FF7 Intermission - How to beat Weiss Easily

[@Mukation]

Cirkling back and watching these guides again, sitll can't believe i actually platinumed FF7 Remake thanks to mainly your guides. Currently at chapter 13 in Rebirth trying to do my hardmode run and get all the manuscripts but Rebirth dialed the difficulty up to 11

[@Ghostchocobo]

Ngl when I made my way to this fight, I didn't even go to anyone else because you helped me through all of the hard mode fights in rebirth

[@TheRealChacorta]

I came here to say the same thing

[@kaneshirosan1642]

I've been stuck on this boss for an entire day and I was on the verge of giving up with 100% completion after following 5 other guides on KZbin. I would like to say a big thank you that your guide has helped me accomplish the trophy on my fifth attempt, thanks so much!!!

[@Optinooby]

Most others seem to overcomplicate this, I dunno why, it's the same with Sephiroth, everybody overcomplicates him as well. Personally, when using this strategy and its a similar type of thing with Sephiroth, I find Weiss quite easy. I can't believe some players say Weiss is hardest boss ever, a single boss will never be as hard as the multiple boss gauntlets that are Top Secret and the the end few chapters

[@indubitablyhector]

I will worship the ground you walk on as long as you live. Thank you so much, I thought I would never beat him.

[@indubitablyhector]

Question, do you plan on doing guides for the Yuffie DLC? Your guides helped me complete all of the Shinra Combat Simulator missions on the first try before I even started hard mode.

[@Optinooby]

I've done Chapter 1 collectibles for Yuffie and the Weiss fight, I've still got to do chapter 2 collectibles and Hard Bosses, yes I plan to, I haven't got back to it yet though

[@indubitablyhector]

@@Optinooby Ah, okay, gotcha. They're greatly appreciated!

[@shadow19831]

Make room for me too because this strategy made me won on the first try 🙏

[@solidinstinct]

😂

[@candogano8638]

You're the best man. After i got the platinum for rebirth with the help of your guides, i went back and finished weiss. With your guide I did it in 3 tries. Much appreciated!!

[@danh7211]

As many have said, there are lots of guides for how to do this, but none so straightforward and effective as this one. Went from getting nothing done to beating him in minutes thanks to you!

[@alasdairbruce4320]

Might be two years late, but thanks to this guide I beat Weiss on my third try (after messing up the first two). I even made mistakes and he went into phase 3, but one final limit got him. Thanks so much for this guide, its brilliant!

[@CryptnKnight]

I just want to thank you a ton for this guide! I checked out a couple and yours by FAR is the most beginner friendly. You explain it easily/show everything and it works perfectly. Did it super quickly with your setup. Again, thanks a ton!!

[@kazumatsumoto7315]

Thank you so much! With a week to go I wanted the Plat for INTERmission and your guide finally helped me put this guy down! You're a LEGEND!

[@rated-g]

I spent nights on this without being able to keep him from phase shifting, it turns out I was getting too far away from him while parrying for him to use Stab. He was using nothing but Eviscerate because of that. So make sure not to go ham with the Parries. Hopefully I can finally beat him now. Edit: literally the same attempt I beat him. Thank you so much @Optinoob! You’ve helped me with every boss and I wouldn’t have finished hard mode without you. Easily the best and most clear boss strategies. You’re awesome! Finally done getting the trophies in this game just in time for Rebirth!

[@HectorPlaysGame]

After 2 years and 2 months I decided to try Weiss again after watching your guide. I did it after 2 tries after a lot of mistake and Tifa was even out. Thank you so much for your excellent strategy!

[@reynadouglas6185]

hey man, jsut wanted to let you know that this fight was driving me insane, every other guide i found suggested different strategies like firaga, arcane ward use, etc. but this guide is the one that ACTUALLY let me beat him! thank you so much for this guide, incredibly helpful and well thought out

[@brunonogueira6170]

I watched several guides, but no guide told how to make the parry the proper way, that's the life saver in this guide, congrats

[@the_bandicoot4801]

Thank you! Your guide is amazing, the other guides I saw basically had these super offensive set ups for perfect speed runners, no healing or buff materia ect.. your guide is way more realistic and similar to my own play style allowing room for some error with barrier and heal saving my ass.

