This whole fight sequence is about using Cloud's Punisher and Prime mode blocks with precision. Used a lot of this loadout and essentially it boiled down to praying you hit block at the right time. Great video!
Thank you for this! Yes you are correct. Basically it’s a glass cannon build, I intend on doing a no damage run (which I clearly failed lol) so defensive materia is not really needed. The main focus is when to counter the enemy attack. Just need to substitute the word from praying to practice, then you are golden! 😉
Was struggling with this challenge for DAYS post-story mode, got close but got disheartened because the Ironclad kept killing me. Your set-up and techniques is what got me the breakthrough. Great guide.
THANK YOU for that wolf part. Most other guides I’ve seen always say limit break through the howl but a lot of them already have gotterdamerung and use it in the challenge so I couldn’t keep up
I appreciate this comment! Yeah they all say “just limit break through them” like bruh i haven’t even got the gotterdamerung! Thats literally the prize for the last challenge! Haha
That’s just lazy guides in my opinion. Not trying to flak the creators of that strategy because it is viable but come on, gotterdamerung is the endgame reward, that’s why it’s cheesy going through the previous challenges using that.
That is the prize for thr last brutal challenge which most people did first. They are objectively overtuned but 3 characters with malleable builds is infinitely more fair than any of the legendary bouts
Thank you! I love this build, never thought of pairing Enemy Skill with HP Absorption, that little regen of health while using Sonic Boom and everytime Plasma Discharges is so satisfying.
The first bump is white terror, gotta parry The final bump is IronClad, the key is to keep running around him. Condemnation will miss, Thanatos Blade as well, but Thanatos Blade [Comes after Sharpen] has a small AOE around him. Fire + Elemental Materia on Bracer, Lightning + Elemental on Weapon
Some tips I learned while doing this. (I’m not as good as the video) First fight, just hold square then when they’re gathered use thundaga. I used speed demon keychain so I didn’t need to Atb boost. Fight 2. His attack intervals are shorter in the beginning, so you might only get one attack in before countering. I usually hold square then get into punished asap. Everytime he does the red claw thing attack, counter and hit with braver. When he’s pressured, be more aggressive, staying close seems to stop him from using his bind or makes it miss as long as you’re in punisher jumping around like a lunatic. Stagger him asap. Prime mode, hold square, braver, prime combo again. If he survives stagger just keep doing the same thing and he will die. 3rd fight. I usually boost, then. Sonic boom, but dodge to the side and move to the rear before doing the plasma discharge. Then just keep dodging and pressing square, ignore his shielding, when he uses concentrate, use thundaga. If you did a good job after thundaga you can stagger. Then prime combo, braver, prime combo, usually finishes it. 4th fight. Sonic boom and plasma discharage, but watch out for his golden shower attack. Keep smacking him, when he does his purple Aizen sword, you can time a prime combo, when he’s pressured, go ham with focus thrust. He’ll golden shower once he’s pressured but keep throwing ranged attacks or go in with focus thrust. Usually at this point he’ll cast some shield on himself. You want to stagger him before that happens or he’ll start throwing multiple death scythe things and it’s hard to dodge. Once he’s staggered, if prime combo+braver sequence doesn’t kill him, finish him with thundaga. 5th fight. This was pretty tough for me. The key thing for me was keeping a safe distance, going in for attack, and then dodging his arm swing, which goes back pretty far. I use his magic casting as window for big attacks, thundaga as soon as you see him sharpen then whack him some more before getting out of the way. Going too far when he’s sharpened seems to result in getting hit with Thanatos blade or gravity, so I kept medium distance, if he’s not sharpened, sometimes I would run away hoping he uses firaga. I wish I could have practiced against him more but having to fight the other 3 before getting to him made it pretty draining. Good luck
Hey man, that is a really comprehensive guide! Thank you for that. Have you ever had any success on blocking the attacks from the 4th fight? I realised i’ve never blocked any of his attacks lol
@@th3mush I did block the slow purple homing balls, but afterwards, I think it’s pretty easy to dodge, so not really worth it to block. I think maybe it’s best to just dodge it the way you did. Sometimes I would block it just to get it out of the way, it doesn’t about 300-400dmg. I also thought if the range is right, you could probably get close enough for it to explode, and then just hold square to dash up and smash the eyeball while dodging at the same time. For his melee attack, it’s probably blockable, if you can perfect block maybe it’s worth it, for countering, I’m not sure because of the mist that comes down after the melee attack. The golden shower might be worth countering… the purple sword rain does too much damage. I might go back to the fight and play around with it some more after I get platinum.
