Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Ultimate Hard Mode Build Guide Characters Gear And Materia

[@armysoldier0079]

Also if you are managing fights but spending too much MP in main areas, have one of your non active 3 members have a healing materia and the HP>MP swap materia and put on weapon with most health bonus’. It will all convert to MP, so the character will have like 60 HP but 6000+ MP to heal your party between fights 😏 Their health won’t matter if they aren’t being used, so if you have to use them or just want to swap your party, then when you swap the materia back only their HP will be low which can either be healed or rest stop anywhere and back to normal. Just go to chocobo bench to fill the MP to max after slotting the HP>MP and enjoy saving all of your main party’s MP for fights only. Will also allow you to use more spells etc without as much MP regeneration needed.

[@stevenvegh7964]

This is brilliant, nice tip

[@WizzyTheDizzy]

Thats a great tip.

[@chazclark86]

Outstanding tip btw!

[@dildonicplague]

Genius

[@nathanking5137]

You can make cushions and use them at chocobo stops for full HP & MP so it's not really needed in most areas. Definitely good tip for dungeons.

[@Game2590]

Elemental + Fire and Ice is perfectly fine to use, it only applies the one that is weak, if an enemy is strong to fire it switches to dealing exclusively ice damage.

[@Jburneyjr]

Right I was about to say the same

[@ForzaTerra89]

That’s interesting to know as it’s not written in the game. I’ve been using it defensively as seems like it can’t backfire on you and fire seems reasonably common

[@SamoIsKing]

Could you use two elemental materia on the same weapon with the other linked with Lightning and Wind?

[@thomasdiamond8343]

@@SamoIsKing no iirc the game takes whatever is linked to the leftmost elemental materia. So if you have both and fire/ice are on the left they will be what your weapon uses

[@CBarzilla]

I would make a small argument that MP Up isn't entirely necessary since Chocobo Benches do, in fact, restore MP. Just use a cushion. I stocked 100 Cushions when I started my Hard Mode playthrough. Never ran out of MP once on a single character. Go through a hard fight > Teleport to Chocobo Bench > Rest with Cushion > Profit.

[@fouracegaming4724]

As someone who hasn't beaten rhe game yet can someone confirm this for me Ps. I'm on chapter 13

[@dewanewelch1744]

@@fouracegaming4724 this is very much true.

[@Checkmate_Bro7]

Even in hard mode?

[@kanemello]

During most hard mode fights that are tough and require lots of MP, you're usually in a dungeon or story area where fast travel is locked and standard benches with no cushion options are provided. The cushion method helps with overworld enemies like Midgardsormr or random battles but it won't help in the multi hour dungeons like the Temple of the ancients

[@beastslayer8729]

Honestly that kind of... ruins it. We aren't supposed to be able to use items, so I am unsure why they allowed us to use cushions. Maybe it's a bug or an oversight?

[@acespider7781]

I noticed that if you give a character you do not use at all, give them hp mp swap matiria that way you can have pretty much infinite mp to heal the group with that character outside of battle.

[@Qirei1221]

ATB stagger doesn’t work like you said it does. It only works for the person that staggers the enemy. So for example if cloud and tifa both have atb stagger materia equipped and tifa staggers the enemy she is the only one that gets a atb increase and not cloud even tho they both have atb stagger materia equipped.

[@nadilenebudski]

Fun fact, if you use a cushion to rest at a chocobo stop, it heals both HP and MP on hard mode.

[@Blizz4rd92]

holy shit, that's a game changer, thank you!

[@DekkarJr]

and their only 250 gil a pop xD and easy to make in the item thingy too!

[@michealfisher2887]

hero!!

[@kawaiibatman]

NO WAY Thanks A LOT

[@TheAuron32]

Update: still works after a few game patches, feeling like it might be intentional or hard coded to be tough to remove the MP healing.

[@fredericmertz1469]

I cleared hard mod glass canon style with magic+swift cast+mp absorb+hp absorb+magnify. Yes it use 8 slots, but with 2 atb at combat start, it's just Ga spell spam. You get more Mp than you use and for bosses just swap the magic materia involved. (all of this on yuffie or cloud, and aerith with 1st strike=> ward help with additional free GA cast )

[@elisehermann6094]

Are you using one sole element in this build (or maybe the two for one magic materias?)

[@ElPsyKongroo]

​@elisehermann6094 GA?

[@elisehermann6094]

@@ElPsyKongroo I don’t know what GA means

[@Modioman69]

@@elisehermann6094They mean any of the spells with the GA suffix such as firaga thundaga or aeroaga. Basically the strongest form of the elemental spells.

