I don't know if this has been discussed before, but I was looking for some good strategies for beeting Emerald and Ruby Weapons. How did you do it? What Materia did you have?

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well before I killed them , I masterd KotR(took me quite an amount of time) and used the following: W-summon, Mime, KotR, Final attack+Phoenix(all mastered)

Against Ruby I had only Cloud and used W-summon, KotR, Final attack+Revive(all mastered)

It was easy...

Cheapo tactics here.

Mastered 2 mimes so that I can have 3 mimes.

Emerald: W-summon KOTR and mime. Emerald only did the weak revenge stamp like 3-4 times in the process.

Ruby: Kill off 2 of your characters before start, revive them then W-summon Hades +KOTR, then mime. Hades will stop Ruby so that you don't get his "Ultima" counter attack.

have W- magic and then ultima linked to a mastered quadra magic and use it and then it should hit 8 times and then mime it and mime it again to do around 7000 damage 24 times.

EMERALD WEAPON

You'll need to equip:

1: Underwater materia, Final Attack+Phoenix and Mime materia with Cloud
2: Character 1: with W-Summon+Quadra Magic, Knights of Round and Bahamut ZERO(MASTER) ...
3: Character 2: with nothing, don't worry

The fight:

1: Character 1 have to summon Bahamut ZERO and Knights of Round both at the same turn because he have W-Summon
2: Now, the only thing Cloud have to do is Mime all the time
3: You can't do anything more, the other have to pass turn, if they die, don't worry,
4: Repeat steps one, two and three, until you kill Emerald Weapon

And Good luck ;)


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To beat Emerald WEAPON you'll need
Cloud (Onmislash)
Barret(Catastrophe)
Cid(Highwind)
these three because their limit breaks are repetitive, meaning they do massive damage over and OVER, instead of doing 9999 damage to all targets just one time.

Materia
I had 2 mimes and one 4x- cut, and one 2x-cut.
Have Enemy Skills Big Guard, White Wind, and Angel Whisper. These are esential.
Have W-Magic, W-Summon, Quadra Magic and Final Attack materia and revive
Have Ultima, Knights of the Round, Bahamut ZERO, Neo-Bahamut
Regen(Although I don't use it, it runs out too quick)

Arrange it...
MAGICIAN
Give the person with the highest magic stat w- magic, quadra magic linked to ultima, w-summon, KOTR,Bahamut ZERO and Neo Bahamut. No mimes, cause this person serves as the leader, and the other two mimic him. Also gie him the final attack/ revive combo. (u can use final attack/phoenix summon but it costs more mp and Emerald likes todrain your mp as much as possible. )
ATTACKER
Give the person with the highest attack power the power belt (an accesory that raises strength stat 30 pts.)
Give him every counter attack materia u have, a mime, 4x-cut. He should do 9999 damage normally, not needing a critical hit. also give him a mime.
MIMICKER
The last person should mostly use mime, as well as healing the rest.

The Battle...
This is simple. all u gotta do is "follow the leader." The first one will be the lead attacker. why? cause i didn't wanna use my knights of the round until his lights were activated. (I didn't master it nd cold only summon it twice in a battle)
ROUND 1
when u first start out, have that attacker use 4x-cut(hopefully 9999hp for each cut) and hae the mimicker mime it, (for 5000-8000 hp damage each time) while the magician heals/supports. when the lights come on, dont give them ONE chance to attack, cause you'll get hit 8 times straight, and by the time u halfway recover from that, youll get hit 8 more times consecutively, probable wiping u out. This is tricky, cause u gotta time when the lights are gonna come on, and whn they do, have a Knights of the Round ready and waiting along with the other two miming so once the lights come on, you'll destroy them without giving them the chance to attack.
I could only use KOTR twice, then mime, then mime, for a total of 6 ultimate summons. if u can do more, than do it. once the lights go off, round one is over.
ROUND 2
Heal from any dmages taken from round 1, and use the attack strategy again. when the lights come on again, use the next best summon, Bahamut ZERO, and mime, and mime.
ROUND 3 and onward
Whenever all the lights go out, the round ends, and u should begin the new round by attacking, and using summons when the lights come on. with me, i could only use powerful summons twice- once per round, on W-summon, then mime, them mime, for a total of 6 times. Use the summon strategy until u win or run out of good summons. then u use that ultima linked to that quadra magic, hitting 8 times, then again on w-magic, hitting 8 more times, then miming it then miming it. That should take care of the lights when they come on. Repeat this until Emerald dies.
other notes...
1.AIRE TAM STORM
I completely fill up my materia slots, because as u can see, i use every one, so i have to have final attack/revive after this (on two of my people, one mastered, one halfway)
2.Everyone should have an Enemy skill materia woth the skills i listed above
3.If your limit breaks are ready when the lights come on, use them and save a summon for next round.

I AM THE GREATEST!!! not only did i beat ruby an emerald weapon, i beat Ozma and just last night, i beat OMEGA WEAPON from FFVIII!!! DAMN, i am hot

Well, if you have Final attacks mastered, you will revive a total of 5 times if you die. Which means you will beat them all if you have the materia combos listed above. Just make sure you have final attack attached with revive