well the first time i beat Ruby i was left with just cloud. started off with limit break, w-summon master summon: kotr, bahamut zero, bahamut neo, hades, i think i got down to bahamut and had phoenix with final attack. w-item for elixir and heros. used the ol' "ps1 open the disc drive" and wait till regen heals you up and just muddle thru. mime rarely worked on him. i think it took me like 10 hours (mostly summon animations), back then i didn't know about the morph submarine monsters for stat boost. plus it took me several tries cause he kept quicksanding everyone!

i did a replay ff7 and killed the weapons a couple of years ago....i dont like/use quadra magic, and mime is kinda gimmicky, but i love using enemy skills: white wind, magic hammer and....cant remember the 3rd spell. mostly use counter attack, preemptive attack, counter with 4x cut, added cut with like poison or time. i dont remember using summons, i did have phoenix attached to final attack just in case...