Lani confortably wins that then. And for the grand 500th post on this thread (w00t), we have another rumble. I'll update it quicker now hopefully.

Next up...

Antlion (The boss in Cleyra that attacks Puck. Not too difficult)

vs

Maliris (First Memoria boss. Quite easy actually. Easier than the rest of course, but easier than earlier ones.)

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I like Maliris better so I'll vote for him... True Antlion was a hard opponent to beat but to me, Maliris is much better than some giant ant that sits...

I believe Maliris is the one that uses the Raining Swords as a final attack. I'll vote Maliris because that Raining Swords is very tough, especially when you're playing for Excalibur II.

Hmmm. Tough choice. Both are from pervious FF games - The Antlion from FFIV and Marliris from FFI (in the original NES version of FFI he or she was called 'Kary'), but I'd probably say Marliris, because it's a more challenging boss. Raining Swords is pretty hard, but if you missed sything one earlier, you can steal the Masamune from Marliris.

So, the Fire Fiend for me.

Maliris, cos it's harder to beat.

gotta be Maliris

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I'll have to say Maliris too, I never thought too much of the Antlion ..

Well, Antlion was dessimated. Maliris wins easily. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

*POSSIBLE SPOILERS*

Ark (Well, although it is the final Eidolon, it's a boss in Oeilvert (sp) and it makes you float, only to screw you up afterwards.)

vs

Prison Cage (The things that captures Vivi and Garnet in Evil Forest. You verse it twice but you never do kill it. It is sort of a boss. It saps HP from it's prey)

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<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Ark for me, I seem to remember it beating me the first time I fought it, actually. The main reason for that would be that I dind't equip Clear Headed on anyone (that and I had Garnet in my party :p), but after that I managed it. Still a good boss though. I didn't even consider the Prison Cage to be a boss to be honest.

Ark! He has all sorts of cool moves and like Meltigemini mentions, it also helps to have certain abilities on or he can really mess you up. You also get a Pumice Piece for beating him (halfway to the actual Ark summon) and you can also steal a nice lance for Freya. Prison Cage? What is Prison Cage? Yeah, not even worth talking about really. You'd have to be pretty inept to lose to that.

Ark

Ark.

Nothing like having to fight a huge undead airship at the bottom of an ancient ruin for a boss! Sure, it may be hard to fight (especially with no magic, courtesy of Oelivert's anti-magic seal), but the Holy Lance you can steal from it, plus the Pumice Piece you get for defeating it is sweet.

Prison Cage was just an anonoying time-waster. So, Garnet's ultimate Eidolon for me.

Ark:D :D

Well, that was quite easy. As this one might be. Thanks for voting.

So next up...

*POSSIBLE SPOILERS*

Ralvuimago (This guy chases you through Fossil Roo and eventually falls down a large gap in the bridge. I don't know if you can destroy it or not.)

vs

Ozma (Found in the Chocobo Air Garden. This guy is the Omega Weapon of FF9)

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Ralvuimago just becaause I thought Fossil Roo was cool..not to mention, this guy wasn't too hard fleeing from (if I remember right), so I felt closer to this guy. =P

....Or something.

Ozma, Ralvuimago was never much of a hassle.

I'm going for Ozma. I do find that R-whatever has a much cooler boss design but he didn't use that boss design to do anything. You don't have to fight him but just run away. However, Ozma was more of a challenge. I'm not too fond of Ozma but I'm going to vote for him just because R. wasn't a very good boss...

Ozma

ozma, definately

Ozma. It has an unusual design, it's extremely hard (particulary if you haven't completed the 'friendly monsters' quest, it cuts your party to ribbons), and the Pumice you win, plus the Dark Matter you can steal from it is worth it.

P.S. Anybody notice Ralvuimago's appearence in FF Unlimited chasing Cid and co in exactly the same way it did to Zidane and co in FFIX?

Well, that was quite the easy win. Ozma wins 5-1. Thanks for voting.

And that means next up is...

*SPOILERS*

Tiamat (The 2nd boss in Memoria. If you're not prepared correctly regarding wind I believe, you will be destroyed quite quickly)

vs

Black Mage #3 (This guy's a pain eh? He destroys some black mages then you fight him on the ship and beat him. Then he chases you through South Gate and crashes. He reappears later at the start of Disc 2 with the same mission of capturing Garnet but finally gets killed)

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I'm gunna say Black Mage #3

Yeah, Black Mage #3 is a baddie, I'm gonna go for him.

I exist only to kill!
I exist only to kill!
I exist oNly tO Kill!
I eXisT OnLY To KiLL!
I ExisT OnLy tO kIlL!!


(And yes, that slurred writing is intentional...)

Definetely Black Waltz no 3. It's the hardest of the lot, and just like some magical Terminator, seems near unstoppable, even after crashing into South Gate and ending up on the cablecar's railway tracks. It still keeps on coming with single-minded intent. Eventually it recalls only one directive. KILL.

Tiamat was cool, not to mention hard, and, like the rest of the Terra Guardians, were all reoccuring characters from the original FF, which I really liked, Black Waltz no 3 was the best.

I'm voting for Black Waltz #3. He's one of my favorite bosses (plus one of the evilest enemies ever, he killed all of the black mages! Poor Vivi...). I was dissapointed with Tiamat. He looked better in FF8 and he was a harder fight there as well...

Well, there goes Tiamat. Thanks for voting. BM#3 wins.