[@Optinooby]

Every1 is too interested with showing off, I'm more a 'path of least resistance' type of guy XD

[@kurchak]

@@Optinooby me too, hence why I am using your guide hhaha

[@lilycruz8711]

Guys let's not patronize copied strategies, check out Blitz's, the strategy came from his

[@SulkingPikachu1]

Legend, this is by far the best guide for this fight 10/10 would recommend.

[@smartbombhd3496]

Unreal. Read so much about this dreaded fight and watched so many videos of complex and quick guides then found this. Knew it would be the one I’d use. Farmed Materia but not to max, and decided to test if I could handle him and practice timing the dodges. Took him down on my 5th attempt 😮 Thank you man. Platinum and 100% completion ❤

[@OccamsNinja]

I want to thank you for this guide. 6 hours non-stop with other guides and it only took maybe 5 tries at the most with this one. So thank you. Seriously

[@willthompson1585]

Great video. After dying numerous times, I beat Weiss first try after using this guide.

[@ekjl]

You are the best! No one can make a guide like you. Other KZbinrs 'easy' guide assume you have weapon upgrades maxed out and maximizes the slot usage. That kind of guide intimidates the person looking for an easy guide because it gives us a sense that it's near impossible boss if you don't have this exact setup. Your guide gives a sense of calm and ease because it makes us feel wow if this guy can beat it with so few upgrades and slots, it actually must be easy; and your commentary does actually show that it is easy.

[@hunterrobinette6016]

I mean I guess different strokes. It took me way less time to grind the materia and gear I needed to just….not learn a 200 button sequence and timing to weave the abilities in.

[@vincentbaby3789]

Thanks man! I looked at other "easy" guides and yours was by far the easiest to follow and perform! I was at last able to beat him thanks to you!!!

[@TheLibraryofAllenxandria]

I don't comment on videos much but your FFVIIR strat videos are the best, hands-down. I used them for Harbinger, Arsenal, Seph, Weiss, and Top Secrets and got them all on the first try. Thank you!

[@handsomejack8758]

After hours upon hours this is the ONLY strategy that worked after only 3 tries, thank you so bloody much man god bless you subbed and liked 🙏

[@Elvoblue]

Opti from Top secrets to Hard Mode and now this.. with this guide it only took me two tries lol. Thank you so much man.

[@Waker_of_Winds]

Did it on my first try after watching this guide. You're a legend!!

[@KunisakeRM]

Took me 2 tries with this strat. Like two tries total. Thanks dood for an excellent guide on this fight !

[@kylepeacock6268]

Thank you. I tried a couple different strategies for 2 days. This one worked first try. I didn’t even have a couple of the materia maxed. Finally done.

[@kokalo83]

Dude,immense thanks!!!!beat it on first try using your strategy.even not the exact same setup,as i was missing some materia(2 first strikes and a couple hp ups and mp ups) and it still worked!!!everyone who feels frustrated about this fight should watch this vid!!thank you again!!!

[@MangaSora641]

THIS IS THE FREAKING WAY!!! First try after so many strats and attempts...THIS WORKED FIRST TRY!! thank you!

[@scottprince9948]

Doing some dlc clean up and just used this and beat him easily. You are the main man, cheers.

[@nian73]

And now I’ve 100% both Remake and Rebirth. I tip my hat off to you sir! Thank you again!🙏

[@cthompson80]

I couldn't get this fight 2 years ago. Finally picked it up again and thought I would be in for a slog, but I got it on the third try with your help. Thank you!

