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How to Beat Ruby Dragon

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Last updated on: August 28, 2020 01:44 AM

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This is a walkthrough for the boss Ruby Dragon from the game Final Fantasy VIII (FF8, FFVIII). Read on for tips and strategy about how to beat Ruby Dragon, including Ruby Dragon's stats and other useful information.

List of Contents

How to Beat Ruby Dragon - Tips and Strategy
Ruby Dragon - Stats and Basic Information
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How to Beat Ruby Dragon

Preparation

Junction Sleep status attack and Gravity based magic.

Moveset

Depending on the level, Ruby dragon will have access to Flame Breath, Meteor, and Demi.

Strategy

Make Ruby dragon fall asleep, then use Gravity based magic to deal huge damage. Diablos and Alexander are also good GFs to use.

Avoid Flame Breath

Ruby dragon will use Flame Breath if your party has 3 members alive. KO one party member intentionally to stop Ruby Dragon from using Flame Breath entirely.

Ruby Dragon - Stats and Basic Information

Ruby Dragon		Lv			HP
		1 ~ 100			668 ~ 89100
		Exp (Bonus)			AP
		210 (+40)			14
Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Poison	Wind	Water	Holy
-1	1.5	1	1	1	-1	1	1.5
Effective Status Attacks
Petrify Sleep, Slow, Reflect Slow Petrify, Drain, Instant Death, Fractional Damage

【Numeric Value】= Weakness Ratio,【x】Ineffective,【-】Absorbs

Story Bosses
Ifrit	Elvoret	X-ATM092
Granaldo	Gerogero	Seifer (1st)
Edea (1st Time)	Biggs and Wedge (2nd)	BGH251F2 (1st)
Oilboyle	NORG	BGH251F2 (2nd)
Raijin	Fujin & Raijin (1st)	Seifer (2nd)
Seifer & Edea	Ruby Dragon	Abadon
Propagator	Raijin and Fujin (2nd)	Mobile Type 8
Seifer (4th)	Ultimecia	-

Optional Bosses
Diablos	Sacred	Brothers
Cerberus	Odin	Tonberry King
Jumbo Cactuar	Ultima Weapon	Sphinxaur
Tri-Point	Krysta	Trauma
Red Giant	Catoblepas	Tiamat
Omega Weapon

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