
Regen, and this is the spell you want the Magic Counter to cast. Having
a mastered Restore will get you Cure3 instead of Regen. Trust me, youāre
gonna want Regen more than youāll want Cure3.

The battle goes as follows:

::Ruby Weapon buries his hands::                 Current MP is 999
::Ruby Weapon somehow attacks and hits Cloud::   Current MP is 999
::Cloud casts Regen for 30 MP::                  Current MP is 969
::Cloud casts Knights for 250 MP::               Current MP is 719
::Prismatic Knights::                            Current MP is 719
::M-Prismatic Knights::                          Current MP is 469
::M-Prismatic Knights::                          Current MP is 219

Now Cloud is in Regen, and by the time he is done tossing all that
Knights at Ruby, he should have all his HP back.

::Ruby Weapon somehow attacks and hits Cloud::
::Cloud casts Regen for 30 MP::                  Current MP is 189
::Cloud fails to cast Knights::                  Current MP is 189
::Cloud casts Knights for 0 MP::                 Current MP is 189
::Cloud fails to cast Knights::                  Current MP is 189
::Cloud fails to cast Knights::                  Current MP is 189

Even though the Magic Counter and M-Prismatics arenāt really
functioning, they are still serving the purpose of giving Cloud plenty
of time to Regen. Cloud will continually counter with Knights, using
only 30 MP per round (for Regen). This gives him up to 7 more Knights
after the first set of four. 11 Knights of the Round is plenty to kill
Ruby Weapon.

The only Īproblemā with this setup is that Ruby Weapon has an attack
that destroys a percentage of your current MP. This isnāt too much of a
problem later on in the battle, but if it is the first attack he uses on
you, you might be seeing the Game Over screen. I have beaten him with
this setup even with him doing an MP drain as his first attack, so it IS
possible.



Killing Emerald Weapon with M-Prismatic Knights:


Note: The following setup must be exact. Switching the Īlocationsā of
characters involved in this setup will complicate the order in which
counters take place, and can complicate Final Attack. This can have
deadly consequences.

Yuffie: Conformer, Mystile, Ribbon

Yuffieās Conformer should look like this:
( )=( ) ( )=( ) ( )=(HP+) (Sneak Attack)=(Knights)

Yuffieās Mystile should look like this:
(Final Attack)=(Knights) (Magic Counter)=(Knights) (Counter)=(Mime)


Cloud: Ultima Weapon, Wizard Bracelet, Circlet

Cloudās Ultima Weapon should look like this:
(Magic+)=(Underwater) (Sneak Attack)=(Mime) (HP+)=(HP<-->MP) (Final
Attack)=(Phoenix)

Cloudās Wizard Bracelet should look like this:
(Magic Counter)=(Knights) (Counter)=(Mime) (Counter)=(Mime)
(Counter)=(Mime)


Cid: Venus Gospel, Mystile, Ribbon

Cidās Venus Gospel should look like this:
( )=( ) ( )=( ) ( )=(HP+) (Sneak Attack)=(Mime)

Cidās Mystile should look like this:
(Final Attack)=(Phoenix) (Magic Counter)=(Knights) (Counter)=(Mime)


Notes:

Check again to make sure that your characters are in the right Īorderā.
All of the characters in this setup are assumed to have 9999 HP and 999
MP, exept for Cloud, who should have 999 HP and 9999 MP, due to his
HP<-->MP. If Yuffie or Cid have less than this, feel free to put HP+ and
MP+ into the empty slots in their weapons. Otherwise, just fill them up
with as many Magic+ as you have. Cloudās max HP and MP shouldnāt really
matter- he will definitely have enough MP to finish the fight and his HP
shouldnāt matter because he will die in one direct attack anyway.
Yuffie and Cid should both be in the ĪSadnessā status ailment so that
they take less damage. Just give them a Tranquilizer or two while in the
Field Menu.
The purpose of Yuffie and Cidās Ribbons is to keep them in the ĪSadnessā
effect even after they die and are resurrected by Phoenix. This isnāt
really that important, and Peace Rings can be used instead to get the
same effect.

OK, thatās about it! Now, get into the fight. The battle should go as
follows:

::Yuffie casts Knights via Sneak Attack for 250 MP::
::Cloud mimes Knights via Sneak Attack for 0 MP::
::Cid mimes Knights via Sneak Attack for 0 MP::

Note: Even if Yuffie fails to do the Sneak Attack, (chances of this are
less than %20 in my experience) you donāt need to worry. This battle
revolves around counters. The Sneak Attacks are really only in there for
fun, not because an Īextraā 3 Knights of Round are needed.