[@the_bandicoot4801]

Pair it with genji gloves and aeriths ga spells do like 20k dmg while giving u back mp

[@Cossieuk]

HP absorb paired with Enemy Skills materia, the use plasma discharge. Every time you fill an ATB bar you will do some AOE damage and get healed. On Yuffie this is a good source of healing as she can get ATB really quickly

[@piphead]

Do u put this materia in ur armour or defence, does it matter which way they are linked together?

[@mimcduffee86]

@@piphead Doesn't matter which slot it's on. It'll heal for like 80-100 per enemy in melee.

[@moogleboy]

Cloud. Disorder, a single hit of Attack, Swap to Operator mode. Repeat infinitely.

[@SSJ_Derp]

If you’re running Yuffie with HP Absorb + Enemy Skill, you can absolutely wreck mobs of enemies with the following build. Give her a mastered First Strike and then either the Chocoking’s Cape (so she starts every fight with two ATB) or the Speed Demon Keychain (so she builds ATB faster during the fight). At the start of the fight, have someone cast Haste on her and then have Yuffie use her clone ability and set up Plasma Discharge. Then you just throw her weapon and mash square, and make sure to spend her ATB as it fills up. The AOE damage from Plasma Discharge will be triggered twice every time she fills a bar, and you’ll absorb HP from both of them. For enemies with higher health you can use United Refocus and watch the frame rate drop as the whole screen fills up with lightning.

[@hardcoor17]

Dude, your FF walkthroughs are my favorite on the internet. I’ve been using them for years, for multiple FF games. Love this stuff, keep it coming!!

[@dankazama09]

Fire and Ice material with elemental damage, if your enemy is weak with fire it automaticaly adjust to ice.

[@DekkarJr]

yep and ive got lightning+wind on another character :D

[@Axlradleigh]

I’ve been using a Turtle Death from Above build. Barret, Aerith, Tifa/Yuffie (doesn’t matter which). Barrett starts by buffing up the team (manaward, haste, whatever else you want), lifesaver, and steel skinned, then swapping over to Tifa/Yuffie to bash on enemies while Aerith sits on the side with comet+synergy. Just rains destruction constantly while everyone is essentially invincible. Just have Barret use chakra every once in a while when his HP starts getting low. This got me through all Brutal challenges before I even went through hard mode proper and hit lvl 70.

[@miguelbastida2899]

Do a video pls! Or write down your setup.

[@Modioman69]

Sounds fun but how do you resolve mana issues for Barrett if he’s always pre buffing team? Or do you just use cushions at choco-stops?

[@Axlradleigh]

@@Modioman69 I don’t pre buff every fight, just the combat simulator which has mp refresh every fight and for certain bosses

[@Modioman69]

@@Axlradleigh Gotcha thanks!

[@vexcarius7100]

Same. Pray and chakra is imba with Barett. Even in Remake, it’s a nice tactic. He just sucks at the MP department.

[@Amocoru]

You're really underutilizing Yuffie here. She is a magical attack monster. All of that magic gear should be on her for magical attacks and healing. She crushes.

[@Mitsunari4Gunz]

I don't think he really understands Yuffie and some of her plasma discharge builds that can literally carry fights.

[@ForzaTerra89]

@@Mitsunari4GunzI gave her the enemy skill materia but I’ve just been using her to cast the healing spell

[@DekkarJr]

My most important materia combos have been using the blue auto-cast spell materia with the Revive materia. I put it on Barret cus he's super tanky and least likely to die suddenly so he can immediately auto res a member that dies but you can put it on anyone of course. Comet + Synergy is really good too. Time materia with Magnify to haste the entire party immediately, same with another defensive spell, I find just having regen on the entire party to be very useful if you can spare the mp in hard mode. ohhhhhh and Also: HP absorb Materia + Enemy Skill and use Plasma Discharge and you gain about 100 hp when it goes off. And don't be afraid to bust out Soothing Breeze for some quick HP (also a part of Enemy Skill materia )

[@marcuscallahan4645]

I did all of the hard mode side quests in chapter 12 first to get the manuscripts before starting the story mode

[@jintazticful]

Same. And the enhanced items are clutch

[@xRoycex]

definitely keeping this mind!@@jintazticful

[@joncrum3748]

Did you do the boss intel for each location to get the manuscripts that way?

[@ShikiT]

@@joncrum3748 i did, you can even reset the chapter if you are low on MP

[@Cman04092]

Same, except for the last one, the party animal quest. I also got genji stuff, and am now on chapt 9 hard mode, and last will be chadlads hard trials. I do feel that 3rd magnify would be useful, but those trials seem like they're gonna be the hardest content in game. Only other thing left is maxing out all charecters bond, which im trying to do during my hard mode play through anyways.

