WEISS GUIDE EASY MODE STRATEGY - FF7 Remake Intergrade

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Published on November 17, 2021 5:07:52 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPNmBG5Hbf8

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Welcome to my 10-step strategy guide to to defeat Weiss easily in PS5 FF7 Remake Intergrade.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:17 Gear Setup
0:40 Cloud Materia Setup
0:54 Tifa Materia Setup
1:10 Aerith Materia Setup
1:30 Battle Settings
2:00 Weiss - Phase 1
4:09 Weiss - Stagger Phase
5:26 Weiss - Phase 2
5:48 Outro

Introduction

At first glance, Weiss can seem to be a very difficult boss:

There are a lot of strategies going around to beat him slowly and using Revival Earrings to survive his ultimate attack, but this is definitely not the best way to beat Weiss. You can defeat him easily within 3 minutes, without any of your party members dying or even taking a single hit. If you follow this strategy, Weiss won't even get to his 2nd phase and you'll destroy him during the first Stagger.

This strategy is easy to reproduce, it just takes a little bit of practice to learn how to dodge his 3 abilities with Tifa, and you'll have plenty of room for mistakes thanks to our gear and materia setup.

WEISS EQUIPMENT SETUP

Cloud:
Mythril Saber (with all the Magic Attack upgrades)
Force Bracelet
Fury Ring

Tifa:
Metal Knuckles (with all the Physical Attack upgrades)
Chain Bangle (she's the only one who might take damage, so she needs the best defense)
Fury Ring

Aerith:
Mythril Rod (with all the Magic Attack upgrades)
Force Bracelet
Fury Ring

WEISS MATERIA SETUP

Cloud:
Magnify (linked)
Time (linked)
Fire
Barrier
Skill Master
First Strike
Magic Up
Refocus
Refocus
Refocus
Bahamut

Note: Refocus materias are only there for the stats boots. They give +4 to your stats and we're interested in the +4 Magic Attack. The higher Cloud & Aerith's magic attack stat is, the more damage their spells will do, and you'll see why this is important later in this guide.

Tifa:
Fire
Parry
Steadfast Block
ATB Stagger
Skill Master
ATB Assist
Luck Up
Luck Up
HP Up
HP Up
Ifrit

Note: Tifa will be our Tank for this fight and we'll control her the whole time and give commands to Cloud & Aerith via the tactical menu only.

Parry materia will help us a lot to dodge all of Weiss's attacks. If you miss some Parries you'll be okay because of our High HP and High Block thanks to Steadfast Block (which works while you're using Parry too!). We'll also have Barrier on Tifa at all times to mitigate even more damage while you learn to dodge Weiss's abilities.

Aerith:
Synergy
Fire
Barrier
Healing
Skill Master
First Strike
Revival
Subversion
Subversion
Magic Up
Leviathan

Note: Revival and Subversion materias won't be used in the fight, we're only slotting them in for the +2 Magic Attack stat boost they provide.

WHY THOSE MATERIA CHOICES?

Skill Master Materia: all 3 characters have it equipped for a good reason, we want all 3 Skill Master materia to be triggered during the Stagger phase to get extra ATB back and do more damage. So we will make sure to use 2 different abilities on each character before the Stagger phase and we'll use a 3rd ability at the start of the Stagger phase, which will give almost 1 FULL ATB back to each party member.

ATB Assist Materia: we'll trigger this materia 3 Times during the fight, and 2 times during the Stagger phase. This will feed ATB to Cloud & Aerith, allowing them to chain cast Firaga during the Stagger.

Luck Up Materia: Luck stat increases crit chance, so more potential damage for Tifa.

Other materias are self-explanatory.

BATTLE SETTINGS

This is just a suggestion for a quality of life, but you can do everything via the tactical menu if you're not comfortable with shortcuts.

I recommend binding a shortcut to Focused Strike because we'll use it a lot in this fight

I also recommend binding Unbridled Strength and True Strike because we'll use them twice in a row quickly to trigger ATB Assist Materia.

TIFA LEADER

In the Battle Simulator, set Tifa as Team Leader. You want to control her at the start of the fight. Weiss will only chase whoever you're controlling.

The rest doesn't matter, pick any order for Aerith and Cloud.

Enjoy the video!

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