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@lusterTJ
4 жыл бұрын
Primal can you make a review kinda of video, where you talk about things you love, hate, was surprised etc about ff7 remake, just go all in on everything.
@geijienduro7610
4 жыл бұрын
there a way to get more magnify materia?
@lusterTJ
4 жыл бұрын
@@geijienduro7610 nope otherwise u break this game balance
@endershepard7117
4 жыл бұрын
Primalliquid f this. These Materia you’re using are to boring. I gotta have First Strike, Deadly Dodge Enemy Skill & Chakra. But Pray might be better to use than Healing. So I’ll give that a go. Barrier is a good call too. Giving every character Revival Materia is a good idea but a costly Materia Slot. Hp Absorbtion with DD is a good call too. Using Magnify with Fire 🔥 & Magic Up Maxed Out makes Magnify have no penalty at all!
@xangdavidher22
4 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that even using the bench doesn't restore MP. Also since you mentioned using hp absorption with deadly dodge, I would rather use it with MP absorption to restore MP as MP is a more precious resource than HP.
@himynameisfin
4 жыл бұрын
Some misinformation in this vid. You don't restart the entire chapter on death. Also worth mentioning that benches don't restore MP. Two other awesome materia are first strike and elemental combined with element enemies are weak too.
@rayg4988
4 жыл бұрын
Bench restore mp.
@FoopThePoofer
4 жыл бұрын
raywat grajangduang not in hard mode
@wohdinhel
4 жыл бұрын
I would argue that First Strike is the most important materia for general use in hard mode, because being able to quickly wipe out or at least stunlock enemies minimizes the need for HP management between regular encounters which saves FAR more MP than you might realize. For boss battles it’s largely useless, but there are many other important ATB boosting materia better suited for bosses. Honestly there is no one build that will carry you all the way through hard mode, it really makes you use most of them.
@smsff7
4 жыл бұрын
@@FoopThePoofer Then how do you restore MP?
@smsff7
4 жыл бұрын
@@stallschula5431 But the whole process of saving and restarting just to respawn boxes to smash and get more MP back is the grind I was talking about. It takes at least several seconds to do the whole process and likely each time I would need to would need to do so several times. Why not just allow benches to restore MP and remove the save/load grind?
@KrazyBean14
4 жыл бұрын
I wish there was a second Magnify materia...
@apathy2454
4 жыл бұрын
KrazyBean14 same !
@esnips123123
4 жыл бұрын
That's why I can't wait for the PC version.
@shawnvalentine7765
4 жыл бұрын
can't you potentially get a 2nd one with a chapter select after you beat game? that could help for hard mode. or am i wrong you can get duplicate materia
@kevwardo8762
4 жыл бұрын
@@shawnvalentine7765 nooo i tried it already, blue materia dont respawn on restarting a chapter
@SidneyMosley
4 жыл бұрын
Then you'd be OP as fuck son...1 character using Barrier + Magnify while the other using using Time + Magnify + Prayer? that'd make hard mode borderline easy.
I thought once I maxed characters and Materia, hard would be a cakewalk. Turns out that’s just a prerequisite to start play Hard.
@DDomero
4 жыл бұрын
I just maxed characters and quite a bit of materia. since hard mode gives 3 times the AP would be a good idea to farm AP in certain areas to max the ones that you haven't yet
@gryu325
4 жыл бұрын
Pray + 2HP up + 1or2MP up + heal with magnify on healer + revive + (element coupled with either fire/ice/light/wind (put this on armor depending on fights)) + first strike will get you through most of the fights without much problem if you know what you are doing. Binding + warding is very nice but not all the time. The ideal set up is to preserve MP as much as you can till the end boss fights otherwise you might have to start all over.
@DDomero
4 жыл бұрын
@@gryu325 I wouldn't go for double HP UP to be honest to free up materia slots. So far i'm running only 1 HP UP and 1 MP UP on hard and having no issues. Even beating superboss with it.
@ShinoNC
4 жыл бұрын
@@DDomero You get double XP and triple AP on all difficulty modes once you beat the game, not just on hard mode.
