Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: The Ultimate Weapons Guide

I usually play the buster sword to the end. (Especially learning new weapons abilities along the way) just because it’s his iconic sword

I’m just so impressed with how each character is so unique and fun to play as. They really took their time ensuring everyone brought something different to the table. And it makes it to where even if you get bored of a character or a party combination, you can swap even just one character, and everything changes.
Maxing out Cait’s Luck has made him stupid competitive for me.
I’m not done beating the game the first time around, but rn he’s at Lvl. 41, 90% luck Up, with Luckey Jockey and damn, he’s getting critical hits in his sleep, and Fortune Teller is consistently dealing 3500+ damage.

Tying learning new combat skills directly to finding new weapons and mastering their abilities is a masterful system. It not only forces you to switch it up from time to time it also makes finding the next new weapon so exciting because that next skill could be a game changer (like Yuffie’s doppelgänger)

Barret in Remake felt Underwhelming for the most part to me but in Rebirth I think he is one of the best, he’s an ATB machine and can take so much damage not only for himself but for others they really improved on everyone so much.

This is the best video I’ve seen about how to use the various weapons in Rebirth. Most other guides focus on where to find the weapons… which is strange because (I think) the game automatically offers (at weapon shops) any weapons that one fails to find during the main story missions.

It'd be cool if the third installment brought back all of the character's weapons from the two previous games, but as skins. Similar like how FF16 gives you that option to replace the weapon's skin while maintaining that set weapon's original stats.

I felt like i was stuck using Sleek Saber for far too long.

Another excellent guide! Hope to see guides for the other characters soon!

Thanks for the guide

I'm a materia nut, I go for whichever has the most materia slots :D lol, at least in normal mode

Excellent guide! I play with Red XIII as my main with Cloud and Yuffie

I love how many options there is. You can make some insane builds

Another factor for End Game is the AtkMAtk Materia. It will turn a physical focused Tifa into the second most powerful spellcaster in the game. Combined with the proper Spell Nuke builds, and the Postgame Challenges will evaporate on contact.

I like the umbral blade on cloud because i use him as a hybrid. Its nice having reprieve and the +50 defence. Cloud is my reviver as he has chakra. Tifa has chaka and aerith i use magic focus/ ice or whatever element the opponent is weak to an then i magnify barrier and magnify healing as well and give her the upgraded karamic cowl so her defences are 160+ and then she uses the plumose rod.

Barret does not have poor gameplay, he's such a good tank!

Man, i gotta push through and finish the game so i can catch up on all the Rebirth content from the creators i follow. Just got to Gongaga. Really enjoying the game so far!

Love the music choices and thanks for the advice. Not sure I'm looking forward to hard mode, but it will be done and I will Platinum rebirth as I did with remake.

I do like this, it gives a feel that your favorite isn't trash anymore because a new weapon shown up. You can still use it much to your like.

I prefer giving cait sith the lucky moogle skills. 100 more luck while he's on the moogle, basically skyrocketing his crit rate for all of his attacks

I respect anybody who mainly uses the buster sword. I believe this, Remake, FFX, and XIII-3 are the only FF games where you can use the cannon weapons throughout the game with no major drawbacks.

Slight correction. Reprieve doesnt actually revive you. If it did it would be much better than what it actually does. What reprieve does is, if you take LETHAL damage from an attack. Instead of reducing your HP to 0 you are instead reduced to 1. Most cases this gives you a last minute chance to get away from an enemy and heal up or deal the decisive blow if they are close to stagger or death. Only issue though is, multi hitting attacks like needle rain, or octolash that do massive damage over several hits. In that case you will get hit, go down to 1 being "Saved" by reprieve, only to get hit immediately again and die all the same.
If the mechanic did as it was described here in the video it would be more so akin to reraise and you would be able to take as much damage as possible and then the blade would revive you. That would absolutely be the best thing ever because you would be able to live (even if only once) through even the most devastating attacks in the game.

I'd like to mention that i tried the critical Jarnp gloves on Tifa and her kaiser knuckles still consistently out damage them. Even with the higher crit damage

Nice guide, I play with Cloud, Tifa and Yuffie, the latter is my most use for brumal form (easier than parry) and doppledanger, she is fricking good!, then Red XIII and barret… I can’t stand Aerith and Cait slowness, at least barret can generate ATB almost at the same rate as Tifa
Nice guide guys!

Probably in the minority but I wish transmog existed where you could use a weapon's attributes but keep the look of another weapon if you choose.

Sleek Saber all the way!!!! The platinum for this masterpiece drained me, but it was SOO worth it 😍🙏 thank you, square! Counting the minutes until Part lll

It seems a lot of folks don't like the design of the Igneous Saber but to me it stands out the most of Cloud's weapons... looks super savage and swore it was made from a monster, until I read it was forged from molten rock. Definitely fits into monster hunter... I think people associate Cloud with more sleek modern looking greatswords... but that's my fav followed by the Slipstream.

