Speccing out your get together in Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth is crucial to surviving its hardest fights. Whereas weapons, armor, and equipment will go an extended solution to boosting stats, the magical orbs generally known as materia pack even better sources for buffing your get together within the midst of a struggle to realize an edge, elevate their defenses, and even render some enemy assaults ineffective.
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No matter their shade classes, I’ve rounded up the perfect materia for the needs of aiding your get together in ways in which aren’t nearly therapeutic or casting offensive spells. Let’s take a look!
Barrier Materia
Barrier, as you would possibly anticipate, helps you to solid a Barrier round you or an ally. On the beginning stage, it halves bodily injury. At stage two, you may solid Manaward to chop magic injury in half. At third stage you may solid Manawall, which cuts each bodily and magical injury in half. You’ll find it within the following locations:
- Purchasable from merchandise and materia distributors beginning in chapter six
- Reward for “Cosmo Area Intel: Stage 1” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- In Shinra Manor
Empowerment Materia
Empowerment materia will allow you to solid Bravery or, when it hits stage two, Religion. The primary boosts your Assault whereas the second boosts your Magic. You’ll find Empowerment within the following locations:
- Cait Sith’s beginning loadout
- Purchasable from most merchandise and materia retailers in chapter six and later
- Third flooring of the Coal Mines’ Railway Management Tower
- Earn an A-Rank in a efficiency of “Two Legs? Nothin’ To It” on piano
- Within the Chamber of Sacrifice within the Cave of the Gi
Fortification Materia
Fortification materia helps you to solid two basic Closing Fantasy spells: Defend and Shell. The previous reduces bodily injury whereas the latter reduces magic injury. Whereas Barrier and Shell shield in opposition to each extra successfully, Defend and Shell last more. You’ll find Fortification materia within the following places:
- Purchasable from most merchandise and materia retailers from chapter six and later
- Discovered on the south balcony of the Shinra-8’s “Luxurious Ground”
- Within the Shrine of Enmity within the Cave of the Gi
Merchandise Economizer Materia
Merchandise Economizer helps you to use objects with no need to fill the ATB gauge. The upper the extent of the materia, the extra usually you need to use objects with out ATB. You’ll find Merchandise Economizer materia within the following places:
- Develop with Chadley from Junon Area Intel (30 factors for the primary orb, 60 for the second)
ATB Increase Materia
With ATB Materia, you may enhance the speed at which a celebration member’s ATB gauge fees throughout fight. You activate it by urgent L1 and R1 concurrently. You’ll find ATB Increase materia from the next places:
- Develop with Chadley from Corel Area Intel from chapter seven onwards (15 factors for the primary one, 30 for the second)
Time Materia
Time materia doubles as each a buff and debuff. At its beginning stage it would allow you to solid Haste, which accelerates your motion. At greater ranges you need to use it to solid Gradual and Cease, to decelerate and cease and enemy, respectively. You’ll find Time materia from the next places:
- Purchasable from most merchandise and materia distributors from chapter 10 onwards
- Earn Rank III within the Costa del Sol minigame Pirate’s Rampage, Brigantine version
- Reward for “Nibel Area Intel: Stage 1” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
Magic Effectivity Materia
Magic Effectivity materia reduces your MP price when casting spells the materia is linked with. You’ll find it within the following location:
- Develop from Chadley within the Junon Area
Amplify Materia
In the event you’re acquainted with the unique FF7, Amplify is principally “All” materia. When linked with any inexperienced magic materia, it would let you choose a number of targets whereas casting or only one. For instance, you can hyperlink it to Hearth materia to have it assault a number of enemies without delay. Alternatively, you can hyperlink it with Therapeutic materia to solid Treatment on everybody within the get together. Or, you can hyperlink it to one thing like Time materia to solid Haste on everybody within the get together (or Gradual in opposition to each enemy you’re preventing). You’ll find Amplify materia right here:
- A part of Cait Sith’s beginning loadout
- Reward for finishing the “Sufferer of Circumstance” side-quest in Cosmo Canyon
- Reward for finishing “Brutal Problem: Hellions’ Intonement”
Stage Increase Materia
Hyperlink Stage Increase materia to a different materia orb and also you’ll up its stage by one. You’ll find Stage Increase materia within the following places:
- A part of Cait Sith’s beginning loadout
- On sale from the Battle Sq. retailer on the Gold Saucer (2,500 GP)
- Reward for finishing the “Lacking: Mr. Birdie” side-quest in Corel
- Purchasable from the Moogle Emporium after hitting Service provider Rank 5
- Reward for “Cosmo Battle Intel: Nature’s Vengeance” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- On the second flooring of the Chocobo Sage Manor within the Nibel Area
AP Up Materia
When linked with one other materia orb, AP Up will double the quantity of AP you’ll earn from battle. You’ll find AP Up within the following locations:
- Within the Mythril Mines after the get together splits up
