How to Play as Tifa Combat Guide | Final Fantasy 7 Remake 

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I've become obsessed with playing as Tifa that I've just set her as battle leader whenever I can. She's so fun to play.

How to play Tifa: Put First Strike, Skill Master, and ATB Stagger materia on her. Give her the feathered gloves with a ton of speed, ATB boost, and attack substats. Make sure you have the concentration activation rate. With this equipment, you basically always have ATB and you almost always start at +1 chi. 1.) Start the battle, immediately Unbridled Strength. 70% of the time this puts her at Chi level 3 (red). If you're at Chi level 2 (yellow), get to Chi level 3 (red). Never hit triangle to expend this Chi unless you're in a burst window or you're nearing the end of a fight. The triangle ability deals almost as much, if not the same amount, as almost every other one of Tifa's ATB abilities, and it's more useful to just make use of the combo potential it provides unless you're in a burst window (popping Unbridled Strength just to Omnistrike deals less damage than Overpower or Dive Kick and takes twice as much time and actions). 2.) Spam square, weaving in Overpower whenever you start to miss an enemy, you hit the end of an attack combo, or when you think your targetted enemy might start to attack soon. The damage and pressure this way is just insane and overpower can and in my opinion, should be used as a movement ability to get back into the fray. 3.) Starshower if you want AOE, or if you have a second to attack without worrying about getting hit with something big. Starshower is very powerful since it buffs your next attack. I rarely Starshower back to back unless I really want to pump out more AOE, and Cloud is better at AOE anyways so it's almost better to switch to him. 4.) With the attack combos and the overpower combo, a lot of enemies will be pressured pretty quickly. If you ever pressure an enemy, I like to string in focused strikes, while keeping my ATB charges above one. Only Focused Strike at 2 ATB charges because it'll help you when you actually stagger the enemy. You don't have to worry about this as much if you have the ATB Stagger Materia on. 5a.) Once the enemy is staggered, you switch to a priority list. True Strike is your highest priority, then spamming triangle until you're out of chi (triangle 3 times), then spamming damaging ATB abilities that aren't True Strike, I prefer Overpower and Starscourge, then attacking. ATB charges should always be used on True Strike if you have it. Only use other stuff if you don't have True Strike. 5b.) If things go your way and Skill Master materia works with you, you will True Strike twice (3 times if Skill Master materia procs), increase the enemy's stagger % from 160 to 220 (or 250), Rise and Fall, Omnistrike, Rising Uppercut. At this point the enemy's stagger % is around 270% (300%), True Strike again until you're out of True Strikes, then just attack for ATB. Try to squeeze as much ATB usage out during this phase. 6.) Once the enemy is no longer staggered, attack until you can get your Unbridled Strength back to Chi level 3 (red) and start over at step 2.

They made tifa looks vulnerable and worried when facing mission but shes a complete opposite and badass during encounters.

Holy sh!t, the name of this video should be “Why You Are Using Tifa Wrong” lol, I had literally no idea her combo strings went on longer/harder when upping her Chi levels, I’d just get to level 3 and Rise and Fall and Omnistrike, rinse and repeat. Working on Hard Mode and this is definitely gonna game change my upcoming fight with Air Buster and the final 2 Shinra Combat Sim Challenges I have left. Thank you. 🙏

Duuddeee!!! My jaw dropped watching this. I finished the game on normal and just started it on hard and didn't know these things. I'm totally blown away. You just got yourself a new subscriber, keep up the good work

Dang I didn’t know the game could get this complicated lol. Way more to learn for combat than FFXV. Thanks for the guide helped a lot

I love playing as tifa, she is quick, she staggers fast and fights with style.

The combat system in this game is just fantastic. When you get to hard mode, you NEED to understand how the abilities of your characters work to maximise damage by chaining them correctly. But the whole materia system still grants you a ton of freedom to do so.

The Tifa Combat Guide is here and she's without a doubt the coolest looking character in this game! Stay tuned for Aerith coming next!

