Sorceress Adel strategy

[ragnosica]

I've been thinking a lot on how to beat Adel and i figured out 3 idealistic strategies:

1) Use Cerberus and then cast Float and Shell on everyone, than throw all the GF power on Adel and Rinoa and every once in a while use a Triple Curaga on Rinoa (normally after 2 GF attacks). BTW, u better have Cerberus with a decently big HP because Adel casts Meteor and Smashing Blow the first time at small intervals. Until you use a G-Returner it might be too late.

2) Everything from above, except use all the Aura on Squall (if you have a big strength) because I've noticed that Renzokuken + Rough Divide does more dmg than a GF with all the boosting. After you finish Aura use the GFs. The only difference is that Aura is 20% of the time ineffective.

3) Everything in 1) or 2), except cast shell on Rinoa and Adel shouldn't be able to draw much from her nor you do big dmg with the GFs on her anymore.

In case you're wondering: Float for Quake, Shell for Ultima, Flare, Meteor etc, Holy heals him; and these strategies are for hp-lowers (me: Squall-1916, Zell-1975, Quistis-3120), those with high stats might find this fight easier. One last thing, make sure that one of the characters has Item in case you run out of Curagas. And if any of you have any other suggestions please don't hesitate.

[Xurts]

Or you could just hit her with a couple physical attacks.

[Seto Fett]

1) Use Cerberus and then cast Float and Shell on everyone, than throw all the GF power on Adel and Rinoa and every once in a while use a Triple Curaga on Rinoa (normally after 2 GF attacks). BTW, u better have Cerberus with a decently big HP because Adel casts Meteor and Smashing Blow the first time at small intervals. Until you use a G-Returner it might be too late.
That may work if your GFs are low leveled but higher powered ones could wipe her out in a single shot possibly. It all depends on your GF's and their levels. I know in my last game I never dared to use my GF's, as they would have killed her instantly.

2) Everything from above, except use all the Aura on Squall (if you have a big strength) because I've noticed that Renzokuken + Rough Divide does more dmg than a GF with all the boosting. After you finish Aura use the GFs. The only difference is that Aura is 20% of the time ineffective.
The only thing tricky here is Squall's weapon and certainity. Squall's weapon determines what kind of random attack he does next if he manages. Some hit all opponents on screen, so you could hit Rinoa depending upon what attack is used. It may or may not kill her, it depends entirely on which attack goes.

3) Everything in 1) or 2), except cast shell on Rinoa and Adel shouldn't be able to draw much from her nor you do big dmg with the GFs on her anymore.
I'm not aware if Shell lessens damage done by GF's. I never believed it did anyway. I just would stick to powerful magic, physical attacks, and controlled limits if you ask me but there are alternatives.

[Jimmy Dark Aeons Slayer]

Or you could just hit her with a couple physical attacks.

Yeah it works faster and just as well!

[Mirage]

Inflict damage. That's my strategy. And Aura works as often as you want it to, just keep tapping the skip-turn button until you get a limit break. Use someone else than Squall though, as he has nasty AoE finishers. Zell is nice.

[Polaris]

just cast cerevrus and auras and leave the rest for the team! don't use Gfs, they don't do anything here! Just use magic or limit breaks it has more effects!

[wendigo]

Or you could just hit her with a couple physical attacks = :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: .

[~SapphireStar~]

Inflict damage. That's my strategy. And Aura works as often as you want it to, just keep tapping the skip-turn button until you get a limit break. Use someone else than Squall though, as he has nasty AoE finishers. Zell is nice.

[The Infinite Telomerase]

I just junctioned properly and inflicted insane, game breaking damage.

[BardTard]

I killed her using The End. :D

[RoxasLeonhart]

Cast haste or a more powerful of the hastega. then summon your strongest GF.

[Twilight Edge]

A lucky Lionheart/A lucky The End/Armageddon Fist combo/Loads of ulse Ammos/Insanely strong physical attacks due to insane junctions.

[Mirage]

Remember that you can't kill Rinoa.

