Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - EASY WAY to defeat BRUTAL CHALLENGE: THE SEVENTH SEAL

[@fahadibrahim3325]

Here is a bit of advice for those stuck with Gigaworm swallow. Just use starshower with tifa as soon as it enters the ground. It will not be able to swallow you anymore. Learnt it after being beat 10 times. THUMBS UP for Optinoob for creating such great guides.

[@TheRealCaptainScratch]

If this is true, I'm about to dance a jig. For the remainder of the battle, or each swallow?

[@fahadibrahim3325]

@@TheRealCaptainScratch for each swallow.

[@kerrymayton5741]

Starstorm? I see a star shower but no starstorm

[@Optinooby]

Yea Starshower, i havent used it much in Rebirth, but yea once Tifa gets going through the animation, it does seem like she cant be stunned, but wasnt aware she can use it to avoid swallow, great find this ;)

[@Summer-us5ql]

You're the goat ​@@Optinooby

[@bewitchedbotanical]

Timestamps, summary and additional comments from users: (Please upvote for visibility!) I'll try to do this for all of the Brutal/Legendary videos by Opti because he's amazing and we love him. ------------------------------------------------ *Cloud Build* // 0:44 *Tifa Build* // 1:48 *Aerith Build* // 3:06 *Party Order* // 4:05 *R1.* Barnaclaw & Elder Golem // 4:17 *R2.* Burt & Kid G // 6:12 *R3.* Sea Devil & Dragon // 8:40 *R4.* Tonadu & Stone Golem // 10:48 *R5.* Disgorgon & Scourge // 12:26 *R6.* Mystic Dragon & Irasceros // 14:57 *R7.* Reapertail & Gigant Bomb | 17:43 *R8.* Gigaworm & Dark Claw // 20:32 *R9.* Gigantuar & Gargantuar // 22:57 *R10.* Diabolic Variant & Ember Zu // 25:02 (You may have slightly rewind to hear Opti's previous comments from the last battle) ------------------------------------------------ ⚪*Builds in Text Format:*⚪ Cloud - *Weapon:* Umbral Blade, Hades Armlet *Armor:* Hades Armlet *Accessory:* Limit Booster *Weapon Materia:* Heal + Magnify, Heal +Magic Focus, Precision Defense, Steadfast Block *Armor Materia:* Heal + Magic Focus, Heal + Autocast, MP UP, HP UP, Limit Support *Weapon Skills:* Reprieve, Defense +50, Enhanced Physical Guard, Limit Gauge Guard *Summon:* Odin Tifa - *Weapon:* Kaiser Knuckles *Armor:* Cetran Armlet *Accessory:* Transference Module *Weapon Materia:* Luck Up, Luck Up, Chakra, Time, Strength Up, HP UP *Armor Materia:* Elemental + Fire and Ice, ATB Boost, Enemy Skill, First Strike, ATB Assist, Speed Up, Steadfast Block *Weapon Skills:* Synergy Damage Up, Enemy Parts Damage Up, Martial Arts Mastery, Concentration *Summon:* Odin Aerith - *Weapon:* Ceremonial Staff *Armor:* Cetran Brace *Accessory:* Expeditionary Metal (or Enhanced) *Weapon Materia:* Barrier + Magic Efficiency, Precision Defense, Steadfast Block *Armor Materia:* Barrier + Magnify, First Strike, Limit Siphon, Subversion, HP Up, MP Up, Empty Slot (any materia) *Weapon Skills:* Max MP+ 3, Altruistic Buff Up, Altruistic Buff Up, Reprieve *Summon:* Bahamut Arisen ------------------------------------------------ ⚪The VERY, VERY Basic Combo:⚪ *Step 1:* Cast *MANAWALL* with Aerith -> *Step 2:* Switch to Tifa and use *ATB BOOST*, then cast *HASTE*, *UNFETTERED FURY* -> *Step 3:* Attack enemies with Tifa to build up ATB -> *Step 4:* Spam Tifa's *CHI TRAP* ability -> *Step 5:* After Tifa's Limit Bar fills up, cast *LIMIT SIPHON* with Aerith -> *Step 6:* With Aerith's Limit Bar now filled, cast *PLANET'S PROTECTION* to grant immunity to damage -> *Step 7.*: Repeat Keep in mind that there is more involved in each specific round and Optinoob will explain. ------------------------------------------------ ⚪User comments suggestions/tweaks:⚪ @SiDucky1708 suggested giving Aerith the Stop spell to defeat the Gigaworm, as it helped to control the worm’s movements and made it easier to handle. @AL3Drums noted that using Plasma Discharge and Sonic Boom for added damage, along with casting Faith and Bravery, was helpful. @ryansanders112 recommended swapping Aerith with Barrett and the Expeditionary Medal worked. @Xeyyakkenn suggested switching characters when the Gigaworm went underground to let the AI dodge the attack. By immediately switching characters, the AI took over and dodged the attack. @technoblob suggested slotting Ice materia on Cloud to target the Gigaworm's stomach to stagger it. @willjohn2321 recommended using Plasma Discharge on Tifa to effectively pressure and stagger the Iraceros in Round 6. This strategy helped build up pressure and stagger quickly, allowing for staggering the Iraceros before it could activate Concentrate. @Ryugen01 suggested adding more magic materia to Aerith for extra insurance, as the Dark Claw could get a lucky shot with the Reaper Claws attack while focusing on the Gigaworm. @ante9063 suggests adding revival to Aerith's empty slot to ensure not having to restart from stage 1 in later rounds. This precaution helped overcome difficulties in rounds 8 and 10 and proceed towards completing the game in hard mode. @fahadibrahim3325 and @InsomniaVirus_ noted that using Tifa's Starshower can prevent the Gigaworm from swallowing. The animation of Starshower, even if it doesn't hit the worm, can interrupt its swallow attack and keep the character safe. Thanks both to Opti and the community! 🤟