Good stuff. The key to most difficult fights is learning how to block/counter in punisher mode. Assess tells us how to pressure them, it's just executing.
Cloud fighting like this is literally the most frightening and strongest character in ff7 prior to Dirge of Cerberus. Imagine he was evil with this level of skill
@campbellz_soup6071 no wonder it feels satisfying when it popped off haha Yeah it is. There are 3 enemy skills that i frequently used. Mind blast, sonic boom and plasma discharge. Its got so much utility, you don't want to miss it!
I think you could use another accessory. You only used limit break once and the wolf wasn’t the hardest by far to count on it. Genji gloves would have helped you several times here. Also you could potentially sacrifice subversion, fire and ice + elemental resistance as well. The only case it was useful is against Rhino’s firaga which can be easily prevented by an attack ability. That could give way for time, darkside, hp up or rerise, for instance.
I got pass the wolf but I have no mana left when I came to fight the rhino. Your run might look easy but this requires practice and timing when initiating the Prime Mode, Kudos
impressive, u were really offensive here when i finished this i was actually defensive most of the time and the wolf part i kept relying on counter until he was staggered hawling part i was able to counter it with ultimate, but it wasn't gatterdamrung of course, when u keep countering in punisher mode ur gauge will always be filled before hawling part
Defense is only reliable if you are planning to get hit. So why not be a glass cannon and go full ham on the offensive? There’s not a reason not to.. lol
I’m sorry if i worded it wrongly on my previous reply, but what i’m trying to say was, you can go full ham on them, if they did hit you, you can still restart the fight. You can do it too! Sorry cuz english isnt my main language
thanks for the compliment! with mp absorb, i think it can work but i have never linked mp absorb on enemy skill materia so don't trust me on that until you've tried it yourself. That'll be pretty broken if its true though
Any weapon would do. Just take note on what abilities i used when retaliating to certain attacks. Like that wolf at the 2nd round, he never released the earsplitting howl move for a reason
@@th3mush i hated White Terror. It feels like his energy charge rate speeds up as his level gets higher on top of the amount of punishment needed to dispel that energy. I basically had to abuse stop to get rid of it fast enough
@craigfunk3453 ooh that’s a great idea! I never thought about using stop before this lol but that means i have to sacrifice one slot just for stop magic
@@markmadden414 white terror only uses the howl when he fully charges up (he is close to full charge when the energy cloak he has goes red) you really don't want that happening as it hit stupidly hard and sends a barrage of non-elemental attacks flying at your party that can leave you dead or near enough (they look like fire but are not actually fire element)
I don’t have access to my playstation right now. Sorry dude. But dm me on my discord and we’ll figure things there. I use the same username on all my accounts
I linked fire&ice materia to elemental materia on my armor, hence the absorption. But you can achieve i-frames if u switch to Punisher mode at the right time, but only for melee attacks
What the what? I mean I’ll certainly give that a try. I’m just baffled that you did that so easily. I finally got a strategy to work based off a couple videos out there and with my own touch as well but I had about the same stats and some of those has HP to last forever it seemed like. Must be the Faith/Bravery from the Sonic Boom?
Faith & bravery only buff your physical & magical attack. Without enemy skill this can still be done, albeit less effective. Just the matter of what to counter & when (& how).
@@th3mush I just hadn’t ever played around with the offensive buffs before, just heavily realized on Barrier Materia in the past. This game is a completely different animal compared to Remake than I ever thought possible. I tried out your build. Rock solid, super fun. However I was over eager and impatient so I can’t say I managed to beat it a second time with it 😂. I managed to beat Cloud’s and Yuffie’s so far. Just barely beat Seventh Seal, but I forgot how much of a pain in the ass the Odin and Alexander fight is
I don’t get how you can cause a pressure with one braver on the wolf. I’ll do 5 in a row and nothing. An inifinitys end and finishing touch won’t even cause it
@@th3mush I spam braver every time after I pblock or counter and it hits, but still won’t ever pressure. Eventually beat the challenge without it just by lb cheesing which I wanted to avoid doing 🫠 thanks though for all the tips!
