I died at the Mindflayer but since the death animation takes some time after the "cait sith fainted" message pops up, Moogle literally punched his last HP away at the same time, and it counted as a win for me, that was my first try. I CANNOT believe that happened LMAO
I’m in cutscene cutaway hell. Having to repeat the fight over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over…..still going
I'm with you. Thought I had everything sorted, then boom, dead because the Moogle disappeared right before Eldritch Horror. Put on Reraise next time, Mindflayer won't let me get enough ATB to recast it and kills me. There have been many challenges where random nonsense occurs and I'm dead. I see hope. I see that it's doable, but the "I did it first try" comments aren't helping me feel better about myself.
@TonyKazoku No, no. That wasn't an attack on you. I apologize if it came across that way. More of a "Why can't that just happen for me?" We're all in these fights, so we know the struggles and the lucky moments. I beat the one with Tonberry King and Joker at the end with only Cloud alive and 1 hp. This game is difficult, because it goes after the character you're controlling most of the time and I've even had moments where it feels like the game is actively working against my command inputs, like it sees the menu, and actively want to pull some shenanigans.
@@Texasian959 omg yes!!! The damn thing is easily predicting our moves, without or consciously putting thought into it. It learns moves and by moves, like every single move and action you take is life or instant death. It’s a joke really, I’m still trying that final two bouts…I’m losing interest now though, a lot of work to end up with two 10 round fights and I’m like…screw this…this truly sucks I think I’m gonna go back to my rhythm game. Something I know that is probably equally as hard if not harder, but at least you eventually make it through
Took me a few attempts before I realised the moogle has a health bar to the left of Cait’s. Once I saw it, it made mistakes less and I (slowly) smashed that Mind Flayer. Thanks for another easy method.
Quick tip for Eldritch Horror: I don’t know why but the first 2 or 3 times I tried this with this strat, it would always target me instead of the moogle, so I figured there is a way to actually avoid it: After using your first limit break at the start of the battle you should be able to charge another one up by the time you stagger the Mindflayer. Hold on to it and don’t use it until you see Eldrich Horror pop up, then quickly go and use the limit break, granted you still have your moogle alive. This will make you immune and that’ll be it. Since it usually happens after it’s been staggered once, you’ll most likely end up killing it in the meantime. That being said, great guides! These solo bouts have been fairly easy thanks to you, can’t wait for the last two!
First off, thanks Optinoob for these absolutely amazing guides, second, thanks, Andrew for that tip. Because I saved my Limit Break for Eldritch Horror, I managed to tank through it and beat the VR mission.
I've tried 4 times and been hit by eldritch horror (even with the Moogle out) every time. I managed to survive it once, somehow. Had the Mindflayer beaten, right down to barely visible hp. Telekinesis left the rocks I could get behind against the invisible wall and I could not get behind them which resulted in a dead Cait Sith. The abomination is the logic behind these challenges, not the enemies in the battles. It's the opposite of fun.
@@WMartinNI I know they can be frustrating, but if anything, going after that platinum got me close to 200 hours worth of gameplay. So looking back I don’t regret all the frustration. Obviously these guides have helped me tremendously, I think I would have just bailed if they weren’t out there!
Tip on evading eldritch horror in the event you don’t have a limit break for s. It homes in on the target’s location 1 second before it goes off. So if you move or evade when you see the attack name flash up, it should miss you. That seems to be how the Moogle evades it too.
Dude just shows the ultimate defense against one of the most annoying attack in the game (psychotic break) like it's a Tuesday while I have lost all my hair trying hopelessly to run far away from it with the virtual boundaries holding me like old grandmothers on Christmas. Chapeau❤
This is the worst fight for me so far, thanks for the guide! I had to modify it a bit, but I got it thanks to you!!! Here are my changes, in case it helps anyone else. - I swap out a few materia for Time and ATKMATK, since you can stop/slow enemies, and you generally use magic more than physical attacks (see loadout below). - I use Magnify Firaga on the first two rounds - In round 3 with the scorpion, cast Blizzara to pressure it, and Fira to knock it on its back if it's already pressured - I use stop on enemies whenever they're stagger to give me more time - When enemies are staggered, I cast Stop, then get on my moogle, then spam Moogle Knuckle - In round 5 with the Mindflayer, I use slow it on whenever it's not staggered, and save my limit break until it uses Eldritche's Horror, the animation lock will save you. - Weapon: Resounding Megaphone - MP Absorption == Fire & Ice, Magnify == Fire, First Strike - Summon: Odin - Armor: Cetran Bracer - Magic Focus == Time, Magic Focus == Poison & Petrify, ATKMATK, Speed Up, ATB Boost, Strength Up - Accessory: Gotterdammerung - Weapon Upgrades: Moogle Sentinel x2, Moogle Decoy x2 Not trying to leech views, but here's my fight if anyone needs it: th-cam.com/video/KUjpLLZCNyQ/w-d-xo.html
Hands down the best rebirth guides available. You are the modern day strategy guide. What's even more impressive is on some of these you dont even use all your materia slots and/or weapon abilities.
Thanks to your guide I was breezing through 1 to 4 but unable to dodge mindflayer's Eldrith Horror. So I improvised and saved my Limit Break strictly for the purpose of tanking these laser attacks and it worked! Hope someone find this useful 😃
I managed to do most of the hard challenges myself, but your guides helped me to finish the most insidious ones like this, thank you. And discover that you can avoid psycothic break with the boulder
This one took me about 5-7 tries because for some reason the Mindflayer did not want to aggro onto my Moogle reliably, even if I wasn't attacking at all. Finally they left me alone and I was able to do it. I also swapped Chakra for Healing materia as I found you don't really need MP during the mindflayer fight so if they do damage you, healing up is easier with the materia than with Chakra. Thank you again!
When u say it's a slow battle but safe I'm totally fine with that. This was a really good method and got the job done on the first shot. I haven't used Cait that much he's probably the least popular character. As u said very awkward to control. I've enjoyed all your brutal and legendary walkthroughs even if I've already beaten a challenge I still like to see alternate approaches. Great video man. Appreciated.