[ragnosica]

ahm maybe i should have been more specific:
1. as a sword i have Revolver, if somebody would have told me where to find some pulse ammo i would have jumped directly to Lionheart.
2. my most powerful GF's are Shiva and Ifrit (lvl 50+) and boosted they inflict 1000+ - 2000+ dmg to Adel and 3000+ to Rinoa.
3. Squall hase the Highest strength and his limit attacks are renzokuken and rough divide (a total of 5200+ dmg if PERFECT) so i don't hurt Rinoa.
4. Qusitis has the biggest HP so i use her for healing.
5. Zell has Ifrit which in my case is more powerful than Shiva.
6. Shell truly does reduce the dmg of GF magic by almost a half.
7. As powerful magic I have Ultima, Flare and Holy but Holy heals adel, i don't know about the rest, haven't tried.
8. It's useless to use Zell and Quistis for phisycal attacks because at them i junctioned into health and elementary defense.
9. I don't have Hestaga
and 10. Aura might be useful in triple but for that i need cereberus and since his health is kinda low he keeps dying on me after Adel's Meteor and Smashing Blow (so it's a lucky shot to actually cast cerberus).

In the end while you solve the "problem" I have a question, which blue magic is the most powerful one at Quistis (death magic excluded)?

[Jimmy Dark Aeons Slayer]

You should have a mix of magic junctioning to your characters ir order to make them almost invencible.

[Sefie1999AD]

Or you could just hit her with a couple physical attacks.

This is a good strategy. I thought Adel's difficulty wasn't on her causing a lot of damage, it was on making sure your attacks wouldn't kill Rinoa. I don't use my GFs there because they'd do 9999 damage to both Rinoa and Adel. I don't use Squall's limit breaks, either, because if he uses something like a Blasting Zone, he'll also kill Rinoa with it. Meltdown + physical attacks against Adel should defeat her, and Zell's Armageddon Fist also works well.

[ragnosica]

haven't you be reading anything on my last post?:mad: Listen this is how it is: I didn't spend extra time on FFVIII searching for rare objects, super-duper magic and insane progress with lvl's, I just wen't through the storyline as fast as I could, I don't really have time to spend hours and hours trying to be the best, I just want to finish as fast as possible (so pending on my situation i would like a fast, efficient way to beat adel), and no i don't have Armaggedon Fist either.

[Mirage]

You can pump out more damage using Zell than Squall anyway. Just keep repeating Punch Rush and Booya incredibly fast.

[Sefie1999AD]

haven't you be reading anything on my last post?:mad: Listen this is how it is: I didn't spend extra time on FFVIII searching for rare objects, super-duper magic and insane progress with lvl's, I just wen't through the storyline as fast as I could, I don't really have time to spend hours and hours trying to be the best, I just want to finish as fast as possible (so pending on my situation i would like a fast, efficient way to beat adel), and no i don't have Armaggedon Fist either.

I think Zell automatically has Armageddon Fist. That limit break isn't really called Armageddon Fist in the game, it just means you keep repeating two of Zell's attacks that are fastest to select, such as Punch Rush and Booya. For the record, I didn't spend much extra time on building up my characters on my first game of FFVIII. They weren't powerful at all, but they still defeated Adel with relative ease.

[Jessweeee♪]

Here's all you need:
Recover ability
Shell
Aura
*100% for earth defense
Triple

1. Shell on Rinoa
2. Triple on whoever has Aura
3. Triple Aura on party
4. Use limits like crazy (single target limits only of course)
5. Use recover on Rinoa every once in awhile

[Xurts]

haven't you be reading anything on my last post?:mad: Listen this is how it is: I didn't spend extra time on FFVIII searching for rare objects, super-duper magic and insane progress with lvl's, I just wen't through the storyline as fast as I could, I don't really have time to spend hours and hours trying to be the best, I just want to finish as fast as possible (so pending on my situation i would like a fast, efficient way to beat adel), and no i don't have Armaggedon Fist either.
It doesn't take as long as you think to make your characters strong. It does take time, but if you know what you're doing it shouldn't take too long. This is FF, remember. If you're planning on running through it in the shortest amount of time possible without bulking up your characters, you're going to have trouble.

If you are mid-level (30-60ish), then you can draw some pretty decent magic from enemies and Junction that. If you keep your levels low throughout the game and Junction just moderate-level magic then it should be fairly easy to run through it like you want to.

I think so many people have trouble with Adel because they use their GFs to blast their way through the game and neglect drawing and Junctioning. Then when they get to Adel, they end up killing Rinoa because the GFs are all multi-target attacks. If they can't use their GFs then they get slaughtered because their stats are horrible.

Like Sephiroth1999AD said, Armageddon fist is just a Duel strategy where you use only Punch Rush and Booya over and over again. This way you can get over 20 attacks in under 12 seconds.