[@pensword329]

Keep synergy plus comet on aerith at all times this way comet continuously rains while the other party members use ATB commands and as a bonus it still double casts when she is on arcane ward…really the best combo in the game

[@user-px7pe7ei6k]

have yuffie and aerith and use arcane ward, and yuffie uses doppleganger. 4x!

[@farret8848]

I have found that red works really well as a supp tank. put provoke on him leave him be and play as the other characters. By the time you need to use his abilities he will have half to full vengeance which might as well be considered as a health pool to give to allies.

[@DekkarJr]

red with barret would be a stronk party.

[@Aamonn]

You can get an easy Ribbon by defeating Sephiroth in the 3D Brawler mini game in the golden saucer. You can pause the game to give your self time to judge the attacks. You can do all this before going to hard mode.

[@nathanking5137]

I never thought about pausing, good shout!

[@stevenvegh7964]

This is why I have a ribbon, thank god for the pause buffering strategy because Sephiroth is a nightmare in real time.

[@elisehermann6094]

Pausing saved me too! And I wrote down his combos so I could follow them without pure memorization.

[@RanEncounter]

The fast combos are ALWAYS the same. Just learn them and you can easily beat him without getting hit at all.

[@AnaverdGaiden]

Man, that would be so awesome if the quest to unlock that wasn't currently unbeatable due to a bug and if Square Enix had actually bothered fixing it within the last few weeks

[@MrNinosan]

If you use Elemental + Fire/Ice or Lightning/Wind, the game actually chose the element that the enemy is weak against, so those double materias are great. Been using my whole way to my Platinum. One on Cloud, one on Yuffie.

[@pumpkinpie1509]

Im a bit old to this video but a great place to farm xp is the muscle head colosseum combat challange devil may care desperados . If you use cloud and tifa you should be able to beat it in less the 15 seconds and you should get around plus 50 AP each time you do it and you just repeat it also equip the chocabo armaband with a lv up meteria so you can get 6 times the boost you get the armband after the race with the chocabo sage obviously you still gotta grind but this makes it a lot quicker hope this helps anyone.

[@ericsavala4686]

I like barret for ground enemies alot. I play cloud or Tifa, then switch barret and have him wayyy in the back dealing range dmg. Then by the time enemies run near him I rotate back to the melee guys , attempt to block and stagger, heal etc then bounce back to barret again. Also using my surroundings such as trees or obstacles in the middle to seperate me and the enemy even more. Alot of the time about 80% Barret is freely just shooting at crap undisturbed lol.

[@preslim84]

man its hard to pick a main party. I love yuffie too but barret is a ATB generating machine and can toss out prayers constantly. And Aerith with the proper atb boosting materia can come online quick with her wards and can dish out the burst damage. Tifa is almost mandatory for the stagger boost. Red could be a really good off tank/support if his vengence meter could be gained more reliably... with built in all haste and all cure.

[@AllyMonsters]

Tifa, Cait, and Yuffe are some of my favs just for their high luck. Very easy to get each over 50% crit chance.

[@mimcduffee86]

I just put a steadfast and precision block materia on him with either silver collar or brisingamen. If you put a draconic ring on him he basically becomes unkillable while churning out prayers since you can limit break so often.

[@preslim84]

ya i'll try that out@@mimcduffee86

[@Ask4This]

you dont need prayer on red or yuffie they have inbuilt abilites that do that.@@mimcduffee86

[@DekkarJr]

I'm partial to Barret/Yuffie but i'm thinking barret/red XIII for a hard playthrough cus red is prty damn tank and shit too

[@Frisa92]

Fun fact: you can actually "farm" the Hades Armlet you can find in Chapter 11, unfortunately it is "locked" behind the Cait Sith part, before facing the two scale-looking monsters solo. If you don't mind his play style and you are willing to commit for an extra materia slot, go ahead and try for yourselves (like I did basically 5 times total). Hope this helps, I've managed to get the Platinum just yesterday and I've completed the Player Log, the only thing I've avoided is the piano minigame for the S-Rank in every song.

[@DekkarJr]

wat do you mean farm?

[@Frisa92]

@@DekkarJr exactly as I said, you can get multiple copies of the armlet from that chest by replaying the chapter over and over again through chapter selection. Unlike the ultimate armors and the weapons, this chest always gives you the Hades Armlet everytime you open it.

[@MK-fm3ln]

@@Frisa92how much time does it take to get to that point from starting the chapter opening the chest and restarting again?

