Feathered Gloves (VII Remake)

Lightweight gloves embellished with feathers.

Description

The Feathered Gloves are a weapon for Tifa in Final Fantasy VII Remake. The weapon provides her the Starshower ability, which unleashes a flurry of attacks on a single target and increases the strength of her next command.

Feathered Gloves provide the highest raw Speed boost of any of Tifa's weapons. Tifa has the highest speed attribute of any party member, meaning the weapon takes advantage of her greatest strength in battle. It also provides her among the highest boosts to her Attack Power and a broad base of abilities honing in on physical damage, making it one of the best weapons for Tifa to deal raw physical damage.

Obtained[]

A pair of feathered gloves can be obtained during "Follow the Waterway" in Chapter 10, "Rough Waters". After opening a floodgate, the gloves are found underneath the gate after heading downstairs. They can also be obtained when you revisit the sewers during "Through the Underground Waterway" in Chapter 14. If missed, the weapon is for sale in the Shinra Building.

Upgrades[]

Materia slots[]

Materia slots purchased	Minimum Weapon Level	Slots
0	1
1	4
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	6
6	6

Skills[]

Feathered Gloves Core - Weapon Level: 1 - Required SP: 8
ATK Up	Attack Power +6	Increases attack power attribute.
MATK Up	Magic Attack Power +6	Increases magic attack power attribute.
Speed Up	Speed +7	Increases speed attribute.
Enhanced Physical Guard	Physical Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding	Reduces physical damage taken when successfully guarding.
Enhanced Magic Guard	Magic Damage Reduction 10% when Guarding	Reduces magic damage taken when successfully guarding.

Feathered Gloves Sub-Core I - Weapon Level: 3 - Required SP: 10
Enhanced Attack	Attack Damage 5% Boost	Increases damage dealt by basic attacks.
Enhanced Aerial Attack	Aerial Attack Damage 5% Boost	Increases damage dealt by aerial attacks.
ATB Charge Rate Up	ATB Charge Rate 10% Boost	Increases the amount by which successful attacks increase the ATB gauge.
Backstabber	Rear Assault 10% Boost	Increases damage dealt to enemies when attacking from behind.
Stagger Siphon	Stagger Siphon	Recover HP when dealing damage with unique abilities to a staggered enemy.

Feathered Gloves Sub-Core II - Weapon Level: 4 - Required SP: 12
ATK Up	Attack Power +10	Increases attack power attribute.
ATK Up	Attack Power +10	Increases attack power attribute.
MATK Up	Magic Attack Power +12	Increases magic attack power attribute.
Speed Up	Speed +7	Increases speed attribute.
Concentration	Concentration Activation 70%	Adds a fixed chance that Tifa may enter battle with an increased chi level.
Needs More Materia	New Materia Slot	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.

Feathered Gloves Sub-Core III - Weapon Level: 5 - Required SP: 14
ATK Up	Attack Power +10	Increases attack power attribute.
ATK Up	Attack Power +10	Increases attack power attribute.
MATK Up	Magic Attack Power +14	Increases magic attack power attribute.
Speed Up	Speed +7	Increases speed attribute.
Needs More Materia	New Materia Slot	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.
Needs More Materia	New Materia Slot	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.
Needs More Materia	New Materia Slot	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.

Feathered Gloves Sub-Core IV - Weapon Level: 6 - Required SP: 16
ATK Up	Attack Power +12	Increases attack power attribute.
ATK Up	Attack Power +12	Increases attack power attribute.
MATK Up	Magic Attack Power +15	Increases magic attack power attribute.
Speed Up	Speed +7	Increases speed attribute.
Needs More Materia	New Materia Slot	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.
Needs More Materia	New Materia Slot	Adds an additional materia slot or links two existing slots.

Use[]

Feathered Gloves artwork for FFVII Remake — Artwork.

Feathered Gloves provide Tifa with the highest raw speed boost as well as the second-highest attack power increase below Metal Knuckles. Feathered Gloves' upgrades boost to her aerial attack damage, ATB charge rate, damage when attacking enemies from behind, and allow her to recover HP when attacking a staggered enemy with unique abilities. The weapon also provides her a 70% chance to start the battle with a higher chi level without needing Unbridled Strength.

Though the Feathered Gloves provide Tifa with a wide variety of upgrades to her physical damage, the main drawback is their few materia slots in early levels. The weapon only has three slots to begin with, all unlinked, and it requires a lot of SP to address this shortcoming. Because it has no linked materia slots initially, it cannot benefit from Elemental Materia, making it weak against enemies that resist physical damage as it cannot exploit an elemental weakness to compensate. Because the weapon does not provide Tifa with many increases to her magical damage, she should instead use these slots for Complete Materia, and other than elemental materia, can use her second linked slot for HP Absorption Materia.

Once fully leveled, the Feathered Gloves play to all of Tifa's strengths and become a very strong and versatile weapon in her main role as a physical attacker. The speed attribute boost provided by the weapon plays to her biggest strength, and though the raw attack power attribute is lower than Metal Knuckles', the increase in speed and its other abilities make up for this. Although the weapon is not useful for magic damage, it does not compromise magic attributes as heavily as her other weapons, and this is not Tifa's usual strength anyway. Feathered Gloves also does not provide the durability increase or critical hit rate of Purple Pain, which can be potentially deal more damage with critical hits, and may be more preferable in challenging fights, although Tifa is normally better at dodging attacks completely and can do without an HP increase.