[@Optinooby]

Sorry I cant pin it mate cause ive pinned that tip about avoiding the worm, hopefully this gets upvoted

[@bewitchedbotanical]

@@Optinooby Thats ok, man! I wanted to make reference for others who are going to watch this :) Thanks again!

[@karagouki]

I can only manage to attempt these challenges a couple times a day or else I'll lose my mind. Love the game but damn these challenges are insane. Even with all the guides its still a pain.

[@GooseGumlizzard]

they're called "Brutal" for a reason lol

[@Rmx82]

You're right. They should've been 5 rounds each in the brutal challenges.

[@Elon-n9q]

I have to do it one attempt every few days. It's not hard, it's vindictive. They despise us and they show it through the bullshit rigged challenges. Nobody wants to do this, they make the game suck. If I can't platinum this game, I'm not buying part 3, so they're losing customers.

[@aonutsihasnouith]

Squaresoft should be paying you a salary. Your guides are keeping this game as a 10/10 game for me. Thank you for helping me keep my love for one of the best games I ever loved. It’s fun going through these challenges with the (necessarily) OP strats. And I can see your advice of challenges first then hard mode is the best way to play through hard mode. You helped me keep my love for a game I originally played with my grandma while she was dying.

[@AdamW-eo2yq]

For those struggling to get past battle 8 with the Gigaworm, try putting a revive in Aerith in the spare slot and swapping out one of Cloud’s Magic Focus heals for an Ice materia. When doing it, set up Haste on Tifa then Stop on the gigaworm and build up an ATB then use Unfettered Fury, and use you the Chi Trap combo until it unstops then use it again and use the chinstrap combo again. You should be able to stagger it with this or get pretty close so when the worm does eat Tifa if you can’t dodge, switch to Cloud, build up 2 ATB and use Blizzaga on it and that should stagger it or get it within a couple hits of Stagger, that way it’s stagger led and you get Tifa back without her losing her ATB, Chi or health and then you wail on it until it does then focus the death claw (The second Magic Focus Heal is kind of redundant because Cloud can heal everyone one to full with only one set of it)

[@lukes5392]

Gg dude

[@wastedxvxhymn3772]

you’re the mvp 🔥

[@earlphillips7228]

First try with your idea and BAM!!! You're the real MVP. Thank you so much. I tried his build (still love the guide) like 15 times and struggled.

[@jonh4872]

Where do you get the 2nd Magic Focus materia? I can't find any info on it. I think you can only buy 1 copy from Chadley

[@Optinooby]

Side Quest in Cosmo Canyon i think

[@librarygary1618]

These challenges are making me actively despise a game I love and put 140 hours into.

[@PaulMueller-nx6wp]

Agree! Started with remake but I liked character/weapon leveling compared to this piece of garbage. See where each character unique but forcing party combination and not giving choice of characters already used to sucks. Plus having to bean unforgiving dark souls brutality to get items needed to overcome hard level enemies and bosses, what challenges after get them? 3rd element and magnify including ribbons should be special quest or secret enemies or bosses rewards. To help beat main enemies and bosses. Sorry for venting, should have seen complaint to enix had 12 numbered complaints that remembered when writing. Especially mentioned they need to start reading online complaints. Got standard automatic response they'll pass information to required department. Wish they had website showing active, completed and history of bugs, issues, complaints, etc... like MMORPG games.

[@justingraham6974]

I feel the same way! I have a job and children and I carefully put my time into completing everything and even beating hard mode. But this? Takes most of my night before work... wasted I might add because I get one shot by a cactaur... there's no skill involved there!

[@PaulMueller-nx6wp]

Final fantasy games were my favorite rebirth totally ruined series. I'm disabled 24/7 headache, neck/shoulder pain, diabetes, buzzing both ears and anger management issues. So, when play games like final fantasy becoming fully emersed in game I become totally free of all issues above. This is way I manage pain, but with rebirth mini games and hard mode(dark souls copy) all thats happening is intense frustration where almost end up throwing controller at expensive 3d tv. Again sorry for venting, but these videos got me this far until skills and timing aren't good enough for remaining challenges. Thanks again for taking so much time putting these videos together helping so many (NOT GAME GOD players).