Oh, and I made mistake in the opponent of Ozma. The guy that chases you through Fossil Roo is not Ralvuimago. The guy is called Armodullahan and isn't really a boss. So we're going to run the Ozma battle again. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Ozma

vs

Hillgigas (this is the guy you fight in the mountain path just before you get to Madain Sari. He's this big rock guy.)

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This new opponent is even less exciting to the last one. Still Ozma.

I hate Hillgigas!!! It takes forever to steal the Fairy Flute from him!!! I vote for Ozma!

Agent0042 is right. You sure this isn't biased from the start? lol

Once again, Ozma. Hilgias is just a big green time-waster more than anything else. He's not even particualry hard! Boor-riiing.

So, Ozma for me again!

Ozma its gotta be

For arguements sake I vote Hillgigas

Ok, so the same thing happened, but at least a problem was solved. Now, back to business.

Next up is...(another I want out of the way)

Ralvurahua (The snake guy you fight while heading to Alexandria with Garnet, Marcus and Steiner. Piece of cake)

vs

Ralvuimago (An evolved version of the afore mentioned. This guy curls up into a defensive mode after being attacked, and he doesn't attack in that defensive state unless attacked while in it, which give you time to heal and charge up Vivi's magic with Focus. Pretty easy actually. Found straight after leaving Alexandria after saving Garnet.)

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Ralvuimago. I messed up a couple of times and forgot that you're not supposed to use physical attack and he hit me pretty hard.

I vote for Ralvuimago...

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I found them both really easy, but I'll vote for Ralvuimago because he actually managed to do a bit of damage to me... :p

Ralvuimago gets my vote

Ralvuimago easily wins then. Thanks for voting. Ok, getting through first round a lot now.

Next up...

Beatrix (The 3 times you fight her, she levels your party with some strong attacks. She seems invincible. Seconds later after the final one, you play as Beatrix, and she has a fraction of her HP and her so powerful attacks don't seem so powerful. But still, good fights against her)

vs

Valia Pira (Boss of Kuja's Desert Palace. If you equip any of the bloodstones you obtained in the Desert Palace to any characters, he will raise one of his stats by a lot and the battle won't be easy, that's for sure.)

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Beatrix! She was so cool with her attacks and she actually annoyed me at first, but after she turned good I really liked her and now she's my favorite character in the good.


If you equip any of the bloodstones you obtained in the Desert Palace to any characters, he will raise one of his stats by a lot and the battle won't be easy, that's for sure.)
I don't think that's how it works. It's the less bloodstones you find, the more powerful he is. If you find all of them, he's like ultra-weak and sucky and that's why I didn't vote for him. But I've tried fighting this boss before without having found any of the bloodstones and he's way more powerful. So it has to with the bloodstones you find, not whether or not you equip the items that come from the bloodstones. Actually, some of the items are quite helpful, like the one that lets Vivi cast Water because this boss is weak against Water.

I vote for Beatrix.

I'm voting for Beatrix. No doubt about it.

Beatrix, its gotta be

Quite easy there for Beatrix. Who didn't see that coming.

Next up...

*SPOILERS*

Kraken (3rd boss of Memoria. You fight it just past the water part. Not too difficult actually, protect against water and you'll be fine)

vs

Amarant (You fight him once as Zidane in Madain Sari and then he goes away and joins later. You might want to have your Trance bar almost at the top or a lot of HP.)

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I definitely have to go with Amarant on this one. When I was playing to get Excalibur II, he stopped me up pretty bad and I lost to him a whole bunch of times before I finally came up with something to beat him.

I vote for Kraken. I'm not a big fan of Amarant...

I'll vote for amarant. I thought his weapons were pretty cool, and I liked his hair.

Amarant, he gets my vote

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I liked Amarant a lot as a character, but as this is a boss rumble and not a character rumble I'm gonna vote for Kraken, because I thought he was overall a better boss. Never really gave me any problems, but I watched my friend trying to fight it and almost died, it was Steiner with the Tin Armour that kept him alive. ;)

Ok then, thanks for voting again. It appears Amarant quite comfortably wins that one.

So next up...

Black Mage #1 (Boss of the Ice Cavern. You fight him with Zidane only and he's got a pet monster with him. Still, if you levelled up, at any point whatsoever, it's a cinch)

vs

Nova Dragon (The boss straight after the sequence of awesome Skirmish of the Silver Dragons cut-scenes playing to the awesome song. Anywho, the boss can beat you into the ground if you take it lightly, but think of it this way. It will be an easy fight if you had 3 or more people in your party awake after fighting Kuja on Disk 3. That's just something I know from experience)

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I vote for the Nova Dragon. I like the Black Waltzes, but #3 is the best. #1 and #2 aren't all that good...

It's the Nova Dragon for me. He has a lot of really dangerous moves that you have to watch out for.

Black Waltz #1 is a twit who is weaker than his minion. I mean, honestly, if you want anyone to take you seriously as a villain, you can't be weaker than your own pet monster. "Oh, hear I am, I'm this big evil villain, but wait, let me summon this this monster that's even stronger than me in case I can't finish you." Sorry, doesn't work like that.

I'm voting for the Nova dragon....

The first reason is as what Agent said....And the other is because dragons are cool...Especially that this one is silver and has feathers:D...

Laters....


T.W.K.

Ok then, Nova Dragon wins easily. Maybe not suprising. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

*SPOILERS*

Lich (The 4th Memoria boss. Acts kind of like the Earth Guardian regarding Earth Attacks and needing to float.)

vs

Garland (Creator of Terra and Kuja and a lot of things. He's the 2nd boss in the row of 3 bosses at the end of disk 3. He has some powerful dark attacks.)