@bakemono858 dont worry, i’m in the middle of editing a vid for that specific f**kface of a wolf.. i’ll try my best to show each move it does and how to counter it
@@th3mushI’ll give it a shot, I couldn’t tell if the attack you did before that leap up was a regular attack or the switch attack but that’s crazy how it can give you that much air. I thought maybe you had to dodge right after or do some other special input
One secret cheat for White Terror: when they get their orange aura, cast Sleep on them, and their "countdown" to their ultimate attack will fully reset. They seem to become immune to sleep after being hit by it 3 times, so don't skimp on offense.
I am wondering the same. In some story cutscenes you can do that which I barely noticed at first. Bottom left of some cutscenes is a very faded "hold Sqaure" icon. I am now wondering if this works on these battles or if perhaps it's just the way they have edited the video to show materia setup. I am going to try seeing if I can open the menu now next time I do VR missions lol
That’s what makes me question the purpose of this video. I mean it’s great to know an ideal loadout for a particular battle but you can only use one loadout when doing the gauntlet (back to back to back etc) fights. + what may be good for one is not particularly good for another so you need a general loadout to deal with them all. If you’re really good / know the boss mechanics / movesets picking one of these would be more viable but if you were good enough to do that you wouldn’t need a specific build to begin with.
@TheDaniyool Unfortunately, no. I have to slip in my build during in between the load times just so i wont waste someones time watching this vid. Cuz all other videos have upwards of 20 minutes duration for all these types of combat sims/gauntlet
@ddarrkknneezz Yep, i edited out the loading screens at first but it feels off. So i slip in my loadout in between the loading screens to make it feel seemless
Weapons will level up once you collect certain numbers of weapon manuscripts for each characters. For cloud, its the art of swordplay so dont miss out on that
No I didn’t. I overlayed the menu sequence on top of the loading screen as a B roll. This is to prevent someone from skipping the vid a few seconds cuz thats bad for YT analytics 😭
As long as you linked it with another element, you should be good. In the vid, i used 1 to imbue my weapon with lightning and the other 1 i used to absorb fire and ice magic for my armor
I feel stupid, I have 200 hours of play and I am just discovering that this materia doesn't have the same function if you put it on your weapon or on your armor (lol). I thought it provided the weapon and armor bonus no matter where it was placed ^^
What a coincidence! I have a video on how to beat the wolf specifically. You should watch it! 😁 th-cam.com/video/OJfhG0fRxiE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1qFghwP4YJDJFpQb
Honestly, the gears and equipment doesnt matter. I use that as my accessory just to show that i dont use/have the gotterdamerung. And i was testing it prior this fight with the one that grants more limit the more you guard, i forgot what it’s called. I think they’re both negligible? Anyways, i’m getting sidetracked.
Lol no.. its just my editing, my bad bro.. the loading screen just take up too much time yet i dont want to cut it away so i just slapped my build footage on top of it
This whole entire battle simulator bs has ruined this game for me. The difficulty spikes are all over the place. Ive spent like 2 hours using this guide and I just get slaughtered. Screw this game.
Why on earth did you think it’s a good idea to show the build in between battles a little at a time… like honestly why? So people have to jump around every 45 second to see the next 3 materia? So dumb
Thanks for this guide!
Cloud's Setup in this guide
Weapon: Buster Sword
Armour: Cetran bracer
Accessory: Transference module
Weapon Materia:
(Enemy Skill - HP Absorption) (Lightning-elemental) (Magic up - Atb Stagger)
Armour Materia: (Fire and Ice - Elemental)(Steadfast Block - Precision Defence Focus)(First Strike - Strength Up)(Subversion - ATB Boost)
Weapon Skills:
Weapon Ability Damage +5%, Improved Punisher, Enhanced Physical Guard, Weapon Ability Damage +5%
This needs to be upvoted to the skies! Thank you for this!
Brooo, plasma discharge with hp absorption is genius! Gonna have to add that to my build
Yeah! Definitely frees up another slot from chakra materia
I'm using God damn/gotterdamurung to cancel out the wolf screech thing from white terror but yes this is a good 1
DUDE THE HP ABSORB WITH THE ENEMY SKILL IS GENIUS THANK YOU
It doesn’t heal a lot but it does let you be aggressive which is pretty cool!
This whole fight sequence is about using Cloud's Punisher and Prime mode blocks with precision. Used a lot of this loadout and essentially it boiled down to praying you hit block at the right time. Great video!