Quistis's most powerful Blue Magic is Shockwave Pulsar. It has been known to break the damage limit of 9999 like Eden, although I have never done it myself. You need 1 Dark Matter to teach it to her. That is obtained by refining 100 Curse Spikes using Siren's Tool-RF when she is at level 100. Her second most powerful Blue Magic is Ray-Bomb, and you can teach her that with a Power Generator.

There is no Hastaga in 8. I'm pretty sure the only game that has that is 10 and probably 10-2.

[roxy]

Just aura Irvine and limitbreak with AP ammo. Heal Rinoa when needed.
Not that hard.

[ragnosica]

Here's all you need:
Recover ability
Shell
Aura
*100% for earth defense
Triple

1. Shell on Rinoa
2. Triple on whoever has Aura
3. Triple Aura on party
4. Use limits like crazy (single target limits only of course)
5. Use recover on Rinoa every once in awhile

hmm, this seems reasonable enough, 10x, i'll give it a try:greenie: Athough instead of 100% earth defense i think i'll try a triple float because i have like 14 quakes.
Oh and one more thing, where can i find some pulse ammo? (12 to be more specific) If I find that i can upgrade to lionheart, since i already have adamantine and dino bones

[Xurts]

Here's all you need:
Recover ability
Shell
Aura
*100% for earth defense
Triple

1. Shell on Rinoa
2. Triple on whoever has Aura
3. Triple Aura on party
4. Use limits like crazy (single target limits only of course)
5. Use recover on Rinoa every once in awhile

hmm, this seems reasonable enough, 10x, i'll give it a try:greenie: Athough instead of 100% earth defense i think i'll try a triple float because i have like 14 quakes.
Oh and one more thing, where can i find some pulse ammo? (12 to be more specific) If I find that i can upgrade to lionheart, since i already have adamantine and dino bones
You can refine Pulse Ammo from Energy Crystals. Energy Crystals are won from Elnoyles. Go talk to the guy by the entrance of Esthar and he will morph into one and attack you.

[Zeromus_X]

FFVI has Hastega, though most people would know it by 'Haste 2'.

Uh...yeah. I hit her. Probably with Zell. I remember it didn't take too long though. :cat:

[ragnosica]

Here's all you need:
Recover ability
Shell
Aura
*100% for earth defense
Triple

1. Shell on Rinoa
2. Triple on whoever has Aura
3. Triple Aura on party
4. Use limits like crazy (single target limits only of course)
5. Use recover on Rinoa every once in awhile

hmm, this seems reasonable enough, 10x, i'll give it a try:greenie: Athough instead of 100% earth defense i think i'll try a triple float because i have like 14 quakes.
Oh and one more thing, where can i find some pulse ammo? (12 to be more specific) If I find that i can upgrade to lionheart, since i already have adamantine and dino bones
You can refine Pulse Ammo from Energy Crystals. Energy Crystals are won from Elnoyles. Go talk to the guy by the entrance of Esthar and he will morph into one and attack you.

yeah but that's one, i need 12, and which entrance? there are quite a few, oh and where can i find meltdowns and dark matter?

[Polaris]

Collect 100 Curse Spikes and use Siren's Tool-RF Ability to refine all 100 into a Dark Matter. Dark Matter can be used in one of two ways: You can use Bahamut's Forbid Mag-RF Ability (not Forbid Med-RF) to refine 1 Dark Matter into 100 Ultimas. Dark Matter can also be used to teach Griever's Limit Break, Shockwave Pulsar, to Quistis...

The meltdown see if u can draw them from Mesmerize!

[ragnosica]

oukaaay...and where do i get 100 curse spikes from?:confused: And what about meltdowns?

[Polaris]

Imp

Location: Esthar Lunatic Pandora, Esthar, Deep Sea Deposit
Magic: Blind, Silence, Confuse, Break
Items: Dead Spirit, Curse Spike, Moon Stone, Poison Powder


For Meltdowns

Ruby Dragon
Location: Trabia Canyon, Trabia, Deep Sea Research Centre
Magic: Aero, Fira, Firaga, Demi, Reflect, Flare, Meltdown
Items: Inferno Fang, Fury Fragment, Star Fragment, Energy Crystal

Bomb

Location: Fire Cavern, Balamb, Lab & Work Zone, Deep Sea Research Centre
Magic: Fire, Fira, Firaga, Meltdown
Items: M-Stone Piece, Bomb Fragment, Magic Stone

[BlueLurker]

Go into the battle with low health and use Limit Breaks.

