How to Beat Legendary Bout: Tifa vs. The Martialists

This is a guide on how to beat Legendary Bout: Tifa vs. The Martialists in the Combat Simulator of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Check out the unlock requirements and rewards, a list of enemies and bosses in each round, and the best build for Tifa to beat this challenge.

Tifa's Best Build

Equipment and Materia

Tifa
		Weapon		Armor
		Leather Gloves		Cetran Bracer
		Accessory		Summon Materia
		Gotterdammerung		Odin
Weapon Materia			Armor Materia
Elemental Fire and Ice Warding Poison and Petrify Healing Time			HP Up MP Up Strength Up Skill Master First Strike Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus Chakra
Weapon Skills
Attack Damage +5%			Weapon Ability Damage +5%
Utterly Unbridled Strength			Attack Power +20

Tifa's most important Materias for this build are First Strike and Time to immediately cast Haste so that she can regenerate ATB Charges while waiting to counter-attack her opponent. Skill Master is also important for this build because it lets Tifa spam her abilities.

For her linked Materias, Warding-Poison and Petrify is used to prevent her from getting Petrified during Rounds 4 and 5, while Elemental-Fire and Ice is used to target the Jabberwock's Fire weakness.

How to Beat All Rounds

Round 1

Wait for the Type G Slug-Rays to group up close to you when they use Lacerate. Once they're bunched up, use your Limit Break to deal massive damage to all of them in a single hit. If there are any left alive, pick them off one by one with Omnistrike.

Round 2

Use Stop at the Beginning

You can cast Stop at the beginning of the fight to get a head start. During this time, you can cast Haste on yourself and poison the Dark Claw.

Dodge Reaper Claws and Counterattack

Block or evade all of the Dark Claw's regular attacks and dodge out of the way of its Reaper Claws, otherwise you'll be left at single-digit HP. Once it's left itself open after attacking, quickly counter-attack it with a Rise and Fall into Omnistrike combo. Alternatively, you can also use Starshower as long as you hit the timing correctly.

Whenever it's Pressured after dodging Reaper Claws, you can spam Focused Strike on it to increase its Stagger meter. Only do this though if you have Unbridled Strength Lv. 3 so that you maximize your damage output.

Round 3

Only Counterattack during Goblin Beatdown or Sledgehammer

Whenever Kid G moves close to you, prepare to block his combo. Make sure you don't counter-attack him unless he used Goblin Beatdown or Sledgehammer because he will counter-attack you, which powers up and increases the power and variety of his attacks.

Use Chi Trap When He is Pressured

Focus on playing defensive and only attack him after dodging Goblin Beatdown and Sledgehammer to put him under pressure. You can then attack him with Chi Trap to get him stuck in the air while he is pressured. Do this enough times and Kid G will eventually go down.

Round 4

Combo with Starshower and Reverse Gale

With the Elder Golem being weak to Wind, the combination of Starshower into Reverse Gale becomes a very potent attacking combination.

Play defensively and wait until you have 2 ATB Charges from Haste and basic attacks. Once it's stuck in a long animation, like when it uses Recharge or Detonation Strike, go in for the Starshower Reverse Gale combo to deal massive damage. Repeat this process until it goes down.

Be Careful of Mines and Grabs

From time to time, the golem will place down mines around the battlefield. Try to avoid that part of the floor by going around it. He can also try to grab you whenever you are close to him, so make sure to dodge to the side to avoid it.

Round 5

The Jabberwock should be a relatively straightforward fight thanks to Elemental-Fire targeting its weakness and Warding-Poison and Petrify to prevent Petrification. You can also cast Stop at the start to damage it without consequence. When it is stopped, you can use Chi Trap for constant damage.

Use Magic-based Attacks during Gorgon Shield

Just make sure that you use Reverse Gale and Unfettered Fury whenever it uses Gorgon Shield, since it negates physical damage when it's active. Alternatively, you can cast Fira to get rid of the shield.

Legendary Bout: Tifa vs. The Martialists Unlock and Rewards

To unlock Legendary Bout: Tifa vs. The Martialists in the Combat Simulator, you will first need to defeat the Jabberwock and complete all Chapters of the main story. Once you've done these two things, you'll be able to attempt this Combat Simulator challenge.

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