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Final Fantasy IX (2000)

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Perhaps the least interesting attacks he uses are Freeze (Freeze) and Mustard Bomb (Heat). If you prepared as recommended, both will be wasted turns, but if not, have fun watching your characters fall. There's also Cleave, a very powerful physical attack that hits everyone, but good armors will reduce the danger. Judgment Sword is your standard "reduce someone's HP to 1" attack. Hades can also cast Reflect on himself, which can create problems for the Eikos and Vivis in your party. But the real fun comes after he uses Powering Sword. He'll spend three turns counting down, then unleash one of two devastating attacks on you. Curse is probably the worst (used after every odd-numbered Powering Sword); it does decent damage, and has a shot at inflicting Darkness, Confuse, Mini, Poison, and Slow on everyone. Every even-numbered Powering Sword, he'll use Doomsday; it will heal Hades for 9,999 and deals massive damage to your party (you're either nullifying/absorbing Shadow, or your pushing up daisies in the middle of space).

So what to do? Your first task is to lift those nice items Hades carries. Slow will help you out a bit, but ultimately you're just going to have to heal with the rest of the party. Once you have at least the Running Shoes and Robe of Lords (Battle Boots are decent also but can be obtained easily other ways), start working on smacking the demon around. Zidane should attack, Vivi will be reliant on Flare, and Steiner should attack or spam Shock. Dagger (why on earth did you bring her?) will have to settle for Bahamut spam and Items, while Freya Jumps or uses Dragon's Crest. Quina should be taking advantage of Angel's Snack after a Curse attack (it removes any statuses), and otherwise using Mighty Guard or Auto-Life. If s/he has a free turn (for example, if Hades is counting down) you can just attack or use Frog Drop. Eiko should heal or cast Holy, while Amarant can play support or attack with No Mercy. Throw is also an option, but don't throw anything unique.

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