Necron, as confusing as he was.

Necron

Yeah, I'm with Necron also. He does sorta come out of nowhere, but he's fairly tough.

Necron

Quale

Necron

Necron has somewhat the same wtf-factor like Ozma, so yeah even if he is confusing as hell and all that, I think it's a very awesome boss eitherway. Necron!!

Grand Cross:3

Necron

Yeah, I'm with Necron also. He does sorta come out of nowhere, but he's fairly tough.

Necron

Necron

Necron: 11
Quale: 1

Brutal stomp for the final boss off FFIX.
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Note: THe guide I used to tally up the number of bosses was including a monster I don't consider a boss (the Red Dragons in Mt. Gulug). Once I discovered this, it threw off my calculations. So I just decided to eliminate a boss I doubt anyone will miss. Out of the 3 left, I chose Kraken.

I think I made the right choice as these are the two bosses left.

Kuja

The bastard who was clearly the main villain from the moment we saw his flashy FMV at the end of Disk 1. The party finally fights him on Terra as the conclusion to the tri-boss fight gauntlet. He mainly uses Thundaga and Demi and he likes to taunt the party when they attack him. For obvious reasons....
Very memorable end to this fight.

vs.

Hades

The optional boss in Memoria. He looks pretty cool and has a few nasty attacks like Judgment Sword to reduce your HP to 1 not to mention some status effects like Freeze. What you really need to watch out for is Doomsday, the most powerful black magic in teh game (I believe anyway) which he'll use after counting down. After being defeated he can be used to symthesize some of the greatest things in the game like the Robe of Lords and the two Pumice Pieces you've collected to form Ark.

Hades -- that particular Kuja fight is more just a matter of form-- it's not really challenging at all.

Kuja was easy, but that jam playing was just great.

I choose Kuja, but since I am pretty late in to this rumble I don't know what we are voting on if its a which was the harder boss or what, I'd go with Hades.

It's just "bosses" and that's all. You can vote using whatever criteria feels right to you.

Ok, then I choose Kuja.

Thanks, Agent!

Hades

Hades

Hades, for simply being a bad-ass cryptic boss.

Kuja

Hades

Kuja

I never bothered playing IX enough to reach Hades.

Kuja!

Hades: 6
Kuja: 4

So it seems just plain old Kuja is out but at least he gives it a bit of the fight to end the first round of this rumble.


The bosses remaining are:
Plaint Brain
Trance Kuja
Hades
Black Waltz No. 3
Black Waltz No. 1 and Sealion
Lani
Black Waltz No. 2
Necron
Garland
Antlion
Beatrix
Ozma
Tantarian
Deathguise
Nova Dragon

*grumble* As you might have noticed, we have fifteen left. I keep miscounting somehow. Just fuck it. The final match of this round will just have to have 3 participants.

So let's get started.

ROUND 2

Lani

The sexy bounty hunter who the party fights on their way to the Outer Continent. She is pretty fast and uses a giant axe. Um...not much else to say that hasn't been said.
Oh and she's hot.

vs.

Black Waltz No. 2

An upgrade from #1 as he can use some level 2 black magic. However you have your entire party now so it probably won't be as challenging as fighting No. 1 with just Zidane.

Lani

Lani

Lani easily

No. 2 is meh

Lani easily

No. 2 is meh

Lani

Lani

Lani, though it's really a toss-up-- neither are much of a challenge.

Lani

Lani

Okay, time to call this one.

Lani: 9
Black Waltz No. 2: 0

And BW2 gets the axe.

Next battle...

Nova Dragon

The dragon that commanded the army of Silver Dragons that swarms the Invincile as they try to enter Memoria. And...um.... Not much else to say. Uses attacks called Shockwave and shares an attack with Garland called Psychokinesis which is just a telekinetic slam attack.

vs.

Plaint Brain

The first real boss of the game. it commands the Evil Forest and you must fight ti to save Garnet from...whatever it was going to do to her. Likes to use Pollen which casts Darkness on all party members and makes Zidane and Blank basically useless. Fire is obviously the giant plant's biggest weakness, though.

Plant Brain.
Meh

Plant Brain

Plant Brain

Nova Dragon

Plant Brain

Plant Brain-- the other is just way too easy for that point in the game.

Plant Brain

Plant Brain! I can't even remember Nova Dragon being that easy? Anyways, doesn't really matter, 'cause the other one's a plant brain, you know, :D

Plant Brains

Plain Brain: 9
Nova Dragon: 1

And the dragon is out of here.

Next up.



The ruler of Terra and maker of our main hero and antagonist. The second fight in the tri-boss batle at the end of Disc 3, he uses Psychokinesis like Nova Dragon as well as other powerful attacks like Flare.

vs.

