These VR challenges could actually be pretty fun if it didnt have rounds. It's heartbreaking to get killed in that tenth round and having to spend 20 minutes to get back there. Such a bad decision for an otherwise excellent game

Dude looks like he never left his bedroom since the game came out a month ago.

For those who want build only go to 18:50 ish but give dude some love for studying this stuff to help

There comes a point when the level of frustration exceeds any attempt at fun. The pattern of systematically stunlocking characters and KO'ing them gets really old really fast. Between this design and the "Can't Stop Won't Stop" bug, SE made it easy for me to abandon my attempt at obtaining the platinum trophy.

That Cait build is nuts. Stop extended to the absolute max. Love it.

Honestly, this is the most helpful strategy of all I’ve seen on the tube. I can’t seem to get the other setups to work even though I do exactly as shown in the videos

How do you not run out of mp by the end of it?

My favorite thing about this video is I didn't go cross-eyed watching it. Definitely going to have to try this build.

I don’t think this works anymore. The new patch nullified most of the broken builds. I notice all of these videos are at least two weeks old

Just got the platinum and completed every thing in the Play Log took about 231hours probably not gone play Rebirth for a few months now.

Dude! I finally got this done. I stepped away from it for awhile because I was getting frustrated. Now onto the next one. Thanks for the guide.

HUGE THANKS FOR THIS DUDE. the challenges in this game as so damn hard

Yea I gotta do this. I’m stuck on this challenge because of the last round.

love this build man!! thanks for showing it off. Still struggling on the solo Legandary ones. Brutal is done though.

I finally got this one in the bag! I thought I was done for too Yuffie was one hit killed screwing up my attack plan but I managed to Arise her then Hasting removing that pesky Slow too hit them with Quaga, doppelganger with Arcane ward quadrupling Quaga followed with Comentor. I'm telling you Yuffie and Aerith make a very good team!

Thank you. Instead of yuff i did it with cloud and his magic emphasized blade and did both this and the seventh seal!!!!

Yep, definitely faster and a cool team combo.. you choose sleep over stop and can 1 on 1 enemies or at least give Aerith time to setup... Did this with Aerith HPMP convert, reprieve, reraise and provoke on Red13.. Cait is the goat.. sleep on ememies then stop when stagggered

Brother after a week of progging I finally cleared thanks for the vid

Stagger clears all status effects (good and bad) I think so that's why the stop clears

I’m struggling so bad at this. I literally only have one magnify materia. 😢

Doesn't work @all for me at least Edit: with a little tweek in Yuffies materia slots it worked: instead of auto-magic i took atb cooperation and wild trickster and luck+ , to compensate the magic loss i euipped her with the sorcerer accessory . I also gave Caith a atb shock materia, with those tweeks it worked fine

You could buff it even more in a fight if you arent worried about MP while still having MP absorb. Using Magic Focus instead of Magic Efficiency. But for 10 battle challenges the efficiency comes in handy.

You're also using the magnify on quake when you have only 1 monster left, lowers the spell damage, Also wouldnt it be better to synergy a petrify on aerith instead of the mp absorb as she will spam it as much as you then?

No matter what I do using this strat and build or others i cant seem to do it getting very very annoyed

How does Time/Magnify get every enemy for you? For me it only grabs one or 2! Both Materias are maxed by the way!

Thanks for this. You make it look so easy and you're not using a lot of shortcuts! I am and I am still getting destroyed, even in the first round. The thing that is hardest for me is the 10 rounds. If it were 5 rounds, I wouldn't feel so exhausted when I get to the last one and die and have to do it over again. I know that's the point of brutal but I really want that third Magnify. I just suck at this game lol Edit 1: I switched the Tactical speed to 6 to see if that helps me any. I actually had to make it faster for the Rufus fight. Edit 2 : You mentioned a Wind build. Where can I find that and would it be effective for this fight?

The ai in this game is amazing. When you use a spell aerith automatically rushes to the ward so comet double casts

This challenge is driving me crazy, 8 times and I always lose to the Tomberry, I'll try this build to see if it goes smoother, wish me luck!

If you can get Radiant Ward down, don't you take 0 damage while casting magic?

Could do more single target damage by turning the toggle magnify off once there’s only one enemy left. Think it’s L1

Aerith's Spell blast synergy skill destroys Tonberry king spawns. When charged at max level with decent matk you do about 7-8k in a big cleave, building 1-2 atb for both characters depending on how many you hit and tonberries are too slow to really do much outside of teleport/grudge skills. Also rather than Synergy Meteor, wouldn't synergy quake be better, since it's a bit faster and adds to the petrify bar sooner. I actually don't know what maxing it out on an enemy that's immune to petrify does, I'm guessing bonus stagger/damage since there is specifically an immunity to the status that can build petrify (stone I think it's called) I'm assuming it does something if the enemy is immune to petrify.

