Godo (Boss)

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Final Fantasy VII Boss
Godo
Statistics Level HP MP 41 10,000 1,000 Attack Magic Defense 70 45 60 M. Defense Dexterity Evade 100 68 1 EXP AP Gil 5,000 60 40,000
Elemental Affinities Fire Ice Lightning Water - - - - Earth Wind Gravity Poison Holy - - - - -
Japanese	ゴドー
Romaji	Godō
Location	Wutai - Pagoda of the Five Gods
Steal	Nothing
Item Dropped	All Creation
Morph	N/A
Abilities	Cure2, Mini, Sleepel, Beast Sword, Bio 2, Demi3, Drain, Trine
Enemy Skill	Trine
Status Immunity	Death, Sleep, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Small, Slow Numb, Petrify, Death Sentence, Manipulate, Berserk, Stop, Paralyze
Other Information	Abilities whose names are not shown when used are highlighted in italics. The party cannot escape

Godo is a boss in Final Fantasy VII. He can assume the form of an Asura-like being in combat, representing his status as the most powerful of the five fighters in the Pagoda Of Five Mighty Gods. He is very susceptible to being poisoned.

[edit] Battle

Godo is unique in which he will rotate faces before he attacks. Each face can perform different attacks. The Golden face can perform Cure2 and some White Magic. The White face can perform various status changing magical attacks and Demi3 while the Red Face can do Beast Sword and Trine.

As stated earlier; it is highly recommended that Godo is poisoned at the start of the battle. Also, bring an Enemy Skill Materia if it needs to learn Trine, as Godo is one of the only three sources (and one time battle) where Trine can be learned. Godo is also not immune to Gravity, so Demi spells can do several thousand damage to him. If you don't have a Gravity Materia, you can use the Trine skill to still do heavy damage. In tandem with Poison, Godo's considerable HP can be whittled down fairly quickly. If Yuffie links Gravity to a HP Absorb Materia (which can be found in Wutai), she can heal herself while draining Godo's health with Demi.

Another strategy, if the player is at a lower level, is to simply outlast Godo. Many of his attacks, particularly Bio2 and Demi3, cost a lot of MP to cast. Thus, if the player can simply endure his attacks until he runs out of MP, Godo is virtually helpless. To do this, cast Big Guard at the start of the battle, along with Regen if your Materia is that high of a level, and use Magic Hammer on Godo. Magic Hammer drains 100 MP from Godo, so after a few rounds Godo will run out of MP and be limited to the Beast Sword attack, which is weak and easily healed.