Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Cactuar Crush 3rd Trial (Yuffie) Rank III - 4380 Points

In this video I show you how to complete the third Cactuar Crush trial as Yuffie. For Rank III you need to accumulate 4000 points. This challenge can be made very easy with the right equipment and materia. With a maxed out First Strike materia Yuffie can take out the first wave straight away with Windstorm. Windstorm works best against the magically weak (orange) cactuars and Art of War and the normal physical attack work best against the physically weak (green) cactuars. Use Yuffie's speed to dodge incoming attacks and you should be able to rack up the 4000 points needed for Rank III in no time. You will complete the challenge with 20-30 seconds remaining if you do everything right.
NOTE: Windstorm is much more effective is Yuffie has her shuriken in her hand and not thrown at the enemy!!!
For extra help, equip Yuffie with the Hermes Shoes which grants Haste at the start of the battle and use a fully mastered First Strike materia to ensure you can get the first Windstorm attack in before the opening group of cactuars can even move.
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[@ThePhysicalReaction]

great strat. worked first try for me to beat 4000 points, after getting just 2000 before. Using the wind ability to gather enemies for wind ninjutsu, and using art of war / blind side on green cactuars.
I set yuffie's crystalline cross to bonus wind damage boost, magic boost, lightning damage boost .
For other gear I used enhanced garm bangle, karmic cowl. Pretty standard yuffie load out for most of my battles.
Materia used: Enemy skill + HP absorption, chakra, ATB stagger, Darkside, Skill master, AP up + HP up, Steadfast block, First strike, Healing. Summon: Shiva for magic attack boost, better ice damage.

[@blcentral2023]

This was amazing! Had a whole 2 minutes left~

[@RLarson3000]

Thanks for the help!
I don't understand why the game won't let you assess them to find a weakness. Big help!

[@Tremenator]

It's not a normal battle so to speak, it's a mini-game so the usual battle mechanics probably don't apply. I think it does mention at the start of the first stage that the pugilist cactuars (green) are weak to melee attacks and the orange ones are weak to magic attacks.