@ForTehNguyen
4 жыл бұрын
@@DDomero you get exp/AP bonus even in easy mode when you unlock, there isnt a penalty for farming in easy mode either. Its the best way to farm. Farm beginning of easy Chapter 16 before you go into shinra building over and over
@KingSnickSnack
4 жыл бұрын
Most underrated materia has to be first strike, I can clear entire packs of enemeys before they have time to do anyhing. escpecialy if you can stun em with your first attack.
@Primalliquid92
4 жыл бұрын
depends on the fight, for regular trash first strike is good yes, for bosses however, especially later bosses. there are simply times where you dont have the room for it
@testamentx23
4 жыл бұрын
I think for me triple slash seemed to do the trick
@woogi8888
4 жыл бұрын
@@testamentx23 triple slash isnt materia
@testamentx23
4 жыл бұрын
@@woogi8888 I'm talking about dealing with huge groups in general
@zero5496
4 жыл бұрын
HP up is also underrated AF, you can double your HP making your team a lot more survivable
@Frozbroz
4 жыл бұрын
Primal if you die and choose retry battle it’ll put you right back before the battle and not the whole chapter retry from checkpoint is terrible and can put you hours back from where you were
@Talal_111
4 жыл бұрын
You can’t save anywhere?
@Frozbroz
4 жыл бұрын
Talal you can
@SableBez
4 жыл бұрын
Or you just save everywhere
@biggamanedabeast5247
4 жыл бұрын
If you have any past familiarity with rpgs then you know saving is your love of your life. Save often. At least with this game you can save and retry areas to get better results
@thewittyusername
4 жыл бұрын
Having to rely on manual save is only hard mode if you've never played an RPG from the 90s.
@Eastarpy
4 жыл бұрын
Hard mode materia: First Strike Revival Heal Elemental Magnify Barrier MP Up Magic Up Prayer
@millainaire3815
4 жыл бұрын
And PV up
@mariuszrynkiewicz6698
4 жыл бұрын
First Strike is good just for random battles. For bosses its kinda waste of slot. You can use it for Barrier caster on start, but thats it.
@Eastarpy
4 жыл бұрын
@@mariuszrynkiewicz6698 Not in my experience. For me the initial boost in ATB changed the whole flow of the battle
@212mochaman
2 жыл бұрын
@@mariuszrynkiewicz6698 I'm doing a blind hard mode run as we speak. There hasnt been a single fight in the whole game I haven't started with both equipped and figuring out what two opening moves are the best. Abzu 2? Magnify haste and counterstrike the slam attack thats hitting in not enough time to avoid. Behemoth? Stop, magnify haste and bolt like crazy with tifa so you can start pummeling the horns before stop wears off. Bahamut in the top secrets fight? Thundaga with cloud, arcane ward are the opening moves to a permanent non ifrit summoning stunklock, as long as you keep casting thundaga when its not stunned. Rufus + dog? Triple slash targeting the dog, punisher, rinse repeat. Dog is staggered, rufus is too far away, onto 1 vs 1 phase 2
@onewinged07
4 жыл бұрын
a good way i sustain MP in HARD MODE is i link MP absorption with a element then i link another two-link with Magnify with the SAME element. i usually determine which element to use base on the chapter or the next upcoming fight and what MOST of the monsters are basically weak against in the chapter. the effects WILL stack, so if you magnify the spell, the bounce will refund for each hit for ONE spell cast(you basically lose like 1-2 mp or non depending on materia level. which crates can restore). Prayer, benches and side quest completion heals health so dont use Cure recklessly unless you need to. be sure to just switch out the materias when getting to a boss fight. if you're in hard mode, you most likely know which boss is coming up next so plan accordingly.
@ShinoNC
4 жыл бұрын
Right at the start, if you die in battle, just choose retry from start of battle, puts you right before the fight so you can retry it or change things around. Also, you can heal anywhere you want in hard mode using cure spells, not just using the bench. You cant heal mp using the bench/beds, only way to recover mp is breaking boxes and finishing the chapter.
@SenseiNeal
Жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing, so much wrong with the start of the video it must be to induce comments!