Thank you for this! Yes you are correct. Basically it’s a glass cannon build, I intend on doing a no damage run (which I clearly failed lol) so defensive materia is not really needed. The main focus is when to counter the enemy attack. Just need to substitute the word from praying to practice, then you are golden! 😉
Was struggling with this challenge for DAYS post-story mode, got close but got disheartened because the Ironclad kept killing me. Your set-up and techniques is what got me the breakthrough. Great guide.
Its not really a guide, more like a showcase but Its great knowing that i can help someone out there 🥹
Thank you for the kind words
The combat in this game is second to none. I love watching high skill combat in this game. Excellent build and job.
This means a lot to me. Thank you!
THANK YOU for that wolf part. Most other guides I’ve seen always say limit break through the howl but a lot of them already have gotterdamerung and use it in the challenge so I couldn’t keep up
I appreciate this comment! Yeah they all say “just limit break through them” like bruh i haven’t even got the gotterdamerung! Thats literally the prize for the last challenge! Haha
@th3mush That reminds me how, for like 2 months, most strategies for the final VR challenge in Remake involved already having the Gotterdamerung.
That’s just lazy guides in my opinion. Not trying to flak the creators of that strategy because it is viable but come on, gotterdamerung is the endgame reward, that’s why it’s cheesy going through the previous challenges using that.
That is the prize for thr last brutal challenge which most people did first. They are objectively overtuned but 3 characters with malleable builds is infinitely more fair than any of the legendary bouts
Thank you for the video. Your method for the wolf made that fight so much easier. Can get him staggered and dead real quick.
Glad i can help! I will be putting more enemy guides in the future so make sure to sub so you don’t miss out on the next videos!
Thank you! I love this build, never thought of pairing Enemy Skill with HP Absorption, that little regen of health while using Sonic Boom and everytime Plasma Discharges is so satisfying.
It’s like the devs really wants us to go hyper offensive on fighting all the bosses haha
@th3mush agree, these brutal challenges forces us to get good, experiment different materia builds and strats.
Yeah! And when they promote it like these, it gives ways to see all kinds of builds throughout the community.
Absolutely love the way you did this. Thank you! I feel like I actually have a chance with the wolf now 🙏🏼
I’m so glad i read this. You can do it too! These videos require practice before executing. What you see is only my best recording lol
Meanwhile, me still on the wolf at 10 minutes. That was amazing gameplay!
Thank you! The wolf wants you to be aggressive on it. So dont hold back on attacking
It s like we are not playing the same game ! 😂Good job !
The first bump is white terror, gotta parry
The final bump is IronClad, the key is to keep running around him. Condemnation will miss, Thanatos Blade as well, but Thanatos Blade [Comes after Sharpen] has a small AOE around him.
Fire + Elemental Materia on Bracer, Lightning + Elemental on Weapon
thanks for this! you're the best!
Sweet gameplay, learned some battle tips watching 🤝
Glad I could help 😎🤝
Some tips I learned while doing this. (I’m not as good as the video)
First fight, just hold square then when they’re gathered use thundaga. I used speed demon keychain so I didn’t need to Atb boost.
Fight 2. His attack intervals are shorter in the beginning, so you might only get one attack in before countering. I usually hold square then get into punished asap. Everytime he does the red claw thing attack, counter and hit with braver. When he’s pressured, be more aggressive, staying close seems to stop him from using his bind or makes it miss as long as you’re in punisher jumping around like a lunatic. Stagger him asap. Prime mode, hold square, braver, prime combo again. If he survives stagger just keep doing the same thing and he will die.
3rd fight. I usually boost, then. Sonic boom, but dodge to the side and move to the rear before doing the plasma discharge. Then just keep dodging and pressing square, ignore his shielding, when he uses concentrate, use thundaga. If you did a good job after thundaga you can stagger. Then prime combo, braver, prime combo, usually finishes it.
4th fight. Sonic boom and plasma discharage, but watch out for his golden shower attack. Keep smacking him, when he does his purple Aizen sword, you can time a prime combo, when he’s pressured, go ham with focus thrust. He’ll golden shower once he’s pressured but keep throwing ranged attacks or go in with focus thrust. Usually at this point he’ll cast some shield on himself. You want to stagger him before that happens or he’ll start throwing multiple death scythe things and it’s hard to dodge. Once he’s staggered, if prime combo+braver sequence doesn’t kill him, finish him with thundaga.
