All of this. I was walled on helions for a hot minute until I found his Quaga build and then it was cake with a dash of RNG. Now just going through all of his guides to finish it up.
One slight change I'd do is using thundaga on hecteyes since you've got thunder with elemental. That way if you mess up the timing of it losing reflect, you'll just get healed and not KO'd.
man is not from this planet, his guides are so simple that anyone can understand , at this point i was doing alone all this legendary solo challenges but seeing all this i will not bother with last two i will just wait for his guides and do hard mode story, thanks for your hard work
Useless update: I made Cait Sith/Red XIII/Yuffie alone, that was... pretty easy for these ones wtf? If you want to make The Zack and Sephiroth guides first.. that's with pleasure 👀 I'm stuck with these boys
@@Optinoobyups, I think it didn’t posted! My question was : for what is that auto skill materia ? Do I have to change some quick skill settings for barret or yuffi , aerith? ( rulers world )
If this game had the broader player base, your channel would be MUCH, much larger. I hate that because you deserve greater praise for your videos! They helped me, and you're widely praised in Reddit for helping countless people get their platinum trophy!
Got to Quetzalcoatl so many times, RNG was a pain. Constantly doing physical attacks on me. Got so annoyed with it the next time I got to him I threw a Radiant Ward on top of the Arcane Ward and went ham on it. Built 2 ATBs, Blizzaga'd and repeat. The Radiant Ward is really great, managed to push the stagger bar and also helped to build the ATB back. The Radiant Ward in general is massively helpful. Aerith's basic attacks are generally weak, so the Radiant Ward negates that, even in normal battles. One of her best weapon abilities in my opinion, alongside the Arcane Ward, ATB ward and Lustrous Shield. Bring on Red! Thanks for the guide Opti!
I did this for Yin and Yang actually. Dropped Arcane and Radiant immediately at the start and if Yang I would just spam square til stagger and then nuke with blizga. If Yin then hope the parry gods bless me. lol
All of those guides from Hellions Intonement up to here really helped me to get through as to get little knowledge on what to look at for materias! I also love the simplicity of the explanations, so thank you!
Thanks again for all of these awesome guides! I was also able to beat this one using this exact same strategy but without a genji glove. Just took a little longer on the flans and on round 5. Equipped the Enhanced Expeditionary Medal instead, which helped on a few tries where I lost, but didn't end up needing it on my 3rd try where I won. Gotta completely agree, it's crazy how slowly Aerith builds ATB.
These guides have come in really handy. Whilst I might not be following the builds fully, there are some similarities. They’re great for planning based on what enemies are coming up and getting a visual of what I can block and what needs to be dodged before I start the fights.
I had to do this fight twice because I had bad RNG with Hectayes: He did Blizzaga twice in a row then Fireaga so I died instantly lol. This guide did help me beat it, thank you
Thanks so much for these fantastic and manageable guides to help obtain the Platinum trophy! Keep up the good work. Will definitely keep an eye out on your channel for part 3 😀.
Once again easy ride. Good job on these challenges and huge thanks! On the hectaeye, i run backwards just like you did but insteed i cast radiant ward and then arcane. Then i fill up 2 atb and use ray of judegement i almost staggers hectaeyes right away. Once staggerd it loses its reflect ( have hard time reading the small text above it's head) and is open for kill 😁
Once again another stellar guide thank you and your channel deserves thousands more views man you’re a gold mine of easy strategies to follow. Anything from steel foreskin to Cloud bully build. I can’t wait to see your final two challenge builds you’re very insightful.
Thank you so much! Your guides got me through all the brutal challenges and all way through the legendary ones, and even made using Aerith easy! The only tip I would give is on Yin and Yang, if Yang is first, throw up your shield, then build up a bar and drop a radiant ward you can stagger him before he switches. Make sure to drop your arcane ward and firaga him to death. Super fast.
All of your legendary bout guides are amazing! Thank you so much for making these incredibly difficult challenges seem like a walk in the park. Really appreciate the help on this insane plat!
I would not have guessed Aerith would be the easiest trial. I dropped radiant ward before Arcane ward on the fights to build atb faster and make it easier to dodge. The characters aren't broken these guides are ! Thanks youve made getting this far possible
I never really liked using strategy videos but the last few brutal challenges left me with no other options. I gotta say Im happy I found this channel though its getting me through them very easily. Thank you
This one done as well just now after following all your builds and strategies from this video. This is by far the easiest of the Legendary Bouts between Cloud, Barrett, Tifa and this one which is Aerith. Took about 3 tries with less stress. Now on to Red XII vs The Beasts video and then go from there. Thank you so much once again! I do plan to complete all the VR missions before tackling Hard Mode. I finished all mini games including piano, etc. Just need this VR missions completed to complete the 7 Star Hotel stuff.
