Fans playing the Final Fantasy 7 Remake will recognize many of the summons, including the Fat Chocobo summon, Chocobo and Moogle, and the icy cold Shiva. The battle against Shiva is difficult and long, and players may need a little help getting through it.

Shiva

Shiva is one of the most recognizable summons in the Final Fantasy series. She’s appeared in many of the games, including FF10 which was recently remastered for the Switch. She usually appears as a scantily-clad woman with light blue skin and filled with ice powers. In the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, her look has been updated from the original, but her powers are just as devastating as before.

Preparing for the Fight

Before Chapter 8, players should have been doing all the side quests for the new FF7 character Chadley, the kid that gives players the Stagger Effect side quest. These chain of side quests gives players access to purchasing new materia, including summon materia, like Shiva herself. But in order to get this materia, players will have to battle her first. So once players reach the part of Chapter 8 where they can do side quests, Chadley should give them the ability to start this difficult battle.

Gearing up for this battle should be easy if players have been getting all the materia, even the hard-to-find materia. Players can use the Fire materia, which should be a no-brainer considering that Shiva is an ice-based creature. But there are some other materia that players can use to help this battle be as easy as possible.

  • Cure - Players should go into this fight with both Cloud and Aerith, and she’ll be able to help Cloud and herself stay alive with cure. Magic Up and HP Up - Keep the healer of the party alive by adding more HP and MP. Ifrit - He’s fire-based and therefore strong against his icy counterpart. Unlocking Ifrit also requires a battle through Chadley. Elemental linked to a fire materia to make melee attacks into fire attacks.

Defeating Shiva

While players with definitely want the best weapons for their FF7 Remake characters, their spells are what’s going to win this particular battle. Have Aerith cast fire as often as possible while Cloud does as much fire-based DPS as possible with the Elemental materia. Make sure to protect Aerith and keep her alive so she can Cure and Arcane Ward herself and Cloud.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake players will see several attacks from Shiva, including:

  • Whiteout - when she sits down. Make sure to dodge. Ice damage. Icicles - base attack. Block. Ice damage. Icicle Impact - covers Cloud and the floor. Block until breaks. Ice damage. Blizarra - an ice attack that forms a crystal then explodes. Block then dodge explosion. Ice damage. Diamond Dust - does 1,024 damage. Can’t be avoided. Ice damage. Summons - Shiva summons little frost familiar balls. Block them.

Keep both alive and be ready to block, do as much fire damage as possible, and look out for her little frosty friends that will fly at both Cloud and Aerith. That should lead players to win this battle quickly.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is available for PlayStation 4 only.

Source: IGN, GameSpot