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I vote for Lich, I hate Garland...

Hmmmz.

Lich: Faceless entity who the party shrug off with little to no effort. Garland: A sublimely evil character who created the Genomes and begun to put the plan into action that would result in Gaia becoming unstable for Terra's assimilation. And he had some really tricky attacks to deal with as well.

I'm voting for Garland. True, he may have been the "middle" boss of three, but he was fun to fight.

I'm voting for Garland. I never really thought much of Lich.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I hated Lich. He was easy enough to kill, but he only used Death-based spells which were very annoying, although they did seem to miss a lot of the time. I'm gonna have to vote for Garland, although he wasn't that difficult either.

Ok then, thanks for voting yet again. Garland seems to have won that won 3-1. On with the last few.

Next up...

Silver Dragon (The first boss in the line of 3 at the end of Disk 3. This guy is a normal old Silver Dragon, which as seen in the game, can be taken out by airships easily.)

vs

Plant Brain (Boss of the Evil Forest. You get to fight as Blank in this fight too. Not difficult if you level up a tad)

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I guess I'll go with the Silver Dragon. Even if it can easily be taken out by an airship, it's still better than the lame Plant Brain.

Yeah, the Silver Dragon is much better than the lame Plant Brain...

Silver Dragon, Plant Brain does suck

Another Silver Dragon.....It's a dragon, and silver, even though it's old and rusty (Rusty?....yeah whatever:p)....so....my voting is clear......


T.W.K.

TWK, you only ever vs one Silver Dragon. Alas, it wins, easily. Guess people dislike the first few bosses.

Oh and once again I've screwed something up somewhere and there are inconveniently 33 bosses, but, we can improvise as per usual, and I'll make up some mini boss thing to pit against Necron. But until then...

Deathguise (Another dragon-like being that you fight just before you fight Trance-Kuja in Memoria, actually, you can walk out and save it after beating Deathguise so if you lose to the future 2 bosses, you don't have to fight this piece of cake again.)

vs

Soulcage (Boss of the Iifa Tree and maker of the mist. A word of advise, don't cast fire on it ;))

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I vote for Soul Cage. It was one of the bosses that actually talk to you and you know it's purpose. Deathguise was just some drgaon that appeared before you fought Kuja, no story behind it at all... Also, the first time I played FF9 I used Fire on Soul Cage. Guess how that turned up...

Soulcage!

Definitely Deathguise. I'm sorry, but I just don't go for bosses like Soul Cage that you can toss a Phoenix Down or an Elixir at and they're gone. Besides, Deathguise has a history in FFVI's Doom Gaze.

A close one for once. Soulcage pulls through 2-1. Thanks for voting. And I've chosen a final boss sort of enemy to pit against Necron...

Last up for Round 1...

Necron (The final boss of the game. It's only in oneform which screws up tradition and it really isn't the expected final boss which screws up tradition also but anyway...difficult for some, easy for others.)

vs

Baku (Tantalus leader. You fight him at the beginning of the game as Zidane, Blank, Marcus and Cinna and then after Garnet goes missing in the Evil Forest you fight Baku again for permission to leave the ship to find her. Both times he's quite patheticly easy and falls over while attacking sometimes so as to not hit you.)

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Hmm, a stinker vs. another stinker. I guess I'll vote for Necron, since at least he can hit you with something. Plenty of time to dump him later in the rumble.

I'll have to vote for Necron also... He's slightly better than Baku but both are horrible bosses so that's not saying much...

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Yeah I'm voting for Necron too for almost being hard. :p

Ok let's end this first round at last *imagines people frolicking in the streets and singing some random freedom song* as it wasn't an unbelievably interesting first round, but here's the slightly more interesting second round line up...

Black Waltz #3
Gizamaluke
Beatrix
Ralvuimago
Lani
Soulcage
Amarant
Ark
Silver Dragon
Garland
Nova Dragon
Maliris
Trance-Kuja
Necron
Hades
Ozma

And first up is...

Ark

vs

Maliris

Let the second round Begin!

A for Ark

I have to agree with Ark because he had cool moves and you could get cool stuff off of him.

Ark

Well, Ark clearly wins. Thanks for the 3 votes. Hopefully, they increase.

Next up...

Lani

vs

Black Mage #3

Let's see what happens. Begin!

Black Mage #3 was mean and bad, while Lani was just a punk who was really easy anyway because she just kept focusing on Dagger unless Dagger fell. So I vote for Black Mage #3.

Isn't it Black Waltz 3#? I vote for him.

Black Mage #3 i vote for, also thought it was a Waltz

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Black Waltz 3 was pathetically easy for me, and you can't even lose in your second battle against it (try it if you want, it won't attack Garnet at all), while Lani did actually give me problems first time. I'm voting for her.

Yeah yeah, waltz. Anyway, Black Waltz #3 wins. Thanks for voting and pointing out my typo.

Next up...

Amarant

vs

Gizamaluke

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This is kind of tough. I'm tempted to go against Gizamaluke because, well, come on, you can basically incapacitate him by tossing at Tent at him. Yet he caused me a lot of trouble when I was playing for Excalibur II and had to try and steal all the stuff from him. Amarant isn't too hard, but he too gave me trouble in that challenge. Yeah, I guess I'll go for Amarant.

Gizamaluke

Amarant

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The Flaming Amarant wins again. Why do I have a feeling I know who is going to win this tournament? And I think it's one of these two so...

Next up is...