Did it. Great strat. U have to be quick with ice on the blob. If u wait a few seconds reflect is up and i got killed by a spell. Round 5 needs a bit of practice. Took me around 30 mins to get it. Great vid!
I like watching your ff 7 videos and other videos like yours. I'm never playing this game again now that I have the platinum😂. So im going to watch you guys enjoy it.
Your last 4-5 guides have taught my so much about linking materia and crafting a good build for these that I was actually able to do this one on my own. I desperately look forward to your Red XIII guide though because I hope there is an easier way to do this then what I'm trying.
This was done first try with your method, mate. I hated Aerith because her dodge is so slow but this with the ward shift, was 3.14. Easy as pie! Cheers mate! Legend!
Small tip: just as an insurance, I changed chakra with barrier. The 5th fight against Jabberwock I used it not to get one-shot if I was not paying enough attention to block his physical attacks. Chakra could be "sacrificed" since he will then replenish your hps thanks to his thunder-based attacks and, in case, you can manage to build up a limit and use healing wind to cure
You are absolutely awesome my dude. I’ve watched many other guides before stumbling to yours. Pretty much you have been on point for everything so far. You really helped me with VR Sephiroth, stun locked that fool like there was no tomorrow. Thanks again brother.
If you are like me and got out the Blizzaga for the Hecteyes right after it recast Reflection, and died, try using Blizzara instead. It immediately staggered the Hecteyes and I was able to build another ATB and kill it with one Blizzard before the stagger bar depleted.
This is the simplest battle so far of these solo bouts with this guide. And yet I managed to find a way to die at least once in all 5 rounds. I had once in the first round, one of those drone things was away from the blizzaga and it stunned me with some electric attack and then went all offense killing me before I woke up. Yang got me a handful of times when I mistimed my blocks and dodges. Died the first try on the 2 mouses cuz I let them get to close and one leaped at me as I cast blizzaga separating them enough that it didnt kill them and then he dropped me quickly with something I dont rmemeber what. It was hecteyes that got me several times and it found a new way to do it everytime. I got hit with back to back to back drain attacks and 2 of those was enough since I only evaded one successfully. He teleported to the side of the lustrious ward one time making it harder to get right behind it and hit me with a blizzaga that juggled me enough that he put a drain right under me and killed me before I could get up and move. He was constantly teleporting around the map most times. I found out the hard way that his stony glare attack is not blocked by the shield. After eating it a couple times, a drain attack after actually turned me to stone. If there was a way for him to kill you, I think I found them all. Quezacotl even got me once thinking this would be the simplest battle. But the first time he ran at me doing physical attacks one after the other and never did a single thing lightning related which was bizarre. But when I got back to him, he was easy to wreck. Another great guide that should have made this battle much easier that I managed to make it :P
Thanks again slowly working my way through the list. Another thing I did with the Hecteyes I got hit hard and needed a big heal so I used a level 2 thunder while reflect was up for a big heal.
LIKE BUTTER BABY. Couldn't get the timing right with hecteyes. Threw a disempower on to get that reflect off fast. Plus I'm trying to get all Jonnys items, this is the last one I need; before going into a casual hard more playthrough. So no Genji gear for me. Made it through all challenges up to the Cloud/Zack and Cloud/Sephiroth duos matches. Used your guides for all these man. Tried some with some setups I came up with but after the second or third hard mode Sims my setups weren't doing it. Yours really came through clutch. As this game ages I could see all these having hella views bro. Most definitely.
