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This is bullshit. I'm at Ultimecia, have 6/8 functions unlocked (all except Command and Draw), lvl 11-14. When I spam Zell's limit breaks, everything's fine until Griever uses that suicide GF attack and wipes my entire party. What do?

Not to mention, I don't get to fucking choose who my party members are when Ultimecia decides to pick 3/6 of my party members at random.

I'm at a lost here... Are the other phases even harder than Griever?

>> No.4039918

>>4039905
>lvl 11-14.
She won't have enough MP to cast spells and you will win by a landslide.

>> No.4039920

>>4039905
If you have Lionheart you should be able to win with just Squall and his limit break, games broken as fuck if you want it to be OP

>> No.4039930

>>4039918
That's the problem, Griever self destructs with the GF move and my party is fucking annihilated.
>>4039920
I don't have Lionheart. I just use Zell's Rush + Booya spam.

>> No.4040006

>>4039905
Here's I beat Ultimica (and i just beat the game for the first time tonight actually)

Main 3
Squall lvl 55ish
Zell lvl 55ish
Quests lvl 55ish

I functioned a lot of luck to Quistis so she could use her Limit Break, Mighty Guard early on. She mostly just used defend to stay alive.

Zell was my magic man and he would cast triple on himself and spam meteor X3 on Ultimicia.

Squall was my attacker with Gysahl Greens. I actually purchased a pocket station online and leveled my chocobo to 100.

I also used Megaexlisirs which completely restored all HP to all members whenever i needed to do that. But yeah, my saving grace and it was a breeze, albeit doing a lot of prep.

Key things...
Quests - Mighty Guard Limit Break
Lvl 100 Boko and Gysahl Greens
MegaElixirs ready and two members who have "item" in their menu.

it was a cake walk with that method for me.

>> No.4040010

>>4039905
Also, you might want draw. I always started the battle out by using Ultimicia's Demi against herself. It dealt high damage in her first form. I didn't use any commands really since i mostly used items and some magic.

>> No.4040047

>>4039930
Do you have 100 triple for everyone in the party?

>> No.4040053

>>4040047
No, how do I get that?

>> No.4040156

>>4040006
Your strategy is worthless because it relies on a pocket station. You can probably count on one hand the number of /vr/ users who actually own one.

>> No.4040180

>>4040156
my Boko only did up to 8000 since he didn't get 3 stars. Anyone could easily swap out Greens for Attack and the strategy would be exactly the same.

>> No.4040191

>>4040053
grendel cards refine into doubles which can be refined into triples. or island closest to hell on disc four has over 20 hidden draw points of end game spells (meteor, ultima, aura, full life, triple). it makes all those fire refining early on seem really obsolete lol

>> No.4040205

Keep her in first form until your main party is formed. Don't do meme low level runs. Make sure everyone has 9999 health. Card mod and use your holy wars and mega elixer. What're you saving them for?

>> No.4040248

>>4040191
20 hidden draw points? Will that get me at least 100 of each?
>>4040205
I'm not saving anything for anything. I don't have holy wars and only have 1 mega elix.

>> No.4040742

>>4040248
I'd recommend going to overworld and steal and kill monsters for good items and cards to refine. Maybe wanna get tonberry and cactuar GF's too if you missed them. Junction high spells to HP and Str

>> No.4040901

Just beat the game. What the fuck was that ending.

>> No.4040934

>>4040248
Well, either way. My best tip is to form your party in her first phase, then proceed with the excessive force.

Squall + Lionheart + Aura = Easy win, use Doomtrain on each phase, and you should be good to go.

>> No.4040938

>>4040934
>>4040742
OP here, already beat the game.

See: >>4040901

>> No.4040939

>>4040901
Did you wait for the after credits scene?

>> No.4040943

>>4040939
The one with camcorder and the party in Balamb?

>> No.4040952

>>4040943
There's like one more little additional scene after all of that

>> No.4040959

>>4040952
Oh, you're talking about Rinoa and Squall on the balcony, right?

>> No.4040978

>>4040901
What? Zell finally got his fucking hot dogs.

>> No.4040981
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4040981

>>4039905
If you want to beat ultima weapon too since your levels are still low you could level up 3 of your characters with skills like hp up str up and so on equipped and get 80+ free points in your stats.
I finished the game with zell leon and irvine at 100 spamming limits(most used method i think) and never got stuck even if i have leveled up them badly not exploiting the free stat points, but i had good junctions like ultimas triple meltdown etc...

>> No.4041012

The card game inside ff8 > ff7 = ff1 > ff8 > the rest

>> No.4041024

>>4041012
ff9 card game > ff8 card game. ff7 didn't even have a card game anon

>> No.4041029

>>4041024
He's saying that FF8's card game is better than the entirety of FF7 you fucking retard.

>> No.4041082

>>4039918
>MP
FF8 works on stocks and in phase 4 she can draw your stocks.

