Materia Combinations

[Bozz Collin]

Hey guys, I just want to hear what crazy combos you all use or have used or tested. It's probably my favorite part of the game, finding materia and creating combos and whatnot

[Kaldarasha]

It is, but the Materia system is also responsible for the huge unbalance of the difficulty of the game.

Nevertheless, I like the combo of Added Cut and Steal/Deathblow.

[Bozz Collin]

引用自 Kaldarasha：

It is, but the Materia system is also responsible for the huge unbalance of the difficulty of the game.

Nevertheless, I like the combo of Added Cut and Steal/Deathblow.

Well, balance can't always be even. It feels great when you discover something powerful and it should be difficult when you don't understand what you're doing.

Nice combo though! What about defensive combos?

[LilG]

I like using final attack+revive for defensive combos, when I'm farming sources I gear up Yuffie with as much sneak attack+morph materia as I can to speed it up.

Magic counter+master summon materia is interesting to use, since you don't know what summon you'll counter with.

Counter+deathblow or counter+mime are pretty powerful, I remember the Bradygames guide had a list of materia combinations which I tried back in the day.

[Squallstopher]

Oh man, I almost forgot about the brutality of linking materia in FF7. One of my favorite materia combos was very time consuming to set up, as you needed 8 copies of the Contain materia at Master level, as well as Cloud’s Ultima Weapon, and piece of armor with 8 linked materia slots. The combo goes as follows:

Wpn:(SneakAttack+Contain) (Added-Cut+Contain) (MP-Turbo+Contain) (MP-Absorb+Contain)
Arm:(HP-Absorb+Contain) (StealAsWell+Contain) (W-Magic+Contain) (Quadra Magic+Contain)

As soon as the battle begins, Sneak attack causes Cloud to launch Flare, Contain’s strongest spell, 8 times in succession, with an MP boost from MP Turbo for added damage, plus an added cut and steal attempt for each of the 8 magic attacks, not to mention that each attack nets you HP and more MP than was spent casting the spell. Essentially, you can do 8 x 9,999, plus 8 regular sword attacks, 8 steal attempts, and more HP and MP than you started with, and all without even selecting a command… Contain can be swapped out for 8 mastered versions of any damage causing magic materia to make this a little easier, as Contain isn't aquired until late in the game, and takes a whole lot of AP to master. For defensive purposes, you can take this same combo and swap out Sneak Attack for the Magic Counter materia, and the entire thing will happen the moment Cloud is hit

[Squallstopher]

Try mixing it up with Summons, too. Take LilG's idea a step further and link Final Attack with the Phoenix summon. That way you revive the whole party and damage the enemy, assuming they're not immune to Fire.

[Bozz Collin]

Great stuff Razor! I'll have to give that setup a whirl. I've beaten the game already and had some good setups, but not as OP as yours. I'll have to use that on Emerald Weapon, since it's the only boss I haven't beaten yet.

[ÄmJii]

Added Effect on weapon is one my favorites. Combo with Hades is an obvious choice, but it also works surprisingly well with Contain (before getting Hades) or Transform (available right away once you get Added Effect).

Added Effect + Contain made the Battle Square much easier, often causing instant-Petrify whenever I attacked.

[martin_cross]

Added Effect + Destruct, Added Cut + Deathblow, with the Curse Ring on Tifa, and the Powersoul weapon with low health.

And for longer battles, cast death sentence on her for 8x damage.

[Squallstopher]

引用自 BozzCollin：

Great stuff Razor! I'll have to give that setup a whirl. I've beaten the game already and had some good setups, but not as OP as yours. I'll have to use that on Emerald Weapon, since it's the only boss I haven't beaten yet.

You really don't want to use this much materia when fighting Emeral Weapon, as his Aire Tam Storm attack deals damage out eaqul to the amount of materia you are carrying. It's best to go into that fight with 2 or 3 pieces per character. Anymore than that, and you will be fighting a long, hard battle...

[Bozz Collin]

引用自 RazorGigabyte：

引用自 BozzCollin：

Great stuff Razor! I'll have to give that setup a whirl. I've beaten the game already and had some good setups, but not as OP as yours. I'll have to use that on Emerald Weapon, since it's the only boss I haven't beaten yet.

You really don't want to use this much materia when fighting Emeral Weapon, as his Aire Tam Storm attack deals damage out eaqul to the amount of materia you are carrying. It's best to go into that fight with 2 or 3 pieces per character. Anymore than that, and you will be fighting a long, hard battle...

Thanks for the tip, I'll do that for sure

[Squallstopher]

引用自 Shirayuki474：

引用自 martin_cross：

Added Effect + Destruct, Added Cut + Deathblow, with the Curse Ring on Tifa, and the Powersoul weapon with low health.

And for longer battles, cast death sentence on her for 8x damage.

How casting Death Sentence will increase damage by 8x? It is just Death spell with countdown.

As per the Fnatasy Wiki... The Curse Ring can be useful when paired with Tifa's Powersoul or Master Fist weapons, as the Death Sentence status makes her deal quadruple the normal damage with Powersoul, and triple damage with the Master Fist.

[martin_cross]

引用自 Shirayuki474：

引用自 martin_cross：

Added Effect + Destruct, Added Cut + Deathblow, with the Curse Ring on Tifa, and the Powersoul weapon with low health.

And for longer battles, cast death sentence on her for 8x damage.

How casting Death Sentence will increase damage by 8x? It is just Death spell with countdown.

The Powersoul weapon's description says "power up when near death". Giving her death sentence status triggers this, giving her 4x damage. Critical health (when it goes yellow) also multiplies the damage, stacking in total for 8x damage.

Obviously, death blows often miss, but late game when you get the Mystile armour, all deathblows hit.

[Bozz Collin]

引用自 martin_cross：

引用自 Shirayuki474：

How casting Death Sentence will increase damage by 8x? It is just Death spell with countdown.

The Powersoul weapon's description says "power up when near death". Giving her death sentence status triggers this, giving her 4x damage. Critical health (when it goes yellow) also multiplies the damage, stacking in total for 8x damage.

Obviously, death blows often miss, but late game when you get the Mystile armour, all deathblows hit.

Yes, it's things like this, creative and challenging things that ask you to experiment, that modern games just don't have. The materia system is epic. Please don't F up the remake, Square