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Strategy Writeup

The Hell House takes almost no damage from physical attacks, so you’ll need to focus on exploiting elemental weaknesses. Begin the fight by attacking until you have enough ATB to cast Assess. Spread Magic Materia between Cloud and Aerith so you have spells covering all four elements: Blizzard, Fire, Wind, and Lightning. 
At the start of the fight, watch the Hell House's windows. When they're red, the house's barrier is tuned to Fire; green is Wind; yellow is Lightning; and blue is Ice. You want to cast spells of the opposite type of whatever the barrier is in order to run up the Hell House's Stagger meter--so if the barrier is Fire, use Ice, and if it's Wind, use Lightning, and so on.
The first weakness should be Ice, so hit it hard while dodging flying chairs and keeping Cloud and Aerith healed up. After dealing enough damage, Hell House will cast Barrier Shift, and the windows will change color, indicating new weaknesses and elemental absorptions. Check the weakness, then hit hard.
After a short time, the Hell House will retreat to the stadium seating and cast Chair Salvo. Run around and dodge the chairs, or simply block and weather the storm. After a short time, it will return to the colosseum floor, your Summon will begin to awaken, and a transformation will take place.
Now that Hell House has transformed, it will lose it’s Physical damage resistance, and it’s absorbed element, but it is also no longer weak to any element. It will charge, so dodge or block the attack and ensure that your team is healed up.
When the boss charges / waddles towards you, dodge roll in a large circle around the colosseum floor until it stops chasing you to avoid taking damage (it will take a while for it to stop).
After dealing enough damage, Hell House will enter God House Mode and a massive shield will cover it. During this time, it will take very little damage, and almost no Pressured or Stagger damage.
After a short time, it will drop the shield and Phase 3 will begin, which is a fusion of the first two phases, during which Hell House has enhanced versions of all of its attacks, but the weakness/absorption mechanic will return.
After a short while, Hell House will take to the skies for the Heavensward attack, during which it will fly in circles and shoot flaming chairs and rockets at the party. Dodge roll in a large circle around the arena to avoid taking damage. After finishing a countdown, it will perform the Hellbound attack, charging up another attack to charge straight at the player.
During this time, it will switch back and forth between God House Mode and its standard form frequently, and it will also switch between forms with weakness and absorptions and those without, so check the Assess menu through the touchpad frequently to double-check before spending your ATB charges.
Play defensively, make sure to always keep your party healed up, and you’ll defeat the dastardly domicile and claim victory in the bonus round.

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Hell House Lore

Don Corneo's secret weapon, a monster in the form of a house. No one knows how it was built.

Hell House Notes & Trivia

• When it shifts barriers, hit it with the opposing element, such as ice to fire or lightning to wind, to rapidly fill its Stagger gauge. When God House Mode is active, attacks will be less effective at filling the gauge, but for a short time after this mode ends, it will be much easier to Stagger.
• Tip: After casting Assess, you can re-check the information by tapping the touchpad. You can also easily tell which element which will be absorbed by looking at the color of the windows. Red = Fire, Green = Wind, Yellow = Lightning, and Blue = Ice. Avoid casting those spells, as they will heal Hell House. Instead, focus on the opposite element, so if the windows are Red, cast Ice. If they are Green, cast Thunder, and so on.