I love Tifa so much that I forget about everything and everyone when playing as her.

Insane guides, man, and I totally share your enthusiasm when it comes to Tifa because she was shortchanged in the past and now they've made her into the devastation machine that she should be. This is the Tifa we should have seen in Advent Children.

I knew I liked playing Tifa for a reason. Thanks for the comprehensive character guides. Liked and subbed. Quality content. You deserve way more subs. Looking foward to future character/weapon guides.

Dude I love monks, Tifa always been my favorite character not only in FFVII but all FF franchise, this guide helped tons, can't wait to see how Yuffie will play since my group was always Cloud, Tifa and Yuffie looking further to see all her ninjutsu, also if they include some of her Kingdom Hearts move I'll flip, thanks again.

you can actually combo rise and fall into omnistrike into whirling uppercut into dive strike. triangle+triangle+triangle+dive strike. it looks so sick

It's also important to know Tifa's triangle abilities increase the stagger percentage of enemies

Great guide man! Keep it up! I didn't know her aerial combos get extended too. This will be a game changer for me. The depth of each character in this game is incredible. By the way, Tifa + Elemental materia on her weapon = WIN

Holy cow, this has to be the best guide on Tifa I've seen on RU-vid. Thanks for the awesome content! As always, you really know how to deliver ;)

So as a kingdom hearts player hack n slash type who lacked strategy until I fought the lingering will on critical mode and started to understand how gaming combat works I MUST say your guides are awesome I just beat normal mode getting ready for hard now avoided any guides like this before hand just to see how I’d do now that I’m gearing up for hard mode I’m glad my gut was right I was super thorough first play through took forever but I already have literally everything you’ve been recommending in all your advance guides I just have to apply it now xD

Playing tifa is like playing monk, without the positionals. Unbridled strength is like activating you first of wind and by the end of your 6 GCD combos, you get your fourth greased lightning. Then, you release all the greased lightning with omnislash, same like the tornado kick or the six sided stars do. I like how you maximizing your dps by using the MMORPG logic. FF 14 mindset could be used in this game.

This game is nothing more then something breathtaking, a beautiful masterpiece thats been through the longest years of development in gaming history, and what a sight it is to behold due to the fact of how successful the gameplay have been through its final release, this is truly the beholder of games that we gamers been waiting for generations to be remade and played and this truly brings a tear to my eyes as well as to the rest of us

Wow! This is probably the best Tifa guide available on RU-vid. I can't wait to see what you come up with in a more advanced guide. Tifa ATB monster build featuring Aerith: Feathered Gloves Haste skill master materia atb boost materia first-strike materia Atb assist materia Refocus (requires best accessory) atb ward from Aerith (with first-strike and scarf accessory) Cast refocus to start the battle. She can double chi to level 3 to give aearith meter while simultaneously gaining meter from atb ward then its basically endless atb combos. Cast full diamond tempest during starshower animation and swap back to Tifa for finisher. They make an incredible duo!

Tifa's combat style is more satisfying to execute and watch than most fighting games.

this was desperately needed for me . i was using her as an auto attacker that did auto cures

Thanks for making the combat video series, it has really helped alot in making each characters combat capabilities very easy to learn

Omg never thought she was so powerful. I always use cloud, thanks for the guide gonna learn her..

Your video is great. I always have tifa as my battle leader. The only thing you're wrong about is omni strike. It's not a punch. I thought that at first too but when I actually took the time to pay attention I noticed she actually throws an elbow. If you pause your video you can see it. Her fist is over her chest and her elbow is out. She's jumps forward and elbows the enemies in the face, chest, or stomach depending on their size.

Easily my favorite character to play as in the game! She is so much fun! To think, if SE listened to the non believers and made this full turn based. Would've been a massive loss on potential on what the characters could do in combat!

No perfect opportunity for “And... This is to go even further beyond!” moment.