[@henrymontes3626]

They should at least not have the combat simulators/colosseum as a prerequisite for a trophy requirement.

[@shownon]

Yeah dude they need to seriously patch this, ive played souls games numerous times but this is just utter bullshit

[@Celvaa]

God bless you, man. I was absolutely hating this challenge, but your guide here made it actually kinda' enjoyable. Major props to you.

[@NevesThaMenace]

For anyone interested. When fighting the Duneworm and DeathClaw. Whenever the Duneworm digs down and heads toward you, let him get about half way to who you’re controlling. Then immediately switch characters to someone who is farther away. The AI will perfectly dodge the Duneworm 100% of the time if you do it right. If you pick a character who is too close. There is a chance the Duneworm will change targets quickly and swallow the player controlled character. That’s how I finally beat round 8.

[@emilioviola4675]

GOD BLESS YOU BRO

[@Tommeroth]

Thanks. Will try tomorrow. Only problem I have is with round 8.

[@Zanmato_7]

Omg thank god for this tip. Absolute lifesaver

[@NevesThaMenace]

@@emilioviola4675 lol, getting the ribbon helps tremendously. Jeweled rings for the petrification And Safety bits for Tonberrys.

[@Tommeroth]

You’re a lifesaver, man. Did this strat and beat it easily. Rounds 9 and 10 are piss easy. So glad to be done with seventh seal. Rulers of the outerworld is already leagues more fun just because it’s not the worm lol

[@Shenjay29]

Mate I swear I tried your build and I got thru the whole trial in one try! Amazing work here. You a legend!❤

[@guillermx_jerin]

impatiently waiting for the last brutal challenge guide... man this guides are extremely useful, thank you so much!

[@Optinooby]

Will try to get next up today, though maybe tomorrow if not

[@aali4726]

Thank u thank u in case no one thank u properly in behalf everyone who used ur guid thank u from the bottom of our hearts for ur time experimenting different builds different strategies to come up with easy, simple build yet so efficient and everyone can do with ur built and guide the fear and anxious of these challenges is gone a couple of tries and anyone can pass it I have beating all challenges i’m only left with Odin being the 10/10 boss still pain in my A… all in all thank u very much and keep it up

[@Bernacca]

I think your Guides are saving my mental sanity. I can't thank you enough.

[@thetalltitan2235]

Same for me. I sometimes have to take breaks from platinuming this game - for my own mental health as well! (So I can't blame you in the slightest)

[@charliecouteau8856]

Got a few runs ruined by the worm but finally found the way to dodge his swallow attack and from then on it was a wall in the park. For those struggling like me, go practice against the Dune worms in Corel region. I've found that I was not waiting long enough before dodging into their attack. You have to wait for them to be in the air. All thanks to your efforts, sir. Thank you again

[@tommylee67]

This was so helpful, I did manage it with the starshower technique but as a morality issue I wanted to beat the worms properly.

[@SnickersBarJamal]

Ok finally just beat this. What I can say I used in addition to this strategy was add an ice materia in aerith's open slot for the 10th round on the DV and ember zu, use star shower over chi trap in every round except the 1st (i would use chi trap followed up with a star shower on barnaclaw after building up 2 atbs only because he was the slowest enemy and everyone else was too fast to stay in the trap), with the worm always build up 2 atbs and only use 1 and save the 2nd one for when he uses swallow to use the Star shower on the reaper to avoid the swallow, always use transcendence after u use aerith's limit break when u build up 2 atbs (the 1st time to build up the charge and the 2nd time to attack with it), and with the Diabolic Variant in round 10 to focus on him 1st and the right arm, when he clones and teleports himself make sure to press x and make sure its not locked on to an enemy so u can scan the arena, look for the DV that has the glowing tentacles, once u defeat the one with the glowing tentacles no more clones can be formed and whatever DV is on the board once u kill them that's it. Then work on the ember zu. P.S. i never used shortcuts. Shortcuts when using x (would sometimes bring me to tactical mode) or triangle (would sometimes use up my rage and fall and i would have to cast unfettered fury again) would screw up my run so i used tactical mode for everything. I also used synergy abilities and limits once they became available (limts I used after planet protection). If i had 2 atbs i would 1st use the synergy or limit then follow it up with 2 star showers (u can cue two attacks back to back. So i would start the limit or synergy and cue one of the star showers. Once the 1st star shower started I would cue up the 2nd one.

[@Soulless-mz9kg]

dude no joke i was JUST looking for this vid since your other ones helped me so much... 5mins ago i was sad you didnt have one...now i am happy! :D

[@Optinooby]

I sensed it and i thought i best respond ;)

[@misterjogurt4790]

Omg lowkey what I did I Was so frustrated at the Brutal challanges but then this hero came

[@angelobalboa926]

Dude, I can't thank you enough. I'm going to post this comment on every video that helped me. You're God Tier!

