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Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

Two-Person Team vs. High Flyers

By
Ben Chard
&
Nathan Garvin
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Participants Cost Rank Rounds Reward
Any Two Characters 400 gil 4 5 Gil Up Materia

Pre-battle Preparations

This optional Shinra Combat Simulator is another one that shouldn’t cause too many problems at this stage of the game, you’ll have any two characters up against an assortment of enemies and due to many of them being airborne ones, consider taking Barret as one of your characters. To make life easier for yourself, slot Elemental-Wind to Barret’s weapon and make sure you bring along both Ice and Lightning materia along with the Healing and Revival materia as items are forbidden.

Round 1/5

Enemy Weaknesses Notable Loot
Bugaboo Wind --

Your first battle is against a swarm of 14 Bugaboos, a battle that is made trivial with Barret’s presence. Switch over to him and use Overcharge-Maximum Fury to make quick work of these, alternatively, use the Aerora spell to hit groups of them at a time. Regardless, this battle shouldn’t post any threat at all so try to conserve MP if possible.

Round 2/5

Enemy Weaknesses Notable Loot
Slug-Ray Lightning Orb of Gravity
Byobapolis Ice/Wind --

You’ll be up against two Slug-Rays and two Byobapolis and you’ll want to take care of the Slug-Rays to begin with as they pose the smallest threat. Make use of Barret’s Overcharge-Maximum Fury or simply sling Thunder spells and they’ll go down in no time. The Byobapolis will use Thundara themselves and can be easily dealt with Wind spells although Ice will strike their weakness too. Once again, Barret is the most effective character here due to his range.

Round 3/5

Enemy Weaknesses Notable Loot
Monodrive Wind --
Terpsicolt Ice --

The next battle will be against four simple Monodrives and two Terpsicolts with the Monodrives being your initial target. If you have Cloud with you, rush in and make use of Triple Slash to cut them down to size so that you’re only left with the Terpsicolts. The largest threat here is the Whirling Barbs ability, once they start spinning, stop attacking and use Ice spells to inflict Stagger.

Round 4/5

Enemy Weaknesses Notable Loot
Elite Helitrooper Fire/Wind Orb of Gravity

Aerora will make quick work of the Elite Helitroopers.

The fourth round is against two Elite Helitroopers and the difficulty lies in your setup. Should you have Wind materia and Barret in your party, then you’ll make quick work of this battle, otherwise expect a frustrating one. Use Barret’s Overcharge-Maximum Fury combo to strike them while they’re in the air and use Aerora spells with your other character to knock them out of the sky and inflict Stagger.

Round 5/5

Enemy Weaknesses Notable Loot
Rust Drake Ice/Wind --

You’ll have more than enough time to get off Infinity’s End when you manage to Stagger it.

The final battle is against a deadly Rust Drake, a foe that will use Gravity to inflict massive damage to the party. You’ll also find that it will use Black Hole to pull your characters in so try to keep them spread out and use Barret’s Overcharge-Maximum Fury combo to deal damage to it. You have some time when it begins casting Gravity so take the time to continue striking it to inflict Stagger, and dispel it, this is the ideal time to use Aerora (it will heal the Rust Drake when not using Gravity). This will make the battle a lot more manageable and allowing you the time to get off Infinity’s End should Cloud be with you.

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Using Aerora is a horrible idea here as it will HEAL the Rust Drake.

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Oh, good spot! You can't use Aerora to stagger it until it uses Gravity, at which point it will no longer heal and instead build the stagger gauge. Thanks for pointing this out!

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Using Aerora is a horrible idea here as it will HEAL the Rust Drake.

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Oh, good spot! You can't use Aerora to stagger it until it uses Gravity, at which point it will no longer heal and instead build the stagger gauge. Thanks for pointing this out!

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Square Enix
  • Platforms,
    PS4, PS5
  • Genre
    Action RPG
  • Guide Release
    10 June 2021
  • Last Updated
    25 February 2024
    Version History
  • Guide Author
    Ben Chard, Nathan Garvin

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In the sprawling city of Midgar, an anti-Shinra organization calling themselves Avalanche have stepped up their resistance. Cloud Strife, a former member of Shinra’s elite SOLDIER unit now turned mercenary, lends his aid to the group, unaware of the epic consequences that await him.

This guide for Final Fantasy VII Remake: Intergrade features all there is to see and do including a walkthrough featuring coverage of all Main Scenario Chapters for both the main game and INTERmission, all Side Quests and mini games along with indepth sections on Materia, Enemy Intel and Battle Intel.

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