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    Default Getting Tonberry King

    I have over 30 Chef's Knives and still I have to keep fighting regular Tonberries, the King hasn't showed up once at Centra Ruins.

    Is there any reason for this? Most of the Chef's Knives I obtained by refining them from Tonberry cards (I always used 'Card' on Tonberries because they don't always drop a Chef's Knife, to make it quicker). Can this be the reason why? Do only dropped Chef's Knives count?

    Please help me.

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    I don't think getting 30 Chef's Knives triggers the battle with the Tonberry King.

    To get the Tonberry King to show up, kill about 20 regular Tonberries in a row, without leaving the place. After you beat enough of them, once the final Tonberry is beaten, the Tonberry King will show up in the middle of the battle, while you are still fighting.

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    Actually you just have to kill 20 Tonberry's. You can leave the place as much as you want, then straight after the 20th Tonberry, the battle will not end, but the Tonberry King will replace the dead Tonberry. The Tonberry King is got like, one of the Highest HP any monster in the game has (apart from Omega Weapon obviously). My recommendation would be to just pound it off using limit breaks, and use Kamikaze after a LOT of Limit Breaks.
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    I think it's 20 Tonberries in a row, and even that I'm not sure about. Yesterday I attempted to load a special game save I made (having previously fought 19 tonberries) and ended up fighting two more
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    Easy way to kill 20 Tonberries is to make Squall weak or cast Aura every battle with a Tonberry and the will die in one shot. (or one more attack from anyone)

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    Using Diablos is very handy against regular Tonberries, but there comes a price... it is useless against Tonberry King, and as you don't have the chance to change junctions, this is awkward. I'd suggest having a spare GF on whoever has Diablos.

    And the Meltdown-Aura-Limit Break combination, particularly with Squall or Irvine on Aura, is always recommended.


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    You just have to kill a bunch of Tonberries in the area with the statue. It doesn't matter how many Chef's Knives you have, so don't Card them. The easiest way to kill them is to have Quistis and Squall in critical, have Quistis use Micro Missiles and Squall use Renzokuken. They'll usually die in 1 or 2 shots. Once Tonberry King comes just do the same thing. Easy.

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    The best way to kill any Tonberry is to just use Kamikaze, which takes out 600000HP, (kills them in one move) and just use life on the person who used it once out of the battle. Don't use Kamikaze on the 20th Tonberry, though, that would be the craziest thing ever, as the Tonberry King will appear straight after.
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    Quote Originally Posted by comet View Post
    The best way to kill any Tonberry is to just use Kamikaze, which takes out 600000HP, (kills them in one move) and just use life on the person who used it once out of the battle. Don't use Kamikaze on the 20th Tonberry, though, that would be the craziest thing ever, as the Tonberry King will appear straight after.
    That would be a waste of Life magic. It takes about 2 or 3 Limits to kill one, and they don't cost anything.

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    Waste of life magic? I did this on the third disc and life could be like, one of the easiest magics to get in the whole game. Why would it be a waste? Why else do we have life magic? WHY? @!#?/*&
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    Don't do it! Tonberrys are cute, and they don't deserve to die. =O

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    Quote Originally Posted by comet View Post
    Waste of life magic? I did this on the third disc and life could be like, one of the easiest magics to get in the whole game. Why would it be a waste? Why else do we have life magic? WHY? @!#?/*&
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    I did this right after I got Balamb Garden mobile and had no problems.

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    Exactly. No need to save up life magic, you can get plenty in the 2nd disc and onward.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marshall banana View Post
    Don't do it! Tonberrys are cute, and they don't deserve to die. =O
    That's what a lot of people said until the Tonberry got closed enough and "Doinked" them with their Chef's Knives.

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    The strategy guide says it can be between 18 and 22 tonberries before tonberry King shaws up. I havn't gotten to the Centra Ruins yet, so I havn't had a chance to try it.

    But remember, Tonberries have a lot of HP and are really powerful. Take advantage of their slow speed and pummel them to death with Diablos and other strong GFs.

    Also, a thought occurs. Why not cast Aura on Quistis, and then use Degenerator on them continiously? They are regular monsters, after all, so they can be killed instantly. Although it will take a fair amount of Aura spells.
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