Gigatrice Hard Mode Guide

Gigatrice is a boss in Chapter 7: Those Left Behind of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Learn how to beat Gigatrice on Hard Mode and normal difficulties, its weaknesses and resistances, and a list of its moves and attack patterns in this guide!

Gigatrice Weaknesses and Stats

Stats

	Easy	Normal	Hard
HP	?	36075	126335

Weakness and Resistances

Weaknesses	Lesser Resistances	Greater Resistances
Fire Poison	Sleep Stop	None
Absorbed Elements	Immunities
None	Wind Proportional Damage Berserk Slow Silence Stone Petrify Morphable Items

Changes When Staggered

Weakness / Effective	Resistance
None	Wind Direct Attack Ranged Attack Magic

How to Pressure Gigatrice

Deal Enough Damage or Hit it With an Elemental Cyclone

Inflict enough damage while it's in the air. Hit Gigatrice with an element-infused Cyclone.

In order to Pressure and knock Gigatrice to the ground in Phase 1, you will need to deal enough damage to it. Exploit its Fire weakness to easily knock it to the ground and build up Stagger.

During Phase 2, Gigatrice gets a damage immunity shield called Wind Barrier. The only way to dispel it and knock Gigatrice to the ground is to infuse a cyclone with Elemental magic and have it hit Gigatrice as it flies around the arena.

How to Pressure and Stagger Enemies

Gigatrice Best Party and Builds

Notice from Game8	This section is for players who are playing on Easy and Normal difficulties. To check out the best builds and tips for Hard Mode, jump to our Hard Mode Guide section, below!

Fixed Party Setup

Recommended Party Setup
Yuffie	【Main Damage Dealer】 ・Inflict continuous ranged elemental damage with Fire Ninjutsu. ・Best to use as the active character because of her speed when generating ATB charges.
Barret	【Tank / Support】 ・Take the damage for the team by using Lifesaver from the Barrage Blaster. ・Heal allies and himself with the Healing and Prayer Materia. ・Inflict ranged damage consistently.
Tifa	【Punisher】 ・Best to use once Gigatrice is grounded and Staggered. ・Punish Gigatrice with a flurry of attacks using her abilities once it's Staggered.

Best Materia to Use

Materia	Effect
Healing	・Heal a single ally in battle. ・Best equipped on Barret.
Prayer	・Heal all allies in battle. ・Best equipped on Barret.
HP Up	・Increase the HP of a character. ・Can be equipped to all characters.
Steadfast Block	・Gain ATB when blocking attacks. ・Can be equipped to all characters.
Item Economizer	・Automatically use items without consuming ATB after performing several actions. ・Best equipped on Yuffie.
Poison	・Ability to cast Poison spells, which is one of the weaknesses of Gigatrice. ・Can be equipped to all characters.
Fire	・Ability to cast Fire spells, which is one of the weaknesses of Gigatrice. ・Can be equipped to all characters.
Level Boost	・Boosts the level of a Materia. ・Can be equipped on characters with key materia like Fire or Healing.
2★ Cleansing	・Allows you to cast Esuna which removes detrimental status effects like Petrify.

How to Beat Gigatrice

Gigatrice Boss Fight Tips
Use Barret's Lifesaver to Tank Damage Use Fire and Poison to Deal Damage Move Away During Devil Cyclone Dodge Petrifying and Tornado Attacks Apply Elemental Effect on the Cyclones Bring Gold Needles to Cure Petrification

Use Barret's Lifesaver to Tank Damage

You can get a Barrage Blaster weapon from a chest as your party climbs Mt. Corel. Equip it to Barret to unlock the Lifesaver ability and use it while fighting the boss. It will increase his HP and absorb damage his allies take during battle.

How to Get Barrage Blaster

Focus on Healing Barret Once Lifesaver is Active

Lifesaver lasts for a long time. It's best to focus your healing on Barret to ensure he survives and tanks more damage for the team. You can equip his Selfish Recovery if you have unlocked it to increase the healing he will receive in battle!

Use Fire and Poison to Deal Damage

Fire and Poison are the main weaknesses of Gigatrice. Make sure your characters can apply those elements to pressure Gigatrice and tear down its HP faster.

Apply Poison Once Wind Barrier is Active

Wind Barrier will make Gigatrice immune to most damage but not from Poison. Use Poison spells or attacks to damage it until the barrier subsides.

Move Away During Dust Devil

Dust Devil is a large cyclone that deals a ton of damage and covers a lot of space in the middle of the arena. You can easily dodge this by quickly going to the corner of the arena once you see the prompt.

