Wailing Weed Fiend Intel: How to Prevent Quick Nap

Wailing Weed is a Fiend Intel Combat Assignment in the Grasslands Region of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Learn the strategies on how to beat this Fiend Intel, how to prevent quick nap, how to unlock, and where to find this Fiend Intel on the map.

Wailing Weed Information

Wailing Weed Objectives

Battle Conditions
Prevent enemies from using Quick Nap Stagger an enemy Defeat all enemies within the time limit.

Wailing Weed Enemy Intel

Mandrake Enemy Intel
Weaknesses	Normal: Staggered:
Resistances	Lesser: - Greater: - Staggered: -
Immunities	Normal: - Staggered: -
Absorbs	Normal: -

Mandrake Weaknesses and Drops

How to Unlock Wailing Weed

How to Prevent Quick Nap

Save ATB Gauge and Use Abilities to Prevent Quick Nap

Mandrakes can use Quick Naps really quickly and your only way to prevent it is to save ATB Gauge and use Abilities before they can use the move. Use a quick Ability like Cloud's Triple Slash or Firebolt Blade to cancel their move.

Wailing Weed Map Location

West of Plains Tower

Map View
In-Game

After activating Activation Intel 4: Plains Tower, this Fiend Intel will appear directly to the near left of Plains Tower.

How to Beat Wailing Weed

Pressure Mandrake by Using Fire or Ice Magic

Pressure Mandrake by casting fire or ice spells, so you will need to equip a Fire and Ice Materia in order to cast spells that are strong against these enemies.

Casting Fire and Ice spells will pressure the enemy easily. Make sure to avoid using a character with high magic stat like Aerith as Mandrakes have low HP and they can be easily killed without being staggered.

How to Pressure and Stagger Enemies

Choose Dynamic Difficulty if Your Level is Way Higher than the Fiend Intel

If you are trying to pressure the enemy and your level is way too high, there is a chance that you'll defeat the enemy even before pressuring them. To solve this, switch to Dynamic difficulty as the enemies' level will scale with you, providing a challenge and an opportunity to complete the Fiend Intel's mission

Dynamic Difficulty and Difficulty Settings: Is There a Difficulty Trophy?

Retry if You Fail an Objective

If you fail an objective such as pressuring the enemy, you can always retry the Fiend Intel by holding the Triangle button.

Equip Assess Materia to Scan Enemy Information

It is highly recommended to equip the Assess Materia and Assess the Fiend to figure out their pressure conditions and also what their weaknesses or resistances are.

How to Get the Assess Materia

Scan Enemies to Unlock Chadley's Biological Intel Combat Simulator Missions

Scanning Fiends will also contribute to unlocking some Biological Intel missions as Chadley will require you to assess a certain amount of enemies within a region in order to unlock a Biological Intel combat simulator missions.

Combat Simulator Guide: How to Unlock and Win All Battles

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