Concerning the Turks fight I found another way around which doesn't rely on Added effect+Confusion RNG.
Basically you don't need to burst down Elena, you might need to burst Reno depeding on your luck (but it's 100% reproducible)
Needed materias : enemy skill (with laser), chocobo mog (optional but recommended, I didn't use it tho), sense
Fight prototype : Start the fight by buffing your team (barrier/haste) and steal Elena (Loco weed). Get Elena down to ~1300 hp (use laser for more damage). Use the stolen loco weed on Reno to confuse him (100% confuse). Finish Elena.
You then have two options :
-Reno breaks out of confusion -> Get him down to 1200 hp, then you must do 1200 damage in 2 two characters turns : Laser + Chocobo mog /// Laser + Deadly waste /// Laser + Limit break
-Reno doesn't break out of confusion -> Kill him by using magic, no need to burst
Additional tips :
-Elena can confuse you, with a really bad timing it could ruin your fight. When you have to burst down a turk always keep a character ready to break confusion (Morph materia is really good for that)
-Deadly waste is an item casting Bio 2 damaging turks for 600 to 750 damage. If you didn't escape fights at the 2nd reactor you should at least have one, use chocobo mog instead if you don't have one
-You can match elemental materia with poison on a weapon to deal more with melee attacks
-I didn't test but Tifa limit break should have the best damage output at this point if you don't fail it.
Here is a video of my fight :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K96AyGdr5RkFun fact, Elena still use antidotes on Reno when reaching 0 HP.
Btw, how come you already have white wind & L5 suicide in your enemy skill at this point Mithrain ? Is there another mob than the owl thingy to get white wind ?
anybody making a drop/steal list for bosses?
or do they only drop one item?
only seem to get a talisman from the hojo boss fight while rescuing aeris.
If i'm correct there is only one drop for bosses (at least from what I've noticed in past versions & what SC said). Bosses have different items to steal tho. I was thinking about doing a list but it requires a lot of work. Also first bosses can't be morphed (until Jenova if I remember correctly).
Something that can help players, when you get out of Midgar, on the rocky ground you can have a battle with 3 mobs (a wolf, a sweeper and a bike), the bike can be morphed into a Carbon Bangle which is a cool armor at this point. (Yuffie has one)
Edit; from what I remember in 1.35, last boss (Godo) in Wutai Pagoda had a nice armor & accessory to steal, and the fight can be done an infinite number of times (steal, die, steal, die, ..).
Heavy tank (a gongaga monster) was also morphed in a crystal (or diamond ?) armor in 1.35. Not sure if it's still the case in 1.4 but it's really worth a try.
I really hope Sega Chief will bring back the database (there was one for 1.35 but it seems he deleted all links, and I don't have it anymore else I would have edited it)