Dodge Petrifying and Tornado Attacks

Gigatrice's dangerous attacks are its Petrifying and Tornado attacks as they are unblockable. Dodge them at all costs to avoid getting damaged and potentially dying. You might also get a petrification status effect if you get hit by its Petrifying attacks consecutively.

Apply Elemental Effect on the Cyclones

IInfuse Gigatrice's cyclones with elemental magic. If the elemental cyclone hits Gigatrice, it will apply Pressure. However, be sure to keep your distance from those cyclones, as you can still get damaged by them!

Bring Gold Needles to Cure Petrification

Gold Needles can cure the petrification status inflicted by Gigatrice. Try to bring a few before fighting the boss to be ready when your character gets petrified during battle.

Gigatrice Hard Mode Guide

Gigatrice Hard Mode Tips
★ Best Hard Mode Builds for Gigatrice ★
Open with Doppelganger and Fire Ninjutsu Spam Firaga to Pressure and Build the Stagger Use Fiery Banishment 3 and Firaga for Damage Use Tifa as Your Physical Damage Dealer Block Melee Attacks as Much as Possible Spam Dodge When Dust Devil Starts Position Yuffie Behind Cyclones to Infuse Them

Gigatrice Best Hard Mode Builds

Notice from Game8	The builds featured in this Hard Mode section are at Weapon Levels 7~8. If you find that you don't have enough Materia slots to complete the setup, consider getting all the possible Manuscripts on Normal, first.

Note: We gave Yuffie ATB Stagger since she will be the only character that can reliably stagger Gigatrice. The bonus ATB granted by this materia will allow you to squeeze in a Fiery Banishment III and Firaga cast within each stagger phase.

If you still don't have an additional Magnify, you can opt to go for a linked Magnify + Healing and Magic Focus + Time. Given that the Haste cast can only be single-target with this setup, have Barret only cast it on Yuffie throughout the fight.

Have Yuffie Cast Doppelganger and Fire Ninjutsu

Your win condition for this fight will be Yuffie and her ability to double-cast Firagas. To start the fight, have Yuffie cast both Doppelganger and Fire Ninjutsu once she has enough ATB. However, before using Doppelganger, switch to a different character so Gigatrice doesn't target Yuffie during the animation.

Once you're set up, it's as easy as spamming your ranged Ninjutsu magic to build up enough ATB for Firaga. Don't try to fight Gigatrice in melee since Yuffie is squishy. Maintain your distance and conserve your HP so that ATB charges aren't wasted on heals.

Have Barret Cast a Magnified Haste for the Party throughout the Fight

Barret will be in a supporting role for the fight, casting Haste for the party and tanking damage using Lifesaver. Make sure he always has a spare ATB charge in case you need to cast a Magnified Heal or Arise (if one of your party members goes down).

If you need a quick ATB top up, have Barret use Overcharge. This should fill up at least 1 ATB bar for you to use without having to spam basic attacks. Remember, you'll want to be piloting Yuffie as much as possible throughout the fight.

Spam Firaga to Pressure and Build the Stagger Gauge

During Phase 1, spam Fire Ninjutsu attacks to build ATB. Once you have 2 ATB, double-cast Firaga using Doppelganger to push Gigatrice into a Pressured state. When in this state, spam more Firagas until you Stagger the large bird.

Cast Bioga to Deal Persistent Damage Throughout the Fight

In addition to Fire, Poison is highly effective against Gigatrice. If you have any spare ATB charges on Barret or Tifa, consider casting Bioga early in the fight to maximize the damage ticks of the poison while Yuffie hits Gigatrice with elemental Fire attacks.

Use Fiery Banishment III and Firaga for Damage

The best thing about Firaga spam is that that it allows you to build up to Fiery Banishment 3, easily. Once you stagger Gigatrice, immediately queue up a Fiery Banishment III to chunk away at its HP. Follow it up with a double-cast of Firaga after building up 2 ATB.

This same damage rotation will be used once Gigatrice enters Phase 2 unless you run out of ATB charges. When you do run out though, make sure to immediately switch to Tifa since she's you're next best DPS during stagger phases.

Note: Make sure Yuffie is the one that staggers Gigatrice since the bonus ATB from ATB Stagger will allow you to squeeze in both Fiery Banishment III and Firaga within the same Stagger phase.

Use Tifa to Deal Physical Damage During Staggers

If you run out ATB charges on Yuffie during a Stagger phase, immediately switch over to Tifa. Spam True Strike as well as the Unbridled Strength + Omnistrike combo to deal a ton of physical damage while Gigatrice is down.