@KevShaw808
4 жыл бұрын
Steadfast Block and Prayer have been my favorites. That and linking Elemental to reduce damage and Warding to prevent status. Hard Mode is still a tough one even with all the help. Might be nice to do a salty Easy Mode run through after this Hard clear.
@gryu325
4 жыл бұрын
Pray + 2HP up + 1or2MP up + heal with magnify on healer + revive + (element coupled with either fire/ice/light/wind (put this on armor depending on fights)) + first strike will get you through most of the fights without much problem if you know what you are doing. Binding + warding is very nice but not all the time. The ideal set up is to preserve MP as much as you can till the end boss fights otherwise you might have to start all over.
@KK_183
4 жыл бұрын
Lol, that might make the game super boring. I'm currently replaying chapters on normal with characters at 50, and I gotta say that I miss the challenge. Will probably opt for hard mode soon.
@imyoursuperbeast8220
4 жыл бұрын
Just finished Hard mode and I dig it. Love the challenge. Although going for chests will eventually become obsolete since you'll just be stock piling all the items that you can't use
@Darkandmenacing
4 жыл бұрын
You forgot the Enemy Skill Materia. Slap the two magic up materia on cloud. Link that enemy skill with an hp drain, and link an Elemental Materia on his weapon to take advantage of elemental weaknesses, and you have yourself a setup that replaces chakra and prayer. I was amazed at how badass this materia is once you commit to it. It effortlessly trivialized so many fights in a way that other materia couldn't match. I -just- got bad breath and completed it too, so I'm excited to see how that works out...
@harrisonriggs8732
4 жыл бұрын
One crazy combo I saw in another video is Magnify-Firaga and MP Absorption-Firaga. If you hit a big enough group of enemies, you end up basically casting the spell for free because get all your MP back.
@ruivilasboas4276
3 жыл бұрын
My tips for hard mode: Put a healing and restore materia in every character. First strike matéria on cloud to quickly clear areas with triple slash. Elemental on cloud and maybe barret with the element that is effective on the enemies and the boss of the chapter you're playing. 2 hp up matéria on everyone except barret, one is enough for him and a champion belt to get 9999 hp. 1 MP up to everyone, just in case. Steadfast block (sorry if I miss pronounced it) on some characters(like cloud and barret) If you want more tips just reply, I didn't put everything I know but this ones should help a lot already!! Good game!!
@blakecurry3880
4 жыл бұрын
The actual best materia was mp up. I needed every last little bit in order to save my bacon. Got my platinum Saturday it was very satisfying. Cheers!
@supersaiyaman11589
2 жыл бұрын
i recommend having at lest 1 mp up on everyone as well as at lest 1 hp up on everyone max leveled on hard mode you can get 50 percent i believe back per hp mp up materia.
@davidballard1973
4 жыл бұрын
Carbuncle is a good buff against your entire party being wiped. When I went up against the final challenge in the simulator, I used him to buff against mega flare. Combined with weapons that have the reprieve availability in any battle and you will be able to murder bosses on Hard. Also, USE YOUR ASSESS MATERIA!
@ArokhX
4 жыл бұрын
Each chapter will usually have only certain enemies in it. It's advisable to have pre-existing knowledge of what you will be facing. Knowing that; always use the magnify materia with the element the enemies are weak to. This is a bit of a generalization, but the typical "rock-paper-scissors" for enemy weaknesses is as follows: Humans = Fire Ground based monsters = Ice Flying enemies = Wind Machines = Lightning
@Foxlink87
4 жыл бұрын
Would like to chuck in an honorable mention of MP up materia too, as it not only increase the max of your MP, but as a nice side-effect also get you more MP out of the Mako Shards that you get during chapters, as these give you approximately 10% of your max MP. Steadfast block is also a nice one, especially for someone like me that's a real sucker for Clouds Counterstance. (Both the skill and the 'block' of his secondary stance.)
@takaharamaragara1392
4 жыл бұрын
im surprise no one really know how useful steadfast block is on your controlled character and on your ai teammates the ai is actually really good at blocking attacks and with steadfast block they can quickly build up the atb gauge and take less damage
@gdoubleu8045
4 жыл бұрын
I linked revive with AP plus as soon as I could on first play through. Saved some hassle later on.