[@ante9063]

Finally done it after a few tries where I got trolled in round 8 and 10 so I added revival to the Aerith's empty slot, just to be sure ! Thanks man, I'll take a little break and then onward with Rulers of the Outer Worlds (x_x), the legendary bouts and then story in hard mode and the 100% will be there !

[@meberra]

Yeah I did the same as a backup definitely came in handy

[@DavidDevildriver]

I had no idea Tifa could do this combo for ATB. This was great to learn. Made the run really easy. Just added Revival to Aeriths free slot from the build as a backup. Great work putting this together

[@galaxyorion8725]

or use cloud with phoenix, that also works. takes a bit more setup but chances are, you staggered something and both aerith and cloud have 2 atb

[@jamesz28]

I was able to beat this challenge on the first attempt using your guide. Thank you!

[@AsianDrummer87]

These guides are amazing! As someone who was not originally planning on going for the plat, these are making it actually possible. Thank you so much and keep up the great work!!

[@SteveCancel78]

your guides are amazing - thank you!

[@NeoncloudFF]

Another guide that absolutely trivializes these battles. Thank you!!! The last round can get a bit a dicey with the multiple spawns, but other than that was so helpful! Thank you!

[@Xeyyakkenn]

If you're like me and have problems dodging the worm, just do what I did in my regular playthrough: SWITCH CHARACTERS! When it goes underground, immediately switch characters. It'll go for whoever you're controlling. You'll see it coming underground towards you. Then switch again when it's near you. Let the AI dodge it lol they do it perfect every time 👌🏿

[@vincevirtua]

This is way better than using Time, which is what I did. I canned Tifa's Chakra, and replaced it with Magnify just for that round 8. I spent way too long trying to dodge a worm that's far too hit & miss for my liking considering it's 15-20 MINS just to get to that point.

[@aseulgi]

got through the worm… died to Cactuars. FML. 🤦‍♂️

[@technoblob]

Oh as a note, if you are having trouble dodging the Gigaworm, simple trick slot an ice materia on cloud and hit his stomach and blamo! it has the added benefit of also staggering it to take him easier on the kill

[@willjohn2321]

For anyone else who may have been struggling with pressuring/staggering the Iraceros in Round 6 - sticking a plasma discharge on Tifa before going to work helps A TON. gets pressure and stagger built up so quickly that you can stagger him before he can even activate Concentrate

[@HeatherSommers]

For anyone having trouble: casting stop on the worm helps a ton! When I finally did it I did dodge the swallow correctly but I would also say to put raise on Aerith for insurance.

[@CarlosXEdge]

THANK YOU! This worm is driving me nuts as he always swallows me up, no matter how I try to dodge!

[@jeffersonmonegro5707]

Men STOP was the solution with that f worm, thanks a lotttttttt

[@nyctyrant967]

Thanks yea I linked magic focus to stop to give me more time

[@anthony6921]

Not all heroes wear capes! Thanks man!

[@Optinooby]

I wear red pants though

[@anthony6921]

So far I got up to round 8 now im set up for this but I got wrecked by the worm eating people because of my crap timing atm till I learn when to dodge under him

[@Optinooby]

i practised in the World Map Intel, find it in Chadleys archives and warp to it

[@anthony6921]

@@Optinooby which intel is it specifically? Honest to god I've been close to breaking my controller learning this stuff. I'm absolutely raging 😤

[@Optinooby]

I dont recall the name, easy to find though. Open the map, scroll over to the Intel Tab with Chadley, and you will see a list of all the intel for each region. Just highlight each one until you find the one which says sandworm or whichever type it is, you can then just press the button prompt to warp straight to it!

[@DookieToo]

Another top notch guide. I hate Reapertails so much. The quest in Cosmo Canyon when you have to fight 4 of them almost broke me. It was very satisfying walking straight through his claws to True Strike him in the face, repeatedly. Thanks so much for the time you put into these guides, you're a scholar and a gentleman.

[@cpaw1614]

That worm was the death of me but after 5 tries I got past it after being patient and going towards it. Thank you king. One step closer to the platinum!

[@diddi8950]

Yeah same for me, died 4 times in a row. First 3 times he eats Tifa. 😢Then I used a Revival Materia on Aerith. Next try he petrified Tifa. I really Hate him

[@Optinooby]

practise them via the fiend intel, i had practise them first to learn that dodging beneath and behind them works, but can be tricky

[@leocreuu3254]

It gets me every time I practiced on the regular one in the world intel and it never gets me but here it swallows me on the first try lol

[@smallesy8638]

If I don't get ate I get turned to stone , so swapped out the limit break riser for ribbon or the other one that stops stone , cause normally got the atbs to do it thru synergy any way by the time ready to cast the lv 2 limit

[@smallesy8638]

The other good thing with that way is that tifa has lv 2 aswell 👍

[@paradoxcluster1645]

Thanks for doing this! Damn worm kept getting my party. It is crazy how the camera messes you over when dealing with the worms.

