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Here's an extensive guide for defeating Rude and Elena in "Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth," with a focus on requirements, a detailed walkthrough, strategies, and additional tips:

Requirements:

•Locations: Chapter 3: Mythril Mines. Chapter 12: Gold Saucer Colosseum.

•Rewards: Experience, AP, and progression in the story.Party Composition: Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith are typically your team for these fights.

•Cloud: Melee damage dealer with some ranged capabilities.

•Tifa: High damage output, especially good for stagger.

•Aerith: Support and magic user, crucial for healing and exploiting weaknesses.

Materia:

•Wind Materia for Rude (weak to Wind).

•Lightning Materia for Elena (weak to Lightning).

•Healing Materia like Cure or Pray for Aerith to maintain party health.

•Barrier Materia to reduce incoming damage.

•Assess Materia to understand enemy patterns and weaknesses.

Gear:

•Equip weapons like Hardedge for Cloud, Crystal Gloves for Tifa for stagger, and Mythril Rod for Aerith for magic.

•Consider gear with Lightning and Wind resistance or Elemental Materia linked to reduce damage from their attacks.

•Level: Aim for around level 25-30 for the Chapter 3 fight and level 45-50 for the Chapter 12 rematch, but good Materia setup can adjust this.

Detailed Walkthrough:

Chapter 3 - Mythril Mines:

Phase 1:

1.Initial Attacks: Rude uses Shockwave, Triple Shockwave; Elena uses Stun Grenade, Backflip Barrage.

Strategy:

2.Pressure Elena with Lightning attacks first; she's easier to stagger. Use Cloud's Punisher Mode or Aerith's Thunder spells.

3.Rude is more defensive; hit him with Wind spells when he guards (Stalwart Stance).

Phase 2 (Synergy Attack):

4.Turk's Two-Step: Both use a powerful combined attack.

5.Strategy: Interrupt this with strong abilities or spells to prevent it from happening.

Final Phase:

6.After Elena is down, focus on Rude with Wind attacks, dodging his more aggressive moves.

Chapter 12 - Gold Saucer:

Phase 1:

1.Similarities: Both bosses have refined versions of their earlier attacks.

Strategy:

2.Again, focus on Elena first with Lightning to stagger her. Use Synergy Abilities to manage both at once.

3.Rude's new moves like Whirlwind require good dodging or blocking.

Phase 2 (Synergy Attack - Turks' Vengeance):

4.New Synergy: More devastating than before, requires quick action to interrupt.

5.Strategy: Have ATB or Limit Breaks ready to stop this attack.

Final Phase:

6.After Elena, Rude uses more aggressive tactics. Keep up the Wind pressure, especially during his Atlas Stance.

Strategies:

Exploit Weaknesses:

•Rude: Aero or Wind-based abilities.

•Elena: Thunder or Lightning-based attacks.

•Stagger and Pressure: Use Tifa's combo attacks to stagger Elena, then hit Rude with Aero when he's guarding.

•Defensive Play: Keep Barrier spells up, dodge or guard against their wide-reaching attacks.

•Synergy Abilities: Use these to manage their attacks, interrupt Synergy moves, or gain ATB for more spells.

Tips:

•ATB Management: Build ATB with regular attacks for Cloud and Tifa, use Aerith's Arcane Ward for doubled magic effects.

•MP Management: On Hard Mode, use MP sparingly; link Wind and Lightning with MP Absorption.

•Positioning: Stay mobile to avoid Elena's grenades and Rude's Shockwaves.

•Limit Breaks: Save for when one or both are staggered or during their Synergy Attack.

•Hard Mode: Change Materia setups between fights if possible, focusing on healing without MP on the second fight.

•Summoning: If you have a summon, use it during critical moments or when both are staggered.

•Switch Characters: Use Tifa to build stagger on Elena, Cloud for general damage, and Aerith for support and exploiting weaknesses.