[@aaronjohnson4947]

This is an excellent guide, after following other unsuccessful & over complicated guides. I beat Weiss on the third try. Only variation i made was using Firaga instead of blizzaga, as i kept missing with blizzaga because he kept moving. Thanks for your help!

[@LIFEOFMSD]

Did this after the impossible on the top secrets. Thanks for this guide! It did one take for me step by step!

[@fagnerzelo]

Thank you very much. I tried several tutorials, all of them were either too difficult to follow or poorly explained. On my second attempt, I managed to defeat Weiss following your tutorial. It's perfect for regular players.

[@thomasdiamond8343]

After Top Secrets I of course came straight here and beat him first time with this. It was tight because I messed up my timing but he's more recoverable. All fights done and dusted.

[@insomniaddictesp]

Thank you so much. I finally did it. This was just a way simpler guide than all the other ones out there. Followed it to the letter and it worked perfectly. Can't believe I finally have this trophy. Phew!

[@Optinooby]

A lot of guides out there do strangely overcomplicate these FF7re bosses

[@psaraimpersonate6932]

Thank you so very much.. I tried this about 50 times before stumbling on your guide.. It helped a lot... Another point is, if Weiss gets staggered while he is shifting between Phase 1 and 2, he moves to phase 3 immediately after he recovers from stagger(he recovered his health in this phase) .. So timing is everything

[@ChiragQuest]

Thank you for this amazing and easy to follow strategy! It's just gone past midnight and into the 29th Feb 2024, the launch day for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and this was the final trophy left on Remake INTERmission for 100% completion...and I just got it!! 🎉 I had Ultimate Weapon 2.0, The Road to Revenge and Corrupter of the Immaculate left to obtain today and I honestly thought I'd struggle with this boss for days. Thankfully I had my PS4 save which had ALL the Materia and gear I needed maxed out. This fight was WAY easier than the Pride and Joy bosses. The R1+Triangle movement makes it easy to dodge and pressuring him wasn't as hard as I thought. For others who are attempting this, it's fine to recast Regen and Barrier once more if you need to during the first stage, as I did and still had enough time. The trickiest part is the final chain of spells for the stagger. Once again, thank you so much for this strategy, what a relief and I can now fully enjoy starting Rebirth once it arrives today 😃🎊.

[@BretttheGamer90]

Got it on my 4th attempt! Just had to restart a few times since I wasn't parrying Stab the right way at times. Your guides are such a help man! I've got a few more chapters to beat on Hard with your guides and then ill have that Plat 🏆 Thanks again for all your hard work and posts bro

[@alfievintage]

Optinoob your strategy guides are brilliant, especially how you setup the builds with the minimum required and leave room for customisation 👏 I cleared Weiss second attempt using this strategy, the first time only failed as by the time my atb built he entered another phase and did a rage move that wiped us. I uploaded my clear in disbelief I did this in only 2 tries!! Brilliant guides as always. Subbed ready for the third entry in the FF7 remake/rebirth series!!

[@rvdnsx8366]

After watching many tutorials, yours was the one that finally worked. Beat Weiss on the 3rd try. First try I somehow ran out of ATB on Phase Two and couldn’t build up enough before he slaughtered Cloud and Aerith. Second try Weiss was taking his time with attacks on Phase One and couldn’t Stagger him before the phase change. 3rd try was definitely the charm. I even missed a couple Blizzaga attacks and still beat him.

[@EastyPST]

Lol what a piece of cake with your method, I followed some other KZbin methods but I wasn't even close to defeat him, but first try with your help. Many thanks man!

[@gtoro85]

Still took me a million tries, but finally got my timing down right and beat Weiss! Thank you!

[@samkaminski6783]

Took me a few tries to finally take him down but yet again your guide was amazing. First part was hard to get him staggered but once I got to just second phase, the rest was a cake walk. We just kept blasting him with Blizzaga until he died 😂. Awesome work as always!

[@NeMeSiS850]

As always, the best guide out there. This made this fight so simple. Thank you!!!

