Yin and Yang Hard Mode Guide

Yin and Yang is a boss in Chapter 11: The Long Shadow of Shinra of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Learn how to beat Yin and Yang on Hard Mode and normal difficulties, its weaknesses and resistances, and a list of its moves and attack patterns in this guide!

Yin and Yang Weaknesses and Stats

Stats

	Easy	Normal	Hard
HP	7396	10566	?

Weakness and Resistances

Weaknesses	Lesser Resistances	Greater Resistances
Fire	Physical	-
Absorbed Elements	Immunities
-	Proportional Damage Stone Morphable Items

Changes When Staggered

How to Pressure Yin and Yang

How to Pressure

Defeat Yin or Yang to Pressure

You can only pressure Yin and Yang after destroying one of them in battle. Use Fire to inflict damage on them to deplete their HP fast.
How to Pressure and Stagger Enemies

Yin and Yang 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!

Cait Sith Solo Boss Fight

Recommended Party Setup
Cait Sith	・Summon Moogle to distract and damage the boss ・Use Roll o' the Dice for a random effect ・Build up ATB from a safe distance using ranged attacks Recommended Level: 39

Best Materia to Use

Materia	How to Use
Fire	・Exploit Yin and Yang's weakness to Fire with Fire spells.
Healing	・Use to heal Cait Sith when his HP drops
HP Up	・Equip to increase HP.
Luck Up	・Equip to increase Luck.
MP Up	・Equip to increase MP. It can help to cast Fire or Healing spells.
Time	・Charge ATB faster by providing extra speed with Haste.
Item Master	・Increase the efficiency of items like Potions.

How to Beat Yin and Yang (Normal)

Yin and Yang Boss Fight Tips
Use Fire to Exploit its Weakness Equip Varvados to Increase Magic Defense Always Summon Moogle to Fight Use Ranged Attack While Moogle Distracts the Boss Place Moogle Mine in the Arena

Use Fire to Exploit Weakness

Use Fire magic to damage Yin and Yang, as it is their weakness. You can equip Fire Materia to cast Fire spells or use Cait Sith's Heatwave from his Skill Tree to inflict Fire damage on Yin and Yang!

You can also summon Ifrit to help inflict consistent Fire damage against Yin and Yang after you stagger them.

Equip Varvados to Increase Magic Defense

You can equip Varvados to Cait Sith to increase his Magic Defense against spells from Yang. Yang only uses powerful Elemental Magic, and you can take less damage if you have Varvados equipped. Yin can only do melee attacks, but you can easily block or dodge them, so it's better to increase Magic Defense more.

Varvados is the armor with the highest Magic Defense in Chapter 11, and you can get it from any Vending Machines!

Always Summon Moogle to Fight

You can summon Moogle to help you fight Yin and Yang, as Cait Sith will be alone fighting them. You can ride Moogle to do numerous attacks and combos, but you can also separate from it and let it fight on its own.

You can summon Moogle using the Let's Ride ability.

Moogle Command List While Mounted

	Basic Attack - Mix of punching and kicking. Slightly vacuums light enemies toward Moogle.
Hold	Charged Attack - Lunge attack that can charge ATB quickly upon a successful hit.
	Evade / Demount - Evade an attack while also demounting from Moogle.
(While Mounted)	Buff / Debuff - Allows Cait Sith and Moogle to apply a buff or debuff. The buff and debuff are random.

Use Ranged Attack While Moogle Distracts the Boss

Ranged Attack	Press to dodge and then attack by pressing to do a ranged attack. Ranged attacks can be done up to four times after dodging.

Use Moogle as a distraction and use ranged attacks to damage Yin and Yang. It is a safe way to damage the boss while building up ATB.

Equip Moogle Decoy and Moogle Sentinel Weapon Skills

You can equip Moogle Decoy and Moogle Sentinel on your weapon to boost his capabilities in battle. Moogle Decoy will allow Moogle to draw the attention of the boss easily, while Moogle Sentinel reduces its damage taken by 15%.

Place Moogle Mines in the Arena

You can place Moogle Mines around the arena to damage Yin and Yang more. You can get this skill from Resounding Megaphone, which you can get in a treasure chest in Gongaga Airstrip in Chapter 9.

