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i tried to beat ruby weapon by using kotr like 20 times and i still die. what should i do???

First of all get 99 dazers, w-item trick or not you need all of them.

For your first battle count the time between each time he comes out of stop. use a dazer as soon as he comes out and just smash him with your characters attacks and limits.

It's not really hard if you have highwind and omnislash

This post has been edited by Messier17 on 27th July 2009 16:59

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If god is all-forgiving then why do we have to kill people in his name?

but do i need to only keep one person alive at the begining of the battle

Life+all

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If god is all-forgiving then why do we have to kill people in his name?

Or Phoenix. You can also use W-Summon Hades and KotR.

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Snooping as usual, I see?

Before you go into battle, run around for a random fight and kill off the two characters you don't intend on using. If you do that, Ruby won't use the sand to suck anyone under and you get to use the strongest character guaranteed. Make sure you have KotR, Hades, and W-Summon equipped along with Mime (or Mimic, I forget which it's called). As soon as you get the chance cast Hades (hades does status effect "stop" which Ruby is not immune to) and then KotR, and Mime it over and over. Use an elixir to heal or restore MP if he manages to hit you or something happens to break your Mime chain. That's how I did it last time, and I think he hit me once, or maybe twice.

Edit: Should you choose to keep all three characters alive, Ruby will suck two of them under every time, leaving you with a random fighter left behind. Again, to avoid this, kill the two you don't want before you attempt to fight Ruby.
It's been a really long time since I played the game, so I'd appreciate it if you could tell me how that works out for you.

This post has been edited by Sephiroth on 27th July 2009 22:39

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Sephiroth I think he was saying the KoTR strategy failed him.

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If god is all-forgiving then why do we have to kill people in his name?

i said that i couldn't get it to work without dying and thanks i just beat ruby weapon

Quote (Messier17 @ 27th July 2009 18:11)

Sephiroth I think he was saying the KoTR strategy failed him.

Yeah, but all he said was that KotR wasn't working.

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i tried to beat ruby weapon by using kotr like 20 times and i still die. what should i do???

I gave him a much more complex strategy than to just go in and start casting KotR. Since I'm not there, I couldn't' see what he was doing, so I told him in the best detail I could how to beat Ruby to the best of my knowledge.

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i said that i couldn't get it to work without dying and thanks i just beat ruby weapon

Did you use the exact strategy I gave you, or did you have to add something to it? I'd like to make note if you did. It might be something that could help me if I ever play the game again.

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Climhazzard is the timeless evil robot who runs some of the cool stuff at CoN (mostly logging chat, since there are no quizzes at the moment), all the while watching and waiting for his moment to take over the world. -Tiddles

yeah it worked perfectly but mostly what i did was w-summon hades and kotr and just kept using mimic until he attacked. the n i just used a mega-elixer and did the same thing over.

Good deal man. Ruby is a tough nut to crack, so pat yourself on the back.

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Climhazzard is the timeless evil robot who runs some of the cool stuff at CoN (mostly logging chat, since there are no quizzes at the moment), all the while watching and waiting for his moment to take over the world. -Tiddles

Quote (Sephiroth @ 28th July 2009 07:19)

Good deal man. Ruby is a tough nut to crack, so pat yourself on the back.

That's very true. I remember the first time I beat him a was overjoyed for about a week. Out of all my friends that played the game I was the first one to beat Ruby, so I had a lot to celebrate as you can imagine.

The first time I beat him was without killing two characters off at the beginning; I didn't realise that would work. Instead I had solo Cloud healing for a few turns then Omnislash when the opportunity arose. This was also without the W-Item trick! That was an epic battle. I died many times and had to come back to it a while after each failed attempt.

If you're interested, I'll jot down some tips if you want to fight Emerald or Ruby without the KotR cycle or without three characters.