[@benjaminppearce]

I haven't played this game in a year, and this trophy was really starting to hang over me. After watching your video I beat it on my first try. The end was a bit chaotic (I barely remember the FF7R controls) but having Tifa's Limit at the 'stagger' made all the difference. Thanks man, I'll check back in for your rebirth content.

[@kujinsan26]

Tried it with your guide 1st try. I have to say it is 100% the best guide out there. Subscribed.

[@OverlandOfNorway]

By far the best and easiest guide I’ve seen for Weiss. No crazy detailed instructions. Kudos for also putting the strategy in writing on screen. Made it easy to follow.

[@zeifink5614]

After 2 years in my trophy backlog, got it 1st try. Thank you very much ❤

[@CKParker35]

You legend. Booted up my old save to see somehow it decided I never beat him the first time (despite having the trophy). And with your help I was able to shake off the rust quick as you like and remind it who runs things around here.

[@jak4130]

Thank you. This guide and build was easy to play even making mistakes. Came back after not playing for 2 years and was super rusty. Now i finished my last trophy and on to Re-Birth

[@yongyutang2453]

It took me several tries but your guide helped me so much. Thank you!!!

[@JotaJmz]

Great video man, this is golden. It’s as easy as counting to 3 with this method. Thank you very much!

[@Optinooby]

Glad it made it simple mate, some of the other guides make it harder strangely enough xD

[@shanebrunner821]

I know I’m late to the party but this is the easiest way to beat Weiss. I also spent hours with other guides trying to beat him. Tried this guide and beat him on my first try. Thanks for the awesome video.

[@zylin123]

This guide is really elegant. Breaks this hard fight into easy steps.

[@Optinooby]

Some say this is harder than Top Secrets, but I still think Top Secrets is way harder

[@SenorSerpico]

Jesus Christ! Those hits with Blizzaga, dude… so quick! Awesome!

[@guitarheroaero3451]

Got him on only my third try thanks to your strategy. You're a legend 🙏

[@kiatsu]

I spent hours yesterday trying another strat for this but it only took 3 tries with yours to get me through. God bless you sir.

[@VionicAegis]

beat it first try after watching this guide, i love you

[@vackalicious]

Second try with this! (after zero luck trying to figure this out on my own) Thank you!

[@isekso9843]

Thank you so much..... I watched your oddworld soulstorm guide and subbed.... now this.. U make this fight easy by ALOT....much respect.

[@robertgregg8785]

Your video was the only one that got me through this. In my case however, I had to cast blizzaga like 4 or 5 more times to finally bring Weiss down. I now have achieved 100% completion of the game. Cheers to your video. ✌️

[@jeremylail733]

Just got 100% on this game thanks to your help. Keep up the good work!!

[@teeq985]

Thanks for this kind sir. Whilst I did not follow your materia 100% and made small mistakes I still managed to get it done. I think the main takeaway here for me was the overall strategy, but more importantly for my situation I put synergy and lightening on cloud, I only had 2 maxed ice materia so used fire on tifa and to compensate gave her another armor to stack refocus and magic up to bolster her stats. Tifas x2 true strike and limit were paramount in first stagger.. and one additional thing was in phase 2 weiss throws those purple clouds that silence your spells. For this reason I kept guiding him and team away from those aoe. I then just spammed aga spells and he didn't make it to phase 3..bit untidy but a win is a win. I even whiffed half her limit break! 100% accomplished many thanks. Great format and explanation.

[@surajshergill7777]

Optinoob, you have done it again!!!! First with Top Secrets and now with Weiss!!! You are literally my saviour!!! I messed up and got Tifa killed towards the end, but a couple of well timed Blizzagas with Aerith and Cloud took him down. My good sir, you are so damn awesome!! Thank you so much for this!! You will definitely be my guy to go to when it comes to Rebirth's secret bosses! You've earned a Sub from me Opti!