The only attacks Emerald Weapon is capable of doing in this battle are
Emerald Shoot and Emerald Beam.


If Emerald Weapon does an Emerald Shoot:

This will either hit Yuffie or Cid, or it will hit Cloud.

If it hits Yuffie or Cid, and that character survives and has 250+ MP,
Emerald will get hit with 2 Knights. If they have less than 250 MP, they
will still be able to use Prismatic Knights. If they die, Final Attack
may kick in if they have enough MP, casting either Knights (for Yuffie)
or Phoenix (for Cid).

If it hits Cloud, Cloud will die and be resurrected (along with any
other dead characters). Cloud can be resurrected up to five times this
way before Final Attack stops functioning.


If Emerald Weapon does an Emerald Beam:

All characters will be hit, but they will all survive. Emerald Beam hits
for a percentage of the targetās HP, so the target can never die from
it.

If Yuffie and Cid will counter with Knights as if they were just hit
with an Emerald Beam. Thatās at least 2 Knights, up to 4 if enough MP is
available.

Now Cloud starts countering...

Cloud will cast Knights through Magic Counter,
Cloud will cast Prismatic Knights,
Cloud will cast M-Prismatic Knights,
Cloud will cast M-Prismatic Knights again.

Cloud himself will cast 4 Knights of Round. MP isnāt an issue for him
because of the HP<-->MP. Add that with Yuffieās and Cidās counters, and
you have at least six Knights, up to eight! Thatās a LOT of damage!


Before long, Emerald will be toasted, without you having to lift a
finger.

Note: It is possible to kill Emerald in two rounds with this setup. If
all the Sneak Attacks work, then Emerald does an Emerald Shoot on Cid,
then Emerald does an Emerald Beam, he can and will die in two rounds.



Killing Ruby Weapon with Prismatic FullCure:


Yuffie: Dead the entire battle. No specific materia or equip.

Cloud: Dead the entire battle. No specific materia or equip.

Barret: Missing Score, Wizard Bracelet, Ribbon

Barretās Missing Score should look like this:
(Elemental)=(Alexander) (Luck+)=(Luck+) (Luck+)=(HP+) (Counter
Attack)=(Counter Attack)

Barretās Wizard Bracelet should look like this:
(Counter Attack)=(Counter Attack) (Counter Attack)=(Counter Attack)
(Magic Counter)=(FullCure) (Counter)=(Mime)

As you can see, this is a very destructive setup. When Barret gets hit,
he will do six counter attacks and cast Prismatic FullCure. His attacks
have elemental Holy, and about half of them are critical hits. Thereās
no need for an overview of the battle here, just sit back and do Counter
Attacks. If Barret is strong enough, Ruby should go down in a few hours.
The only things to worry about are that the materia in the Missing Score
is all mastered (for more damage), and that your Playstation is
well-ventilated (the true key to this battle).



Killing Emerald Weapon with Prismatic FullCure:


Cloud: Ultima Weapon, Mystile

Cloudās Ultima Weapon should look like this:
(HP+)=(Luck+) (Luck+)=(Luck+) (Counter Attack)=(Counter Attack) (Counter
Attack)=(Counter Attack)

Cloudās Mystile should look like this:
(Counter Attack)=(Counter Attack) (Magic Counter)=(FullCure)
(Counter)=(Mime)

Tifa: Premium Heart, Minerva Band

Tifaās Premium Heart should look like this:
( )=( ) ( )=( ) ( )=( ) (Underwater)=(HP+)

Tifaās Minerva Band should look like this:
(Counter Attack)=(Counter Attack) (Magic Counter)=(FullCure)
(Counter)=(Mime)

Barret: Missing Score, Mystile

Barretās Missing Score should look like this:
(Fire)=(Ice) (Fire)=(HP+) (Counter Attack)=(Counter Attack) (Counter
Attack)=(Counter Attack)

Barretās Mystile should look like this:
(Counter Attack)=(Counter Attack) (Magic Counter)=(FullCure)
(Counter)=(Mime)


This is just an Emerald Weapon variation of how to kill Ruby with
Prismatic FullCure. Just sit back and do Counter Attacks. Emerald will
crumble in a little while.

