Sword Dance - Final Fantasy VII - Guides

Monsters: In Sword Dance Encounter – 1 shown

Limited monsters never appear in random encounters; bosses are involved in important plot fights; special bosses and the final bosses are specifically called out as well; super bosses represent the greatest challenge in the game; Battle Square monsters only appear in the Battle Square; chocobos only appear in certain areas when using a Chocobo Lure and can be caught Name	Level	HP	MP	Attack	The base physical damage dealt by this monster's abilities; physical damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (P) Base P	Magic atk	The base magic damage dealt by this monster's abilities; magic damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (M) Base M	Defense	This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a physical attack Phys. Vuln.	Magic def	This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a magic attack Magic Vuln.	Defense%	Note that party members get a +50 bonus to Dexterity during combat which monsters do not Dexterity	Luck	Elemental Vulnerability	Status Immunity	EXP	AP	Gil	The rate of Steal success per item by a character of equal level to the monster; these rates will change based on the level difference between the Stealing character and the monster; hover over a percentage to see the base rate (which is based on being 10 levels higher than the monster); this rate is multiplied by 80%±2% per level difference; only one item can be stolen, so an increase in level may in some cases decrease the effective Steal rate of items later in the list Steal	A monster will never drop an item if an item was Stolen from it during the battle; only monsters present in the final battle of a multi-battle sequence may drop items Win	Morph
Sword Dance	11	160	-	22	29	-	-	24	95%	32	93%	5%	52	0	Invalid: Earth	Defend: Stop, Paralyzed	39	6	90 gil	Hyper (11.2%)	Loco weed (14.1%)	Light Curtain

Screens: With Sword Dance Encounter – 4 shown

Area	Temporary screens become permanently inaccessible during the normal course of the game Name	The random encounter groups that you may fight on this screen; this list only includes standard encounters, but special encounter types may also be present as detailed on the screen detail page; encounter rates are in parenthesis and are out of 256 Random Encounters	How many treasures (items of interest containing equipment or other items) are found on this screen Treasures	The price of the cheapest inn in this screen. it is not necessarily always available Inn Price	Save Point	Notes
Midgar Shinra Building	Elevator	-	-	-	-	-
Midgar Shinra Building	Shinra Bldg. 63f. (Main Area)	Hammer Blaster (72) Sword Dance (68) 2 Hammer Blasters (60) 2 Sword Dances (56)	7	-	-	-
Midgar Shinra Building	Shinra Bldg. 65f. (Main Area)	Hammer Blaster (60) Sword Dance (56) 2 Hammer Blasters (52) 2 Sword Dances (48) 3 Sword Dances (40)	6	-	-	-
Gold Saucer	Arena Lobby	-	-	-	-	-

Set Encounters: With Sword Dance – 1 shown

Area	Screen	Details	The range of levels of monsters in this encounter Level	EXP	AP	Gil	In a pincer attack, your party is surrounded; in a side attack, your party surrounds the enemies; in a back attack, the enemy attacks from behind Type	A factor indicating how hard it is to run from a battle; for example, it will generally take twice as long to run from a battle with a ×2 run difficulty than one with a ×1 run difficulty Run Difficulty
Midgar Shinra Building	Elevator	Encountered on the elevator on floors 31, 35, 42, 49, or 51 during a frontal assault	11	39	6	90 gil	Normal Battle	×1

Battle Square Rounds: With Sword Dance Encounter – 1 shown

Battle	Round	Possible encounters you may fight during this round of the battle for group 1 Group 1 Encounters	Possible encounters you may fight during this round of the battle for group 2 Group 2 Encounters
First Regular Battle	4	2 Sword Dances Moth Slasher 2 Brain Pods Vargid Police, Zenene	Sword Dance 3 Sword Dances 2 Moth Slashers Brain Pod

Hammer Blaster 2 Hammer Blasters