FFVII - LLNIIENANES Challenge - Lifeform Hojo NA

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Channel: GarlandTheGreat · 2009 · Gaming

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LL = Lowest Level
NI = No Items
IE = Initial Equipment
NA = No Accessories
NES = No Enemy Skills

This is where it gets fun. Combo inflicts statuses, and with only one Added Effect Materia and no access to Hades yet, there's really not much I can protect against. Cait Sith is immune to Sleep and Silence, but that's it. In other words, the whole party has to deal with Poison. Using Poisona just isn't worth it as it would waste valuable turns and a materia slot. Thankfully, you don't take poison damage that often on the lowest battle speed.

Another problem is that he likes to cast Slow on the party. The lower the battle speed, the more dangerous Slow is, and it's a serious problem on the lowest battle speed. That's why I have Cait Sith cast Comet in the beginning - to make sure he wastes his 100 MP on Silence (counter to all magic) instead. However, there's not a great chance you'll be able to make him cast Silence four times before he uses Slow, so you must be prepared to deal with it at least once.

Of course, the biggest problem here is Combo. It's just so unpredictable, as you never know just how much damage it will deal and what statuses it'll inflict. If used on Cloud or Yuffie, there's a great chance they're put to sleep by the final hit and that's obviously bad. And of course, there are critical hits, which can easily make you lose a character. As long as that character isn't Cait Sith, you can still finish the battle with two characters, but it takes longer and there's a greater chance you'll lose. Barrier makes it easier to survive, but it's hard to make sure everyone has Barrier at all times when you've used up all the Alls.

In the end, I wanted him to kill Yuffie, but I just said screw it and made her commit suicide. Anyway, that's the last EXP I receive in this challenge, and I'm happy to tell you that all the characters were able to stay on level 28. Now, only the final bosses remain.

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