Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthdoes precisely what we’d hoped it would.
But it can be a lot to take in.
Here are several ways to stand your ground in Rebirth’s sprawling world.
The developers have cleverly incorporated much of this into the battle system.
There is a relatively swift way to change this to your advantage.
Look forcharacter abilities with ‘pips’at the forefront of their descriptions.
Not every character ability sports one of these pip-like bars.
In particular,elemental attacksavailable across the party’s foliosdo not raise the Synergy bar.
Treat Your Minor Synergy Attacks As Constant Extensions
What do we mean by constant extensions?
It can be fairly easy to fall into treating these as secondary considerations.
Instead,use them routinelyso long as the situation calls for them.
There are quite a few, andthey don’t even require ATB charges.
There’sno reason not to use this to your heart’s content(and your party’s good health).
Don’t forget to assign these as you’d like to theR1 hotbarfor Synergy attacks.
For a while, you’ll only have a few, but a fair number unlock further on.
Remember To Equip Weapon Abilities
Square has changed the heck out of theweapon upgrade systemfrom FF7 Remake.
In other words, it’s automated.Somewhat.
Weapons eventually do gain additional slots, but you’ll never have nearly enough for everything.
It’s an easy thing to forget, and you’re lowering your overall power by doing so!
And don’t get us wrong.
These higher-tier variants aredesigned for you to tackle later, as you level up and gain key abilities.
In other words, it’s not you.
Feel free to try them out immediately, and if you win, wow - fantastic!
But they’retough, so don’t obsess until you’re too frustrated.
He gets ahuge boost to Magic Defensearound the midgame via hisfolio.
It’s a35-point raise, and when it happens, he instantly becomes your bestmagic tankfor quite some time.
Barret’s physical tanking prowesswas well-documented in the first game, with abilities likeSteelskinmaking their return.
So don’t just useAssessto fill your enemy log for newEnemy Skill unlocks.
Make it a point toalways deploy Assess on new enemies, and react accordingly.
Knowing when to mix things up for them is vital to sinking their substantial defense.
Plenty of other scenarios exist, so Assess the situation!
Along similar lines,debuffs that reduce your rival’s power can be a lifesaveragainst the mightiest fiends.
Some enemiesareimmune, but a surprising number of them aren’t!
