Final Fantasy 7 Remake | Top 5 Materia You Don't Want to Miss

[@taylon5200]

Using stop on staggered enemies freezes the stagger gauge as well, some people might not know

[@ThisNerdyKid]

Oh my god didn’t know that. Thanks for the info

[@mx.e2176]

That’s pretty busted. Thanks

[@HomeDefender30]

Stop is so op! I am only realizing this through my hard playthrough

[@Dave_ja_vu]

Fat Chocobo simulation (don't play on easy for this as it'll likely die beforehand) Use two ATB charges with Tifa on Unbridled strength if you don't have the core ability that unlocks the boosted chi, and fill a third bar of ATB for her true strike ability. Get fat chocobo stunned, cast stop with Barret or whoever you got running it at the time, and use true strike and then spam triangle for her chi moves to put you way over 300 stagger for the trophy.

[@Fizzlehound945]

Just beat the game, this will help immensely for hard mode. Thanks a ton. Lol

[@FABRIZZLE]

Quick Tip: In chapter 14, slot a first strike and put fire and magnify in a linked slot all on the same character. Fill out the rest with materia you want to level. Spam the 3 member coliseum fight. Cast nothing but firaga. The full runs will take about 30 seconds. Within a few hours you can easily hit 50 and max most materias. You can also sell the celeris that drop for a good bit of gil.

[@erickmunizrocco]

I've got the same Idea, honestly the best way to upgrade materia so far as I know

[@mikeO31082]

Once you beat the game, you can use chapter select and farm chapt 16, the the opening parking lot area to level up as well.

[@djinngeist114]

One thing I do sort of miss is the fact that maxing out materia doesnt give birth to a new one..

[@EvilSanta482]

Yeah that bummed me out

[@elCONQUEROR81]

Djinn Geist AGREED!!! I was actually watching this video to see if that was mentioned and you came in here being awesome so thanks!!! I do miss that I was hoping it was a thing. Maybe next installment offers more.

[@DGzCarbon]

There's no need. You plenty of every materia besides Magnify

[@djinngeist114]

@@DGzCarbon Magnify and elemental, which is the point. It keeps you the player constrained, keeping you from having extremely over powered builds on the first game. Which most likely wont mean much of anything in the second game... Especially if they choose not to carry over save data. Hell Just 2 Magnify would be enough to make you unstoppable, which is exactly why they only give you 1.

[@elCONQUEROR81]

Djinn Geist but after magnify is maxed .... it would cool if it birthed a new one..... like the original did.... no need ... even tho you only get 1 magnify lol that makes no sense.

[@PeteToken]

Magnify + Healing has been my default combo for most of hard mode.

[@michaellynch5254]

Is hard mode super hard? Does it change anything beyond damage from enemies and the enemy's defense?

[@vicdaman]

Michael Lynch can’t use items. Bosses have a new attack or two.

[@PeteToken]

@@michaellynch5254 As the other commenter mentioned, hard mode eliminates the use of items. So the revival and healing material become invaluable, I've found some of the bosses to be really challenging as they hit considerably harder and the MP management gets pretty tricky in the prolonged fights.

[@michaellynch5254]

Damn! No potions or grenades? Should be tough. Can't wait

[@ki1280]

PeteToken is magnify = all?

[@mrdarkstar3756]

For hard challengers I reccomend the ability materia Pray. A mastered pray on Aerith or Barret is like a full heal to the team. Chakra is also amazing

[@jackdaone6469]

Prayer and Chakra are the best for heals in the long run because they free up your MP for more spells like Mag+Barrier or Mag+Time.

[@AJMini557]

Honestly, Assess is my favourite, it gives you such a huge advantage against some of the tougher bosses with it not only giving you their weaknesses and resistances, but also sometimes how to pressure/stagger, other than that, Magnify, I like to put magnify on my healing and pretty much any buff materia

[@jonathancherry6941]

You don't even mention where the materia can be obtained. Brilliant.

[@leonardo434]

Just play the sidequests I guess, there aren't any rare ones actually, maybe you won't even need sidequests

[@TheCoolestGamer20]

That's not the title of this video

[@AlienGenotype]

What the F

[@juhyun34]

do you even own this game? they are not hidden nor you have to trigger certain things to find. Brilliant

[@jonathancherry6941]

@@juhyun34 Yes, I do, numb nuts.

[@MrZami916]

You can also put elemental in your armor slot, instead of in your weapon, to get resistance to the paired materia. Halved at level 1 resisted completely at level 2 and absorbed at level 3!

[@hyperstargaming6150]

Absorb is honestly busted, some hard mode fights get absolutely CHEESED because you can’t really get hurt.

[@biggamanedabeast5247]

AP boost is a must have. If you don't have it grinding certain materia takes forever. Also using magnify can give you an instant limit break in some fights with a fairly big group of enemies. Makes for some really quick fights and very minimal resources lost

[@davidh4442]

Asses is really handy, for noobs like myself. Gives you some idea on how to defeat certain monsters/enemies.

[@scubasteve5326]

Deep sadness for those of us who never slotted steal lol.