I make it all the to the Adamantoise and I simply cannot get enough damage in, even though I’m doing the same exact thing and it’s working on every other round. I kill the eye and get the stagger but Yuffie simply cannot keep changing them, He enrages every time and I just cannot build ATB fast enough and stay healthy with the constant AOE spam all over the field, and usually by this time it is completely immune to stop. I gotta say I’m usually a fan of extremely difficult content, I’ve done everything in every other mainline FF game and played every Soulslike to 100% completion but these challenges go past the point of being challenging and being just outright frustrating because of the way they are setup.

In round 7 you lost stop because staggering an enemy cancels it early. I ended up doing this with the same build like a week ago but I used cloud instead of yuffie

The ole brumal ATB spam worked really well for me on this fight just with fire+ice instead of wind magic (fire linked to the mp absorb). Barret with breach. It was really just a matter of knowing when to magnify and when to take out a single monster first (looking at you ogre).

THANK YOU!!! Finally beat it after 3 days lol

I hope that’s the strat for me! I’ve been following a pretty much same build but with cloud instead of yuffie but of course the doppleganger which will make each cast x4 due to that and the ward I didn’t think. Gonna give that a go, the current Strat worked but final round gets way too stressful due to insta death but hopefully with yuffie I can kill him quicker before he’s an issue

i would bet that in game 3, in response to this, they make flying enemies immune to quake

whos the summon for cait sith?

your guide save me. Thanks!

Would Yuffie spamming magic be an alt for virtual Seph? Get a ward set up, doppel spawned, firaga? Or quake, whatever, just to get him past the damn chain phase?

Cant imagine life without Aerith in part 3 😢 just like in OG you rely on her heal

you're a beast thank you

I crushed this one with Cloud, Aerith, Yuffie using Magnify fire/Swiftcast/synergy on Aerith with Arcane ward

I love how he talks about how *not* hard these battles are... Meanwhile, I've been getting consistently WIPED on round 3 for weeks. It's a great build, but every time I pressure the Adjudicator and then use magic, it still reflects. And that's IF I can manage to pressure it before the other B@*!#&^$ take me out. I'm max level. Finished everything else. I've got this challenge, and those that won't unlock until I beat it left. This challenge makes me want to walk away from 200+ hours of work. I've never actually been so frustrated with a stupid video game that I've wanted to take a sledgehammer to my console, before, but as I sit outside at nearly midnight having my "calm down before you combust" cigarette, my eyes keep wandering to the hammer on the toolbox...

Is quakega better than aeroga for the caster? Not sure which setup is newer.

Aerith can’t cast breach or dispel, I really wonder why .. !!

I’m stuck on this fight! Gonna try this build today Wish me luck

The brumal form cheese does not work on tonberry and the joker. I have very good coping mechanism to ultra hard challenges as i go way back to Snes days but this is just too much

I think aerith not being in the main party will tone down magic quite a bit in next game

How is stop work so long for you? Is there an accessory?

How do you have 4 time materia?

What do you use to make stop last longer?

Hmm, the reason this build does not seem to work for me is because after using 2 ATB bars for Quaga I am not refilling the bars fast enough to keep chaining them. Also Stop does not last nearly as long as it does in your video. I might try your Brumal Build ..that you used for Outer Worlds and hope that works, otherwise maybe I have to grind up Effiency/Potency Materia..

Thanks man, there's a guide for seventh seal

Great Vid, can you do one with Brumal Form + Skill Master Materia for crazy ATB and have Aerith do the Quaga?

I really like this strategy I need Tifa in here to build the stagger faster

Nice one, thank you for your guide

Thank you so much for sharing this!! Appreciate you! I was finally able to clear this one. This build is so much fun! I made a couple of changes: Instead of Chakra and Barrier, I replaced with Fire/Ice and Thunder/Wind for Aerith. Towards the end of each round, I put ATB Ward under Yuffie (stacked on top of Arcane Ward), placed Aerith next to her and used magic to finish off slivers of HP if needed.

Did you try this build on Seventh Seal or Rulers?

Sorry dude, but your method doesn't work for me. I followed everything but at 0:49 the spell always fails to stagger the enemies and I end up getting beaten.

I have a couple of problems with this method. For reference, my team is level 70, Cait Sith has debuff extensions and a Malboro Orb equipped. He casts a magnified Stop. Yuffie casts a magnified Quaga. Right off the bat: 1. Enemies resist stop after the first or second cast. It just ceases to work ever again for the remainder of the battle. 2. In the very first battle of this series, Quaga does nothing to the Maloceros. It just says "no effect" and does no damage. Enemies wake up, stop doesn't work, my whole team dies immediately. Rinse, lather, repeat.