This is NOT a Complete guide, this is a beginner guide I made on release for players to understand the mechanics behind these characters. CHAKRA is not exclusive to tifa. It is a materia that can put placed on other teammates. I did not explain this thoroughly and for that I am sorry. I will be making Advanced guides this week as I unlock all abilities and materia. Sorry I just felt like I needed to state this because I'm getting the same comments everyday that I missed their abilities. Which I hadn't unlocked at the time of recording on April 11th the day after the game came out lol.

I'm not fast so mechanically Tifa is not my most used character in combat, though I am learning. But man I love to have her in my team and listen to her remarks and sneers in combat. My favourite: "Bingo!". Gives me a chuckle everytime.

Be cool in part 2 if other characters can grow and learn more fighting styles like aerith learning melee... because I wonder how else they will show the party being super powerful near the end xx

finally, an in-depth for tifa,, thank you man,, every character here is fun to use,, but tifa is on another level man,,, i hope u can create a guide of theyre gameplay involving materia, u can utilize some of the moves with the right materia,, thank you again man i love it...

Thank you very much for the guide, I had no idea Unbridled Strength makes her engines to go overdrive.

Thank you so much for this! I have just beaten the game but I had no idea so many things your video touched upon. A combat break down video is ideal for a person like me who just likes to mindlessly hack and slash without thinking too much about how it could be done better. The remake combat is a drug and Tifa is the most addictive to play. Can't wait to restart with her again with everything she's equipped with now.

I love playing as Tifa! All her attacks feel so darn satisfying, plus I always have a lot of fun with fast characters.

some of the best FF7R combat guides I've seen

This guy is soooo good he should have many more sunscribers than any of the others, and seeing a bad review of this game really annoys me, this is as good as combat can get, PERIOD!!! Both are first class!

The most important thing is that she is the only one that can, by default, raise the stagger multiplier. Great video, I could never find a use for overpower though.

Her high SPD stat doesn't mean that she attacks quicker (well it might mean that too but I doubt it). It means her ATB grows WAY faster than everyone elses. Just sit there and watch her ATB with Barret (who has the lowest base SPD) and you will see a massive difference.

Thanks for this ... I played through the whole game on normal and hard, and barely ever used Tifa because the game just doesn't explain at all how to use her (Unless there are some tutorials I missed in the menus somewhere)

Thanks for there awesome guides man, I'm a long time fan of ffvii and was struggling with the new system 🔥🔥🤙

So helpful, didn’t really get her combat at first but after this I’m loving her!! Thank you, can’t wait for more!

Tifa is by far the most badass character. Put 2 max luck materia on her with fully upgraded metal knuckles and she’s pushing 400 attack, and 200 luck! Metal knuckles also gives her a ridiculous amount of speed.

1:24 Since Triangle changes depending on Tifa's chi level, the Square-Hold move is useful when she's above chi level 1, when you just wanna do a Whirling Uppercut. I'm sure you realise this but the comment you made about Square-Hold and Triangle being the same moves as "kinda weird" just hit my nitpicky nerves lol Anyway, late to the party and I just recently picked up the game. This was an awesome guide. Learned a lot.

This clip is making me start to realize how clueless I am right now. I was hoping the remake still had the quick cast function. Now I just gotta find out how to enable it. lol.

This was super duper helpful. I just beat the game a couple of days ago and I've never even gotten her up to chi level 3. Looking forward to my next bit of play time as this will undoubtedly be crucial for hard mode.

5:23 this part remided me of somethong. there's this channel called bio-roxas who did a breakdown of tifa's animations. It's really well done tbh.

