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9. Casting Knights Of The Round On Weakened Emerald Weapon Is... A Bad Idea - Final Fantasy VII
Emerald Weapon is one of the most infamously difficult superbosses in the entire Final Fantasy series, so you couldn't be blamed for wanting to unleash the most powerful Materia in the game upon it - Knights of the Round.
Knights of the Round deals thirteen insanely potent hits to the enemy, but in the case of Emerald Weapon, it comes with a massive, fateful price under the right (or wrong?) conditions.
Basically, using Knights of the Round on Emerald Weapon when it's below 50% HP will result in the boss triggering the devastating Aire Tam Storm counterattack.
Aire Tam Storm's HP damage will be determined by the number of Materia a party member has equipped multiplied by 1,111, typically resulting in your party incurring massive losses if not an outright wipe and Game Over.
It's an amusing quirk - a flipping of the bird to players who got a little too slick for their own good - if also massively infuriating if you're unknowingly on the receiving end of it.