[@jetmercado7830]

Amazing guide! Finished it in 4 tries. Appreciate your work, man!

[@RiMoa]

If you guys struggle a bit: I actually used a mix of the quaga spam & this materia build. Worked quite well for me (did it in about 5 tries). Maybe you wanna try this out. I used: Cloud: Rune Blade, Cetran Armlet, Furry Ring Magnify Materia with Petrify, Enemy Skill, ATB Boost, First Strike, ATB Stagger, Phoenix Summon Magic Efficiency with Petrify, HP Absorbtion with Poison and Petrify, MP Up, Revival, Elemental with fire and ice. Weapon skill: Attack +20, Enemy Parts Damage Up, Full Power Magic, ATB charge Rate up Aerith: Ceremonial Staff, Hades armlet, Chocoking‘s Cape Steadfast Block, Precision Defense Focus, ATB Boost, Chakra Materia, Bahamut Arisen summon Synergy with Comet, Magnify with Barrier, MP Up, Healing, Revival Weapon skills: Altruistic Buff, Enduring Ward, Spiritual Harvest, Reprieve Tifa: Kauser Knuckles, Cetran Bracer, Transference Module Time with Swiftcast, Magic Focus with Time, Precision Defense Focus, Prayer, Odin summon Magic Focus with Time, Magnify with Time, First Strike, Revival, HP Up, Precision Defence Focus Weapon skills: Synergy Damage Up, Martial Arts, Enemy Parts Damage Up, Concentration I think you can actually switch the comet materia from Aerith with some other. I don‘t think it does a huge difference.

[@Xeyyakkenn]

The worm on 8/10 is making me wanna Stop/Quake this thing. Can't seem to consistently dodge the eating. Even in my first playthrough in the overworld I would immediately switch characters when it went underground and let the AI dodge it lol

[@JaceWD]

yea, almost similar build... revival is a must for every character or at least 2 characters. shat will happen. the worm needs to be dodged, if u cant dodge it, then stop is the key. start with aerith, manawall everyone, stopga every enemy, then unleash tifa. once stop wears off, do it again. worm should be dead or near death once second stop wears off. now it is easy. u could also slot in reraise materia just in case, i did swiftcast reraise with tifa and then had cloud reraise aerith and then back to tifa to reraise cloud. Just in case... none died in battle or got swallowed. stop is key. when both enemies stop, it is a lot easier to spot swallow coming and run for it.

[@bewitchedbotanical]

Sorry for posting 2 months later but thanks for posting this. I gave it a try and used common knowledge from the previous fights but I'm still struggling. Any tips?

[@JaceWD]

@@bewitchedbotanical its been a while since I done this battle... I dont remember the details. All i know is it will take a while lol. Which part are u struggling with? which fight, which mechanics etc? The worm?

[@ramaalgetahbag139]

Thanks for explaining instead of just making a video with no speaking like many others, i love these challenging fights way better than the super long immersion killing sidequests and stuff that wasnt in the original game

[@nreynolds262]

Someone should inform these devs that no one is playing final fantasy in hopes that it will be dark souls.

[@elwingy]

THIS...

[@FocusedNeroXL27]

Souls games are seldomly this difficult. Maybe 2 or 3 bosses

[@elwingy]

@@FocusedNeroXL27 The big difference is that Souls games are truly based on skill and not this crap SE is doing with Final Fantasy. Also Souls games respect your time. The boss is 2 steps away from a bonfire. In FFVII Rebirth you have 10 rounds of unknown fights. You lose round 9? Start over. This is an exhausting process of trial and error trying to calibrate specifically a very complex battle system for each specific challenge and on top of that it demands almost perfect execution and quite a bit of luck so as not to get hit by bad RNG.... whoever thought this was a nice idea for a Final Fantasy game clearly needs to have a talk. Remake was already tough, then Intergrade became worse and with Rebirth they went absolutely bonkers... it is truly sad because it stains the otherwise great opinion i have for this game. By the end of FFVII Rebirth's endgame content you feel exhausted and a relief that it is over. Not even a slight sense of joy...

[@nreynolds262]

@FocusedNeroXL27 not the point of the comment.

[@jasoncurtis4404]

​@elwingy I feel the same. What I'm REALLY tired of is you have to beat the strongest set of battles to get gotterdamerung, or any best game item. But if you can beat the hardest shit WITHOUT the best item, weapon, whatever, then wtf is the point of said item?

[@AgriasOaks]

This one was way easier than Hellions' Intonement! Got this one on the 3rd try thanks to your guide! 1st two tries I got wormed, 3rd try I had never even practiced 9 or 10 and got through them without too much trouble. Really awesome you are doing these, most people like me are going to do these challenges once and never come back to them so for you to be going back to this stuff and coming up with builds and strategies for the community is awesome. True 1st Class Hero. I'll probably wait to tackle Rulers of the Outer Worlds tomorrow or Sunday.