5th fight. This was pretty tough for me. The key thing for me was keeping a safe distance, going in for attack, and then dodging his arm swing, which goes back pretty far. I use his magic casting as window for big attacks, thundaga as soon as you see him sharpen then whack him some more before getting out of the way. Going too far when he’s sharpened seems to result in getting hit with Thanatos blade or gravity, so I kept medium distance, if he’s not sharpened, sometimes I would run away hoping he uses firaga. I wish I could have practiced against him more but having to fight the other 3 before getting to him made it pretty draining.
Good luck
Hey man, that is a really comprehensive guide! Thank you for that. Have you ever had any success on blocking the attacks from the 4th fight? I realised i’ve never blocked any of his attacks lol
@@th3mush I did block the slow purple homing balls, but afterwards, I think it’s pretty easy to dodge, so not really worth it to block. I think maybe it’s best to just dodge it the way you did. Sometimes I would block it just to get it out of the way, it doesn’t about 300-400dmg.
I also thought if the range is right, you could probably get close enough for it to explode, and then just hold square to dash up and smash the eyeball while dodging at the same time.
For his melee attack, it’s probably blockable, if you can perfect block maybe it’s worth it, for countering, I’m not sure because of the mist that comes down after the melee attack. The golden shower might be worth countering… the purple sword rain does too much damage.
I might go back to the fight and play around with it some more after I get platinum.
Good stuff. The key to most difficult fights is learning how to block/counter in punisher mode. Assess tells us how to pressure them, it's just executing.
I agree. We still need to learn the enemy patterns and movements, assess materia does not tell us that
Well done. With prime mode and genji gloves,the wolf fight could be finished under 30s. The bosses here are not ready for a hit by infinity end
Thank you! I havent got the genji gloves yet. I heard its pretty good! Can’t wait to get my HANDS *wink *wink on it
@@th3mush GL on the way crafting genji gloves.
Berserk from prime mode+brave from sonic boom+infinity's end=ez 40k damage😂
@medon1o612 40k?? 🤩🤩🤩 i’m not crazy into numbers but holy sh
Cloud fighting like this is literally the most frightening and strongest character in ff7 prior to Dirge of Cerberus. Imagine he was evil with this level of skill
Imagine he is like this when hitting aerith in the og, who could stop him from his party? Luckily in rebirth we dont have that scene though
That wolf I don't know how to pressure him lol
I use 3rd tier magic on him😂
But that costs 2 atb though haha but whatever it takes right?
I love the combat in this game so much.
Hell yeah bro
Hell yeah bro
Great video! I had to watch it at 25% speed though just to see what you were doing LOL. You fast af boi !
Lol this is not that fast.. i saw someone done rulers of the outer world for 4min30s 😂
But thanks for the compliment, i truly appreciate it 🤝
@@th3mush yeah but you were zooming through the menus lol
@@TehBoaz lol yeah sorry bout that, i had to.. just so i can fit it in between the loading screens
0:35 This looks cool! The plasma discharge it’s like king ghidorah’s lightning bolt. That’s what it reminds me of
Ghidorah? The one from godzilla? Oh yeah it does haha
Yes king ghidorah and yeah that’s just what it reminds me of.
Hey So the plasma discharge is an enemy skill too huh?
@campbellz_soup6071 no wonder it feels satisfying when it popped off haha
Yeah it is. There are 3 enemy skills that i frequently used. Mind blast, sonic boom and plasma discharge. Its got so much utility, you don't want to miss it!
Dang this was difficult - stupid wolf - but your guide made it a ton easier. Thanks!
Glad i could help!
I think you could use another accessory. You only used limit break once and the wolf wasn’t the hardest by far to count on it. Genji gloves would have helped you several times here.
Also you could potentially sacrifice subversion, fire and ice + elemental resistance as well. The only case it was useful is against Rhino’s firaga which can be easily prevented by an attack ability. That could give way for time, darkside, hp up or rerise, for instance.
true! I did made a follow up vid on that although it wasn't as popular as this one
Thanks! You helped me clear this. Even with this, took me like 4 tries. Now, I wonder if I can do the rest…
Wow that is great to hear! Now onwards to the next challenge. You can do it! Make Zack proud!
Saving for when I try this, but wanna try to get through some of the brutal ones first. Already finished the coliseum and these are all I got left!
aren't the brutal ones even harder than the legendary bouts?