Gor genji gloves, no need to really play hard, just load chapter 13 on hard, then warp to classified intel enemies and defeat for materials you need ;)
Tips from my experience in case they help anyone Tipless tip: First and second round are pretty much easy although the RNG can be bad on yin and yang Tip; yin and yang can be stopped (double check tho I'm tired) Hecteyes: When the eyes enemy uses soul drain, stop whatever you're doing and quickly Dodge twice to the left or the right it worked for me every time. Also if you are confident enough to go without chakra materia you can throw in a subversion and breach the shield The two giant blue blobs can be taken out without an arcane Ward if you lure them into a diagonal position and use magnify blizzaga they will become staggered, you can build up one ATB and use fira to take them out For the final enemy: The vortex attack is just at its feet it will damage you so be sure to be far away The electro diffusion attack will heal you with the lightning elemental Dodge away from the ability prey as noted here At the beginning of the round for the final enemy I casted radiant Ward and avoided its abilities real quick then I staggered it threw down an arcane Ward and distorted with level 3 spell (These beginner tips are helping me. I usually watch two different videos also so that I can get an alternative strategy for one of the monsters if I'm not good at another one but this channel has the best beginner friendly builds and carried me through most of hard mode) Once I'm done with all of these I will be able to shut up for a while LOL
Thanks for another banger video, the only problem I had was getting the timing down for ward shift and prey. Once you get that Dow q melts easily, also when it comes to yin/yang if yin is the start just block the whole time. You’ll get to the red but he’ll switch that’s when you pop shield and arcane in that order (also get behind it because he may move) and build atb and keep attacking after 2 atb because you might stagger him. Cast firaga when he’s stun or the cs for his switch happens, that’s how I got it to work every time
For the "yin and yang" and hecteyes the better way is cast radiant ward for better movement, fast atb charge and fast stun, after radiant ward you can also cast arcane ward and if you cast in radiant ward you invulnerable
That is all a bit more complicated though, i played with her abilities, the simplest and effective way is this. ATB boost, arcane ward, block Yin, use basic attack, Fire lv3 and dead, doesnt get any simpler, when you just block, what do we need better movement for??? And Shield blocks ice!! All that you speak off is good if you dont have a means to finish the fight off quick and know it will take a while, we end them with 1 attack!! Attacking Yin with fire makes the stun obsolete, im sure most going for that strategy, dont realise Yin goes down mega fast!!
In case anyone isn't aware, if you cast Radiant Ward, anyone standing in it is immune to damage while casting a spell. So if you're timing your casting properly, you can easily kill any enemy
Yet again thanks bud, another one bites the dust. little tip though, its very hard to dodge prey. I mean VERY hard, as in I could not pull it off and wiped five times before I learned to always run away from the arcane ward so you can use it to teleport to it at the end of prey, so I would attack and build ATB, but run and use triangle to teleport when he got close with prey or headlong charge. Finally did it though largely because of using your guide.
thank you for the guide man you’re the best. if i may add something, put swift materia to link with fire & ice. it’ll make the battle faster. i still did the same amount of damage in ice with only one magic focus materia so i guess putting two magic focus doesn’t add up to the damage.
Took almost 90 minutes for me using your strategy. My biggest problem was that 4th round. Even when not marked as having reflect, I found my blizzagas bouncing back. My solution was to switch out the chakra for subversion. I would also put down a radiant ward and then cast dispel. Soon after, he would stagger and my blizzaga would take him out.
Opti I gotta say watch your rhetoric because you can wait for Hecteyes to drop Reflect but what you should do which you were close to doing is just staggering it. Dropping relfect you build stagger insanely fast. The monster is basically a paper tiger. Instead of waiting for him to drop reflect just keep attacking during his stagger. You can even apply Radiant Ward to ensure your basic attack drops him faster and THEN you don't have to worry about it immediately repplying reflect or having the lingering effects of the dispel kill you because you were too fast. Stagger first then nuke
Also radiant ward makes you immune to damage during cast and builds atb quicker. The multi eyes blob can be breached at the beginning to remove reflect and radiant ward Square attacks stagger it very fast.
Amazing once again dude. Can’t wait for the rest haha! Are you gonna do a guide on the final bosses from Jenova onwards? I’m struggling to get to certain points with enough help and can’t, for the life of me, figure out how to do it easier
Truly amazing again indeed a god send. Very appreciated of your hardwork on these video guides @Optinoob ......i was able to beat it on my 2nd attempt huhuhu 😁👍
You have done it again. Thank you so much. Your guides are all so easy to use and have worked 100% of the time. You are amazing. Do you plan on releasing the rest of the legendary bouts anytime soon?
Managed to beat Cloud, Barret and Tifa yesterday, so here I am, watching this at work because I can't stop thinking about playing more now that I have your help haha
if anyone wonders and wants to do it before you get the genji gloves like me it works perfectly fine without them i just used Chocobo Kings Cape instead to be able to use the wards etc faster just takes a bit longer but not a problem at all
Managed it. Beat round 5 on my first attempt. Just had to manage to block the Drain spell at the right moment in round 4. Yin & Yang, only beat them times when Yang woke up immediately.
my man!! thank you, I would never dream finishing 4 legendries in one day lol .. cloud fight tho was annoying trying to stick in their back for damage but the rest was really easy one more thing!! I HATE how aerith dodge !!
Wow, another legendary done 1st try thanks to your help!!! I almost bit it in the final round since hitting triangle to teleport to the arcane ward does not make Aerith invulnerable--but thankfully RNG was kind for once and the dragon kept healing me with lightning attacks. Nice change of pace to knock out two legendaries in a row first try after the headache Baretts' was giving me this morning. I am so sh** at blocking I had to try a fire absorb build and finally beat that one. :P
@@Optinooby Lol! Yeah I went through the game on normal not blocking anything, so it's been tough to retrain myself to block on this hard mode BS. The final round guy on Barrett legendary was shredding me so I found a fira absorb build and the crazy thing was his reflect would heal me for around 3K health. Of course I still had to figure out a way to kill him because the tricky part was my MP running out lol.
