Final Fantasy VII Boss
Demons Gate
デモンズゲイト (Demonzu Geito)?
Statistics Level HP MP 45 10,000 400 Attack Magic Defense 150 96 100 M. Defense Dexterity Evade 450 120 0 EXP AP Gil 3,800 400 4,000
Elemental affinities Fire Ice Lightning Water - - - - Earth Wind Gravity Poison Holy Halves - Immune Immune -
Location Temple of the Ancients Steal Nothing Item Drop Gigas Armlet Morph N/A Abilities Falling Rocks, Cave-In, Petrif-Eye, Demon Rush Enemy Skill N/A Status immunity Death, Sleep, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Small, Slow Numb, Petrify, Death Sentence, Manipulate, Berserk, Paralyze, Stop, Darkness Manipulate Couldn't manipulate. Other information -Abilities which names are not shown when used are highlighted in italics. -The party cannot escape.

"Cloud... ...behind you."

—Aeris warns Cloud about Demons Gate

See also: Demon Wall.

The Demons Gate is a boss from Final Fantasy VII fought in the Temple of the Ancients. It is likely the toughest boss the player has encountered yet.

BattleEdit

Demons Gate is a fast boss with high attack power that uses various attacks and many of them hurt the entire party at once. Its Falling Rocks deals massive damage to one party member. Cave-In is an Ice attack on all party members. Petrif-Eye inflicts Slow-numb on the victim.

Demon Rush is Demon Gate's deadliest attack, but the player can tell when it's going use it as Demons Gate goes wild and moves closer before striking. Demon Rush is used two turns after Demons Gate has taken a total of 2500, 5000, or 7500 HP. With Sense, the player can work out when this will happen

StrategyEdit

It may be useful to place the party in the back row for the battle. The player can cast Slow right away to break its speed and throwing weapons works well. The player can cast Big Guard from the Enemy Skill Materia while the others chip away at its health. Regen helps as well. As Aeris is in the party, her healing Limit Breaks can be of great help. The Bahamut summon also deals a significant amount of damage. Furthermore, Right Arms, stolen from Bombs, can deal over 1200 damage.

When the player notices it is going to use Demon Rush, they can quickly put up Big Guard and use White Wind to prepare for the attack. White Wind also negates the effect of Petrif-Eye.

AI ScriptEdit

AI: Setup {

SpclChance = 8

Count = Rnd(0..4)

} AI: Main {

If (Count == 0 or 1) Then {

If (At Least One Opponent has neither Slow-numb

nor Petrify Status) Then

{

Choose Random Opponent without Slow-numb and Petrify Status

Use <Falling Rocks> on Target

}

If (Rnd(1..SpclChance) == 1) Then

{

If (At Least One Opponent has neither Slow-numb

nor Petrify Status) Then

{

Choose Random Opponent without Slow-numb and Petrify Status

Use <Falling Rocks> on Target

}

}

Count = Count + 1

} Else If (Count = 2) Then {

If (At Least One Opponent has neither Slow-numb

nor Petrify Status) Then

{

Choose All Opponents without Slow-numb and Petrify Status

Use Cave-in on Target

}

Count = 3

} Else If (Count = 3) Then {

If (At Least One Opponent has neither Slow-numb

nor Petrify Status) Then

{

If (Rnd(1..SpclChance) == 1) Then

{

Choose Random Opponent without Slow-numb and Petrify Status

Use Petrif-Eye on Target

} Else {

Choose Random Opponent without Slow-numb and Petrify Status

Use <Falling Rocks> on Target

}

}

Count = Rnd(0..2)

} Else If (Count = 4) Then {

Choose Self

Use <Advance> on Target

Demons Gate's IdleAnim = Demon Rush Position

1/3 Chance: Count = 5

2/3 Chance: Count = 6

} Else If (Count = 5) Then {

Count = 6

} Else {

If (At Least One Opponent doesn't have Petrify Status) Then

{

Choose All Opponents without Petrify Status

Use Demon Rush on Target

}

Choose Self

Use <Retreat> on Target

Demons Gate's IdleAnim = Normal Position

Stage = 0

Count = 0

}

} AI: Counter - General {

If (Demons Gate's IdleAnim = Normal Position) Then

{

Demons Gate's HurtAnim = Flinch (Normal Position)

} Else {

Demons Gate's HurtAnim = Flinch (Demon Rush Position)

}

If (Demons Gate's HP <= 25% of Demons Gate's Max HP) Then

{

If ((SpclChance == 3) & (Stage == 0)) Then

{

Count = 4

Stage = 1

}

SpclChance = 2

} Else If (Demons Gate's HP <= 50% of Demons Gate's Max HP) Then {

If ((SpclChance == 4) & (Stage == 0)) Then

{

Count = 4

Stage = 1

}

SpclChance = 3

} Else If (Demons Gate's HP <= 75% of Demons Gate's Max HP) Then {

If ((SpclChance == 8) & (Stage == 0)) Then

{

Count = 4

Stage = 1

}

SpclChance = 4

} Else {

SpclChance = 8

}

}

GalleryEdit

Demon Rush.

Falling Rocks.

Cave-In.

TriviaEdit

• The Demons Gate emerges from the wall with a door, however in the battle the door is seen on an adjacent wall.
• Even though there is the common belief that if the player is unable to defeat Demons Gate due to being a low level they may be stuck inside the Temple of the Ancients as the save point beforehand has no enemies nearby, it is possible to return to the area where the Red Dragon was fought; running around there for some time makes enemies appear.