Managed to complete all the character-specific Legendary Bouts thanks to you! I'm going to complete the game on hard mode before attempting BoF and TBaH with your guides. Thanks again!
Havnt even attempted the zach and sephi ones, after you got me through rulers of the outer worlds i decided to just clear the others and sit tight until yours came haha
I just tried following someone else. But they barely explain what they do and it's near impossible to follow. Can't even tell what they are selecting and it's more frustrating than anything. These videos are 10x more helpful than any others I've found.
Sometimes he would throw eldrich horror at me even with moogle tanking him. Always died to that. So I started using limit break to counter eldrich horror (during limit break you are immune to damage). And blocked every other ranged magic attack he'd throw at me in order to build up a new limit break for the next eldrich horror.
Patience, patience, patience. Especially with the Mindflayer! Just completed thanks to this build and strategy- Cheers mate, another one completed thanks to you!
The only single player challenge I did first time with your guides. You’ve been a massive help. But I still have the two player challenges and rulers of the outer worlds to do. And 4 chapters of hard mode.
Omg bro you are a lifesaver. Spent days and days with other guides trying to beat this and only could get to round 4. Passed it my first time with your build and guide! Thank you freaking much
@@cl20v87I hear you. Get the rhythm of switching to punisher and holding block to auto counter, hit him with the thunder in between. Use your limit for the mega attack.
Blew my mind too, I always used a synergy skill to stun the Mindflayer instead. I Was wondering how to get around that without 2 or more party members. :P
I finally beat this one!! i ran out of MP after the 4th boss and just kept dodging and shooting little green music notes at him, finally ended him!! thank you you are the goat
Legend, last three guides all done first try with your strats and commentary. Sub well and truly earned, looking forwards to the final two legendary guides 🎉
Thanks again for making these guides! I only need the last 2 and I'll be done! Just have the last 2 chapters left to do on hard mode and those 2 VR challenges for my platinum. :)
I've beaten all solo battles thanks entirely to your guides. Thanks so much for taking the time to make these and for using strategies that provide for safety, especially given doing a 15 minute Cait Sith run beats doing a run with perfect blocking for 3 days. I finished this one on my fourth attempt and beat Rounds 4/5 on the first try thanks to this. You ROCK. Now onto Bonds of Friendship (hold me).
I just learn that i had to hide myself behind a rock... after 200 hours That said, been eating all your guides for the last chadley's challenges i had trouble with, you're a lifesaver
These guides have been insanely helpful. Could not have made it this far without them. Just two left now. Really not looking forward to 'Bonds of Friendship.'
Thank you for this guide. After a few attempts I finally got it. I summoned Odin for the last fight and when Odin left was able to finish the fight with his last attack.
Love these guides. These are truly the reason I'll be able to platinum this game. The Brutal and Legendary bouts were going to do me in. That being said, for this challenge, I followed it mostly but I wove in Moogle Kaboom and Dodge N Dive when the moogle was getting low. Moogle Kaboom is free damage when they destroy your moogle. Just have to make sure to set it up whenever there's an opening, which there's plenty of in each fight.
These videos have been a real blessing. Very clear and helpful. All I have left are the two duo legendary bouts for the platinum. Can’t wait to see how you tackle those!
Amazing guides! Did Cait's on the first try thanks to this and it was for the first time FUN to do a challenge even if it took long. Thank you! Looking forward to the last two!!
Thanks Opti, I followed the strat from your guide & was able to get this done! I took the enhanced malboro orb, hit the mind flayer with a couple of biora to inflict venom & slow to reduce his special moves.
BOOM! I got this one tonight! Here is my advice to those that are still struggling. For Set Up... On the first 2 slots of the weapon make it MP Absorption with Fire & Ice Materia. On the second two slots on the weapon make it Cure Materia and HP Up Materia. Cure Materia is so you can use Regen. Essentially I got rid of the Magnify, but it's only used in the first 2 rounds, which are generally easy. Round 1, target the center enemy with Firaga and it usually hits the other 2 anyways. Round 2, back up, block and wait till they're grouped together and Firaga. Now for round 3 -5, after opening with ATB Boost and Limit Break cast Regen. This will carry you through those fights when you get chip damage. Round 3, use the Blizzara and Fira on the scorpion as much as you can. Takes him down after 3 rounds of it or so with the co-op Moogle and you attacking. Round 4, don't be afraid to cast Blizzaga (level 3 spell) on it a couple of times. Really speeds up the battle and you have Regen on... so less to worry about. Round 5, Anytime Mind Flayer disappears, RUN until he's warped back in... usually it will be next to you, and Keep Running away until you're at a good distance away. Don't "roll", it's too slow. You can outrun and then roll away from his purple shots too. Also, Poison him X 2 like Optinoob said. Also, thanks for the awesome strat and guide Optinoob. You Rock Brother!!! 👍 👊
yoooo thank you for this guide once again, legit got on my first try right after watching and completing your yuffie one. It may have taken 14 minutes for me to beat it but I did it! Now I just got the last 2 legendary combat simulations to complete!
This one was SO PAINFUL! But honestly I couldn't see how it would have been done in any other way! You are so clever! Thank you for the guidance! I cleared all of the single legendary bout! Bonds of Friendship and To Be A Hero is left!!
Not once but twice I got the Mindflayer to a sliver of health, then died to his insta-kill laser BS. To anyone else struggling with this, save your limit from the start of the fight for when he announces the laser attack (Eldritch Horror). You're completely immune to damage during the limit animation, so the laser will phase harmlessly through you. Edit: just make sure the moogle is out, as Cait can't use his limit without him.
Yes!! I finished the last solo challenge with Cait, thanks to you legend. Tifa, Red, Yuffie and Cait done with the very first try. Now im taking a deeeeep breath for last two hardcore challenges! Im nearly done. :D Never thought about that Cait can hiding behind the rocks, very smart.