@@th3mush yes and no! Legendary is just the designated character! Brutal is your choosing party of 3
That was awesome! I ought to use operator and prime mode more often.
Try it! It is definitely worth it!
Using Sonic Boom to get Bravery and Faith is smart.
The easiest buff to use in this game hahaha
That plus prime mode’s berserk = every hit is a nuclear bomb
Easy 9999 baby!
That's the whole point of it. That's like saying using fire spells against enemies weak against fire is genius
@@nathanking5137 your so smart
Just wow, both fighting style and video cut.
Aaayyy finally, someone appreciates the editing!
Just officially change your name to cloud strife cause boy you playing the part def make in depth guide love to here your ideas
Lol thanks for the compliment bro!
I got pass the wolf but I have no mana left when I came to fight the rhino. Your run might look easy but this requires practice and timing when initiating the Prime Mode, Kudos
This method doesn’t require you to cast any magic to the wolf, so you can conserve your mp for irasceros and ironLAD later
impressive, u were really offensive here
when i finished this i was actually defensive most of the time and the wolf part i kept relying on counter until he was staggered
hawling part i was able to counter it with ultimate, but it wasn't gatterdamrung of course, when u keep countering in punisher mode ur gauge will always be filled before hawling part
Defense is only reliable if you are planning to get hit. So why not be a glass cannon and go full ham on the offensive? There’s not a reason not to.. lol
@@th3mush yeah of course I tried to be offensive, but not everyone can do that at the end.
They do really hit u hard if they caught u
I’m sorry if i worded it wrongly on my previous reply, but what i’m trying to say was, you can go full ham on them, if they did hit you, you can still restart the fight. You can do it too! Sorry cuz english isnt my main language
How do you get a perfect block while you’re holding down block ? Are you just releasing and quickly hitting block button again?
I didn’t hold the block, either just switch to punisher mode or tap the block button alternately
@@th3mush thx. Beautifully executed
Zaamn!
Prime Mode looks so baddass
Yeah, and the buff is really a benefit too
The bladesman of legend!
Do you think Gilgamesh will approve? 🥺
Great video. Play style similar to mine. Good to see a perfectly imperfect run :)
does this mean we are friends now? maaai fureeeenndo!
Absolutely lmao
That combination of HP Absorb linked to Enemy Skill materia is really smart!
Does this also work with MP Absorb linked to Enemy Skill? 😮
thanks for the compliment!
with mp absorb, i think it can work but i have never linked mp absorb on enemy skill materia so don't trust me on that until you've tried it yourself. That'll be pretty broken if its true though
Japanese voice actors making it more satisfying to watch
Hell yeah bro. English is good too but it doesnt match with the actors gestures
Incredible, how can I unlock more materia slots?
Weapon level
@@Kise1652 yeah, but the last two slots aren't available yet
I think materia slots for weapons maxed at 6 in this game
Will you make a Bonds of Friendship one?
I've done it, but I can't make a video on it. See my latest upload, I explained on it on my newest vid.
@@th3mush Thanks 🌌
No worries, mush!
The game teaches you to do 1 vs 1 against all enemies even in the adventure once you have mastered this you can play 1 vs 1 in the story
I agree. Although, the bosses are somewhat are different story.
Are the abilities the only reason the buster sword is being used? Or will any weapon do?
Cause i still prefer slipstream sabers abilities
Any weapon would do. Just take note on what abilities i used when retaliating to certain attacks. Like that wolf at the 2nd round, he never released the earsplitting howl move for a reason
@@th3mush i hated White Terror. It feels like his energy charge rate speeds up as his level gets higher on top of the amount of punishment needed to dispel that energy. I basically had to abuse stop to get rid of it fast enough
@craigfunk3453 ooh that’s a great idea! I never thought about using stop before this lol but that means i have to sacrifice one slot just for stop magic
@th3mush what is the reason he doesn't?
@@markmadden414 white terror only uses the howl when he fully charges up (he is close to full charge when the energy cloak he has goes red) you really don't want that happening as it hit stupidly hard and sends a barrage of non-elemental attacks flying at your party that can leave you dead or near enough (they look like fire but are not actually fire element)
How do you do the move where the sword plants, then cloud does a flip and brings the sword back down with a flip again
It’s an ability called prime mode. You get it with the umbral sword (purple looking sword)
Your skill is crazy, you sure you aren’t a first class soldier?
