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Players can unlock abilities and bonuses by raising Buster Sword Proficiency in Crisis Core Reunion. Read on to learn how to quickly raise the Buster Sword Proficiency to 100 percent, all farming methods, as well as the abilities and bonuses players can unlock.
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Action | Proficiency Gained |
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Guard Successfully during Battle Stance | 0.07% (Goes up by 0.01% each time) |
Battle Stance → Strong Attack | 0.25% (0.02-0.03% Per Enemy) |
Battle Stance → Use Command Materia | 0.25% (0.02-0.03% Per Enemy) |
For every successful action above, you will increase your Buster Sword Proficiency by 0.01% - 0.03% depending on whether you've done any of the actions.
You can only gain up to 0.57% Buster Sword Proficiency per battle, so missions with long battles such as 1000 Shinra Troops will not give you a lot of Proficiency. You may get a random 10% Proficiency Boost during battle, which happens rarely.
Action | Proficiency Gained |
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Guard Successfully during Battle Stance | Around 26.6% |
Battle Stance → Strong Attack | Around 26.6% |
Battle Stance → Use Command Materia | Around 26.6% |
This is only an estimation above. It seems that you can only raise your Proficiency for each of the three actions by around 26.6%. Which you can't use the action if you managed to collect a total of 26.6% Proficiency with it.
Ability Learned | Bonus Proficiency Gained |
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Barrier Piercing Barrier Break |
5% |
Damage Limit Break | 10% |
You will either get a 5% or 10% boost to your Buster Sword Proficiency when you attain certain abilities. The boost will depend on which abilities you have learned.
Increasing Buster Sword Proficiency changes over time. In the early stages of the game, it can be easy to raise up to around 50%. The further players raise the efficiency of the Buster Sword, the more specific the requirements are in further increasing proficiency.
Mission | Mission Details |
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Rematch with Ifrit
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Availability Chapter 2 How to Unlock Beginning of Ch. 2 |
Enemy Status Effects None |
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Clear Rewards |
If you are unable to raise your Buster Sword Proficiency above 95%, you probably haven't unlocked the Barrier Piercing ability. We recommend defeating a lot of enemies who can produce Barriers.
We recommend doing the M9-6-5: Life Form of Energy as there are enemies that use Barriers here!
Profeciency | Unlocked Ability |
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0% | Enhanced Guard Zack’s Guard now reduces damage by 80%, both in and out of Battle Stance. |
0% | Necromose Zack regains a bit of MP and AP every time he defeats an enemy.. |
10~15% | Damage Limit Break Damage threshold from Strong Attacks during Battle Stance will increase from 9999 to 99999. |
55% - 70% | Barrier Piercing Attacks ignore the effects of Barrier when dealing DMG. |
70% - 85% | Barrier Break Attacks take down the effects of Barrier when dealing DMG. |
100% | Red Aura Zack emits a red aura. The damage received from most attacks is 0. Some attacks like Ultima can bypass this. |
It is important to note that the proficiency numbers shown above are where the abilities are likely to show up, however there's no guarantee that it will always activate.
Effect | Damage threshold from Strong Attacks during Battle Stance will increase from 9999 to 99999. |
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Damage Limit Break can be acquired by going into Battle Stance and using your Strong Attacks to defeat enemies.
Effect | Attacks ignore the effects of Barrier when dealing DMG. |
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Barrier Piercing may be unlocked by defeating a lot of enemies who use Barrier. For those who stuck at 90% Proficiency, it may be a good idea to try to defeat enemies with barriers.
Effect | Attacks take down the effects of Barrier when dealing DMG.. |
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Barrier Break can also be unlocked by defeating a lot of enemies who use Barrier. You will acquire this ability while also trying to get Barrier Piercing!
Mission | Mission Details |
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Shinra Basic Training
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Availability Chapter 1 How to Unlock During Chapter 3, talk to the man in Sector 8 at the top of the stairs about the threa to Shinra. |
Enemy Status Effects None |
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Clear Rewards |
The first mission you encounter in the story. Enemies here will deal attacks that deal multiple hits, so it is easy to earn Buster Sword Proficiency through the Guard Stance.
We recommend doing this mission if Zack is currently at a low level.
M1-1-1: Shinra Basic Training Mission
Mission | Mission Details |
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Life Form of Energy
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Availability Chapter 3 - 10 How to Unlock Clear "Biomechanical Threats" |
Enemy Status Effects Stun |
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Clear Rewards |
This mission will dish out more than 5 enemies with Barrier against you. If you're going to get the Barrier Piercing and Barrier Break abilities, go for this mission.
You can defeat enemies easily by going through Battle Stance and casting Darkness. Zack should have 255 VIT and SPR to not get knocked out quickly.
Mission | Mission Details |
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50 Shinra Troops
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Availability Chapter 9 / 10 How to Unlock Clear "Shinra Advanced Training" |
Enemy Status Effects None |
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Clear Rewards ・Hero Drinkx2
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Most missions will make you reach the maximum obtainable proficiency by defeating around 20 enemies in a single combat instance with Guard stance. Missions like 50 Shinra Troops are great as they instantly put you in a combat situation.
You'll want to defeat enemies as efficiently as possible by guarding into a Strong Attack or by using AoE Command Materia.
M1-1-3: 50 Shinra Troops Mission
Mission | Mission Details |
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Unusually Strong Monsters
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Availability Chapter 3 - 10 How to Unlock Clear "Further Below" |
Enemy Status Effects Stop, Stun |
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Clear Rewards |
This Mission will help in not just raising Buster Sword Proficiency, but it will also help you in earning SP. If Zack is high leveled, he can use the Magical Punch Materia to defeat small enemies in just one use.
M9-5-3: Unusually Strong Monsters
Buster Sword Proficiency is an in-game feature unlocked after obtaining the Buster Sword during Chapter 5 of the Main Story. You can gain Buster Sword Proficiency by doing certain actions in combat during Battle Stance.
When you reach certain Buster Sword Proficiency percentages, you will unlock new abilities.
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Materia Tips and Tricks | |
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Best Early to Mid-Game Materia | Best Materia and How to Get Them |
How to Level Up Materia | Materia Fusion Guide |
Equipment and Accessories Tips and Tricks | |
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You will find different people unlocking certain bonuses earlier or later. This is normal. To unlock Barrier Piercing for example, you need to defeat enemies with Barrier, MBarrier, or Wall active from the Stance Mode. After defeating enough, the perk will be unlocked. This is also the reason most sites online report it as 'impossible' to get Proficiency to 100%. Stance kills, Damage Guarded, Commands used from Stance, and Defense buffed enemies killed from Stance will get you the 100%.
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hello i have unlock break barrier and barrier piercing e damage limit break i am at 73% proficiency but percentual now is freeze maybe i do only battle stance and guard but it only 0.07 % at battle what best mission for farm only battle stance