[@Frisa92]

@@MK-fm3ln I will be honest, I haven't timed it at all... But I guess that in less than 15-20 minutes you should be able to do it the first time and in the following runs you can try to improve it (Easy Mode, quick command on Triple Slash or any AoE command to annihilate the enemies, avoiding the enemy encounters where possible and improving the box-throwing skills with the Moogle). As I've mentioned, it is not mandatory to do it, I was just crazy enough to commit because I wanted the extra material slot for those who couldn't have the ultimate armors.

[@MK-fm3ln]

@@Frisa92 thank you, that’s not too much time but I would probably just get a couple

[@IsraTheBlack]

You can't use 2 elemental materia's on your armor to protect you against all elements. Only one works.

[@jhustmyles275]

I'm pretty sure the Twin-Element Materia work that way though, since it seems to when slotted in weapons. Or is it different?

[@NokoFace]

@@jhustmyles275 It does work. You can elemental materia > fire/ice or lightning/wind and it protects against both.

[@IsraTheBlack]

@@NokoFace No, I meant the purple one, not the green one.

[@IsraTheBlack]

@LukePower-il2fg You don't understand what I'm saying. Yes you have those twin elemental materia's. But you can't combine both of them with two elemental materia's to protect yourself from all 4 elements. Only ONE twin element materia works.

[@Game2590]

@@IsraTheBlack Yeah, only the left most elemental works when more than one is equipped to the same weapon/armor. It says this in the description at the top at 9:00

[@Brett1692]

I deal with the mp issue by running synergy and mp absorb materias. Link both with the same magic (lightning for example, switch depending on weaknesses), then every time tifa uses an atb bar, aerith will cast a free thunder and gain mana to use for healing, or other spells

[@DekkarJr]

yea! ^_^ I use Comet tho LOL and theres only 1 xD

[@RanEncounter]

Box crusher amulet and Clouds final weapon have the ability to heal HO and MP every time you stagger an enemy. It is super easy to just keep your MP at max with these.

[@xRagingxDemonx]

This build is most likely mandatory for the final boss. Game forces you to use every character. Some parts took longer for me since i don't use Red XIII or Cait Sith. 1 thing though. Elemental Materia only uses one Element for damage. Or at least if an enemy absorbs one of the elements it won't use it for attacking. It seems to prioritize whatever it's weak to. As when fighting phoenix with Fire/Ice materia w/ Elemental on Yuffie it doesn't absorb at all, but if i use Fire ninjutsu it will.

[@RandomBucket]

Pro tip for hard mode. You can recover MP at repaired chocobo rest stops 😉. Perfect for mowing through the chapter 12 side quests.

[@TokenCast]

Ribbon is actually pretty easy to get. They didn't change that you can press pause during the vr battles with the nineteen ninety seven character models. So all you have to do is beat Sephiroth

[@YoshiDadum]

Aside from the treasure chest in the Gi cave, how would you get more celestial bangles for everyone to equip?

[@RayTamal]

Im also looking for an answer to this

[@corykepler5172]

Me too

[@mikeyrayanderson]

The fire and ice and lightning and wind materias linked to elemental material both target the weakness. So you can actually equip it and deal weakness to both types without changing your set up. Super useful.

[@LongHoang88884]

Another big tip is to use stop on them once u stagger em. If u time it correctly u can stop the staggar bar twice . Giving u time to build up the stagger% to 250+.Then with genji glove and infinity's end nuking can end most fights unless they have a hp threshhold. But u r giving up the 50 vit and 50 spirit i go a more offensive build. Love nuking wit genji glove at 300% stagger for big numbers. I would go with the genji glove build with bosses that dont have hp threshhold so u only have to stagger em once n end it. Then having to stagger em multiple times. Another good purple materia to go with atb assist,atb stagger is skill master for even more atb for 2 to 3 infinity ends during that stagger wit stop.

[@Ask4This]

I thought everyone knew this from playing remake but apparently not.

[@phantom-X2086]

@@Ask4This It's not that I didn't know, I just forgot 😅

[@DekkarJr]

Holy shit I had no idea you could stop a stagger bar lol - i literally have never used the spell in either game xD - might have to try it.

[@davyjoneslocker4859]

​@@DekkarJr you tripping bro

[@armysoldier0079]

FYI you CAN recover MP at Chocobo bench’s in the open world, however; I understand you do not have access to them in a lot of the story main missions. Good to know if you do have a fight which you spend a bunch of MP and wind up back in open world or just in the open world in general doing side content you may be catching up on.

[@shane1489]

I’m hoping they improve the combat setup. Saving character builds with armor/ weapon material is greatly needed.

