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Probably the most impactful additions to the fight of Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth is Synergy: A brand new mechanic that mirror’s the get together members’ bond with one another. As we talked about in our official evaluation, the usage of Synergy within the recreation underscores the best way the event workforce put character dynamics entrance and middle in just about each side of the sport.

Synergy can also be important for really mastering the sport’s fight, as their use unlocks probably the most highly effective facets of every character’s fight potential. With that in thoughts, we have give you a fast information to each Synergy Skill and Synergy Talent within the recreation. We’ll clarify the best way to unlock every Synergy Talent and Skill, what it does, who it may be used with, and the way finest to make use of it.

Synergy, Briefly Defined

Synergy is the brand new friendship-centered fight mechanic that covers two new classes of motion in fight: Synergy Abilities and Synergy Skills. The previous might be accomplished at any time, whereas the latter is powered by Synergy, a brand new “useful resource” of types that builds up in fight.

Your out there Synergy Abilities and Skills are decided by what you’ve got unlocked for every character through their Folio, and by the workforce composition. All Synergy Abilities and Skills require a minimum of two get together members current to set off, so you possibly can’t use them in solo fights.

Synergy Abilities and Synergy Skills

• Synergy Abilities are smaller talents that may be triggered at any time. You’ll be able to entry them by holding down the Guard button (default R1) and urgent a face button. They’ve a wide range of features, starting from being a charged hit to organising a defensive or counter stance.
• Synergy Skills can solely be used whenever you’ve constructed up sufficient Synergy by spending ATB fees on talents and spells. They’ve 4 results along with no matter results the precise Synergy Skill has (often a Bodily or Magic assault).
  • Raises the Stage of the concerned characters’ Restrict Breaks.
    • Indicated by a yellow solar icon.
  • Briefly offers the concerned characters Limitless MP.
    • Indicated by a pink infinity icon.
  • Does further Stagger Harm and briefly extends Stagger time when used on a Staggered foe.
    • Indicated by an orange hourglass icon.
  • Briefly offers concerned characters 3 ATB segments (United Refocus solely)
    • Indicated by a blue bar icon.

The highlighted icons subsequent to every Synergy Skill’s title point out which impact it should activate when used:

Unlocking New Synergy Abilities and Skills

You’ll be able to unlock new Synergy Skills and Abilities within the Folio Display screen, accessible at bookstores and Folio machines at relaxation stops. Extra Synergy Abilities and Skills grow to be unlockable as you increase your get together and weapon ranges by buying manuscripts, finishing facet quests, acquiring intel, and collaborating in world activites.

Learn how to Use Synergy Skills

As talked about above, you possibly can solely use a Synergy Skill when each characters concerned have sufficient synergy.

You’ll be able to construct synergy through the use of Skills and Spells in fight. Synergy solely lasts at some point of the struggle, which suggests it must be constructed up from zero in each battle.

Not all Skills and Spells construct synergy. When opening the menu, verify for a small rectangular icon that signifies that that skill or spell builds synergy:

As you construct up synergy, small blue pips will fill in on every character’s portrait. When you could have sufficient synergy to make use of a Synergy Skill, the Synergy Skill menu in tactical mode will glow.

The variety of pips beside every Synergy Skill signifies its value. This value will increase every time a Synergy Skill is utilized in a single battle, and resets when the struggle’s over.

As such, it turns into dearer to repeat the identical Synergy Skill, so you may need to use completely different ones with completely different characters.

Full Listing of Synergy Abilities and Synergy Skills

Cloud Synergy Abilities and Synergy Skills

Synergy Abilities

• Ranged Blade – Performs a ranged assault along with your companion
  • Barret – Bullet Batter (Bodily)
  • Purple XIII – Howling Smash (Magical)
• Counterfire – Counters an enemy ranged assault along with your companion
  • Can be utilized with Tifa, Purple XIII, Barret, Aerith, Sephiroth (Flashback)
• Melee Blade – Charged up tandem assault
  • Tifa – Energy Cleave (Bodily)
  • Aerith – Spell Blade (Magical)
• Voidshatter – charged melee magical assault
  • Can be utilized with Sephiroth (Flashback)

Synergy Skills

• Sephiroth (Nibelheim Flashback)
  • Double Helix – a robust tandem assault
• Barret (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Companions in Ache – tandem assault, restrict stage improve
• Aerith (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • Firework Blade – Ranged magical assault, will increase Restrict Stage
• Tifa (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • Relentless Rush – Launches Tifa and assaults enemy, will increase assault energy and stagger time when used on a staggered foe.
• Yuffie (Celebration Lv. 5)
  • Maelstrom Strike – Tandem assault, restrict stage improve
• Purple XIII (Celebration Lv. 5)
  • United Refocus – non permanent 3-charge ATB gauge
• Cait Sith (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Curiosity’s Finish – tandem assault, non permanent infinite MP

Tifa Synergy Abilities and Synergy Skills

Synergy Abilities

• Leaping Strikes – Performs a leaping assault along with your companion, features as airborne launcher
  • Cloud, Purple XIII – Hovering Flurry (Ranged)
  • Barret, Aerith – Heavenly Ascent (Launch)
• Slip and Slide – Dodges an enemy assault and performs a counterattack
  • Usable with Cloud, Aerith
• Bodyguard – Your companion defends you whilst you transfer round
  • Usable with Barret, Purple XIII