Thank you! Extremely tedious but easy, overall ends up taking the same amount of time as doing a more difficult challenge multiple times. I took your video suggestion and took out the mp absorb and put reraised and I paired that with magic efficiency. Made me feel safer in the mindflayer fight though I didn’t need it. A suggestion for anyone is if the enemy is about to get you and youre far from the moogle you can just summon the moogle again and roll away and he’ll take the hit, for example the mindflayer teleported to me and immediately launched some orbs at me I just summoned moogle again even though he was still here but on the other side.
Second time!! I wasn't paying attention to Moogle's health as much as I should have lol. When his health was very, very low, I resummoned him. I hate Cait Sith so much! I love his character but I hate the way he plays. You're 100% right Opti, Cait is more of a support character. He's not someone to play alone. Finally got him out the way though. Bring on the last 2! This one took me the longest out of all of them. 12 minutes it took.
Got it done first try thanks to your guide. Luckily reprieve kicked in while fighting the Mindflayer and I was able to double cast chakra to recover. Using the moogle to tank was a brilliant idea.
Thanks to you i was finally able to beat it!! god im never playing this challenge EVER AGAIN!!! You’re guides are the most helpful bro thank youuuu againnn
Thank you so much for these videos wouldnt have made it through the rulers of the outerworld and legendary bouts without these. love your walkthroughs and am now subscribed to the channel
Thank you again for your guides. A little stuck on the last fight. That stupid minelayer keeps teleporting right next to me and killing me. Time and patience. You’ve gotten me through this far, I just need to… sigh.
Thx for the guide, did it with Golden Microphone for more slots+magic attack and Ice+Magic Focus instead of Speed Up, was clutch at the end of the Mindflayer fight, still took me 11 mins, not the hardest fight but just painfully long, there‘s a few of them in the game of this kind ugh
Optinoob, you rock man! (I almost wrote "rock mana" which still fits.) I'm on this last single character one. I know its just a matter of repeateing it until the favorable circumstances arise, but man...I just want to open that box at Johnny's hotel so much. Couldnt have done it without your quakega builds, or fire absorb builds, or brumal form infinite ATB builds. You showed me that far from my initial impressions about materia in Remake, they actually gave us a system that stacks with unique circumstances like in the original. I'll get this last Eldritch bastard one day, thanks to you.
I knew Cait was going to be the worst one so I held out for your vid and it made it the easiest one yet. Success on first ever attempt. Patience is key. Bravo bud!
Ironically the Mindlfayer gave me no issues, beat him first try; it’s the Scorpion that got the better of me a few times. Even with Moogle out, he’d target me pretty often and I almost never survived when I’d get caught in Pulverize or the jump attack. Anyway, thanks again for the outstanding strategy.
Finally was able to get this done as well thanks to your build and strategy. It took about 20 tries because round 5 always gets me. So, this is the most difficult Legendary bout for me. I decided to make this a longer fight by replacing the poison and petrify with reraise materia so I have two chances of reprieves. Also, to get my HP back, when Mindflayer does the Telekenisis, I hide behind the rock and then do soothing breeze. There should be enough time to escape after the Psychotic Break spell from Mindflayer. It's a battle of attrition for this round basically. It just sucks if you fail since we gotta start back from the beginning! This was a 22 minute completion run for me. Now, I'm taking some rest by watching some Bond of Friendship videos and then go from there.
To those stuck on mindflayer. When he uses Phychotic Break, HIDE BEHIND THE ROCKS! It took me too long to figure that out. Also, when you down the mindflayer make use of odin. He does a good amount of damage with his skills and does a guaranteed 9999 damage when he leaves the fight. It saved me the run and the pain of going back to do it all again
Thank you, i finally made it on my 4th attempt. Its not hard but by far the most annoying Simulation yet. Because if you fail by bad rng in the end, you always know that you have to do this long fights again. Happy to have this one from my to do 😅
Thanks for this (and all other guides) your strategies are very helpful! Just an FYI, don't know if it's just RNG or they patched something up but got hit EVERYTIME by Eldrich Horror with Moogle supposed to be the decoy. I added Reraise at the beginning of the 5th fight and worked like a charm! (in case someone has the same issue). Anyways, thx for this great guides Optinoob!!
Oh yeah sorry I forgot to mention that! I used the same gear, I just substituted Poison and Petrify for Reraise, it’s a bit longer since you cannot use Poison but it helps during the last fight against mindflyer in case you get hit by its Eldrich horror.
Taking a break after having finished the previous Solo Bouts before tackling Cait's. I had a feeling this one would be a slow, but steady race one! Cheers mate for your guide as always.
This was for me the hardest of the solo fights, mostly due to the RNG nature of the decoy and the enemies one hitting you, but thankfully it is done know. Thank you mate!
Did it this morning, second go. Mindflayer stopped me the first time cos I didn't notice the Moogle had been taken out. Easiest legendary so far though, great guide cheers :)
After few tries finally done 😮💨 thanks for the build & the amazing strategy! that was annoying as hell, if anyone still struggling with the last round i put Reraise, Hp up & healing and i get rid off the magnify materia i mean the first two rounds can be easily done without it just aim for the middle enemy or when they group together!
Finished this early in the Morning today. Replaced Speed Up with Rearaise Materia. U can finish these GI's with 1 Fiagra LvL 3 if they stay close otherwise Build ATB and Limitbreak. For the other ones keep an eye on Moogle and Spam Ice LvL 2 and use ATB Boost and also Dodge. This Mindflayer can be annyoing when he cast's his Bubbles. Running away helps. Build ATB up use Rearise than again ATB, try Lucky Slots for Limit and Summon Odin . GG's and thx for this Guide.