Notes:
The Fire and Ice in Barretās Missing Score are just there to be mastered
materia, to increase his damage. Just put whatever you have mastered in
those three slots.
The only thing in this battle that could kill any of your characters is
Emeraldās Aire Tam Storm (materia storm). It does 1111 damage for every
piece of materia you have equipped. For Cloud and Barret, this is 9999
damage, which is instant death. Tifa, with only 8 materia, will only
take 8888 damage. As long as her max HP is greater than 8888, you have
nothing to worry about in this battle, because Tifa will *always* be
bouncing back.



Now, youāve just done everything there is to do with materia (at least,
as far as Weapon-slaying is concerned). Are you ready to shed the
almighty crutch of materia and pick up the controller?



Killing Emerald Weapon with no materia.


Yuffie: Conformer, Zeidrich, Champion Belt
Limit: Doom of the Living

Cloud: Ultima Weapon, Zeidrich, Sprint Shoes
Limit: Omnislash

Cid: Venus Gospel, Zeidrich, Champion Belt
Limit: Highwind

Note:
It is expected that everyone in your party is at level 99. 

OK, just checking :)

If you for some reason didnāt steal Zeidrichs from Rude, you can use
Adaman Bangles instead. Go to Wutai, and fight the turtles in the shore
zones. You can steal Adaman Bangles from them, which is the second
strongest armor against physical attacks.
Everyone should have their limit bars maxed out before entering battle.
Everyone should be in the ĪFuryā status ailment so that their limit bars
go up twice as fast. You can do this by giving each character a Hyper or
two while in the Field Menu.
Youāll also want to go into Config and make sure that the controller is
set to initial, that ATB is Active, and that the battle speed is maxed.

Items:
You will need at least 15 Megalixirs in order to hope to kill Emerald.
Get Megalixirs by killing Master Tonberrys. Be sure to not steal from
them, or they have no chance of dropping them.

You will need at least 4 Hero Drinks in order to hope to kill Emerald.
If you have gotten every Hero Drink through the course of the game, you
should be fine. If you havenāt, or you simply want more, go to the
icicle area and catch yourself a Wonderful chocobo. Feed it 99 Sylkis
Greens and race it until it reaches Class B. Then save the game. Go to
race your chocobo. If ĪHero Drinkā doesnāt show up as one of the
possible prizes, just keep resetting until it does. When it does, win
the race. If you win the Hero Drink, save it. Otherwise, reset again.
Hero Drinks are most common in class B.

You will also want a bunch of Phoenix Downs and Hypers to revive any
fallen characters and put them back into ĪFuryā. Just buy some.


Now, the battle:

For starters, have everyone do their limits on Emerald.

Now have Cloud use a Megalixir and start fighting:

Power-up Mode:
When the battle starts, youāre gonna want to suck down those Hero Drinks
so Yuffie and Cidās limit breaks have some punch behind them.

Yuffie uses a Hero Drink on herself
Cloud uses a Megalixir
Cid uses a Hero Drink on himself

Keep this up, using limit breaks when they become available, until you
run out of Hero Drinks.

Offense Mode:
When you have used all of your Hero Drinks, and Emerald Weaponās lasers
arenāt open. This is your chance to hurt him. 
Yuffie attacks
Cloud uses a Megalixir
Cid attacks

Keep this up, using limit breaks when they become available, until
Emerald Weaponās lasers open and he does an Emerald Beam.

Defense Mode:
Any or all of Emeraldās lasers are open. The battle becomes a fight for
survival.

Yuffie uses a Megalixir
Cloud uses a Megalixir
Cid uses a Megalixir

Keep this up until Yuffieās limit breaks. Then have her do a Doom of the
Living on Emerald. It should destroy about half of Emeraldās lasers.
Then keep up the Megalixir use until everyoneās limits are broken. Then
have Yuffie do another Doom of the Living. It should clean up the last
of the lasers so that Emerald takes full damage from the Omnislash and
Highwind that will follow. Now youāre back into Offense Mode.

If you keep this up, Emerald will fall with a little luck.

Note: While Emerald Weaponās lasers are open, he can do the Aire Tam
Storm. Because your characters have no materia, it will hit everyone for
zero damage :)



The biggie: Killing Ruby Weapon with no materia


Youāre going to need a lot of preparation for this battle. Go to the
Īmeltdown reactorā in Gongaga and Morph Heavy Tanks until you get
Cloudās natural Strength to be 155. The Ultima Weapon will bring that up
to 255, which is max.
Then go to the sunken airplane. Morph everything. Make Cloudās stats
really high. Be sure not to neglect the little hallway, the enemies
there give you Speed Source and Luck Source, which are the most
important stats for this battle. Before you think of taking on Ruby, all
of your stats should be 120+.
Oh, and, Cloud should be on level 99. Just checking.

