for no materia i used t/s bombs for 9999hp damage (so it would take 101 t/s bombs to kill him) the trick was to not kill all his jewels. his 2 jewels that attack your mp cant hurt you coz your not using mp and if you leave them alive then he wont revive his other 2 jewels. also his aire tam storm cant hurt you. that leaves him with a counter attack and 2 other attacks. one of them is designed to take either 2 thirds or 3 quarters of your parties hp so this one cant really kill you. and his other attack can only kill one character at a time. its a long battle but you cant really lose



who else has found ways to kill emerald which they are proud of? dont comment on ruby just yet though coz im still formulating a basic strategy for him and cant try a challenge concerning him until ive at least beaten him