It's a delicate balance, doing a Let's Play. I somehow have to show that this dungeon is the most difficult so far, without resorting to "and then there's THIS hidden path, and I fought THIS monster, and THIS monster, and then had to find the hidden path HERE..." without it getting dull. There's a lot less context in a screenshot LP, it's true.
After going through almost the entire Continent, including the late-dungeon save point, you're given a chance to return to the Blackjack. Strange that you're given the chance
now, because by the time you're strong enough to get this far you're probably strong enough to muscle through and finish the dungeon.
Although I will grant...
Music: Battle to the DeathThere's this guy between where we are now and muscling through to finish the dungeon. You know you're in trouble when the boss has a new, unique battle theme!
Ultima Weapon: I am power both ancient and unrivaled... I do not bleed, for I am but strength given form... Feeble creatures of flesh... your time is nigh!
What? Oh hell no. I reload from save probably fifteen or twenty times.
...so many times, in fact, that I miss the "Stole Ribbon!" window when it pops up. But I stole a Ribbon, Ultima Weapon's rare item. I didn't get a single Genji Glove or Angel Ring while I was here, so I'm damned sure not missing out on this one!
Ultima Weapon has strong physical hits and uses powerful magic. He starts using Flare and Blaze, and as he drops in HP, he starts mixing in Quake, Meteor, and Bio. Near 0 HP he uses Mind Blast to cause a bunch of status ailments, then starts charging up Flare Star for massive fire-elemental damage to everyone involved.
But Ultima Weapon is another beast borne of magic power. Once he runs out of MP, he dies -- and does so without starting his "low HP" attack patterns. So while using Rasp to deplete at most 300 of his 5000 MP is a slow method to defeat him, it's certainly safer.
Yep. Just take it slow.
After helping defeat Ultima Weapon -- he was good at handing out Hi-Potions -- Shadow excuses himself from the party.