This is a walkthrough for the boss Ultimecia from the game Final Fantasy VIII (FF8, FFVIII). Read on for tips and strategy about how to beat Ultimecia, including Ultimecia's stats and other useful information.
List of Contents
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Lv | HP | |||||
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1 ~ 65 | 4600 ~ 43000 | ||||||
Exp (Bonus) | AP | ||||||
- | - | ||||||
Fire | Ice | Thunder | Earth | Poison | Wind | Water | Holy |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | × |
Effective Status Attacks | |||||||
【Numeric Value】= Weakness Ratio,【x】Ineffective,【-】Absorbs
3 Fully Junctioned Characters and 3 useless characters. Meltdown magic, Hero drinks (If the Laguna Card was obtained), Holy War (If Gilgamesh Card was obtained) Aura magic. Item Command, GF command, Magic Command.
Tornado, Maelstrom, Bio, Stop, Quake, Holy, Dispel.
Kill off all party members with no abilities. They will eventually be lost in time
and be replaced by a different party member. Once your main party is in the fray, Defeat Ultimecia's first form.
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Lv | HP | |||||
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1 ~ 65 | |||||||
Exp (Bonus) | AP | ||||||
- | - | ||||||
Fire | Ice | Thunder | Earth | Poison | Wind | Water | Holy |
1 | 1.5 | 1 | × | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Effective Status Attacks | |||||||
【Numeric Value】= Weakness Ratio,【x】Ineffective,【-】Absorbs
Gravija, Draw, Cast, and Shockwave Pulsar. Remove Magic.
Immediately cast Meltdown and Aura on your physical damage dealers. From here on out, it's a time attack mode. The longer the battle goes on, the more magics Griever can remove from your magic stock (even magics you Junctioned). Do not use GF here as Griever can instantly kill them.
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Lv | HP | |||||
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1 ~ 65 | |||||||
Exp (Bonus) | AP | ||||||
- | - | ||||||
Fire | Ice | Thunder | Earth | Poison | Wind | Water | Holy |
1 | 1 | 2 | × | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 |
Effective Status Attacks | |||||||
【Numeric Value】= Weakness Ratio,【x】Ineffective,【-】Absorbs
Great Attractor, Holy
If Holy Water/ Hero Drinks are available, use them now. Ultimecia/ Griever will start summoning Helixes. When 2 Helix are active in the battle, Ultimecia will start using Great Attractor every turn which deals massive damage to the whole team.
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Lv | HP | |||||
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1 ~ 65 | |||||||
Exp (Bonus) | AP | ||||||
- | - | ||||||
Fire | Ice | Thunder | Earth | Poison | Wind | Water | Holy |
1 | 1 | 1 | × | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Effective Status Attacks | |||||||
【Numeric Value】= Weakness Ratio,【x】Ineffective,【-】Absorbs
Hell's Judgement, Apocalypse Draw, Apocaypse, Remove magic, Holy, Flare, Ultima.
A preferrable character to have here would be Irvine. Cast Meltdown on Ultimecia and on Ultimecia's Lower part when it appears. Cast Aura on Irvine and use Scatter shots to Damage both parts of Ultimecia. Selphie and her Full-Cure would also be valuable, however, if Selphie is not in your main roster, a Mega-Elixir would work when Ultimecia uses Hell's Judgement as well.
Optional Bosses | ||
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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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How to Beat Ultimecia
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