How to beat Emerald Weapon
Emerald Weapon's Location:
Emerald Weapon is the big green enemy swimming around underwater. You need the sub to get to him. He is usually located underwater in the area near Junon. To fight him, simply run into him with the sub.
The following things are ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to beat Emerald Weapon:
4+ star Final Attack Materia
4+ star Phoneix Materia
2+ star Knights of Round
Mime Materia
W-Summon Materia
Ultima Materia
Level 4 Limit Breaks for all Characters
Full Cure Materia
LOTS of Turbo Ethers and X-Potions
You should have 9500+ HP
You should have 999 MP
The following things make it easier, but aren't required:
Underwater Materia*
Mastered Double Cut Materia
Mastered Mega-All Materia
Mastered Slash-All Materia
W-Magic Materia
W-Item Materia
Mastered Haste Materia
Mastered Barrier Materia
Ultimate Weapons for as many characters as possible
As many Elixirs and Megalixirs as possible
* The Underwater Materia can be gotten from a man in Kalm Town by trading him the Guide Book. The Guide Book is obtained by morphing the enemy called "Ghost Ship" This enemy is found in the glass tunnels that lead to the underwater reactor in Junon. The Man's house is the furthest house to the right on the lower level.

Emerald Weapon's Stats:
LV: 99    HP: 1,000,000    MP: 128,000
Emerald Weapon has six different attacks.
When his eyes are closed, the only attack he can hit you with is Emerald Shoot. This attack does about 7,500 damage to one character. Since his eyes are closed when you first encounter him, you'll have an easy time for a while. After you inflict about 50,000 damage to him, he'll open his four eyes. Immediately after opening his eyes, (you can't do anything in between) he'll hit you with Emerald Beam. This attack can never kill you, but it will reduce ALL characters' HP to 1/4 of its previous amount. The only good part about this attack is, if a character's HP is full, is will half fill his/her Limit Bar. After this attack, you only have a few seconds to attack before he starts firing lasers at you. This is the time to use your Limit Breaks. Do as much damage as you can. Hit him with a W-Magic Ultima or Summon Bahamut ZERO. Be aware that every time you hit Emerald Weapon while his eyes are open, he'll counter with Ravage Stomp. This attack does about 1,500 damage to all party members. If you manage to do enough damage to the eyes, he'll close some or all of them. If you manage to close all of them, the whole process starts over, except the amount of damage needed to make Emerald Weapon open his eyes again becomes less. If you don't manage to close all his eyes or only manage to close some of them, he'll shoot lasers from his eyes. The laser he shoots from his blue eyes do about 3,500 damage to the character it hits. With everyone weakened from Emerald Beam, this will kill almost every time. The laser he shoots from his yellow eyes will drain about 500 MP from the character it hits. This can be particularly devastating especially if he drains the MP from the character that has the Final Attack + Phoneix Combo. After he shoots one laser from any eyes he has left open, you'll have another few seconds to attack him. If his eyes aren't all closed yet, he'll do one of two things. He'll either use Emerald Beam again, or he'll use his most devastating attack, Aire Tam Storm. This attack does 9,999 damage to ALL members, which is where you'll need Final Attack + Phoenix.

Here are some general tips to beating Emerald Weapon
1. Cast Haste, Wall, and Regen as soon as the battle starts.
2. If a character takes more than 2,000 damage, use an X-Potion or cast Full Cure. The same goes for MP.
3. Save Knights of the Round until you start getting really desperate and he is kicking your butt.
4. Don't bother with Fire, Ice, and Bolt spells, they do almost nothing.
5. Try linking Ultima to Quadra Magic, it works pretty well.
6. Do NOT link Knights of the Round to Quadra Magic, it does NOT work.

 
 How to beat Ruby Weapon
Ruby Weapon's Location:
Ruby Weapon is the little red thing that is squirming around in the pit near the Gold Saucer. To fight him, simply run into the thing with the Highwind and he'll come out of the sand and attack you.
The Following things are ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to beat Ruby Weapon:
Emerald Weapon Defeated
Two characters dead when you run into him.
Master Summon Materia*
HP-Absorb Materia
At least 7 Turbo Ethers, Elixirs, or Megalixers (not necessary if you have MP-Absorb Materia)
Ribbon Accessory
W-Summon Materia
The following things make it easier, but aren't required:
MP-Absorb Materia
* The Master Summon Materia can be obtained by giving the Earth Harp (gotten from beating Emerald Weapon) to a man in Kalm town. His house is the furthest one east on the lower level.

Ruby Weapon's Stats:
LV: 99    HP: 650,000 (approx.) MP: ???
Ruby weapon has six attacks that I'm aware of, there may be more.
Beating Ruby Weapon is easy if you know how. Otherwise it's quite impossible. Before you fight him, make sure two characters in your party are dead. On the character that's left alive, you should equip the Master Summon materia and link it to the HP-Absorb Materia. If you have the MP-Absorb Materia, link it to the Knights of Round Materia. When you fight Ruby Weapon, if two characters are dead, Ruby Weapon should bury his claws in the sand right away. Now, cast Knights of Round twice with W-Summon. After the first spell finishes, Ruby Weapon will counterattack with Ultima. However, when the next spell finishes, the HP-Absorb materia will gain you all of your HP back, and your MP if you have the MP-Absorb materia equipped. If you have the MP absorb materia, just continuously cast the Knights of Round spell. If you don't, then just cast Knights of the Round twice, then use a Turbo Ether, Elixir, or a Megalixir on yourself. Repeat until Ruby Weapon is dead. That's all there is to it.

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