How to Beat Mark II Monodrive | Boss Fight Guide

This is a guide to beating the Boss Mark II Monodrive in the game Final Fantasy 7 Remake (FF7R). This article explains Mark II Monodrive's attack patterns, weaknesses, and tips and strategies for defeating it.

Mark II Monodrive Stats and Information

Basic Information

Mark II Monodrive
Species	Movement	Type
Artificial Life	Flying	Normal

Description

Modified version of the monodrive. Not only did these creatures survive the Mako Reactor 5 explosion, the mako spill caused them to grow in both size and strength.

Assess (Tips)

They are resistant to physical attacks until pelted with magic.

Mark II Monodrive Stats

Mark II Monodrive Weaknesses & Resistances

Stagger Rates

Melee	Ranged	Magic	Fire
×1	×1	×1	×1
Ice	Lightning	Wind	-
×1	×1	×1	-

Stagger Length

Rewards

Learnable Enemy Skills

No Enemy Skills can be learned from Mark II Monodrive.

List of Enemy Skills

Mark II Monodrive Boss Fight Guide

Mark II Monodrive Abilities and Attack Patterns

Name	Element	Blockable?	Knockdown?	Status
Drill Drive	-	Yes	No	-
	Spins and charges towards a target, stabbing with their tentacle.
Ground Drill	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Digs into the ground and stabs up under a target's feet.
Fire		Yes	No	-
	Casts Fire at a target.
Triple Fire		Yes	No	-
	Casts Fire three times at a target.
Indurate	-	-	-	-
	Creates a barrier around itself that halves physical damage it takes.

*Status Effects and Ailments Guide

Best Characters for This Boss

Available Characters

Cloud

Aerith

The Mark II Monodrive is encountered in the Weapons on a Rampage Odd Job in Chapter 8. During this chapter, Cloud and Aerith are available.

Best Equipment for Characters

Cloud	Role: Attacker Weapon: Buster Sword Armor: Caliginous Bracelet Accessory: Power Wristguards
Aerith	Role: Support Weapon: Silver Staff Armor: Mythril Armlet Accessory: Crescent Moon Charm

Best Materia for Cloud

Weapon (3 Slots)
Wind + Elemental
Assess
Armor (3 Slots)
First Strike	Healing
HP Up
Summon
Ifrit

As usual, spam Triple Slash. If your target has a physical barrier up, cast Aero (or higher) on it to break the barrier. You can also stand on Aerith's Arcane Ward before casting it as long as you have enough MP.

Best Materia for Aerith

Weapon (3 Slots)
Healing	Magic Up
Revival
Armor (2 Slots)
MP Up	Prayer
Summon
Chocobo & Moogle

Set an Arcane Ward for Cloud's Aero as soon as you can. Save ATB charges for Prayer to heal both Cloud and Aerith. If you only need healing on one character, just use spells from the Healing materia.

Mark II Monodrive Attack Phases

Tips & Strategies for Beating Mark II Monodrive

★Strategy Checklist★
Use Wind-elemental Attacks Pay Attention to Its Barrier Shift Block All of Its Attacks

Use Wind-elemental Attacks

They are all weak against Wind attacks so equip Elemental + Wind materias on either Cloud or Aerith's weapons to infuse basic attacks with Wind damage. Remember to spam Aero (or higher) whenever you can.

Pay Attention to Its Barrier Shift

Mark II Monodrives can gain resistance or immunity against physical or magic attacks but they are breakable by the opposite attack type. Use physical attacks to break green barriers and magic attacks to break mirror-like barriers.

Sometimes, they can have both barriers at once. When this happens, just attack it with physical attacks (even if it deals reduced damage) or wait until it wears off.

Block All of Its Attacks

All of Mark II Monodrive's attacks are difficult to dodge, which would make it better if you just guard against them. Pay extra attention to when it dives underground and prepare to block before it submerges as this attack can knock your character airborne and deal heavy damage.

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