[@One_of_Many750]

Scuba Steve In Order To Get One of Aerith’s Weapon, You Have To Slot Steal. I Believe It’s From The Boss Eligor In The Sewers.

[@scubasteve5326]

@@One_of_Many750 what's crazy is i decided to look up weapons you had to steal, that was the only one but i was literally right before that part lol. Got my weapon!

[@The_Orphanizer]

I found steal less useful in this game than the original. Every playthrough of FF7 I've ever done, I always keep one member with steal permanently equipped. Steal in FF7R seems to have a lower rate of success. Couple that with fewer rare items, and I mostly gave up on it. I might go get another champion belt from grungy bandit, but not much else has my interest.

[@One_of_Many750]

Scuba Steve Hells Yeah!!!!

[@One_of_Many750]

The Orphanizer Hold On To It. There’s More To Come. This Is Only Part One. 😊😊😊

[@marqueamore8467]

Dude I am new to FF7 and was so confused about materia yet you explained it so perfectly. I enjoy the game even more because of you. Thank you!!

[@olenlopettnut6314]

Materia is item u use on the final fantasy games not only 7:)

[@marqueamore8467]

olen lopettnut :)

[@DarkSoulx7]

I can't wait to see meteor, ultima, knights of the round, and of course I'm dying to see what the omnislash is going to look like. I'm hoping I can still use OP strategies from the original like Quad+meteor. As a hardcore fan of the original I was disappointed with some of the changes made to the remake but I'm still loving the game for the most part.

[@Ephideltrance]

I have a strong feeling Cloud's ultimate weapon will be the fusion sword from Advent Children. They can make it into an epic quest to get all the pieces to fuse it into 1 blade and it will be this that grants omnislash....which would look basically like it did from the movie. Also, I hope they add new elements to the game especially if our saves carry over, like earth, water, flare, and dark elements...Holy in this game was reserved for the planet. We still have lots of summons to look forward to like Alexander, Phoenix, the other versions of Bahamut, etc.

[@mrsisterfister6647]

@@Ephideltrance bro that would be an awesome idea. Find the swords to make his ultimate weapon from advent.

[@DarkSoulx7]

Dude. You and I are having some very similar hopes for the continued remake.

[@DarkSoulx7]

@@hidan407 the whole added dance scene mostly. It was fucking stupid.

[@DarkSoulx7]

@@hidan407 if you get the original on the PS4 it is well worth it. If you just want to experience the story you have an option to coast through the game with infinite limit breaks, health, and the ability to increase the game speed by x4 if I'm not mistaken. So battles are a piece of cake.

[@BonnetOnxZu]

I find Warding materia useful as elemental. I dont really rely on elemental on weapon, more on armor for defense. Warding materia is the "Added Effect" materia of the original game but now it only works on armor. With Warding, you can prevent status like instant death, stop or slow, silence/sleep/berserk. The tonberries which are heavy on instant death is easier now to kill with warding subversion (death) materia combination. I wish they retain the "Added Effect" so I could inflict status on enemies with normal attacks :D

[@psychoftz174]

If you know how to use subversion materia please tell me and thank you

[@BonnetOnxZu]

@@psychoftz174 if u place warding plus sub materia, it will prevent insta death. Useful for facing tonberry.

[@junkauge]

Using magnify on cure is a waste when pray is so OP id recommend using it on barrier or time materia. Likely time materia tbh. Late game using it on fire is really useful also but not as useful as time.

[@billsutherby]

I agree. Between max level Pray and a couple Chakra materia, you can take care of healing without using MP on hard mode. So then you can free up Magnify for Haste or Barrier like you said.

[@willyuan1]

pray needs 2 atb bars

[@Jfree7791]

William Yuan Prayer is best for hard mode. Doesn’t cost any mp. ATB assist helps if u need to build pray for an ally

[@slickspidey]

Not everyone’s got time for 2 atb bars. I run pray, cure, and then chakra and I’m pretty good. Gotta always have a backup and not be dependent on one thing

[@chrisperalta5019]

Yall need to try running magnify with the barrier materia that is super op whole team gets manawall

[@chrispalmer6804]

magnify materia aka 'ALL' materia lol XD

[@ToxiMoxi]

yep!

[@Allanfallan]

I hadn't seen that the ALL materia was confirmed before now. Nice to see it in there since it's so important to the old game. Time to buy a bunch!

[@knightblazer85]

i was curious to know if all would be in the game after i saw a few videos. and how it would work with the new battle style

[@aidNaizMommy]

Too bad when you max it out now you don’t get a new one and can’t sell the maxed one for 100k.

[@whatthe9256]

Its like the inferior version of all materia because all materia has no damage reduction

[@liamlane1165]

Already got the game so I can say that the best one is the elemental link one where it empowers your weapon with the element that you have

[@liamlane1165]

Have to admit it took me a while to figure out how it worked though :(

[@NathanSharma]

Can it be detrimental? If an enemy is resistant against an element, do you lose damage?

[@aidNaizMommy]

Nathan Sharma no it’s probably like the original, it’ll either do zero damage or heal the enemy.

