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.
| 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.
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