Please explain to me how Materia lvls up

[Super Mario Galaxy 2]

AP is gained regardless which materia you used (if you did), right? And every equiped materia gain that amount.

Originally posted by Cloud:

Some types of Materia, like Magic, grow as you use them.

I am so confused

[spy]

Materias gain levels as you use them in battle, and when they reach the max level, copies are created.

Just keep using it and when it reaches max level, take it out and equip a copy. You can max level faster in the end game areas. Find areas where you can max them all before moving on to the final area. There is no turning back in the final area.

[Super Mario Galaxy 2]

Originally posted by spy:

Materias gain levels as you use them in battle, and when they reach the max level, copies are created.

Just keep using it and when it reaches max level, take it out and equip a copy. You can max level faster in the end game areas. Find areas where you can max them all before moving on to the final area. There is no turning back in the final area.

So using Materia's does matter right? It does increase amount of AP gained?

[spy]

Originally posted by qddamage:

Originally posted by spy:

Materias gain levels as you use them in battle, and when they reach the max level, copies are created.

Just keep using it and when it reaches max level, take it out and equip a copy. You can max level faster in the end game areas. Find areas where you can max them all before moving on to the final area. There is no turning back in the final area.

So using Materia's does matter right? It does increase amount of AP gained?

Yes. You cannot max level in the first areas. As the game progresses, it maxes faster in areas that give more exp. You must max all materia one by one for the achievement.

[Electric Cupcake]

Some equipment has an X2 or X3 multiplier for AP to the materia equipped to it.

[Super Mario Galaxy 2]

Originally posted by spy:

Originally posted by qddamage:

So using Materia's does matter right? It does increase amount of AP gained?

Yes. You cannot max level in the first areas. As the game progresses, it maxes faster in areas that give more exp. You must max all materia one by one for the achievement.

Or does it? Seems to me like only equipping matter. I tried fighting with and without using any materia, AP amount doesnt depend on in. Does game lies to us? lmao

[Electric Cupcake]

AP growth is pretty slow. The soonest you can expect to master a materia is grinding with the tunnel alarm in Junon.

[n i k o]

Id say make sure to equip your materia you want to level before boss fights since they give a lot of ap once you defeat them

[Tasty Tarrasque]

Originally posted by qddamage:

Originally posted by spy:

Materias gain levels as you use them in battle, and when they reach the max level, copies are created.

Just keep using it and when it reaches max level, take it out and equip a copy. You can max level faster in the end game areas. Find areas where you can max them all before moving on to the final area. There is no turning back in the final area.

So using Materia's does matter right? It does increase amount of AP gained?

Just equipping the materia is enough, you don't have to actively use it in battle for it to earn AP.

[Super Mario Galaxy 2]

Originally posted by Tasty Tarrasque:

Originally posted by qddamage:

So using Materia's does matter right? It does increase amount of AP gained?

Just equipping the materia is enough, you don't have to actively use it in battle for it to earn AP.

That means my materia spam for 10 hours of gameplay did nothing lmao,. i guess english translation sucks

[Inner Sight]

AP is basically experience points for materia. You fight a monster and earn it. Doesn't matter if you use the materia. You just need the materia to be equipped to a currently-active member of the party.

[Daenoxiis]

Originally posted by qddamage:

AP is gained regardless which materia you used (if you did), right? And every equiped materia gain that amount.

Originally posted by Cloud:

Some types of Materia, like Magic, grow as you use them.

I am so confused

Each battle yields a certain amount of AP, seen on the same menu page that shows how much EXP your characters gain, only to the Right side of the EXP after a battle in the menu where it also tells you how much gil you earned for that battle.

AP is only garnished for characters who were in that battle in particular, for the materia that is equipped to them.

So if you have Cloud, Tifa and Aerith, and they all have materia, they all gain AP from a battle, but if Cid has materia on him, well he wasn't in the battle, so he gets no EXP or AP.

Certain Weapons and Armor have different kinds of AP Growth, most say Normal, but some say Double or Triple or Nothing. This of course, explains how AP is treated for the materia equipped on those Weapons and Armor. So if you earn 15 AP, but the piece of Armor or the Weapon you are using has Double growth (which can be seen on the Equip menu) than you would gain 30 AP per the materia equipped in those slots for that weapon or armor.

The same is also true for Triple and Nothing accordingly.