End Boss, Help!

[MisterRikku]

So i'm finally nea\r the end of starting the game then putting it away for 9months and guess what, i can beat Trane Kuja no problem but the pesky Necron is proving to be a major pain in my arse.
As anybody got any tips?
My highest level of character is 54 and my lowest is 26.
Do you recommend me leveling up more? Is it possible? Or am i too late and i'll have to start again from the begining? Please not the latter.
I did save several different blocks so it is possible to go back slightly.

Anyway any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Sefie1999AD]

The key to defeating Necron is to have loads of abilities that protect you from status ailments. Try to get protected from as many as you can. The ailments caused by Grand Cross are pretty much random, so if you get 4 Deaths or Doom countdowns, you just had terrible luck, and there's nothing you could really do about it. Spend as many points on status protection as you can.

If you still can, spend some ability points on High Tide for your offensive characters. Trance is useful for defeating Necron, especially since it heals you from all your status ailments. Make sure you have someone who can heal your party since Neutron Ring and other spells will hurt your party. If Freya's Dragon Crest does a lot of damage, use it! It ignores Necron's Protect and Shell effects, IIRC. Have Steiner use his strongest sword techs he has. If all your characters absorb Shadow attacks, have Vivi use Doomsday. Dagger and/or Eiko can heal and summon, Amarant can use his monk techs and Quina can use Angel's Snack if you have it (make sure you have a lot of Remedies too!).

Some extra tricks you may consider: using a Tent on Necron at the beginning of the battle will give him some status problems (it heals 9999 HP for him too, but it doesn't matter if he's at full HP). After that, use any Dark Matter items you have (you can get them from Treno Auction Shop). Each Dark Matter will do 9999 damage.

The final battle is pretty much about surviving Grand Cross and then killing Necron before he casts it again. Even better if you can kill him before he casts Grand Cross, although I've never managed to do that.

[MisterRikku]

Thanks for the advice.

Time to give it another wallop!!

[boys from the dwarf]

i'd level up more to around 55-65 but make sure you have curaga. i was struggling with necron too but as soon as i went to the black mage village and taught garnet curaga, i won.

amarant is a very useful character because of his aura ability. i would have found the game harder without the aura ability. if you use all of amarants tursn casting aura and possibly give him haste, all of your characters will have auto-life so if neutron ring kills them or grand cross dooms them, they'll be brought back. if all four of your characters have aura, use amarant to throw powerful items. you wont need them when the game is over after all.

what characters do you tend to use?

[MisterRikku]

Hi,
i've been using Zidane, Dagger (god i hate that name,lol), Freyer and Quina. The last time i tried it i thought i was doing quite well but then got wiped out.
Thanks for everybody's advice, i really appreciate it.

[Jimsour]

I remember when the fight with Necron took me completely by suprise, but I beat him anyway.. I must have died about 10 times too..

I had Auto-Revive (or something similar, either way I couldnt die), and I literally just wore him down.

I forget how I got that ability, and where, its been waaaayy too long but try and search around for it and get it for as much characters as possible that you are fighting with..

[boys from the dwarf]

i'd get garnet curaga, level up more and replace freya or quina with amarant.

amarants auto-life aura is very useful. does quina know mighty gaurd? its a very useful ability. you may or may not want to replace someone with amarant though seems as freya is a good fighter and backup character and quina has great blue magic if used right.

[10-Breaker]

I had bout same lvl as you had. Only protection and good gear is needed. ^^

[MisterRikku]

Well i finally finished it, woo hoo!!

One big problem though, i finished watched the long ending and what did my ps2 do when the credits finished rolling? My screen stayed on the 'The End' screen and wouldn't move, i pressed everything i could've pressed and nothing. I left it for half an hour and still nothing so in the end i turned it off.
Has that happened to anybody else?

[aerithsloveslave]

Well i finally finished it, woo hoo!!

One big problem though, i finished watched the long ending and what did my ps2 do when the credits finished rolling? My screen stayed on the 'The End' screen and wouldn't move, i pressed everything i could've pressed and nothing. I left it for half an hour and still nothing so in the end i turned it off.
Has that happened to anybody else?

What else is suppossed to happen?

BTW, as was said, being around level 60 is a good idea and load up on anti-status abilities. I had Zidane use Thievery, Freya use that dragon attack (the one where a large dragon comes out from the ground), Steiner use Shock, and Eiko cast Holy. Have everyone equipped with Auto-Regen and have Eiko heal/use Ethers and Elixers when necessary.

[MisterRikku]

What i meant was is there no way to save the completed game or is that it when it gets to the end? Its a case of switching it off and back on. Is there no way to start it again with everything that you have acquired?

[Twilight Edge]

What i meant was is there no way to save the completed game or is that it when it gets to the end? Its a case of switching it off and back on. Is there no way to start it again with everything that you have acquired?

Yes, you can't save a completed game. When you restart the game, you will go back to where you last saved.

[Sefie1999AD]

Well i finally finished it, woo hoo!!

One big problem though, i finished watched the long ending and what did my ps2 do when the credits finished rolling? My screen stayed on the 'The End' screen and wouldn't move, i pressed everything i could've pressed and nothing. I left it for half an hour and still nothing so in the end i turned it off.
Has that happened to anybody else?

You can't save your game after entering the final battles against Kuja and Necron. However, there's actually one thing you can do in the screen that says The End: Press R2, L1, R2, R2, Up, X, Right, Circle, Down, Triangle, L2, R1, R2, L1, Square and Square. This will (SPOILER)take you to play Blackjack with FF cards. Press those buttons again in order to do it again.

[MisterRikku]

Well i finally finished it, woo hoo!!

One big problem though, i finished watched the long ending and what did my ps2 do when the credits finished rolling? My screen stayed on the 'The End' screen and wouldn't move, i pressed everything i could've pressed and nothing. I left it for half an hour and still nothing so in the end i turned it off.
Has that happened to anybody else?

You can't save your game after entering the final battles against Kuja and Necron. However, there's actually one thing you can do in the screen that says The End: Press R2, L1, R2, R2, Up, X, Right, Circle, Down, Triangle, L2, R1, R2, L1, Square and Square. This will (SPOILER)take you to play Blackjack with FF cards. Press those buttons again in order to do it again.

Thanks for that, i'll try it.

[VengefulRonin]

I never did that blackjack game, i dont like that game xD

Necron is pretty frikkin easy IF you meet the right criteria:
1. make sure you're protected against most, if not all, bad statuses
2. make sure all your characters are at least mid 50's, although it's certainly much easier if you're in your 60's
3. screw eiko's Holy, its weak, and screw the dark matter items. get everyone armour or some type of item that either guards or absorbs (absorb is definitely better) dark attacks, and let vivi use Doomsday every turn
4. put Zidane on high tide...with his trance doing 9999 each time he uses it and Vivi's doomsday doing 9999, necron will go down fast