[@liamlane1165]

@@zaixey Not sure when I learned it, but out of the blue I seemed to understand what I had to do to make it work lol. Damn, so many bosses could have gone so much easier if I knew how the damn links worked beforehand. I thought that as long as they were in the same line, it would work, but noooo, I had to put them together where they were connected to a line. I now feel so dumb. :(

[@curtisshoemaker2541]

Elemental materia has 2 uses FYI. Offense and defense..link it in weapon slot for added element to you weapon (fire ice thunder wind)/link it on an armor slot to half element damage from that peticular element that it's linked with

[@joeknight2689]

You're right about elemental taking a long time to level up.

[@Tharri15]

I'd say chakra is the most important materia for hard mode as you can heal a significant amount of health and cure poison with it's use and it doesn't consume MP

[@akinamori1615]

Some spoilers, do not click more information if you do not want spoilers. I use Magnify+Healing for the AoE Regen. I use warding+poison to reduce those damage. At the same time I use Bio on most bosses because most of them can be poisoned. If you do not have enough damage yet or want a faster way to kill a boss, poison Damage per Second is your friend. Have HP Up and MP Up materias as well for longer fights and sustain. That's pretty much what I have for Cloud. For Barette it's mostly support type like Provoke, HP Up, Healing, and Cleansing. For Tifa, I use the Accessory+Materias that quickly increases your ATB and Limit Break bar gains+Refocus Materia. (With Aerith ATB booster skill) 7-8 different attacks in 10 seconds. Summon bar appears or Limit Break available within a minute or two.

[@Jhvxgir]

Pray materia is a must also in Hard Mode, helps a lot when fighting minions in order to save MP

[@omellyify]

Locations of said materia?

[@seaniobandarez6923]

Think the chadley missions give most of the good ones. Cant quite remember

[@distantmind8465]

@rob13589 "spoiler free"

[@sebastiencarron1574]

What makes common sens is to explore said game.

[@kevinocvang1036]

Elemental materia is at the area after you jump off the train with tifa and barret where you find your ways out with the sun lamps

[@sebastiencarron1574]

YUM there’s a second one at the end of chapter 14 if you completed all side quests

[@BreadandFaxes]

I'm surprised they didnt go back to "Shell" for the magic barrier.

[@crimsonkarma13]

i guess maybe cuz barrier has its multiple uses

[@BreadandFaxes]

@@crimsonkarma13 in most of the games the spells are called Protect, Shell and Wall.

[@tino5621]

Imagine if we had “big guard”

[@PuffPastrix]

Remake = Classic Materia Magnify = All materia First strike = pre-emptive strike materia (Reworked) Elemental = Elemental Materia Barrier = Barrier Time = Time How are these spoilers? They are just reworks or materia found in the later stages of the original? Hopefully Added Effect Materia, Enemy Skill Materia, and Final Attack Materia will show up. Can't wait till I get my copy. Good video though.

[@tombstonepizza2299]

PuffPastrix enemy skill materia does show up but there are only a few abilities given sadly

[@craigfunk3453]

@@tombstonepizza2299 as expected considering it's found in shinra hq in classic and probably only post game enemies would give some spells for the remake

[@gavinerickson9392]

Final Attack + Revive. Can you even kill me?

[@craigfunk3453]

@@gavinerickson9392 final attack + phoenix. Can you kill my team?

[@gavinerickson9392]

@@craigfunk3453 You can't in remake, bc summon materia is a separate thing now.

[@unseeninja83]

You didn’t mention the best material to get, AP boost, the material that speeds up material leveling by alot

[@Shorkshire]

Wtf is "material"?

[@alexfamie5255]

@@Shorkshire 🤔🙄🤷‍♂️

[@joshuafallet5690]

@@Shorkshire autocorrect give em a break, it's literally one letter off.

[@seaniobandarez6923]

brandon shorkey stfu man you people are so irritating. Who actually cares if someone spells something wrong lol. A fkn loser thats who

[@alexfamie5255]

Yea that AP BOOST is crazy good. Cant seem to find elemental unless it's on hard mode. Getting ready for hard mode today. Got the classic playthrough in the books

[@StuUngar]

Time spells are a must in every FF game.

[@singundertherose]

I haven't seen anyone say it in the comments, but there are a LOT of comments, so... You say that leveling up the elemental materia lets you resist/nullify/absorb damage of that elemental type, but that's ONLY if you equip elemental on your ARMOR. Otherwise, love this.

[@RalphJacob]

In the original game, some of my favorite Materia that I couldn't live without are Added Cut and Contain. Excited to see how these two might be implemented in this remake.

[@Ananamitron]

I liked using Comet 2 with W-magic and quadra magic.

[@OwtDaftUK]

Triple Slash ability is kinda a little like the added cut materia.

[@lazygamer4746]

I wonder if the materia combinations from the original will still work? Remember Knights of the round combined with quadra summon and mime? You cast Knights of the round like seven times in a row.

[@criticalmass3993]

Yeah that was good way to get short toilet brake and grab some food from fridge without losing actual game play time :P

[@gavinerickson9392]

Forget that, is all lucky 7's still a thing?

