How to Beat Brutal Challenge: Requiem for the Scorned

This is a guide on how to beat Brutal Challenge: Requiem for the Scorned in the Combat Simulator of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Check out the unlock requirements and rewards, list of enemies and bosses in each round, and the best party, equipment, and Materia to beat this challenge.

Best Party and Builds

Best Party for Brutal Challenge: Requiem for the Scorned
Yuffie	Cloud	Aerith

Yuffie Equipment and Materia

Yuffie Main DPS
		Weapon		Armor
		Crescent Sickle		Cetran Bracer
		Accessory		Summon Materia
		Sorcerer's Earrings		Gilgamesh
Weapon Materia			Armor Materia
HP Up MP Up Magic Up Speed Up Luck Up ATB Assist			First Strike Steadfast Block Magic Focus Fire and Ice Magic Focus Lightning and Wind Revival Prayer
Weapon Skills
Shuriken Mastery			Precision Defense ATB
ATB Charge Rate Up			Opening ATB Bonus

Yuffie will be the Main DPS for this team thanks to her ability to target multiple different weaknesses with her Elemental Ninjutsus and the Fire and Ice plus Lightning and Wind Materias.

She also has other great abilities like Shooting Star for crowd control and Doppelganger to double cast spells and abilities. When combined with her elemental prowess, Yuffie can easily take down the hordes of enemies in this Combat Simulator challenge.

Since Yuffie will be your main character, she will also hold the ATB Assist Materia to fill the other party member's ATB Gauges and Prayer since she will have her ATB full most of the time compared to the other two who would rather use Curaga's one ATB charge to heal.

Cloud Equipment and Materia

Cloud Secondary DPS
		Weapon		Armor
		Sleek Saber		Valkyrian Bangle
		Accessory		Summon Materia
		Full Throttle Wristguards		Odin
Weapon Materia			Armor Materia
HP Up MP Up Strength Up Luck Up Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus			Magnify Healing Warding Petrify First Strike Revival
Weapon Skills
Attack Power +20			Attack Power +20
ATB Charge Rate Up			ATB Charge Rate Up

Cloud will be your Secondary DPS on this team. The primary abilities he will use are Triple Slash to cleave through multiple enemies and Infinity's End to finish off any staggered foe.

Also, Warding linked to Petrify is important for this challenge due to the amount of enemies that can Petrify you. If both Cloud and Aerith get Petrified, then you'll only have Yuffie's Prayer left for healing and no way to remove Petrification.

Aerith Equipment and Materia

Aerith Support
		Weapon		Armor
		Ceremonial Staff		Cetran Armlet
		Accessory		Summon Materia
		Enhanced Psychic's Charm		Phoenix
Weapon Materia			Armor Materia
HP Up MP Up Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus Time Cleansing			Magnify Healing Magic Efficiency Revival Synergy Comet Warding Poison and Petrify
Weapon Skills
Reprieve			Max MP +3
Altruistic Buff Up			Altruistic Buff Up

If you don't have a Ceremonial Staff with 6 Materia Slots, you can use Gambanteinn with Spiritual Harvest, Max MP +3, Reprieve, and ATB Charge Rate Up instead.

Aerith will be mainly used to cast Resist and Esuna for this challenge due to the amount of enemies that can apply negative status effects. It's also important that she equips Warding linked to Poison and Petrify so that she doesn't get Poisoned or Petrified herself.

Aside from that, she has the standard supportive set of Healing, Revival, and Cleansing in case someone gets too low, needs to be revived, or needs to be cured of a status ailment, along with Time for Haste buffs.

Also, Synergy linked to Comet is a great crowd control tool to have since Aerith can cast Comet for free whenever your leader uses an attack command.

Alternative Accessories

Accessory	Effect
Safety Bit	Grants immunity to Instant Death. Grants Immunity to Stone and Petrify.

Throughout the challenge, numerous enemies will apply various status ailments and can use instant-death attacks on your party. If you are having difficult dealing with this, you can equip a Safety Bit to at least one of your characters to prevent you from getting petrified or insta-killed.

How to Beat All Rounds

Round 1

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Enemies		・Thunderclaw ・Frightflower ・Poison Cap ・Noxicap ・Heatseeker

Have Yuffie use her Fire Ninjutsu and Doppelganger followed by Shooting Star and Firas to clear out most of the enemies with the help of Cloud's Triple Slash.

For Thunderclaw who doesn't have a Fire weakness, have Aerith cast Bioga on it to put it under pressure so that the two DPS characters can finish it off while simultaneously clearing the other enemies.

Round 2

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Enemies		・Shoalopod ・Shankhalopod ・Crystalline Crab ・Amphidex ・Pastel Amphidex ・Blight Frog

Use Yuffie's Ice Ninjutsu and Blizzard spells to focus down the Amphidexes so that they can't inflict your party with Toad. From there, you can continuously auto-attack the Crab and cast Firas on the Shoalapods until all enemies are defeated.

