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Guard Scorpion is an enemy in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII.

Final Fantasy VII

In this game, Guard Scorpion is the first boss battle that you will encounter in Midgar's Sector 1 Reactor.

Stats

Weakness: Lightning

No Damage: Gravity

Attacks: Scorpion Tail, Rifle, Search Scope, Tail Laser

Protected Against: Death, Sadness, Slowly Stone, Berserk, Fury, Petrify, Paralyze, Sleep, Confusion, Frog, Death Sentence, Darkness, Poison, Silence, Small, Manipulate

Drop: Assault Gun

Strategy

Guard Scorpion is the first boss of the game that you'll encounter, so he is rather easy. His first major weakness is that he must "lock on" using "Search Scope" before attacking, so he takes two turns to cause any damage. His second weakness is that he is a giant mechanical scorpion, which means Cloud's Bolt materia is the most effective attack. Bolt is all Cloud should use through the battle. While Barret should continue to use normal attacks with potions to heal your HP. The only time Guard Scorpion can cause any severe damage is when his tail is raised. Many sites will tell you not to attack with his tail raised because it will counterattack with Tail Laser. However, if your HP is high enough, attack him. This will rapidly increase your limit break and allow you to destroy him (as well as hasten you on your way to Limit Level 1.2) much faster.

See Also: Bosses (FFVII)

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core

Guard Scorpion shows up in the Junon Airport and also later in Mission 3-2-4. It is classified as a Guard Spider.

Stats

Recovery Time: 1.7 seconds

Stagger Rating: 5

Interruptible: No

Immune: Poison, Silence, Stun, Stop, Gravity, Death, Blast Wave, Zantetsuken

Drop: Bulletproof Vest, Shinra Alpha (rare)

Steal: Shinra Alpha, Shinra Beta (rare)

Strategy

The Guard Scorpion is basically a tougher version of the Guard Spider. Zack can cause some decent damage with Assault Twister+ or Firaga and Thundaga. The Guard Scorpion will throw several projectiles at Zack so continue to dodge and roll as necessary. It will also use its legs to stab at Zack if he's close enough. It moves slow so this battle should be simple if you keep moving.

See Also: Bosses (FFVII:CC)

Major portions of this page were written by: tifabelle