[@ddotlee]

After finishing Rebirth, I returned to Remake to finish up this last trophy. Thank you for the guide! It was extremely helpful!

[@ironknuckb]

I saw alot of videos and tried alot of strategies, and failed, but when i saw yours i finally got him even before he staggered the 2nd time, thanks

[@FraaaNCG]

Thanks for your advice mate, it took me a bit because I don't understand English very well and I had to translate what you put on the screen haha but in the end I beat him. He had another strategy that left him almost dead, but in the second phase he didn't take all his life. The first phase was super dominated. Thanks again and greetings from Spain. PS: Sorry if there are any spelling or grammatical mistakes. Un saludo desde España y gracias por el vídeo!

[@ioncoman817]

Cel mai bun guide de pe KZbin merge 100%😊

[@GingerJon93]

Thank you so much! I beat him first try with this. Now I have every trophy.

[@Ace_of_Schrades]

Youre such a godsend. I used your set up but when he got to his second phase, I sorta just summoned Bahamut and went from there since it wasnt going well but I beat him. Thanks so much!

[@AGenomeSoldier]

I was losing during the second phase. He kept managing to smack me with Immaculate End. It was trial and error, but I won thanks to you. Big ups!

[@Snake2410playstation]

DUDE! Just beat him first try with this strategy! THANK YOU! I was stressed out over this and you made it practically a joke. I didn't even manage to pull off your strat 100% either. Second phase I messed up and forgot the Tempest charge. Spammed ice magic and killed him before the second stagger though.

[@Optinooby]

I really dont see what all the fuss is about with this fight, HArder Than Top Secrets some say!! I think just a prime example of some guides making it much harder than needs to be!! I actually think a lot of FF7 boss guides are like that unfortunately. I think the Sephiroth fight is a good example as well

[@mikescott541]

Beastly strategy! Working my way to the remake platinum and this fight was available to me as I’ve completed Remake and the DLC on normal mode a few years back! Took a few goes but made short work of him in the end!

[@carloscarbono5288]

Recently got this fight using your method. Thank you bro!

[@countzrathknock6737]

After watching your video and following most of your set up. Got it done in 4 tries. The first 2 were spent learning the parry windows and how to evade the stab. 3rd attempt i messed up the blizzagas and he went phase shift to immaculate end. But 4th time.. woot i ended it quickly.

[@tonyta9380]

I didnt think it was possible until i followed your guide, i struggle a little at the end but sure made it a lot easier with your strat

[@gazelle-]

this guy is absolute chad i beat him in my first try now i have 3 götterdamerung before my hard playthrough thanks.

[@zbombie9021]

Thank you for this!! Trying to clear out all trophies before Rebirth and this worked perfectly. Just took I think 3 or 4 tries to get him

[@yahshua1725]

Bro you are AMAZING. I have tried every guide on youtube and couldn’t get it. Tried this set up and beat that shit first try. You are a Goat 🔥🔥🔥 That was the last trophy I needed to get back to my 100%. You definitely just gained a new subscriber.

[@Optinooby]

Wow nice work, sorry KZbin took so long to recommend this 1!! I see a lot of players stressing on this battle, but I find it one of the easiest, there are much harder battles

[@_Renko__]

You are the messiah!!🙇🏼‍♂️ Thank you so much! This is by far the easiest strategy to use against Weiss and I beat him first try with this setup🥳

[@tomlambert4841]

Fantastic guide!! tried other guides and and got my ass wooped. Setup with yours beat him first go. Keep it up!!

[@ryanporava4475]

Thank you. I was able to win this battle on my second try (the first I was still learning the timing for Tifa's dodge). After the nightmare that was vs. Top Secrets, I was nervous this would be another headache. Glad to have this strategy that kept everything simple!

[@gt.2k]

Thank you! This video really helped me take down Weiss. I followed the attack order and it really works.