Save your limits for when mindflayer uses eldrich horror, it will make you immune when he cast it. Most of the time he would use it on cait but occasionally he would still cast it on me. Use reraise incase you dont have a limit in time to bail you out. It's so much easier. Also keep the moogle out the entire fight and keep your distance. My setup was Weapon golden megaphone Cetran bracer Gotterdammerung Swiftcast+ice, mp absorb+ice, atb boost, magic up Armor: elemental+fire&ice, mp absorb+ice, reraise, Chakra, first strike, hp up.
Omg am I looking foward to ur guide on the last 2 legendary . These last 2 alone feel harder then all the rest by leaps and bounds. Got to round 6 1 time before dien I noticed stop works on kujata and had I did it right I woulda made it past it but as broken as zack is I h8 using him.. these missions are basically all that's holding up my platinum trophy . Fingers crossed hope u pull off a miracle 🙏 ✨️.
Using Time instead of Enemy Skill helped with the Mindflayer immensely since it's susceptible to slow. I found unless you're actually attacking a target after Let's Ride, Moogle will just hang out and not aggro.
Awesome guides brother. You got me through a few of the harder brutal challenges. I got wiped on the 9th Zack fight, so looking forward to see your clever strategies.
Zack fight will be up today, just got to tidy up the Bahamut part, i've finished it in 12:05.. so far. Wonder if i can get it under 10 with more optimisation ;). Titan in first round is dead in 10 seconds by the way and doesnt even get chance to attack poor guy
@@revit4909 The key for Titan is to cast STOP as soon as the fight starts with Zack, he doesnt get chance to spawn the shield or manawall then, meaning Cloud can jump straight in. Bit more to it, but thats the key!!! Hopefully the rest will work as well and be accessible ;) It's just Bahamut fight to clean up now really, but I got a few ideas ;)
I'm so curious to see what your strategy will be for the Zack legendary bout. The sephiroth one is honestly super easy because Sephi is broken and spamming his shift slash ability gets you your limit break super quick legit got his done on the first go around but Zacks is a different story.
I have to say all your guides have made this so easy . Im done now on character legendary bouts time for some house keeping last 2 hard mode chapters and any lose ends loveless S rank stagger trophy ect Then on to the tag team bouts which will take time and practice but with out theses guides from your channel would be nowhere near completion
I used the Yellow Megaphone with Moogle Decoy, Moogle Sentinel, Moogle Vanguard, Attack Damage +5%. I put on Enemy Skill + HP Absorption for a Plasma Discharge heal. Kind of useful at times. I kept limit breaks for Eldwitch Horror. I beat it using your Materia set up though.
Dude! Like every time your guides are the best, thank you so such ❤ u explain everything with so much Details and thats the important thing ❤ great Work 🎉
What an amazing guide!!! First time trying this a watched your video first and beat it first try!!! Great Job! I had a close one at the end but got my LB and took him out💯🤙 NEW SUBSCRIBER!
You can actually cheese the lucky slots ability by opening up the enemy info menu (clicking in the touch pad). Allows you to react to the slots in a more timely manner. I usually do it just after halfway through the prior slot of the slot I'm aiming for. Allows you to easily get a lvl 3 limit break very consistently with only 4 atb (5 if you count brining out the moogle)
As soon as Mindflyer attacks with the purple orbs hit triangle to hop on the moogle then when the orbs get close hit circle to dodge. It works perfectly
I sleep better at night knowing Optinoob wants to keep us safe
Cait having to fight a Mindflayer solo is ridiculous. Thanks for this!
I died at the Mindflayer but since the death animation takes some time after the "cait sith fainted" message pops up, Moogle literally punched his last HP away at the same time, and it counted as a win for me, that was my first try. I CANNOT believe that happened LMAO
I’m in cutscene cutaway hell. Having to repeat the fight over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over…..still going
I'm with you. Thought I had everything sorted, then boom, dead because the Moogle disappeared right before Eldritch Horror. Put on Reraise next time, Mindflayer won't let me get enough ATB to recast it and kills me. There have been many challenges where random nonsense occurs and I'm dead.
I see hope. I see that it's doable, but the "I did it first try" comments aren't helping me feel better about myself.
@@Texasian959 that was literally pure luck on my end to be fair, I have no excuse or like "hell yeah I am good" comments, I just got hella lucky
@TonyKazoku No, no. That wasn't an attack on you. I apologize if it came across that way. More of a "Why can't that just happen for me?"
We're all in these fights, so we know the struggles and the lucky moments. I beat the one with Tonberry King and Joker at the end with only Cloud alive and 1 hp. This game is difficult, because it goes after the character you're controlling most of the time and I've even had moments where it feels like the game is actively working against my command inputs, like it sees the menu, and actively want to pull some shenanigans.
@@Texasian959 omg yes!!! The damn thing is easily predicting our moves, without or consciously putting thought into it. It learns moves and by moves, like every single move and action you take is life or instant death. It’s a joke really, I’m still trying that final two bouts…I’m losing interest now though, a lot of work to end up with two 10 round fights and I’m like…screw this…this truly sucks
I think I’m gonna go back to my rhythm game. Something I know that is probably equally as hard if not harder, but at least you eventually make it through
I struggled with this challenge for 2 days straight, and now I beat it first try thanks to your guide. You’re a legend Optinoob
This fight was not fun. But It's done. I did it, never again.
Took me a few attempts before I realised the moogle has a health bar to the left of Cait’s. Once I saw it, it made mistakes less and I (slowly) smashed that Mind Flayer. Thanks for another easy method.
@@AndyCresswell83 Geez, I wish I had known this lol 🤣
Quick tip for Eldritch Horror:
I don’t know why but the first 2 or 3 times I tried this with this strat, it would always target me instead of the moogle, so I figured there is a way to actually avoid it:
After using your first limit break at the start of the battle you should be able to charge another one up by the time you stagger the Mindflayer. Hold on to it and don’t use it until you see Eldrich Horror pop up, then quickly go and use the limit break, granted you still have your moogle alive. This will make you immune and that’ll be it. Since it usually happens after it’s been staggered once, you’ll most likely end up killing it in the meantime.
That being said, great guides! These solo bouts have been fairly easy thanks to you, can’t wait for the last two!