[@Cryosxify]

gonna need the brutal challenges guide

[@BoBurnham69]

For reals, havent even got past the second one 😂🤣 jesus christ

[@stevenvegh7964]

I was just saying on the FF7 subreddit that there are hardly any good advanced guides for this game out yet and our guy Primal delivers. Thanks!

[@AzureKyle]

To be fair, it hasn't even been a month since the game came out, and some people have yet to finish it, I've actually been taking a week-long break after I beat it so more people could beat it, and work out good Hard Mode/post game builds.

[@DekkarJr]

​@@AzureKyle yea but these days so many big youtubers and journalists receive these games a week in advance or w/e and already have relatively detailed guides, I mean there's an interactive map on day one lol xD

[@TMD316]

So, one gentle correction. The rest stops where you need the cushion actually DO still restore MP on Hard Mode. Not super convenient, but good to know in a pinch.

[@DekkarJr]

what about resting at inns?

[@TMD316]

@@DekkarJr pretty sure that’s just HP. The benches bypass the lock because they use an item without going into your menu.

[@DekkarJr]

cool @@TMD316

[@AZodiacCancer]

I was playing Hard Mode on chapter 12 and rested at a chocobo stop, it healed HP and MP. Not sure why but it was hard mode because thats the only way you can get the items for the gengi gear.

[@kythlyn]

All the chocobo stops in Hard mode (which require cushions) restore MP. Inns don't, and benches in areas without fast travel don't. You also get a free MP restore in between chapters.

[@F4R4D4Y]

TY, just what I needed. I thought the way I was building was the right track, and you confirmed this. Thumbs 👍 up!

[@boop_n_snoots_reptiles9391]

Just incase in hard mode rest stops in open world (repaired chocobo stops) do restore mp. Helps a little here and there with hard modes side quest and special fiends

[@WentwentLive]

I also highly recommend the charm you get from Roche, it pairs incredibly well with ATB boost materia and Enemy Skill (Pulse Discharge) + HP Absorbtion which effectively launches an AOE attack every time cloud fills a bar of atb

[@itszhero4538]

Really basic build for survival, but I was wondering, do you have 2 Heal materia on Cloud and Tifa? Because you don't mention them, what do you use inon them? Reinforcement Materias? I was trying something with the chain magic + meteor materia + spam command attacks. what are your thoughts on it?

[@TheRealChacorta]

I have been digging Cloud, Cait, and Barret a lot. Having a mega tank that does decent damage is wild and then Cait can randomly one shot shit or make you do more damage or heal you. I wish so badly I could swap cloud out and run three parties: Cloud, Tifa, Aerith Yuffie, Red, Aerith Cloud, Cait, Barret

[@andyhammond]

This is great stuff!! I didn't do hardmode on Remake, but plan on doing it on Rebirth. Lots to learn, practice and level up lol

[@AnaverdGaiden]

Oh no, good luck. As someone towards the end of it, it's absolutely horrible.

[@ForzaTerra89]

How do you get more celestial bangles? Can you farm it? What about the other armour?

[@charliewild2367]

There are 2 in the game. Both above the door in the Cosmo Canyon section with Barret and Red XIII. Actually, I've only gone through it twice so they might be unlimited.

[@WreakHvok]

Through my first run only cloud and Aeris were outfitted with green materia… most thq character skills were broken… only one I never liked even from the beginning was Cait Sith!!! But I’m going to add some damage mitigation… maybe some barriers and status elimination materia… other than that I’m learning to parry as much as I can

[@ryanmckenna7660]

Where do you get the third elemental and magnify material? I only have two of each.

[@Primalliquid92]

brutal rank combat simulator

[@nik0_plays]

I have ribbon not started hard mode yet lol If you pause the game in between each of 3D Sephiroth attacks it makes it way easier

[@7upyourz]

this is what i did for like all the fights lmao, pro tip

[@justinbelton6489]

Cait sith is amazing in this game, unlimited easily accessible party wide buffs is OP. People should use him more.

[@AngelCakeTom]

I want to point out that elemental materia only works with one link on armor, you can't use all 3 on one characters armour for multiple absorbs only the most recent one you set will be active. On cloud HP absorb materia linked to enemy skill materia is a must have, use plasma discharge at the start of every encounter for an AOE damage attack that heals you every time you fill an ATB bar is just far too good not to have. Also warding linked to poison/petrify gives you 2 resistences and access to Quake spells i feel like its another must have.

[@mimcduffee86]

Its solid for early game or with aoe. but it doesn't heal enough when hits are doing 2-3k each.