Ex-SOLDIER
@@th3mushBest way to respond to that tbh
Hey, is there any chance you could help me with the brutal/legendary missions through screenshare?
I don’t have access to my playstation right now. Sorry dude. But dm me on my discord and we’ll figure things there. I use the same username on all my accounts
Punisher Block braver to pressure The White Terror
Yes!
how did you increased the slots for buster sword?
Weapon level increases after certain parts of the story. Also, don’t forget about weapon manuscripts!
@@th3mushThanks man!
Does activating Punisher Mode manually give invincibility frames? Asking about 1:57 against Firaga.
I linked fire&ice materia to elemental materia on my armor, hence the absorption. But you can achieve i-frames if u switch to Punisher mode at the right time, but only for melee attacks
@@th3mush I remember that from the original, but I didn't think they brought it back for Rebirth😯. That's awesome!
Yeah it is awesome! I am so glad I only bought this game in this year, just so I can focus solely on it lol
What the what? I mean I’ll certainly give that a try. I’m just baffled that you did that so easily. I finally got a strategy to work based off a couple videos out there and with my own touch as well but I had about the same stats and some of those has HP to last forever it seemed like. Must be the Faith/Bravery from the Sonic Boom?
Faith & bravery only buff your physical & magical attack. Without enemy skill this can still be done, albeit less effective. Just the matter of what to counter & when (& how).
@@th3mush I just hadn’t ever played around with the offensive buffs before, just heavily realized on Barrier Materia in the past. This game is a completely different animal compared to Remake than I ever thought possible.
I tried out your build. Rock solid, super fun. However I was over eager and impatient so I can’t say I managed to beat it a second time with it 😂.
I managed to beat Cloud’s and Yuffie’s so far. Just barely beat Seventh Seal, but I forgot how much of a pain in the ass the Odin and Alexander fight is
I don’t get how you can cause a pressure with one braver on the wolf. I’ll do 5 in a row and nothing. An inifinitys end and finishing touch won’t even cause it
U wanna do it AFTER it performs spin swipe. If u do it after it’s regular attacks, it can be pretty inconsistent.
@@th3mush I spam braver every time after I pblock or counter and it hits, but still won’t ever pressure. Eventually beat the challenge without it just by lb cheesing which I wanted to avoid doing 🫠 thanks though for all the tips!
@bakemono858 dont worry, i’m in the middle of editing a vid for that specific f**kface of a wolf.. i’ll try my best to show each move it does and how to counter it
How do you go to the menu in between challenges?
i didn't. I just edited them into the loading screens cuz there's nothing interesting to watch during the load times
Sick Gameplay 👌
Thank you very much!
How do you switch materia between rounds 😮?
i don't. the clip was edited into the loading screens
How did you pull off that jump move around the 2:23 mark?
If you’re in prime mode, simply switch back to operator mode. Don’t quote me on this though cuz it doesn’t happen everytime i do it lol
@@th3mushI’ll give it a shot, I couldn’t tell if the attack you did before that leap up was a regular attack or the switch attack but that’s crazy how it can give you that much air. I thought maybe you had to dodge right after or do some other special input
I didn’t find this one too bad, except for White Terror. Bullshit enemy.
Bullshit enemy needs a no bullshit guide. I’m cooking one up right now.
One secret cheat for White Terror: when they get their orange aura, cast Sleep on them, and their "countdown" to their ultimate attack will fully reset. They seem to become immune to sleep after being hit by it 3 times, so don't skimp on offense.
@omegagilgamesh Yeah, but that requires another materia slot, same as casting stop.
I can’t presssure the wolf
Did you installed the new 1.030 patch? Cuz if so, someone commented on my guide vid where the wolf kinda gets buffed or the devs broke it’s mechanics.
Wait.. you can change materia load out in between fights??
I am wondering the same. In some story cutscenes you can do that which I barely noticed at first. Bottom left of some cutscenes is a very faded "hold Sqaure" icon. I am now wondering if this works on these battles or if perhaps it's just the way they have edited the video to show materia setup. I am going to try seeing if I can open the menu now next time I do VR missions lol
I think it's just how the editing done
That’s what makes me question the purpose of this video. I mean it’s great to know an ideal loadout for a particular battle but you can only use one loadout when doing the gauntlet (back to back to back etc) fights. + what may be good for one is not particularly good for another so you need a general loadout to deal with them all. If you’re really good / know the boss mechanics / movesets picking one of these would be more viable but if you were good enough to do that you wouldn’t need a specific build to begin with.
