first instead of using the ultima weapon which renders no ap for your materia, you should get the apocalypse for cloud

the apocalypse has a magic growth of three so in other words the materia growth is trippled!!!!!!!!!!

after getting apocalypse go to mideel that is probably one of the best places to train

that is where i got to level 99 with ALL of my characters


if you get to level 99 but you still want a lot of ap to master your materia then there is one other place that you can go...........but you have to go into the crater

inside the crater in the room with the green mako energy covering the floor (the same place that has a lot of tonberrys eyemages and magic pots) there are a different kind of enemy


these enemies are called movers you will probably not find them in any strategy guide

you probably know that magic pots give you 1000 ap and with the apocalypse equiped, you get 3000 that is a LOT

well, the movers give you 1200 ap each, and you never run into less than four of them at a time

that's like 10000 some ap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the movers look like little pikn eggs, and the upside is that they have so little hp that one hit can kill one with slash all, you could get like 10000 ap with one hit

(if you want to know how to get apocalypse, it is in the ancient forest)


i do have a tip though: the first time i beat sephiroth, and i was at level 45-60 and i didn't even have kotr


you can beat both sephiroths with one hit of kotr they are easy

my only other tip is that the first time i beat him i had vincent cloud and nanaki(red xiii) vincent is not a very good fighter


i say that instead of vincent, get Tifa to level 99, trust me she is a much better fighter, and you will be happier with her results than you will vincents



my tifa is so tough that even with out cloud and red XIII i could beat proud clod you know....in the battle arena



i am really sorry about rambling on and on about my opinions and ideas, but i think you will find the information accurate and usefull

P.S.: if you ever want to complain to me about the stuff i said, then you just e-mail me....it's: myomegaweapon77@yahoo.com