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Ironclad is an Artificial Enemy from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Read on to learn how to beat Ironclad on Hard Mode, how to pressure and stagger it, as well as its weaknesses, resistances, immunities, drops, and location.
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169. Ironclad | ||
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Iron giants created by the Cetra with both constructive and combative capabilities in mind. So long as a steady supply of lifestream energy is available, they will always stand back up when knocked dowm. |
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Areas | Species | Movement |
Temple of the Ancients | Artificial | Grounded |
Weaknesses | Normal:
Staggered: - |
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Resistances | Lesser:
Greater: - Staggered: - |
Immunities | Normal:
Staggered: - |
Absorbs | Normal: - |
Drops | Common:
Astral Remnant
Rare: None |
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Ability Yield | Steal:
Astral Remnant
Morph: None |
Abilities |
・Condemned ・Grand Sword ・Firaga ・Graviga ・Thanatosian Blade ・Crush ・Sharpen |
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How to Pressure Ironclad |
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After a certain amount of time, they will use Sharpen and become pressured. If not staggered soon afterward, they will unleash a powerful attack. |
You can't pressure Ironclad yourself, and you'll need to wait for it to use Sharpen and automatically pressure yourself. Save your ATB Charges when you can so that you can raise its Stagger Meter as soon as it uses this move.
Ironclad Hard Mode Tips |
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Best Hard Mode Builds for Ironclad |
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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 character's setup, consider using a different weapon or collect all of their Manuscripts first. |
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Tifa Main DPS | |||||
Weapon | Armor | ||||
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Dragon Claws | Cetran Bracer | ||||
Accessory | Summon Materia | ||||
Enhanced Expeditionary Medal | Odin | ||||
Weapon Materia | Armor Materia | ||||
Weapon Skills | |||||
Enhanced Techniques | Weapon Ability Damage +5% | ||||
Attack Power +20 | Attack Power +20 |
Cloud Secondary DPS | |||||
Weapon | Armor | ||||
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Sleek Saber | Valkyrian Bangle | ||||
Accessory | Summon Materia | ||||
Transference Module | Gilgamesh | ||||
Weapon Materia | Armor Materia | ||||
Weapon Skills | |||||
Attack Power +20 | Attack Power +20 | ||||
ATB Charge Rate Up | ATB Charge Rate Up |
You can replace Cloud's accessory with a Gotterdammerung if you have it.
Barret Support | |||||
Weapon | Armor | ||||
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Barrage Blaster | Cetran Armlet | ||||
Accessory | Summon Materia | ||||
Enhanced Karmic Cowl | Kujata | ||||
Weapon Materia | Armor Materia | ||||
Weapon Skills | |||||
Trade-Off | Selfish Recovery +25% | ||||
Overload Overcharge | Overcharge Protection |
Have Tifa activate Plasma Discharge as soon as the fight starts so that you can exploit the Ironclad's Lightning weakness without having to cast any Thunder spells or equipping Elemental-Lightning on your weapon.
Do note that you'll need to unlock this ability for the Enemy Skill Materia by beating the Biological Intel: Blinded by Light challenge in the Combat Simulator. If ever you haven't beat it yet, check out our guide for it below!
How to Beat Biological Intel: Blinded by Light
Since the Ironclad's attacks deal Physical damage, barring Firaga and Graviga, you'll want to have the Barrier buff active to halve the damage of its attacks. Cast this buff when you can to minimize its damage output.
Graviga will always bring a character down to 1 HP, and the only way to counter this is by having the Manaward buff active. Make sure that you cast Manawall when it uses this move so that you can weaken Graviga's effect while also applying the generally great Barrier buff.
Have Barret use Lifesaver as soon as he can so that he can redirect Ironclad's damage towards himself. This way you can focus all of your healing towards Barret, and you can save MP and ATB Charges by having him use Chakra instead of having to cast Cure spells.
Abilities That Increase the Stagger Meter | |
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Cloud | Focused Thrust |
Barret | Focused Shot / Bonus Round |
Tifa | Focused Strike |
Try to save your ATB Charges for when Ironclad uses Sharpen and automatically pressures itself. Once it uses this move, you'll want to stagger it as soon as possible so that you can stop it from using Thanatosian Blade.
Make sure that you dodge the Ironclad's Condemned and Thanatosian Blade attacks since these attacks can outright kill you if you're not prepared. Thanatosian Blade is also guaranteed to deal 9999 damage regardless of a character's defense or buffs.
In case you can't dodge away from these attacks, you can use a Limit Break to make a character immune to damage. Try to save them for situations like these instead of using them to maximize your damage output.
If you're struggling to defeat the Ironclad, you can replace some of your Materia with Elemental-Fire on your Armor. This makes Firaga heal you if your Elemental is maxed out.
Primary Region | |
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Northwood | |
Map Location | World Location |
The Ironclad can be encountered in Temple of the Ancients in Chapter 13. |
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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