Blast-Ray

Blast-Ray is an enemy in Final Fantasy VII Remake and "Episode INTERmission". It is a war drone deployed by the Shinra Electric Power Company, fought on the Collapsed Sector 7 Plate in Chapter 15, "The Day Midgar Stood Still", and within the Drum during Chapter 17, "Deliverance from Chaos". It is also faced in the Shinra Combat Simulator during "Three-Person Team vs. Team Ragbag". In "Episode INTERmission", two Blast-Rays are fought in B20 - Advanced Weaponry: Testing in the segment where the player chooses the way to advance. Blast-Ray is this a missable enemy in INTERmission.
Blast-Ray (Defense) is also a grounded unit in the Fort Condor minigame in "Episode INTERmission".
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==Stats==
==Abilities==
Abilities in italics lack names in-game and, hence, have unofficial names.
: = Physical damage
: = Magic damage
Ability 	Range 	Description 	Block	
Concentrated Fire 	Ranged	Fires 7 grenades that explode on contact. 	 	
Grenade Launcher 	Ranged	Fires 3 grenades that explode on contact. 	 	
Rocket Launcher 	Ranged	Fires 7 missiles from its rear. 	 	
Stomp 	Melee 	Jumps and lands its heavy body on target. 	 	
Electrical Discharge 	Ranged	Discharges within radius around self. 	 	
Electromagnetic Waves	Ranged	Discharges electricity within radius around self. EM waves remain for a short time, hindering party members from getting close.	 	
==Battle==
The Blast-Ray's grenades and missiles can stun characters that are not blocking, and also cover a large radius. Once staggered, the Blast-Ray will be surrounded by an electromagnetic field that pushes characters away, resulting in that melee attacks cannot reach it, meaning that, counterintuitively, the player may be doing less damage to it when it is staggered than other times. Eventually, the Blast-Ray will unleash Electrical Discharge, dealing massive damage to any character caught in range, but also dissipating the barrier, allowing melee fighters to hit it once again.
Much like the vast majority of mechanical enemies, the Blast-Ray is weak against .
=== Hard Mode ===
On the hard difficulty, the Blast-Ray will use its abilities more often. Since MP is a scarce resource, the player may not want to expend it to healing, and rather equip s on everyone, since they'll have to conserve MP for fighting The Valkyrie at the end of the chapter. Cloud can be built towards magic with his that has MP-regenerative properties. The set-up with the in Intergrade is especially useful, because the spells cast with it are free.
===Strategy===
Equipping characters paired is particularly useful on Barret, since he can effectively attack the Blast-Ray once it raises its electromagnetic wave barrier. Thunder magic also hits while it is in this state, as does Cloud's Blade Burst and Tifa's Chi Trap. Aerith's Ray of Judgment with Fleeting Familiar hits during the barrier phase, but she can only fight the Blast-Ray in the Shinra Combat Simulator. Inflicting the staggered Blast-Ray with nulls the barrier. Cloud can actually hits the Blast-Ray in melee range while the barrier is up by using , rolling towards it and using its spin attack.
Fighting two of them at once at the Drum can be a challenge. Pairing with on Tifa or Barret (or both) and another Lightning with on Cloud can give an edge, and then lay into them with Tifa's combos, Barret's ranged firepower, and Cloud's spells. It is best to bring on someone as well. When one staggers, the player can cast on it, and Cloud can use Infinity's End, Barret can use Maximum Fury, while Tifa continues to use combos or uses . from the Time materia can also help out. If not using Stop, Barret can be the main attacker during stagger periods while Tifa and Cloud use thunder spells, Blade Burst, and Chi Trap, however, the latter two will struggle to build ATB without being able to physically attack. With , they can build ATB by blocking, and when AI-controlled, they will usually do just that.
In Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, the allows the equipper to cast spells without ATB- or MP-cost, and so would be very useful in this battle on the character with the highest , paired with Lightning. If another Lightning was paired with or , they would build HP and MP as well.
===Episode INTERmission===
Yuffie can effectively pelt the Blast-Ray while its barrier is up by using Throw. Using a mix of Synergized Art of War and Thunderous Banishments while guarding against their missiles is an effective way to dispose of them. Sonon can have Synergy paired with Lightning materia.
==Gallery==
Blast-Ray artwork for FFVII Remake.png|Concept art.
Blast-Ray (Defense) Fort Condor unit from FFVIIR INTERmission.png|Fort Condor unit.
==Related enemies==
*Slug-Ray
*Shock-Ray
Category:Enemies in Final Fantasy VII Remake