Final Fantasy 7 Remake: The Ultimate Weapons Guide
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Within the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, each character has an interesting assortment of weapons to choose from. And while they may seem similar, or there are distinct differences between say, the Buster Sword and the Twin Stinger.
Whether you're looking to improve their performance on Hard Mode or perhaps are playing it for the first time and want some advice... we hope this Final Fantasy 7 Remake Weapons Guide will help you navigate the weapons upgrade system and up your game.
►KEY POINTS WITHIN THIS VIDEO
1. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Buster Sword
2. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Twin Stinger
3. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Purple Pain
4. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Weapons Guide
5. Final Fantasy 7 Remake EKG Cannon
6. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Mythril Rod
7. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Combat Tips
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I feel like the only reason the "Weapon Upgrade" system got added in is because they know how much we love the buster sword. I appreciate this.
If that was the idea, the solution is certainly one of the best. Maybe its not the only reason for it, but it just fits very well into the fight system, since you can setup your team in different ways with materia, it is only fitting that you could have different weapon setups for the same reason.
I would use the Buster Sword exclusively if it had two extra slots to put materia into.
@@davidwhite206 same playing through it for the first time rn and I was kinda hoping to stick with the buster most of the game. But after watching this, I might go with the hardedge when I get it.
@@solidghost1337 Since the comment I posted I went on to finish the game and began a hard mode run. It is basically a new game+ with a chapter select. You only get certain scripture manuals playing on hard difficulty, so I have continued to level up my weapons. The fully upgraded Buster Sword adds a couple extra materia slots, and is basically the most well rounded weapon in my opinion. I use it exclusively now.
@@davidwhite206 bet
I love how there isn't one ultimate weapon, but every weapon with its own strengths and weaknesses. Square did a reallly great job with balancing the gameplay and its mechanics.
The ultimate weapons should come in the finale.
Me like this game very much.
It goes beyond that. MANY rpg's have tried the "all weapons are created equal" approach and failed. This is because it makes new weapons feel like a trade-off, instead of an upgrade - which can feel very unrewarding. I usually hate it in RPG's.
But the FF7R's novel solution was to add learnable abilities and a progression system - allowing it to be the best of both worlds:
It has the satisfying growth of linear weapon progression, with the freedom offered by a game that has "all weapons created equal".
Truly a success on the devs' part.
Joey Shmuckberry and on top of that every character is encouraged to use their new weapons immediately feeding into the linear progression because of the ability proficiency... I applaud square
Eh I prefer that each weapon had its own stats and the sphere being character based and not weapon specific (I.e. 1 massive sphere grid per character like FFX). Because let's say you have 20 weapons, that's 20 weapons you have to spend time using points which would take forever (no I will not do the automatic option I hate that). This may be why each characters have like 6 weapons which imo is not enough.
Also I hope there's an option in later games where we can switch weapon skins. Because I want to always use buster sword but it doesn't have enough materia slots for me.
i can't bring myself to switching out the buster sword. after playing crisis core, it just feels wrong.
Me for cloud I use all weapons to get each skill weapon, then I use back again to buster sword‼😉
It's the best weapon in the end anyway.
@@ANDY-1109 haha that's what I did! Buster Sword just feels so right!
It doesn't have reprise and the mp regeneration is better on twin sabers.
Legit, especially for cutscene purposes. I die a little inside every time I watch a video online and someone has on a different weapon in the cutscene, it just looks wrong lol
can we agree that they ****ing nailed this gear/materia system?
yeah i liked it, it really gives you more strategy
but my complain is the navigation in upgrade weapon, i hope they improve it in the next part, since they will probably extend the weapon level further more
Being a FFX fan .... I can admit I love the fighting style.... FFXV was rough but they finally found a balance
I'm not completely sold on the materia personally. I've played FF VII since launch day in the US many years ago. Part of what made the materia system interesting and unique was the ability to create new materia by grinding it to max. You can do that here, which basically limits your strategic options to what the devs determine you get. Where FF VII was more about the players themselves developing strategies and materia combinations over the years through creating multiples of one type of materia that was otherwise only obtainable once. Don't get me wrong, I've loved just about every second of the remake but this is something that bothers me looking down the road to the other two titles.
@@OmegaGamingNetwork Most likely due to this not being the final game. If they are planning any type of save game transfer to the next game then duplicating materia could easily break that.
Now they just need to have loadout saves and quality of life features
At least, that would be my first complaint on it.
Since Hard mode takes away your ability to restore MP, some weapons start to shine more than others. You'll want to be able to deal with normal encounters without magic, and you'll want to find alternative ways to manage MP cost.
Cloud:
Hardedge is the obvious go-to. Biggest damage, pair with elemental materia to exploit weakness. Triple slash + First strike demolishes weak mobs in one second. No need to burn precious MP for anything.
When going ham is not possible, Twin Stinger for big MP pool and 50% MP regen during combat so you can attack with magic instead. Also comes with reprieve which can save your skin, and nice boosts to elemental damage. Phys damage is still decent too.
Tifa I juggled between 3 weapons.
When Aerith is not in the party, she becomes the healer. Sonic Strikers have 20% reduction on both healing and offensive magic, and they get 50% MP combat regen AND tradeoff for more MP regen AND they give biggest speed bost so your healer gets her ATB full quickly. They offer no HP boosts, but compensate with HP up materia. Possibly my fave weapon in the game. They even come with decent physical damage on top of everything, so you can still burst with Tifa when you get a chance.
If Aerith is available, Tifa swaps to pure dps role. Purple pain has nice balance between phys and mag, has big hp boost, and big improvements on crits. Downside is low MP pool, so you don't get that much benefit of the good mag attack stat. Metal Knuckles offer the biggest phys damage, so in my opinion they end up being the better option when Tifa is on pure dps duty. But both are good.
Barret:
Barret's duty is to be long range and deal with annoying flyers effectively and be the last man standing when others fall. So all his melee weapons are out. They are terrible.