@@Optinooby Haha no I remember but I was also having trouble with the effing turtle and fira efficiency/mp/hp absorb worked really well on him!, kept him from buffing himself and built his stagger bar much quicker. I also remembered you weren't really using mp for damage in the final round, just abilities. So I was able to stay alive long enough by using the reflect on fira to heal myself, eventually whittling the rider's health down. RNG really is a bitch in these fights. In your vid he spammed fire quite a bit, in my fights he just kept jumping on me and spinning. I think in five tries he only cast perdition once. :P
For Aerith against Yin & Yang ATB Boost Arcane Ward and Run arround. If he starts physiscal Attacks use Ward Shift. As he said, if he Transform to Yang Fire Level 3 build Atb after that and 1 Ray of Judgement should finish him. For Hecteyes be aware he can also Spawn on your Arcane Ward this is where u can start again the Challenger. Otherwise this Guide helped also.
I've been following your guides and they have been very helpful, but this one still gave me a lot of trouble. It wasn't because I kept on getting hit and needed chakra to heal, it was because I have no patience against the purple slime thingy, and right as I fire off a spell it would end up taking me out. So I took out chakra and used Subversion to help with its immunity to magic.
Dude you are single handedly unblocking people from this Platinum, big thanks to you and all your hard work ✌️
All of this. I was walled on helions for a hot minute until I found his Quaga build and then it was cake with a dash of RNG. Now just going through all of his guides to finish it up.
@@kentatis2733 Same! This is me right now.
Speaking the truth
One slight change I'd do is using thundaga on hecteyes since you've got thunder with elemental. That way if you mess up the timing of it losing reflect, you'll just get healed and not KO'd.
This just happened to me LOL. Instant death 🤦🏻♂️
I saw this after I had Blizzaga reflected. But I got the timing right the second time. Genius tactic.
~~~Aerith's Material Loadout~~~
Plumose Rod, Cetran Bracer, Genji Gloves
Ice-Magnify, Fire and Ice-MagFocus, ATB Boost, Eskill
Lightning and Wind-Elemental, Ice-MagFocus, Chakra, Steadfast Block, Magic Up, First Strike
Phoenix
Enhanced Magi guard, Enhanced Tempest, Not-So-Fleeting Familiar, HP+200
Fight Begins at [2:15]
man is not from this planet, his guides are so simple that anyone can understand , at this point i was doing alone all this legendary solo challenges but seeing all this i will not bother with last two i will just wait for his guides and do hard mode story, thanks for your hard work
Got all the Brutal and Cloud/Barret/Tifa/Aerith thanks to you, just waiting for the 5 last guides. You're a true savior ❤️
Useless update: I made Cait Sith/Red XIII/Yuffie alone, that was... pretty easy for these ones wtf?
If you want to make The Zack and Sephiroth guides first.. that's with pleasure 👀 I'm stuck with these boys
MAN IS ON A STREAK! THANK YOU FOR THE KILLER GUIDES 🎉🎉🎉
My guides are always made with this same approach and care ;)
@@Optinoobyups, I think it didn’t posted!
My question was : for what is that auto skill materia ? Do I have to change some quick skill settings for barret or yuffi , aerith?
( rulers world )
@@Optinoobyjust clapped them buggers on Aerith challenge. Thank you sir! 🎉🎉🎉
@@Black_Sephiroth no it will work automatically, Aerith will warp to wards herself and Barret will use Overcharge
@@Optinoobyfor 4th fight I use blizzard when he removes reflect Its reflecting still am is there second or u two I need to let pass
If this game had the broader player base, your channel would be MUCH, much larger. I hate that because you deserve greater praise for your videos! They helped me, and you're widely praised in Reddit for helping countless people get their platinum trophy!
Thank you mate ;)
Got to Quetzalcoatl so many times, RNG was a pain. Constantly doing physical attacks on me. Got so annoyed with it the next time I got to him I threw a Radiant Ward on top of the Arcane Ward and went ham on it. Built 2 ATBs, Blizzaga'd and repeat. The Radiant Ward is really great, managed to push the stagger bar and also helped to build the ATB back.
The Radiant Ward in general is massively helpful. Aerith's basic attacks are generally weak, so the Radiant Ward negates that, even in normal battles. One of her best weapon abilities in my opinion, alongside the Arcane Ward, ATB ward and Lustrous Shield.
Bring on Red! Thanks for the guide Opti!
