This is a guide on how to choose who joins your fight against Sephiroth in Final Fantasy 7 Remake (FF7R). Read on to find out what actions determine who joins and how to fight alongside your desired party members in the final battle!
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While initially believed to be random, the party members who join you when you fight Sephiroth is actually decided by a point system based on actions performed in the battle with the Whisper Harbinger. Depending on the point values at the end of the fight with Whisper Harbinger, different characters will show up during the final fight.
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Using an Ability, Spell, or Item | 24 |
| Using a Limit Break | 120 |
| Reducing any Whisper's HP to 0 and Staggering them | 120 |
| Finishing off Whisper Bahamut or Whisper Harbinger | - |
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Using an Ability, Spell, or Item | 20 |
| Using a Limit Break | 100 |
| Reducing any Whisper's HP to 0 and Staggering them | 100 |
| Finishing off Whisper Bahamut or Whisper Harbinger | 250 |
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Using an Ability, Spell, or Item | 44 |
| Using a Limit Break | 220 |
| Reducing any Whisper's HP to 0 and Staggering them | 220 |
| Finishing off Whisper Bahamut or Whisper Harbinger | 550 |
Once all of the points have been tallied, the game decides who joins and when based on the table below:
| Point Order | Joining Member | |
|---|---|---|
| First | Second | |
| Tifa came 1st and Aerith 2nd | Tifa | Aerith |
| Aerith came 1st and Tifa 2nd | Aerith | Tifa |
| Aerith came last | Tifa | Barret |
| Tifa came last | Aerith | Barret |
| Chapter 1 | Should You Set 20 Minutes or 30 Minutes for the Bomb Timer? |
|---|---|
| Chapter 2 | How to Answer Aerith's Question |
| Chapter 3 | What'll It Be? | Tifa Drink Choice What Suits Tifa? |
| Chapter 4 | How to Answer Jessie |
| Chapter 8 | What Flowers Should You Choose? |
| Chapter 9 | How Should You Respond to Sam? Heads or Tails? | Sam's Coin Toss What Should You Say to the Hotel Employee? Agree With Johnny or Not? Which Hand Massage Course Should You Choose? How to Answer How is Aerith's Outfit? Should You Taste the Mystery Drink? |
| Chapter 10 | Who Should You Talk to First in the Sewers? |
| Chapter 12 | How to Answer Biggs |
| Chapter 16 | Should You Take the Stairs or the Elevator? What Does Giving 10,000 Gil to Hart Do? |
| Chapter 18 | How to Choose Who Fights Sephiroth |
Another time I played I chose better things for Tifa (ex: like when we have to choose between going to either Tifa or Aerith in the sewers before the Abzu fight- which I think makes a big difference in affinity)- and this made her come up first in the final boss fight. Playing the game multiple times, I realised things aren’t as random as some think it is. You can try it yourself and see if it works, though. Just to make sure. For me, I love repeating this game XD
How to Choose Who Fights Sephiroth
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It's based on your previous affinity choices in the other chapters as well and the key is to not use any evenly like don't use Barret in the whisper fight except to basic attack just use Tifa's skills and her until Aerith shows up then use Aerith and this combat affinity is affected by the other chapters combat so basically use Aerith alot and Tifa second most when Aerith isn't really around and the points will make Aerith first with Tifa second.