Who beat Necron? How?

[Chris]

Most of the bosses in FFIX were generally easy to defeat.
Actually the boss I had the biggest trouble with was; Gizamaluke.
Only because the character's were on a low-level and under-equiped.

[Polyonymous]

Most of the bosses in FFIX were generally easy to defeat.
Actually the boss I had the biggest trouble with was; Gizamaluke.
Only because the character's were on a low-level and under-equiped.

Gizamaluke wasnt that hard for me though it took forever (only cause i like to steal every items from bosses)

I beat him with average level 44-48 party and with weapons like "the tower".
I didn't have Shock or Dragons Crest and my frog drop only did something around like 3000 dammage and Thievery only did 1000-2000 dammage.

thats the same for me, my characters didnt know any of those fancy 9999 attacks. i beat necron with zidane, vivi, garnet, and steiner the first time.

[Doomgaze]

From Everything2

Final Fantasy IX vs. my Chair
(idea) by DJuxtaposition

Beltane got a copy of FFIX during the massive hulla-ba-dub that was the holiday season. This game has tremendous music, great graphics, tons of what we refer to technically (being the masterful gamers that we are) as "little hidden trout," and was all in all, loads of fun to play. This isn't to say that the game wasn't plagued by the usual fare of unfortunate afflictions, e.g. load time, random arbitrary romance, and the character of Queen Brahne, but it was, by and large, an enjoyable (5 days with sleep breaks) play through. My main problem with the whole... thing (if you will), was it's easy boss battles.

Okay. So we'd been playing up until the wee hours, and I got the idea to jam the controller under the couch (as I'd been just tagging the 'fight' button over and over again) during one of the fights mid-3rd disc. Miraculously, or not remotely so, the couch won the fight.

This turn of events was much to my liking, and when Beltane handed me the controller so that I could finish off the last boss the next day, I wasted no time in jamming that controller under the chair and letting it work it's magic. Slapnutz ended up killing Amarant (Caelin in our game), but the day was saved by the might of the team I'd put together earlier on ("A team full of assbeaters is better than a team full of magic users. Yeah, sure, we can keep the summoner.") The last boss's mystical ways couldn't compete against my chair's button mashing capability. Thusly, a legend was born.

The Final Word: Square should never have put 'auto-regen' in the game.

The Word After the Final Word: I know what you're saying here, but did your chair beat Final Fantasy IX? Yeah, "not yet" is right.

[Triple T]

It was really easy. Shock with Steiner, Theivery with Ultimate Weapon for Zidane, and Reflect+Flare with Vivi and Dagger. :upsidedow

[NightfallInfernal]

I'm still stuck at Necron , my party consists of: Zidane-64, Dagger-63, Vivi-57 and Amarant-57, I've played him twice and Im not sure what Im doing wrong, I guess Im using a bad party as I see many people used Steiner.

[Ultima Shadow]

You can beat Necron with any party. And losing to him twice doesn't mean that you'r stuck. Just keep trying.

[NightfallInfernal]

You can beat Necron with any party. And losing to him twice doesn't mean that you'r stuck. Just keep trying.

yeah I finally beat him this morning, he wasnt that difficult, I just didnt have certain things equiped that I should have had and the game had a great ending.

[Del Murder]

There's a lot of luck involved. If he does curse-meteor-curse, you're screwed. If he uses Doomsday though you are in good shape (you should use armor that absorbs dark). I can beat him pretty easily with Zidane (Attack), Aramant (Aura/attack), Quina (Frog Drop) and Eiko (Madeen/Cure depending on what side is showing), but it usually takes a long time because I like to steal. Garnet with Ark is a good choice too, with Auto-Regen her boosted summon can refill most of your HP.

EDIT: I thought this thread was for Ozma! Oh well, my strategy is same for just about any big fight: Zidane attack, Aramant Aura/attack, Quina Frog Drop, Eiko Holy/Heal.

[Lon611]

i thot i had posted here, but apparently not.

i defeated necron after about...yah, about 5 battles. he was hard because of grand cross. sometimes id 4get about a character bcuz they were zombified or something, and then id die wondering "why?". but, the 1st time i faced him i was around lvl 54 or sumthin, but when i dfeated him i was around lvl 70. i don't kno if i trained 2 much, but he was still difficult. plus, duzn't he use like "shell" or something, so all your attacks barely hurt him?ggggggrrrrrrrrrrrr... .but yah, i beat him like 2ice.the first couple times i beat him legit, but since then ive used gameshark, so whenever i feel like rewatching the ending i just get my dark matters ready...

[NightfallInfernal]

I beat him on the third try, but what I dont understand is why everyone has problems with grand cross? all it does is put status effects on your party which should all have things to prevent them. I just had problems with the neutron ring.(i think thats what it was called)

[Chris]

If you have Quina in your party--you can beat any boss--
in any Final Fantasy game--Quina is the strongest FF character

[NightfallInfernal]

If you have Quina in your party--you can beat any boss--
in any Final Fantasy game--Quina is the strongest FF character

how so? I never used it so I do not know

[Ultima Shadow]

If you have Quina in your party--you can beat any boss--
in any Final Fantasy game--Quina is the strongest FF character

You can hardly beat Penance in FFX with only Quina. :rolleyes2 But yes, he/she's one of the most powerfull characters in FFIX.

[aeris2001x2]

as usual in ff games last bosses, i lost to him the first time and then trashed him the next.

though be fair to Necron, he is offically the third hardest ff last boss ever. mainly because of Grand Cross. and the person earlier who said its not a problem. its impossible to defend against all status effects...and its RANDOM. ever had two KOS, A Third Petrifyed and the last zombiefied? .

still over all, not difficult.

[Del Murder]

You can hardly beat Penance in FFX with only Quina. :rolleyes2 But yes, he/she's one of the most powerfull characters in FFIX.

Considering the break damage limit capabilities of FFX, and the fact that Quina's Frog Drop can be increased infinitely by just catching more frogs, he could in fact be the strongest character ever. If there was a way to boost his speed up then he would be unstoppable. (Auto-life, frog drop, boss, auto-life, frog drop, boss, etc. )

Or maybe he'll just COOK.