Uploaded April 2009 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Rules of the challenge (beginning once you reach the world map):
No materia except Enemy Skill
No attacks/limits
No items
No non-mandatory inns
Initial Armor
Start the challenge at level 15
You can't use ???? in random encounters
Diamond Weapon is weak against lightning and he halves fire. So what happens when you use Magic Breath? He halves it of course. That's why I use Trine instead (with the two E. Skill materia that have Trine).
Believe it or not, that's my most able-bodied party. Cid, Barret and Red XIII are in critical status after the Ultimate Weapon encounter in Mideel, and Cait Sith/Vincent used up most of their MP by using Magic Breath on Carry Armor.
I make a fairly significant slip-up in this fight by not having Yuffie use Aqualung. For some reason, I thought Diamond Weapon nullified water (since Ultimate Weapon does). But it doesn't matter, we're at the second-to-last mandatory heal in the game: the beginning of the Midgar Raid.
Cloud: Heaven's Cloud, Bronze Bangle, Fire Ring
Tifa: God's Hand, Bronze Bangle, Fire Ring
Yuffie: Conformer, Carbon Bangle, Fire Ring
Music: FF V - The Decisive Battle
Rules of the challenge (beginning once you reach the world map):
No materia except Enemy Skill
No attacks/limits
No items
No non-mandatory inns
Initial Armor
Start the challenge at level 15
You can't use ???? in random encounters
Diamond Weapon is weak against lightning and he halves fire. So what happens when you use Magic Breath? He halves it of course. That's why I use Trine instead (with the two E. Skill materia that have Trine).
Believe it or not, that's my most able-bodied party. Cid, Barret and Red XIII are in critical status after the Ultimate Weapon encounter in Mideel, and Cait Sith/Vincent used up most of their MP by using Magic Breath on Carry Armor.
I make a fairly significant slip-up in this fight by not having Yuffie use Aqualung. For some reason, I thought Diamond Weapon nullified water (since Ultimate Weapon does). But it doesn't matter, we're at the second-to-last mandatory heal in the game: the beginning of the Midgar Raid.
Cloud: Heaven's Cloud, Bronze Bangle, Fire Ring
Tifa: God's Hand, Bronze Bangle, Fire Ring
Yuffie: Conformer, Carbon Bangle, Fire Ring
Music: FF V - The Decisive Battle
