How to Beat Cerberus | FF8

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

List of Contents

How to Beat Cerberus - Tips and Strategy
Cerberus - Stats and Basic Information
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How to Beat Cerberus

Preparation

GF Carbuncle, Magic haste and Dispel, Item.

Moveset

Cerberus can cast Quake, Thundaga, and Aero. It will also use Haste and triple on itself when its HP gets low.

Strategy

Cast Reflect on everyone, then use Carbuncle to avoid all magic. Always dispel triple from Cerberus. If dispel is left alone, Cerberus will use 3 dispels on your team removing all reflects and forcing you to cast Carbuncle again.

SPD-J Scroll

An SPD-K Scroll, which is a valuable item, can be mugged from Cerberus.

Cerberus - Stats and Basic Information

Cerberus		Lv			HP
		1 ~ 30			7100 ~ 10000
		Exp (Bonus)			AP
		-			30
Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Poison	Wind	Water	Holy
1	1	0.5	1	1	0	1	1
Effective Status Attacks
Drain, 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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