Man.... I just finished the game and didn't know unbridled strength was a status that affected combos. I thought it just powered up your very next attack, so I went the whole game ONLY following up unbridled strength with triangle, when opponent was staggered. I missed out on so much :(. I'm going to have to replay this game on hard mode to try your tips. Tifa is my fav character to play too even during original ff7 But I saw you pinned somebody's Tifa build so I wanted to share my build as well. Put first strike, deadly dodge, time, & barrier materia on cloud. When battle starts, put haste on cloud, dodge into the enemy and press square. That should fill your atb bar all the way again. Then put haste & barrier (manawall when you upgrade to it) on tifa. This turns Tifa from a glass cannon into just an unstoppable cannon, period. From that point on, I would just use overpower to dive into enemies, circle to roll behind them and then unleash a flurry of punches and uppercuts into their back (the backstabber bonus ability that increases damage done to opponents back (available on the metal knuckles weapons). And then use the starshooter ability, that flurry punch/starshooter is usually enough to stagger almost any opponent. Also make sure she has linked elemental materia on her weapon, so that she is super strong against opponents that have elemental weakness and physical weapon invulnerabilities. But putting haste on Tifa is key, it makes her so fast that you can just roll and dodge any attempts the enemy makes to try to hit you.

She's so fast, she can build meter in a jiffy, I would always do an Urien impression with her. 2 Chi traps create so much hit stun. and then punching them, again quickly gaining meter then doing other shit. Maybe a star shower because I like its animation. This game is so fun

Sephiroth took an unnatural amount of Starshowers in my first playthrough, but this gives me more ideas to try with her

As much as I love videos like this on RU-vid, I really wish the game itself is able to teach players as efficiently...

You can tell that FF7 Remake was a labor of major love by the game developers

You should mention how good parry is with her. You can cancel combos and it adds a sliding blocking dash.

Great tips! Tifa has been confusing the hell out of me. Now I get it! Thanks!

I think the whole concept of martial arts and fighting solely with one's fists is super cool. Tifa is one tough, beautiful lady.

very nice guide without spoiled the game.

SO from what I gather, Tifa is the spirit gauge of the *Longsword* mixed with demon mode combos of *Dual blades*

Dude what the actual f, been playing this for 20 days straight (got it early in aus) and had no idea about level 3. Thanks for the tips

*Raiden* : You've probably mentioned this or I most likely missed it. But she has a best staggering percentage stacker in the game. When the opponent is staggered, she can go into unbridled strength and go use omnistrike or above to rack up more staggered damage percentage

Woahh, nice video! The quality, content and commentary is great! Makes me wanna do more than button mash for her lol. Between her and Cloud, who do think would make the better addition to Tekken’s roster? 😎

Crazy damage with some crazy buffs and crazy animations. Insane damage, insane care, it’s insanely crazy.

She is most complex char i played. To learn just basic rotation, you need hours of gametime and guide.. I love it.. :D

Why don’t you have more subscribers man? These guides are amazingly helpful

Don't forget first strike, ATB stagger and boost materias with supernatural wristguards and metal knuckles for insane damage. She was my favourite from the first time I took control of her. Such a fun character.

Holding square doing the uppercut is like that so she can do the uppercut even at level 2 or 3. This way you have a heavy attack that won’t lower your level

Tifa’s uppercut can follow by divekick perfectly, just like Barret’s recharge can perfectly chain reload animation to save time, and true strike buff the percentage of staggered by 30% and perfectly compliment Omnistike and rise&fall too

Use rise and fall triangle but cancel it after her first 2 air spins to keep rise and fall, cancel via divekick/focused strike/parry, focused strikes flipping back can also be cancelled by parry. so u can easily rise and fall - focused strike - parry into an enemy - rise and fall - focused strike - parry into an enemy. Stunlocks almost any enemy in the game even reno in later chapters together with rude on hard. While keeping you insanely mobile jumping across the battlefield like a maniac. Should be able to cancel some with overpower too but didnt practice enough with it yet tho

Tifa's Chi Trap is super useful in hard mode. It is very effective against a lot of bosses and crowd control.

Was there ever any doubt? Tifa was awesome in the original and looks really fun in the remake.

I love the fact that Tifa punching and kicking does more damage than a magic staff, a minigun, and a massive sword.

