Aps

Aps is the boss of the Sewers. It is the first scripted encounter of the game that can be encountered in a preemptive formation.

Stats

Level	HP	MP	ATK	Magic Atk	Defence	Magic Def	Dex	Def %	Luck	Exp	AP	Gil
18	1800	0	40	40	36	160	63	4	5	240	22	253

Weaknesses

Fire (2X)

Back attack (4X)

Drops

Phoenix Down

Strategies

Preemptive Encounter

Aps can be fought as a 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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Non-Preemptive Encounter

Using a Magic attack on Aps will change its AI mode so, for the next four turns, it does: nothing, Sewer Tsunami, nothing, Reverse Sewer Tsunami.

Aps starts the fight with a Sewer Tsunami. Cloud uses Bolt for his first attack on this fight for this script manipulation, then everyone throws grenades. Aps will use one more sewer tsunami.

If the first Sewer Tsunami of the fight gets Tifa her Limit Break, then her fast ATB recovery speed allows her to get another grenade in before Aps' next Sewer Tsunami, and that results in dealing enough damage before Aps' Reverse Sewer Tsunami to kill. Otherwise, Aps will do a Reverse Sewer Tsunami before the last grenade is thrown. A strategy is used on Air Buster to make this likely to happen.

AI Script

Start of Battle

Declare OpeningAttack = 0
Declare SewerTsunami = 0
Declare Count = 0
Declare HPDanger = 0

Turn

If (OpeningAttack == 0) Then:
    Use Sewer Tsunami* on all targets
    OpeningAttack = 1

ElseIf (SewerTsunami == 0) Then:
    3/4 Chance:
        If (any opponent is on the back row) Then:
            Use Tail Attack on random opponent on the back row

        Else:
            Use Tail Attack on random opponent

    1/4 Chance:
        If (2nd opponent is alive) Then:
            Use Lick on 2nd opponent

        Else:
            Use Lick on random opponent

ElseIf (Count == 0) Then:
    Count = 1

ElseIf (Count == 1) Then:
    Use Sewer Tsunami* on all targets
    Count = 2

ElseIf (Count == 2) Then:
    Count = 3

ElseIf (Count == 3) Then:
    Use Sewer Tsunami* on all targets
    Count = 0
    SewerTsunami = 0

Counter (Physical)

If (HPDanger == 0 AND Self HP < 1/3 * Self Max HP) Then:
    SewerTsunami = 1
    HPDanger = 1

Counter (Magic)

SewerTsunami = 1

Statistics

Preemptive Battle

Chance of killing with the standard strat based on the number of materia on Cloud and random stat rolls:

• with no materia removed: 73.78%
• with 1 materia removed: 95.45%
• with 2 materia removed: 99.49%

Given a Braver damage roll, here are the chances that Aps will die on the last grenade and not use a Sewer Tsunami:

446 0.0008886751773037042
447 0.0014328603145875786
448 0.0022466203901531927
449 0.0034327514862553515
450 0.005120740150693457
451 0.007469385130216481
452 0.010668291818029765
453 0.014937801163253526
454 0.020526945096876182
455 0.027709094249441388
456 0.03677508323063365
457 0.04802375965930096
458 0.061750106412412575
459 0.07823132742107279
460 0.09771152878667483
461 0.12038583468288117
462 0.1463849343972502
463 0.17576114593370085
464 0.20847708662825104
465 0.2443979549690235
466 0.2832882575480464
467 0.3248135598564251
468 0.36854750051974794
469 0.4139839253727942
470 0.4605536149371729
471 0.507644723323845
472 0.5546257537967373
473 0.600869700334488
474 0.6457779014151636
475 0.6888021754097264
476 0.729463936145332
477 0.7673692255008501
478 0.8022189200622999
479 0.8338137352813035
480 0.8620540388296383
481 0.8869348541654257
482 0.9085367412314607
483 0.9270134602211335
484 0.9425774576861389
485 0.9554842629325182
486 0.9660168428763205
487 0.9744708469399311
488 0.9811414978639293
489 0.9863126621444132
490 0.9902483928488649
491 0.9931870134933356
492 0.9953376264772432
493 0.9968787869482191
494 0.9979589826193328
495 0.9986985040061511
496 0.9991922749455318
497 0.9995132348985697
498 0.9997159190626989
499 0.9998399588328338
500 0.9999133065537497
501 0.9999550623850385
502 0.9999778434855502
503 0.9999896861075768
504 0.9999955089638669
505 0.9999981917025453
506 0.9999993362904908
507 0.9999997818408582
508 0.9999999371639363
509 0.9999999845521945
510 0.9999999968588178
511 0.9999999994914497
512 0.9999999999375799
513 0.9999999999945866
514 0.9999999999997062
515 0.9999999999999926
516+ 1.0