How to Beat the Enigmatic Spectre | Boss Fight Guide

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

Enigmatic Spectre Stats and Information

Enigmatic Spectre

Basic Information

Enigmatic Spectre
Species	Movement	Type
Unreadable	Flying	Mini-Boss

Description

Unable to read.

Assess (Tips)

Normally, attacks have only a slight effect on its stagger gauge, but the gauge fills more quickly after it has been interrupted.

Enigmatic Spectre Stats

	Easy	Normal	Hard
HP	1553~5073	2824~9224	9432~18864
Attack	78~146		283~328
Magic Attack	78~146		283~328
Defense	103~183		342~379
Magic Defense	94~165		312~342

Enigmatic Spectre Weaknesses & Resistances

Weakness / Status Ailments	-
Lesser Resistances	-
Greater Resistances	Physical, Magic, Fixed Damage, Proportional Damage
Immunities	Poison, Silence, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Berserk
Absorbed Elements	-

Stagger Rates

Melee	Ranged	Magic	Fire
×0.5	×0.25	×0.5	×1
Ice	Lightning	Wind	-
×1	×1	×1	-

Stagger Length

Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4
9 seconds	9 seconds	9 seconds	12 seconds

Mysterious Spectre

Basic Information

Mysterious Spectre
Species	Movement	Type
Unreadable	Flying	Normal

Description

Unable to read.

Assess (Tips)

Physical attacks only have a slight effect on their stagger gauge, so use magic attacks to fill it rapidly.

Mysterious Spectre Stats

	Easy	Normal	Hard
HP	582~1268	1059~2306	3537~4716
Attack	50~92		175~193
Magic Attack	50~92		175~193
Defense	59~94		194
Magic Defense	42~65		134

Mysterious Spectre Weaknesses & Resistances

Weakness / Status Ailments	-
Lesser Resistances	-
Greater Resistances	-
Immunities	Poison, Silence, Sleep, Slow, Berserk
Absorbed Elements	-

Stagger Rates

Melee	Ranged	Magic	Fire
×0.75	×0.25	×1.75	×1
Ice	Lightning	Wind	-
×1	×1	×1	-

Stagger Length

Stagger Length	9 seconds

Mysterious Spectre Weaknesses and Obtainable Items

Rewards

	Easy/Normal	Hard
Gil	0	0
AP	0	0
Exp	0	0
Items Dropped	-
Rare Items Dropped	-
Steal	-

Learnable Enemy Skills

No Enemy Skills can be learned from Enigmatic Spectre.

List of Enemy Skills

Enigmatic Spectre Boss Fight Guide

Abilities and Attack Patterns

Enigmatic Spectre

Name	Element	Blockable?	Knockdown?	Status
Consume	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Charges energy for 3 seconds before releasing under itself. The energy will explode if touched.
Exhale	-	Yes	No	-
	Creates a tornado-like attack that damages the target.
Swarm	-	No	Yes	-
	Binds a target for 10 seconds while dealing damage. Two hits from abilities will unbind the target.
Flood	-	No	No	-
	Shoots spectral energy at a target.

*Status Effects and Ailments Guide

Mysterious Spectre

Name	Element	Blockable?	Knockdown?	Status
Impale	-	Yes	No	-
	Sharpens itself and stabs at a target.
Entwine	-	No	No	-
	Binds a target 2 seconds. Will release the target quicker if damage is dealt.

*Status Effects and Ailments Guide

Best Characters for This Boss (Chapter 3)

Available Characters

Cloud

Tifa

Best Equipment for Characters

Cloud	Role: Attacker & Healer Weapon: Iron Blade Armor:Star Bracelet 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 (2 Slots)
HP Up	Cleansing
Summon
Ifrit

Use Triple Slash to deal with multiple Mysterious Spectres.

Best Materia for Tifa

Weapon (3 Slots)
Ice	Deadly Dodge
Revival
Armor (2 Slots)
First Strike	Chakra

Use Tifa as your main attacker in this battle as she can deal damage quickly with her combos. Use Whirling Uppercut then while Tifa is still in midair, follow it immediately with Divekick.

Best Characters for This Boss (Chapter 12)

Available Characters

Cloud

Tifa

Aerith

Enigmatic Spectre Attack Phases

	Phase Point Summary
1	The Mysterious Spectres will use Entwine or Impale while Enigmatic Spectre uses either Flood, Swarm, or Exhale on the party.

Tips & Strategies for Beating Enigmatic Spectre

★ Strategy Checklist ★ (Click to jump)
Target the Mysterious Spectres First! Stagger It While It's Interrupted

Target the Mysterious Spectres First!

In order to consistently deal damage and increase the Enigmatic Spectre's stagger gauge, you must first defeat a Mysterious Spectre. On Hard Mode you will need to Stagger the Mysterious Spectre before defeating it. Once that's done you can target the Enigmatic Spectre until it resumes. Rinse and repeat.

Stagger It While It's Interrupted

While the Enigmatic Spectre is interrupted, it will become pressured and stagger much quicker. Go all out with your strongest attacks and this...creature will go down before you know it. You may not even have to deplete it's HP bar!

Enigmatic Spectre: Hard Mode Guide

Best Characters and Equipment

Cloud	Weapon: Mythril Saber Armor: Force Bracelet Accessory: Supernatural Wristguards
Tifa	Weapon: Metal Knuckles Armor: Force Bracelet Accessory: Champion Belt
Aerith	Weapon: Mythril Rod Armor: Chain Bangle Accessory: Circlet

You will need to use magic to easily stagger the Mysterious Spirits, so having a weapon that has MP Regen weapon upgrade, MP Cost Rection or will just give extra MP like Mythril Saber and Mythril Rod is recommended. Tifa will need the Metal Knuckles for the damage to follow up after staggering.

Best Materia to Use

The number of slots in your Weapon may vary depending on your Weapon Level.

Cloud

Weapon (6 Slots)
Elemental or Magnify+ Lightning		ATB Stagger
Deadly Dodge	Healing	Chakra
Armor (3 Slots)
HP Up	HP Up	Steadfast Block
ATB Boost
Summon
Leviathan

Tifa

Weapon (6 Slots)
Steadfast Block	First Strike	ATB Stagger
Skill Master	Time	Revival
Armor (4 Slots)
Parry	HP Up	HP Up
Healing
Summon
Fat Chocobo

Aerith

Weapon (6 Slots)
Lightning+Magnify		MP Up
MP Up	Healing	Revival
Armor (4 Slots)
Magic Up	HP Up	HP Up
Magic Up
Summon
Shiva

Hard Mode Basic Strategy

Stagger the Mysterious Spectres First

Unlike on the lower difficulties, you will need to stagger the Mysterious Spectres first and then defeat them if you want to pressure the Enigmatic Spectre. It is recommended to cast low cost offensive spells to pressure the Mysterious Spectre then stagger with moves like Focus Thrust and Focus Strike. Defeat the Mysterious Spectre then focus on the Enigmatic Spectre.

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Chapter 4	Roche
Chapter 5	Crab Warden
Chapter 7	Airbuster
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Chapter 9	Hell House
Chapter 10	Abzu
Chapter 11	Ghoul Eligor
Chapter 13	Failed Experiment
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