Trance-Kuja

vs

Hades

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Let's see: Trance Kuja: Didn't really have too much in terms of cool attacks, but had a rocking battle theme. Hades: Had some fairly cool attacks and was also worth fighting to open his synthesis shop. Also said cool stuff if you had already beaten Ozma and then fought him. I vote for Hades.

Trance Kuja. :)

Why? Because I always found Flare Star so darn irritating. Especially when he followed up with Flare. =_=

I vote for Hades. Unfortuately, this song is not the song that plays when you fight him.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Both were good bosses. Trance Kuja was the easier of the two, but the battle music made it much more... fun. I'm voting for Trance Kuja here.

Trance-Kuja, cos.......erm hes Kuja

Trance-Kuja scrapes through 3-2. Draven saved it there. I know who I'd have voted for inn the tie-breaker.


Originally posted by Vivi FF
I vote for Hades. Unfortuately, this song is not the song that plays when you fight him.

Yeah yeah I know. I'll play Hunter's Chance on the next page. But for now, the Boss music is on because it's the music for most of them, including the next two...

Garland

vs

Soulcage

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An intereting, sort of slower remix of the boss theme. Anyway, I'll definitely be going for Garland. As I mentioned before, I don't do bosses that you can kill with a phoenix down / life spell.

I vote for SoulCage. He's pretty tough if you don't cheat.

Well, it's a draw, and as I don't want to annoy people with my decisions (ha ha, and how many times have i done that elsewhere?), the next vote will decide it.

I'll say Garland, because he had more of a character behind him.

Garland

Well Garland wins then. Thanks for the two tiebreaking votes (someone would have died if the 2 tiebreaking votes were different) so anyway, on with the rumbles.

Next up...

Ralvuimago

vs

Ozma

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someone would have died if the 2 tiebreaking votes were different
When I saw that someone else had responded, I was all ready to chew someone until I saw it was the same vote. :D

Erm, anyway, current round. Ozma, definitely. Ralvuimago is like nothing compared with him.

Yep, Ozma

Ozma

Ozma

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I'm with everyone else. ;)

I believe the term nowadays is "blowout". This was a blowout, thanks for voting, and i need not say who won that.

Whew, 600 posts. I didn't think mine would get that far. Probably the most memorable battle was Kuja vs Steiner in the Semi Final of the Character rumble. Kuja was losing then came back to win 9-4. Pretty amazing stuff there.

Anyway, enough reminiscence, the next two are...

Beatrix

vs

Nova Dragon

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Probably the most memorable battle was Kuja vs Steiner in the Semi Final of the Character rumble.
Heh. I remember that. That was like some kind of mob or something.

Anyway, I think my vote in this battle is probably already known, but just in case, Beatrix. Oh, Beatrix, so cool as a character, so cool in battle, I just have to vote with her. Why do I get the feeling there's going to be a sad ending though?

Yeah I vote for Beatrix.

Woo, bit delayed here. Thanks for voting, and Beatrix wins. Now let's end Round 2 at last.

Next up...

Necron

vs

Silver Dragon

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I don't know. I just don't think much of Necron, so I'll vote for Silver Dragon.

Yeah, I vote for Silver Dragon.

Silver Dragon

definately silver dragon

Well, I didn't expect that, I guess I'm not the only one who thinks Necron sucks. Anywho, I believe we're onto...

Round 3: Quarter Finals

At last...so let's see the contenders.

Black Waltz #3
Beatrix
Amarant
Ark
Silver Dragon
Garland
Trance-Kuja
Ozma

And first up, if you haven't seen...

Beatrix

vs

Amarant

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Beatrix. Amarant just pisses me off, for some reason.

I have no problem with Amarant, but my love is always for Beatrix. Glad to see it looking like she'll be going on to the semi-finals.

Beatrix here!

Well, that was easily decided. Beatrix wins, thanks for voting.

Next up...

Ark

vs

Silver Dragon

Might be a tough choice. Begin!

Hmm. Both actually aren't all that tough if you're properly prepared for the battles. I guess I'll go for Ark. Silver Dragon was actually just a warmup really for Garland and Kuja (not that either of those were that tough either.) Ark has the Photon attack which can reduce a character to 1 HP. I'd say Ark is also a tougher battle if you're going for Excalibur II. Finally, you can steal the Holy Lance off of Ark and win a Pumice Piece. So I'm going for Ark.

Yeah, I vote for Ark. I like him better over the Silver Dragon.

Well, I was waiting for more votes, but it's enough for Ark to win. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

Trance-Kuja

vs

Garland

Spicy...Begin!

Trance-Kuja!

Well, I definitely have to vote Trance-Kuja. Garland just pretty much throws nothing but garbage at you, like Stop and Psychokinesis and one of the lamest Flare spells I've ever seen.

Trance-Kuja

Whew sorry I'm late, school issues etc... made me forget. Trance Kuja ends, thanks for voting again. Let's get this round over with, and into the better battles.

Next up...

Ozma

vs

Black Waltz #3

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Ozma. Black Waltz #3 may be mega-bad and programmed only to kill and stuff, but he has to go eventually.

Oh, and after whoever it was posted it about how in the second battle with him after you get off the train, he won't attack Dagger at all, I went ahead and checked it out. It's really sad really. You just kill off Steiner and Marcus and after that he just starts sputtering and ends up taking damage himself until he dies without you having to do anything. I lost a lot of respect for him after watching that.

Black Waltz #3 = cool

Black Waltz #3. Sure he was easier but he's alot cooler and had a bigger role in the storyline then some ball.

