Yeap, I felt the need to solo this one as well! It didn't quite go as smooth as Emerald, but that was a whole different story. Emerald Weapon has a lot more HP than Ruby does, but I don't believe Emerald has anything on Ruby Weapon. For this one I spent a good portion of my night dying because of stupid choices or just very terrible luck. I farmed Power Sources for Cloud and maxed out his Strength stat, but Ruby Weapon's defense is SO high that you'd have to load up on Hero Drinks just to inflict enough good enough damage on it. I'm ashamed to say, but I learned after posting this that Hero Drinks really stack up to about 5 uses before you max out on power. I had no idea!

The setup goes a little like this:
*Counter Attack/Mime
*W-Item/4x Cut
*Final Attack/Phoenix (Life saver)
*Elemental/Fire

I don't think I used Mime properly but I was just trying out new Materia combos to see if they worked. My auto-life insurance setup screwed up the legitimacy of this solo title but he whirl sanded Cid and Tifa died, how lucky! Maybe one day I'll do this again and try to beat him in under ten minutes.

You can debate with yourself on whether or not it's worth beating both Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon for the Master Materia, because by the time they are both defeated you're more than likely overpowered and don't need magic anyways when Omnislash and other broken materia setups are available.

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