[@Ryugen01]

For the empty slot with Aerith, I'd suggest raise magic for some extra insurance, it's easy for the Dark Claw to get a lucky shot with Reaper Claws while you're focusing the Gigaworm and it hurts to have to restart from stage 1, 8 stages in.

[@MK-fm3ln]

I died to Darkclaw with 20 percent health left on it :/ had raise magic but my cloud ran out of mp since I had a sloppy fight with the worm. i have to restart with a magic efficiency on his heals now

[@ChiragQuest]

Brilliant guide! Thanks so much, getting through the remaining Combat Simulator challenges thanks to you. Keep up the good work.

[@chrisw8069]

Wish there was a universal build that would take care of all these Brutal and Legendary challenges. Thanks for the help.

[@Haseo2500]

Definitely a great guide!! For those who are struggling with the worm, switch to a different character when it’s about to come up. The AI will always dodge the attack for you.

[@Severe95]

These challenges had me to borderline tears before I used your guides. Opti always comes through 💪 Subbed for a few years now. Cheers man!

[@TheStache777]

Wanted to say thank you SO much!!! I have been knocking my head against this challenge for two days straight and you saved the day! Had to tweak it a bit to give an emergency Revival materia for messy rounds, but all in all it works! Thank you so much! I'll be watching out for your Outer Realms strat video if you post one...personally I need a break after that! LoL 😂

[@axhxobaxhxob9328]

Amazing guides from Optinoob! Thank you so much for all the hard work into figuring these out and sharing them!

[@jelmer666]

You, my good sir, are a legend. I've been stuck on this one for a few days, only reaching the second stage. Thanks to you i'm finally one step closer to completing the brutal missions. Keep up the good work, i can't wait for your next guide :D

[@devinwindham5614]

Man you’re the G.O.A.T.!! If it wasn’t for you I would’ve never beat this challenge. I had to keep at it. I did make some minor tweaks but for the most part I followed your build bro! Thanks man!!!

[@quirklessesty]

After three tries of following your method, I was able to get it done! First time I probably should've taken out the Ember Zu first since it destroyed my team. Second run was ruined by the Gigaworm but the third run was perfect. Thanks so much for your build! May level up my materia before taking on the final Brutal challenge. Didn't think these were possible but you're giving me hope!

[@julians4766]

Thanks so much. I got through this one and the previous challenge only with your guides. On to the next.

[@Aztarun]

I was really messy, made many mistakes, needed 28 min, but did it first try with this build using Revive in the Aerith spare slot.

[@elsteven0]

I was stuck for a week and a half on this and most guides that I consulted turned out to not work. However yours did and I finally beat it! Wasn't as pretty as your run but I did it, while also using Starshower to avoid being swallowed by the worm. Thank you so much for this guide!

[@PaulMueller-nx6wp]

Cloud starts with half limit then limit booster splits between tifa and aerith, but neither limit gauge looks a quarter full at start more like 1/8

[@meberra]

Thank man these build’s a blessing. I would not have been able to beat these challenges without your help!

[@deathmaster3813]

Thanks to your guides im actually beating theses challenges optinoob! Your guides are the best and most through guides ive ever used/followed. You builds are very brilliant! Also i just beaten this hellish challenge this morning and now im still using your guides on the other challenges as we speak. You sir are a godsend for this game

[@kyled6522]

Commenting and liking because this guide works. My focus on #8 against the worm/deathclaw was positioning. Once I paid attention to keeping the worm in between me and the claw and using the dodge TOWARDS the jumping worm like he mentions I got it. It's all about positioning and avoiding those big worm/ claw hits.

[@jeffreyposs751]

Excellent strategy! However, I STRONGLY recommend adding the Revive materia to Aerith's empty materia slot. Saves a LOT of time and hooey! 👌

[@gareth8865]

Thank you so much for this guide, made this brutal challenge an absolute cake walk! Tifa is so OP, didn't realise until now.

[@InsomniaVirus_]

I know someone already mentioned this but I feel like everyone should see it if they’re struggling with the worm: Tifas starshower can prevent it from swallowing you while you’re doing this. So just use it when it’s coming back up. You don’t even have to hit it. I guess it’s something with the animation Another tip is, you can use sonic boom and plasma discharge from the enemy skills materia whenever you get the chance since sonic boom gives you bravery and faith. It’s not necessary but it’s there

[@Optinooby]

i pinned the starshower comment ;)

[@InsomniaVirus_]

@@Optinooby thanks man, wish me luck on rulers of the outer world 🫠

[@InsomniaVirus_]

Update: I did it I had him stun locked and he didn’t even do anything lmao he pretty much never switched his ice phase

[@dadillonful]

Pull this off on my first try thanks to you and the helpful people on the comments

[@Bennes_Gaming_Setups]

You can get down the worm MUCH easier with this setup! Round 8 start - use ATB Ward on Tifa, use Tifa ATB boost and then Blizzaga on worm. It will almost instantly get staggered. Finish it fast and then proceed as in battles before!

[@myemimiese]

I might try this because I've failed 8 runs because of swallow. Do you mean Arcane Ward though?