Black Mage Numero Three. Just because of the impact he had on the storyline. And the fact that he's actually fair to beat.

Black Mage numer three because he actually looked cool and had a part of the story. Omza just looked stupid and he had nothing to do with the story.

Well, that settles that. Black Waltz #3 wins. Thanks all, for the votes.

And with that, the end is in sight.

Round 4: Semi Finals

Black Waltz #3
Trance-Kuja
Ark
Beatrix

And first up...

Ark

vs

Trance-Kuja

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I guess it has to be Trance-Kuja for me. Ark can be really easily if you properly prepare, but Trance-Kuja's moves are still kinda tough even if your party's strong. Plus, he looks cooler.

I have a feeling Trance Kuja's gonna win, but I'm going to go with Ark. Battle wise, Ark was quite hard, I found TK to be a walkover compared to Necron. Otherwise, while TK Ultima'd Terra, I prefer Ark's summon.

I though Ark was too easy to beat so just for that....I will go with....Trance Kuja!!!

Besides, as Agent 0042 said, he looks a hell of a lot cooler! Who ever thought fighting an inanimate object (ark) would be thrilling was on crack.....I prefer to fight the evil bastards anyday!

Originally posted by FaerieLady
I prefer to fight the evil bastards anyday! He wasn't evil :P

Trance Kuja, mostly to avenge his loss in the character rumble. :)

That was moderately obvious, though Ark did get a vote in. Anywho, thanks for voting, we now go onto the second last rumble...and yes, it's obvious.

Beatrix

vs

Black Mage #3

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Indeed, thank you for making this one very, very easy for me. Definitely Beatrix. If it hadn't been for seeing Black Mage #3's self-destruction it might have been even kinda close, but now it's not even a contest for me. Beatrix all the way.

Black Mage #3, stick with the mages

It really doesn't matter who I vote for, Beatrix should win this easy. With that in mind...

*votes Beatrix*

She whooped my ass countless times, compared to the flimsy BW3. And let's not forget the Mystery Sword theme. Oh no.

*plays Mystery Sword*

BEATRIX!!! :D

Was there any question??? :rolleyes:

Well, that ends that then. And who didn't see this final battle coming...

5th Round: Final

At last, the final has arrived, will strength and destruction win against looks and compassion?

Beatrix

vs

Trance-Kuja

Let the final boss battle Begin!

I just gotta stick with Beatrix and besides, for someone who was really for all intents and purposes the final boss, Trance-Kuja's only really cool move was Flare Star and it's just not enough.

Beatrix all the way

Beatrix. Same reasons as before, and the fact that Trance Kuja was easy as hell for me. As a matter of fact, I've never ever lost to TK, whereas Beatrix has a 12-3 lead over me.

Yeah, I vote for Beatrix!

BEATRIX!!!!

Was there any doubt? :D

It's a blowout. Trance-Kuja, once so strong, falls so easily. Very unexpected by me personally. But alas, that's what rumbles are all about. So the winner is...

BEATRIX

"I commend your courage, but I will show you no mercy."

So what should we do now? Enemies? Minor characters?

Oh, thank you for showing that picture, I love that picture! Okay, let's see. Yes, enemies might be a good choice, there are some pretty interesting enemies in FFIX. Minor characters could be good too, although I think quite a few of the good choices were already used in the main character rumble, but there are still quite a few left. I think I'd prefer enemies first though.

Ok then, enemies it is. I have chosen 32 good enemies to do, so let's get started...

Round 1: Begin

The contenders for Rumble #4 are:

Abadan
Adamantoise
Antlion
Armstrong
Behemoth
Bomb
Cactuar
Cerberus
Dracozombie
Epitaph
Fang
Gimme Cat
Grand Dragon
Hedgehog Pie
Iron Man
Jabberwock
Lizard Man
Malboro
Mistodan
Movers
Nymph
Ochu
Red Dragon
Ring Leader
Sand Golem
Stilva
Tonberry
Veteran
Yan
Zaghnol
Zemzelett
Zuu

And without further ado, the first 2 up are...

Nymph (Green weird monster found around the Daines-Horse Basin on the 1st continent I believe. Careful about her Fira attack)

vs

Tantarian (The monster you kept fighting as Steiner and Beatrix in Alexandria. They fall pretty easily, and allow Steiner to catch up on the levelling up. Paper Storm is the only worthy mentionable attack they have)

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Nymph - watch out for the all mighty frying pan

Nymph! Such a cool monster plus was once the name of a great person. :D

Wha? Sorry, but I have to interrupt here. Tantarian is not the monster that Steiner and Beatrix keep fighting in Alexandria. Tantarian is the semi-boss monster that you have to fight should you choose to examine the book in Alexandria Castle's library. In addition to Paper Storm, a very dangerous attack that takes a lot of HP off of all of your characters, he also uses Poison attacks and a strong physical attack called "Edge," plus he has the ability to use "Doom" on your characters. And he's nearly invincible against attacks unless you can get the book to open.

The enemy that Steiner and Beatrix have to fight in Alexandria (and you also have to fight them when heading down the Iifa tree as Kuja sends them after you) is called Mistodon. And assuming that's what was meant, I'll vote for that because I actually lost to them once due to their ability to cause Sleep and I wasn't prepared for it. Never really messed around much with the Nymph's other than to learn Quina's "Night" ability. Not really memorable.

My Vote: Mistodon (assuming that's what was meant)

I think this needs to be started again, with the real monster clarified. Whichever way, I vote against Nymph.