- Reward for “Corel Battle Intel: Badlands Beasts” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- Reward for “Nibel Battle Intel: Chthonian Rondo” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- Reward for “Six-Individual Bouts: Ululating Quartet” within the Musclehead Colosseum
Magic Focus Materia
You’ll wish to hyperlink Magic Focus with a inexperienced (Magic) materia. This can improve the effectiveness of it, together with offensive spells and Therapeutic materia. You’ll find Magic Focus Materia from the next location:
- Develop with Chadley from Junon Area in chapter 9
Auto-Solid Materia
You’ll be able to equip Auto-Solid to any magic materia to permit a personality you’re not controlling in battle to mechanically solid that spell. You’ll find Auto-Solid within the following Places:
- Develop with Chadley from Grasslands Area Intel
Swiftcast Materia
Swiftcast dramatically reduces the time it takes to solid the spell of a linked orb of materia. You’ll find Swiftcast on the following location:
- Develop with Chadley from the Meridian Ocean Area
Synergy Materia
While you hyperlink Synergy materia with an orb of Magic materia on an ally you’re not controlling in battle, they’ll mechanically solid that very same spell while you do. So in case you hyperlink it with Ice on Barret and solid Blizzard as Cloud, Barret will solid Blizzard too. You may get Synergy materia from the next location:
- Develop with Chadley from the Cosmo Canyon Area in chapter 10
Elemental Materia
While you hyperlink Elemental materia with a spell in a weapon slot, you’ll imbue that weapon with an identical elemental assault. You’ll find Elemental materia from the next places:
- “Reward for Junon Battle Intel; Conqueror of the Skies” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- “Reward for Gongaga Battle Intel: Distant Tremors” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- “Reward for Brutal Problem: Requiem for the Scorned” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
Warding Materia
When linked with an elemental magic spell, you’ll be capable of scale back incoming injury from magic assaults of that elemental affinity. At max stage, it would make a personality resistant to such assaults. It’s possible you’ll discover Warding materia from the next places:
- Purchasable from most merchandise and materia retailers from chapter 10 onwards
- End the side-quest “Dreaming of Blue Skies” in Junon
- Earn an A-Rank on “Barret’s Theme” on the piano
- In Gongaga, simply north of the village
- On a cliff edge in Mt. Nibel
MP Up Materia
MP Up boosts the quantity of MP a given character may have. You’ll find MP Up from the next places:
- Purchasable from most merchandise and materia retailers beginning in chapter 9
- Reward for “Fight Coaching: Crimson XIII” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- Present in Mine Depths – Decrease Layer of the Mythril Mines
- Earn an A-Rank in “Tifa’s Theme” on piano
- Discovered at Mt. Corel – Foot
- Reward for “Cosmo Canyon Area Intel: Stage 2” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
Energy Up Materia
Energy Up boosts the Energy stat of a given character. You’ll find Energy Up from the next places:
- Reward for “Corel Battle Intel: Sand Slitherers” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
Magic Up Materia
Magic Up boosts the Magic stat of any given character it’s outfitted to. You’ll find Magic Up from the next location:
- Reward for “Cosmo Battle Intel: Antediluvian Recollections” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
Vitality Up Materia
Vitality Up boosts a personality’s Vitality stat, which in flip raises your defenses in opposition to bodily assaults. You’ll find it within the following places:
- Reward for “Grasslands Battle Intel: Plains Stalkers” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- Reward for “Corel Battle Intel: Oh, Skewer” It in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
Spirit Up Materia
Spirit Up raises the Spirit stat of whichever character it’s outfitted to, thereby elevating their protection in opposition to magic assaults. You’ll find Spirit UP within the following location:
- Reward for “Junon Battle Intel: White Squall” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- Reward for “Gongaga Battle Intel: Deadly Combo” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
Luck Up Materia
Luck Up materia raises your Luck stat, thereby growing your probabilities of a important hit and profitable use of the Steal materia. You’ll find Luck Up on the following places:
- A part of Cait Sith’s preliminary materia loadout
- Purchasable from most merchandise and materia retailers from chapter 4 onwards
- Reward for “Fight Coaching: Cait Sith” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
Velocity Up Materia
Velocity up raises a personality’s Velocity stat. You’ll find this materia on the following location:
- Reward for “Gongaga Battle Intel: Rooted” within the Planet in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
Gil Up Materia
Gil Up will increase how a lot gil you earn from fight. You’ll find it on the following location:
- Purchasable on the Gold Saucer for 3,000 GP
EXP Up Materia
EXP up will double the quantity of expertise factors you’ll earn from fight. It solely works on a single character, not the Celebration Stage. You’ll find EXP Up materia from the next location:
- Discovered within the Temple of the Ancients after crossing the gravity-defying waterfall
Merchandise Grasp
Merchandise Grasp juices the facility of consumable objects, making them more practical. You’ll find Merchandise Grasp materia from the next places:
- Purchasable from most merchandise and materia distributors ranging from chapter 4
