This page teaches how to Stagger Enemies in the game Final Fantasy 7 Remake. All information about Staggering including the Focus Gauge, effects of staggering enemies, and how to increase the damage bonus to 300% can be found here!
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Staggered enemies will take more damage as shown in the multiplier near their health bar. Unleash all offensive abilities during this time to fully exploit enemies while they are weakened.
When an enemy is staggered, attacking them will also fill up your ATB gauge quicker, allowing you to get more hits and damage in before it ends.
The Focus Gauge is found on all enemy's health bars. All enemies have Focus Gauges and no enemy are unique to this trait. Hitting enemies with attacks and abilities will slowly fill up the Focus Gauge and using spells and abilities they are weak to will further increase the gauge, putting them into the pressured state.
Putting enemies into the pressured state will increase the amount the Focus Gauge increases when damage is taken. Make sure to utilize abilities that increase the Focus Gauge against enemies that are pressured to quickly stagger them!
In order to increase the stagger damage bonus, Tifa's skills are the best. All of 3 Tifa's unique abilities can increase the damage bonus as well as the ability obtained from her Purple Pain, True Strike.
Below is a list of each of Tifa's abilities that increase the damage bonus and how much percentage they increase it by.
| Ability | Increase | Ability | Increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whirling Uppercut | 5% | Omnistrike | 20% |
| Rise and Fall | 25% | True Strike | 30% |
One of the easiest ways to increase the stagger damage bonus to 200% or 300% is during a fight with the Fat Chocobo due to its long stagger time. Fat Chocobo can be accessed from Chadley's VR Missions.
It is recommended to fight it on Normal Mode, as there is a chance you may wind up killing it before you can increase the damage bonus on Easy Mode.
The first thing you want to do is have Tifa use Unbridled Strength twice to fully power up her unique ability, then with a full ATB gauge, stagger the Fat Chocobo. Once it's staggered, follow the steps below to reach 300%.
To do it in the way listed above, you will need Tifa's Purple Pain, obtained in Chapter 16. It is possible to reach 300% without True Strike, though, if you can get enough Unbridled Strengths off before Fat Chocobo's stagger wears off.
Reaching a 200% damage bonus is the requirement for Battle Intel Report 12. Succesfully doing so will allow you to buy the Parry Materia from Chadley.
How to Complete The Stagger Effect Pt. 3
For reaching 300%, you will unlock the Bronze Trophy, Staggering Feat. Those who are going for the Platinum will want to attempt this.
| Playing the Game |
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| Basic Controls |
| Camera Controls and Camera Settings |
| Map Navigation Guide |
| How to Change Difficulty |
| What is Classic Mode? |
| Menu & Equipment |
| Weapon Upgrade Guide | How to Learn Weapon Abilities |
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| Battle Icons Guide |
| Status Effects and Ailments |
| Combat & Battle System |
| Battle System Guide and How to Fight |
| How to Stagger Enemies to 200% and 300% |
| Understanding the ATB Gauge |
| How to Change Characters |
| How to Get Unbound |
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| How to Restore HP and MP |
| How to Run Away |
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| Game Mechanics for Advanced Players |
| How Do Critical Hits Work? |
| How Does Stunning Work? | Enemy Interruption |
| How to Recover MP in Hard Mode |
| Can You Break the Damage Cap? |
| FF7R Intergrade Features |
| Photo Mode and How to Use |
| Synergy Guide: How to Synergize Yuffie and Sonon |
Does clouds punisher mode increases the focus gauge faster?
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Okay, so using spells and abilities (they are weak against) deal high damage. Now, I wonder if they're gonna make a list of abilities and spells and which enemies are weak against to what (abilities/spells).