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Abzu is a boss in Chapter 12: A Golden Key of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Learn how to beat Abzu on Hard Mode and normal difficulties, its weaknesses and resistances, and a list of its moves and attack patterns in this guide!
List of Contents
Easy | Normal | Hard | |
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HP | 51716 | 73880 | 136578 |
Weaknesses | Lesser Resistances | Greater Resistances |
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Fire
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Ice Stop
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Absorbed Elements | Immunities | |
- | Proportional Damage Slow Poison Silence Sleep Stone Petrify Morphable Items
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Weakness / Effective | Immunity |
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Fire
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Ice
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Inflict Enough Fire Damage Make It Hit a Wall With Ferocious Charge Dodge Its Pounce Attack
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Hitting Abzu with enough Fire attacks will cause it to catch on fire and become pressured. Take this opportunity to raise its Stagger Bar while it's flailing around trying to put out the fire.
Once Abzu drops below 50% HP and it goes into a Frenzy, you'll no longer be able to pressure it with Fire attacks. At this point, you'll need to dodge Abzu's Ferocious Charge and make it hit a wall to pressure it.
Just make sure that you have a wall directly behind you and not to your side when you dodge the attack to ensure that Abzu charges into the wall. If Abzu grazes the wall with Ferocious Charge, it won't register as a direct hit.
Similar to Ferocious Charge, dodging Pounce will also make Abzu pressured once it's Frenzied. Thankfully, you don't need it to hit a wall and all you'll need to do is dodge the attack.
How to Pressure and Stagger Enemies
Do note that you cannot change builds in between rounds, so you'll also need to beat the first 3 rounds with these builds before challenging Abzu.
Builds by Difficulty | |
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Normal Mode | Hard Mode |
Recommended Party Setup | |
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Yuffie | ・Use Yuffie as the active character to attack Abzu from a distance ・Use Fire Ninjutsu to infuse Fire on your ranged attacks Recommended Level: 44 |
Cloud | ・Hit Abzu with Firebolt Blade to deal more damage ・Only switch to Cloud if Yuffie has low HP or the boss is staggered Recommended Level: 44 |
Chapter 12 Date Partner (Fixed) |
・Depends on which character has the highest affection level once you reach Chapter 12. ・Cait Sith will automatically be the third member if the Relationship Level is not enough. ・Use Tifa for single-target damage if Yuffie is your Date Partner. Recommended Level: 44 |
Materia | How to Use |
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Fire | ・Gives the ability to cast Fire spells
・Can be equipped on all characters |
Healing | ・Gives the ability to cast healing spells
・Can be equipped on all characters |
HP Up | ・Equip to increase HP
・Can be equipped on all characters |
ATB Boost | ・Doubles ATB after activation
・Best equipped on Cloud or Yuffie |
Time | ・Apply Haste to match Roche's speed and accumulate ATB charges quickly
・Best equipped on Yuffie |
Item Master | ・Increase the effect of items like Potions
・Can be equipped on all characters |
Chakra | ・Can be used to recover HP if you're out of potions or MP for healing
・Can be equipped on all characters |
Barrier | ・Barrier reduces the damage of all of Abzu's Physical attacks. |
Magnify | ・Allows you to cast healing and buffing spells on the whole party. |
Builds by Difficulty | |
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Normal Mode | Hard Mode |
Notice from Game8 | These Hard Mode builds use equipment that are at least Weapon Level 8. If you don't have enough Materia slots or the right Weapon Skills to complete a setup, consider using a different weapon or collect all of the character's Manuscripts first. |
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Jump to Character Build | ||
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Cloud | Yuffie | Tifa |
Cloud
Support |
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Weapon | Armor | ||||
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Slipstream Saber | Cetran Armlet | ||||
Accessory | Summon Materia | ||||
Enhanced Psychic's Charm | Gilgamesh | ||||
Weapon Materia | Armor Materia | ||||
Weapon Skills | |||||
Max MP +3
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Max MP +3
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MP Recovery Rate Up
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Trade-Off
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Cloud is required for this fight and cannot be swapped out even on Hard Mode.
Cloud will primarily provide support with recovery spells like Curaga and Arise, as well as buffs like Barrier to reduce the damage of Abzu's Physical Attacks. He can also quickly stagger Abzu with Focused Thrusts or deal massive damage with Infinity's End when it's staggered.
Besides those Materia, Cloud also has HP and MP Up for generally great stat boosts, Steadfast Block and Precision Defense Focus to minimize damage taken while blocking, and First Strike to cast Barrier at the start of the fight.
For the flexible options, you can replace Vitality Up, Spirit Up and Time with other Materia that you may find more useful. Also, you can replace Enhanced Psychic's Charm with either Enhanced Karmic Cowl for more defense, or Gotterdammerung so that Tifa can instantly Siphon his Limit Gauge.