Out of the long range options, Big Bertha is the best. Biggest offense and HP Pool. Gatling Gun comes with slightly better MP pool if you want to cast more, but most of his casts at least in my playstyle are support and revival in boss battles. So the low MP pool is ok. Barret will never match the others in Mag attack or MP pool, so best to give him the spells that don't depend on Mag attack, like barriers, time magic and revival. He does good damage with Max Fury and Focused Shot, so usually you don't need him to have offensive materia.
Aerith:
Best healer in the game and best magic nuke. Silver staff has all the same fantastic MP boosts as Tifa's Sonic strikers, so it shines in healing and mob cleaning duty. Paired with MP absorb you can be a bit more careless in using offensive magic, since Aerith hits so hard you get back more MP than with other characters.
For boss fights, Mythril Rod is solid to get that extra dps. Since with bosses you know if the chapter will end after and you don't have to worry so much about MP preservation. Mythril rod + high level Magic Up materias + Circlet + Arcane ward, target weakness elemental, big damage and stagger.
Still think the lack of MP replenishing in hard mode is cheap as F
@@richardpage2082 I agree. Hard mode would be more fun without the constant MP management and you could really go all out on the beefed up enemies. I think no MP replenish should be an optional challenge to do on top of hard mode if you want.
I agree with everything, except Barret is the best healer. He can absorb everyones damage with life saver, heal the entire party with Prayer, and Heal himself with Chakra (all without using any MP). Plus Barrier and haste to protect everyone.
@@AdamHallDeathPunch you know exactly, that Aerith can do the same things, don't have to worry about MP anyways AND heals much more than Barret in the first place?
@@AdamHallDeathPunch Yeah I've seen that Barret build and I've tried it. But at least I had a hard time keeping up with healin in tougher fights with just Prayer and chakra. Aerith does much more with a normal magnified cure with only one atb bar. Also, you need to micromanage Barret all the time to keep atb up, and I prefer using Cloud or Tifa to keep damage up. Especially Cloud, his counters are too valuable to let go. AI never uses them.
Cloud: Hardedge, Tifa: Metal Knuckles, Barret: Big Bertha, Aerith: Mythril Rod
I'd swap the Metal Knuckles for the Feather Gloves
Cloud: Buster Sword, Tifa: Metal Knuckles, Barret: EKG, Aerith: Reinforced Staff
Though I used Hardedge for most of the game given its AD stats, only switched to Buster near the end for thematic purposes and kept it for the Shinra Combat Simulator stuff.
OneWingedRose yeah, the Buster sword was the strongest for me at the end
=balls to the wall
@@Liquidforce4441 Worked for me! Just got my plat (kept Buster Sword for the whole hard playthrough too lol).
I love how varied each character is in this game. Can't wait to see how Red XIII, Yuffie, Cid and Vincent will play. Hell they might even make Cait Sith enjoyable to play.
Adam Tideman I wouldn’t be surprised if they kept him an NPC seeing as how there wasn’t tremendous use of him in the game.
i hope we can actually control vincent limit break this time
@@brentschaefer1579 he will be a playable character, they just didnt want to throw us into a new character at the very end, with no time to feel him out
I need Red XIII and Sid and Vincent too
@@Darealpokgai I just hope his ultimate Limit will look like it did in Dirge of Cerberus.
I can't help but use the Buster Sword for Cloud, and the Gatling Gun for Barret. Those ones are just too iconic for me.
True
that was... actually informative. cheers!
You're most welcome! :D ~Darryl
When you play through the game on hard mode, you really see the combat/weapon system shine.
You mean bruteforcing most of bosses and killing normal enemies with 1 ability? Normal mode was far more challanging for me than hard mode.
Hato What? You haven’t played hard mode yet if you’re using just one ability.
@Onigiri Otaku i find this system really unrewarding. There is almost no skil or thinking i cluded. No materia combinations other than all and elemental... so its like deal dmg keep people alive. No real combat system
@Onigiri Otaku I don't think battle system is clunky, but unbalanced and unrewarding, like @Malakith said. So bosses have so short stagger timer I can't even hit them once during stagger. It's bad design. And at all most of monsters/bosses dies before stagger anyway.
@@Hato1992 I don't find that issue at all. I find it smooth and rewarding for planning your actions and switching between characters.
Watch some high level play
The combat in this game is so good. Huge, huge improvement over 15
Tyler Hansen 100% but the rest of the game is trash. So linear and small mapped, story is bullshit. I waited years for this remake and I left disappointed
@@StrangerOfficial not everybody can be satisfy in life unfortunatly
@@StrangerOfficial The story itself is the same with minor changes like the Arbitals of Fate and Aerith and Sephiroth coming from the future. You're basicaly one the 5% people acting all bitchy saying it's trash when it is not. I already played the original and it kinda feels like playing it all over again except that it is in hd. Nothing wrong in some minor changes Nomura did called it Ff7 remake not Ff7 remastered. Psh bandwagons
@@zen170 I wouldn't call the arbiters of fate a small change exactly. I also don't think Aerith and Sephiroth came from the future. I think they just got glimpses of it. We got a completely different last boss to the ed of the Midgar arc. And characters that should be dead are apparently all still alive which is pretty major.
All in all though - and I say this as someone who only played maybe 2/3 of the original - this has been one of my favorite Final fantasy's to play. The battle is incredible, the music slaps hard, the visuals are breath taking, and I loved the voice acting.
I honestly can't believe how nostalgic it was considering I didn't even play the original until I was in my late 20s.
@@StrangerOfficial It was confined to Midgar what did you expect lol. There's lots of vagueness around the whispers involvement and certain characters should be dead but for the most part the story is the same for the most part with some side characters having fleshed out back stories.
For me going through on hard I used Twinsaber for Cloud, Big Bertha for Barett, Sonic Strikers for Tifa, Mythical Rod for Aerith. Those reprieve stats on Tifa and Cloud were a godsend at times. Though after collecting all manuscripts I went back to using the buster sword as it is the absolute solid all-rounder.
Buster Sword everyday lol. When I played FF15, I much preferred using ranged weapons. However, while playing FF7 Remake, I found myself favoring Tifa and Cloud’s up close playstyles.
