How to pressure enemies in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a critically acclaimed remake and has left the entire gaming world in awe. While it honours the original's narrative and characters, Rebirth boasts a revamped combat system that adds fresh takes on the familiar enemies. There is a lot to learn about the new action-packed combat, including how to pressure enemies in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

One part of the new combat system in the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is pressuring an enemy. This is just a step to Stagger the enemy and defeat them eventually. However, the game shares little info on how to pressure an enemy and it involves particular elemental attacks, as not every enemy is pressured the same way.

How to pressure enemies in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

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To Pressure enemies in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth follow these steps:

• Equip the Assess Materia on a party member
• In battle, fill an ATB gauge and use Assess on an enemy
• The enemy information screen will reveal how to Pressure them:
  Elemental Weaknesses: Look for icons under "Weaknesses" (Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Aero). Use spells of matching elements to Pressure quickly.
• If the enemy has elemental weaknesses:
  Use spells of those elements to deal damage and Pressure them simultaneously.
  Cloud's Punisher Mode, Barret's Focused Shot, and Tifa's Focused Strike deal bonus damage to Pressured enemies.
• If the enemy has specific Pressure triggers:
  Refer to the Assess information for details on how to trigger Pressure (e.g., dodging specific attacks, hitting a damage threshold).
• Continue attacking with effective methods (weaknesses, triggers) to keep the enemy pressured and fill the Stagger gauge rapidly.
• Once Staggered, the enemy will fall and take increased damage. A damage multiplier appears next to the Stagger gauge, indicating the increased vulnerability.
• Take advantage of the Staggered state by switching characters to their high DPS modes (e.g., Cloud's Punisher Mode) and unleashing powerful abilities.
• Certain abilities, like Tifa's Chi attacks and specific Synergy Abilities, can further increase the Stagger multiplier for even more devastating damage.

This is all you need to know about how to pressure enemies in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. For more, check out our other guide revealing where to find the Mountain Chocobo.

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