(Repeat the same process for all other monsters and bosses in the game)

[Ryushikaze]

My strategy, in two parts.

1- Regen on Rinoa.
2- Kill Adel with something that is decidedly not kindness. Usually Zell.

[Xurts]

Here's all you need:
Recover ability
Shell
Aura
*100% for earth defense
Triple

1. Shell on Rinoa
2. Triple on whoever has Aura
3. Triple Aura on party
4. Use limits like crazy (single target limits only of course)
5. Use recover on Rinoa every once in awhile

hmm, this seems reasonable enough, 10x, i'll give it a try:greenie: Athough instead of 100% earth defense i think i'll try a triple float because i have like 14 quakes.
Oh and one more thing, where can i find some pulse ammo? (12 to be more specific) If I find that i can upgrade to lionheart, since i already have adamantine and dino bones
You can refine Pulse Ammo from Energy Crystals. Energy Crystals are won from Elnoyles. Go talk to the guy by the entrance of Esthar and he will morph into one and attack you.

yeah but that's one, i need 12, and which entrance? there are quite a few, oh and where can i find meltdowns and dark matter?
Each Energy Crystal refines into 10 Pulse Ammo. I think the guy is at the first screen from the car rental place. He shouldn't be too hard to find. He always respawns once you exit and re-enter the screen, too.

Draw Meltdowns from Gaylas around the Trabia region.


oukaaay...and where do i get 100 curse spikes from?:confused: And what about meltdowns?
The quickest way to get 100 Curse Spikes is by mugging them from the fixed Tri-Face encounters below the Deep Sea Research Center. To refine them into 1 Dark Matter, Siren HAS to be at level 100.

[jammi567]

This battle is a bit tough for those whom have characters with levels
below 40. Yeah.. The minimum level to battle Adel is at Level 55. I have
managed to scrap through with that Level. Note that you can't harm
Rinoa (but you can steal from her ^_^;). I think her HP varies from
4000 to 9036. Remember that once Rinoa dies, you will get a game over.

First of all, let's focuses on Adel's arsenal of weaponry:
Drain - she will only drains HP from Rinoa [700+ HP each time]. Stock
and cast Regen on Rinoa [She has the Regen spell right?].
Magic (Meteor, Ultima)- A character with a Spr stats of 50 will meet
their doom in 2 turns. Just junction Curaga to boost up Spirit. Cast
Regen on the entire part and it will help. Ultima is rare used but
it can does around 2000+ to each member and affects the entire party.
Make sure that everyone's HP is above 3000+ at all times. She will
unleash strong magic after this phrase: "Magical Powers are
concentrated on Adel"
Energy Bomber - 50% of the damage based on Vit and the other 50% is
based on Spr. So its damage isn't that great compared to the Meteor
or Ultima.

The best party is the guy's team, [Quistis can also be a good option
her.]. Irvine Kinneas and Zell's Limit Break packs a punch! Remember
for those who are using Zell, do not use the My Final Heaven Limit
Break and those who are using Irvine, do not use Shotgun Ammo, Pulse
Ammo and Fire Ammo. All group attacks should be avoid, including GFs
and group-based magic such as Ultima, Meteor, Quake, Tornado, etc.
Holy magic is highly recommended. Why don't use Squall? There are
about 55% chances that Squall will use the Blasting Zone and Fated
Circle in his finishing blow. His Limit Breaks are too damaging
somehow. This is the time when I found him least useful in combat.

(from http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/final_fantasy_viii_na_b_1_2.txt)

[Xurts]

This battle is a bit tough for those whom have characters with levels
below 40. Yeah.. The minimum level to battle Adel is at Level 55. I have
managed to scrap through with that Level. Note that you can't harm
Rinoa (but you can steal from her ^_^;). I think her HP varies from
4000 to 9036. Remember that once Rinoa dies, you will get a game over.
No, the battle is tough for people with crappy Junctions. Levels mean nothing. In fact, the battle would be easier with low levels because Adel would be weaker.

[jammi567]

totally. i just went of the first guide i clicked on.

[ragnosica]

well, except the meltdowns and the curse spikes i tried the sugestions but adel is just to friggin fast, he won't even let me use cerberus because he charges too slow, and yes the smashing blow and ultima are pretty much my doom if i don't have a big HP. i'm just gonna have to go back to Rinoa and junction everybody up real good + i can't get any meltdowns because i can't get out of lunatic pandora without rinoa.