Dreamy what ranged weapons?
Facts
Tifa was such a beast. I loved playing as her as much as I could. She builds that Stagger bar so quickly, and half the time, she doesn't even need to dodge. She can just run past attacks.
I didn't fight as Tifa much until I realized how awesome unbridled strength was.
@@JMA42691 Tifa is a beast though, very powerful physical attacker. Aerith is a Magic powerhouse too, I couldn't choose they're both phenomenal
You did a great job again! This will be very helpful in my playthrough, since I focus a lot on weapon stats.
Im very impressed by the quality content. Thanks for the time in putting this together. Subbed.
This was actually really interesting. I hadn't really gone back to the earlier weapons after I got newer ones, just assuming the new was better than the old. Now I see they kind of support different styles of play for each character. Good stuff!
I’m about to finish hard mode and I’m still using their first weapons. I love this game so much
Great video. I was looking for something like this so I could compare all weapons side by side and what has the best skills.
This is so informative. As someone who only starting hard mode now (in 2021), this is exactly the analysis I needed for the endgame.
Please do a video on finding the summons. I completely missed a few of them on my first play. Love the videos so far, very informative 👍😃
...I love her quick bruiser playstyle and combo potential!
Thank you! Got back into the game super late and this helped a lot 🙏
This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you!
This was excellent information.. thank you. Subscribed!!!
Great vid. I'm really enjoying "Drain Tank/Wizard Cloud" using the stylish Mythril Saber with elemental infused attacks, and the very powerful (maybe even cheesy) HP absorb + enemy skill combo. Turning hard mode into a breeze.
Oliver Hill good point. I’m on chapter 17, gearing up for hard mode. Now I have to add another thing to my to-do list before hard mode.
Enemy skill materia is very underrated. The only thing I don't use as often is Self Destruct but even so it does do stupid amounts of damage and for a mere 12 MP for and 1 ATB for rezzing it may be worth it in some fights.
Thanks for the advice you guys! I'm really enjoying this game! :)
Weapon and Materia guides for the combat simulator would be really helpful!
Thanks guys! Great work as always
Thanks for this guide!! Very helpful!
Thanks for the final stat chart for weapons!
You guys are my fav final fantasy channel
I don’t why, but Hardedge was my favorite weapon in the original, it had a cool simple design and its stats were crazy good its time.
i found clouds hardedge to be utterly devastating, especially paired with the Nail-bats skill, Disorder, use that then go ham with physical attacks, very nasty with Elemental materia combos.
it's an absolute monster with the counter attack when used in Punisher mode, like, my god
Jeff Slaughter i shall try this 😁
Stickman Gaming favorite weapon with Cloud
True. Hardedge, Twin Stinger, and Buster Sword are all great choices for hard mode tbh. Great choices fr
those graphs are really awesome and usefull! thx!
Thanks for the video it was very informative you earned a sub dude keep up the great work!!
I'm using Silver Staff for Aerith and Purple Pain for Tifa. Silver Staff seems to be a great option for conserving MP which is important in hard mode, and I tend to switch Cloud's weapon often. When he's fighting alone I lean towards physical attack with Hardedge and when he's with other I tend to lean more towards magical and support weapons like Iron Blade.
Good video!
Buster sword for Cloud when soloing and hardege with melee focussed Materia loadout when in party...feathered glove on Tifa for speed, big Bertha on Barret for tank/ support build...and reinforced rod for Aerith... those are my fav setups
Just started using the Nailbat with a crit build. It's now my current favorite. So satisfying bonking everything's brains in.
Ironically the buster sword is the most well balanced when maxed out
Full Metal Boots True, but Buster Sword also gives you bonuses to pretty much every stat along the way in its skill tree. I valued survivability for Cloud over pure DPS, that’s what Tifa is for.
@Full Metal Boots you could just save scum near Shinra boxes until you refill MP, lol.
But yeah, I came to the same conclusion with Hardedge. Cloud's built to be the best bruiser of the group and his counter setup makes it all the more reason for him to up his damage and stagger ability as high as possible, so might as well recover HP through what he does best. Plus Hardedge does have a crit boost available in it's core upgrades so pairing it with Luck Up isn't a bad idea, but I prefer the chain bangle so I can use the elemental materia with fire or lightning. Some fights are trivialized with this setup like the MOTH unit or Bomb, and unless I need Tarot cards to debuff a mob or superboss with time, or bind materia, I usually just slap some revival earrings on him so I can spare revival for another party member without too much fuss.
Full Metal Boots Actually, I use cloud’s mp on spells mostly on bosses. For healing, I just go with chakra and pray. His pray is really good. On hard mode. Aerith’s arcane ward can be used by anybody when they walk into it. So this will help boost Cloud’s magic casting potential.
And just build Cloud’s magic attack and you got yourself a very good melee/mage fighter when the situation calls for it.
@Full Metal Boots If you run Mithril Blade for black mage build and you exploit enemy element weaknesses, anything not a boss is either one-shotted by blade burst before you get near them, or the lowest level attack spells will cost you 0MP 90% of the time. I never once saw a need for Hardedge personally, but that was just with my playstyle. Bosses I felt I over prepared for since nuking them with level 3 spells worked to make them die before fighting back, knowing that the chapter would end so I could spend everything.
@@diablo2punk i'm srry but aerith needs to die she is too powerful lol
love the content keep up the great work
I've been using materia slots as my final factor in my setups. I'm still doing trophy cleanup, so the more active slots I'm using, the more Materia I can max out at once.
I figure the more bonuses the better for when I start Hard mode.
Great video brother!!
During my first play through i stuck with the buster cause I love it's design the most, though as i go hard I'll likely end up with something that'll give me a good materia boost since I use them like crazy.