[@Primalliquid92]

really? i've not tried the 3 links of it yet but that is rediculess that it doesnt work since you can still do multiple copies of damage spells paired with things.

[@vexcarius7100]

Barret is a nice buffer he can easily fill his ATB bar. Abusing pray and his ability to dish out manawalls anytime.

[@stevenvegh7964]

Aerith is your best trash mob killer. If you link Poison & Petrify to Magnify, another Petrify to Magic Focus and a final Petrify to MP Absorb and then give her the Chocoking Cape and a First Strike so she starts with 2 ATB. Cast Quaga at the start of every trash fight and watch most stuff die in one spell with Aerith getting all of her MP refunded. You can also throw an ATB Boost on her, start the fight by casting Arcane Ward - ATB Boost - then double cast Quaga. This can also be done with other spells of course, Quake just has a huge radius and less likelihood of the damage being reduced or absorbed by a plethora of mob types.

[@dave9515]

Red is the best at trash mob killing not aerith. Aerith has too much magic nuke potential to be used to kill trash mobs only with how insanely strong and high her magic stats are and related abilities are.

[@stevenvegh7964]

@@dave9515 I’m not sure I understand this. She has TOO much magic power? I end nearly every trash fight with one spell cast. Perhaps you are suggesting Red can do the same but also has the constitution to take any hits that come his way during casting? For now I’ll stick with trivializing every trash fight lol.

[@stevenvegh7964]

@@dave9515 perhaps you think that she will run out of MP and needs to be saved for the boss? I explained that with the MP Absorb materia. She can get back MORE MP than she spends.

[@agentexquisite]

This is great 👍🏻 will def try it out good stuff !!!

[@dustyconrad3255]

So sorry to do this. You'd think that Aerith's race would be pronounced the same as the 2 best Cetran armors in the game. Oh Aerith is Ketran?

[@charliewild2367]

He's terrible for mispronouncing things in games... God knows why. I mean he pronounced Burmecia with a K and butchers pronunciations all the time. He was ripped to shreds for it. You'd think he'd learn after that combine with the Cetra is obviously a soft C... You just have to suspend your desire to punch him through the screen and go with it. He's not the best really for gameplay, he's more of a grinder. So, FF8 and Remake and Rebirth he doesn't have much to offer. Christ that sounds mean. I like him, he's a really nice guy, but I think the Birmingham accent just inspires hate.

[@YoungCoLLC]

Man Primal, I know you hustle with JRPGs and are a true fan, but hearing you say (K)etran Bangles gives me Sephearioth flashbacks from Chills top 15 videos.

[@7upyourz]

I would look up "Valkyrian Bangle" as a replacement for Celestial bangle. You can only get one of them though I believe.

[@CBarzilla]

Have you confirmed your comment about Fire and Ice linked to the Elemental? Have you tested and confirmed that it attempts to add both elements on there? I ask because if you link a dual element to Synergy, the spell the AI partner throws out is not random. If the enemy is immune to one of the elements, they'll send out the Synergy spell that they're not immune to.

[@wood1066]

If I have fire and ice equip the game seems to auto pick the correct weakness.

[@NokoFace]

What he said was wrong. It only ever uses one element if you have a dual materia linked, and it always prioritizes the one that would be most effective.

[@davidvega4178]

You don’t need MP up material on builds with MP absorption. Use a defensive material instead.

[@TwisteD1989]

Nice guides, man! just to add re; getting a ribbon, you can easily (i say easily, but the minigame suuuucks) from beating 3D brawl sephiroth in gold saucer, not just the one from the chadley combat sims!

[@johncastillo6954]

its funny watching this I had a lot of the same ideas with nuances i didnt think about especially when considering for hard mode, but its good to see I was on the right track

[@valrath84]

favorite FF creator ever thanks bro

[@cloudsurfertom3268]

Hey man just wanted to check something, to my understanding when using dual element materia and elemental whichever element the monster is weak to is the one that's used. So more often than not its better to run fire and Ice rather than just fire. If you are using fire and ice against a bomb for instance, it would ignore fire and use ice for the attack. That's how I understand it to work anyway, I could be wrong though 😂

[@phantom-X2086]

How do you get multiple celestial bangles? Because from what I'm seeing online, you can only get one in the gi cave.

[@ravencrow3244]

been wondering that myself, maybe they replayed that chapter like 5 times??? hopefully someone answers this soon cuz i wanna know too.

[@Game2590]

​​​@@ravencrow3244Apparently restarting chapters restores chests, if that's the case though I don't know why you wouldn't just redo the temple again for the Cetran gear, unless those are specifically made to not respawn, the Hades gear would be another good one to get multiple of, less stats but more slots.