As a note, it's recommended to spam dodge whenever you see Toadfrog Tune being casted since the visual indicator for the ability is very similar in colour to the arena's colouration.

Round 3

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Enemies		・Cyclone Drake ・Sandstorm Drake ・Twin Brain ・Experimental Varghidpolis

Have Yuffie focus down the Drakes with Wind Ninjutsu and Aeroras while Cloud takes care of the other enemies with Triple Slash. Lastly, Aerith should cast Resist on Yuffie as soon as possible so that your entire party's immune to Petrification.

If the fight is getting too difficult, remember to use Shooting Star so that Aerith will cast Comet to provide some crowd control.

Round 4

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Enemies		・Gagighandi ・Fulvum Varanus ・Toxirat ・Venorat

Yuffie's Ice Ninjutsu basic attacks, Shooting Star, and Blizzard spells combined with Cloud's Triple Slash is enough to easily beat this round.

Round 5

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Enemies		・Dranabarga ・Citripinefish ・Citripine Schoolmaster ・Bloatfloat

Prioritize killing the Citripines and Bloatfloat first with Yuffie's Ice attacks and Cloud's Triple Slash.

Once they've been dealt with, switch to Aerith so that you can bait the Dranabarga to Subdue her. Once she's been immobilized, hit it with a Blizzaga from Yuffie and immediately follow it up with a Focus Thrust stagger into Infinity's End one-shot from Cloud.

Round 6

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Enemies		・Bagnadrana ・Brumeflower ・Rictus ・Crown Lance ・Gorgon Mane

For this fight, have Yuffie spam Doppelganger Shooting Stars so that you can randomly hit the Jellyfishes while also attacking the other three enemies. Once you've hit one and it's been pressured, switch to Cloud so you can quickly finish them off.

As for the other three enemies, use Yuffie to target their elemental weaknesses and use the Dranabarga strategy from the last round on the Bagnadarna.

Round 7

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Enemies		・Sea Terpsicolt ・Heliopora Terpsicolt ・Basilisk ・Bashfulisk

Focus down the Terpsicolts first with Yuffie's Ice attacks and Cloud's Triple Slash so that they don't use their annoying spin moves. Once they've been dealt with, have Yuffie change her Ninjutsu Element and spell selection to match the two Basilisks weaknesses.

Round 8

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Enemies		・Aggrevrikon ・Cthonilizard ・Two Face

This fight can easily be beaten by using Yuffie's Ice attacks and Cloud's Triple Slash. Just make sure to target the Aggrevikon first since it has permanent Haste and can be annoying to deal with at times.

Round 9

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Enemies		・Savage Grandhorn ・Grandhorn ・Grandhorn Warden

Once the round starts, immediately switch to Aerith so that you can bait the Savage Grandhorn to use Earthbound on her first instead of Yuffie or Cloud. Once she's been immobilized, cast Firaga on it and use Focus Thrust to immediately stagger and kill it.

Once the Savage Grandhorn is dead, the fight will be a lot easier since you can use Yuffie's Fire attacks and Cloud's Triple Slash without worrying about getting trapped by Earthbound.

As a note, the only way to remove Earthbound is by staggering the Savage Grandhorn. Make sure that your two DPS characters aren't hit by this move otherwise you might not have enough damage to stagger it and you'll lose because your entire party got ensnared by Earthbound.

Round 10

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Enemies		・Tonberry ・Cactuar ・Cactrot ・Sandspitter ・Bladefin

Start the fight by immediately using Triple Slash on the two Cactuars so that you can take them out right away. From there, you can slowly whittle down the Tonberry with Yuffie's ranged attacks.

If you're having trouble against the Tonberry's instant death attacks, you can have at least one of your characters (preferably Yuffie) equipped with Enhanced Karmic Cowl or Safety Bit.

Remember to weave in Doppelganger Shooting Stars every now and then so that you can pressure the Sandspitter or Bladefin if they pop up and get hit.

Brutal Challenge: Requiem for the Scorned Unlock and Rewards

Basic Information
Brutal Challenge: Requiem for the Scorned A series of three-person fights in which you pick your team. Defeat fiends who have gained a reputation for being particularly troublesome. ・Items cannot be used ・Only available on Hard difficulty
Level	70	Rounds	10	Team	1-3
Rewards		・Elemental Materia ★
Unlock Requirements
・Complete Brutal Challenge: Army of the Damned

To unlock Brutal Challenge: Requiem for the Scorned in the Combat Simulator, you will first need to beat Brutal Challenge: Army of the Damned. Once you've done that, you may now attempt this Combat Simulator challenge.

Brutal Challenge: Army of the Damned Guide

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