@TheDaniyool Unfortunately, no. I have to slip in my build during in between the load times just so i wont waste someones time watching this vid. Cuz all other videos have upwards of 20 minutes duration for all these types of combat sims/gauntlet
@ddarrkknneezz Yep, i edited out the loading screens at first but it feels off. So i slip in my loadout in between the loading screens to make it feel seemless
How have you got so many top half materia slots on the buster sword?
Weapons will level up once you collect certain numbers of weapon manuscripts for each characters. For cloud, its the art of swordplay so dont miss out on that
How did you get into the menu between the battles?????
No I didn’t. I overlayed the menu sequence on top of the loading screen as a B roll. This is to prevent someone from skipping the vid a few seconds cuz thats bad for YT analytics 😭
Sloppy? You were magnificent!
thank you for the kind comment, Mithrandir
What is that prime mode ability?! 😮
It’s a better version of punisher mode. You can gain two atb bars if all attack connects
Wait, you can change your materia layout between matches?
Sorry but no, i overlayed the materia loadout clip on top of the load screen to reduce downtime in the video
@@th3mush bummer. They really need to add that as a feature.
True but i think they kinda did it already, albeit only for the story mode fight.
2 elemental materia ? One of thos shouldn't work, right?
As long as you linked it with another element, you should be good. In the vid, i used 1 to imbue my weapon with lightning and the other 1 i used to absorb fire and ice magic for my armor
I feel stupid, I have 200 hours of play and I am just discovering that this materia doesn't have the same function if you put it on your weapon or on your armor (lol).
I thought it provided the weapon and armor bonus no matter where it was placed ^^
I guess now you have another reason to try another playthrough hahaha
Wait u can change ur materia in between fights? 😯
Sorry but no, i just overlayed the menu on top of the loading screen to reduce the wait times in between fight. Its edited
I cant block to save my life without counterstance so this damn wolf is eating me alive :c
What a coincidence! I have a video on how to beat the wolf specifically. You should watch it! 😁
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@@th3mush Why Buster Sword over Rune Blade and Ingeous Blade??
Simply because of the looks, lol
@@th3mush🤯
So why the Transference Module, when you never used a limit break? Is there some hidden mechanic with it that helps here?
Honestly, the gears and equipment doesnt matter. I use that as my accessory just to show that i dont use/have the gotterdamerung. And i was testing it prior this fight with the one that grants more limit the more you guard, i forgot what it’s called. I think they’re both negligible? Anyways, i’m getting sidetracked.
Man this strategy blows
Good
Dope
Niceee😮
Ayy thank you, ghost!
What are the atb skills u use
I often just use braver, prime mode, focused trust and the enemy skill sonic boom + plasma discharge for the buff
Cloud plus enemy skill equalls gg
Lol true. Enemy skill in this game is very good compared to remake!
Wow you rock!!
Ur making me blush hehe
Dark souls mode
Hello, if I may ask what skills did you take?
what skills did I take? u mean the enemy skill? mind blast, sonic boom and plasma discharge
@@th3mush Yes exactly, thank you very much for your answer.
@77murdoc glad i could help!
Wait!? We're you changing your setup between rounds? Or am I misinterpreting that?
Lol no.. its just my editing, my bad bro.. the loading screen just take up too much time yet i dont want to cut it away so i just slapped my build footage on top of it
Any one wana share play and complete some of my vr missions
It took me 45 minutes 😢
if you follow on what i did in the video, you could probably done it in under 5 minutes wink wink
nop
Do people really not use access? Who needs an in depth guide for what the game tells you already 🤣
Ngl, assess can be really obscure on some enemies
@@th3mush a handful of them are confusing if you don’t read them all the way.
what the actual fuck
what? what? what happened?
@@th3mush 😂😂 everything happened so fast
This whole entire battle simulator bs has ruined this game for me. The difficulty spikes are all over the place. Ive spent like 2 hours using this guide and I just get slaughtered. Screw this game.
You can still enjoy the game without finishing all the simulator battles. Just play at your own pace
@th3mush lol i beat it after i posted this comment
Nice!
Why on earth did you think it’s a good idea to show the build in between battles a little at a time… like honestly why? So people have to jump around every 45 second to see the next 3 materia? So dumb
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