[@hamsandwich6856]

Pretty much a requirement for the emerald weapon

[@gavinerickson9392]

@@hamsandwich6856 I'm telling you: All Lucky 7's!

[@SpittingSEA]

Man, it would be great if they add some type of materia, for the next game, that gives you "super armor" when you don't want to be interrupted when you are executing a special move on an enemy.

[@dantederi5062]

Barrett ability steelskin is a super armor

[@OverlordShanbo]

A big point for elemental that you didn't mention and confused me for a while is that it matters where you have it equipped. It either adds the element to your weapon *OR* protects against the element by the listed effect, depending on whether you have it in your weapon or armour slot.

[@douglasbolling1406]

I'm sure that someone has already mentioned, but Elemental varies, depending on whether equipped to weapon or armor. I do miss the creation of new materia, upon mastering.

[@aetherblackbolt1301]

I'll save you 7 minutes of your time. 1. Elemental Materia, up to 2 2. Magnify Materia, 1 only 3. Time Materia, many 4. First Strike Materia, many 5. Barrier Materia, many Bonus: Cure, Revive many It's a disappointing presentation and seems lazy. A list at the start and speaking more concisely and quickly would have done this 3 minutes, rather than dragging it out like you've done here.

[@kg9177]

Only used barrier twice in hard mode, the best one for hard mode that i used was prayer to save on mana. And when it comes to the blue materia, you can only get them once, no matter how many play throughs you do.

[@anttheknee1372]

Kg I don’t like prayer because it requires two atbs too situational you’re either sitting on two atb bars waiting to get hit hard enough and not casting any actions or you cast something get hit hard and now you don’t have enough atbs

[@kg9177]

@@anttheknee1372 that is why you have a back up healer, so you are not sitting on 2 atbs. And it's best to have prayer on Barret, you can easily build up the atbs with his overcharge. Plus if you have refocus and gotterdammerung, it makes it easier

[@wokeaf1337]

don't they multiply once the materia reaches Max potential like in the original FF7 ?

[@kg9177]

@@wokeaf1337 not in the remake, might happen in later installments, but not in this one

[@wokeaf1337]

@@kg9177 alright

[@JackassHill]

Don't know how relevant it is on this one just yet, but back in the day....Wind based Summon Materia + Elemental was basically a permanent damage boost. I can't remember the exact number, but I think only like 3% of the enemies in the game were resistant to Wind. First thing I did in this one was equip it to Wind instinctually, but I didn't like the way it looked, so I went Fashion Souls and slapped Fire on it. So glad they kept the spirit of Materia combinations alive. I remember the old Double Cast + Fire + MP Absorb + Boost trick. I used to do that with Meteor. The old Hades Summon Materia + Added Effect. There were so many more.

[@Lummerslug1584]

I like Fire, Ice, Elemental, and Poison

[@infinite_dynamics]

Keep in mind, elemental materia either adds weapon dmg, OR gives elemental protection depending on if slotted in armor or weapon, it doesn't give both effects at once

[@Jburneyjr]

You forgot to mention the boost to stats that those materia gives like Barrier boosts defense and magic defense.

[@phillipmayger2086]

Something I haven't seen anyone mention with the magnify materia and it's linked materia. The ara and aga spells have splash radius aga having a larger radius of course. So anything close to the target also takes a good chunk. This also applies to the branch off from magnify. So if there were 4 monsters clumped together and you cast Firaga, The initial burst hits hardest on main target but also does splash damage, magnify kicks in and it branches out to all nearby targets. The best part is you now have 3 Firaga stacked on each other all throwing out splash damage as well. I didn't realize it at first but noticed they always took more damage the closer they were clumped. Sure enough you can see all the crazy numbers go out.

[@goshtic9565]

Here's another tip for you, link that same spell in another slot with MP Absorb and watch your MP get filled back. I use Aerith to instant clear the chapter levels she's in with this setup without having to worry about MP. So you would have Lightning + Magnify, Lightning + MP Absorb. If you want unnecessary overkill setup, Lightning + HP Absorb as well. So when she uses any lightning spells, she gain HP and MP back while also doing area damage to everything within radius. If a certain mob doesn't get one shot by her, have Arcane Ward out and cast in the circle, for double cast. On the 2nd cast, it's reduced MP usage, so you gain back even more MP if you can out damage the usage.

[@EvilhomerNZ]

Any chance of a quick video that tells you which part of the story and game you can get these in? No real story spoilers just "The Arena in Chapter X" Then your char running to pick it up. Then we can come back and rewatch during those parts to find it ourselves. Would really help.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Paradise or pair o' dice? I use First Strike on Cloud so I can Triple Slash and kill the random encounters in like 5 seconds

[@Collin255]

Magnify is the best, oh how I wish you could get 2 of them in the game lol I like to couple it together with Time materia so I can give everyone Haste. Another good one you can use it with is Barrier so you can cast Manawall on every one at once.