Thank you! I wish the game had an easy way to compare weapon abilities & stats other than diving right into the upgrades window. :)
i just started playing the game for the first time. this whole system is confusing at first, but im starting to get the hang of it. im only on chapter 9 with 13 hours in. im having fun mixing up the weapons, gear, materia, and upgrades despite my confusion. thanks for this guide! i didnt realize how deep this weapon system was lol
I like what they did making all weapons viable and useful in their own way but I also like going on side-quests to get each characters ultimate weapons in preparation for the final dungeon
You forgot that the Punisher Mode on the Nail Bat is VERY different from the usual mode. Changes the gameplay for that blade heavily. I found it to be too clunky to bother, especially as you lose Clouds amazing aoe potential with the normal Punisher attacks.
The reason is because you're suppose to build up 2 ATB charges, disorder into the batting stance at the end of your combo when the enemy is pressured- bat and then use it into the charge up to get berserk and then disorder back into the normal fighting stance when the enemy is no longer pressured. The good part about the batting stance is it offers really high amount of stagger. So if they're pressured you can even do a couple of swings before going back into normal fighting stance with disorder. Very good with things you can pressure really easily.
As for Aoe, Triple Slash is effective enough to do if needed. :)
@@Pmak That definitly explains why Disorder is on that Blade, didnt make too much sense to me before, So thanks. I am still not sold on that blade, as opening battles by going into Punisher for the ultra wide sweeping jump attacks is incredible, mostly due to Clouds counter being so good. But I can see now why someone would ever use it.
My favourite Cloud build has to be the Mythril Blade, because its special ability has insane scaling of the magic stat. One strike can wipe an entire encounter if you position it well. The animation is slow tho.
I really like the weapon diversity in this game, there are a lot of different playstiles for each character. The objective best for Cloud is probably whatever does most damage with Triple Slash (that skill is a tad overtuned) but all blades are viable in some way.
@@daku5413 As mentioned from my previous post my build for Cloud is:
Hard Edge - 2 Luck Materia at max or near max with First Strike. As soon as you enter battle you just Triple Slash and then hit once or twice and then Triple Slash again. Most of the time most if not all the things as dead. You can also give him ATB Stagger and continue the onslaught if you manage to stagger something that's not yet dead.
Also goes really good with either Tifa or Aerith as back up with the 2nd First Strike Matera and cast magnify magic if you know things will probably survive.
@@Pmak magnify isn't really optimal for offense against larger mobs, especially on Hardmode. I'd rather conserve my MP and use magnify on support materia like barrier, or time. You know you're getting the most of out of mp consumption and I'd rather use Cloud's counter skills and triple slash to sweep larger mobs.
@@Dailyblazer19 I like Magnify offensively only on Aerith in her doublecast circle. if you position her well getting off two aoe -ra or -ga spells can end some of the nastier encounters in the game. Also her having Supspirit/MP Drain makes her MP matter less on Hard.
But if she isnt present Time and Barrier are definitly amazing, as you said. Mass slow is very good as most bosses and their goons arent imune, and mass haste is obviously stellar. Something underrated I think is Magnify on Vita. Mass Vita can be a big clutch, and mass Regena is a nice buff to keep up at all times.
Great video!
Informative. Thanks
Platinumed this today and I feel exhausted!
Barret with big bertha, using life saver + prayer is essentially a must on hard challenges, as he can take all the damage and heal without spending MP. Rest of the party can be composed as the situation requires.
I am still surprised that this channel hasn't started a walkthrough playlist for all the Final Fantasy games.
Fantastic. Thank you.
learned a lot. thanks!
My current load out.
Cloud: Mithril Saber
Tifa: Swift Strikers
Barret: Big Bertha
Aerith: Mithril Staff
Basically Cloud & Tifa are used to unleash constant raw elemental damage based on the area in question. Barret its a pure damage sponge with healing & utility thrown in. Aerith is used as a mixed caster healing & firing of damage spells as needed.
I found the iron blade to be my go to the counter attack when guarding made it super easy to beat anyone what physically attacks you with triple slash aswell guna have another play through and try the rest of the weapons out now
Love how you kept saying "Purple Rain" instead of the proper name being "Purple Pain". It's a classic Prince song but otherwise this video was both entertaining and informative.
loll
It's annoying. Screw prince and his bs.
@@ThePresentation010 I don't see anybody asking for your opinion. I commend your ability to butt in.
@@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 right back at'cha.
Where do you find the purple rain? I missed it in my play through
Cloud’s counter attack skill can be followed by a second counter by using the punisher mode counter. It’s fun to land try it. Also using Barrett’s steel skin followed by life saver is great for boss fights.
Edit: looks like u can do either counter first. 👍🏽
How do you do the input for the second counter after doing his Counter Skill? Do you press Triangle at the same time you're about to get hit while already having input his Counterstance?
@@kynriv101 id say its if your surrounded and after your counterattack gets initiated by an enemy, then you go into punisher mode
I'm so damn excited to see Red XIII hair combs, Yuffie shurikens, Vincent guns and Cid spears I future games!
I love how nobody cares about Cait Sith lol
@@michaelkeller5927 sad times for cat boi.
Love you guys!
awesome video
I have a bias for Melee Barret, his attacks has hyperarmor with a high stun rate & he becomes really good at pressuring & staggering enemies when combined with his abilities. His Steelskin is not just useful for its defensive boost, its a boon when fighting close range & casting spells as it provides hyperarmor that prevents him from getting interrupted while casting, a utility that Aerith does not have. He's really reliable that way.
I tend to just go with the weapons with the most materia slots. This is good to know.😎
This is true for the most of the first playthrough. When you max out all the weapons materia slots are the same anyway.
Barret with Big Bertha, Haste to fill his ATB gauge quickly, and Prayer + Magnified Barrier: "Who needs other support?"
Give him Chakra and he will even heal himself. He becomes unstoppable.
Aerith could do this stuff even better since she is literally the only character who never had to deal with 0 MP anyways 😅 Barret may be fine, but Aerith always will be the better one 😊
@@szunaloneheart3148 See I always prefer her as my Nuke mage. Since she doesn't have mana issues it allows her to spend mana without as much worry. Mostly cause she doesn't have the ATB to nuke and heal. (since prayer works just as well on Barret its better on him since he usually can spare the ATB) Barret struggles with MP if you rely to much on him as a support mage which is why Aerith usually is still on Manawall duty but also 2-3 attack spells keeping her ATB busy.