Block Melee Attacks as Much as Possible

Gigatrice likes using a ton of melee attacks that have wonky hitbox tracking. To avoid taking too much damage, remember to block any and all melee attacks. Steadfast Block should help out here, since it reduces the damage taken while also giving you an ATB boost per blocked hit.

Spam Dodge When Dust Devil Starts

Dust Devil is Gigatrice's strongest attack. When it starts, it will conjure small dust cyclones that spawn where your character is standing. If any of them end up hitting your character, you will get stunlocked and the large Dust Devil will be guaranteed to hit them.

To avoid this one-hit-kill attack, spam dodges as soon as you see the Dust Devil text appear above Gigatrice. Once the small cyclones are gone, pay attention to the AoE of Dust Devil. Exit its affected area to avoid getting knocked out.

Position Yuffie Behind Cyclones to Easily Infuse Them

In Phase 2, you will need to hit Gigatrice with 2 Element-infused cyclones in order to dispel its Wind Barrier. This is the only way to knock it down and remove its damage immunity. However, targeting the cyclones is tricky since you can only lock on them if Gigatrice is right next to the cyclone.

To bypass the difficulty of targeting the cyclones, position Yuffie behind one while locked on Gigatrice. When ready, cast a regular Fire spell. Its trajectory should hit the Cyclone, infusing it with Fire before it can even become targetable.

Remember, we're preemptively lighting them on Fire to avoid the cyclones being infused by Gigatrice's Petrifying Breath (which it does regularly whenever it's beside a cyclone).

Gigatrice Rewards and Details

Rewards

Gigatrice Rewards
Easy/Normal						Hard Mode
・825 EXP ・50 Party EXP ・10 AP ・1100 Gil						・6500 EXP ・30 AP ・3250 Gil ・Secrets of the Ninja Vol. VII
Items Dropped						Rare Items Dropped
None						None
Stealable Items						Morphable Items
None						None

Basic Information and Details

Gigatrice
Location	Chapter Unlocked
Mt. Corel	Chapter 7
Species	Movement
Biological	Flying
Details
An avian creature that nests on Mt. Corel. Exposure to mako has mutated it beyond all recognition. It loves to feed on soft, newly born chicks, and will not allow anything to come between it and its favorite snack. Inflicting enough damage while it is in the air will pressure it and force it to descend. Using elemental magic on cyclones it conjures will imbue them with elemental energy. It will become pressured if hit by one of these.

FF7 Rebirth Related Guides

Boss Fight Guide and List of All Bosses

Story Bosses

All Major Story Bosses
Chapter 1	Materia Guardian
Chapter 2	Midgardsormr
Chapter 3	Rude and Elena Mythril Golem
Chapter 4	Terror of the Deep Roche
Chapter 5	Jenova Emergent
Chapter 6	Grasptropod
Chapter 7	Custom Valkyrie Gigatrice
Chapter 8	Dyne Anuran Suppressor
Chapter 9	Specimen H1024 Crimson Mare Mk. II
Chapter 10	Gi Nattak
Chapter 11	Diabolic Variant Yin and Yang Forgotten Specimen Galian Beast Roche
Chapter 12	Abzu Rude and Elena Rufus
Chapter 13	Red Dragon Ironclad Reno and Rude Tseng and Elena Moss-Grown Adamantoise Demon Gate
Chapter 14	Jenova Lifeclinger Sephiroth Reborn

Optional Bosses

Grasslands
Summon	Titan
Classified Intel	Quetzalcoatl
Side Quests	White Terror
Junon
Summon	Phoenix
Classified Intel	Mindflayer
Side Quests	White Mousse Hell Rider II Sandstorm Drake
Corel
Summon	Alexander
Classified Intel	Tonberry King
Side Quests	Dark Claw Joker
Minigame	Test 0
Gongaga
Summon	Kujata
Classified Intel	Great Malboro
Side Quests	Levridon Mastodon Gorgon Mane Gigantoad
Cosmo Canyon
Summon	Bahamut Arisen
Classified Intel	Jabberwock
Side Quests	Irasceros Gigaworm
Nibel
Summon	Odin
Classified Intel	King Zu
Side Quests	Queen Bee Dranabarga
Meridian Ocean
Gilgamesh's Island	Gilgamesh Titan and Bahamut Arisen Phoenix and Kujata Alexander and Odin
Pirate King's Treasure	Ogre Raider Brineborn Demon Hueyacoatl Sea Dragon