I did this for Yin and Yang actually. Dropped Arcane and Radiant immediately at the start and if Yang I would just spam square til stagger and then nuke with blizga. If Yin then hope the parry gods bless me. lol
@@Se7enYearItch Didn't even think about that for Yin and Yang! Would've probably made it easier lol
Thanks
As soon as i did the radiant ward with this, i got the win!! Thanks for the extra tip
@@Milton94 Welcome!
Without your guides I wouldn't know how to get platinum, thanks for all the effort you put in
greetings from Italy ❤️
All of those guides from Hellions Intonement up to here really helped me to get through as to get little knowledge on what to look at for materias! I also love the simplicity of the explanations, so thank you!
Thanks again for all of these awesome guides!
I was also able to beat this one using this exact same strategy but without a genji glove. Just took a little longer on the flans and on round 5. Equipped the Enhanced Expeditionary Medal instead, which helped on a few tries where I lost, but didn't end up needing it on my 3rd try where I won.
Gotta completely agree, it's crazy how slowly Aerith builds ATB.
These guides have come in really handy. Whilst I might not be following the builds fully, there are some similarities. They’re great for planning based on what enemies are coming up and getting a visual of what I can block and what needs to be dodged before I start the fights.
You are a legend, doing these as you upload at this point and eagerly awaiting the last 5!
I had to do this fight twice because I had bad RNG with Hectayes: He did Blizzaga twice in a row then Fireaga so I died instantly lol. This guide did help me beat it, thank you
Thanks so much for these fantastic and manageable guides to help obtain the Platinum trophy! Keep up the good work. Will definitely keep an eye out on your channel for part 3 😀.
Cant wait for Bonds of Friendship and the last one after that. Those are the two I'm stuck at. Your guides are truly helping all of us.
Thank you OptiNoob. Got Cloud, Barret, Tifa and Aeriths all done today thanks to your videos. Fantastic work as always 😁
Same! This guy rocks! I would have quit trying for plat without his guides.
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID AT FIRST TRY, I was soooo affaid of this challenge and it worked perfect 👌🏻
Loving the guides. Very straightforward and clear instructions
Any plans for doing a guide for each chapter on hard mode at this point in time?
yes, but the sims will be first
You are our only hope. Keep the videos coming. Thank you for this.
Please continue making these🙏 you’re making this platinum such a more bearable experience
You have single-handedly helped me through so many of these…THANK YOU!!!
Once again easy ride. Good job on these challenges and huge thanks!
On the hectaeye, i run backwards just like you did but insteed i cast radiant ward and then arcane. Then i fill up 2 atb and use ray of judegement i almost staggers hectaeyes right away. Once staggerd it loses its reflect ( have hard time reading the small text above it's head) and is open for kill 😁
Great alternative mate ;)
Once again another stellar guide thank you and your channel deserves thousands more views man you’re a gold mine of easy strategies to follow. Anything from steel foreskin to Cloud bully build. I can’t wait to see your final two challenge builds you’re very insightful.
Your video are absolutely helpful, best ff rebirth Chanel so far ❤
Thank you so much! Your guides got me through all the brutal challenges and all way through the legendary ones, and even made using Aerith easy!
The only tip I would give is on Yin and Yang, if Yang is first, throw up your shield, then build up a bar and drop a radiant ward you can stagger him before he switches. Make sure to drop your arcane ward and firaga him to death. Super fast.
You got me through Weiss like a year ago and here you are once again, love the content brother
Man, you are an angel! Your guide are amazing! Hello from Brazil, without your guides I couldn't be able to win all this challenge! You are the best!
All of your legendary bout guides are amazing! Thank you so much for making these incredibly difficult challenges seem like a walk in the park. Really appreciate the help on this insane plat!
Yeah I really appreciate your help I ave been passing all these hard bosses thanks to you. I really appreciate your time brother 🙏🏽
Yay, did it all in 1st try
Thank you!
Onyly took damage in the 1st round,
never needed to use chakra
I would not have guessed Aerith would be the easiest trial. I dropped radiant ward before Arcane ward on the fights to build atb faster and make it easier to dodge. The characters aren't broken these guides are ! Thanks youve made getting this far possible
I never really liked using strategy videos but the last few brutal challenges left me with no other options. I gotta say Im happy I found this channel though its getting me through them very easily. Thank you
I gotta say, i love your guides. Thank you for helping all of us with the struggle 👍
Your guides are like cheat codes and have been super helpful you got yourself another subscriber thank you 🙏
First try. Thank you for this strat
You are the GOAT!!! Don’t know what I would do without you you amazing human!
Thank you man.. this guide is awesome like all of your guides...
