FFVII Rebirth Aerith Solo Vs Gilgamesh (No Damage, Hard Mode)

I did it! 😄 After hours and hours and HOURS of practicing, I can’t believe I did it!!! This was so challenging! I’m exhausted from this one lol .My load out is shown at the end. So lets get into this in-depth lol.
First off, before beginning the fight I made sure my team members were at 1HP so they can die right at the start lol. Why? Because if they’re kept alive and with lots of HP, Gilgamesh will go after them during the fight too, and it can throw off your parrying.

First thing we need is transcendence. We need that charging to use later. And, we also need Radiant ward. Now here’s the thing with Gilgamesh, you have to time when to use your abilities because he stays on the offense. I found that the best openings are after moves like double thurst, or triple slash, or pinwheel, or retaliating sweep.

Next we also need arcane ward. And then haste. And the Faith for damage. And remember this is all set up just for part 1 of the fight before he’s even staggered LOL. Yes, we need all this!

Once he’s staggered, throw out transcendence for good damage, ATB boost, and Fire. Man, I wish we had swiftcast. Woulda made this fight way easier lol.

Phase 2, we want to build on pressure and break his shield here. Same stuff, parry, fire, but make sure you keep 1 ATB befofe his legend swing. Because when you use a Summon during this, it will make you immune to it.

Final phase, throw out limit, during it use syngery ability. And as I have explained, sadly this is the only way to no damage Gilgamesh solo with Aerith. Why? Because as soon as Aerith comes out of her limit, she gets hit and dies and nothing you can do. Even with the immunity from limit. Also, the other characters when they use limit here, gilgamesh changes phases to pressured / shield phase. Aerith limit doesn’t do damage, and she just dies right after it. So only workaround I found was team syngery to make him change phase.

The rest is simple, and GG!

My load out-

Plumose Rod
Cetran Armlet
Expeditionary Medal

Weapon Materia-
Elemental + Fire and Ice, Time, Empowerment, HP-MP Swap, Skill Master

Armor Materia-
Subversion, Enervation, ATB Boost, First Strike, Enemy Skill, Magic Up, ATB Stagger, Precision Defense