How to Beat Cerulean Drake | Boss Guide

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

Cerulean Drake Stats and Information

Basic Information

Cerulean Drake
Species	Movement	Type
Biological	Flying	Normal

Description

Spell-weaving lizards with wings that are usually found floating about the train graveyard.

Assess (Tips)

Hitting them with wind spells and inflicting a certain amount of damage makes them susceptible to staggering. The icy winds that surround them are harmful, but can be temporarily stilled with spells of an element other than ice.
Enemy skills can be learned from this monster.

Cerulean Drake Stats

Cerulean Drake Weaknesses & Resistances

Stagger Rates

Melee	Ranged	Magic	Fire
×0.25	×0.25	×1	×0.25
Ice	Lightning	Wind	-
×0.25	×0.25	×2	-

Stagger Length

Rewards

Learnable Enemy Skills

List of Enemy Skills

Cerulean Drake Boss Fight Guide

Cerulean Drake Abilities and Attack Patterns

Name	Element	Blockable?	Knockdown?	Status
Wing Cutter	-	Yes	No	-
	Charges along the ground towards a target.
Talon Snatch	-	No	No	-
	Dives at a target and grabs them.
Talon Dive	-	No	Yes	-
	After grabbing a target with Talon Snatch, hurls them at the ground.
Blizzard		Yes	No	-
	Casts Blizzard on a target.
Frigid Breath		Yes	No	-
	Aims at a target and breathes ice at them.
Freezing Dust		Yes	No	-
	Flies into the sky and releases an explosion of ice.
Icy Aura		No	No	-
	Covers itself in an aura of ice, causing damage to anyone that gets near it.
Frozen Barbs		Yes	No	-
	Locks onto a target and shoots them with ice every 6 seconds.

*Status Effects and Ailments Guide

Best Characters for this Boss

Available Characters

Cloud

Tifa

Cerulean Drakes are first encountered during the Just Flew In from the Graveyard Odd Job in Chapter 3. In this chapter, Cloud and Tifa will be available for battle.

Best Equipment for Characters

Cloud	Role: Attacker & Healer Weapon: Iron Blade Armor: Iron Bangle Accessory: Power Wristguards
Tifa	Role: Attacker Weapon: Leather Gloves Armor: Star Bracelet Accessory: Power Wristguards

Best Materia for Cloud

Weapon (3 Slots)
Fire	Healing
Assess
Armor (1 Slot)
HP Up

Use Fire as Cloud's main damage dealing attack since the Cerulean Drake mostly flies around and might make it difficult to hit with melee attacks.

Best Materia for Tifa

Weapon (3 Slots)
Ice	Deadly Dodge
Cleansing
Armor (2 Slots)
Wind	Chakra

Spam Aero to exploit its weakness and easily stagger it.

Cerulean Drake Attack Phases

Tips & Strategies for Beating Cerulean Drake

★Strategy Checklist★
Weak Against Wind Stay Away From Icy Aura Watch Out for Frozen Barbs

Weak Against Wind

The Cerulean Drake is weak against wind-elemental attacks. If you have already acquired the Wind Materia from Chadley, use its Aero to quickly finish it off.

Stay Away From Icy Aura

While its Icy Aura is active, staying too close to it will cause continuous damage, which will make it more difficult to use melee attacks. Use any spell other than Blizzard until the aura wears off.

Watch Out for Frozen Barbs

The Cerulean Drake will sometimes cast Frozen Barbs to one of your characters. While this is active, the Cerulean Drake will passively and continuously shoot frozen air at the inflicted character.

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