It is for everyone who doesn't want to think about what Materia to use Infos at the Start I cannot believe that I sat down and did this and I don't want to think about how much time I wasted on it but here it is: My Guide to Materia Just a quick warning even if I hope that I don't have to say it but there ARE gonna be a few spoilers in here, i mean it's a Guide of something it's hard to make one without talking about it. But I will not put any Story Spoilers in here or something like that. I hope this helps anyone who has thought the same as me and doesn't want to put the effort in to think themselves. (I wish I hadn't) I have started with thinking only about ATB at the start, so it is very heavily influenced by it. You don't have to change the Materia from Character to Character, all the Materia that they have are found in the world somewhere. If Cloud has one and Tifa too then there are at least 2 somewhere in the world. There are up to 6 Materia Slots per Weapon if they are as leveled as possible. There are 2 Armors with 8 Materia Slots, 1 with 7 and many with 6. But you can find them only after the Point of no Return. All of my Slots are filled here, so I am in the Endgame and Yuffie for example has one of the 8 Materia Slot Armor so at the start just use the ones you want to level first. Materia Materia that they all have: Revival (bec I died too often to not do that) (If possible link it together with a blue Materia) HP Up (bec of what I just said) Steadfast Block (Block and ATB) Precision Defense Focus (Defense and Blocking) Luck (more Damage is always good) MP Up (doesn't have to be everyone but I had the space so why not) Cloud, Tifa don't really need it but if you for some reason need them to revive the others in your party then you want enough MP, the normal Rise costs 7 MP but the Arise costs 14 so yeah. Heal Everyone beside Barret bec he has Prayer and Yuffie bec she has no space / If possible link it together with a blue Materia What none have bec I don't like it: Auto-Weapon Ability (I like to make that choice myself) (and I know enough now to do it too) but if you like a more hands-off playstyle then it's really usefull Item Master (I think the only time I used items was when we only played with Barret that one time bec his Heal wasn't really leveled (and you can't use Items on Hard Mode)) Assess Materia (I used it at the start but then I got the Assess Materia Earrings and just used them on the Character that fights the newest opponent) So I think that's everything, let's get to it: Cloud: as a Damage-Dealer Revival HP Up Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus Luck MP Up Heal Auto-Unique Ability (as it says) Skill Master (more ATB) ATB-Stagger (more ATB) Darkside & Chakra (with one you lose HP, with the other you get some) (don't have to be linked) Synergy Support (I use him the most with Yuffie & Aerith and they use their abilitiy to increase the Level of their ultimate Attack only with Cloud) Level Boost (I put it together with Revival) Tifa: as a Damage-Dealer Revival HP Up Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus Luck MP Up Heal ATB-Assist (more ATB) Speed-Up (as it says) Strenght-Up (as it says) Level Boost (I put it together with Revival) Magic Focus (together with Heal) Aerith: as a Healer with Buffs (best used with Yuffie for best DPS) Revival HP Up Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus Luck MP Up Heal ATB-Boost (more ATB) Spirit (more Defense is always good (especially for our Glass Canon here)) First Strike (more ATB at the start) Enemy Skill (would be best to read up on how it works) Level Boost (I put it together with Revival) Magnify (together with Heal) Barret: as a Tank with Heal Revival HP Up Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus Luck MP Up Prayer (instead of normal Heal) Vitality Up (bec Defense) Spirit-Up (bec Defense) ATB-Boost (as it says) Provoke (bec he's the Tank) First Strike (more ATB at the start) Red XIII: as a Healer and a Surprise Attack if it works (sometimes it will but only if Yuffie is in the party) Revival HP Up Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus Luck MP Up Heal Gambler (Gambler takes one of the Green Materia you have in your Party and uses it, so if you have any Luck and have Yuffie in your Party then he uses Comet. So don't give him more green Materia or it is gonna be harder) Vitality Up (bec Defense) ATB-Stagger (more ATB) Level Boost (I put it together with Revival) Magic Focus (together with Heal) Yuffie: as an Elemental-Damage Dealer and Main DPS Revival HP Up Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus Luck MP Up Fire and Ice & Elemental (Elemental Attack made even stronger bec before it you use the Ninjutsu to go with it) Lightning and Wind & Elemental (Elemental Attack made even stronger bec before it you use the Ninjutsu to go with it) Synergy & Comet / if Aerith uses Arcane Ward and Yuffie is in it, uses Doppelgänger before the Leader uses an Ability, then Comet comes down 4 times without using any MP (Holy this is awesome (see what I did there? XD)) Magic Up (as it says) Auto-Unique Ability (as it says) Cait Sith: Buffs with Heal Assist Revival HP Up Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus Luck MP Up Heal Barrier & Magnify (well what will a Barrier Materia do Hmmmm...) & everyone get's one Empowerment (make Party Members stronger) (Cait Sith is not as structured as I would like as I don't use him) My Ramblings at the End The Best Combo to use if you want to deal really big Damage is Aerith & Yuffie bec of Comet. If whatever you are fighting against weak against an Element use Yuffie. So the Combo I am always going with is Cloud, Yuffie & Aerith. And bec I am an Overarchiever these are the ones you should level as soon as you get them (not in that Order): Fire and Ice Lightning and Wind Luck Speed-Up Strenght-Up HP Up MP Up Spirit Up Precision Defense Focus Prayer Magnify Darkside ATB Boost Magic Focus Elemantal(I didn't even try to level Revive with it's 5000 AP, just not necessary for me. But for Hard Mode I would say definitely try leveling it) You can try to Level Comet but you get it very late and it needs 3000 to get to 2nd Level Edit: I got it up to 2764 before the last Boss Fight without fighting just to level it, just through not doing any sidequests and extra fights you can do and doing them after I got it. I really hope this Guide will help someone sometime AND it will help me feel better to know that I didn't waste all of my time on only myself And I hold no responsibility with you all dying bec of my stupid Guide :) But with that I say that's it and I hope you have as much Fun playing this Game as I had (and please do yourself a favor and play the Piano Minigame with a controller and not on the keyboard (I hate this minigame and am not ashamed to say that I gave it to my best friend to do it for me))