[B]Deathguise

Third-to-last boss in the game. Trance Kuja summons it to fight you but you kick its ass anyway. Ueses Death (shocking) and Meteor and you should watch out for the latter.

Garland

Garland

Garland

Deathguise

Neither of these stick out for me but I'll go with Garland

Neither stick out for me either, but I'm with Deathguise.

Garland

Garland, preeetty easily.

Garland: 7
Deathguise: 2

The ruler of Terra progresses on.

Hades

As mentioned, this is a secret boss on Memoria. He is the best synthesizer around so after defeating him you can use the two Pumice Pieces you have to get the summon Ark. As for the boss part, his worst attack is Doomsday which is the nasties tblack magic in the game and can fuck up your entir eparty.

vs.

Black Waltz No. 3

Thanks to a combination of facts, such as fighting it twice and the badass FMVs with it, this guy seems to be one of the most beloved and memorable bosses in the game. After beating it up on the airship to Lindblum it malfunctions and later is finished by Garnet, Steiner and Marcus.

Black Waltz No. 3

Hades tough choice.

Black Waltz No.3

Hades

Black Waltz No. 3 -- coolness factor.

Black Waltz No. 3

Black Waltz No. 3

Black Waltz No. 3 -- coolness factor.

Black Waltz No. 3 - 6
Hades - 2

Unsurprising outcome. BW3 seems like a favorite to get to at least the Semifinals.

Next battle...

Beatrix

The boss who really needs no description. Though every single boss fight with her is hopeless, she's so sexy and badass that no one seems to care. Extra points because you get to use this boss later on for a little while.
Random fact: She one-shots your party with Stock Break the first 2 times then has to use Climhazzard the third tie. Perhaps the party was getting too strong for her.....

vs.

Tantarian

The most annoying little fucker in the game. This optional boss is all about luck as he hides in a book. Depending on what page you happen to strike, he may or may not pop out. Which means you could be fighting him for several minutes and not really accomplish anything.

..wow, these two have something in common in that respect at least.

Tantarian, cool original idea.

Beatrix as a boss, all she has going for her is the music. The only challenge with her, is that of trying to steal everything, and that was wicked annoying.

Tantarian

Tantarian

Beatrix

I have bad memories with Tantarian - spending days trying to steal his Demon's Mail, which was not worth the effort.


original idea.

Not really... This idea was already used in FFV.

Beatrix

Tantarian!!

Beatrix

Beatrix

Ladies and gentlemen I do believe we have a tie.

I guess I'll step in here and give my vote to....

Beatrix: 5
Tantarian: 4

Sorry but I hated that little...whatever it was. And Beatrix at least had some good boss music and was sexy.

Now for our second-to-last battle of this Round...

Ozma

vs.

Necron

Superboss vs. final boss. Not much to say that hasn't already been said and I'm guessing everyone voting will have a good memory of both here.

Necron

Gonna give it to Ozma though, Necron is just terrible, no relevance to the plot, not even that hard, and atleast Ozma was there to give a good challenge to the players.

Ozma

Ozma

Ozma

Ozma. 8-)

Ozma I have yet to beat it.

Ozma: 6
Necron: 2

Tough break for the Space Flea From Nowhere final boss.

And our final battle of the round is a threeway battle. That probably won't last very long so let's get this murder over with.

Trance Kuja

The final battle with the main villain of the game. Kuja gone Super Saiyan. You never actually "win" the fight. More like Mutual Destruction.

vs.

BlacK Waltz No. 1 and Sealion

A tough battle not made any easier by the fact it's only Zidane fighting.

vs.

Antlion

Fought in Cleyra. Becomes regular enemy on Disc 3. Annoying counterattack to any physical damage.

Black Waltz No1. and Sealion

BlacK Waltz No. 1 and Sealion

I'll take 'Who is Trance Kuja?' for 500.

...Whattya mean this isn't jeapordy? D<

{ Now emboldened for your delight! :3 }

bold your choice Jitan.

Trance Kuja

Black Waltz No1. and Sealion. ^_^

Antlion

Black Waltz No1. and Sealion

I'm so sorry for the late update guys. My current computer is busted and I'm waiting for its replacement to be shipped here by Dell. I'm currently using my old compute which is infected up the ass with viruses but lucky one internet browser still works.

So I'll start this up but I probably won't be on again for a week or so.

Black Waltz No. 1 and Sealion: 5
Trance Kuja: 2
Antlion: 1

Didn't see this coming. Well I guess difficulty is what a boss should be judged on, not how awesome they or their music are.

Our 7 remaining bosses are:

Black Waltz No. 1 and Sealion
Lani
Beatrix
Black Waltz No. 3
Plant Brain
Ozma
Deathguise

So the next battle will be...

Lani

Sexy bounty hunter with an axe to grind. You fight her before entering Fossil Roo on your way to the new continent. A decent challenge.

vs.

