10 Best Boss Battles In Final Fantasy History - Ranked
4. Ruby Weapon – Final Fantasy VII
When you think of optional superbosses from the Final Fantasy series, you might think of FFVIII's Omega Weapon or FFIX's Ozma, but I guarantee you'll think of Emerald and Ruby Weapon from FFVII.
This list can only have one entry and, through much deliberation, I opted for Ruby. While Emerald became the 90s equivalent of Jaws, making gamers everywhere afraid to climb into the submarine and explore the watery depths of Gaia, the huge swimming Weapon was ultimately conquerable given enough prep (Underwater Materia, Mimic and Knights of the Round).
Ruby was much tougher to figure out. Firstly, if you started the battle with all 3 party members, he would immediately eliminate 2 of them. Secondly, if you even dared to cast Knights of the Round, he would immediately counter with Ultima.
Ruby Weapon was, for many, their first attempt at truly having to problem solve a boss fight. Finding a strategy for Emerald made the battle suddenly do-able, albeit long.
Ruby required constant attention and countering to finally best – and boy did it feel good!