This one done as well just now after following all your builds and strategies from this video. This is by far the easiest of the Legendary Bouts between Cloud, Barrett, Tifa and this one which is Aerith. Took about 3 tries with less stress. Now on to Red XII vs The Beasts video and then go from there. Thank you so much once again! I do plan to complete all the VR missions before tackling Hard Mode. I finished all mini games including piano, etc. Just need this VR missions completed to complete the 7 Star Hotel stuff.
Did it. Great strat. U have to be quick with ice on the blob. If u wait a few seconds reflect is up and i got killed by a spell. Round 5 needs a bit of practice. Took me around 30 mins to get it. Great vid!
I like watching your ff 7 videos and other videos like yours. I'm never playing this game again now that I have the platinum😂. So im going to watch you guys enjoy it.
Done it first time round thanks to this walkthrough to! Absolutely epic battle guide. Without your help I’d be so stuck on this!
I've followed your guides from Hellion's Intonement up to now for my runs and they have been amazing, keep up the solid work man!
You are amazing!!!! Can’t wait for the red and cait sith guide, I feel like they’re the hardest to get a hang of
Liked and subbed. Been using your guides starting with rulers all the way through this. Looking forward to the rest!
Your last 4-5 guides have taught my so much about linking materia and crafting a good build for these that I was actually able to do this one on my own. I desperately look forward to your Red XIII guide though because I hope there is an easier way to do this then what I'm trying.
Actually, I just "got good" and beat it lol Stupid frog and chicken decided to play nice.
Your video is amazing. Easy to follow and helped me get through this challenge in no time.
Got this one as well! Using Aerith was never easy, until I saw this guide.
This was done first try with your method, mate. I hated Aerith because her dodge is so slow but this with the ward shift, was 3.14. Easy as pie! Cheers mate! Legend!
Best solutions for platinuming this game. Great work!
Small tip: just as an insurance, I changed chakra with barrier. The 5th fight against Jabberwock I used it not to get one-shot if I was not paying enough attention to block his physical attacks. Chakra could be "sacrificed" since he will then replenish your hps thanks to his thunder-based attacks and, in case, you can manage to build up a limit and use healing wind to cure
Epic streak of awesome videos.
Thanks for all, you're awesome.
You are absolutely awesome my dude. I’ve watched many other guides before stumbling to yours. Pretty much you have been on point for everything so far. You really helped me with VR Sephiroth, stun locked that fool like there was no tomorrow. Thanks again brother.
You have completely removed the stress from this game for me. Much love homie!
If you are like me and got out the Blizzaga for the Hecteyes right after it recast Reflection, and died, try using Blizzara instead. It immediately staggered the Hecteyes and I was able to build another ATB and kill it with one Blizzard before the stagger bar depleted.
This is the simplest battle so far of these solo bouts with this guide. And yet I managed to find a way to die at least once in all 5 rounds. I had once in the first round, one of those drone things was away from the blizzaga and it stunned me with some electric attack and then went all offense killing me before I woke up. Yang got me a handful of times when I mistimed my blocks and dodges. Died the first try on the 2 mouses cuz I let them get to close and one leaped at me as I cast blizzaga separating them enough that it didnt kill them and then he dropped me quickly with something I dont rmemeber what. It was hecteyes that got me several times and it found a new way to do it everytime. I got hit with back to back to back drain attacks and 2 of those was enough since I only evaded one successfully. He teleported to the side of the lustrious ward one time making it harder to get right behind it and hit me with a blizzaga that juggled me enough that he put a drain right under me and killed me before I could get up and move. He was constantly teleporting around the map most times. I found out the hard way that his stony glare attack is not blocked by the shield. After eating it a couple times, a drain attack after actually turned me to stone. If there was a way for him to kill you, I think I found them all. Quezacotl even got me once thinking this would be the simplest battle. But the first time he ran at me doing physical attacks one after the other and never did a single thing lightning related which was bizarre. But when I got back to him, he was easy to wreck. Another great guide that should have made this battle much easier that I managed to make it :P
Thanks again slowly working my way through the list. Another thing I did with the Hecteyes I got hit hard and needed a big heal so I used a level 2 thunder while reflect was up for a big heal.
LIKE BUTTER BABY. Couldn't get the timing right with hecteyes. Threw a disempower on to get that reflect off fast. Plus I'm trying to get all Jonnys items, this is the last one I need; before going into a casual hard more playthrough. So no Genji gear for me. Made it through all challenges up to the Cloud/Zack and Cloud/Sephiroth duos matches. Used your guides for all these man. Tried some with some setups I came up with but after the second or third hard mode Sims my setups weren't doing it. Yours really came through clutch. As this game ages I could see all these having hella views bro. Most definitely.
Gor genji gloves, no need to really play hard, just load chapter 13 on hard, then warp to classified intel enemies and defeat for materials you need ;)
@@Optinooby I literally did exactly that bro lol. Bonds of friendship not possible "at least not to me" without them. Trying some more tonight.