I would be interested in your take on the Seventh Seal, as getting hit for 5k by 1 attack of a burt is not really helping me out there :)

“I wonder how they are going to balance magic in the next game.” Easy. No Arieth = no Arcane Ward… 😢

I still dunno how to do it because idk anything about aeirth lol. it is kind of sad that they ruined it but it is kind of funny to watch that quake go off. I can't imagine how it's going to be for people who actually like to customize and personalize their combat style but anything to get the garbage brutals over. I'd rather actually enjoy hard fights but they are so unreasonably stacked against anything the player can do that you pretty much have to instantly do like 4 Quakes in a row like you're doing here. Ill have to practice to get my AP up tho on a quake (possibly) So the most important thing here is yuffie or cloud with that build and then we need everything the party for the wards is that correct? Sorry I'm kind of lazy. I prefer cloud barret and yuffie Also now that I have watched the whole video I guess in regard to your final comment something that might help it's just typing out the character and the material that they have on in the description for example: Weapon/armor name or slots required Materia Magnify paired with petrify Atb boost Posion and petrify linked with Mp Absorb So basically for materia that do not need to be linked with others you can put them on a single line and for those that do need to be linked you can put the names both on the same line like I did above for magnify and petrify. I know that's a super tall order but it's a nice little detail that would be really cool and helpful personally I just write it down on a piece of paper and then do it whenever I'm copying the build but some other people might need the reference this is a very cool video anyway thank you very much i need to learn aerith after 170 hours of overcharge, triple slash and casting cure

Already have the platinum but I like watching these videos anyway haha

Wait so when the abjucator is pressured you can cast quake safely!?

Great guide, but I really don't know if I want to level up all of my materia to do that. Those Magic materias need A LOT of AP...

How you get 4 time materias?

Lemme sub this is crazy lol.

Don’t you have one for the next brutal challenge?

I am doing this with my two magicfocus on time not maxed so my stop is a bit shorter, which makes some of them really hard. But I think it is doable.

I had been trying to use Dispel on the Hecteyes and it didn’t work. Breach will remove its reflect?

Why not give Aerith another quake materia to go along with her synergy instead of comet?

What’s your materia setup bro?

Round 10 is an absolute cancer, for me the joker basically teleports away from the king. It moves away so quick I can't catch it next to it. And when the king kills anyone, they aren't raisable. This fight is way too overtuned for just a magnify materia. I'm not sure I can even do it. And I've followed this exact build to the letter, also have problems with the round 8 enemies as well as the joker and king basically saying no to my stops, and they end so quick I can't get another off. It's a disaster.

Are you going to add a guide for the mission The Seventh Seal?

Surprised there are 0 gold trophies for rebirth

I can’t do round 3 even when I pressure him it’s reflecting back

Goddamn it this requires a second mastered ATB boost. Can you at least mention that in the description? Unless I'm missing something it seems to be very important... I tried with a regular and I could not get Aerith to both buff and cast the Arcane Ward. If there was a third First Strike I could probably pull it off, but I don't think that exists.

I felt the first ones was SO easy and now ive been stuck on Hellions forever. Tried, im sure, over 40 times now. Feel like giving up :p mostly what I see is to slow atb Charges between slow and attacks. So i dont have time to build it up and as soon as that happens i get attacked on all fronts and then i spend the time trying to survive rather attack. So tiredddd but want that magnify materia :( 😢

Shame this build doesn't work any more, Magnify no longer works with Stop and most of the enemies are immune to the damage from quake. I was really hoping this would get me through this particular challenge but alas! I love this game but the brutal challenges and hard mode suck compare to Remake. To echo another commentor they need to do some balancing for end game activities.

I Struggle on the adamantoise. He casts mana wall on himself.