@@Bdakkon it's just a question of preferences and i think Aerith is the best healer in the game by far, so i use her for that. Cloud can be a splendid nuker / mage as well, so you maybe see my favorite strat behind it
@@szunaloneheart3148 The only issue is Aerith gets 1 hit KO from pretty much any late-game boss atk on hard and you can never get enough ATB without having her as your active character. Meanwhile, Barret is a damage sponge and builds ATB like a boss with his overcharge skill. He can get focused all day, restore all his HP back with chakra while still healing the team with prayer. If you put barrier and steelskin on him, then he's pretty much a brick wall.
Wow we finished the ff7r and now playing hard mode and never used this stuff thank you for showing me this😁😁😁😁😁😁
I made my Tifa build a Red Mage w/ Sonic Strikers; Magnify Heal with the 20% off heal spells (And Auto Cure if Aerith’s not around), offensive spells with MP and Magic Up, Deadly Dodge and her standard melee attacks. It’s not a be all end all OP build, but it’s one that worked very well when I played. Makes her a well rounded unit, like a true Red Mage.
Nail bat is incredible when you lean exclusively on Luck boosts. You can chunk max damage on a staggered enemy.
My current setup looks like this..
Cloud: twinblade or hardegde..hardegde for random encounters and twinblade for bossfights (it has a ability which protect you from dying in a fight for one time)
Tifa: metal knuckles
barret: big bertha
aerith: mythril rod
Most people main the Buster Sword because they think it's right, but I say it's not because it brings wear, tear and rust.
And that's a real waste.
We all know where it’s going to end up regardless though besides our teammates are a little more important than the sword. Just a little.
@@ChiefBoze They're gonna inherit our dreams, honor, and pride after all.
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On hard mode, you don’t replenish MP at benches anymore, which makes the Mythril Saber for Cloud & the Silver Staff for Aerith very useful for casting cures and spells (they both boost MP regen by 50%, which makes a big difference; you don’t want to run out of MP on a boss fight!) Feathered gloves make Tifa amazing as a team buffer, and are perfect for Prayer materia. Barret has some really good options for DPS or as a support tank, so it depends, but Big Bertha is always a good choice..!
I see a lot of talk about hard mode builds. I would just like to share mine; it got me plat in 8 days and it's what I use for speedrunning. I'll only focus on gear that matters and why.
Cloud:
Weapon: twin stinger - gives Reprieve and MP Saver
Accessory: Götterdamerung/Super Wristguards/Transmodulator - either focus on boosting LMT fill rate or damage.
Weapon materia:
(W/F/L/I mat)->"Elemental materia"
Heal, Revive, prayer, monster skill.
Bracelet:
ATB Stagger, dodge, steadfast block (this gives LOTS of atb), atb boost.
Believe it or not, self-destruct and bad breath are fantastic abilities - even on hard mode. Though you should save self-destruct for last hits. Cloud will gain large ATB for staggers, blocking, and combining with a team. Swap out atb boost with refocus for solo boss fights if you have Götye
Notes: everyone on cloud for having good stats. However, dps he puts out is reduced when you consider:
ATB charge rate
Combo speed
Stagger fill rate
In comparison to other char's. Play around with tifa's "chi trap" and then tell me who the best character is.
Tifa
Weapon: either purple pain or mythril, for mana, reprieve, etc.
Accessory: transmod (best for her)
Weapon mats:
Parry (amazing on her), steadfast block, ATB Stagger, ATB Assist, Revive, heal.
Bracelet: pray, hp up, atb boost
Alternatively you can increase mp and use metal knuckles, I prefer this though. Chi trap staggers quickly and burns through hp, use two at a time to fill allies atb and perpetually pour on pain.
Barret:
Weapon: sadly the best one is his LMG - Rprieve and some other bonuses. But bertha gives better damage. Mostly flavour here.
Accessory: transmod ONLY if the isn't there.
Mp up, mp up, hp up, hp up, pray, revive
Steadfast block, skill master, refocus, whatever else you like. (THUNDAGA for me)
Barrett earns atb passively and I try to keep his atb full if risk high, so he can rev or pray. For the rate he earns atb, he's about as good as clou, but with virtually no atk endframes and more options to reach bosses/enemies.
Aerith:
Weapon: Guard Stick
Accessory: cog bangle , I think, the one that converts mana to lmt. Or götter'done for like bladefish.
Materia:
Magnify->barrier/heal (for summons and tpk bosses use barrier, but you want both), elemental+whatever, pray revive
Mp up, hp up, hp up, refocus
Give Aerith the opposite element of cloud, just in cas, or lightning / fire because of tracking. She fills atb pretty fast but is very fragile. Best limit in the game.
Pride and joy:
Use team ATB or Aerith Tifa Barrett. Tifa builds atb for rangers, draws agro, and expediates stagger. Makes the fight a no-brainer.
***note: certain builds may perform best for certain bosses (e.g. more spells for hellhouse), but this is the build i found to perform best for a no-swapout speed run. Happy plating!
I do love that you get new weapons, they are fun to use and all that. But I just love the fact that I can use the Buster Sword. I remember playing FF7 and always thinking that any weapon I got never really looked better than the Buster Sword. So to find out that I could just use it for the entire game was such an awesome surprise to me. I truly love the way they have done weapons in the game so that you can play around with some cool new weapons and get new skills and then have the option to just swap back to the original weapons.
Replaying the game on Hard now and I will be using all the standard weapons, except for perhaps Aerish as her weapon does not show in cinematics anyways.
