How to Stagger Enemies

Staggering enemies will give you an opportunity to deal devastating damage in Final Fantasy 16 (FF16). Read on to learn how to stagger enemies, tips to help you takedown enemies more efficiently, and the stagger damage unlockable trophy!

How to Stagger Enemies

Reduce the Enemy's Will Gauge

Completely reducing the enemy's Will Gauge will result in a takedown. The downed enemy will be unable to move nor attack until their Will Gauge fully restores to 100%. Use all of your abilities with high damage during this time as each hit landed on a fully staggered enemy has increased damage up to 150%.

How to Decrease Enemy Will Gauge

Use Abilities with High Stagger Ratings

Abilities that have high Stagger ratings, such as such as Garuda's Gouge, increases the damage multiplier on downed enemies faster. Once the multiplier is at 150% (shows as 1.5x), use a high attack rating ability like Titan's Windup to deal lots of damage.

Best Combos for Early to Late Game

Enemies are Partially Staggered when Will Gauge is at 50%

Enemies with their Will Gauge reduced to 50% will become partially staggered, giving you a short opening to deal devastating combos without being interrupted.

Staggering Tips

Reduce the Will Gauge Efficiently

There are abilities that are stronger in reducing the enemies' Will Gauge such as Garuda's Gouge, which has a high rating for stagger. The right icon with stars in each ability's description represents their staggering power.

Recommended Abilities to Use in Staggering Enemies

Ability ratings are the same in game

Best Abilities to Unlock and Master First

Use Powerful Abilities on Staggered Enemies

The left icon with the sword indicates the power of the ability's attack. The higher the rating, the stronger the ability. Use abilities with high attack ratings to deal massive damage to staggered enemies.

Recommended Abilities to Use on Staggered Enemies

Ability ratings are the same in game

List of All Abilities and Skills

Use Limit Break to Deal Lots of Damage

Limit Break strengthens your damage and allows you to do fast combos to increase the maximum damage multiplier on staggered enemies.

How to Use Limit Breaks Effectively

Stagger Damage Unlockable Trophy

Get It’s Over 50,000 After Dealing Damage to Staggered Enemies

It’s Over 50,000 Silver Trophy
	Deal an enemy 50,000 damage while it is staggered (excluding battles in the Hall of Virtue and while fully primed as Ifrit).

Dealing 50,000 damage to a staggered enemy rewards the It’s Over 50,000 silver trophy. Try to reach the 1.5x multiplier using powerful stagger abilities first before unleashing powerful attacks with a Limit Break!

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