Tifa is the one that I have played the least but you have shown me that I have missed out

Great guide! I love playing as Tifa since she racks up staffers and ATB like no other. As you pointed out, she’s rather frail, so I, personally, equipped her with the Barrier materia to boost her defenses.

Hey thanks this is a big help. I was not understanding Tifa at all. Thanks!

Oh wow, I finished the game not knowing most of this stuff, I actually thought all Unbridled Strength did was give her the better Triangle Attack, had no idea it changes other things too so I didn't use her a lot

Did martial arts my whole life. Playing as Tifa just feels "natural" to me. Followed by Cloud(though I need to work on my play style with him as I find myself forgetting to block unless Im in punisher stance.) Aerith is my nuke especially when I lay down an arcane ward. Barrett is my support tank who can dish out steady damage.

She makes the best use if the Parry materia imo. Combined with the boosts to rear damage!

Wish there was a guide like this for Monster Hunter World as I can never figure out that game... ... still it’s amazing how you figured out so much here!!

Tifas basic combos end in a spinning heel kick. A round house kick does not spin, it turns. 2 completely different kicks.

lvl 3 unbridled strength + hastened tifa + 2 bars atb = sickest combos with 8x square combo -> star shower -> focused strike -> rise and fall -> omnistrike -> into uppercut and divekick.

gotta say as a i go all out to my enemy player this quide was life saving

I needed this video last weekend but still happy I found it

Thanks for the guide, I have been using here combos wrongly.

1:25 correct me if I'm wrong, but holding square gets you the uppercut, even is your Unbridled Strength is at Lv2 or lv3. So basically, if your unbridled strength is at, let's say the omnistrike, you can still do the uppercut/divekick combo

Tifa really reminds me of characters I normally play the most in ARPG fast moving melee characters.Im worried too many characters will be so fun to play later on and decide on which to use.Id like them to find away with letting you use 3 members not named Cloud.

Really good video guys thank, I don't have the game so I was wondered what tifa could bring to the team. She seams extramely fun. This battle is system is so great I can't wait to play it

Dude, awesome video man. Thanks for the video and how much more insight your giving us! Great work blitz

Good guide. Cloud soo basic, make any other character, envy Barrett is more fun to play ranged or close quarters dps.

As playing monk in ff14. Tifa is a blast to playy no joke

I like to do the uppercut with Tifa, and then while she's in mid air do her dive kick to finish off. It's very effective and looks dope.

Dude..... Just used some basic tips about the unbridled strength and the pressure and "focused" attacks. Tifa killed the Ghoul boss in chapter 11 by getting a full stagger meter from like.... 40% health then used her limit break that was buffed by a couple unbridled strengths. I had commanded Cloud to use his LB too, just in case, but he couldn't even start by the time Tifa already obliterated the Ghoul hahaha. So fucking cool.

Hold square to prevent using chi Uppercut into dive kick usually kills regular mobs

I've only got one thing to say, Why the dislike from 13 people? she has literally every combo for a fast-paced RPG :))

Chakra is a materia skill so it’s really a “Tifa” skill. Any character can use it.

How to play as Tifa: With one hand

They allow you to upper cut with holding Square so you can uppercut instead of doing another triangle move.

When the videos starts is like Tifa is shouting What's up guys!

she's great my second fave character next to aerith and jess . and oh barett he's such an dude .

Why did they not make this game local or online coop? How fun would've that been.

Don't sleep on her chi trap too! It's great for those pesky sentries 🙂. Also use starshower then, divekick. The animation transitions well. She plays so good in this game, and I found that I could dodge with her easier than with Cloud. She can cancel her moves to dodge immediately unlike the delay Cloud has with his animation. She really plays differently and calls for a more hands on approach because of the combos. I think the battle system is really beneficial for her playstyle. And need I mention how amazing Dolphin flurry looks? Thanks for this guide, man. Stay safe folks.