Air Buster

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Final Fantasy VII Enemy
Air Buster
Level HP MP 15 1,200 0 Attack Magic Defense 24 12 80 M. Defense Dexterity Evade 320 75 3 EXP AP Gil 180 16 150
Japanese	エアバスター
Romaji	Ea Basutā
Location	Midgar - Sector 5 Reactor
Steal	Nothing
Item Dropped	Titan Bangle
Morph	N/A
Abilities	Big Bomber, Energy Ball, Rear Gun, Bodyblow
Enemy Skill	N/A
Weak Against	Lightning
Resistant to	Fire
Immune to	Earth, Gravity
Absorbs	Nothing
Status Immunity	Death, Sleep, Poison, Sadness, Fury, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Small, Slow Numb, Petrify, Death Sentence, Manipulate, Berserk, Paralyze, Darkness
Other Information	The party cannot escape. Pincer attack against Air Buster.

"Meet "Air Buster". Our Weapon development department created him. I'm sure the data he'll extract from your dead bodies will be of great use to us in future experiments."

—President Shinra

Air Buster is a boss in Final Fantasy VII. Cloud, Barret and Tifa encounter it outside of the Sector 5 Reactor.

[edit] Strategy

In this fight, your party automatically surrounds Air Buster, with Tifa and Barret on one side and Cloud on the other. Even still, it is a formidable opponent. Using Limit Break attacks against its back results in a quick fight. In fact, the combined power of Cloud and Barret's Limit Breaks can take down Air Buster in a single turn. If you don't have your Limit Breaks built up, use normal attacks against its back and use Bolt as much as possible.

Air Buster turns to face whoever attacked it, so have Cloud attack it first, so it turns its back towards Tifa and Barret. Then have them both attack in succession, as attacks to the back yield more damage. Air Buster will then turn its back to Cloud, giving him a free shot for more damage.