[@mz1929]

you can full heal and full mp at choco benches with cushion.... just spam fights until you win and go heal if needed

[@alexandregirard6058]

How do you get unlimited Celestial Bangles? I got only one from Cave of the Gi.

[@jomarbernasol]

I use Aerith with 400+ Magic and Genji Glove (break damage limit), for Materia: First Strike, ATB Boost, MP Absorb-Ice, Magnify-Ice mana refund 100% all the time.

[@lens_hunter]

So if you have MP Absorb linked with one Ice, and Magnify linked with another Ice, you can cast a Magnified Ice with MP Absorb?

[@olcar7799]

@@lens_hunter it does! I use magnify + green materia and swiftcast + same green materia it is super sweet!!

[@lens_hunter]

@@olcar7799 Dope, thanks for that.

[@jomarbernasol]

@@lens_hunter Yes! Works for me, I have 4 Ice Materia linked to Magnify, MP Absorb, HP Absorb and Magic Focus, she always deal 9999 for Marlboro hard mode, deals 12k for Blizzara with Genji Glove for Gongaga mobs.

[@Flutterdark_]

how does one get duplicate celestial bangles? i only find location wise the one from a chest alternatively, any other armor good as recomendation? just so i can equip everyone and then forget about it

[@charliewild2367]

Same chest again in Hard Mode.

[@shatterpointgaming215]

If it was mentioned in the guide i may have skipped over it but have someone on the backline with HP and MP swap with a heal materia on for nigh unlimited heals

[@sublimazed]

Isnt Hades armlet better than celestial bangle? lol due to the one extra materia slot? plus they're farmable

[@CerithMaximum]

What's everyone's ratio of Piloting just Cloud vs Piloting the whole party (switching the character you control) per battle? Haven't started hard mode, but I'm endgame in normal and I feel like 90% of battles end so fast that switching to other party members seems worthless, outside of some bosses.

[@supersaiyanzero386]

Can you make a brutal battle guide?? I tried to copy other people's builds but they l have them at random parts of the video and I can't find anything they don't explain it as well as I need it. You helped me through Crisis Core Minerva would be nice to get one for the brutal battles

[@Neoplasmic24]

Thank you so much for all of your guides! Very helpful and awesome!

[@BlackCauldronX]

Do you need to do Hard Mode all at once from chapter 1-14? Or can you complete a chapter, and then select another chapter in another difficulty and return? Im thinking about chapter 13, it would prolly be good to restore hp-mp in another difficulty after completing chapter 13 and then go do chapter 14.

[@Cman04092]

You can hop around all you want, once you beat a chaprer in hars, it is marked as beaten, so you can even go in reverse order if you were so inclined.

[@NexusofNuance]

I will say its up to people but dont sleep on barrett, not even for tank purposes (for which he is goated) but bonus round + 3 atb focused shot is so goated for pressured enemies, significantly moreso than focused thrust almost an instant stagger lol, that with his own ability (albeit once per battle) to increase his atb and just normally how fast his atb charges with overcharge and so forth for synergy abilities to regularly activate triple atb is a masterpiece. Bro was clutch with Gilgamesh and clutch for me in hard mode so far (on chap 7)

[@NexusofNuance]

If you're having a hard time perfect blocking attacks and are dying often equip him with raise, equip someone else with reraise and give it to him at start of battle. This plus the og steelskin + lifesaver + manawall bro is the ultimate tank lmao, especially with his folio skill to increase beneficial status effect time

[@NexusofNuance]

Last thing weapon can be relevant as I know a couple of clouds weapons give access to reprieve (survive lethal hit) and same for another character or two I forget which

[@mathewlarmouth3171]

Do you think you could do a guide for combat simulator for hard? That would be appreciated.

[@KingNazaru]

Anyone else noticed PL said Cetran incorrectly?

[@Primalliquid92]

no matter which way i say it somebody says im wrong, normally i say it like "set-ran"

[@Rickai85]

Yes that stuck out. It begins with a C not a K lol

[@KingNazaru]

@@Primalliquid92 They say how to pronounce it in the games. There’s no excuse for anyone who doesn’t think it’s pronounced Set-ran.

[@rickn6923]

Cait syth and Barret are totally broken if you play them right. Barret basically makes you immortal and cait played right buffs and tanks with moogle causing your party to take zero damage

[@kythlyn]

Think you'd do a video on specific builds for Chadley's Brutal and Legendary challenges?

[@terranceturner9874]

When's the platinum walk through coming?

