GarlandTheGreat | What if Level 1 Aerith fought Demons Gate? @GarlandTheGreat | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
This is the bonus content I talked about in the last video, but I wish I had done this for the official battle instead. I'm also uploading this four days earlier than I said I would. What could be the reason? You'll find out in four days, unless you are already a member of the Final Fantasy Challenges Discord. You can join it here:

discord.gg/4gqshK6

I don't feel like explaining the entire battle all over again, so you can read the description in Cloud's battle in the link below. The main difference is Aerith's much lower HP, which makes it more luck reliant at the beginning. I make up for it by using Hero Drinks this time. Another big difference is that I'm using a level 4 Counter Attack for my main source of damage, since you need to defend a lot more this time. It gives you an 80% chance of countering. Why not level 5? Because that's twice as much AP, and grinding takes a lot of time at this point. The Princess Guard has the exact same ability as the Yoshiyuki, so she gets triple damage when both allies are dead. One big difference is that it's got five more materia slots, so you don't have to make any compromises.

youtube.com/watch?v=rbhxd56UpWg

Remember what I said about him often pulling out the worst possible combos? This time he did the exact opposite. This video contains one of the rarest and luckiest things you'll ever see in this battle. In fact, there was no way I was gonna risk it going to waste, so I made a save-state shortly after. You can tell exactly when by the glitch in the video. So yeah, technically this battle isn't 100% legit, but at this point I don't think I have to explain that I could still do this without save-states ;)