Your guides are awesome!
great guide and the only one I've one shot so far! fantastic work and build
Legend yet again! This was the easiest solo yet *breathes in relief*
Tips from my experience in case they help anyone
Tipless tip: First and second round are pretty much easy although the RNG can be bad on yin and yang
Tip; yin and yang can be stopped (double check tho I'm tired)
Hecteyes: When the eyes enemy uses soul drain, stop whatever you're doing and quickly Dodge twice to the left or the right it worked for me every time. Also if you are confident enough to go without chakra materia you can throw in a subversion and breach the shield
The two giant blue blobs can be taken out without an arcane Ward if you lure them into a diagonal position and use magnify blizzaga they will become staggered, you can build up one ATB and use fira to take them out
For the final enemy:
The vortex attack is just at its feet it will damage you so be sure to be far away
The electro diffusion attack will heal you with the lightning elemental
Dodge away from the ability prey as noted here
At the beginning of the round for the final enemy I casted radiant Ward and avoided its abilities real quick then I staggered it threw down an arcane Ward and distorted with level 3 spell
(These beginner tips are helping me. I usually watch two different videos also so that I can get an alternative strategy for one of the monsters if I'm not good at another one but this channel has the best beginner friendly builds and carried me through most of hard mode)
Once I'm done with all of these I will be able to shut up for a while LOL
That damn hectite put his shield up right after he took it down and I died. Ugh! Only took 3 tries. Bad RNG is all. Thank you so much!
This just happened to me! So annoying
Thanks for another banger video, the only problem I had was getting the timing down for ward shift and prey. Once you get that Dow q melts easily, also when it comes to yin/yang if yin is the start just block the whole time. You’ll get to the red but he’ll switch that’s when you pop shield and arcane in that order (also get behind it because he may move) and build atb and keep attacking after 2 atb because you might stagger him. Cast firaga when he’s stun or the cs for his switch happens, that’s how I got it to work every time
For the "yin and yang" and hecteyes the better way is cast radiant ward for better movement, fast atb charge and fast stun, after radiant ward you can also cast arcane ward and if you cast in radiant ward you invulnerable
That is all a bit more complicated though, i played with her abilities, the simplest and effective way is this. ATB boost, arcane ward, block Yin, use basic attack, Fire lv3 and dead, doesnt get any simpler, when you just block, what do we need better movement for??? And Shield blocks ice!!
All that you speak off is good if you dont have a means to finish the fight off quick and know it will take a while, we end them with 1 attack!!
Attacking Yin with fire makes the stun obsolete, im sure most going for that strategy, dont realise Yin goes down mega fast!!
@@Optinooby that strategy is safer, I'm not saying that your strategy is bad, just a slightly safer way if someone doesn't even work out that way
Literal guide goat man 😤 Made so much progress today
In case anyone isn't aware, if you cast Radiant Ward, anyone standing in it is immune to damage while casting a spell. So if you're timing your casting properly, you can easily kill any enemy
You are a legend for these videos mate 👍🏻
Thank You!! Got this on the very first try
Idk if i just had lucky RNG but i was able to do it without the genji gloves but thanks again for the great guide!
Wow... this one was hilariously easy! Awesome guide dude
Yet again thanks bud, another one bites the dust. little tip though, its very hard to dodge prey. I mean VERY hard, as in I could not pull it off and wiped five times before I learned to always run away from the arcane ward so you can use it to teleport to it at the end of prey, so I would attack and build ATB, but run and use triangle to teleport when he got close with prey or headlong charge. Finally did it though largely because of using your guide.
thank you for the guide man you’re the best.
if i may add something, put swift materia to link with fire & ice. it’ll make the battle faster. i still did the same amount of damage in ice with only one magic focus materia so i guess putting two magic focus doesn’t add up to the damage.
Took almost 90 minutes for me using your strategy. My biggest problem was that 4th round. Even when not marked as having reflect, I found my blizzagas bouncing back.
My solution was to switch out the chakra for subversion. I would also put down a radiant ward and then cast dispel. Soon after, he would stagger and my blizzaga would take him out.
Same thing for me. Blizzaga kept bouncing back so the first time I tried this method it worked.
Opti I gotta say watch your rhetoric because you can wait for Hecteyes to drop Reflect but what you should do which you were close to doing is just staggering it. Dropping relfect you build stagger insanely fast. The monster is basically a paper tiger. Instead of waiting for him to drop reflect just keep attacking during his stagger. You can even apply Radiant Ward to ensure your basic attack drops him faster and THEN you don't have to worry about it immediately repplying reflect or having the lingering effects of the dispel kill you because you were too fast.
