Tifa is a single-target DPS beast with her strong and quick punches, but she may be a bit tough to build with the endless combinations of materia, accessories, and weapon choices. With this dilemma, I created some of the most optimized and best builds for Tifa in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
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Best builds for Tifa in FF7 Rebirth
Tifa can deliver many types of serious punches. Here are some builds you may experiment for her in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
Balanced Early-Game Build
Since you have limited options in the early game to properly scale Tifa for physical damage, you’re able to instead opt to grant her a few spells and make her a mixed physical and spellcaster instead. Here’s the equipment you’ll need:
Since you’re a hybrid magic and physical DPS, you’ll need the following Folio nodes to further optimize this build:
This first build is very helpful in the early game if you don’t want to use Barret or Red XIII, like me. Aside from Tifa’sphenomenal single-target damage, she also excels in building up her ATB gauge quickly, faster than anyone in your party. For this reason, we’ll be utilizing her ATB gauge tocast spellson enemies to eitherPressure or Staggerthem.
Ifrit raises Tifa’sphysical attack damage, so it’s vital to this build. However, you’ll also need anHP Up and MP Upmateria to ensure she stays healthy and has plenty of energy to spare after every battle. Once you pressure an enemy, verify to use her Focused Strike to massively increase the enemy’s stagger bar.
Once you havestaggeredthe enemy, ensure to unleash all yourUnbridled Strengthcharges to increase the stagger multiplier and finish them off with aDivekick. This combo works specifically well against bosses like Quetzalcoatl and Titan.
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Pure Physical Damage Build
This is similar to the Balanced build—however, we’re going for purely physical damage. In the early game, this may seem underwhelming, but give this build a chance until it can mature to the mid to late game.
The Folio Nodes should look similar to the balanced build, with a few changes. Here are all my recommended nodes for this build:
For this build, you’re looking to take on the enemies head-on as Tifa. This means you’ll need at least anHP Upso she can tank a few more hits before needing to heal. The trick with this build is to buildstacks of Unbridled Strength, as this gives you an immediate attack buff with your weapon skill.
Since you’ll mostly have your ATB Gauge up, you need to be on your toes with using Focused Strike to dodge enemy attacks. Tifa’s dodge takes a bit of time to cast, especially when the enemy is already in the middle of an A.O.E. attack animation, so it’s either you block or useFocused Striketo land a counterattack.
Similar to the balanced build, you need to exhaust all of your Unbridled Strength stacks once the enemy gets staggered and finish them off with aDivekick. The Reverse Gale is very useful for flying enemies or bosses with an elevated weak part likeMigardsormr.
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Lightning Punch Build
If you’ve already seen ourCloud Build Guide, then you might be familiar with this build already. Here’s everything you need:
Since Tifa builds up anungodly amount of ATBso quickly, I figured this build might also work for her. Think of her as aglass canon character, very fragile yet packs a literal lightning punch. The recommended Folio Nodes are similar to the Pure Physical Damage Build, and here are all of them:
Remember, Tifa builds up and extends her combo the higher herUnbridled Strength stacks, so verify to utilize it during battle.
The cycle in using this build is to build uptwo ATB gauges(first proc of Plasma Discharge), useRise & Fall, useUnbridled Strength again,normal combo stringuntil the second ATB gauge fills (second proc of Plasma Discharge), and repeat. As I mentioned, this is avery risky build, but expect high rewards if you’re able tomaster Tifa’s kit, especially her Focused Strike dodge mechanic.
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