Hardest last boss??

[starry nightz]

What do you think is the hardest last bos..I don't mind what FF you talk about. I recently completed FF8 again.

I think FFIV has a real stonker of a last boss which i havent done yet i might add

FFV i havent done yes either i am at the last stages of the game though its only a matter of time

FFVI i hate that game with a passion got bored

FFVII easy peasy my characters can now kill bizzaro without having to kill off all the core lol, and safer can be killed before he supernovas

FFVIII quite easy all i did was cast meltdown on her each form then cast haste and aura on squall. i also used the cerberus summon so i could triple curaga when hells judgement appeard

FFIX again quite easy for the last boss you just used up alot of elixirs lol

FFX easy enough ... yu yevon was so hard!!!!!!!!!he keeps curaging i cant kill him...(sarcasm)

FFXI doesnt have a last boss

[Aqua_Phoenix]

FFI: Blah. I kept hearing about how he cast Curaja, which nearly restored all his HP so I thought I was in for a long battle. He didn't even use it once, though. Easiest last boss ever (except for maybe FFX).

FFII: Still working on...

FFIII: Never played.

FFIV: Okay, he's hard for me. To this day if I turn on my PS and try to beat him, I'm liable to die. I've only beaten him once, and when I did my entire party was KO'd save Cecil.

FFV: Reasonably difficult. I was never really into the storyline of this one and I've only finished it once. That was using Gyshal Greens mixed with something to Beserk him so he couldn't transform. Yeah, I know, I cheated. I'll go finish it properly one of these days.

FFVI: Finished him first time round. I was never in a near-death situation, it just took me a while. Hardly difficult though.

FFVII: First time I fought Sephiroth I was at a reasonably low level and he cleaned me up with Supernova (darn status effects!) Now that I've trained up he's an easy kill.

FFVIII: Ultimecia's difficult for me because I never bothered to max out my stats (in fact, I didn't use any Strength Ups and the like apart from the ones I received throughout the course of the game.) She can still kick me around when she's in her second and third form, but once in her final form she's easy enough.

FFIX: Blah, too easy.

FFX: Blah, even easier.

FFX-2: Don't even talk to me about the pathetic-ness of this one.

FFT: Easy enough. The battle with Balk before that though... x.X

FFTA: Just blasted her with everything I had and she was a goner.

In conclusion, I'd have to say it's a tie with FFV and IV for the hardest boss battle.

[Viltris]

Originally Posted by starry nightz

FFVIII quite easy all i did was cast meltdown on her each form then cast haste and aura on squall. i also used the cerberus summon so i could triple curaga when hells judgement appeard

Heh, I didn't have meltdonw, haste, OR aura, nor did I have very high level magic, and I barely upgraded any of my weapons.

Heh, yeah, that's what happens when you rush through the game AND fight every enemy you encounter.

Incidentally, I think I could have beaten this game really easily had I not levelled up so much. (Mainly because there's a really cheap way to get tons of Curagas as early as Disc 1, which means 3k HP when all the bosses are only dealing 200 damage.)

---

Games in which I beat the final bosses on the first try:
FF1
FF6
FF7
FFT (despite being way UNDER-levelled)
FF9 (way over-leveled)
FFX (again, way over-leveled)
FFX-2 (Machina Maw is over-powered)

Games with hard final bosses:
FF2 (near impossible unless you have a Blood sword)
FF4 (even in Easytype--I was level 55)
FF5
FFTA (the final boss can kill you in one hit!)

Games with final bosses I have yet to beat
FF8 (see above--Griever can kill you in one hit, too--that Pulsar whatever deals 9999 damage to everything)

[omnibreak]

Wow, I've only played the PS generation of Final Fantasy. Most of the RPGs that I have played were on PS. Shows that I need more experience points...yeah that was bad and I apologize.

FF7-destroyed me with Supernova the first time. I didn't actually die from it, but the sequence was so long and tiresome that I quit. Beat him on level 50-60, which is kind of low for a first time RPGer. I own him now, using Knights of the Round only when I want to rush to the ending. Been a while since I've played, though.

FF8-Didn't properly build my characters the first time so I had some trouble. I purposely killed off unjunctioned members with Squall while casting support spells with Zell/Quistis. Shockwave Pulsar is damaging, but manageable. Own her easily on after playthroughs.

FF9-played only once. No trouble here...

FFX-Jecht gave me little trouble and Yevon is an unloseable battle. Really destroyed Jecht on future playthroughs.

FFT-had Cloud use the skill that does damage based on how much damage the enemy has already lost. A boss, of course, has many HP to lose. It did 999 damage easily and finished him off.

If I had to choose based on first playthrough, I'd say VIII. Shockwave Pulsar is very damaging to weak characters. I need to get around to playing those other ones.

[Aqua_Phoenix]

Originally Posted by omnibreak

FF7-destroyed me with Supernova the first time. I didn't actually die from it, but the sequence was so long and tiresome that I quit.