Yeah yeah Mistodan, that's it. No need to give too much info Agent, I just pulled the monsters out of my head from what I remember from the game.

By the way, we're tied so we still need another vote.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">I vote for Nymphs, they were cool. Mistodons were damn ugly. :D

Guess it matter not which monster it was, Nymph wins :).

Next up...

Abadan (You fight it in Pandemonium to the theme of You're Not Alone I believe. Not unbelievably tough, though I'd be careful of High Wind)

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Dracozombie (Baddie in the Iifa Tree and many places on the Forgotten Continent. This guy's easy, though it's annoying when he does Lv5 Death)

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I thought Abadan was way more badass than those dracozombies you run into. :D
I'm up for a challenging fight anyday!

Yup, I have to go with Abadan.

No need to give too much info Agent
Yeah, I guess you're right, I do tend to go on a bit.


Anyway, my vote too is for Abadon. Dracozombies were annoying. I usually just tried to run from them because they took too long to fight and were too annoying and didn't really give good EXP or anything.

What they said.

Ok then, Abadan easily wins that one. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

Gimme Cat (Weird monster this one. Found around the Salvage Archipeligo (forgotten continent) and doesn't give that much money. Careful of that annoy "I'm Mad" attack)

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Zemzelett (Not too sure where to find it...generally, it's on the Outer Continent. Anyway, it's the bird from FF7 that you got White Wind off and you can get it off it here too. He's apparantly learned some new tricks like Rainbow Wind)

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Gimme Cats are stupid. They try to masquerade as a "friendly" monster and ask you to give them a Diamond. If you give it to them, they just make off with it and laugh at you. If you attack them, they start hitting you with magic.

I vote for Zemzelett.

Zemzeletts are boring. Gimme Cats were annoying, but funny.

One vote for Gimme Cat.

I vote for Gimme Cat even though I got so disoriented the first time I fought it.

I vote for Zemzeletts. They are WAY more useful. Especially if you get healing magic from them.

White Wind rocks! :cool:

Gimme Cats, I remember fighting them a lot while playing ffix, but I can't really remember why...

Well, Gimme Cat scrapes through 3-2. Thanks for voting. I didn't really like Gimme Cats either but oh well.

Next up...

Adamantoise (Found around the Forgotten Continent in general. It's large and looks like it always does, except it was smaller in FF8 for some reason. Anywho, careful of Limit Glove, which reduces a party member's HP to 0)

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Jabberwock (Found in the same area, roughly the same amount of HP and has the same annoying attack as Adamantoise)

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I have to vote for Adamantoise.

If Gimme Cats annoyed you, then I hate to think what Jabberwocks did.

And, of course, that Adamantoise's kick ass gives my vote to the big A.

*doesn't remember what the jabberwock is*

Adamantoise.

I don't remember the Jabberwocks either. I don't remember Adamantoises being able to use Limit Glove either, but if it has it, then Quina must be able to learn it from it. That's cool, so I vote for Adamantoise.

Ah well, Adamantoise does have that attack if I remember correctly. And it wins anyway. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

Hedgehog Pie (heh, pie. I believe they're in the Eunoris Plains...that's first continent for those who don't check their location too often. Pumpkin Head is their only mentionable attack)

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Ring Leader (That circus guy in Terra. Usually travels in pairs I believe...not really many annoying attacks, except Virus Powder...damn that attack)

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I've always liked a bit of Hedgehog pie..... expecially with icecream.

1.5 pie.

Hedgehog pie. It was more important because that was the one that Cid went up against went he was a frog. And it looked funny.

Hedgehog Pie!

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Yeah, I vote Hedgehog Pie because of the Cid thing too. :D

I like pie, do you like pie Miho-san? Thanks for voting everyone, on with the rumbles.

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Mover (Always travel is 3s. Little red floating balls in Terra that take a lot to take down. They keep using firaga so wear fire protection.)

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Cerberus (Three headed dog thingy monster thing found in Ipsen's Castle (Ignore my 7:15am use of words :P) Umm, despite the fact you fight it with your weak weapons, they have lots of HP cause, well you know. It uses Flame, a fire based attack, and a few minor ones.)

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I didn't think much of either of these monsters. But I'll vote for the Movers.

I love cerberus. My favorite monster from a lot of games, just cuz three headed dogs are cool.

Mover. I have my reasons.

I'll vote for Cerberus. If only because the inspiration of Hell's hound was included into one of my stories as a result of seeing the character waltzing around in this game.

Mover! I didn't like FFIX Cerebus that much. FFVIII's looks alot cooler, despite the fact he's a GF.

Mover!

Movers win 4-2 then. Thanks for voting everyone, it seems more than 2 people are voting now...cool.

Next up...

Bomb (Well, you see it on the ship leaving Alexandria first. It's red and it blows up...nuff zed)

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Fang (One of the first monsters you fight...umm, I put it in because it's called Fang and it's attack is called Fang. Homourous, and it gets you a lot of experience to level up with (well, it's a lot back then))

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Yaay! We're moving along. I vote for Fang. Just because compared to some of the Bomb monsters in other FF games, this one was kinda lame.

I'm gonna vote Bomb, because the first time you see it, it's in a comical sort of element of the game. "LOOK BEHIND YOU~!" "Oh yeah, like I'm gonna fall for THAT trick." "..."

Heh. I like humour like that.

Bombs... because bombs are just great in every final fantasy game. Every time I see them, I'm like "oh shit" and breakin out the ice magic.

Bomb-shakalaka!

Bomb!

