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FFVII - LLNIIENACMO Challenge, Part 9: Bottomswell

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Channel: GarlandTheGreat · 2012 · Gaming

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After getting out of Midgar, I could start learning some Enemy Skills. I learned Matra Magic and Flame Thrower, and although the latter can be a little troublesome, I decided not to bother recording it. I also got Fury for Cloud and Aerith, which is gotten from Levrikons outside the Chocobo Ranch.

The Bottomswell battle can be a little troublesome too, as it requires some luck with the bubbles. They can only be destroyed with magic, and since you only have one Enemy Skill Materia at this point, you have to hope that character doesn't get bubbled too soon. That character is the flower girl, who also happens to be the only healer.

The first part of the battle is simple. Just deal 625 damage to trigger his second phase. I put Cloud in front row so that he would get limit breaks quickly, but beware if he's got the highest HP, as he might get hit by the bodyblow attack for 200+ damage. You don't want to lose Cloud too soon. In his second phase, he will use Moonstrike on the entire team and another attack will make him even more angry and that's when he uses bubbles. If used on a character with female genitalia, you can just restart.

Two more attacks will calm him down so that he goes back to his first phase, but just one more attack will trigger Moonstrike and another one after that means another bubble, so be careful with your attacks here. You want to get Moonstrike'd so that Cloud gets another limit break.

Once you bring his HP below 1250, he will only use bubbles and Big Wave. This is the most dangerous part of the battle, so you can start spamming Flame Thrower now to get his HP down as quickly as possible. Just be aware that they because Aerith has Fury, they are likely to miss. Once she gets bubbled, the guys are on their own and they must do their best to survive with what HP and possible limit breaks they have left.

When Aerith gets bubbled, the outcome of the rest of the battle depends on a lot of things. The more HP Bottomsweel got left, the more HP Barret needs in order to stay alive. If he's got more than 1000, you can pretty much just forget it either way. However, you also need to get rid of Cloud. As long as there is more than one character standing, he can still use bubble and that bubble has a 50% chance of hitting Barret. The best is if Cloud gets bubbled before Aerith or gets killed in any other way.

Once Barret is alone, there's not much you can do but attack, so just do that until Bottomswell dies. Or Barret. Or both, if he's got too little HP to survive the final Big Wave. If Aerith never gets bubbled, she is allowed to survive the battle too, but keep in mind that Barret needs the EXP, so he must survive too.

LL = Low Level (28)
NI = No Items
IE = Initial Equipment
NA = No Accessories
CMO = Command Materia Only

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