hero or holy war

[lmiddleham]

Ok im on disc4 and im after heroes or holy wars. i didnt play the cc side quest and i havent got laguna or gilgamesh cards. am i stuffed and resigned to fighting omega with the couple of heroes i have?

[Xanatos]

You might as well use gameshark codes since fighting Omega Weapon with hero and holy drinks means no challenge whatsoever. I'm not sure what's with these kids nowadays, but Omega Weapon can be taken down fairly easy with well developed strategie, if you need tips on how to do that feel free to ask.

[lmiddleham]

No I'll try and beat him without looking up strategies at the moment.

It might take a bit of trial & error, it's been ages since I played 8 and I can't remember his attack pattern.

I've got a few bosses in the castle to beat yet anyway.

If anyone does know how to get their hands on Holy Wars though, I'm not above using them

[Odin1199]

Omega Weapon was insanely hard. I could never beat it.

I'll also try my own strategy next time. So it's actually easy if you know how? This is interesting...

[Squall]

They're both overkill so I never use them. It can make the latter part of the game too easy and not much fun at all if you ask me.

[Xanatos]

So it's actually easy if you know how? This is interesting...

Omega Weapon is there for a reason, to test your skills, by using hero and holy drinks you do just the opposite. I developed my own strategie, it works better than I thought, out of ten times with Omega Weapon I emerged victorious seven times, good odds if you ask me.

Since creator of this thread wants to defeat Omega Weapon on his own I'll place this in spoiler tags...

Spoiler: What you need to do is create 100 X-Potions, all which can be done via Alexanders Med Up ability, 3 Mega Potions are required to create one X-Potion. Mega Potions can be easily obtained by defeating a really weak opponent called Mesmerize after which you get one or several Mesmerize Blade's, one Mesmerize Blade can be turned into two Mega Potions via Carbuncle's Recov Med-RF ability. After you acquire 100 X-Potions you equip Auto Potion ability to all your members, Leviathan, Cactuar and Tonberry are GF with formentioned ability. When your characters health goes under half they'll automatically trow X-Potion on themselves, not only will they recover but you save yourself trouble of casting Curaga which can be used more wisely, in other words you can junction it to one of your stats. Omega Weapon can still wipe your party fairly easy, which leads us to key factor in battle against Omega and that's Quistis. Her Limit Break Blue Magic is ideal for offensive, defensive and support purposes, which makes her the most useful character in the entire game. Her Mighty Guard is sweet as it casts Regen, Haste, Protect and Shell all at once, and her White Wind is better than Curaga. You need to do some other preparations as well, like junctioning proper magic to it's right place, Ultima to attack, Protect to defense, Haste to speed, and so on. You'll also need certain GF abilities to raise your strength, vitality and health. And of course the ultimate weapons, since you'll be relying on Limit Breaks a lot it wouldn't be bad if Leonhart would pop out every now and then. Omega Weapon doesn't have a weakness but you can still cast meltdown on him, Cerberus is also useful since you can cast one magic three times at once. I think that's about it, if I forgot something I'll add later.

There's an easier way to defeat Omega Weapon, even more easier than using hero and holy drinks. Selphie can generate an ability called "The End" which kills instantly any opponent whatsoever, that includes Omega Weapon and Ultimecia.

[lmiddleham]

Ha i did consider putting selphie in aura then using a hero and seeing if i could get the end but it just seems super rare. ive had it once on this playthrough against cerebrus

[Squall]

Ha i did consider putting selphie in aura then using a hero and seeing if i could get the end but it just seems super rare. ive had it once on this playthrough against cerebrus

I actually had it pop up a couple of times, before I knew what it was lol. Never crossed my mind to use it but I'll keep an eye out for it during my next playthrough.

[Rowan]

Junction 'death' to status defence, then just have everyone just limits. If you have lion heart, you might get lucky and use lion heart. Also zells limit break is deadly if you have 255 attack. It also depends on what level you are. People who are level 99 should focus on consecutive as mentioned, if you are a low level gamer you would have different options.

[Squall]

Junction 'death' to status defence, then just have everyone just limits. If you have lion heart, you might get lucky and use lion heart. Also zells limit break is deadly if you have 255 attack. It also depends on what level you are. People who are level 99 should focus on consecutive as mentioned, if you are a low level gamer you would have different options.

If you're quick with buttons, Zell's Limit Break can be LETHAL. I've done some serious amounts of damage with it and wiped out bosses with ease.

[lmiddleham]

I did it! I beat him without needing a ton of Heros or Holy Wars.

I used Zell (like a couple of people said, he can crush people with Duel), Squall & Irvine.

I'll demolish Ultimecia tonight, and then it's onwards to FF9!

[Squall]

I did it! I beat him without needing a ton of Heros or Holy Wars.

I used Zell (like a couple of people said, he can crush people with Duel), Squall & Irvine.

I'll demolish Ultimecia tonight, and then it's onwards to FF9!

You can do 1,000,000 damage with Zell's Limit Break. There's a video on youtube of it being done. Goes to show you how deadly it can be if the right person is using it lol.

[Odin1199]

If you're quick with buttons, Zell's Limit Break can be LETHAL. I've done some serious amounts of damage with it and wiped out bosses with ease.

Is this a glitch or you just have to be really fast?

[Rowan]

I reckon if you get 10 seconds, its possible. You switch between beat rush and booya I think. Its up then down, then X and circle. Its possible to execute each sequence within 0.20 seconds.

You know whats fun? Kamikaze. Its the only move in the game that breaks the damage limit.

[lmiddleham]

The patter of his attacks is always the same so you can take advantage of that.

He usually starts with Booya being one of the attacks so while Duel is loading keep hammering the right and left arrows. As soon as the timer appears you'll do Booya.
While the animation for that is playing one of the options for his next attack will be Punch Rush so keep hammering D & X (I'm playing PC version), and as soon as the list of commands appears you'll do Punch Rush.
Then it's back to Booya.

If the timer starts high & Zells attack is maxed out you do serious damage. I reckon I was getting 20+ hits in, it's hard to say. I was focused too much on the fight!

[Squall]

Is this a glitch or you just have to be really fast?

It could be a glitch to get to 1 million, but I know from experience that if you're quick with the buttons you can hand out some serious damage. I've whiped out bosses single-handedly with Duel so I wouldn't underestimate its strength.