This is a guide to beating the Super Boss Pride and Joy Prototype in the game Final Fantasy 7 Remake (FF7R). This article explains how to unlock this Secret Super Boss, Pride and Joy Prototype's attack patterns, weaknesses, and tips and strategies for defeating them.

Pride and Joy Prototype Stats and Information

Basic Information

Pride and Joy Prototype
Species	Movement	Type
Mechanical	Grounded	Boss

Description

Large-scale robotic weapon. Development was discontinued because it was deemed too dangerous. Charley used the project data to recreate a prototype within virtual reality.

Assess (Tips)

Tactical data not available.

Pride and Joy Prototype Stats

	Easy	Normal	Hard
HP	Currently Unknown	Currently Unknown	Currently Unknown
Attack	Currently Unknown		Currently Unknown
Magic Attack	Currently Unknown		Currently Unknown
Defense	Currently Unknown		Currently Unknown
Magic Defense	Currently Unknown		Currently Unknown

Pride and Joy Prototype Weaknesses & Resistances

Weakness / Status Ailments	Lightning
Lesser Resistances	Fire, Fixed Damage
Greater Resistances	Wind
Immunities	Poison, Silence, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Berserk, Fixed Damage
Absorbed Elements	-

Stagger Rates

Melee	Ranged	Magic	Fire
×1	×1	×1	×1
Ice	Lightning	Wind	-
×1	×1	×1	-

Stagger Length

Stagger Length	10 seconds

Rewards

	Easy/Normal	Hard
Gil
AP
Exp
Items Dropped	-
Rare Items Dropped	-
Steal	-

Abilities

Name	Element	Blockable?	Knockdown?	Status
Double Machine Gun	-	Yes	No	-
	Fires with the machine guns under its arms.
Knee Fire		Yes	No	-
	Sprays fire from its knees for 1 second.
Ankle Fire		Yes	Yes	-
	Crouches down and blasts fire out of its ankles.
Brutal Tackle	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Charges forward and stomps with its right foot.
Brute Force	-	No	Yes	-
	Puts its hands together and topples over, crushing anyone within range.
Beam Cannon	-	No	Yes	-
	Charges energy for 3 seconds then releases it from the cannons on its shoulders. Will also use while jumping backwards.
Stomp	-	Yes	No	-
	Jumps to the side or behind, damaging anyone in its path.
Catch	-	No	Yes	-
	Grabs a target with its right hand (anyone else who comes in contact with its hand will also take damage) and smash them against the ground for 30 seconds. Before it smashes its target, it will proceed to do other actions as usual, and if 8% of its arms max HP is dealt in damage it will squeeze its target. If this is done 3 times, its arms HP reaches 0, or one of its legs' HP reaches 0 and it falls over, it will release its target.
Napalm Shot		No	No	-
	Shoots napalm from its left arm that explode and create puddles of fire that stay on the field for 30 seconds.
Spark Whip		Yes	No	Stun (8 sec)
	Unleashes a beam of electricity from its left hand and sweeps it from left to right.
Jammer Laser	-	No	No	See Below*
	Shoots lasers that go in 3 directions from the core on its chest. Depending on the color of the laser, it will inflict a different status ailment.
Stun Blast	-	No	No	Stun (8 sec)
	Gathers light into the core on its chest and releases a fan shaped wave of energy.

*Status Effects and Ailments Guide

Where to Find Pride and Joy Prototype

The Final Opponent in the Battle Simulator

On the 64th Floor of the Shinra Building in Chapter 16, you'll gain access to a Shinra Battle Simulator. After completing all the other matches in both the Battle Simulator and the Corneo Colosseum, and completing all the Battle Intel missions, you'll be matched up against the opponent Top Secrets. However, this opponent will only appear when the difficulty is set to Hard. On top of that, you'll have to defeat the 4 Summon bosses in a row before you're even allowed to fight it, making this battle extremely difficult to access.

Opponents in “Top Secrets” Match
1	Shiva
2	Fat Chocobo
3	Leviathan
4	Bahamut
5	Pride and Joy Prototype

How to Beat Three-Person Team Vs. Top Secrets

Requirements to Battle Pride and Joy Prototype

Requirements Checklist
Defeat all opponents in Corneo Colosseum (Chapter 9) Defeat all opponents in the Battle Simulator (Chapter 16) Complete all Battle Intel missions (available in Chapters 3, 8, 13, 16)

Before getting ready to go up against Pride and Joy Prototype, make sure you've accomplished each of these goals first. The Battle Intel missions in particular will take some time to complete, so check out our individual guides to learn how to accomplish each of the required tasks.

List of Battle Intel Reports and Rewards

The Reward is the Best Accessory in the Game

Gotterdammerung	Effect: At the start of any battle, your Limit Gauge will be automatically filled. Your Limit Gauge will increase automatically throughout the battle.

After you've defeaten all five opponents of the Top Secrets match, you'll receive what is beyond a doubt the best accessory in the game, Gotterdammerung. This Accessory will gradually fill the Limit Gauge during battles, ensure that you will be able to use Limit Breaks consistently throughout every fight, making it unrivaled in its allure. Despite the painstaking process to obtain it, we can honestly say that Gotterdammerung is worth the struggle.

Best Characters, Equipment and Materia for This Boss

Available Characters

Cloud	Barret	Tifa	Aerith

It's possible to use any set of 3 characters in this battle, but we recommend using Cloud, Tifa and Aerith.

