Upgrade¶
| Big Bertha Core (10 SP) |
Description |
| Attack Power +8 |
-- |
| Magic Attack Power +10 |
-- |
| Max HP +250 |
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| Max HP +250 |
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| Max HP +250 |
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| New Materia Slot |
Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots. |
| Big Bertha Sub-Core I (12 SP) |
Description |
| Attack Power +5 with High HP |
Increases attack power when HP is 75% or higher. |
| Magic Attack Power +5 with High HP |
Increases magic attack power when HP is 75% or higher. |
| Physical Defense +10 with Low HP |
Increases defense when HP is 25% or lower. |
| Magic Defense +10 with Low HP |
Increases magic defense when HP is 25% or lower. |
| Trade-Off |
Recover MP when receiving significant damage. |
| Self-Healing 50% Boost with Low HP |
Significantly increases the effectiveness of healing spells cast on you when HP is 25% or lower. |
| Big Bertha Sub-Core II (14 SP) |
Description |
| Attack Power +10 |
-- |
| Attack Power +10 |
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| Magic Attack Power +10 |
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| Max HP +250 |
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| Limit Break Damage 5% Boost |
Increases damage dealt by limit breaks. |
| Limit Break 5% Boost with Low HP |
Increases the rate at which the limit gauge fills when HP is 25% or lower. |
| New Materia Slot |
Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots. |
| New Materia Slot |
Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots. |
| Big Bertha Sub-Core III (16 SP) |
Description |
| Attack Power +10 |
-- |
| Attack Power +10 |
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| Magic Attack Power +12 |
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| Max HP +250 |
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| Elemental Defense 5% Boost |
Reduces fire, ice, lightning, and wind damage taken. |
| New Materia Slot |
Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots. |
| New Materia Slot |
Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots. |
Maximum Fury¶
This is one of Barret’s better abilities and is useful to use at the start of regular encounters. Barret will fire a continuous stream of bullets at an enemy and move on to the next if it’s defeated in the process. The duration will increase if you use it with a full ATB gauge and it’s an effective way of ending battles quickly by starting with Overcharge followed by Maximum Fury.
Evaluation¶
Big Bertha is an interesting weapon, it comes with a lot of Attack Power skills and Barret will gain a lot of HP from it, allowing you to tank well, especially with skills that increase your self healing and physical defense while in low HP. Big Bertha’s real downfall is that it lacks any of the real interesting abilities found in other weapons such as Reprieve, this is a weapon that is outclassed by both Light Machine Gun and the EKG Cannon.
When spending your SP on Big Bertha, look for Materia slots first and then focus on Attack Power and HP upgrades. Look out for the skills that increase Barret’s effectiveness at low HP to help him shine as a tank.
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