*laughs* That reminds me of when I played FFIX. One of the cutscenes was going for a while, so I started jabbing random buttons and accidentally soft-resetted. -_-

[Squallmuzza]

Originally Posted by Viltris

FF8 (see above--Griever can kill you in one hit, too--that Pulsar whatever deals 9999 damage to everything)

1 hit? It did about 5000 if I remember correctly.... I beat it by accident when I thought I'd see how hard the last boss was.... and accidentally beat it.. Actually.... that's how I did it with all the new generation of ff's. Lets see how hard.... whoops I completed it Hmm..... To be honest, I never had TOO much trouble with any of the final bosses but I guess FF4 wasn't any walk in the park... That'll be my pick.

[Viltris]

5000, 9999, it really doesn't matter. Even with 100 Curagas junctioned onto my characters with +10% and +20% to HP, none of my characters can seem to break 5k HP.

And the worst part is, after taking a certain amount of damage, Griever uses Shockwave Pulsar automatically...

[Sumax]

i know that technally, ruby from ff7 isnt a last boss, but he is the hardest in the ones ive played.

[Shadow Frost]

Originally Posted by Viltris

5000, 9999, it really doesn't matter. Even with 100 Curagas junctioned onto my characters with +10% and +20% to HP, none of my characters can seem to break 5k HP.

And the worst part is, after taking a certain amount of damage, Griever uses Shockwave Pulsar automatically...

Just because Curaga is related to restoring HP doesn't make it the best choice to junction for the best HP stats. The more powerful magic is best for junctioning, magic which is hard to obtain a lot of usualy. If you want I can go take a look at my old setup on FFVIII for good junctioning references.

Originally Posted by Viltris

Games with final bosses I have yet to beat
FF8 (see above--Griever can kill you in one hit, too--that Pulsar whatever deals 9999 damage to everything)

Shell anyone?



>< Oh no I helped revive a dead thread! Curse you SUMAX!

[Sumax]

ha ha

[Viltris]

Originally Posted by Shadow Frost

Just because Curaga is related to restoring HP doesn't make it the best choice to junction for the best HP stats. The more powerful magic is best for junctioning, magic which is hard to obtain a lot of usualy. If you want I can go take a look at my old setup on FFVIII for good junctioning references.

Yes, I know that Curaga isn't the best for boosting HP. However, you can get them really easily in disc 1, and I was too lazy to spend all my time drawing magic, so I don't have anything better. (Well, I have better magic--Full-Life, but I have so few of them that they simply can't beat 100 Curagas.)

Originally Posted by Shadow Frost

Shell anyone?

Again, I didn't spend much time drawing from my enemies, so I have about 100 Shells. That is most certainly not enough to survive Shockwave Pulsar.

My REAL mistake was fighting all those battles to get myself to level 60something, but not spending any time getting good magic or weapons. Thus, my enemies are strong and I'm stupidly weak.

Solution? Restart the game and fight as few enemies as possible. With 100 Curagas per character and my enemies doing only about 300 damage per hit, it should be WAY easier.

Of course, this just goes to show why FF8 is weird--levelling up doesn't actually HELP you, it hurts you.

[Shadow Frost]

Hmm. I found Shell rather useful when pulsar was doing around 9000-9500 to my team. It cut out about half the damage. Then again I was at level 73 and I had mass full-life junctioned to my HP.

[omnibreak]

Of course, this just goes to show why FF8 is weird--levelling up doesn't actually HELP you, it hurts you.

It hurts you only if you don't have the stat+ bonuses. I'm talking about Strength+ and Vit+. Usually when you level up, your stats will hardly rise. I think Squall has about 44 Strength at level 100 from what I read somewhere. The bonuses make it that you will always gain one point in that stat. Raising a level 5 Selphie with 10 Strength to 100 would get her 95 points, making it 105 Strength. I reccomend rushing through the game until you can get the Cactuar GF, who has all of them. Plan who you want on your final team and don't use them often to keep their levels low. You'll have to use Squall sadly. Try carding enemies so you won't gain any experience, but that can be troublesome. Remember, in addition to your base stats, you have weapons and junctions so think about what you want to raise.
FF8 just hurts you from trying to build people up correctly. One of the reasons I don't play it often as building good characters is a pain.

[starry nightz]

Or alternatively put on a weak gf to survive shockpulsar and the weak gf died!

Ultimecia isnt so hard if you triple curaga when hells judgment appears cos her other attacks quite frankly stink! (beside apocalypse)

[gangsta_squall]

Final Fantasy 8 boss was easy because of lionheart. Final Fantasy 7 was only challenge they seemed to make it easy from then. Final Fantasy 10 was a joke i am sorry but you shouldnt be able to be revived during a final boss. 10-2 was not worth making that boss was esier than putting my sock on this morning.