Well, that ends that. Bomb wins easily. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

Stilva (This guy you may remember from FF7 cause he looks cool. He looks about the same actually. Found in Memoria. Not really special attacks, watch for Firaga. He's learnt a few new tricks apparantly.)

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Red Dragon (This guy is a HP drainer no matter how prepared you are. Aerial Slash takes a tonne of HP off. You have to verse one or two of these (more if you want items) but luckily you don't encounter them randomly.)

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FFIX's Stilva wasn't nearly as cool as FFVII's Stilva. That's why have to vote for the Red Dragons. Not only are they a challenge, but you can also learn Blue Magic for Quina from them. Red Dragon!

Red Dragon because I don't know what the hell a Stilva is!

Me: "Who to vote for? Who to vote for? What do you reckon, conscience?"

Conscience: "We~ell. On the one hand you've got a creature that's apparently from a previous FF who you can't remember anything about and who's blatantly going to lose this no matter what, and on the other hand you've got a cool mythical creature who's red, breathes fire, flies and is generally dragon-like. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR?"

Me: "... Point."

So Red Dragon it is.

Red Dragons get my vote. Those were hilarious, crashing through the volcano at you. :D

I'd go with Red Dragon, only for the reason that I found them one of the hardest monsters in the game, including the bosses. Stilva was quite frankly a walkover.

Wouldn't it be funny if they called something a Blue Dragon or whatever and the Blue Dragon was Green or Black or something...actually I've seen that somewhere before. Anywho, it's a decimation, Red Dragon wins 5-0. Thanks for voting everyone.

Next up...

Tonberry (Yep, you guessed it, looks roughly the same from FF7 and 8. Still has the lethal attack Knife. In fact, besides HP, the only change in the little guy is location, it's in Ipsen's Castle)

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Lizard Man (Sounds like something off a Marvel comic. Anywho, you find this guy a lot around the sandy parts of the 2nd continent, he's that guy that does the Hachet attack)

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Tonberries rule. Remind me of Black Mage. With knives. Backstabbing. Good old 8 Bit Theatre. Uh, what was the choice again? Yes, Tonberry. Tonberry.

Tonberry!!!!!!!!

I have to vote for Tonberry. Even though I didn't like Ipsen's Castle and didn't fight much there, Tonberries are still cooler than any Lizard Man.

What do you think?

Tonberry!

Doink! Heh, I know, wrong game but still, that was funny...I agree, Tonberry owns Lizard Man. Thanks for voting. Oh and TCK, awesome plush toy.

Next up...

Behemoth (Well, this guy's renown for showing up on the last disc only and here we are again, in Memoria. Lots of HP, tough as always. But now he uses Meteor lol, that's all that's really changed, besides HP and looks)

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Zuu (Also from previous FF games, but it's always a big bird. The only change, well, it's HP seems to be almost exactly the same as FF7, but now it can take a character out of comission by swallowing them)

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I don't really remember FFIX's Zuu too well. I'm voting for Behemoth. (Oh, and FFVIII's Behemoth could also cast Meteor.)

Lemme see... A big, dumb bird, or an awesomely cool, awesomely tough big cat like thing. Behemoth it is. They always liked eating my party for lunch. =/

Behemoth!

Behemoth

Well, that's settled easily. 4-0 to Behemoth. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

Yan (This guy's a hard thing...tonnes of HP, powerful attacks, and he'll probably level your party with a few Comet attacks in a row. But the worst thing is that he so small and cute, that you get humiliated too)

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Ochu (Another one that hasn't changed much in appearance since the other games. He's got less attacks but the annoying one is slow)

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Yan! No doubt about it!

Nay.

Yan. The worst thing about it isn't that it's small and clue, the worst thing is that it has "Sneeze," knocking you out of the battle.

The cool thing is that it's the last of the friendly monsters, whereas Ochu isn't.

I'm gonna say Ochu. Because the name itself is so cool. And I always hated plants that attacked me.

<font color=red face="comic sans ms">Gotta be the Yan. No other monster has ever been so fun yet so annoying to fight. :D

Ah ok, to annoy TCK, I'm disregarding his vote cause writing the name backwards doesn't count. Do you think they'd count a vote for the Presidential election if someone wrote Hsub Egroeg? So Yan wins 3(not 4)-1 :). Thanks for voting.

Next up...

Malboro (You know it...it had to be Malboro, everyone's favourite monster for kicking you into the dirt with Bad Breath and then slowly kicking it again and again while you can't do anything. It's in Pandemonium this time.)

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Antlion (Well, it's a boss, yes, but it's also a monster than you find in the swirling whirlpools in the Kiera Desert if you miss Kuja's Palace and choose the wrong one. Sandstorm is a bitch of attack, seriously. This guy's not really hard, he just drains your items.)

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I'm going for Marlboro. Those things royally piss me off in battle. So they should go through by default. So I can vote against them in the final for annoying me.

Antlion. I didn't mess around much with the Malboros in this game.

Don't like either. I'll vote for Malboro.

Malboro... FFIX has so many stat-resting abilities that his Bad Breath does just about nothing... But it still sucks up your ability points, and if your not equipped for him specificly (wasting AP on other abilities cuz you weren't expecting him), then your screwed =)

lol BZ, "Marlboro" as you put it, is a cigarette brand here. But anyway, Malboro wins 3-1. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

Iron Man (Ye ole Iron Man with ye ole Helm Divide. Found in Memoria.)

