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Forgotten Specimen Boss Guide
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Forgotten Specimen Boss Guide

Learn all Forgotten Specimen attacks in final fantasy vii rebirth, including its Base, Blue, Red, and Mako Fused forms. Strategies included.

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Learn all Forgotten Specimen attacks in final fantasy vii rebirth, including its Base, Blue, Red, and Mako Fused forms. Strategies included.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    The Forgotten Specimen begins in its Base Form, which is half red and half blue.
  2. 2
    The boss will use Metamorphose to change into either its Blue Form (physical-focused) or Red Form (magical-based).
  3. 3
    When in Blue Form, the boss retains Base Form attacks and adds Barbaric Mangling (unblockable grab) and Malice of the Lost (unblockable ground pound). Switch to magical attacks as the Blue Form is resistant to physical damage.
  4. 4
    When in Red Form, the boss retains Base Form attacks and adds Noxious Secretions (unblockable poisonous puddle) and Sleep (unblockable spell). It can also use Thunder and Bio spells. Switch to physical attacks as the Red Form is resistant to magical damage.
  5. 5
    At around 50% health, the boss enters its Mako Fused Form, using all previous attacks plus Shield (blocks physical, dispel with magic), Reflect (blocks magical, dispel with physical), Mako Ooze (damaging puddles), and Mako Geyser (unblockable explosion that detonates Mako Ooze puddles).
  6. 6
    The boss will use Cellular Degradation to revert to Base Form, which also pressures it.
Tips
  • The Base Form has attacks like Overhead Smash (can be blocked), Pummel (lowers magic defense), Swinging Uppercut (dash and uppercut), Seismic Shock (ground slam creating a shockwave), and Mako Regurgitation (arcing mako ball explosion).
  • The boss may use Respite, a non-attack where it does nothing for a few seconds while being pressured, after its second Metamorphose.
  • Bio spells can inflict poison.
  • The Red Form can use Thunder spells (Thundara, Thundaga) and Bio spells (Biora, Bioga).
  • Barbaric Mangling is an unblockable grab; if you avoid the initial part, you avoid the rest.
  • Malice of the Lost is an unblockable ground pound that launches characters.
  • Noxious Secretions creates an unblockable poisonous puddle.
  • Sleep is an unblockable spell that puts a character to sleep and cannot be avoided.
  • Mako Ooze puddles cause damage if you stand in them.

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