First off, thanks Optinoob for these absolutely amazing guides, second, thanks, Andrew for that tip. Because I saved my Limit Break for Eldritch Horror, I managed to tank through it and beat the VR mission.
I've tried 4 times and been hit by eldritch horror (even with the Moogle out) every time.
I managed to survive it once, somehow. Had the Mindflayer beaten, right down to barely visible hp. Telekinesis left the rocks I could get behind against the invisible wall and I could not get behind them which resulted in a dead Cait Sith.
The abomination is the logic behind these challenges, not the enemies in the battles. It's the opposite of fun.
@@WMartinNI I know they can be frustrating, but if anything, going after that platinum got me close to 200 hours worth of gameplay. So looking back I don’t regret all the frustration. Obviously these guides have helped me tremendously, I think I would have just bailed if they weren’t out there!
Tip on evading eldritch horror in the event you don’t have a limit break for s.
It homes in on the target’s location 1 second before it goes off. So if you move or evade when you see the attack name flash up, it should miss you. That seems to be how the Moogle evades it too.
You can dodge using the dodge and out ability if you have the moggle out and 1 atb. This helped me get through it
I got all of the legendary bouts done in less than 5 tries thanks to your guide, 5 cause I'm just bad... you deserve a sub for the amazing guide
You’re not alone mate. And I don’t think you’re bad. These challenges are just hard.
I died more on cloud. White terror just fucked me and iron clad takes too long. But the other ones worked great!
Yes! Watching you do all different materia interactions for these guides actually taught me more about how the materia system works. Thanks!
Very much like how Moogle will instinctively hide behind the rocks. Great buddy
It's not his the moogle, the ai in general will always hide behind the rocks unless your in his face attacking
All AI party members block and hide during such attacks in the entire game haha
Dude just shows the ultimate defense against one of the most annoying attack in the game (psychotic break) like it's a Tuesday while I have lost all my hair trying hopelessly to run far away from it with the virtual boundaries holding me like old grandmothers on Christmas. Chapeau❤
This is the worst fight for me so far, thanks for the guide! I had to modify it a bit, but I got it thanks to you!!!
Here are my changes, in case it helps anyone else.
- I swap out a few materia for Time and ATKMATK, since you can stop/slow enemies, and you generally use magic more than physical attacks (see loadout below).
- I use Magnify Firaga on the first two rounds
- In round 3 with the scorpion, cast Blizzara to pressure it, and Fira to knock it on its back if it's already pressured
- I use stop on enemies whenever they're stagger to give me more time
- When enemies are staggered, I cast Stop, then get on my moogle, then spam Moogle Knuckle
- In round 5 with the Mindflayer, I use slow it on whenever it's not staggered, and save my limit break until it uses Eldritche's Horror, the animation lock will save you.
- Weapon: Resounding Megaphone
- MP Absorption == Fire & Ice, Magnify == Fire, First Strike
- Summon: Odin
- Armor: Cetran Bracer
- Magic Focus == Time, Magic Focus == Poison & Petrify, ATKMATK, Speed Up, ATB Boost, Strength Up
- Accessory: Gotterdammerung
- Weapon Upgrades: Moogle Sentinel x2, Moogle Decoy x2
Not trying to leech views, but here's my fight if anyone needs it: th-cam.com/video/KUjpLLZCNyQ/w-d-xo.html
Hands down the best rebirth guides available. You are the modern day strategy guide. What's even more impressive is on some of these you dont even use all your materia slots and/or weapon abilities.
~~~Cait Sith's Materia Loadout~~~
Resounding Megaphone, Cetran Bracer, Gotterdammerung
Magnify-Fire and Ice, MP Absorb-Ice, First Strike
Chakra, ATB Boost, ESkill Poison and Petrify, SteadFast Block, Speed Up, Strength Up, Magic Up
Odin
Moogle Sent, Moogle Sent, Moogle Decoy, Moogle Decoy
Fight Begins at [1:50]
Thanks to your guide I was breezing through 1 to 4 but unable to dodge mindflayer's Eldrith Horror. So I improvised and saved my Limit Break strictly for the purpose of tanking these laser attacks and it worked! Hope someone find this useful 😃
I managed to do most of the hard challenges myself, but your guides helped me to finish the most insidious ones like this, thank you.
And discover that you can avoid psycothic break with the boulder
This one took me about 5-7 tries because for some reason the Mindflayer did not want to aggro onto my Moogle reliably, even if I wasn't attacking at all. Finally they left me alone and I was able to do it. I also swapped Chakra for Healing materia as I found you don't really need MP during the mindflayer fight so if they do damage you, healing up is easier with the materia than with Chakra. Thank you again!
When u say it's a slow battle but safe I'm totally fine with that. This was a really good method and got the job done on the first shot. I haven't used Cait that much he's probably the least popular character. As u said very awkward to control. I've enjoyed all your brutal and legendary walkthroughs even if I've already beaten a challenge I still like to see alternate approaches. Great video man. Appreciated.
You’ve been an absolute saint uploading all these videos. Preventing me from having to get good at the game. I am in your debt
Managed to complete all the character-specific Legendary Bouts thanks to you! I'm going to complete the game on hard mode before attempting BoF and TBaH with your guides. Thanks again!
YESSS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!! Also can’t wait for the final legendary two bouts!!
oh yeah, same
As am I.
Havnt even attempted the zach and sephi ones, after you got me through rulers of the outer worlds i decided to just clear the others and sit tight until yours came haha
Same same 👏🏼
I just tried following someone else. But they barely explain what they do and it's near impossible to follow. Can't even tell what they are selecting and it's more frustrating than anything.
These videos are 10x more helpful than any others I've found.
Cloud + Sephi are in progress, early days, but good news is that at least Titan in round 1 never gets chance to attack you OR spawn his shield ;)
Sometimes he would throw eldrich horror at me even with moogle tanking him. Always died to that. So I started using limit break to counter eldrich horror (during limit break you are immune to damage). And blocked every other ranged magic attack he'd throw at me in order to build up a new limit break for the next eldrich horror.
