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Message: [QUOTE="Adrastia, post: 136951, member: 781"] The final boss from Beyond The Beyond. God Bless Annie. She's so much more than a healer. I was down to Annie and almost no items and beat Akkadias with literally one more turn between me and the Big Sleep. Bosses are supposed to be like a gatekeeper between one section of game and the next. The Big Bad being what stands between you and the ending sequence/post game content. But sometimes they are just ridiculously hard. So if you have to grind for hours then the payoff for that ending better be worth it. Bosses that can annihilate the whole party in one hit are the worst. If you try to defeat Zio from Phantasy Star 4 without using the psycho wand to dispel the barrier you're toast. Because he will automatically wipe everyone out with the black energy wave after a few rounds. Apparently if you grind up to a very high level it's possible to endure the attack and still do 1 damage per hit. One day I want to try it. Optional bosses that are crazy hard are at least not standing in your way to glory. Wild Arms has a ton of optional bosses and some are really hard. Ragu Ragla was the hardest in the game as I recall. And you never even have to fight him. Final Fantasy 7 has Ruby and Emerald Weapon. Emerald is just a repetition fight where in order to be the most efficient you need to have a specific set of materia and order of operations. I find Ruby the worst of the two though. Because he trolls you right out of the gate. If more that one party member is alive he will automatically use whirlsand to permanently knock them out of the battlefield. So you have to go in with two dead party members and only revive them if you need them for a couple of hits. Because they won't be staying long. Ribbons are a must because Ruby can dish out just about every status effect. And Ruby likes to be invincible unless those tusks are sticking out of the sand. I hate those kinds of bosses. Ones that have to have vulnerable parts showing or hide or jump in the air for a few rounds. Ruby will also automatically counter with Ultima if you use Knights of the Round. So your best bet is Bahamut Zero with quadra magic. Overall Ruby is far worse than Emerald because he's a troll. Emerald has that nifty mechanic where you can mitigate the damage of aire tam storm by equipping bare minimum materia. With Ruby you are almost always on your own and subject to constant barrages of status effects if you forgot your ribbon. If you use Knights of the Round you may not survive to the next round unless you are in perfect health with good stats. I hate Ruby. [/QUOTE]

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