Black Waltz No. 3

Definite favorite to go all the way. Badass cutscenes and two boss fights make BW3 a beloved boss.

Black Waltz No. 3

Black waltz the third! 8D

Black Waltz No. 3

Black Waltz No. 3

Black Waltz No. 3

Lani

Black waltz the third! 8D

Black waltz the third! 8D

Black Waltz No. 3

Black Waltz No. 3: 8
Lani: 1

Next fight.

Deathguise

Third-to-final boss in the game. Kuja summons it in the Crystal World and then kills it when you beat him. Watch out for Meteor.

vs.

Plant Brain

First real boss in the game. Blank lends a hand, thank god. Best bet is to use Fire Sword between Vivi and Steiner and to have Vivi cast Fire.

Plant Brain

Deathguise

Plant Brain, I suppose.

Deathguise

Deathguise

I'm a pretty big fan of the Plant Brain. :]

Plant Brain: 4
Deathguise: 3

Pretty close fight but our first real boss takes it.

It appears my inability to do simple math strikes again. We have 3 participants left before the semifinals:
Beatrix
Black Waltz No. 1 and Sealion
Ozma

Now I tallied up all their votes and from the last two rounds and Ozma had 16 while Beatrix had 13 and BW1 had 11.
So unless there are any objections, I'm just going to bump Ozma up to the next round and let this match take place to determine his opponent.

Beatrix

Alexandrian General and Hot Chick With A Sword, Beatrix is completely unbeatable as a boss. This hasn't stopped her from dominating her way so far. The great music and her character helps.

vs.

Black Waltz No. 1 and Sealion

Fighting a giant ice summon thing and a super black mage with just Zidane isn't exactly easy at this point in the game. Nevertheless, you must win if you're to save your friends from freezing to death.

Beatrix

Black Waltz No. 1 and Sealion

a giant ice summon thing and a super black mage :3

Beatrix

Beatrix - She can smite me anyday. :3

Beatrix - She can smite me anyday. :3

Beatrix - She can smite me anyday. :3

Beatrix

Beatrix

Black Waltz No. 1 and Sealion

Beatrix: 7
Black Waltz No. 1 and Sealion: 3

Well let's do it guys!

SEMI-FINALS

Black Waltz No. 3

So the most beloved of all the BMs has come far. His cutscene badassery and the fact you fight him twice probably has a lot to do with that.
Whatever the reason, he's here and ready to kick ass.

vs.

Plant Brain

First real boss of the game as I've said several times now. This giant garden variety abomination is decently challenging and would have whipped our party at the time had it not been for Blank's timely arrival. Thanks for being fashionably late there Blank.

Black Waltz No. 3

Black Waltz No. 3

Black Waltz No. 3

Black Waltz No. 3

Joining the Black Waltz No. 3 crowd.

Black Waltz No. 3...Brain pissed/annoyed me (off)...

Joining the Black Waltz No. 3 crowd.

Black Waltz No. 3: 7
Plaint Brain: 0

Unsurprising if a bit disappointing.


Hopefully this will be a bit better.

Beatrix

Alexandrian General. Hot Chick With A Sword. Scripted to win all three boss fights.

vs.

Ozma

Superboss. Giant spinny thing. Depending on who you ask, too easy or very hard.

Ozma

Ozma must win.

Ozma

Ozma

Ozma: 4
Beatrix: 0

Now this was surprising! Good job there FFS.

And so....

There can be only one.

FINALS

Black Waltz No. 3
"I exist only to kill! I exist only to kill! I exist only to kill! I exist only to kill...!"

A little cutscene action goes a long way and it's propelled BW3 to teh finals. It remains to be seen o that is enough tow in the whole thing though.

vs.

Ozma
"There...danger in the sky. If you dar...to face it, use this rec...to find your way." -Cid I of Lindblum

So you collected the Chocograph Pieces. Maybe fought all the Friendly Monsters. Your reward? A nice peaceful paradise in the sky.
And the ball of doom.
No one is sure what Ozma is. All that is known is it's ready ot kill any poor soulw ho stumbles across it.

Let the final bout begin!

Ozma

Ozma

Ozma

Definitely Black Waltz No. 3!!

Somebody must've had a very bad day to make a sphere the most powerfull enemy in game.

Ozma

I know I'm bumping this and asking an almost rhetorical question but will this ever be concluded? The suspense is killing me...

It almost certainly won't be concluded by The-Anti. His last activity on the site was back in November, according to his profile.


However, the result is obvious, so I'll end the battle:


Black Waltz No. 3 - 1
Ozma - 4


The obvious winner is Ozma!



Okay, this rumble is now open to be picked up by anyone else that wants to continue it, but please send me a PM first if you plan to.