Tips for cerebus fight ?

[Dresten]

Hey guys i have been struggling through the game and i usually have to use / spam GF summons to finish tough fights but ATM i am in the garden battle where i came upon cerebus.. Now this fight starts and he immediately gets a cast off of one of his spells which does 900 plus damage efectivelly one shotting my team if not 2/3 of them. I have no chance in this fight and im going on my 15th attempt.. i really really want to get past this part and go back to exploring the world / doing side quests can anyone help me !

[Dresten]

I Really cant understand the game mechanics i guess i just tried the magical lamp fight for diablo WHAT am i doing wrong where my whole team is getting 1 shot ... honestly what can i do to counter this stuff from happening ? No matter who strong i try to get my characters when the mob is auto attacking for 600 dmg thats about 1-2 shot and when the spells do 900 dmg to all thats about it too wtf can i do

[mafukah]

Diablos is easy, just blind him and the only thing he can hurt you with is demi which cant kill you, draw stock demi from him and cast it. As for Cerberus junction cure magic or life magic to hp-j to up ur health and stock triples from him so you can at least cast protect/shell in one go.

[Govalon]

Mecanics wise the thing you are doing wrong is leveling up. Leveling up makes every boss and every monster stronger. They level up as you level up. They also gain more stats from leveling up than you do so if you can't beat a certain boss, leveling up is not answer in this game like it is almost in every other game on this planet. If game is too hard, I advice you to stop leveling and start gathering powerful magic. Do you know how the junctioning system works? You have to junction magics to your stats and you will get a lot more powerlful.

This example tells you just how much leveling and junctioning can affect your game:
I have not leveled up and I have gathered very good magic from playing cards and junctioned them to Squall. It took 4 normal attacks with trigger to kill Cerberus. Yes, 4 normal attacks.

[Govalon]

If I were in your position, I would likely try to keep Squall at low health and just spam Limit Break. If you can, spam limit with other characters too. Use GF's to take powerlful hits from Cerberus. Seems like you have really messed up this save :s You might also try to look if monsters in hat area do have good magics and the draw 100 of them yo tour each party member.

[mafukah]

Levelling up doesn't even make this game hard, so what they level with you but you get better magic to deal with stronger monsters, every game I've played of FF8 I always level up and never have a problem, the problem is people not knowing how the junction system works properly.

[Govalon]

Originally posted by mafukah:

Levelling up doesn't even make this game hard, so what they level with you but you get better magic to deal with stronger monsters, every game I've played of FF8 I always level up and never have a problem, the problem is people not knowing how the junction system works properly.

Leveling also plays a role here. It won't make your game too hard if you know what you are doing but it definetly makes it hardER than just not leveling up. I once made a save where I leveled up to 100 at almost start of the game. It was fun but it certainly took more time and effort killing bosses

[mafukah]

All he needs to do is learn the junction system, only 900 health sounds like he doesnt have anything junctioned to his hp which is why he dies in one hit, once he puts cure or life magic on his hp-j he will be able to survive said attack and start to putting positive status magic on his party. Telling him hes got a dodgy save or telling him to start over is not helping him.

[Govalon]

I didn't say he should start over. I said he should start gathering magics. It is very likely that he does not know how to use junction system so I assumed he won't have many stacks of 100 of good macics in his posession either. Gathering magic is tricky if you are stuck somehwere you can't get out of. In my opinion, his save is messed up right now but it can be fixed. Once he is out of that place, he will be able to gather good magics and make the game playable again.

[mafukah]

Not messed up, he can around the garden before he fights cerberus and stock magic from enemies and then junction it onto his party, and if he has been leveling he should get good magic to boost his stats. He's not really stuck there just not learned in the Junction system.

[Dresten]

First off guys i truly appreciate the help and responses i LOVE this game and i want to continue it this is really frustrating me. And i DO not feel confident with the junction system i do have certain spells junctioned as per the auto junction magic suggests for attk -- def and such. But i need to work with it and i will do all these things you suggest and hopefully get past it.

[Govalon]

Originally posted by tshep_26:

First off guys i truly appreciate the help and responses i LOVE this game and i want to continue it this is really frustrating me. And i DO not feel confident with the junction system i do have certain spells junctioned as per the auto junction magic suggests for attk -- def and such. But i need to work with it and i will do all these things you suggest and hopefully get past it.

Remeber that more you have each junctioned magic, the more it adds to your stats. It is better that you do not use your magics for normal damage dealing but instead stock 100 of them.

[Luftwaffle]

Originally posted by mafukah:

Diablos is easy, just blind him and the only thing he can hurt you with is demi which cant kill you, draw stock demi from him and cast it. As for Cerberus junction cure magic or life magic to hp-j to up ur health and stock triples from him so you can at least cast protect/shell in one go.

Diablos can still hit with blind.

I think what you're doing wrong OP is not junctioning well or leveling up your magic. What the guy says about leveling up being wrong is just silly as well. I was level 50 average when I fought Cerberus. He wasn't difficult at all. While leveling does make enemies stronger, it doesn't necessarily make the game any harder especially if you have a solid grasp on the system as a whole (even my first time as a kid, it wasn't all that hard, but it was harder than it is now that I understand everything about the game fully).

Regardless of level, junctions make a WORLD of difference. Want to know how junction works? Play with it yourself. It might take time, but it's the best way to do it. Some magics will junction the highest out of all your options on multiple things, so choose which one you want to use that strongest magic. Go through each junction you can and see how much each magic raises them. Until you get ultima, pretty much all magics are self explanatory and simple, the difference with ultima is that it gives 1% resistance to all elements for each one stocked+junctioned on elem junctions, as well as being like the best junctioning magic for every stat.

In Galbadia Garden you can draw some powerful magic. If you're above level 30 average, the lobby area with Cerberus will have Tri-Face sometimes which has pain (incredibly for status junctions and magic junction). You can get cursed spikes from them as well which can mod into pains if you have status magic mod. Even without that, -aga spells should be relatively easy to get if you're above level 30 by drawing from some of the weaker enemies if you aren't confident with the Tri-Face which can be a little problematic even if you're prepped, depending on your luck.

[stoopk1d]

Stock more magic. Make sure you have HP-J and Str-J junction slots open for each character. Auto-junction for Atk and watch the game become easy mode using only regular attacks.

[mafukah]

Diablos can still hit with blind.

I didn't know that, for 15 years of playing this game Diablos has never hit me with a physical attack while blinded.

[Luftwaffle]

Originally posted by mafukah:

Diablos can still hit with blind.

I didn't know that, for 15 years of playing this game Diablos has never hit me with a physical attack while blinded.

He can. Just like anyone but Squall can hit Cactuars without Hit-J. Seems rare as ♥♥♥♥ but still happens. Same with them hitting with blind.

I can also confirm he does because not only did he hit me in the past, he hit me earlier in the week when I started the game, I blinded him, he killed off Zell (gravija spam or whatever is great, constant limits). It's definitely not common, but it can happen.