Rant about the last boss battle

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Saturday. I was finally ready to face Ultimecia. Again. With Squall at Lv 50 and over 7000 HP, Zell at Lv 39 and 7000 HP, and Rinoa at Lv 41 with 4500 HP. I was ready to tear Ultimecia's wings off, feather by feather.

The battle begins and Zell, Squall and Irvine are sent out (oh why did I give Rinoa all the Auras). Nevertheless this weak Ultimecia is no match for Shivia and Diablos. She panics and sends out the strongest GF.

Irvine is quickly wiped out by this monster and is replaced by Rinoa. Finally! A chance to show this GF who's really boss around this place. With a bit of re-decorating, Ultimecia's crib would be a nice place to hang out on the weekends.

With Squall's Lion Heart limit break, this puny thing is no match for me. Until it tries its Shockwave Pulsar. Typical of Final Fantasy to give a boss an overwhelming power to defeat you.

Squall and Zell survive and Rinoa (weakling) faints. Never mind! With Squall pouring down limit breaks on the GF (while losing Shiva, Ifrit and Diablos in the process) the GF is defeated. Megalixer heals my party up again, while Ultimecia junctions with her GF.

A third boss to defeat? Things are starting to get desperate. Squall is down to a max of 4500 HP (without Curaga junctioned). Zell is still hanging in there.

And suddenly, this Ultimecia/GF thinggy uses planets to try and destroy me. I mean, come on! Zell is alive, Squall faints and Rinoa also faints (forget about her).

Aha! I've got an idea! Squall can now use a limit break, while Zell heals up and revives Squall! Perfect!

Limit break after limit break I fight, and with over 20 limit breaks used Lion Heart doesn't appear. Now I'm annoyed. Zell is running out of potions, Squall is running out of Phoenix Downs and I'm running out of patience.

But no one can survive that many limit breaks without weakening, and at last! I've defeated them! No, wait. What? I've managed to split them in two, and yet they can still fight?

And, with one fell sweep of Ultima my party gets wiped out. A whole hour of fighting is gone, 'cause she just wouldn't die. Why does Final Fantasy alwasy keep bringing the bosses back like this?

Okay, it was a nice party while it lasted, people. Ultimecia wants us to turn off the music, and it's getting late. Let's all go home.

(But I will get Ultimecia's crib some day)

[Zifnab]

That does sound quite frustrating. Personally I prefer keeping Squall at full HP with the Recover ability (I think Leviathan has it) and have everyone else Auraing him.

Better luck next time.

[Shoden]

get as much good magic as possible

get hi stats and patience and kill that whore

[rubah]

heh. Yay! someone thought the final boss was hardXD

Of course I don't remember it that well by nowX.x;;;

[BackRoomKid]

***no relavance to this thread***
Final Fantasy fans who write about their FF experiences always put in an amount of humor and passion...it's always cool to read it...but that's something I don't get...almost all FF fans have some kind of good literary use of the English language...i guess FF does teach and provides entertainment...pretty dam cool

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it's always fun to face the final boss in a "not-so" prepared state...i try that all the time...but it's not fun when you lose...haha

[Skarr]

a very hard final boss battle is nothing new to ff...i've really enjoyed learning the boss's weakness' and during my 5th or so try, kick it's ass...which made the game worth while...no one wants an easy final boss battle

[Ultima Shadow]

Saturday. I was finally ready to face Ultimecia. Again. With Squall at Lv 50 and over 7000 HP, Zell at Lv 39 and 7000 HP, and Rinoa at Lv 41 with 4500 HP. I was ready to tear Ultimecia's wings off, feather by feather.

The battle begins and Zell, Squall and Irvine are sent out (oh why did I give Rinoa all the Auras). Nevertheless this weak Ultimecia is no match for Shivia and Diablos. She panics and sends out the strongest GF.

Irvine is quickly wiped out by this monster and is replaced by Rinoa. Finally! A chance to show this GF who's really boss around this place. With a bit of re-decorating, Ultimecia's crib would be a nice place to hang out on the weekends.

With Squall's Lion Heart limit break, this puny thing is no match for me. Until it tries its Shockwave Pulsar. Typical of Final Fantasy to give a boss an overwhelming power to defeat you.

Squall and Zell survive and Rinoa (weakling) faints. Never mind! With Squall pouring down limit breaks on the GF (while losing Shiva, Ifrit and Diablos in the process) the GF is defeated. Megalixer heals my party up again, while Ultimecia junctions with her GF.

A third boss to defeat? Things are starting to get desperate. Squall is down to a max of 4500 HP (without Curaga junctioned). Zell is still hanging in there.