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Cactuar (Ye ole Cactuar with ye ole 1000 needles. Found in Forgotten Continent...gives much exp)

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Cactuar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Kie
Ah ok, to annoy TCK, I'm disregarding his vote cause writing the name backwards doesn't count. Do you think they'd count a vote for the Presidential election if someone wrote Hsub Egroeg? Well, it worked for Florida...

And my vote goes to the Iron Man. I like Cactuar, but Iron Man in IX was a beast.

Cactaur.

Lemme see... Small irritating Cactus or large irritating iron man...

Iron Man wins.

And I always thought it was spelt Marlboro... Damn this inability to read... >_<

Actually, I think it was Marlboro in FFVII. And then they changed it.

Iron Man, I guess.

lol Agent, I see now why they changed it for FF8 then.

Iron Man scrapes through 3-2. Suprising. Thanks for voting.

Next up...

Veteran (The yellow, one eyed winged thing that you find in various places, Ipsen's Castle for example. Not difficult to kill, no real mentionable attacks either, unless you think Blaster is annoying)

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Grand Dragon (You know, I've only ever killed one of these. These are pretty damn hard to kill. They hang around the entrance to Daguerrio (sp) and have tonnes of HP and Lvl5 Death and every other attack they use seems to decimate you but they still look cool.)

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Hmm? Grand Dragons don't have LV5 Death! Grand Dragons are killed by LV5 Death! You can find them at Popos Heights too, an area you find if you climb up the vines in the place with the two moogles in love. Grand Dragons are a great way to not only gain lots of levels early in the game (if you don't have LV5 death, you can still kill them if you can score one of Quina's Pumpkin Head blue magic and then "Eat" on them) and also build up Freya's Dragon Crest ability.

Grand Dragon, definitely!

Dragons rule, so the Grand Dragon uber rules. And wins.

Grand Dragon by far!

Because I know who's gonna win, I vote for Nogard Dnarg.

Grand Dragon ^_^

And you can still beat them early on.. Reflect works oh so nicely... as well as auto-reflect, as he will just cast Thundaga on himself... then all you have to do is use pheonix downs on your fallen comrades... don't bothr healing, heal kill them in one hit at lower levels O_o

Grand Dragon

A slaughter. It was over before it begun. A 6-0 thrashing (whatever TCK) and probably the biggest win in a while. Thanks for voting all.

Next up...

Zaghnol (The big red monster in Lindblum's Hunter contest that, if you strike last, wins you the tournament. It's fairly simple to defeat, uses mainly Thundara)

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Epitaph (That Stone guy in Oeilvert that can make double of your party members and make them attack you. It's annoying if it makes one of your strong characters because it mimics weapons, defense and everything. Other than that, the stone thing can use Break, which petrifies you)

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Epitaph is lame, I don't usually care much for monsters that use instant death attacks. Plus, it can be killed instantly with a Soft, that's so weak. I vote for Zaghnol, it was cool.

I vote for Epitaph. I loved fighting my own characters! :D Except when it's the same character as one in my party...

Zaghnol

I liked fighting my own characters too, but the vote swings the other way, Zaghnol is the victor, thanks for voting...now let's get this unusually long round over with.

If you're smart, you know that the last rumble for the round is...

Sand Golem (You know how long it took me to kill this guy? I was fighting forever before I knew you could move the cursor down and attack the core ;). He uses Sandstorm...moderately annoying if HP is low. He's only found in Cleyra's trunk.)

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Armstrong (Found all around the forgotten continent, on all terrain, this guy with roughly 4000HP is quite a joke to fight at any time. His one threatening attack is Cannon...which halves a party member's HP, but it's no threat whatever amount of HP you have because he usually dead after one or two cannons.)

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I honestly don't really remember Armstrong at all. My vote goes to Sand Golem.

Sand Golem also

Sand Golem but I hated both of them.

Wasn't Armstrong that house-looking thing with the cannon?

Yes it was.

And I vote for Sand Golem.

the house from ff7 was cooler...

but i vote for armstrong. cuz i can.

Sand Golem wins easily. Agent...you never encountered Armstrong? Lucky :P. Anywho, thanks for voting, and with that, we're (finally) onto:

Round 2

With the contenders being:

Abadan
Adamantoise
Behemoth
Bomb
Gimme Cat
Grand Dragon
Hedgehog Pie
Iron Man
Malboro
Movers
Nymph
Red Dragon
Sand Golem
Tonberry
Yan
Zaghnol

And the first two up are...

Yan

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Gimme Cat

Let Round 2 Begin!

Gimme Cat. It made me laugh.

Gimme Cat

GIMME AN ELIXIR!!!!

god damn.. and only like 1 ap!

the dragons in that region were helpful tho.

Yan!

I did encounter Armstrong, I just didn't remember it. I do now. It has a Blue Magic skill, Matra Magic.

I vote for Yan. I had hoped to see Gimme Cat out the first round.

Gimme Cat scrapes through 3-2 (assuming bewareofkow voted for Gimme Cat...say the damn name next time) so thanks for voting.

Next up...

Nymph

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Red Dragon

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Red Dragon, easily.

Red Dragon

Nymph!

How come in all of the Rumbles I am usually the only one voting for the loser? I'm not doing that on purpose, you know...

Maybe because...nah don't worry. Nymph did well last round too. Anywho, Red Dragon wins again, thanks for voting.

Next up...

Grand Dragon

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Adamantoise

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How come in all of the Rumbles I am usually the only one voting for the loser?
Hmm, I've been on the losing side in a few battles recently too.


Anyway, my vote is for Grand Dragon. So cool. Adamantoise in this game wasn't all that great.