After Cloudās stats have been blown out of proportion, youāre gonna have
to hunt down some items. Youāll need the following:

99 X-Potions
99 Dazers
at least 4 Hero Drinks
at least 1 Vaccine

You should have at least one Vaccine if you have been picking up the
items you find throughout the game. If you donāt have one, Morph a
Dragon Zombie in the final dungeon.
If you feel you need more Hero Drinks, race chocobos the way I described
earlier.
To get Dazers: Use a Steal As Well-Morph on the Bound Fats in the
Ancient City. You find them on the screen with the annoying shell
staircase that you jump up, just before where you find the Magic+
materia.
To get X-Potions: There is a ladybug-like enemy in the mountains of
Wutai that always drops an X-Potion, and you can fight up to three of
them at a time. You can also Morph the Custom Sweepers around Midgar,
but that takes a while longer.

Got everything? Now we abuse the gameās config screen.

From the field menu, go into Config.
Set Controller to Initial (as opposed to Memory)
Set ATB to Wait (as opposed to Recommended or Active)
Set Battle speed to maximum (the indicator is farthest to the left)
Youāre going to want Battle Message to be about average (indicator is in
the middle of the bar)

OK, now we prepare for the actual fight. Put Cloud in Fury by giving him
a Hyper or two. Kill off the other two characters before the fight. Have
Cloudās limit be Omnislash and his limit bar full. Cloud should be in
the front row. Equip him with the Ultima Weapon, a Mystile, and a
Tetra-Elemental (Morph a Cactuar if you need a Tetra-Elemental). Now get
on your Gold Chocobo (or Highwind) and bump into Ruby.


As soon as the battle starts, Ruby will place his hands in the ground.
As he does this, use a Vaccine. Ruby will now be able to take damage and
Cloud will be immune to statuses.

Ruby Weapon will then somehow attack you. As SOON as your ATB fills up,
open the Item Menu and wait to see what Ruby does. After Rubyās attack
is completed, his ATB will stay at nothing due to ATB: Wait. It is now
your move.

If you have taken damage (You have been hit by a Ruby Ray (physical
attack that always hits), a physical claw (destroys a percentage of your
current HP), or he has cast a spell (either Ultima or Shadow Flare) that
has HIT you, in spite of your Mystile), use an X-Potion. Then open your
Item Menu as soon as the command window pops up.. same as above. Keep on
repeating this until you get by one of Rubyās attacks without taking any
damage.

If you have not taken damage (you have been hit by the magic-draining
claw or one of Rubyās spells (either Ultima or Shadow Flare) has missed
you because of your Mystile, or you have been hit by a Ruby Flame that
HEALS you because of your Tetra-Elemental), use a Hero Drink on
yourself. Then go back into the Item Menu as soon as possible, etc.

If you have not taken damage and you have used all of your Hero Drinks,
itās time to start attacking him. Use a Dazer on him to put him in the
ĪStopā status ailment. Now just hold the circle (selection) button down.
As soon as your ATB fills up, you will automatically select attack and
select Ruby Weapon (the body, not the claws) as your target. What you do
now depends on whether or not you Omnislashed him:

If your limit bar is full, you will be doing the Omnislash dance. After
the attack is done, open your Item Menu as soon as possible and wait for
his next attack, like you have already been doing this whole battle.

If your limit bar is not full, you will be doing a normal attack. In
this case, keep holding the button down. When your ATB fills up again,
you can still get another full attack in before Ruby is Īunstoppedā and
can react. (then you go into the Īwait to see what Ruby doesā mode
again).

Keep this up and Ruby will fall. Do not get discouraged if your attacks
do very little damage. You have 99 Dazers and 99 X-Potions. You can
outlast him. My normal attack does about 5700 damage on him, and my
Omnislash does about 2700 with each hit. I can beat him in about a half
an hour. If youāre really discouraged about your damage, go and win
another Hero Drink or two, following my Class B racing method above.


Special Thanks to:

Kao Megura. If you havenāt seen his FAQs, youāre missing out on life.

Sephiroth. He edited this FAQ. His AIM is CawleyDP, and his Email is
sephiroth@mac.com

Sunslasher. He kept calling me a cocky bumpkin, but saw through my
failings to see a wealth of knowledge.

To anyone who sends me an Email telling me that my life wasnāt in vain
when coming up with this stuff.



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