Thanks for the video!
Outside of cloud, I’m really enjoying playing with Yuffie Tifa and Cait.
My least favorite playable characters are Aeith Barret and Red 13.

just finished nibel area and chose weapons first on # of materia slots then attack power

One thing about Red XIII is that his damage and speed (so upttime) is already significantly buffed while in Vengeance Mode, whih is prolly why he doesn't have a glass cannon weapon.
If you manage his vengeance bar well and keep him in that state the damage/pressure he does is insane.
He's also probably the best character to use the Elemental materia on because of that.

Gotta say, I DO think the weapon upgrade system from both Remake AND Rebirth are so perfectly done.
First off, in both games, they give you the option to customize your characters. Do you focus on high physical damage? High magic damage? Or do you tailor the weapon to address the innate weakness of the character, i.e. giving Barret's weapons a bigger boost to magic to bring his magic stats up? The combinations and strategies are endless, ensuring no two playthroughs are going to be exactly the same.
Secondly, and this for me is the big thing: it makes these games WAY less formulaic than, not only the original, but most classic FF games. In those games, once you got an upgraded weapon, the older weapon became useless. FF7 tried to address that minimally (ultimate weapons don't gain AP for materia, while some lower weapons offer 3x AP), but it essentially still was, once you got a new weapon, the old weapon just wastes inventory space.
In these games, though, weapons you have in the beginning of the game can still be useful in the later stages of the game. Again, it is all about the play style of the player, and offers a lot of experimentation. Which makes these games so amazing.

I think at least one weapon for every character also has a built-in buff to ATB charge rate (10% buff) without having to use an ability slot. You have to go to the second page of the characters stats to see this.
For cloud it is Sleek Saber and for Aeritj it’s her Gambetein

I know that it doesn't really fit within this game but I love games that let you make totally custom weapons. They usually end up, with some research and effort, being vastly superior to the existing ultimate weapons. My favorite example was probably dragon age inquisition.

Aerith main 2 remake games running....perhaps I'll have to evolve for the 3rd and final instalment

I'd like to know if the character guides are still coming. I know the game explains what the character does but I'd like to know the unknown things that the channel highlights

I mostly use Sleek Saber it's hits hard, I also liked it's backstory. But hard mode is tough.

For the final game they need to do a major questline to get all the pieces of the fusion sword to craft it as Cloud's ultimate weapon. Let it give 2 abilities instead of one and only when equipped allows him to do his special omnislash

What does limit break + 10% damage attribute do for Aerith? Always found it weird since she doesnt have offensive LBs

I learn all the abilities and then keep the original weapons equipped afterwards. Buster Sword stays super strong throughout. I did the same with Rebirth.

Thank you for your review and all the time it took to make it! You did a really good job describing everything and you did a great job presenting it because you portray it like you know the subject you're talking about very well. That makes it easier to follow. I hope you enjoyed playing the game and making the review!

I use sleek saber for normal battle umbral blade for boss fight and igneous saber for one on one duel but buster sword will forever be iconic in every situation

So the weapons of 7 remake are a new version of the 13 weapons that "change" or help the playstyle of a certain paradigm right?

For Cait Sith ypu want to focus on luck as much as possible as alot of his abilities are based on luck. The higher the stat, the better the result of his atb random abilities.

I am usually a buster sword main but the Slip Stream Saber was too good being able to restore MP to Cloud when he takes damage made it to valuable to not use.

Alright, I'll say it. The Tales series wishes it had an equipment system this intricate, not convoluted.

Might be surprising, but I believe Tifa actually has the second highest Magic stat behind Aerith, you must utilize the ATK > MATK though.

I am sorry to be late to the party. I just use auto settings and I've never really looked into what's offered by each weapon and the upgrades they can get. I'm in customer 11, but I'm going to look into that when i get on it today.

Shoutout to you for the amazing video; so many critics in the comments so I'm keeping it positive !

please someone clear somethin up to me, to upgrade my weapon level i need to find the books?

How do you get SP in endgame? Tifa is stuck at 5 points short of weapon level 8 and i can’t get it to go up atall

Man some of these VR builds I’ve seen make me feel like I’m not even playing the same game lol. Like limit loops and double-quadrupile quaga with no atb wait is so broken

So how is this going to work in the 3rd game? Because that’s the one that’ll have the characters’ definitive ultimate weapons.

I really want to know how part 3 going to handle Ultima weapons

Sleek Saber is good for basic gameplay and beginners.

