Editing Aps (section)

=== Preemptive Encounter ===
Aps can be fought as a [[Preemptive Boss Battles|Preemptive Boss Battle]].

==== Fast Aps ====
Enter the battle with a braver on Cloud.

Hold Up+Circle to throw grenades with everyone, then hold Down+Circle to Braver with Cloud. Aps will do a Sewer Tsunami. Throw grenades with everyone until Aps dies (reselect grenades with Cloud the first time)

==== Slow Aps ====
If you don't remove any materia from Cloud, he is more likely to do too little damage with his Braver to kill Aps with the fastest strategy, requiring him to use a second Sewer Tsunami for additional damage. We can speed up this version of the fight by choosing who we throw grenades with to get the fastest possible grenade throwing animations.

After the first Sewer Tsunami, defend on Aerith's next turn and queue a grenade with Cloud and then Tifa. Aps will use a Sewer Tsunami after Tifa's grenade, then queue another grenade with Tifa to be used after that should kill.

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