Here's every total upgraded stat/ability not hp/mp/atk/mag/def/m.def which already shows on equipment screens
Buster Sword
・Punisher Mode Strong Attack Damage 5% Boost
・MP Regeneration 10% Boost
・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost
Iron Blade
・Punisher Mode Counter Damage 5% Boost
・Elemental Damage 5% Boost
・Trade-Off
・Reprieve
・Physical Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
・Magic Attack Power +5 with High HP
・Physical Defense +5 with High HP
・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost w Low HP
・Self-Healing 50% Boost with Low HP
Nail Bat
・Luck +5
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Critical Hit Damage 25% Boost
・Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost
・Crippling Damage 10% Boost
・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost
・Weapon Ability Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost
・Debuff Resistance +5
・Reprieve
・Critical Hit Rate 50% Boost with Low HP
・Physical Defense +10 with Low HP
・Magic Defense +10 with Low HP
Hardedge
・Punisher Mode Strong Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Aerial Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Crippling Damage 10% Boost
・Weapon Ability Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost
・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost
・Buff Duration 10% Boost
・Bloodsucker
・Stagger Siphon
Mythril Saber
・Elemental Materia Damage 10% Boost
・MP Regeneration 50% Boost
・Attack Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・Trade-Off
・Magic 20% Boost with Full MP
・Debuff Resistance +5
Twin Stinger
・Elemental Material Damage 10% Boost
・Fire Damage 5% Boost
・Ice Damage 5% Boost
・Lightning Damage 5% Boost
・Wind Damage 5% Boost
・Buff Duration 10% Boost
・Inflicted Debuff Duration 10% Boost
・MP Regeneration 10% Boost
・Elemental Defense 5% Boost
・Healing Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・Physical Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
・Magic Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
・Magic Defense +5 with High HP
・Reprieve
Gatling Gun
・Overcharge Damage 10% Boost
・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost
Light Machine Gun
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Elemental Damage 5% Boost
・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost
・Buff Duration 10% Boost
・Debuff Resistance +5
・Healing Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・Reprieve
・Stagger Siphon
・Physical Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
・Magic Attack Power +5 with High HP
・Physical Defense +5 with High HPLight
Big Bertha
・Trade-Off
・Elemental Defense 5% Boost
・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost
・Limit Break 5% Boost with Low HP
・Attack Power +5 with High HP
・Magic Attack Power +5 with High HP
・Physical Defense +10 with Low HP
・Magic Defense +10 with Low HP
・Self-Healing 50% Boost with Low HP
Steel Pincers
・Attack Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・Healing Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・MP Regeneration 50% Boost
・Elemental Materia Damage 10% Boost
・Fire Damage 5% Boost
・Ice Damage 5% Boost
・Lightning Damage 5% Boost
・Wind Damage 5% Boost
・Inflicted Debuff Duration 10% Boost
・Magic Defense +5 with High HP
・Magic 20% Boost with Full MP
Wrecking Ball
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・ATB Charge Rate 10% Boost
・Weapon Ability Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost
・MP Regeneration 10% Boost
・Buff Duration 10% Boost
・Crippling Damage 10% Boost
・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost
・Reprieve
・Bloodsucker
・Stagger Siphon
・Magic Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
EKG Cannon:
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Overcharge Damage 10% Boost
・Critical Hit Damage 20% Boost
・Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost
・Weapon Ability Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost
・Bloodsucker
・Reprieve
・Critical Hit Rate 100% Boost with Low HP
・Physical Defense +10 with Low HP
・Magic Defense +10 with Low HP
Leather Gloves
・Speed +15
・Concentration Activation 50%
・Unbridled Strength Damage 10% Boost
・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost
・Self-Healing 50% Boost with Low HP
Metal Knuckles
・Speed +7
・Concentration Activation 30%
・ATB Charge Rate 10% Boost
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Aerial Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Rear Assault 10% Boost
・Buff Duration 10% Boost
・Bloodsucker
・Physical Defense +10 with Low HP
・Magic Defense +10 with Low HP
Sonic Strikers
・Speed +21
・Concentration Activation 50%
・Elemental Material Damage 10% Boost
・Fire Damage 5% Boost
・Ice Damage 5% Boost
・Lightning Damage 5% Boost
・Wind Damage 5% Boost
・MP Regeneration 50% Boost
・Healing Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・Buff Duration 10% Boost
・Inflicted Debuff Duration 10% Boost
・Debuff Resistance
・Physical Defense +5 with High HP
・Magic Defense +5 with High HP
Feathered glove
・Speed +28
・Concentration Activation 70%
・ATB Charge Rate 10% Boost
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Aerial Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Rear Assault 10% Boost
・Physical Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
・Magic Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
・Stagger Siphon
Mythril Claws
・Concentration Activation 30%
・ATB Charge Rate 10% Boost
・Elemental Material Damage 10% Boost
・Attack Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・Elemental Defense 5% Boost
・Debuff Resistance +5
・Reprieve
・Attack Power +5 with High HP
・Magic 20% Boost with Full MP
Purple Pain
・Speed +11
・Concentration Activation 70%
・Unbridled Strength Damage 10% Boost
・Reprieve
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Critical Hit Rate 20% Boost
・Critical Hit Damage 20% Boost
・Limit Break Damage 10% Boost
・Physical Defense +10 with Low HP
・Magic Defense +10 with Low HP
・Critical Hit Rate 50% Boost with Low HP
Guard Stick
・Reprieve
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Tempest Damage 5% Boost
・MP Regeneration 10% Boost
・Elemental Defense 5% Boost
・Healing Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・Physical Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
・Magic Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
Silver Staff
・Attack Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・Healing Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・Trade-Off
・Reprieve
・Fire Damage 5% Boost
・Ice Damage 5% Boost
・Lightning Damage 5% Boost
・Wind Damage 5% Boost
・MP Regeneration 50% Boost
・Inflicted Debuff Duration 10% Boost
・Debuff Resistance +5
・Magic 20% Boost with Full MP
Arcane Scepter
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・Stagger Siphon
・Reprieve
・Attack Spells MP Cost Reduction 20%
・MP Regeneration 10% Boost
・Inflicted Debuff Duration 10% Boost
・Buff Duration 10% Boost
・Elemental Materia Damage 10% Boost
・Fire Damage 5% Boost
・Ice Damage 5% Boost
・Lightning Damage 5% Boost
・Wind Damage 5% Boost
・Elemental Defense 5% Boost
Mythril Rod
・Bloodsucker
・Debuff Resistance +5
・Magic 20% Boost with Full MP
・Physical Defense +5 with High HP
・Magic Defense +5 with High HP
・Limit Break 5% Boost with Low HP
Bladed Staff
・Luck +5
・Stagger Siphon
・Critical Hit Rate 20% Boost
・Critical Hit Damage 10% Boost
・Crippling Damage 10% Boost
・Magic Attack Power +5 with High HP
・Critical Hit Rate 100% Boost with Low HP
・Limit Break 5% Boost with Low HP
・Physical Defense +10 with Low HP
・Magic Defense +10 with Low HP
Reinforced Staff
・Tempest Damage 5% Boost
・Buff Duration 10% Boost
・Debuff Resistance +5
・Physical Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
・Magic Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding
・Magic Attack Power +5 with High HP
・Physical Defense +5 with High HP
・Self-Healing 50% Boost with Low HP
・Reprieve
@@verislie Doing Gods work.
