[FF7] Emerald Weapon W-Trouble Challenge (No items)

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Cloud - Weapon/Accessory
Cid - Weapon/Accessory
Yuffie - Weapon/Accessory
Materia - Command, Support, Summon
Limit Tiers - 1-1/2-2
No items inside battles

I've done it.
No independent materia means no Chocobos so I couldn't get a few of the best Materia like KOTR and Mime.

I had to grind more than I would've liked to attempt this (Lvl 66-67). Mastered a few command counters to pair with D.blow which came in super useful against the eyes.

I don't have burst damage against the eyes especially with the crap 2-2 limits I have. They're weak to fire so Beta was the best option. I was hoping Cloud would do good damage with Slash-All + Elemental-Ifrit but every time Emerald spawns the eyes it also attacks with Emerald Beam which does hefty damage thus lowering Cloud's damage based on HP.

Staying alive is super important since my options to heal are very limited. Dragon Force came in super useful reducing Emerald's Stomp/Revenge Stamp damage. It emerald beam since it's %HP based but migitating even just the physical attacks came in super useful since it counters every attack when eyes are present. It seems like it might be reducing the MP drains from the eyes as well.

Yuffie is main damage dealer since she has the most consistent damage with the most accuracy while others are support and eye killers. Since I wanted to maximize my tankiness everyone needed to be in backrow so attacking with them is much weaker without Long Range. Cloud and Cid also has the issue where if their HP/MP drops then their damage suffers as well so their damage is very inconsistent.

One of the key setups were D.blow-Cmd.Counter. I had 3 sets of them so this allowed her to attempt 3 extra attacks every time she is attacked. When eyes hit her; 3 D.blows. When Emerald counters with stomp, you counter back with 3 D.blows. This allowed her to kill the eyes during their own turn sometimes which is super important. If the eyes are alive for too long they start draining everyone's MP and 0 MP means game over. Emerald also only has 100MP so you can only use Magic Hammer once on him.

Equipments were pretty standard. Ultimate Weapons for everyone has good magic stat to help kill the eyes. Armors were initial only due to the roll I got for the challenge. More Materia slots would have been nice. Cloud and Yuffie gets Touph Ring while Cid gets Circlet since I can't get a 3rd Touph Ring. Emerald doesn't apply any status fortunately so Ribbons are useless. It however dispells you from time to time so you can lose your barriers and haste.

I honestly didn't think I'd kill it with 4 minutes to spare. I thought about trying to tackle Ruby first but options are very limited against Ruby because of it's insane defenses especially with this challenge.