[@Bennes_Gaming_Setups]

@@myemimiese oh yeah sorry I meant that.

[@myemimiese]

@@Bennes_Gaming_Setups Thank you so much! I beat it on my 2nd attempt. Just had to switch out the Chakra and Enemy Skill materia on Tifa for Swiftcast and Ice.

[@JhakceMorgan]

After dozens of tries and several curse words directed at a certain worm, I FINALLY did it. Thanks, man! Keep up the great work! Onto Rulers of the Outer Worlds.

[@rickcrain5473]

Aerith doesn’t need MP up, slot in a cleansing for the petrify on wave 8 or a prayer for scary situations.

[@Xeyyakkenn]

Yeah the petrify absolutely sucks. Between that and trying to dodge the swallow and death claw

[@SeanCaissey5]

Seriously, of all the builds ive tried out there.. yours are the only ones i have ANY success with. Great stuff keep it up

[@ryanschmidt3494]

dude i cannot stress how much your videos have helped me! Patiently waiting for a guide on rulers of the outer worlds haha!

[@ottovonbis-mark]

Thank you man! Took me 2 tries because of the worm. Tip: Use STOP when the worm starts swallowing rocks then burst its stomach once pressured use STOP again until it gets staggered. Saved me some time so I don’t have to evade that stupid swallow move.

[@mc-ck3dx]

Xmen97 drops, you get me through another challenge. Today is officially super hero Wednesday. Used plasma discharge and stop here and there. The worms are suck.

[@karlmahler]

Can’t thank you enough for posting these vids!

[@Fiftyzach]

Bro your guides are the best I’ve seen for these challenges!

[@azazel166]

The Quaga strategy does work, if you mix it up with Yuffie's ATB ward/Brumal form. Credit go to Naz talgic.

[@bigcruz89]

Mastered the first 9 levels. Now gotta deal with the tonberry

[@Kwin]

On top of using Starshower to dodge the Gigaworm's swallow attack, make sure to attack its stomache when it uses ingest on the ground (or swallows a very unlucky party member you accidently switched to). You will severely cripple the worm and knock out half its hp each time (it will also SAVE your party member if done quickly, you will have to redo all your buffs!) Attack the stomache the second its an option. Something else to note, instead of idling Aeriths ATB bars, charge Transendance to deal with literally ANYTHING that gets annoying or has super bloated HP (I'm looking at you Mystic Dragon). Transcendance II will one shot the Gigaworms stomache (or nearly) and then Clouds tap and hold should do some solid damage if not.

[@Chr15Payne]

I used Aerith idle ATB for Transcendence as well as dropping an ATB ward under Tifa. With Cloud I was working towards unlimited MP synergy with Tifa to give everyone Reraise just in case and Tifa also had blizzaga for the many ice weaknesses.

[@Aksh0le]

Made this look so damn easy! Thank you!

[@roclaren]

WOW, this was an amazing guide. Did it on my 2nd try with i think 1 HP left in round 8. Thanks so much man

[@soy300]

Love this game. Normal playthrough was a breeze but hard is the real deal. Thanks for your videos, i'm waiting the next one on the edge of my seat.

[@razalgull]

You Sir, deserve a prize! GREAT guide! You rock!

[@SiDucky1708]

One quick addition. Give Aerith stop to kick the Gigaworm’s ass Amazing build much more my thing

[@jasoncates3221]

Thank you so much for posting this video. It was a huge help especially when I paid close attention to your commentary about the Gigaworm.

[@Game2590]

Yeah, Reapertail sometimes just does a 20 second Pulverise, it's dumb as hell. If you accidentally set a spell or something going on an AI just as he gets going he can combo them to death stupidly quick and then catch the second one in it too. You have to keep an eye on the AI and pull them out with a synergy skill, which can be easier said than done if a lots going on. Also I decided to go and redo this challenge with this setup and holy hell it's literally easy mode, sub 10 minute clear and didn't even come close to losing more than a quarter health bar, absolutely insane setup.

[@Optinooby]

Wow thanks for the info, I thought the Scorpions AI had glitched up as first time i'd seen it for that long! thats crazy that it just goes mad for like 20 secs or so. These fights are way overtuned. Thats a good time, you must have made my build better as you did it much quicker than me......!

[@AntoinneWilliams]

As soon as Reapertail started Pulverize, I cast Stop on him and he's done for. Damage > Stagger > Commence Onslaught > KO

[@ilariostefanachi4185]

You sir are a legend, all your builds are solid and easy to use, very well done!

[@solmadness7171]

Amazing, genius play my friend

[@MichaelRaftery87]

Watched this video about 10 times and then tried it out and smashed it first time! Many thanks!!!

[@Optinooby]

Thanks for the views ;)

[@Mado0o_007]

I did it after 3 days of tries thank you Opti

[@ShadowLink85]

Bro.... many thanks for this build. I DID need like 6 tries with it since i had the worst luck with avoiding the Swallow but in the end it was brilliant. You are a saint! ^^

[@shadow1233679]

Looking forward to the next part. I just beat brutal 6 myself, I'm very curious to know how you make it manageable.

