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FFVII - Level 1 Hardcore Challenge, Part 30: Submarine Crews

1,369 views · Published 19 November 2013 · 4:38 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: GarlandTheGreat · 2013 · Gaming

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This was one of my biggest fears when I decided on the No HP Plus rule. After all, it was bad enough in the last challenge when I had twice as much HP. Thankfully, it didn't turn out quite as bad as I feared, and the fact that you can just nuke Carry Armor with KotR every time you fail makes it more tolerable.

The first two battles are easy, so I didn't even bother showing the first one. Submarine Crews have no status immunities, so you can render them completely harmless. Just make sure you enter the third battle with Cait and Tifa having full HP and you should be ready for the last battle. Cait gets the Protect Ring for extra protection and that's as good as double HP.

Cloud can't survive anything, so you can expect to lose him or someone else. The chance of getting through the first wave of attacks with everyone standing is small, but you're more than fine with two. In fact, you're even fine with only Cait surviving if he's facing the right direction. Anyway, throw an Hourglass to stop the group of two and use Frog Song on the single one as soon as you get the first turn. Just keep in mind that everything can miss. Once everyone has been immobilized, you can start killing them off. Death Sentence saves some time here, but it can miss too. I gave Tifa the God's Hand, which has an Attack% of 255, so Deathblow will rarely miss.

This is the regular version of FFVII and Hardcore is only the name of the challenge. Rules:

- No Damage Dealing Items
- No HP Plus
- Level 1 Materia Only
- No Sources
- No Poison

PS. DKC3 is on hold until I buy a scart to HDMI adapter, since my old TV is pretty much dead.

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