Synergy Skills

• Cloud (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • Synchro Cyclone – Aerial spinning assault, non permanent infinite MP
• Aerith (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge
• Barret (Celebration Lv. 5)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge
• Purple XIII (Celebration Lv. 5)
  • Bestial Barrage – Tandem assault, restrict stage improve
• Cait Sith (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Moogle Dunk Shot – tandem assault, restrict stage improve
• Yuffie (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge

Aerith Synergy Abilities and Synergy Skills

Synergy Abilities

• Fight Savior – Companion follows up your assaults briefly
  • Usable with Cloud, Barret, Purple XIII
• Bodyguard – Your companion defends you whilst you transfer round
  • Usable with Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Purple XIII
• Spellbound Blast – Cost up spell assault with companion, recharges MP

Synergy Skills

• Cloud (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge
• Tifa (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • Divine Punishment – Vast space magic injury, restrict stage improve
• Yuffie (Celebration Lv. 5)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge
• Barret (Celebration Lv. 5)
  • Candy-and-Bitter Salvo – Ranged tandem assault, will increase assault energy and stagger time when used on a staggered foe.
• Purple XIII (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Planetary Roar – Vast space assault, restrict stage improve
• Cait Sith (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Kitty Cannonade – Ranged magical assault, non permanent infinite MP

Barret Synergy Abilities and Synergy Skills

Synergy Abilities

• Mad Sprint – Expenses ahead whereas guarding towards incoming hits
  • Usable with Cloud, Purple XIII
• Iron Protection – Takes up a powerful defensive stance along with your companion
  • Usable with Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, Purple XIII
• Pleasant Hearth – Ranged scattershot assault along with your companion

Synergy Skills

• Cloud (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge
• Tifa (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • Avalanche Two-Step – Group assault with Tifa, will increase assault energy and stagger time when used on a staggered foe.
• Purple XIII (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge
• Aerith (Celebration Lv. 5)
  • Arcane Blast – Magical ranged assault, non permanent infinite MP
• Cait Sith (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Purrfect Shot – Group assault, will increase assault energy and stagger time when used on a staggered foe.
• Yuffie (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Ninja Carbine – Group assault, restrict stage improve

Purple XIII Synergy Abilities and Synergy Skills

Synergy Abilities

• Wild Cost – Expenses ahead whereas guarding towards incoming hits
  • Usable with Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aerith
• Phantom Fang – Dodges an enemy assault and performs a counterattack
  • Usable with Cloud, Barret
• Iron Protection – Takes up a powerful defensive stance along with your companion
  • Usable with Cloud, Tifa, Aerith

Synergy Skills

• Barret (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • Overfang – Barret launches Purple XIII for a tandem assault, restrict stage improve
• Cloud (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • Savage Assault – Tandem assault, restrict stage improve
• Aerith (Celebration Lv. 5)
  • Ringmaster – Aerith controls Purple XIII to ship a large space assault, will increase assault energy and stagger time when used on a staggered foe.
• Yuffie (Celebration Lv. 5)
  • Hack and Slash – Tandem assault, restrict stage improve
• Cait Sith (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Feline Fury – Group assault, restrict stage improve
• Tifa (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Name of the Wild – Group assault, will increase assault energy and stagger time when used on a staggered foe.

Yuffie Synergy Abilities and Synergy Skills

Synergy Abilities

• Ninja Bazooka – Dodge and counter-strike with follow-up
  • Usable with Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aerith, Purple XIII
• Shuriken Sync – Throws Shuriken with a follow-up from companion
  • Usable with Cloud, Barret, Tifa
• Foxflame – Hearth a charged magical assault. Can change aspect utilizing Elemental Ninjutsu
  • Usable with Aerith, Purple XIII

Synergy Skills

• Barret (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge
• Cloud (Celebration Lv. 5)
  • Halcyon Descent – Tandem assault, will increase assault energy and stagger time when used on a staggered foe.
• Aerith (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Mystic Multiplication – Aerith clones Yuffie, non permanent limitless MP
• Tifa (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • Cyclonic Kick – Airborne throwing star diving assault, will increase assault energy and stagger time when used on a staggered foe.
• Purple XIII (Celebration Lv. 4)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge
• Cait Sith (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Moogle Pinwheel – Tandem assault, non permanent limitless MP

Cait Sith Synergy Abilities and Synergy Skills

Synergy Abilities

• Magic Megaphone (Celebration Lv. 2) – Companion assaults your goal
  • Usable with Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie
• Bodyguard – Your companion defends you whilst you transfer round
  • Usable with Barret, Aerith, Purple XIII
• All-Out Assault – Group melee assault along with your companion
  • Usable with Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aerith, Purple XIII, Yuffie

Synergy Skills

• Barret (Celebration Lv.52)
  • Mayhem-Go-Round – Tandem space assault, restrict stage improve
• Cloud (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • SOLDIER Moogle Class – Tandem assault, will increase restrict stage
• Aerith (Weapon Lv. 5)
  • Mega Moogle Mash – Aerith embiggens the moogle and launches it, will increase assault energy and stagger time when used on a staggered foe.
• Tifa (Celebration Lv. 2)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge
• Yuffie (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • United Refocus – Non permanent 3-Cost ATB Gauge
• Purple XIII (Celebration Lv. 8)
  • Mognificient shot – tandem aerial assault, non permanent infinite MP