How to Beat Venomantis | Boss Fight Guide

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

Venomantis Stats and Information

Basic Information

Venomantis
Species	Movement	Type
Biological	Grounded	Normal

Description

A subspecies of the grashtrike that is marked with yellow and black patterning on its carapace. It is also armed with a highly potent poison.

Assess (Tips)

Tactical data not available.

Venomantis Stats

Venomantis 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 Venomantis.

List of Enemy Skills

Venomantis Boss Fight Guide

Venomantis Abilities and Attack Patterns

Name	Element	Blockable?	Knockdown?	Status
Sickle Slash	-	Yes	No	(180 sec)
	Raises its pincers and slashes down on a target.
Sickle Swipe	-	Yes	No	(180 sec)
	Crosses its pincers and slashes at a target.
Leaping Slash	-	Yes	Yes	(180 sec)
	Jumps and swings its pincers down on a target.
Torpid Shot	-	Yes	No	(15 sec)
	Stabs at a target with its stinger.
Torpid Sting	-	No	No	(15 sec)
	Shoots a sleeping dart from its tail. If it hits the ground before reaching a target, it will release a cloud of sleeping gas that disappears after 2.5 seconds.
Webbing	-	No	No	(15 sec)
	Spits out 5 webs at a target. Will stay on the field for 5 seconds.

*Status Effects and Ailments Guide

Best Characters for This Boss

Available Characters

Cloud

Aerith

The Venomantis is encountered in the Paying Respects 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)
Ice + Elemental
Assess
Armor (3 Slots)
First Strike	Healing
HP Up
Summon
Ifrit

You got that right, spam Triple Slash again this time. Use Punisher Mode's auto-counter to gain ATB charges. Defeat the Venomantises one by one and cast Blizzard (or higher) on the one that you are focusing on. Use Aerith's Arcane Ward for doublecasting if you have enough MP.

Best Materia for Aerith

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

Set an Arcane Ward for Cloud's Blizzard 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. You can also purge the Poison debuff with Poisona from the Cleansing materia but you do not always need to do this as you might get poisoned again right after cleansing.

Venomantis Attack Phases

Tips & Strategies for Beating Venomantis

★Strategy Checklist★
Use Ice-elemental Attacks Avoid the Webs Prepare for Poison Debuff

Use Ice-elemental Attacks

They are all weak against Ice attacks so equip Elemental + Ice materias on Cloud to infuse his basic attacks with Ice damage and keep on countering their attacks. Remember to use Blizzard (or higher) but save some of Cloud's MP in case you need healing.

Avoid the Webs

The Venomantises will often web a large area which will cause Slow to any ally who steps on it. Getting inflicted by Slow will cause your ATB bar to generate charges slowly, which means the frequency of the character using commands will be lessened.

If you are slowed by the webs, immediately get away from it and the Slow debuff will be removed after a few seconds.

Prepare for Poison Debuff

Almost all of the Venomantises' attacks inflict Poison. The continuous damage from this might be little but since this debuff lasts very long, it can accumulate to an alarming amount of damage. You can cast Poisona to remove this or equip a Star Pendant to completely nullify this debuff.

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