Resounding Megaphone Abilities, Stats, and Skills

Yin and Yang Hard Mode Guide

Yin and Yang Hard Mode Tips
★ Best Hard Mode Builds for Yin and Yang ★
Use ATB Boost and Haste at the Start Use Fire to Pressure and Moogle Attacks to Stagger Use Lady Luck Before Staggering Use Moogle Knuckle to Increase Stagger Multiplier Cast Firaga or Limit Break While Yin and Yang is Staggered Reprieve will Allow you to Cheese the Fight

Yin and Yang Hard Mode Build

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.

Cait Sith

Cait Sith
		Weapon		Armor
		Golden Megaphone		Cetran Bracer
		Accessory		Summon Materia
		Gi Warrior's Charm		Phoenix
Weapon Materia			Armor Materia
Fire and Magic Efficiency HP Up MP Up First Strike Vitality Up			Time Chakra ATB Boost Luck Up Spirit Up Speed Up Luck Up Skill Master
Weapon Skills
Moogle Vanguard			Limit Break Damage +10%
ATB Charge Rate Up			Attack Power +20

Additional Build Notes:

• You can use the Gotterdammerung for the best-in-slot accessory in this build.
• Two Luck Up materia are equipped to further increase the damage of Cait Sith's RNG damage-based abilities.
• Reprieve from Cait Sith's Folio grants survivability from nuke attacks.

Use ATB Boost and Haste at the Start

Cast ATB Boost and Haste at the start of battle to speed up your ATB charge rate for faster intervals between ability use.

With your remaining ATB charge, use Let's Ride near Yin and Yang to recover some ATB.

Note: The First Strike materia allows you to fill one ATB charge at the start of battle; using ATB boost doubles the charge.

Use Fire to Pressure and Moogle Attacks to Stagger

Use Fira or Heatwave to exploit the elemental weakness of Yin and Yang and pressure it. Once pressured, attack with your Moogle to build up the stagger gauge.

Low MP Scenario

In the case where you may have used most of your MP from the fight with the Adjudicators before Yin and Yang, simply attack with your Moogle to build ATB and stagger the enemy.

Use your ATB to cast Heatwave, as it is the only option besides Fira and Thundara from your Roll o' the Dice.

Use Lady Luck Before Staggering

Cast Lady Luck right before Yin and Yang is staggered to further increase your critical hit rate. This is extremely useful for your damage phase once Yin and Yang is staggered.

Note: Lady Luck is the weapon ability of the Gjallarhorn. You need to be proficient with the ability to use it with other weapons.

Use Moogle Knuckle to Increase Stagger Multiplier

Use Moogle Knuckle immediately once Yin and Yang is staggered to increase the damage multiplier. This acts as a setup to further increase the damage of Firaga.

Note: Moogle Knuckle is already available from the Golden Megaphone.

Cast Firaga or Limit Break While Yin and Yang is Staggered

Build up ATB again after using Moogle Knuckle to cast Firaga or use your Limit Break if it's available. This should deal massive damage to Yin and Yang with the damage amplified by the stagger multiplier.

Reprieve will Allow you to Cheese the Fight

Reprieve is important for this fight as Yin and Yang can unleash an attack that can nuke your entire health bar. Reprieve saves you by reviving you back with 1 HP left.

Yin and Yang's nuke attack will also leave it at 1 HP, allowing you to defeat it with one basic attack.

Keep in mind that you can still die from a follow-up attack. Make sure that you immediately dodge and heal up before Yin and Yang defeats you.

Yin and Yang Rewards and Details

Rewards

Basic Information and Details

Yin and Yang
Location	Chapter Unlocked
Nibel Region	Chapter 11
Species	Movement
Artificial	Grounded
Details
An artificial abomination that combines two opposing elements into a single body. When Yin is happy, Yang is filled with disappointment; when Yang is angry, Yin cannot help but laugh. Becomes pressured when either head is incapacitated, but the remaining head will go berserk.

FF7 Rebirth Related Guides

Boss Fight Guide and List of All Bosses

Story Bosses

Optional Bosses