FFVII - LLMOIENA Challenge, Part 36: Wutai Pagoda
33I have some unfinished business to take care of before I can finish this challenge. After beating Rapps, I said the Pagoda would be impossible at that time because of Shake, but that was based on a misunderstanding. As it turns out, it is possible and a very good challenge. This now takes place just after Rapps and should be part 26 or something, but I can't be bothered to change everything since then.
The first battle is simple. Gorkii only uses magical attacks and his regular attack is a fixed 25% of your max HP, meaning it will always deal 166 damage in this battle. It's a good idea to drain his 150 MP to make sure he doesn't use Regen.
Shake (starts at 1:22) is the biggest obstacle here. The reason why I said it was impossible was because I thought he uses Rage Bomber on every turn when he's poisoned, but it's only a 50% chance. Only when his HP is below 50%, he will use it as a counter to every attack. You need to refill your MP during this battle, so make sure to do it before that. You barely have enough HP to survive Rage Bomber, so you need protection. It inflicts Fury, so there's no point going in with Sadness. Haste is necessary too, so Big Guard should be the first move. This makes healing more troublesome at the beginning, but that's okay. The most terrifying part of the battle is when Barrier runs out. I made a huge mistake halfway when I used Cure instead of Barrier and I would have ran out of MP if he kept using Rage Bomber. I also got lucky a little later when my Barrier ran out and I couldn't put up another one in time. The Cure2 I had to use made the ending really exciting. This battle lasted eight minutes, so I sped it up.
Chekov (starts at 5:34) is kinda tricky too. At the beginning, he'll only use the occasional Stare Down, but once he's below 50% HP, he starts using Absorb every turn. He takes roughly twice as much HP as the poison damage, but he'll take poison damage two times per turn, so his HP will keep going down when you're defending and don't have to heal. It's another kinda repetitive battle with a long time spent waiting at the beginning, so I sped up this one too.
Staniv (starts at 7:24) is easy. He'll just use a regular attack most of the time and it's not very powerful. You might also see War Cry, which is a good thing, as it inflicts Sadness.
Godo will get his own video.
LL = Low Level (Max: 28)
MO = Materia Only (No Items, No Physical Attacks, No Limit Breaks)
IE = Initial Equipment
NA = No Accessories
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