Need help beating Materia Keeper

[scarecrow]

I need some help beating the materia keeper at Mt Nibel. I am using Cloud, Barret and Red who are level 27, 27, and 25 respectively as they are currently my strongest party members.

Here is what I've been doing so far;

Materia I have equipped includes Cure All, Ice2, Bolt2, Life, Enemy Skill (in order to get the 'Trine' enemy skill) and all the current summons. Magic doesn't really seem to do much so I've been hitting him with physical attacks and blasting him with limits. Odin is really the only worthwhile summon to use as most of the other summons only do as much as damage physical attacks so I save my MP for Cures.
I find that the most difficult part is when he uses Trine later in the battle which affects all party members but unfortunately I cannot use Cure All anymore. At the beginning of the battle I go well, but once he starts to cure himself and I run out of MP it's all over

Any tips would be appreciated,
Thanks...

[Fonzie]

Do you have Big Guard? You should've gotten it by now. If you have that the battle gets pretty easy. Tifas limit break does more damage then any of my other characters. Also, Aeris's healing wind helps alot.

[Zeromus_X]

Do you have Elemental-Lighting on your armour? (Or is Trine non-elemental? I thought it was a Bolt spell, but I guess it could be a 3-way attack. Trine.)

Yeah, Big Guard helps tremendously. You get it by Manipulating the "Beach Plug" monster on the beach near Costa Del Soul. You could go and get it really quick unless it's too late or something. (Or you're too lazy, that's understandable )

[scarecrow]

Nah I don't have big guard, I only just recently started to get enemy skills. Would it be worth going back to get it?? It wouldn't take me very long and I could level up more in the process.

I am pretty sure trine is non-elemental, I'll try giving it shot with Aeris and see how her healing wind goes.

Thanks guys.

[Zeromus_X]

If if wouldn't take too long to do, and you have no problem, then by all means, go for it. (Unless you already killed the thing by the time I posted this...) You can use the Buggy to got back to Costa right? (Through the river?) It's been awhile, but I'm sure you can still go back there.

[Randgris]

Meteor Rain, Doom of the Living and Great Gospel, nuff said

[yuno]

trine is non-elem?i always thought it's bolt-elem.i thought it is part of the elem-spell triad with beta and aqualung.

[Zeromus_X]

Meteor Rain, Doom of the Living and Great Gospel, nuff said

Yeah, because people who normally play through the game have all of those already

trine is non-elem?i always thought it's bolt-elem.i thought it is part of the elem-spell triad with beta and aqualung.

That's what I thought too, but I'm not 100% sure. (Because Beta is fire, and Aqualung is water, I always thought Trine was Bolt.)

Well scarecrow, try Elemental Lighting on your armour and see if it works

[Twilight Edge]

Trine is definitely bolt-elem.

Well, I have nothing much to say but,use cahracters that has the strongest weapons,healing materia(must),hp plus(if any),and,what the hell,beat the crap out of him.

[scarecrow]

Thanks I'll try adding the elemental - lightning my armour. Problem is, I've only got one elemental materia, that means it'll only protect one of my characters right?

I'm back at costa now, however, I'm having trouble getting the big guard? How is it obtained?

[Zeromus_X]

Go to the beach. Make sure someone has the "Manipulate" materia on, and another with "Enemy Skill" (You probably figured that much)

Run into a battle. Make sure you encounter a monster called "Beach Plug" (Looks like a turtle, I recall.) Manipulate it, and use "Big Guard" on your party. Yay! You got Big Guard.

And yeah, I guess one person will be immune to lighting. Probably put it on Aerith, since she's a healer and all. But that's just what I'd do.

Edit: Manipulate comes with Kitten Sith when he joins the party, so you should have it by now.

[d£v!l'$ ph0£n!x]

set aside a healer (ur weakest atker) and jus hav him heal from the back row individually, i.e. not alled. then wen he uses trine u can use cure all. save any limits u get until he starts to cure himself. use d.blow and magic until he does

[edczxcvbnm]

Have you tried putting people in the back row? It reduces physical damage by half making it easier to heal up...your physical attacks will do half the damage but that just prolongs the battle.

Clouds limit break Cross Slash can stun the boss...giving you more time to do stuffs.

Do you believe in the power of Chocomog? It has the same stunning ability that cross slash does but it doesn't work as often.

That is my advice for most all bosses.

[Crossblades]

Use some Hypers of your characters so they could use limit breaks faster

[DarkLord]

Two tips.
Do loadsa damage and don't die. Seriously though, have someone keeping the party alive while the others attack.