FINAL FANTASY 7 - Ultimate Weapon Boss Fight (All Locations)

Chasing the Ultimate Weapon down in the highwind, if only the FF7 had this!

After Diamond Weapon's defeat, and with the party in control of the Highwind, Ultimate Weapon can be found above the water-filled crater near Junon. After the initial battle, it will fly away and the party is forced to chase it across the globe with the airship. Depending on where the player fights it, the battle will either be a ground battle or an aerial battle. If Ultimate Weapon is nowhere in sight after a battle against it, it will have respawned back at the Junon Crater.

Ramming into it with the Highwind will eventually cause it to fly straight toward a particular location and stop—it usually takes around four hits to get it to settle a location. Although, one hit with Knights of the Round will cause Ultimate Weapon to lose enough HP to settle in Cosmo Canyon, saving the player trouble of chasing it around the World Map. Ultimate Weapon can only be defeated in Cosmo Canyon; he will flee from every other battle. It is possible to steal a new item from him every time he is encountered: Reflect Ring in the ground battles, and Circlet in the aerial battles. However, in the aerial battles, a party member with Steal must also be wearing a Long Range Materia to get it.

The following locations result in a ground battle:

Gongaga Village
Fort Condor
Midgar
North Crater
The following locations result in an aerial battle:

Junon Area
Mideel
Mt. Nibel
North Corel
Cosmo Canyon

Battle Strategy:
Ultima Beam is Ultimate Weapon's strongest attack apart from the Shadow Flare it uses as a final attack, which does about 7,546 damage before taking damage randomization and character magical defense into account. The Ultima Beam is the only offensive attack of the Hidden element; by placing a Lv2+ Elemental Materia in a character's armor, and linking it with certain non-elemental Materia, one can nullify/absorb the damage.

Ultimate's other attacks include Bolt Ball, which, despite its name, is a Fire-elemental attack. During aerial battles Ultimate Weapon can only be attacked via long range attacks, so the player can equip the Long Range Materia to anyone not wielding a ranged weapon. If they do not have a long ranged weapon or a Long Range Materia they can use magic, summons and Limit Breaks.


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Final Fantasy VII
Release Date: September 7, 1997
Available on: PlayStation, Windows, iOS, PlayStation 4, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One

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