Thank you so much for posting this. I freaking hate opening up the upgrade menu just to reconfirm shit, or sifting through the cluttered guides online.
Every move we did in the orig game that gave a brief camera movement... this game gave us a small story of it!
I use Big Bertha for Barret Wallace because long range and that maximum Fury attack gives me a great tactical advantage in Don corneo challenge.
hard Mode:
Cloud: Twin Stinger (After switching couple weapon for defeating Hell House, this sword comes in handy. And beat Sephiroth first try)
Tifa: Sonic Strikers (Damage Dealer Slightly Healer, reduce mp cost)
Barret: Light Machine Gun (If Aerith was out, He's the prayer and healer)
Aerith: Silver Staff (Balance Attack and Healing)
That's for me
This was the best / simplified gear system I’ve seen in an RPG in, well, forever. Fewer choices = better gameplay.
But - and maybe it’s because I suck - but it nearly my 20ish years of playing Final Fantasy, I’ve yet to see an argument for not making characters as strong physically and defensively as possible. Aside from the fun factor and a few annoying battles I never go too heavy into the magic route.
I’ve found that there are usually accessories and equipment that takes care of magic defense and simply making every character able to aggressively heal and deal the most HP usually satisfies the main storyline battle requirements.
Anyone else feel this way? Magic is fun but support Materia + healing + physical damage to opponent seems to be more efficient.
Hard mode in this game breaks that model though and party designation starts to become more important.
Silver staff for aerith, 50% bootctomp regen, boosts to elemental damage, magic boost when mp full, tradeoff, mp cost reduction on both types, reprieve.
......hard mode, it was nice to have that weapon that geared to mp cost reduction and regen of mp.
Mytthril Saber for cloud, trade-off, 50%mp regen, and attack magic reduction. Hard mode since the AI acts more defensive and really doesn't cast, I like him more magic geared. This run, I may try the nail by with luck plus now, though.
I love that Tifa is fast, but I'll misjudge distance and miss occasionally with an attack or worse, her limit. I felt the same way with snow in 13, something about a fist weapon. I miss more. Sonic strikers. Healing cost down, activation 50%, 50% mp regen, boosts to elemental damage, and buff and debuff. But I do really like the feather gloves, too.
Barret is Big Bertha. Trade off, self-healing boost, little more hp, and boost to his limit. I love what they did for him in the remake. Love him ranged, but it's real he can go healer if cloud and Tifa need to be solid damage.
When I can pick I take aerith and barret. I prefer ranged....although th AI is always like..."ima get reeeeal close to use my rage attack ok?!" Example is the big bomber fight, yikes him back and to the side build up bars, heal ppl ect as you widdle away with him since he'll run right in and he's crazy slow....
I wouldn'ti mnd other setups; so far, for me on hard, this is what I used. Material load out is all dependent on what you're fighting and accessory. Rufus on hard props that with the right set up, it's way less painful. It was brutal until I got it right.
I like to use barret to soak damage and heal, aerith to pressure with magic and help heal when barret struggles, then use barret and tifa when pressured to stagger then tifa brings the pain! Can’t get enough of chaining her abilities so much fun
My final HM choices:
Cloud: Hardedge just puts in work unless a magic boss like Hell House pops up then Mythril Saber (Hardedge still has decent magic with cloud's base stats)
Tifa: Feathered Gloves as its very all rounder, maybe trade for Metal Knuckles here and there for physical
Barett: LMG. With the def, heal cost reduction, and reprieve, it makes it worth. (pains me to say goodbye to big bertha's dps, but LMG utility is godsend in HM)
Aerith: Silver Staff, aerith has pretty decent magic dmg and is range so you really shouldnt have to guard much (crossed Mythril Rod and Reenforced Staff for me) and with MP being hard to refill, SS 50% mp regen is a tempting choice
Cloud = Hard Edge - physical Damage Dealer with 2 Luck ups and First Strike cause Triple Slash is OP AF
Tifa = Sonic Strikers - Elemental physical
Barret = Big Bertha - Tank
Aerith = Mythril Rod - Glass Cannon
Triple Slash is, in my opinion, his best ability. I love the ability.
@@saiwaqa2573 Best ability to fight Rufus. It manages to close gap fast as there is no charge up meaning you can catch him while he's reloading. It's kinda nuts how they give you the best ability in the game right from the start. It manages to pressure smaller enemies really easily specially the last hit.
@@Pmak Yeah bro. that ability with first strike made all my early game grinding bearable lol.. But yeah that and firaga with magnify is the best against Rufus for sure.
Or. Cloud: buster sword.
Barret: gk what ever it’s called
Tifa: feathered gauntlets
Aerith mythril rod
Max the weapons, get all the books from hardmode and you’ll see a difference
For me it's
Cloud - Buster Sword - Just an all-around strong weapon. One of the few swords that has a passive boost to Punisher Stance. Also gives small MP regen. There's just no wasted stats here.
Tifa - Feather Gloves - Tifa is the only character that gets boosts in speed, and these gloves give the highest speed boost, while also giving her good attack and magic stats and boosting her block (which helps considering she's melee and not as tough as Cloud).