Recommended Characters

Cloud	Role: Attacker & Tank Weapon: Hardedge Armor: Cog Bangle Accessory: Supernatural Wristguards
Tifa	Role: Pinch Hitter Weapon: Metal Knuckles Armor: Cog Bangle Accessory: Champion Belt
Aerith	Role: Red Mage Weapon: Mythril Rod Armor: Cog Bangle Accessory: Revival Earrings

Use Cloud's Counterstance to make him a pseudo-tank

Insetad of simply boosting his defensive stats and HP, Cloud's defensive capabilites can be increased with the Counterstance Ability, which lets him deal damage back when he takes a hit from an enemy. Enemies will tend to target the character who is currently being controlled, so you'll be using Cloud for most of the battles to field and counter attacks.

Aerith: First a healer, second an attacker

With Aerith's already high Magic Attack stacked with Mythril Rod, she's great to use for both healing and offensive Spells. Have her hold the Revival Earrings as a last resort for when your whole party is hit with a powerful attack.

Best Materia for Cloud

Weapon (6 Slots)
HP Up	HP Up	Steadfast Block
ATB Assist	Skill Master	Healing Materia
Armor (3 Slots)
Ice + Elemental		Chakra
Summon
Bahamut

Best Materia for Tifa

Weapon (6 Slots)
HP Up	HP Up	MP Up
Steadfast Block	Barrier	Fire
Armor (3 Slots)
Healing	Revival	Time
Summon
Fat Chocobo

Best Materia for Aerith

Weapon (6 Slots)
HP Up	HP Up	MP Up
Magic Up	Magic Up	Lightning
Armor (3 Slots)
Healing + Magnify		Revival
Summon
Leviathan

Tips & Strategies for Beating Pride and Joy Prototype

★ Strategy Checklist ★ (Click to jump)
Go around it and attack from behind When it raises its arms, run away Move to the side and away from its Beam Cannon Don't try to fight when the flames come out Keep two characters ready to use Revive

Go around it and attack from behind

Almost all of Pride and Joy Prototype's attacks hit directly in front of it. If you're able to sneak behind it, you'll be able to attack it almost without resistance. Its movements speed and turning speed are extremely slow, so you'll be able to keep this up by simply continuing to attack for a while.

When it raises its arms, run away

When Pride and Joy Prototype raises its arms, it will attack the whole area surrounding itself, so you won't be safe behind it. It's best to dodge out of the way when you see its arms raise, and move back after. That said, the attack it executes doesn't deal a huge amount of damage, so simply blocking and absorbing the blow is another viable option.

Move to the side and away from its Beam Cannon

Its Beam Cannon attack will deal as much as 6,000 damage even when Blocked, so be sure to move away to the side and avoid this attack instead. Moving to the side should be enough to get you out of the way of the blast, but because it will take a long time preparing the attack, take the opportunity to move behind it and continue attacking.

Don't try to fight when the flames come out

Pride and Joy Prototpye will cover the floor with a red aura and cause flames to burst up from the floor. Moving onto these flames will deal about 800 damage a second, and will eat up your character's HP in a flash. When this occurs, instead of using melee attacks, fall back and attack with Lightning Magic instead.

Keep two characters ready to use Revive

Even your characters who are keeping their distance and healing can suffer a fatal blow from Pride and Joy Prototype without warning. Be sure to have two characters who are ready to cast Revive, so that you can always bring your healer back into the battle. Pride and Joy Prototype can grab one of your characters and deal a near-unescapable 9,999 damage to them, resulting in instant death. If you've got another character who can Revive them, it will make that much difference for staying in the fight.

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List of Boss Battles

Major Story Bosses

All Major Story Bosses
Chapter 1	Scorpion Sentinel
Chapter 4	Roche
Chapter 5	Crab Warden
Chapter 7	Airbuster
Chapter 8	Reno Rude
Chapter 9	Hell House
Chapter 10	Abzu
Chapter 11	Ghoul Eligor
Chapter 13	Failed Experiment
Chapter 14	Abzu (2nd Fight)
Chapter 15	The Valkyrie
Chapter 16	Specimen H0512
Chapter 17	Jenova Dreamweaver Rufus The Arsenal
Chapter 18	Motor Ball Whisper Harbinger Sephiroth

VR Mission Bosses

All VR Mission Bosses
Chapter 8	Shiva
Chapter 9	Fat Chocobo
Chapter 13	Leviathan
Secret Boss	Bahamut
Superboss	Pride and Joy Prototype

Story Sub-Bosses

All Story Sub-Bosses
Chapter 2	The Huntsman
Chapter 3	The Hoodlums
Chapter 4	Enigmatic Spectre
Chapter 12	Enigmatic Spectre
Chapter 17	M.O.T.H. Unit Brain Pod Swordipede

Monster Variants & Optional Sub-Bosses

All Monster Variants & Optional Sub-Bosses
Chapter 3	Doomrat Cerulean Drake Wrath Hound
Chapter 8	Hedgehog Pie King Mark II Monodrive Venomantis Chromogger
Chapter 14	Rust Drake Tonberry Trypapolis Type-0 Behemoth
Chapter 17	Malboro

Intergrade and INTERmission Bosses

Intergrade and INTERmission Bosses
Chapter 1	Levrikon Gigantipede
Chapter 2	Scarlet & The Crimson Mare Projector Nero the Sable
Optional	Ramuh Weiss the Immaculate Pride and Joy Mk. 0.5 (Top Secrets)