>> No.4041131
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4041131

>>4040248
Yeah, just keep walking around here and revisiting it to get your draws. the draw points will always be there and if you walk around a bit or fly around and come back to this island, the draw points will be ready to be drawn from again.

I refined Bahamut card into 100 megaelixirs. its kind of a side quest at the Deep Sea Research facility. That should give you plenty to do. I pretty much guarantee that if you draw a lot of those end game magics (ultima, aura etc) and refine bahamut, you will be set for ultimicia.

>> No.4041142

>>4041131
Geez, I never realized there were THAT many draw points there, I usually just hug the invisible wall around the island and hit all of those.

>> No.4041165

>>4041029
well in that case he's a retard because it's not even the best card game in the series, let alone the best mini game. but weeeeeeeee contrarian edgy opinions

>> No.4041169

>>4040191

Do this.

Island grinding spells is a bit repetitive, but the rewards are well worth it. My team is mid 10s right now and I have near-maxed HP, high VIT, and 255 strength on Squall and Zell. Just need to get a slightly-upgraded weapon for Quistis to push her to 255 strength and I can easily take on anything no problem.

>> No.4041231

If you want to be cheap just use holy-war items.

>> No.4041290

>>4041231
He doesn't even have Bahamut card, there's no way he has Laguna.

>> No.4041610

>>4041165
I dont like much ff9 because it feels childish. Go mad at me but I like 7 and 8 more because the graphics have a more mature visual.

>> No.4041650

>>4041165
>it's not even the best card game in the series
>weeeeeeeee contrarian edgy opinions

Really now.

>> No.4042026

>>4039905
>lvl 11-14.
Oh god, you actually fell for the 'don't level up' meme. What can I say, OP. You're a fool who doesn't know how to play the game because you actively avoided playing the game.

>> No.4042029

>>4041610
8 looks like a fujoshi wet dream which is far far worse.

>> No.4042294

>>4042026
OP here. I actually beat the game a few hours ago.

>> No.4042309

>>4042294
Congrats mate. Also you could use Rinoa and just spam her limit break and hope you always land on Invincible Moon.

>> No.4042347

>>4042309
Used 2 Holy's and Zell Booya + Rush spam. Squall as a healer. Everyone else died kek

>> No.4043052

>>4042029
i am a fujoshi o_o

>> No.4043083

>>4042347
Way more bang for buck if you use Squall > Zell for limit breaks.

>> No.4043102

lol, the most useful limit break i used during the entirety of my fight with Ultimicia was Quistis. Mighty Guard.

>> No.4043121
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4043121

>>4041165
>>4041024

>Actually believing Tetra Master is objectively good

What the fuck

>> No.4043129

>>4043102
>needing to mitigate damage on a fight where you should be spamming Megalixers

>> No.4044952
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4044952

>>4041024
> ff7 didn't even have a card game
And it is all the better for it. You know what it does have? Minigames that were actually fun.

>> No.4045014

Every Final Fantasy brings something different to the table. Except 11-15, which just bring shit.

>> No.4045158

>>4044952
>the only good minigame

Seriously, the motorcycle game was tedious as fuck, the boxing game was just rock paper scissors, the hoop game was meh, the submarine game I did actually enjoy, but not enough reward for it, and then there was snowboarding.. Couldn't Cid take over? I'm pretty sure I'd wait until it prompted Cid to take it, and I'd play as him. Addicting as fuck once you get pretty good at it.

And of course Chocobo racing, and the battle arena.. And that rollercart laser shooting game.. FF7 was pretty solid on the mini games.

>> No.4046601

>>4045158
You forgot the first tower defence game.

>> No.4046617

>>4043129
I did both, Minimoog. Megaelixir plus Mighty Guard. It was a cake a walk.

>> No.4047257

>>4046601
Oh yeah.. That one is a lot less fun because it's pay2win though, I waspretty much only including Golden Saucer activities.

>> No.4047271
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4047271

>>4045158
>the only good minigame
what do you have against the rollercoaster?

>> No.4047274

>>4047271
He did mention the rollercart

>> No.4047275

>>4047271
It got it's own mention, but I was mostly focusing on the Wonder Square.

>> No.4047283

>>4047271
What the hell?

I have played FF7 at least 7 times and I've never seen the rollercoaster mini game. Can you win anything important?

>> No.4047289

>>4047283
I lost some hours playing it, it's pretty addicting. I don't recall the rewards being too special, some of those unique shinra soldier dolls, and maybe some weapons that would be good early on or something.

>> No.4047294

>>4047274
serves me right for skimming through posts
>>4047283
something like 1/25 soldier and the like, not sure what those items do

>> No.4049228

>>4047283
>I have played FF7 at least 7 times and I've never seen the rollercoaster mini game.
Huh. Did you just rush through the story and neglect to explore at all every single playthrough? I don't know how you managed to miss it. You just look around the Gold Saucer a bit and find the NPC in an obvious ticket booth and you can play it. Load up an old save or somethin' and check it out.