Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core - Part 16 (Bonus - Secret Boss): The Goddess of Lifestream

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Josh Ryuk

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Published on November 27, 2023 1:00:45 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Q5V8R7NtA

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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007)

Duration: 35:56

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In this optional bonus episode, I fight the Super Secret Boss of the game before tackling the ending of the game. I actually fucked up and tried to do this in Hard Mode for the first few attempts. That was a terrible idea since in Hard Mode she has like 200K health and she can dispell every buff you have with every attack, so even if you use Phoenix Down you will be one shot.
You get nothing for defeating her in Hard Mode, so it's just tedious agony for nothing.

So I did the fight in Normal Mode. My strategy is:
Fight her will fully maxed out stats (obtained by powering materia fully with Materia Fusion). Use the Steal or Mug materia at the start of the fight and obtain 99 Phoenix Down from her.
Then use Phoenix Down as a safety net against instant kills. You can use the Wall materia (decreases Magic and Physical damage at the same time for a few moments) to reduce damage taken considerably. Then you should use High Jump materia for attacking her from a distance and the Costly Punch materia for close range. Keep whacking on her until she dies it will take a bit of time to kill her as she has like a lot of health even in Normal Mode.

Only attack that can dispell buffs in Normal Mode is her super attack Judgement Arrow. When she starts charging up, use Costly Punch and reduce it to at least 50%. It's unlikely you will be able to break it completely but if you don't at least bring it to 50% you will be likely one shot.
After you get hit, get ready to use an immediate Elixir+Phoenix Down combo otherwise you will die quickly.
All the other attacks are easily dodged or blocked but will require some practice for the timing as each attack is a bit different.

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