Patience, patience, patience. Especially with the Mindflayer!
Just completed thanks to this build and strategy- Cheers mate, another one completed thanks to you!
The only single player challenge I did first time with your guides. You’ve been a massive help. But I still have the two player challenges and rulers of the outer worlds to do. And 4 chapters of hard mode.
Omg bro you are a lifesaver. Spent days and days with other guides trying to beat this and only could get to round 4. Passed it my first time with your build and guide! Thank you freaking much
This is the most boring challenge of all
I don't know about boring...more like rage-inducing. ;) The Mindflayer is cheap AF.
I hated Clouds more. The white terror is UNNECESSARILY overpowered
@@cl20v87I hear you. Get the rhythm of switching to punisher and holding block to auto counter, hit him with the thunder in between. Use your limit for the mega attack.
I feel like this was done on purpose. Most people aren’t accustomed to CS. So they made his the “least difficult”
@@danwillburn White Terror is INFINITELY easier than this BS
THATS HOW YOU AVOID PSYCHOTIC BREAK?! WHAAAT
Blew my mind too, I always used a synergy skill to stun the Mindflayer instead. I Was wondering how to get around that without 2 or more party members. :P
You guys need to play some ff14
Mind. Flayed.
I had no idea you could do that LMAO
I finally beat this one!! i ran out of MP after the 4th boss and just kept dodging and shooting little green music notes at him, finally ended him!! thank you you are the goat
Remember to turn off magnify after the first 2 fights or you will run your mana out on fights 3 and 4.
Legend, last three guides all done first try with your strats and commentary. Sub well and truly earned, looking forwards to the final two legendary guides 🎉
Thanks again for making these guides! I only need the last 2 and I'll be done! Just have the last 2 chapters left to do on hard mode and those 2 VR challenges for my platinum. :)
Thank you for creating these videos. Your strategies for beating Yuffie & Cait Sith’s Legendary Bouts were the perfect guidance.
I've beaten all solo battles thanks entirely to your guides. Thanks so much for taking the time to make these and for using strategies that provide for safety, especially given doing a 15 minute Cait Sith run beats doing a run with perfect blocking for 3 days. I finished this one on my fourth attempt and beat Rounds 4/5 on the first try thanks to this. You ROCK. Now onto Bonds of Friendship (hold me).
I just learn that i had to hide myself behind a rock... after 200 hours
That said, been eating all your guides for the last chadley's challenges i had trouble with, you're a lifesaver
Your guides have made my life so much easier, got every single one of these on one try thanks to you!
These guides have been insanely helpful. Could not have made it this far without them. Just two left now. Really not looking forward to 'Bonds of Friendship.'
Beat it 1st try. Thank you man! I was dreading this one but walked away with a new understanding how to play as cait sith.
Thank you for this guide. After a few attempts I finally got it. I summoned Odin for the last fight and when Odin left was able to finish the fight with his last attack.
Your guides got me through all the legendary character bouts, thanks a ton!
I can't thank you enough for these great guides! Helped me a lot to beat all those Single Legendary Bouts! Keep up the great work!
Love these guides. These are truly the reason I'll be able to platinum this game. The Brutal and Legendary bouts were going to do me in.
That being said, for this challenge, I followed it mostly but I wove in Moogle Kaboom and Dodge N Dive when the moogle was getting low. Moogle Kaboom is free damage when they destroy your moogle. Just have to make sure to set it up whenever there's an opening, which there's plenty of in each fight.
This is quite literally a PERFECT guide, first timed it with not even a close call!
These videos have been a real blessing. Very clear and helpful. All I have left are the two duo legendary bouts for the platinum. Can’t wait to see how you tackle those!
Can't wait for Bond of Friendship one.
Amazing guides! Did Cait's on the first try thanks to this and it was for the first time FUN to do a challenge even if it took long. Thank you! Looking forward to the last two!!
Thanks Opti, I followed the strat from your guide & was able to get this done! I took the enhanced malboro orb, hit the mind flayer with a couple of biora to inflict venom & slow to reduce his special moves.
BOOM! I got this one tonight! Here is my advice to those that are still struggling. For Set Up... On the first 2 slots of the weapon make it MP Absorption with Fire & Ice Materia. On the second two slots on the weapon make it Cure Materia and HP Up Materia. Cure Materia is so you can use Regen.
Essentially I got rid of the Magnify, but it's only used in the first 2 rounds, which are generally easy. Round 1, target the center enemy with Firaga and it usually hits the other 2 anyways. Round 2, back up, block and wait till they're grouped together and Firaga.
Now for round 3 -5, after opening with ATB Boost and Limit Break cast Regen. This will carry you through those fights when you get chip damage.
Round 3, use the Blizzara and Fira on the scorpion as much as you can. Takes him down after 3 rounds of it or so with the co-op Moogle and you attacking.
Round 4, don't be afraid to cast Blizzaga (level 3 spell) on it a couple of times. Really speeds up the battle and you have Regen on... so less to worry about.
Round 5, Anytime Mind Flayer disappears, RUN until he's warped back in... usually it will be next to you, and Keep Running away until you're at a good distance away. Don't "roll", it's too slow. You can outrun and then roll away from his purple shots too. Also, Poison him X 2 like Optinoob said.
Also, thanks for the awesome strat and guide Optinoob. You Rock Brother!!! 👍 👊
yoooo thank you for this guide once again, legit got on my first try right after watching and completing your yuffie one. It may have taken 14 minutes for me to beat it but I did it! Now I just got the last 2 legendary combat simulations to complete!
This one was SO PAINFUL! But honestly I couldn't see how it would have been done in any other way! You are so clever! Thank you for the guidance! I cleared all of the single legendary bout! Bonds of Friendship and To Be A Hero is left!!