[@TheKainKail]

Dark Claws attacking you while trying not to get swallowed gives me depression and I wanna quit life

[@Mohashm]

this works very well, until the 8th battle, every thing falls apart one by one. dodging the worm is nearly impossible, you might dodge one or two eventually get swallowed then its game over. Edit: I made it, thanks to the death claw fiend. he killed just as the worm was trying to swallow me, thankfully i had revive on aerith and quack on cloud and managed to get out of that mess.

[@ThisIsntClaire]

Thank you for mentioning this, as this is where I am falling apart too. I think I need some damage on Aerith for its stomach.

[@Mohashm]

@@ThisIsntClaire only way I managed to do this is the claw monster killed me as the worm was trying to swallow me lol It’s been a while I don’t remember what happened exactly but this is what saved me from the worm

[@wren7195]

THANK you SO VERY MUCH for this series of guides. Thanks to you, your hard work and research, I'm finally ready to try Rulers of the Outer Worlds. Thank you my friend, blessings and all good things go with you sir.

[@Bran.man24]

You've been absolutely busy, haven't you. It's covered up with games right now. I'm mentally exhausted, LOL. I just dropped my first KZbin video that I fully edited, researched, and dialogued. It did alot better than I was expecting for my first video. I still have a lot to learn though. I'm trying to keep up with all these games and keep learning for future videos. It definitely takes alot of routine and optimization to do KZbin, but I'll get it figured. Also, I watch your videos and others to learn more. Thanks for the videos, buddy.

[@mikebovenzi8653]

Love the difficulty with these. Im strugglin a bit on this one. Just hope part 3 brings back the great emerald and ruby weapon fights. Great guide

[@CloudStrifeXBL]

Interesting to see how people change strategies after I have completed it all already, just to see what I could have done to make it easier on myself. The gigaworm in this one gave me the struggles until I started to perfect block it. Can't wait for Bonds of Friendship and see what you did there since that one was just on a different level. GG to you!

[@michaelmzd3]

This method was great! Was actually able to finish this last night thanks so much! I don’t have the hades armlet (must have missed grabbing it in the temple) so I had to tweak a few things. Also I took off the Limit synergy materia(purple one on cloud) so that I could activate his limit break if needed. As well had element + fire in everyone’s armour. Made a few of those fights cake walk. Thanks for this and keep doing what you’re doing!

[@trioay]

i hope you reach 50k then 500k

[@ericthetallman8638]

Thank you so very much for your advice and these incredible tutorials, without which I would not have made it this far. Just finished this one today FINALLY! My slight adjustment was to put time and magnify on Cloud for the Gigaworm and Dark Claw fight and a raise on Aerith. Just because I don't have your skills, my good sir.

[@jordanferreira5294]

My tifa doesnt do so much damage as yours. What am i doing wrong?

[@Jamijamule]

Same here… much slower much weaker… and I have almost all on the sphere grid. Can you tell us how are we doing wrong?

[@ChrisJeffryes]

You’re a legend. The fire materia on my armour did the trick.

[@AL3Drums]

Great guide again! The worm caught me out on 2/3 goes, it went t for swallow when it was slightly off camera so I lost track of the way I need to dodge. I found using plasma discharge and sonic boom was also helpful added damage and faith/bravery cast. Well done on a great guide and video🎉 and now on to the big bad outer gods.

[@jopabr24]

I made a point of tweaking the builds to put some revives on people. Helped me get through the Gigaworm.

[@bengrodsky7924]

This definitely helped me get there. I did feel revive was needed for those couple times tifa did go down. Also the starshower trick saved me round 8. Thanks for the guide.

[@jasoncurtis4404]

Every other ff7 rebirth video is a dam joke compared to Optinoob. Its not even close.

[@UchihaSavage]

Man thank you so much for these, I have managed to get through them thanks to you. Following your guides to help me get this platinum! ❤️🙏🏻 subscribed

[@ItsMeAndrewGD]

Thanks mate❤

[@ItsMeAndrewGD]

Me not having the materias at max level is gonna be a running joke here at this point😂

[@psimon1980]

Made it through, first time, with this guide. You've saved my sanity. :-)

[@kratos.8151]

Thank you so much for this build!!!!! Had to edit a bit and put revive on them all just in case. Switching the AI as the worm was about half way towards me to swallow me worked! Took me 3 days to beat this before I came here!!!

[@Nightpain-CHM]

Very nice layout. I did mod Clod slightly and just gave him elemental fire on the armor because too many fire enemies and I kept finding him running out of MP if I did autocast. Hilariously I did Synergy +Quake on Aerith when I won but it turns out all the enemies are immune to Quake. So if I was going to vary what you did a bit, I'd probably do wind synergy since I don't think any enemies are immune to it. And btw. That use Tifa's starshower to not get eaten by the annoying worm in round 8 totally works! Thx people who suggested it.