[@curtisshoemaker2541]

Elemental materia only works toward halving elemental damage when it's linked on armor.and elemental effect on weapons when on a linked weapon slot..you have to choose offense or defense unless you use 2 different elemental materia on 1 character

[@Drpissed]

When maxed it absorbs (heals) slotted element when attached to armour. Prime example: Thunder-Elemental in Armour slot (Maxed elem materia) agaisnt Reno. All his drones and special attacks heal. Another example is Shiva. Every attack she does is Ice based. Ice/elem equals no damage at all to whoever has it equipped.

[@curtisshoemaker2541]

Yes I noticed that after I commented but I hadn't started using it yet.. only been playing for a couple of days

[@dranillaasrapti9333]

I miss the days when Materia give birth to another same materia once maxed

[@clivevii2231]

Yo, so does the Time Materia work together with the Magnify Materia?

[@Fakermaister]

Yes it does actually, I mainly use it to haste everyone

[@clivevii2231]

@@Fakermaister Alright, thanks, that was the first thing that came to my mind :D

[@jackbartlett6936]

Zypher how do you get the magnify material

[@Fakermaister]

@@jackbartlett6936 You find it when Cloud and Aerith meet for the first time and you have to go back to sector 7, at some point you will see a Blue Materia, that is the one, should be pretty hard to miss

[@jackbartlett6936]

Zypher ummm I’m in the part where cloud is leaving with her to go back to sector 7

[@randallgoeswhere]

Id recommend Pray also. I put it on my ranged attacker/healer and it makes basically all the boss fights easy.

[@dracosilvainus9344]

Do we have any double pump items for leveling up materia? Certain weapons and armor either gave you double or triple ap to level materia in the original.

[@CozyBanx]

Anyone else pissed they turned Added Effect into Warding so its only for defense (aka basically a wasted slot)? Is it because status magic got consolidated into like 3 materia or because status magic is now 100% proc if the monster isn't immune?

[@leonthesleepy]

Elemental Materia sucks when you face a boss resistant to it though. Thats why i always equip Wind Materia haha its the least resistant one so far i think

[@Ryukishi_Raigo]

I think HP/MP up is *Very* important, especially if you want to do the Hard mode challenges. If you have them, you can ignore barrier and other skills and focus on offensive stuff like Luck Up, etc.

[@SiegeTF]

How do I use Steal effectively? Is it Luck (the s5at) based, or a flat percentage?

[@imalive4u169]

Actually all the materia have their usefulness and it's always good to plan ahead before a boss fight equipping materia which can give you an advantage. For instance while fighting Reno I equipped a lightning materia paired with a maxed out elemental materia on my armor when he used the lightning balls it actually healed Cloud making the fight much more easier on hard mode. Also the provoke materia has its uses. You can only control one character at a time and often the character you control becomes the primary target of enemy attacks the other characters are largely ignored. You can change this with the provoke materia so by equipping it upon one of the characters the enemies instead will focus the majority of their attacks upon that character which comes in handy like using Barrett as a tank you rarely control him while Aerith a character you often control will be free to cast spells to damage or heal the other character.

[@Drpissed]

Magnify. Elemental. Steadfast Block. First Strike. Assess. These bad boys helped me platinum. Honourable mention to MP and HP ups and Poison for bosses on hard. (Looking at you hellhouse and Ghosthorseman dude)

[@Ephideltrance]

One thing that isn't too clear about Elemental..it is either or...it can add the element to your weapons only if set in your weapon and if you want to use it defensively it must be set to your armor. Luckily you get 2 but the 2nd one is only for beating all possible quests in one run.

[@lendial]

cant wait till we can use mime + counter in 10 years

[@liquidknives6275]

Damn.. .. I miss the whole materia system.

[@Lambda.Function]

Yep, people claiming they played FF7 think this is comparable to FF7. It's not, this is a barebones skill selection system. They deleted the entire materia system.

[@Sephirothll]

@@Lambda.Function This is part one. What would be left for the other parts if the whole system was in part one?

[@mappybc6097]

@@Lambda.Function Because 1. The materia system was mad fun but also broken af. and 2. Because the real time gameplay renders a great deal of materia either worthless or impossible to emulate. How would you do All-slash? 4 x cut is useless. How would you justify or even perform a quadruple counter summon? Mime when 80% of abilities are character exclusive? One thing is for sure, it wasn't laziness as they massively overhauled the weapon/accessory system.

[@Maikeru101]

Mappy Bc this is a reimagining of the original story so it’s going to be different and a new system of gameplay, they also took out some old material to add some new material. Don’t complain and just enjoy the game for what it is now, if you want the original, go play that since you can easily get it

[@crimsonkarma13]

especially enemy materia

[@Cloudxxx23]

Hi. Why some of my materia slots are not linked together? Is there a chance to reset the upgrade of the weapons?