Not once but twice I got the Mindflayer to a sliver of health, then died to his insta-kill laser BS. To anyone else struggling with this, save your limit from the start of the fight for when he announces the laser attack (Eldritch Horror). You're completely immune to damage during the limit animation, so the laser will phase harmlessly through you. Edit: just make sure the moogle is out, as Cait can't use his limit without him.
Yes!! I finished the last solo challenge with Cait, thanks to you legend. Tifa, Red, Yuffie and Cait done with the very first try. Now im taking a deeeeep breath for last two hardcore challenges! Im nearly done. :D Never thought about that Cait can hiding behind the rocks, very smart.
Thank you! Extremely tedious but easy, overall ends up taking the same amount of time as doing a more difficult challenge multiple times. I took your video suggestion and took out the mp absorb and put reraised and I paired that with magic efficiency. Made me feel safer in the mindflayer fight though I didn’t need it. A suggestion for anyone is if the enemy is about to get you and youre far from the moogle you can just summon the moogle again and roll away and he’ll take the hit, for example the mindflayer teleported to me and immediately launched some orbs at me I just summoned moogle again even though he was still here but on the other side.
Second time!! I wasn't paying attention to Moogle's health as much as I should have lol. When his health was very, very low, I resummoned him.
I hate Cait Sith so much! I love his character but I hate the way he plays. You're 100% right Opti, Cait is more of a support character. He's not someone to play alone. Finally got him out the way though.
Bring on the last 2! This one took me the longest out of all of them. 12 minutes it took.
Got it done first try thanks to your guide. Luckily reprieve kicked in while fighting the Mindflayer and I was able to double cast chakra to recover. Using the moogle to tank was a brilliant idea.
All this time and I had no idea hiding behind the rocks for psychotic break was a thing... I laughed so hard at myself when you showed that. 😂
I saw the notification and couldn't wait to try it now even before I try your strategy I'm sure it'll work thanks mate
Thanks to you i was finally able to beat it!! god im never playing this challenge EVER AGAIN!!! You’re guides are the most helpful bro thank youuuu againnn
Thank you so much for these videos wouldnt have made it through the rulers of the outerworld and legendary bouts without these. love your walkthroughs and am now subscribed to the channel
Thank you again for your guides. A little stuck on the last fight. That stupid minelayer keeps teleporting right next to me and killing me. Time and patience. You’ve gotten me through this far, I just need to… sigh.
Thx for the guide, did it with Golden Microphone for more slots+magic attack and Ice+Magic Focus instead of Speed Up, was clutch at the end of the Mindflayer fight, still took me 11 mins, not the hardest fight but just painfully long, there‘s a few of them in the game of this kind ugh
Optinoob, you rock man! (I almost wrote "rock mana" which still fits.) I'm on this last single character one. I know its just a matter of repeateing it until the favorable circumstances arise, but man...I just want to open that box at Johnny's hotel so much.
Couldnt have done it without your quakega builds, or fire absorb builds, or brumal form infinite ATB builds. You showed me that far from my initial impressions about materia in Remake, they actually gave us a system that stacks with unique circumstances like in the original. I'll get this last Eldritch bastard one day, thanks to you.
I knew Cait was going to be the worst one so I held out for your vid and it made it the easiest one yet. Success on first ever attempt. Patience is key. Bravo bud!
Ironically the Mindlfayer gave me no issues, beat him first try; it’s the Scorpion that got the better of me a few times. Even with Moogle out, he’d target me pretty often and I almost never survived when I’d get caught in Pulverize or the jump attack.
Anyway, thanks again for the outstanding strategy.
Thank goodness for these videos. 2 challenges left and now i trust if i get stuck, theres an answer.
Finally was able to get this done as well thanks to your build and strategy. It took about 20 tries because round 5 always gets me. So, this is the most difficult Legendary bout for me. I decided to make this a longer fight by replacing the poison and petrify with reraise materia so I have two chances of reprieves. Also, to get my HP back, when Mindflayer does the Telekenisis, I hide behind the rock and then do soothing breeze. There should be enough time to escape after the Psychotic Break spell from Mindflayer. It's a battle of attrition for this round basically. It just sucks if you fail since we gotta start back from the beginning! This was a 22 minute completion run for me. Now, I'm taking some rest by watching some Bond of Friendship videos and then go from there.
To those stuck on mindflayer. When he uses Phychotic Break, HIDE BEHIND THE ROCKS! It took me too long to figure that out. Also, when you down the mindflayer make use of odin. He does a good amount of damage with his skills and does a guaranteed 9999 damage when he leaves the fight. It saved me the run and the pain of going back to do it all again
Thank you, i finally made it on my 4th attempt. Its not hard but by far the most annoying Simulation yet. Because if you fail by bad rng in the end, you always know that you have to do this long fights again. Happy to have this one from my to do 😅
THANK YOU! I love this build so much, so safe and allowed me to complete it in 1 try. Been following all your guides, thank you for saving my sanity
Its not the most stylish, but gets the job done ;)
Incredible guides and really great job explaining everything. Subscribed and activated the bell right after watching the first video. Thanks a lot
Thanks for this (and all other guides) your strategies are very helpful! Just an FYI, don't know if it's just RNG or they patched something up but got hit EVERYTIME by Eldrich Horror with Moogle supposed to be the decoy. I added Reraise at the beginning of the 5th fight and worked like a charm! (in case someone has the same issue). Anyways, thx for this great guides Optinoob!!
How did you add reprise? There aren't any more slots to put that materia in. Did you use a different weapon or remove a certain materia?
Oh yeah sorry I forgot to mention that! I used the same gear, I just substituted Poison and Petrify for Reraise, it’s a bit longer since you cannot use Poison but it helps during the last fight against mindflyer in case you get hit by its Eldrich horror.
Taking a break after having finished the previous Solo Bouts before tackling Cait's. I had a feeling this one would be a slow, but steady race one!
Cheers mate for your guide as always.
glad to be part of this community and work towards platinum, i am so close! optinoob is da man!