Jump to Character Build | ||
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Cloud | Yuffie | Tifa |
Yuffie
Magic DPS |
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Weapon | Armor | ||||
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Fuma Shuriken | Cetran Bracer | ||||
Accessory | Summon Materia | ||||
Genji Gloves | Phoenix | ||||
Weapon Materia | Armor Materia | ||||
Weapon Skills | |||||
Magic Attack Power +20
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Max MP +3
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Fire Damage Up
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ATB Charge Rate Up
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Yuffie will be your main carry and Leader for this fight since she can exploit Abzu's weakness with Fire Ninjutsu basic attacks, Darkness boosted Fiery Banishments, multiple Fire elemental spells, and summoning Phoenix.
Since she's the character you'll be controlling, make sure that she has Skill Master and ATB Assist equipped so that she can fill the other party member's ATB Gauges without you having to control them. Also, use Prayer since she'll have 2 ATB Charges more often than not.
Besides that, she also has the generally useful stat boosting and block enhancing Materia, Revival in case someone goes down, and MP Absorption so that she has near infinite MP as long as she casts Fire spells.
Since the other required member for this fight is Cloud's date during Chapter 12, you'll want to make sure that his date is Yuffie since she's the most important character for this boss. Set your Chapter 12 date to Yuffie in the Extra Settings menu, so that it will always be her regardless of everyone's affection levels.
Jump to Character Build | ||
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Cloud | Yuffie | Tifa |
Tifa
Physical DPS |
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Weapon | Armor | ||||
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Dragon Claws | Valkyrian Bangle | ||||
Accessory | Summon Materia | ||||
Enhanced Expeditionary Medal | Odin | ||||
Weapon Materia | Armor Materia | ||||
Weapon Skills | |||||
Attack Power +20
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Attack Power +20
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Enhanced Techniques
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Weapon Ability Damage +5%
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Tifa does a lot of single-target damage once Abzu is staggered, especially when you boost the Stagger Damage Bonus with her Unique Ability and True Strike. Also, these moves have their damage boosted thanks to her Weapon Skills.
Another key point for this build is that Tifa can use Limit Siphon to instantly use her Level 3 Limit Break, without using Synergy Abilities, thanks to the Enhanced Expeditionary Medal.
For the rest of her Materia, she has the always useful stat boosting, block enhancing, and recovery Materias, as well as ATB Stagger so that she can spam out her high-power abilities. Just make sure that you swap to Tifa before Abzu gets staggered so that she can benefit from this boost.
Abzu Boss Fight Tips |
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Use Yuffie's ranged attacks so that you can put some distance between you and Abzu. Since most of its attacks are melee, hitting it from far away lets you see what it's about to do and you can react accordingly.
This is especially important once Abzu goes into a Frenzy because it will become a lot more aggressive and you'll need the space and time to react.
Cast Magnified Barrier with Cloud at the start of the fight to lower the damage of Abzu's attacks. Since all of its moves deal Physical damage, having Barrier halve the damage of all of its attacks becomes vital for your survival.
Exploit Abzu's Fire weakness to deal massive damage and pressure it. Use Fire Ninjutsu attacks and cast Fira with Yuffie to set Abzu on fire and pressure it. You want to cast Fira over Firaga so that you can quickly proc ATB Assist and build up Fiery Banishment charges.
Once Abzu's pressured, quickly stagger it with Focused Thrust and Focused Strike so that you can deal massive damage with Tifa's abilities, Yuffie's Firaga or Darkness-boosted Fiery Banishment, and Cloud's Infinity's End.
Even though the yellow text when you Assess it says that it evades Fire attacks when it's below 50% HP, you can still use Fire attacks as long as it's locked into an animation where it stays still, like Upheaval.
While it seems like it'd be better to save a Limit Break for when Abzu's staggered, it's better to use it as soon as possible so that you can interrupt its attacks. This way, you're still doing massive damage while stun-locking it, and your other party members can use their own powerful attacks that could otherwise miss.
Abzu Rewards | |||||||||||
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Easy/Normal | Hard Mode | ||||||||||
・3510 EXP ・50 Party EXP ・10 AP ・975 Gil |
・7800 EXP ・30 AP ・1625 Gil ・Fortunes Untold Vol. XIV |
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Items Dropped | Rare Items Dropped | ||||||||||
None
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None
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Stealable Items | Morphable Items | ||||||||||
・Turbo Ether |
None
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Abzu | |
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Location | Chapter Unlocked |
Gold Saucer | Chapter 12 |
Species | Movement |
Artificial | Grounded |
Details | |
A seedy undercity businessman and his precious pet, both currently on the run from Shinra. Despite the don's wanted status, he finds himself in the center of a heavily advertised battle with Director Dio to rebrand the Saucer as a Corneoland. Lascivious to the core, he's always sizing up potential brides—even in the middle of a heated battle Inflicting enough fire damage will light them on fire and pressure them. When their HP falls below half, they will begin evading fire spells and Corneo will douse any flames. They will crash into the wall if Ferocious Charge misses, pressuring them and causing Corneo to faint. |
Boss Fight Guide and List of All Bosses
All Major Story Bosses | |
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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 |
Grasslands | |
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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 |
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