[@Deco_93]

I haven’t tried hard mode yet, I’m aiming to do the brutal combat simulations first, but can anyone confirm/deny this. If I use the HPMP materia, rest, swap it out and rest again, will that put both my HP and MP to max? Just curious if anyone has tried it.

[@Viktor5x]

I’m starting my hard mode run, how do you get multiple celestial bangles?

[@tserdar6121]

Must i do all the side quesst again ? Or can i rush the story only ?

[@Yusei255]

Thanks for another free video to download.

[@jintazticful]

Great content for us pros out there!! Keep it up 😊

[@RenegadeDragonAG]

Is this build/guide good enough for the last 2 chapters? I wanna get those out the way 1st. I also heard the bouts were hard too

[@Spanluver]

Before I start hard mode, do you gain EXP even redoing chapters? Did you get to level 70 before beating game first time?

[@MyNindo2000]

Will you make individual character build guides? Please 😢

[@Oldzcule]

More easy - > materia boss is weak against. Combinate with swiftcast, mp absorb and tp absorb and have fun. Carries easy

[@lenin5270]

Great guide as always-any video guide about step by step chadley’s challnge -ruler of the outer worlds stuck on that for 12 hours(hardest thing for platinum in rebirth)

[@sanguinetales]

How do we get multiple copies of Chadleys 1 time only materias. Is it through Reset Data on chapter select?

[@sanguinetales]

I chose Reset but they are still sold out

[@AnaverdGaiden]

Where the heck do you get the third Magnify? I've cleared all side quests and normal Chadley simulators and I only have two of them. Is the third one from the brutal challenges or something? Everywhere online says you get all 3 from things I've already done, and they each say something different.

[@Valaith]

How can you get more than 1 celestial bangle?

[@SuperTrailerz]

same question

[@davyjoneslocker4859]

Chapter select apparently just repeat

[@del5206]

What are the best summons for each character? I try to do it based on boosting each character's best stats, but it feels like it isn't that easy. Heck, Chocobo and Moogle is on Yuffie for the luck boost, but it feels like I should have something else. Also, what weapons are best for each character. I see that you have Crystal Gloves on Tifa, but why? Tifa is far from a magic caster, and is way better with her physical attacks. Wouldn't the Kaiser Knuckles be best?

[@IllSourUrSkittle]

Literally the questions I came here to ask lmao

[@danieleorlando9101]

So, are able to craft Celestial Bangles o do you need to farm them?

[@rossthompson9711]

The Valkyrian bangle is better than the Celestial bangle, use one of those on your main party instead.

[@dominikkoethe2963]

Have you found a better build for hard mode now?

[@diyansukarno8903]

Fun fact : If you have 2 ATB bar, You can use chakra simultaneously, to heal 80% HP

[@alex97480]

enemy skill must be a main materia , it has stats boost , broken discharge , aerial skill with buff like fairth and bravery and other usefull skill in ONE SLOT . what can you possibly put that 's better than that...... especially on tifa , discharge + attack boost + if ennemy fly you can use enemy skill(without MP) to do aerial attack/spell. o and ennemy skill can heal too with soothering breeze(doest't cost mp) and tifa charge atb like no tomorow.... like really any materia that is better than that in ONE FUC*** SLOT.(+ modest HP%,MP% attack% magic% boost)

[@Kumire_921]

I was going to go straight for NG+ and hard mode after my first run but after playing some terrible chapter like 9 and 11 i think i'll pass and save it for next year, i'll save this video until then lol

[@LongHoang88884]

13 and 14 even would b worse on hard mode.

[@kevo1441]

Cloud’s weapon ability that regenerates MP after taking heavy damage is vital.

[@Cman04092]

No, its not. You can use stagger hp&mp recovery instead and then you dont need to get hit, which risks you dying and all that.

[@leocreuu3254]

What do we get in hard mode? Are there new weapons or abilities? Also how do you build up the limit break to level 3 meaning what contributes or builds the limit break to higher levels and Yuffie is op she could solo the game

[@厶しりあらな]

platinum trophy. also more SP for character trees.

[@atomicfurball]

i agree with the armor except they do have valkyrian bangle and hades armlet. i do think the 3 should have Cetran bracer and armlet and then Valkyrian bangle

[@Cman04092]

How did you get mlre than one valkryian? Or do you mean the hades one, because i know you can farm hades in chapter 11.

[@DAonYT]

Enhanced Karmic Cowl is just the defense increase, no other buffs

[@Battousaimanslayer]

This is wrong. Enhanced karmic kowl actually adds petrify resistance as well.

[@DAonYT]

@@Battousaimanslayer appreciate the correction!