[@j-zonol]

To break the game= This is call the Zonol built. magic up x2 / heal/ Atb boost/ first strike / 2 elements recommend=fire and thunder / luck materia (optional) hp x 2(optional) or replace 1 hp up with revival mythril saber (get all magic damage up) / platinum earrings/ chain bangle. If your make is in the 400s you'll see that damage. My magic is 450-49x depending who I use. *PUT BARRIER with magnify on another chr* cast wall on your team. Pray could be a good aoe heal on a aerith or cloud. This can also be used with aerith and her mythril rod get all magic and material buffs

[@AvatarHeroo]

Here is a list of the Total number of each "rare" materia you can get, both in normal AND har mode (FF7R pt1): 1. Luck up (2) 2. Element (2) 3. Magnify (1) 4. Magic Up (2) 5. HP Absorbtion (2) 6. Item Master (2) 7. Auto-Cure (1) 8. Synergy (1) 9. MP Absorbtion (1) 10. AP up (1) 11. Gil Up (1) 12. Exp Up (1) 13. Wind (3) 14. Assess (2) 15. ATB Boost (1) 16. Steal (1) 17. Enemy skill (1) 18. Parry (3) 19. First Strike (2) 20. ATB Stagger (3) 21. ARB Assist (1) 22. Provoke (1) 23. Steasfast (3) 24. Skill Master (3)

[@LordShonji]

Would be nice to know if any of these are missable and if they were where to get them of if not want to be spoilery at least what chapter and what quest or area it's behind

[@thelolman2000]

I have assess on always and when I use it and find out I need steal, I will restart the battle and flick on steal.

[@ewaep]

AOE sleep is a godsend for a lot of hard mode group fights. Combined with Berzerk, you can make fights 1v1 against enemies that are easier to kill (but hit harder). Sleep is actually ultra useful in a lot of fights in general. Having problems with hell house's GOD HOUSE? Put it to sleep. It'll drop it's shield if it doesn't resist. Reno and Rude giving you trouble? Put one of them to sleep. If the enemy isn't straight immune to it, sleep is by far the best status you can do since it lasts a while, you can regen and get full atb before fighting again.

[@rexxel8867]

wow i'll try that later the status ailment materia is very situational or maybe very underated (also for almost every other jrpgs) nice to know there is someone like you experimenting the status ailments on enemies

[@Mugthraka]

i'm curious if you have a weapon with 4 linked slots (2 linked + 2 linked) and you set one pair with say Fire materia+Elemental and the other with Fire materia+HP absorb. Would it make the Flame damage you deal with weapon attacks, Absorb HP?... EDIT- Well tried it, and apparently no, it doesn't work, when 2 materias are linked, they are they own separate thing. Sad face...

[@Infamous_B_C]

Zen-RPG thx for seeing. Yeah the materia is a little weak this time around imo.

[@tatri292]

To be fair, isn't that how it worked in the original too? Only the actual "fire" command would give you hp/mp, not all fire damage.

[@ChronicGamer-rl2bo]

The magnify materia isn't really AOE it actually hits multiple targets, or your whole crew if you pair it with a beneficial spell. A great pairing would be either magnify+time casts haste on your party, then you can cast slow on all the enemies or magnify+barrier that'll give your party added magic and or physical defense depending on the level of barrier.

[@pjjulian5243]

Magnify plus heals/barriers, hp up, mp up. Usually is a must. Pray is also good, takes two atb at thesame time.

[@KingNazaru]

It would’ve been nice if you told us how to get these materia!

[@unstoppableforcevsimmovabl1701]

Yes!!!!!

[@Dr_Majima]

exactly xDD

[@GTRConsulting]

Thank you lol soup with a fork 🙄🙄

[@MAZZAR0TH]

Yeah no shit.

[@liamlane1165]

The best materias are found by doing sidequests, others you need to keep an eye out when going from one village/town to another...

[@Kiyoshi_9606]

Can you stack 2x FIRST STRIKE? Can you have 2x ELEMENTAL linked (to do both Fire damage & Slow effect...) ~ ?

[@chrystawoolley6741]

How do you get three linked materia? Is it a special ring/sword you need? I’ve beat the game already so any help on leveling up is awesome! Also how does the weapon reset work?

[@HomeDefender30]

You cannot link 3 materia... but for example if you have 2 fire materia and an hp and mp absorb you can link one fire and an hp together and the other fire and the mp together and now when you cast fire you will absorb back hp and mp. Add a 3rd fire and magnify in another slot for added fun, add a 4th fire with an elemental in the equip slot for resistance. Swap fire for any other element you’d like.

[@StrictlyGaming_1]

Elemental materia is definitely the best.

[@goshtic9565]

2:18 I see you fighting those two Cutters the difficult way. Just slot Aerith with: Lightning + Magnify, Magic Up x2, First Strike, Staff with highest M.Atk, Accessory that boost M.Atk 10%. Set L1 shortcut to have her magnify cast Thundaga, so you don't have to fiddle with the menu, saving precious time. If you get it high enough, she can 1 shot them at the beginning of the battle. You can also just fight them in easy mode, since it gives same amount of AP as normal. You can clear that battle in an average of 8 seconds if your Aerith is powerful. My quickest clear is 3 secs. It's the fastest way to level up Materias by farming those two Cutters. You can make an average of 90-120AP per minute (even tho, you kill them in 3-8secs, there's still animation/loading), and 2x faster on a materia if you use AP Up on one of them.

[@TheLateral18]

Wait how do you switch between spells. Didn't know that was a thing. Between haste and stop

[@MrTefda]

I made the platine trophy ( ps4) and in didnt really use stop or Barrier lol. I thin there is more important materia like pv and chance. Also its Nice To have a bonus magic dmg but most of the time u will need to be immune to some element. Exemple if u fight shyva or ifrit.

