Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis tier list of all weapons

Updated on August 8th, 2024 - Version: 1.14.10 - Upcoming: Sephiroth's Blue Bramble, Nightjar

If you are a newcomer to the world of FFVII, it's crucial to understand the strengths and weaknesses of every character and every weapon the game has to offer. Below you can find our complete Final Fantasy: Ever Crisis tier list where we rank every weapon in the game and break down all playable characters. 

Before we go on, I'd like to remind you that we are mostly going based on our closed beta test (CBT) experience. That means that future re-balance updates might change a few (or a lot) things, and so, we will have to revisit this tier list. With that out of the way, let's get right into our FFVII Ever Crisis tier list!

FFVII Ever Crisis weapons tier list

At the moment, there are 9 playable characters that you can acquire for free. Every one of them can equip up the following weapons:

• Primary Weapon
• Secondary Weapon
• Sub Weapons (3)

Something important to point out is that characters inherit stats from their primary, secondary weapons, and sub-weapons (100%, 50%, and 50% respectively). The only exception to this is the C.Ability of the sub-weapons.

With that said, let's take a look at each character:

Best matching weapons for each character

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Aerith

During the CBT, Aerith was a staple in almost every team. The reason is simple -she's the best healer in the game. Because of it, she can be useful in every situation. On top of that, she provides a lot of earth and lightning area damage. You can't really ask for more.

Recommended Weapons: Sun Umbrella / Wizard Staff (DPS) - Fairy Tale / Mythril Rod (Healer)

Barret

Barret excels in long-range non-elemental attacks and he can be very useful thanks to his wave clear abilities. He has access to certain weapons that allow him to reduce enemies' physical defense. If you need a physical team, he's your guy.

Recommended Weapons: W Machine / Assault Gun

Cloud

When we talk about FF, Cloud is one of the first characters that comes to mind. In Ever Crisis, he's the best Lightning-damage carry in the game hands down, and that's enough to make him S-Tier.

Recommended Weapons: Murasame / Apocalypse

Glenn

Glenn brings a lot of physical single-target damage. Actually, he probably has the highest in the game. Later on (once he reaches limit break 2), he gets an AoE ability. The problem is that lightning and earth damage are simply more useful, at least for now.

Recommended Weapons: Jiggy Fam / Piece of Cake

Lucia

Lucia is a primary damage-carry hero that can also provide some crowd control in the form of silence which makes enemies unable to use any skills for a period of time. She deals water and wind damage.

Recommended Weapons: Pulse Gun / Serpent Gun

Matt

Matt is a single-target damage carry who can also be used as a pseudo-healer in some team comps. He's especially useful against certain bosses as he provides debuffs and high-damage output.

Recommended Weapons: Any S-Tier weapon pairing

Red XIII

Red XIII is a character that can heal his allies with his regen abilities and also provide some debuffs (MDEF, MATK). With that said, he's not as effective as Aerith as flat healing is simply better at the moment. If you want to use him, his ideal role is support.

Recommended Weapons: Gold Collar / Noble Collar

Sephiroth

Young Sephiroth is the latest character to be added in the world of FFVII Ever Crisis. He's the strongest ice DPS in the game currently.

Recommended Weapons: Edged Wings/Aonibi or Shinra Blade.

Tifa

Tifa is the only character with an ability that allows her to remove certain ailments. She has access to various weapons that allow her to become a pseudo-healer, but she can also provide good enough damage. She's usually used as a secondary damage unit.

Recommended Weapons: Tiger Fangs / Leather Gloves

Zack

Zack is a single-target damage nuker with the ability to debuff his enemies. Even though he's primarily used as a primary DPS character, he can be built as a secondary DPS/Debuffer.

Yuffie

A beguiling ninja and skilled materia hunter. After the war with Shinra, she works to restore her home, Wutai, to its former glory. She tags along with Cloud and the others in an attempt to get her hands on their materia

Recommended Weapons: Cutlass / Arc Sword

In the next few pages, you can check out our complete FFVII Ever Crisis tier list to find out what the best weapons to equip your heroes are.