GarlandTheGreat | FF7 (First Reactor Boss Rush) Ep. 17 - Demons Gate @GarlandTheGreat | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
What do you mean, Ep. 17? This is a challenge that was started by The Strahl, but he abandoned it because he was too lazy to level up for Demons Gate. I was curious to see how the rest of the challenge would play out, so I decided to pick it up where he left off.
The idea is to use gameshark codes to fight all the bosses in the first reactor, meaning you are limited to whatever resources you can find there. Potions and Ethers can be farmed from enemies, but be careful not to die, since you only get a total of three Phoenix Downs. The materia menu has been unlocked to allow the use of Cure. You may also keep whatever is dropped by the bosses.
As for this battle, it's pretty hard and a little luck reliant, even at level 29. You still have the Buster Sword and Assault Gun. There's no protection available. It's possible to get Sadness, but it's a bad idea, since it makes limit breaks much harder to get, and you would have to die to get rid of it. So, I decided to level up until both characters could survive two rocks. The strategy is to bombard him with level 3 limit breaks. Barret's limit bar fills up faster and he can get in some decent damage with regular attacks, so Cloud is on healing duty. However, it's impossible to be completely safe at all times, so you have to pray for no double rocks or critical hits when you're not fully healed and you really don't want to see Petrif-eye.
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What do you mean, Ep. 17? This is a challenge that was started by The Strahl, but he abandoned it because he was too lazy to level up for Demons Gate. I was curious to see how the rest of the challenge would play out, so I decided to pick it up where he left off.
The idea is to use gameshark codes to fight all the bosses in the first reactor, meaning you are limited to whatever resources you can find there. Potions and Ethers can be farmed from enemies, but be careful not to die, since you only get a total of three Phoenix Downs. The materia menu has been unlocked to allow the use of Cure. You may also keep whatever is dropped by the bosses.
As for this battle, it's pretty hard and a little luck reliant, even at level 29. You still have the Buster Sword and Assault Gun. There's no protection available. It's possible to get Sadness, but it's a bad idea, since it makes limit breaks much harder to get, and you would have to die to get rid of it. So, I decided to level up until both characters could survive two rocks. The strategy is to bombard him with level 3 limit breaks. Barret's limit bar fills up faster and he can get in some decent damage with regular attacks, so Cloud is on healing duty. However, it's impossible to be completely safe at all times, so you have to pray for no double rocks or critical hits when you're not fully healed and you really don't want to see Petrif-eye.
Final Fantasy Challenge Discord: discord.gg/4gqshK6
![FFVII - Action Button Only Challenge [No EXP] , Part 3: Aps](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hinCAcM8VHM/hqdefault.jpg "FFVII - Action Button Only Challenge [No EXP] , Part 3: Aps
I can finally heal! Does that make things easier? Well, I wont be able to heal again until the elevator. As for this battle, its not much of a problem. Its one of the easiest in the whole challenge. Just make sure not to put Aerith in the middle, as then shell get licked and lose Fury.
Btw, it should be mentioned that up to and including this battle, the challenge was gonna be always hold the action button, but I changed my mind because not only do it cause problems for Reno, but it would make things much more luck reliant in general.
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This is the reason why I had to max out Barret and Vincents ultimate weapons. You cant survive any of his first three attacks, so it needs to be done before Pale Horse. Using Reflect would allow you to stay alive until Deen, but that would only complicate things in other way, like making it harder for Cloud to get killed by the wing attack. If Shadow Flare doesnt hit him, its very important that he has the highest HP so that he gets killed by the wing. Otherwise, you risk ending up with only him alive and that wont get you far. So, even though he doesnt contribute much damage, hes still an important piece in the strategy.
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This was surprisingly easy in the Berserk challenge, but surprisingly hard here, and probably not for the reason you think.
Gas Ducters (0:00) - They can be insta-killed with Added Effect=Destruct in the weapon, but the chance isnt very high. You can be happy if it happens in less than five turns. You can lose the second battle if it goes on for too long, but it would take some really bad luck.
Wolfmeister (1:14) - He hits hard, but hes vulnerable to poison and weak to water. Beating him isnt a problem unless you run into some bad luck, but you cant just beat him and move on to the next battle. You need Reds limit break in the next battle, so you cant use it here for extra damage and you cant let him die either. Since Red can only take one attack, youre gonna need some luck and hope he goes after Vincent instead. At least the first few attacks will hit Cid, since hes got Cover.
Eagle Gun (3:19) - Have you ever heard of a hard Eagle Gun battle before? Probably not, since his attacks are weak and you can use gravity based attacks to take him down quickly in most challenges. Since you cant do that here, hes actually a pretty big obstacle and I had to master two Magic Plus to even stand a chance. You can get almost 6000 damage from Livewire, but you cant rely on it being used three times, so you need as much damage from Red as possible. Thats why I saved his limit break for this battle. If you did lose him in the previous battle, you can still win, but then you need at least two Livewires. However, at these levels with Fury, they have a good chance of missing, and I had several attempts fail because of that.
I also included the Attack Squad at the end, but hes so harmless I didnt even bother healing or reviving Cid.
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