Is there a way to speed up the doppleganger animation? [RESOLVED: Also, ATB boost never works for me on first try. I always have to press it 2-4 times. I have adaptive triggers turned off (should I turn them back on?), and I press fully, and wait until Aerith/Yuffie's current animation is over (since it definitely doesn't work while they are doing something else). How do I make ATB boost work on first press?] I am in chapter 12, and have to wait until after the next patch before I can chapter select to an earlier chapter (so I don't have access to Cait Sith until then - cannot bear to restart CSWS again). I have Cloud doing all the Cait stuff, but my stop doesn't last as long, because I could recreate every other stat/materia/equipment in he build except for the 2 debuff extension weapon skills. Is there any other way to extend the debuffs beyond the Enhanced Malboro Orb (got it on Cloud)? Edit: Turning the adaptive triggers to 3 helped with the ATB Boost issue. Edit 2: No real way to add further debuffs to Cloud. I just cast Magnify/Stop after ×2 Atb boost/Arcane/Faith/Doppleganger, to give the longest hold, and recast after all staggers. Skipping Aerith out of the way to do all setup commands helped mitigate damage taken during setup, and Cloud had room for a restore, revive, and an atb boost to keep the party alive while Yuffie Quad-Quagas. Thank you so much for your help. My reflexes and coordination are awful, so I definitely wouldn't have been able to do this without your help!

What does Cait Sith have Alexander…!!??? You didn’t say…!!! HELP!!!

Nice job on this. However, when I try I am dead by the time I set all the elements up to do the build. Seems like a lot of luck involved.

Absurd! Quake vs Comet?

i think the similar build with cloud and fury ring is better

Waukegan is ridiculously broken 😂

Maybe try giving Aerith petrify so she can spam quake with you. See how bad you can get the game performance to drop 😂😂

Thank you! This worked better and more forgiving than optinoob's that requires inch perfect timings the battle with adamantoise got a little messy for me Aerith died Stop doesn't work anymore Yuffie got revived but since the floating death is dead, Yuffie can basically dodge any attack from the tortoise Only difference is i put warding + dispel on yuffie as well i think, don't remember at least now my materia collection is complete before grinding again, swiftcast and magic focus materia was at level 4 ( not 5) Yuffie is better than cloud (optinoob) because can safely attack from distance Yuffie always best use first ATB for doppleganger because faster to build one atb again n then atb boost later Doppelganger makes yuffie vulnerable, at least during the 1st stop, nothing to worry about, Can cast quakega when 1st effect of stop wears off still causes stagger /pressure /stun lock My last battle was abit messy too but i did not focus on joker at all, or made sure they're closeby, they're far apart. Also always remember to switch magnify off when u only have a single enemy And always deploy synergy ability that promotes unlimited MPs and heal during that time Aerith casts thunder /thundaga + MP absorb whenever possible

Damn I have to use Cait? Booo! hahah... sweet build though!

Love these videos that make it seem so easy..then I try, copying everything 100% and doesnt work. Cant get past Tonberry |King, even with death resistance. So I guess it "works"...if you have a lot of luck on your side...

Graphics mode doesn’t break your PlayStation. That’s ridiculous to say

Aerith won’t be in the game that’s how they will balance it.

I love your guides. I make videos that cover JRPGs (among other Japanese media appreciation in the west). I recently had a podcast based on FF Remake where we debated its pros abd cons. I lov Rebirth and I am working on. a video Would you be interested in doing a discussion talking about the pros and cons of the battle system and your experience with building builds? No pressure. Regardless keep up the good work.

He reveals himself!

Would daddy consider doing any X rated version of this with no clothes on???

I suck so bad at this i cant even do this 😂 ugh i hate this game.

I wouldn't doubt truth be known as the only ones actually accomplishing this B.S. are people who are modders and go in and tweek it enough to beat it. I put 506 hours into this game, and I find it to be utter garbage. I dont care about a Platinum Trophy, but what I do care about as a completionist is being able to get my money's worth! There is at least 35% of this game I can not obtain because it's absolutely ridiculously difficult! I find it funny how I can go into these insane hard mode gauntlets with the exact same set ups as a lot of these KZfaqrs and not nearly hit as hard and put out the damage like they do!

*copies exact build, equipment and timing* *Still loses all night, all day and all night* Next day same thing. I dont understand why i can literally record and upload it. If i dont beat this challenge i seriously am gonna load a gun and paint my walls. I dont like fighting enemies that are as powerful and cheap as emerald weapon and losing all the time even with the absolute best equipment and materia all mastered and with S tier timing. Am i the only one who can not beat this? Random things just end me for NO REASON. Enemies with stop on them still attack me sometimes. I must be losing my mind after a month of this terrible challenge Ill be saying goodbye to rebirth soon. It just doesnt have that endgame greatness of the original and all my 180 hours of gaming amount to nothing. 650 bucks all for this? It's tedious, boring, makes me upset and i guess i dont see why i should continue. It's just unfair in the way getting hit with a drone in gaza is, not difficult and clearly not skill based. I feel like I got the wrong...game. Maybe the code is bad or I avoided an update. Something very weird is happening when I play. Idk if i should record, maybe im schizophrenic and the symptoms are finally coming back. A lot of forums have people saying that this was impossible for them but outer worlds and the rest was easy. So strange.