[@Sefferen]

Do not forget HP up materia. Prayer is useful in hard mode because it conserves mana, and you cannot heal with magic on the boss in the haunted hard mode chapter

[@_taxman_]

Square Enix just confirmed we'll get to keep our material and stats going into the remake episode 2.

[@Dave_ja_vu]

Can I get a source on this? Because I've still not seen that confirmed a month later.

[@AstralMuffin105]

Got a source on that?

[@Dave_ja_vu]

@@AstralMuffin105 I searched for it after seeing this and not getting a reply, and it's BS.

[@scuppo]

@@Dave_ja_vu source : trust me bro 👀

[@cmike123]

Wait, what? You can't use items in Hard mode?? Do they not drop? Are they just for sale?

[@jordychris765]

cmike123 can’t use them during fights

[@TheImronal]

No they drop its just greyed out you cant use them at all while playing hard

[@WinZerolive]

Just play to ch 8 hard mode , u can't use item at all , bed and bench also just heal , no mp . that's why mp is so important. the only way to get mp back is to finish the chapter

[@macjakeg]

@@WinZerolive Not entirely true. You can get it back by destroying the boxes, it can also regen in battle with certain weapon skills

[@Ephideltrance]

One more thing to add, in a way there is a sort of 3rd elemental materia. With the enemy skill Algid Aura which you can learn off the Cerulean Drake...it adds an icy shield that not only does a bit of ice damage to enemies that make contact, it also adds ice element to your weapon. Of course only useful against enemies weak to ice which are basically grounded monster type enemies. Also Magnify is without a doubt the best materia in the game along with AP Up as there are only one of each in the entire game. MP Absorb too, but a 0.1% absorption rate seems sort of lame. I guess in hard mode it could be useful but even then it can be debated...s shame because that required maxing out all the green materia which isn't that easy. MP absorb should have just been a materia that cuts all spells MP cost down by half or a quarter or something.

[@jimbodavis1944]

Barrier was useful during Abzu (Ch. !0: Rough Waters). I’m late to the game after pre-ordering Rebirth - not realizing I needed to play Remake first.

[@JRivers1989]

I reccomend combining time materia with magnify. Its like fastfowarding your battles .

[@katiepersons6575]

There's SO much materia I need to level that getting some of them to tier three is positively daunting... I hope to god there's like an elixir pot leveling spot in endgame like there was in the original.

[@otakon17]

Coliseum fights and a Fight Simulator will be your best bet for grinding AP. You can get most of your party to level 50 as early as Chapter 9 once you can use the Coliseum and use the "Two Party vs. Thugs". To make it as quick and easy as possible, use Magnify+Fire Linked and First Strike on someone and cast Fire on everyone for near 1 hit wins at first and later on one hit wins.

[@HomeDefender30]

otakon17 or in chapter 17 hojos simulator... 2 person vs flying mobs... spam it on easy and it’s like 180 AP and you can finish in under 2 minutes.

[@rgchrono]

funny! basically...all of the materia I used to set up and mastered back in 1997, when I first beat FF7 LOL ! Fantastic!good to know that I can basically use the same strategies and materia layout for this game. :)

[@gavinerickson9392]

Is there no Added Effect Materia in the Remake, or does Element now work with status effects too?

[@ryanwilliams7270]

There's added effect. It's called elemental

[@gavinerickson9392]

@@ryanwilliams7270 I'm pretty sure it only works with basic black magic, so no.

[@breeze7464]

Yeah, theres no added effect. Just the elemental materia unfortunately.

[@gavinerickson9392]

@@divinesamurai5155 Does it? It doesn't say, but magnify does.

[@divinesamurai5155]

@@gavinerickson9392 I may be mistaken on this one. I strangely recalled having it equipped to Tifa while playing yesterday and it took effect. I'll run a test a little later and let you know if that was the case!

[@ananymousgaming1007]

For some reason I can't link the fire materia and elemental materia? it doesn't show that it's linked what should i do?

[@willyuan1]

you need the actual slot to be linked

[@Tyrone4rmAmazon]

The slots look like a sideways 8 or a sideways hour glass, you’ll kno it when you see it

[@ananymousgaming1007]

Got it, thanks guys :)

[@Zum1985]

You Forgot Prayer... Although It Requires 2 ATB Bars It Heals Your Entire Team Without Using MP

[@hotkid29]

so i have the elemental materia linked with lightning for a buff to my basic attacks, but i also have another with hp absorb with lightning as well. But i guess it didnt work cause my basic attacks wouldnt heal me :(

[@cmike123]

you have to get hit with lightning to absorb it

[@hotkid29]

@@cmike123 I have to get hit by lightning? Or I can only heal with the lightning spell?

[@WH4TSHISN4ME]

I cant belive I never thought of linking heal on my aerith god damn I'm a moron

[@Sara-cu9id]

why cant i press right button on my spell even though i alrd max out my materia lvl

[@Key2Dest1ny]

while in combat, select the spell and then toogle right using the directional buttons.