This was for me the hardest of the solo fights, mostly due to the RNG nature of the decoy and the enemies one hitting you, but thankfully it is done know. Thank you mate!
Thanks for the slow but steady guide 🤣 This works wonders. Took a couple of tries but once I got into the rhythm.. smooth sailing.
Did it this morning, second go. Mindflayer stopped me the first time cos I didn't notice the Moogle had been taken out. Easiest legendary so far though, great guide cheers :)
After few tries finally done 😮💨 thanks for the build & the amazing strategy! that was annoying as hell, if anyone still struggling with the last round i put Reraise, Hp up & healing and i get rid off the magnify materia i mean the first two rounds can be easily done without it just aim for the middle enemy or when they group together!
Finished this early in the Morning today. Replaced Speed Up with Rearaise Materia. U can finish these GI's with 1 Fiagra LvL 3 if they stay close otherwise Build ATB and Limitbreak. For the other ones keep an eye on Moogle and Spam Ice LvL 2 and use ATB Boost and also Dodge. This Mindflayer can be annyoing when he cast's his Bubbles. Running away helps. Build ATB up use Rearise than again ATB, try Lucky Slots for Limit and Summon Odin . GG's and thx for this Guide.
Yay last legendary solo tysm for all the guides these have been so helpful!
Your guide worked like a charm on my first try. Only thing different is i used limit break when he used his horror move.
I know there are tons of guides out there but I always recommend this channel.
Thank you ;)
Save your limits for when mindflayer uses eldrich horror, it will make you immune when he cast it. Most of the time he would use it on cait but occasionally he would still cast it on me. Use reraise incase you dont have a limit in time to bail you out. It's so much easier. Also keep the moogle out the entire fight and keep your distance. My setup was
Weapon golden megaphone
Cetran bracer
Gotterdammerung
Swiftcast+ice, mp absorb+ice, atb boost, magic up
Armor: elemental+fire&ice, mp absorb+ice, reraise, Chakra, first strike, hp up.
Patience is a virtue. Thank you for your helpful vids!
Omg am I looking foward to ur guide on the last 2 legendary . These last 2 alone feel harder then all the rest by leaps and bounds. Got to round 6 1 time before dien I noticed stop works on kujata and had I did it right I woulda made it past it but as broken as zack is I h8 using him.. these missions are basically all that's holding up my platinum trophy . Fingers crossed hope u pull off a miracle 🙏 ✨️.
Using Time instead of Enemy Skill helped with the Mindflayer immensely since it's susceptible to slow. I found unless you're actually attacking a target after Let's Ride, Moogle will just hang out and not aggro.
Another W guide. Mind Flayer gave me a lot of trouble, i forgot reprieve but got through it the 3rd time.
Thank you again!!! Waiting for last two legendary bound !!! You are amazing
Awesome guides brother. You got me through a few of the harder brutal challenges. I got wiped on the 9th Zack fight, so looking forward to see your clever strategies.
You too huh, that zack fight been kicking my ass lol
Zack fight will be up today, just got to tidy up the Bahamut part, i've finished it in 12:05.. so far. Wonder if i can get it under 10 with more optimisation ;).
Titan in first round is dead in 10 seconds by the way and doesnt even get chance to attack poor guy
@@Optinooby can’t wait 😁12:05s crazy (well for me)
And one shorting titan, shits gon be 🔥
@@revit4909 The key for Titan is to cast STOP as soon as the fight starts with Zack, he doesnt get chance to spawn the shield or manawall then, meaning Cloud can jump straight in. Bit more to it, but thats the key!!!
Hopefully the rest will work as well and be accessible ;)
It's just Bahamut fight to clean up now really, but I got a few ideas ;)
@@OptinoobyWhen do you think the video will be available today? I cannot wait to finish the last two fights. Your guides were extremely helpful.
I'm so curious to see what your strategy will be for the Zack legendary bout. The sephiroth one is honestly super easy because Sephi is broken and spamming his shift slash ability gets you your limit break super quick legit got his done on the first go around but Zacks is a different story.
I have to say all your guides have made this so easy . Im done now on character legendary bouts time for some house keeping last 2 hard mode chapters and any lose ends loveless S rank stagger trophy ect
Then on to the tag team bouts which will take time and practice but with out theses guides from your channel would be nowhere near completion
I used the Yellow Megaphone with Moogle Decoy, Moogle Sentinel, Moogle Vanguard, Attack Damage +5%. I put on Enemy Skill + HP Absorption for a Plasma Discharge heal. Kind of useful at times. I kept limit breaks for Eldwitch Horror.
I beat it using your Materia set up though.
Done most your single person challenges either 1st or 2nd try absolutely perfect!
Just waiting for the last two legendary bout guides then I have my platinum trophy.
Dude! Like every time your guides are the best, thank you so such ❤ u explain everything with so much Details and thats the important thing ❤ great Work 🎉
What an amazing guide!!! First time trying this a watched your video first and beat it first try!!! Great Job! I had a close one at the end but got my LB and took him out💯🤙 NEW SUBSCRIBER!
You can actually cheese the lucky slots ability by opening up the enemy info menu (clicking in the touch pad). Allows you to react to the slots in a more timely manner. I usually do it just after halfway through the prior slot of the slot I'm aiming for. Allows you to easily get a lvl 3 limit break very consistently with only 4 atb (5 if you count brining out the moogle)
Thats a great tip mate, similar to how we pause during the 3d Brawler to see what move is coming ;)
Phew that took too long and was scary, I replaced the Steadfast Block Materia with Reraise and it saved my life against the Mindflayer... Phew!
I dreaded the solo fight with Cait Sith, thanks to you I got it on the first try!!🎉
As soon as Mindflyer attacks with the purple orbs hit triangle to hop on the moogle then when the orbs get close hit circle to dodge. It works perfectly
Finally did it, what i did is save limit break for every time he did eldrich horror for final round & rest every thing as mentioned in vedio🙌
First try again. Out of those 7 fights I got 4 first try thanks to your builds. Thanks a bunch