- On the Grasslands sea port (the place you dock the Tiny Bronco)
- Reward for “Preliminary Trial: Bioselected Specimens” from the Shinra Manor Fight Simulator
Precision Protection Focus
Precision Protection Focus materia makes it simpler to land a precision protection (while you block the second an assault hits you, rendering it ineffective). At max stage, Precision Protection Focus materia can nullify binding assaults like “Throat Clamp” from wolves. You’ll find this materia from the next places:
- Purchasable from most merchandise and materia shops
- A part of Crimson XIII’s beginning materia loadout
- Discovered within the Grasslands on an island within the northeast (it’s a must to swim to it)
- Reward for “Fight Coaching: Yuffie” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
ATB Stagger
While you stagger an enemy, you’ll earn extra ATB. ATB Stagger materia will increase how a lot ATB you’ll earn while you stagger. You’ll find ATB Stagger materia within the following locations:
- Develop with Chadley within the Junon Area (prices 30 factors for the primary, 60 for the second)
ATB Help
ATB Help generally is a little complicated at first. Right here’s the way it works: Everytime you use the identical ATB Skill back-to-back, your teammates will see their ATB meters improve a bit extra. I like doing this with Tifa, since her animations are moderately fast. Say you have got two ATB meters for Tifa able to go and you employ Centered Strike twice in fast succession, your teammates will see their ATB meters elevate in consequence. You’ll find ATB Help materia within the following places:
- Develop with Chadley within the Nibel Area
Auto-Distinctive Skill
Auto-Distinctive Skill materia helps you to put sure characters on auto-pilot, letting them use their Distinctive Skill (mapped to triangle) with out truly switching to them and hitting triangle. You’ll find Auto-Distinctive Skill materia right here:
- Develop with Chadley within the Grasslands Area (Prices 10 factors for the primary orb, 20 for the second)
Auto-Weapon Skill
Auto-Weapon Skill lets teammates you’re not controlling use their Weapon Talents with no need to command them. Notice that they’ll solely use skills assigned to command shortcuts, which is a most of 4. You’ll find Auto-Weapon Skill materia right here:
- Develop with Chadley within the Corel Area (15 factors for the primary orb, 30 for the following)
Synergy Help
Synergy Help provides a Synergy Skill cost to a personality every time one other character makes use of a Synergy Skill. So in case your get together consists of Cloud, Barret, and Tifa, and you employ Companions in Ache with Cloud and Barret whereas Tifa has the Synergy Help materia outfitted, she’ll achieve a Synergy Skill cost, transferring you nearer to executing a Synergy Skill along with her. You’ll find Synergy Help materia right here:
- Develop with Chadley within the Gongaga Area
Restrict Help
When Restrict Help materia is provided on a personality, any progress made to their Restrict Break gauge will go to different teammates as an alternative. Although it is perhaps dangerous, equipping this to Aerith when you’ve got different dependable methods to heal isn’t a foul concept. That stated, each character’s Restrict Breaks have their very own makes use of you’ll wish to think about to your playstyle. You’ll find Restrict Help materia right here:
- Develop with Chadley within the Meridian Ocean Area
Restrict Siphon
An excellent different to Restrict Help, Restrict Siphon helps you to pull from a crammed Restrict Break gauge on one character to fill one other’s. In contrast to Restrict Help, this received’t cancel out the outfitted character’s Restrict Break, however can nonetheless mean you can share the Restrict Break gauge as a useful resource. Say you have got Cloud’s Restrict Break gauge crammed, however the get together is getting low on well being and Aerith’s Therapeutic Wind is wanting fairly important. If she has Restrict Siphon materia outfitted, she will pull from Cloud’s Restrict gauge to get nearer to utilizing her potential. You’ll find Restrict Siphon materia from:
- Develop with Chadley within the Gongaga Area
First Strike
First Strike materia is fairly candy. Not solely does it enhance your Luck stat (which will increase how usually you’ll land important hits), however it would improve your ATB gauge at the beginning of a battle. It is a fairly important for fights the place you’re solely controlling one character at a time (I had this outfitted to Aerith throughout her Beast Battleground struggle to get her even nearer to Radiant Ward at the beginning of the battle). You’ll find First Strike Materia right here:
- Reward for “Grasslands Battle Intel: Horror on the Vary” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- Reward for “Grasslands Battle Intel: Flower of Destruction” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
Steadfast Block
Steadfast Block materia lowers enemy injury whereas blocking and fills your ATB gauge quicker on the identical time. You’ll find Steadfast Block materia from the next places:
- Purchasable from most merchandise and materia retailers from chapter 6 onwards
- Reward for “Fight Coaching: Synergy” in Chadley’s Fight Simulator
- Present in Park Central on the Gold Saucer
- Discovered within the Temple Ancients close to Aerith’s get together after the primary separation
Whilst you’ll should hit up Chadley greater than you’d most likely care to for lots of this materia, these sources can dramatically shift the character of a struggle which may in any other case put you liable to touchdown at a recreation over display screen.