[@psimon1980]

Took a few attempts to get the timing down to dodge, but I managed it on my 6th attempt. Opti, you absolute legend. :-)

[@shahrouh]

And thanks to your guide s for Top Secrets and Weiss I've got 100% completion on FF7 Remake as of a few days now. The barrier materia in this fight made the difference for me in his first phase, for some reason I had a bit of trouble consistently parrying his stab. I also never could beat his second form in time. I put down an arcane ward with Aerith and had Cloud and her spam blizzagas. But despite that I still somehow ran out of ATB and he destroyed them both, so I just had Tifa left and was panicking. I summoned Ifrit and dodged him as he only had a little health left and none of my attacks damaged him. But then Ifrit did his explosion thing before he left and Weiss went down. Talk about stressful, but it's over :)

[@mac1bc]

Nice lol

[@shahrouh]

@@mac1bc Thanks, this was definitely the ultimate test for FF7R with a boss who has insane health, can't really be damaged at all in certain phases, has a time limit; etc. it's definitely a challenge.

[@mac1bc]

@@shahrouh tbh after using this strategy I found Pride and Joy trophy to be more challenging.

[@shahrouh]

@@mac1bc Yeah, the back to back fights were awful for sure, especially Bahamut, but after I used Optinoob's strategy, I got it done first try (none of the other video strategies worked for me).

[@uwekirschner187]

Great work. Done is done no matter how. I made preparations for this battle, and gained all manuscripts, levelp up Materia, and now it is my turn on Weiß 😉

[@ParaSempreJogador]

Thank you so much! First try, even messing quite a bit. I couldn't even staggered it the second time, but Blizzaga (something around 13 casts) was enough to do the job. Really, thank you!

[@aaronk.-ib4uk]

Just wanted to say THANK YOU! This fight gave me a ton of trouble and with this video I beat him on my third try!

[@SuperSpesh1]

I managed to do it without gotterdamerung (you can actually fight him without doing the 5 summons one, forget the name; I only know because I haven't yet done all the coliseum fights and don't have access to it. Tried Weiss and was able to). My advice; just before you push him into his first stagger, get Aerith to use arcane ward, and thay way you can get the extra damage out without needing Tifas LB (I ended up using it in his second stagger and was enough to kill him, again, by trying to make sure Aerith was standing in the arcane ward when peppering him with blizzaga). Thanks again Optinoob, you are such an amazing dude!

[@maikhaase3397]

Over 3 hours with this guide, but i did it. Thanks

[@falsaai]

Got it in my 5th try! Your method really helped me. Thank you very much.

[@Trinx88]

Thx man, your guides are best! You’re Final Fantasy God, hands down

[@McRazzler]

Brilliant guide. Was having a nightmare but only took a few tries with this method.

[@angelbless45]

It was actually amazingly easy with your strategy! Thanks buddy! Got it on my first try!

[@TheRealChacorta]

I tried 4 or 5 times and got pretty close but I couldn’t make it work and with Rebirth already downloaded on my PlayStation, I opted not to finish the DLC on Hard mode or beat Weiss. I got the Platinum trophy yesterday thanks to you and your Joy Robot/Ch18/Seph guides

[@inflames8019]

This is by far the best method to get this trophy even if you f up you can still get him down! Thank you so much!

[@srvdp]

Thanks for this guide, followed it once, got it immediately!

[@giorgiogrilli5211]

Awesome guide, I finally managed to clear the fight! Big thank you!

[@martinwallroth6208]

Thank you so much for this genius guide. That's the best guide for players who want to play safe (like me). Finally beat Weiss and that's only thanks you. Best guide for the Weiss battle in whole KZbin 👍

[@BrianMX34]

Dude you are awesome, this guide is PERFECT!!!!

[@Banananaki]

Did it second try with this strat. I even had about half my "Plus" materia only at lvl 4, and accidentally forgot to put max ice on Aerith (I was leveling some extra materia prior). Strat still worked. First try was getting a feel for the fight and playing too defensive, but following the strat is pretty foolproof. Thanks for this guide!