Stagger first then nuke
Also radiant ward makes you immune to damage during cast and builds atb quicker. The multi eyes blob can be breached at the beginning to remove reflect and radiant ward Square attacks stagger it very fast.
Amazing once again dude. Can’t wait for the rest haha! Are you gonna do a guide on the final bosses from Jenova onwards? I’m struggling to get to certain points with enough help and can’t, for the life of me, figure out how to do it easier
yes, but wont be until we reach them in the Hard Speedrun
Smooth like butter Tifa and Aerith done fantastic guides 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks. Did it on my first try with this guide
Truly amazing again indeed a god send. Very appreciated of your hardwork on these video guides @Optinoob ......i was able to beat it on my 2nd attempt huhuhu 😁👍
Thanks it really helped. I went really down about platinuming this game. I did remake part i but this was really challengeing..
Thank you so much, I have been following your guides for the last 2 days, and they have been incredibly helpful
Yeah, this dude got me through Rulers
You have done it again. Thank you so much. Your guides are all so easy to use and have worked 100% of the time. You are amazing. Do you plan on releasing the rest of the legendary bouts anytime soon?
slowly working through them ;)
This was by far the easiest legendary so far, got it first try thanks again Optinoob.
Only took me a couple of tries. Thanks. I ran out of magic on ❤the last one so I used ray of judgment.
Well done. Worked like a charm.
Another awesome guide! Waiting on Red XIII now!
Managed to beat Cloud, Barret and Tifa yesterday, so here I am, watching this at work because I can't stop thinking about playing more now that I have your help haha
Man you really be doing the LORDS WORK my black ass was stressing about this plat
Optinoob, love your videos cause I’m sailing to the platinum but don’t be afraid to use Radiant ward during some of these.
if anyone wonders and wants to do it before you get the genji gloves like me it works perfectly fine without them i just used Chocobo Kings Cape instead to be able to use the wards etc faster just takes a bit longer but not a problem at all
Killer guy my dude! Mission complete....OH YEAAH!
CHOCKRA!!
Haven’t managed to be the hectateye yet, but this guide is working pretty well otherwise. Will keep at it.
Managed it. Beat round 5 on my first attempt. Just had to manage to block the Drain spell at the right moment in round 4.
Yin & Yang, only beat them times when Yang woke up immediately.
Why couldn’t the others be that easy 😂. Your guide made them a joke.
You’re a legend
my man!! thank you, I would never dream finishing 4 legendries in one day lol .. cloud fight tho was annoying trying to stick in their back for damage but the rest was really easy
one more thing!! I HATE how aerith dodge !!
Wow, another legendary done 1st try thanks to your help!!!
I almost bit it in the final round since hitting triangle to teleport to the arcane ward does not make Aerith invulnerable--but thankfully RNG was kind for once and the dragon kept healing me with lightning attacks.
Nice change of pace to knock out two legendaries in a row first try after the headache Baretts' was giving me this morning. I am so sh** at blocking I had to try a fire absorb build and finally beat that one. :P
Bad at blocking?? xD
@@Optinooby Lol! Yeah I went through the game on normal not blocking anything, so it's been tough to retrain myself to block on this hard mode BS. The final round guy on Barrett legendary was shredding me so I found a fira absorb build and the crazy thing was his reflect would heal me for around 3K health. Of course I still had to figure out a way to kill him because the tricky part was my MP running out lol.
@@murphbri Yea thats why I didnt advise relying on that to heal, sure it heals you up well, but you dont regain any MP back
@@Optinooby Haha no I remember but I was also having trouble with the effing turtle and fira efficiency/mp/hp absorb worked really well on him!, kept him from buffing himself and built his stagger bar much quicker. I also remembered you weren't really using mp for damage in the final round, just abilities. So I was able to stay alive long enough by using the reflect on fira to heal myself, eventually whittling the rider's health down. RNG really is a bitch in these fights. In your vid he spammed fire quite a bit, in my fights he just kept jumping on me and spinning. I think in five tries he only cast perdition once. :P
For Aerith against Yin & Yang ATB Boost Arcane Ward and Run arround. If he starts physiscal Attacks use Ward Shift. As he said, if he Transform to Yang Fire Level 3 build Atb after that and 1 Ray of Judgement should finish him. For Hecteyes be aware he can also Spawn on your Arcane Ward this is where u can start again the Challenger. Otherwise this Guide helped also.
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I've been following your guides and they have been very helpful, but this one still gave me a lot of trouble. It wasn't because I kept on getting hit and needed chakra to heal, it was because I have no patience against the purple slime thingy, and right as I fire off a spell it would end up taking me out. So I took out chakra and used Subversion to help with its immunity to magic.