Anyone have any good builds for hard mode? Specifically the brutal challenges but I’ll take tips

No mention of the red megaphone that gives you a free 200 luck when on a moogle?

completely left out the fast that you need to collect weapon compediums to upgrade the weapons level. and you can only reach weapon level 8 on normal and have to get ther rest only on hard mode to get every weapon to level 10. Kind of the most important factor when it comes to weapons.

This game needs a transmog system that includes the weapons from the previous game.
I want to use the mythril saber in rebirth, even if the effects and abilities are not the same.

Why my weapons have less Materia slots than yours?

I beat the game with the buster sword

I want to hit the like button but it's says 777 likes right now 😂

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Your thumbnail is backwards.

Who else is only using Buster sword 🤚

In all honesty I don't think the naming of the Tifa's ultimate weapon was entirely thought through for a western English speaking audience.

I usually just run whatever weapon holds the most materia, the MP in this game are a joke though

I usually just stick with what weapon I got most recently, unless I still have skills to learn. Since Cait got so many megaphones before I could master their skills, I had like three new weapins for him unmastered at one point. But yeah, get a new weapon, slap that on, put them in the party, master the skill, then boot them out so Tifa can come back. Rinse, repeat. But now that I have everything, I think I'll just stick to the final weapons unless I really prefer an older design. I kinda love Cloud's Crystal Sword, Tifa's Dragonscale, and Yuffie's Bird of Prey.
Oh, and I usually alternate between Cloud and Tifa. Both are the best for my preferred play style of sheer brute force and lots of dodging. I'm not really one for finesse and patience, so Aerith is easily the worst to me. Taking down Sephiroth was a nightmare cause she took forever to become useful and I usually needed to burn her ATB to heal Cloud rather than set-up wards and use magic. I really hope Part 3 doesn't force her to be your sole partner in the final battle again. I don't mind her playing a part, but in a two-person party, she's very restrictive.

Am i the only one that doesn't like the last tier of weapons? I dont like the over-designed glowy stuff.

GOTY 2024

I’m usually so overpowered I look for the weakest weapons so the enemies will last long enough for to unleash my synergies and summons. Otherwise I run right through them in like a couple hits. Even the boss battles I have to hold back a bit if I want to see what they have to offer. 😂

Darryl made and darryl watched lol

Game just came out and folks already giving ultimate guides. Yeeesh

Guy in the video doesnt even have weapons at max level. Weapons like sleek sabre beat igneous, it only has like 2 less attack power but lets you use double atb bonus. Same with tifa, dragon claws overtake pretty much everything because they get access to 6 materia slots, high attack and weapon abilities. Dragon claws gets the 15% weapon ability damage bonus also. Its a clear winner

As a general rule of thumb, anything with ATB Up on it tends to beat out other options regardless of stats.
Action Economy is what wins the day, not marginal increases to ATK or MAG, especially on Spam-heavy characters like Cloud Yuffie or Tifa.
I do like that there are niche options available as required, and I especially appreciated that materia slots naturally improve with weapon rank.
However I do hope that Part 3 uses a more straightforward system for the weapon skills. I don't like that each weapon has its own predetermined list of what you can equip.
I would much rather choose my weapon based on the other factors and then customize it accordingly, much like how materia allows you to customize the characters themselves.

I just wish this game featured a true gambit system rather than a very limited one.

I honestly didnt like how weapons were in this game. Most weapons were just better than the previous weapon and it wasnt as exciting getting them for Cloud, Barret or Tifa because the majority of them just gave them abilities from the last game. This was less prevelent on aerith and yuffie and obviously red and cait only have new moves to get.

Damn I didn't even realize we could get other weapons with all of the mini games I'm having to play LOL

Cloud lookin kinda 💅 in the thumbnail

They really need a weapon transmog in this game. Especially for cloud. Only 3 of his weapons are aesthetically pleasing

Cait sith is literally the strongest character in this game hands down, if you know how to play him that is

The problem with Aerith in this game is she’s SO SLOW! 🤦‍♂️ they have you button mashing the whole time and I hate that when I could be just holding in a button. Yes I understand how tempest works, I just prefer the Remake system, for which I can say that about a lot of stuff, blocking and dodging especially.

Caith Sith was the biggest mistake⁉️ he blows and sucks

Whoever made ffxvi needs to watch this video and take notes. This is how you create weapons in an rpg. Final hacknslah xvi was straight garbage. Shout out to the remake team for actually making an rpg with actual rpg elements in the game.

It's not "the final fantasy 7 remake", it's "final fantasy 7: REMAKE". FF7 has never been remade.

How they screwed up keeping rune blade blue is beyond me. Really disappointed w this game at alot of points. Story came before gameplay

as like in the remake, the buster sword is the best sword by the end game

I liked the weapon system better in remake. In rebirth I felt forced to use one weapon for each character