Introduction

Wanting to do this write-up just to help anybody who is unfamiliar with the fight so that people would be more appreciative of pairing with your character by being aware of the different phases of the battle. In this guide, I will be writing the different roles and different characters as how I would play them.

As always please feel free to add anything or correct anything I may have stated.

Sample run video: Debuffer / DPS Zack POV

Phases

• Phase 1: AOE Stun > ST Attacks > Countdown to Thunder Lance
• Phase 2 if HP is > 60%: Interrupt Phase - higher numbers on higher difficulty
• Phase 3: Summon Sparks > AOE Attacks > Goes to Interrupt Phase - with all DPS, just let this bar finish as you do DPS to hopefully clear the fight
• Phase 4: Countdown to Judgement Bolt - Small window to clear the fight if not done after Phase 3
• Phase 5: Win
• On Phase 1, if you paired up with a Whale and you did enough damage prior to Thunder Lance countdown, then Ramuh immediately jumps to Phase 3.
• If you end a phase and HP is roughly at 60%, then he immediately jumps to Phase 3.

DPS - Cloud, Zack, Lucia- NOT TO USE SEA SPLITTER DURING SIGIL PHASE

• Simplest role which is to do DPS and to break Sigil.
• Target to equip with 115 MDEF and 6000 HP at a minimum. Higher HP is better.
• Ideally, once you enter Phase 2, do not use any ATB and go all in with Sigil Breaking - you should be successful.
• Make sure to bring an AOE Summon so that once you enter Phase 3, you are able to help your party take down Sparks. This is helpful especially for folks who are playing on Auto.
• The best DPS is Cloud with Maritime gear. Zack and Lucia are both good, but Zack is a tad better if you have Black Whiskers to do debuffing.

Healer - Aerith, Matt

• Aerith is the easily accessible character for everyone but requires Fairy Tale. Primary Hand should be Chocobo Staff.
• Matt is the better option if you can equip with Prime Number and Killer Hornet.
• Both should have Breach, Defaith, and ▲ Breaking.
• Target to get High MDEF especially with Thousand Waves, and Parasol, if you equip both, target to have a good HP Gear as 3rd Sub. Target to have at least 6k HP.
• Your role is to heal, keep Defaith up all the time, and break sigil. Matt has the upper hand since Killer Hornet has ⬢ Sigil Breaking.
• Whenever there is a Thunder Lance, if you are playing as Aerith, make sure to cast Solid Manaward to that character to help lessen the blow.
• if your party enters Phase 2, save healing until after you finish breaking Sigil, if you immediately heal as you enter Phase 2, your party will not have enough ATB to finish breaking especially without ⬢ breakers.
• On Phase 3, focus on Breaching and Defaithing Ramuh while your party takes on Spark, so that Ramuh is debuffed.
• If you are in a party with Zack with Black Whiskers, forego doing Breach unless its Phase 3 and they are busy with Sparks.
• If you are in a party with Barret, try to cast Breach first so that when Barret does PDEF down, it goes to -3 (3 v symbol).

Debuffer - Zack, Barret, Tifa, Red XIII

• Zack and Barret categorizes as PDEF debuffer. Zack with Black Whiskers is a tad better because of Water Res debuffing on Swirl Drop
• Tifa and Red XIII categorizes as MATK debuffer. Tifa with both Tiger Fangs and Lifeguard Wraps is the better choice if you choose to do MATK Debuffing, emergency healing, and bonus PDEF debuffing on Somersault, but better to have AOE Summons for Spark Phase.
• For MATK Debuffer, if you want them to focus on debuffing, have Defaith, and Breach equipped. Defaith mainly for emergency if not enough ATB to do Uppershot.
• Zack can do Swirl Drop and then 2x Watera Blow until need to reapply Swirl Drop
• Zack on Phase 2, save up ATB, assuming equipped with Black Whiskers, do 2x ▲ Ruin and that should help with breaking a lot. Depending on how your party breaks, you can squeeze in a Swirl Drop, or just focus on Watera Blow for ⬢ Sigil.
• Zack on Phase 3, wait a little until Ramuh casts 4 PDEF, clear it up and help your party with Sparks so they can focus on Ramuh
• Tifa can keep using Uppershot, either by keeping -2 MATK, or try to do -3 MATK with a saved up ATB with 2 stacks of Upper Shot consecutively or Defaith > Uppershot.

Sephiroth, Glenn

• Please play Sephiroth as Manual and don't let the game use Frenzied Stance randomly :)
• You would want to build Sephiroth as Physical DPS since Physical damage does better if you choose to do a DPS role. Weapon recommendation would be the Shinra Blade so that you have a slot for Watera Blow that has a 30% mod just like Zack's Black Whiskers. You will mainly be doing Watera Blow, Ruin Blow, and a 3rd role which can be emergency healer or extra Defaith.
• As Glenn, you can be a support with Hardcore Squad and Rest in Peace for buffing and breaking ⬢. Take note Hardcore Squad gives short duration for buffs so you have to time your buff properly.
• Glenn, like Sephiroth is a blank slate, as long as you build him as Physical DPS or do debuffing with Breach and Defaith.