And suddenly, this Ultimecia/GF thinggy uses planets to try and destroy me. I mean, come on! Zell is alive, Squall faints and Rinoa also faints (forget about her).

Aha! I've got an idea! Squall can now use a limit break, while Zell heals up and revives Squall! Perfect!

Limit break after limit break I fight, and with over 20 limit breaks used Lion Heart doesn't appear. Now I'm annoyed. Zell is running out of potions, Squall is running out of Phoenix Downs and I'm running out of patience.

But no one can survive that many limit breaks without weakening, and at last! I've defeated them! No, wait. What? I've managed to split them in two, and yet they can still fight?

And, with one fell sweep of Ultima my party gets wiped out. A whole hour of fighting is gone, 'cause she just wouldn't die. Why does Final Fantasy alwasy keep bringing the bosses back like this?

Okay, it was a nice party while it lasted, people. Ultimecia wants us to turn off the music, and it's getting late. Let's all go home.

(But I will get Ultimecia's crib some day)

That's what makes Ultimecia such a fun battle!

a very hard final boss battle is nothing new to ff...i've really enjoyed learning the boss's weakness' and during my 5th or so try, kick it's ass...which made the game worth while...no one wants an easy final boss battle

Actually... most FF final bosses are pushovers. But I agree that none wants an easy final boss.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Actually... most FF final bosses are pushovers. But I agree that none wants an easy final boss.

That's true, but no one likes to fight the final boss, then another final boss, then both of them combined only to split them in two before getting wiped out!

[Ultima Shadow]

That's true, but no one likes to fight the final boss, then another final boss, then both of them combined only to split them in two before getting wiped out!

I do!

And there's ANOTHER fight after that as well. The "final" ultimecia. That's 1 of the most awesome battles in the game and the music rocks.

[YukiKiro]

i beat her on my first go around. however, i was at lvl 100 and most of my other people were at 87-95 (except for irvine and selphie). when she's juntcioned to her GF she kills yours when you try to summon them, so its wasting valuable attack time trying. (SPOILER)there are 4 stages to the final fight (5 if you include when griever loses his tail) it takes practice, and a few visits to the islands closest to heaven and hell.

[Destai]

That's true, but no one likes to fight the final boss, then another final boss, then both of them combined only to split them in two before getting wiped out!

I do!

And there's ANOTHER fight after that as well. The "final" ultimecia. That's 1 of the most awesome battles in the game and the music rocks.

You shouldnt have told him that, Id have preferred to hear his reaction from finding it out the hardway. My advice, you're cure spells are very important and if you dont have an Angelo or *insert particular card* that has been junctioned into 100 elixers or Megalixers then Id try junctioning my HP to a strong magic you dont use like Firaga or high amount of ultimas if you have any so you're free to use Curaga as you wish. I divided out my parties aura equally and defeated most of the forms with limitebreaks and a strongly junctioned attack.

[Masamune·1600]

The main issue with junctioning magic to statistics here, I would think, is that Ultimecia can wipe out an entire stock of a given spell.

That being said, there are plenty of strategies that will allow you to take apart Ultimecia with ease. If I recall correctly, Ultimecia's level is set, rather than leveling up as the party does (like most enemies). Given that, she has an advantage on you, so further leveling will help your cause in this case.

And, yes, The Extreme is an awesome final battle theme.

[Excelsior]

Ultimecia was SOOOO easy. I remember I had 100 flares (or ultimas) junctioned to Squalls strength, basically maxing it out. all my characters were level 100, which only takes about 2-3 hours if you use the degenerator trip on the islands of heaven or hell. then, have somebody (i used irvine) to have plenty of aura, and cast it on squall. with someone else (i used zell) refine the bahamut card into 100 megalixirs and just use those all the time. i also used meltdown on ultimecia to make sure every hit of lion heart did 9999. I pretty much do that every time, and it always works for me.

[smittenkitten]

Yeah Ultimicia is a hard boss but ive bet her lod's of times i was lv100 though and i had 100 elixers,holy's,Ultima's and Aura's. I think the aura's won it for me i just used triple on Irvine and kept using aura so then i have Squall doing 9999 damage each time hehe oh it was great and i have Rinoe so if i get invincleble moon she'l be dead in no time oh i miss defeating her *switches on playstation*..xXx...

[Odaisé Gaelach]

And there's ANOTHER fight after that as well.

You could have put a Spoiler tag around it. Not for the sake of the spoilers, but now I think my spirit has just been crushed. Could you excuse me for a minute...

(Turns away from computer)

:weep: :weep: :weep:

(Returns a few minutes later)

Okay, I have a plan. I shall take some time to level up, and get stronger. Then I will go to Ultimecia and then I will horribly rip her apart. Sound like a good plan?