• Hero Drinks are brilliant. They greatly raise a character's stats and each character can have a maximum of four. If you combine four Hero Drinks with a Curse Ring you'll find that your defence skyrockets and damage is significantly lower. Also, the 255 limit is broken when using Hero Drinks.
• Sadness or Fury status is recommended. Sadness means your Limit Breaks take longer to charge but you take less damage from attacks, and Fury means you take more damage from attacks, your physical attacks do more damage themselves but are less accurate, and your Limit Breaks charge much faster. I'd recommend Sadness against Ruby to compliment your high defence. If you want to do this, you can do it in battle or in the menu outside of battle by using a Tranquilliser or a Hyper on one character for the status you'd prefer.
• Forget the MP attacks from Ruby's arms. Unless you want to utilise the MP Turbo Materia on something, you shouldn't need to use MP at all in this battle. The only magic I would recommend would be Regen and/or Wall to keep you alive for the turn you use Omnislash in. Obviously, if you want to be careful, you could use Final Attack paired with Phoenix or Life 2, but that would mean constantly maintaining your MP, which can be frustrating when Ruby's arms remove it so quickly. If you do it my way, you forget MP and focus on using X-Potions. Even without W-Item, these can be won from ever battle in the Da-Chao statue area in Wutai.
• Counter Materia can be very useful indeed. It can be paired with Mime for a bonus turn, either another X-Potion or another Omnislash. If you're prepared to put some time into it, you can Master a Counter and a Mime and pair another set in your armour or weapon. This can be done up to eight times. Eight Omnislashes are devastating. Alternatively, you could pair it with Deathblow, and then pair another Deathblow with HP Absorb to top up your HP a bit if you need it. I must admit I haven't tried this but I'm almost sure it would work.
• Pair Added Effect Materia with Time or Hades Materia on your weapon. Again, I must admit I haven't tried this, but I see no reason why it shouldn't work. Your sword should now try and Stop Ruby with every normal attack. This ties in well with the next strategy.
• Use all your Counter-Attack Materia. Especially if your weapon has a Stop attack from the combination above. Imagine, if you are attacked then Cloud will hit back and possibly Stop Ruby, allowing you some room to breathe for a few turns. Not only this, but the increase in your power from the Curse Ring and Hero Drinks means you should be doing reasonable damage on each hit.

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thanks i'll try that next time i fight ruby weapon

Dazers and Ribbons are essential for this battle. Also, I'd like to add the Final Attack-Phoenix Materia Combination for these two battles (Ruby and Emerald)... and Magic Counter-Knights of the Round...

Ruby can't retaliate with Ultima if KoTR is a counterattack. =)

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Yep, I'm here.

thanks i'll try that next time i fight him

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Dazers and Ribbons are essential for this battle. Also, I'd like to add the Final Attack-Phoenix Materia Combination for these two battles (Ruby and Emerald)

Yeah like I said, it's been a really long time since I played this game. I completely forgot to mention the Final Attack/Phoenix combination. This will be a requirement to beat Emerald Weapon especially, since he uses Aire Taim Storm, which will kill all of your characters.
If you need ribbons, you will need to morph Tonberries in the northern caves. They will give you a ribbon.

This post has been edited by Sephiroth on 31st July 2009 22:19

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Climhazzard is the timeless evil robot who runs some of the cool stuff at CoN (mostly logging chat, since there are no quizzes at the moment), all the while watching and waiting for his moment to take over the world. -Tiddles

Quote (Sephiroth @ 31st July 2009 22:19)

since he uses Aire Taim Storm, which will kill all of your characters.

Actually aire tam storm does 1111 damage per materia so it won't kill your entire party as long as you don't keep much materia on your weapons and armor.

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If god is all-forgiving then why do we have to kill people in his name?

I got a strategy that works too:

I would cast safe and shell and then start attacking and whenever i needed,heal to help deal with pains and continue attacking it till its mana ran out.

Once you outlast its mana wich will take a while,believe me you revive the others and make sure they all got their limit breaks and start using them in a chain of events.

Otherwise you can just attack him with 1 character and because he has no mana he will not be able to use ultima and hurt you so bad.



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