[@Sara-cu9id]

Jonathan Lionheart i cant!! :( i dont know why

[@grimaximus345]

Great video now where do I actually get the materia.

[@stevenwright366]

2:36 why not just use the Prayer materia? it does the same thing. yeah it takes 2 ATB rather but it's a trade off because it takes not MP

[@BonnetOnxZu]

I like Prayer materia but you can't always rely on it because it needs 2 ATB.

[@Jefstito]

Can anyone tell me why the elemental materia sometimes absorbs the element and sometimes it doesnt? I find it insanely inconsistent. Anyone else having the same issue?

[@mapepe3788]

Late game i did Magnify + Time and used Prayer for healing

[@sasorikishidestiny7574]

Do you not clone materia once it's maxed? Memory is fuzzy maybe, but I recall them multiplying once they were maxed out and you got X more AP?

[@johannesnagengast7643]

In the Original Part yes Remake no.

[@sasorikishidestiny7574]

@@johannesnagengast7643 Well, fuck. There goes my mass counter materia strat against Ruby.

[@craigfunk3453]

@@sasorikishidestiny7574 likely to prevent cash gain exploit. Remember selling mastered all materia? Sell like 2 of them and you were set for the game

[@sasorikishidestiny7574]

@@craigfunk3453 I honestly can see easier solutions for that specific issue, but yeah =p

[@criticalmass3993]

@@craigfunk3453 Never did that as gil was really never a issue for me, always grinded lvl3 limit brakes on midgar on the area where you encountered those hell houses(Hyper for all as it gave Fury status so you could "spam" limit brakes faster)and those also gave plenty of XP and Gil. Juno's "T" section with alarm bell was also a godly farming spot for both EXP and Gil.

[@M1sterE321]

What about prayer materia? It doesn't use MP and heals the whole party. Great for hard mode.

[@lightbreeze447]

What’s a good way of getting MP during battle? I’m forever using ether potions

[@orichalchem]

For cloud, mythril saber has 50% mp regen and trade off (which you gain mp for taking damage) Most safest sword in hard mode

[@mikemakesmasters7989]

@@orichalchem ya depending on comp/chapter but it's really good.

[@joshuafallet5690]

Aerith has an ability to steal mp, And mp generation on her weapons, also max out as many mp-up materia as possible to capitalize on the Mana Regen as it's percentage based. If you can't use her best bet is going to be tifa. Give he first strike, heal,magnify, time, raise, and her chakra and prayer abilities maxed out. By endgame in normal mode most of this should be availiable. And her atb bar should fill incredibly quickly. Also refocus if you could fit it. Gives her a third atb bar.

[@mikemakesmasters7989]

@@joshuafallet5690 can steal mp from staggered enemies with aerith.

[@CozyBanx]

Late game/before hard mode you'll want to get MP Absorb from Chadley (max one of each magic materia). You can link to any magic attack, will do wonders in hard mode where you can't use ethers. HP Absorb also helps because it saves healing casts and can be linked with physical attacks via deadly dodge and parry.

[@sgpropertyguy]

Sorry guys really nob at this material setting is there any guide on this where i can refer too?

[@DESTRUCTIONKATCHUP]

This is a 22 year old conversation brought back to life.

[@crimsonkarma13]

speaking of dinosaur age games, i feel like playing that one horror dino game on the ps1 now, dino crisis, for a ps1 game it was scary af

[@gtx21]

What about summon materia. Can i use with regular enemies or they are only for the Boss fights?

[@Darkro677]

Bosses and mini bosses

[@gavinerickson9392]

You can actually use summon materia for regular fights, but like limits, you have to be doing very badly.

[@treblemix_]

@@gavinerickson9392 so they turned it into ff15 summons in a way lol

[@gavinerickson9392]

@@treblemix_ Uh, try 12.

[@zaydolla1]

Hey everyone how do u play do u max out your materia then change it for one that’s on zero or do u use that one since it’s powerful ?

[@jaimereupert4247]

For the original one? I do both.

[@sentasuS049]

Elemental Materia is my favorite, always has been, but I am really starting to like the auto-cure materia

[@BonnetOnxZu]

In the original game, Added Effect is my favorite more than Elemental materia hehe If I tied it up with Hades materia, it helps me prevent most status or inflict those status to enemies. Now, we only get magnify materia and its for defense, wish we had one to inflict as well.

[@sentasuS049]

@@BonnetOnxZu elemental now is added effect from the original,

[@BonnetOnxZu]

Nope hehe the Elemental materia now still works relatively the same as the original. Added Effect on the other hand, if linked with status inflicting materia like silence/poison/death, adds that status to your normal attack. Added Effect now is the Warding materia but only for defense.

[@djgroundzeroTO]

How do you get the 2nd Elemental Materia?

[@EganFilm]

Yea that's what I want to know - he may mean playing it again on Hard Mode?

[@terrycrumly3181]

2nd elemental is linked to a trophy in ch14. Do all quests in ch14 and u will find a letter from an angel b4 u go topside

[@EganFilm]

@@terrycrumly3181 Yep just got the second one.