Aerith - Silver Rod - MP Reduction on all spells? Yes please. Means that many more -aga spell casts. Also high MP regeneration.
Barrett - Haven't figured out quite yet. Thinking either EKG or Big Bertha. Big Bertha for HP, or EKG to boost his casting ability to give him more versatility.
Leader Tifa with Metal Knuckles + mastered First Strike materia + Windwhistle Scarf accessory + immediate Starshower spam = steamroll through every regular encounter. Simulation battles require a bit more strategy for sure, but there's nothing like cleaning house almost immediately every time you get into a regular battle
I could not have said it better myself!! I love the Starshower spam. It was so helpful during the boss battle at the end of chapter 13. When you battle of these guys along with failed experiment.
He didn't even mention Aerith's Silver Staff, which I almost exclusively use with her. 50% MP regen boost in combat is the best out of any other, elemental spell percent increases make up some of the lacking raw magic power, and comes with healing and attack spell mp reduction.
THIS^. I actively think the Silver Staff is the best weapon period. It also has Trade off, making her the best healer period since damage dealt to her turns into mp. No other staff can compare to to utter survivability this weapon provides. The Mythril Staff is garbage in comparison.
@@jadenledkins9428 Facts. It's not even really debatable, which is why it was shocking to me that it wasn't mentioned.
Cloud: Buster Sword, but only after Level 6's additional materia slots. Twin Stinger before that.
Tifa: Leather Gloves. Not sure why, they just feel the most well-rounded and comfortable to me.
Barret: Big Bertha because obviously. Plus, Maximum Fury is probably the most fun ability to use.
Aerith: Mythril Rod for bosses, Reinforced Staff for anything else. One exception: I used the Silver Staff for the Top Secrets for its MP cost reduction.
Got the platinum today thanks to Gotterdammerung 😊
I beat the game on normal using the buster sword and I do t regret a thing,in fact I'm going for hard right now with just the Buster Sword lol
Barret with big bertha is insane, can output a ton of healing without even requiring MP
buster sword is the most balanced personal favorite of mine, mythril is the best if you going straight caster cloud is the second best caster, and hardedge is the best for pure melee.
I like to use buster sword for normal battle, twin stinger for boss battle and hardedge for one on one duels. But yeah buster sword is a nice all rounder weapon for cloud.
I love how Aerith is the strongest magic user but when she’s captured by Shinra Cloud becomes my Fighting Mage and he’s freaking great at it. 😁👍
Nice overview about the weapon-characteristics - I can make use out of that for sure.
I've finished the game on normal but I want to beat the last Chadley challage before I start hard mode (and grind up all the materia). Not gonna lie: he kicked my butt a couple of times now and I'm working out a way to beat him.
I'm in the same boat... I had no idea there were even more tomes... I thought the manuscripts they mentioned were lore books...
But now I can see getting the books to further enhance is going to be how I tackle Bahamut
@@richardpage2082 I mean, you can rearrange the weapon points and customize to your needs now. F.ex. a weapon for Cloud with this "survive a fatal attack with 1hp left" ability and put everything in physical dmg and magical defense and spare the points for magical attack for now.
@@jurassisart except the only two weapons that Cloud has reprieve on are some of his weaker swords. Twin Stinger is a good support healer that takes advantage of elemental weaknesses, but knowing your enemies weakness isn't always tenable, especially in the simulator where you're trying to stretch one materia across 5 matches and it only accounts for a few enemy weaknesses.
I'd rather stick to Hardedge as it supplements clouds counter skills with boosted crit ratio and the ability to leech HP off staggered and defeated opponents. It's a more effective measure of healing your main fighter while you attenuate Tifa as the battle mage that can deal out good stagger and dps, with HP absorption tied to her materia setup and leave Barrett as the support tank with Lifesaver, and Big Bertha for trade off and desperate recovery. Have time materia slotted on Cloud or Tifa to Hasten Barret and give him ATB Guard materia and he'll gain more ATB for guarding while he has Lifesaver in effect. He can spam Prayer while keeping his distance. Just keep Cloud pressuring the mobs or superboss and have Tifa duck in and out with her strikes to help build stagger and supplement ATB rate for low grade magic that helps to pressure enemies and makes Clouds role easier.
@@Dailyblazer19 Nice, thanks. Hope I can make use of it for Bahamut. :D
Good video. But u forgot to mention 1 of the most important weapon skills called "reprieve". Every character has 1 weapon that alowes you to survive 1 death every fight.
I'm convinced that we're going to get DLC weapons in FF7R, their's an open weapon slot after all for each character.
Agree
D. I agree, and I think we’ll get level cap increases too.
By end game weapons dont really matter and can be used for aesthetics. 90% of your setup can be made with materia combinations. With the exception of reprieve of course, but that is only useful in countering bahamuts mega flare.
The best of all, is that all weapons reward you for using them with their abilities and level up even if you aren't using them so you can do things like change a character role without expending hours in leveling up them.
I just went with the weapons that offers the most materia slots in the beginning.
Im trying to remember what "trade off" does?
I prefer the feather gloves, not much attack decrease but speed, speed, speed.
Aerith, the choice is easy, but I love the silver(?) scepter for the physical attack.
Really late to the party, but playing on PC. I might seriously buy PS5 for the next installment.
Nail bat build: As base stats don't go up...
2 refocus materia (boost attk and stg), supernatural wrist guards, 2 luck up materia, 2 HP up, elemental + enemy weakness, parry materia, bahamut materia, for attack up.
I try to leave cloud around 2k HP and max HP as close to 9999 as high as possible to increase damage and crit rate. I use long press punisher for frenzy. Cast Manawall/barrier by party member to decrease damage dealt to cloud and stay in punisher mode and move around with parry dodges. The slow punisher move will pressure and put enemies off balance. This WRECKS enemies and is so much fun to compare damage output to Hardedge.
Hardedge, Metal Knuckles all the way. The damage dump on staggered enemies is real.