@Stu004
4 жыл бұрын
oh my god I thought just having AP Plus was going to give everyone it, I didn't I had to link it.
@gdoubleu8045
4 жыл бұрын
@@Stu004 Yeah, only 1 materia at a time unfortunately. So choose wisely!
@Stu004
4 жыл бұрын
Gareth Williams yeah revival will be the best choice
@C4talysT_
4 жыл бұрын
My go-to party is Cloud Aerith and Barret, Barret keeps lifesaver and steelskin up 24/7. Everyone has HP up and MP up, keep regen on barret and manawall on cloud and aerith and you will never die.
@KrazyBean14
4 жыл бұрын
Barrett is a godsend. He makes a damn good tank.
@seraphxiao3957
4 жыл бұрын
Barret is a support tank
@haisex3
4 жыл бұрын
Can you swap out party members?
@haisex3
4 жыл бұрын
What materia do you have on barrett usually?
@seraphxiao3957
4 жыл бұрын
@@haisex3 Main materia: Chakra, Prayer, Barrier, Magnify, Time Others: HP, MP or ATB boost Skills that is useful is life saver Use the healing caricanet to boost all his healing Weapon: Big Bertha due to the desperate recovery which boost healing by 50% when his HP is below some percentage of healtj and the other one is trade off, u get MP when u get hit He is actually A TANK SUPPORT HEALER WHy? His ATB is fast, when start the battle if u have ATB boost on cast immediately haste, plus his healing does not cost MP. His charge skills can further increase the ATB gauge. For me he is the best for NO MP healer.
@yhzh2002
4 жыл бұрын
Counterstance/predator counter with with Cloud and the parry materia with Tifa make many of the bosses much easier to handle. Using revival earrings for the bosses with unavoidable ultimate attacks also takes off a lot of pressure. I've played through the entire game in Hard mode, and I did not have a single issue with MP my entire run, and I used cure over prayer/chakra most of the time. Just favor weapon abilities over spells for damage, and you really won't need anything, except maybe a single MP up per character. Using magnify with cure (or barrier for super bosses) is a lot better than damage. Most enemies that will die to fire will also die to triple slash. Another MP saving tip is to use the weapons with the "bloodsucker" ability that will heal you on each kill. The healing from that will get you by most trash mobs, and you can switch to +50% mp regen weapons if you are in a pinch.
@Beyondthebat89
4 жыл бұрын
You don't get MP from rest stops in Hard mode
@esnips123123
4 жыл бұрын
Are you freaking serious? How the heck is someone even going survive an upcoming boss?
@Beyondthebat89
4 жыл бұрын
esnips123123 Save your MP for the boss. I’m already on chapter 13 on hard mode. Also know what battles you’re about to get into
@gryu325
4 жыл бұрын
Pray + 2HP up + 1or2MP up + heal with magnify on healer + revive + (element coupled with either fire/ice/light/wind (put this on armor depending on fights)) + first strike will get you through most of the fights without much problem if you know what you are doing. Binding + warding is very nice but not all the time. The ideal set up is to preserve MP as much as you can till the end boss fights otherwise you might have to start all over.
@Pmak
4 жыл бұрын
I've seen people recommend materia for hard mode. I say just change materia around and abuse the crap out of your Return to last battle option if things aren't going your way. :) If you forgot to put materia on or didn't change this is the best option imo to get through it.
@waveexistence3512
4 жыл бұрын
🤦🏼♂️
@brscorpions
4 жыл бұрын
i used maginify with cure materia because getting regen on all characters at once helped way more then doing damage to enemies, since staggering 1 enemy at a time is better then staggering them all at once
@johnhubbard4038
4 жыл бұрын
And it seems like the negative effects of the magnify materia don't apply the same way to regen
@pascalmeyer8768
4 жыл бұрын
In later phases you'll put that materia with haste materia. Haste all party = quick AF ATB
@brscorpions
4 жыл бұрын
@@pascalmeyer8768 kinda agree but theres already enough atb buffs in the game including on weapons and just noramlly strikking, one hit with out haste i never had a depleted atb,
@MichaelIbsenGuitar
8 ай бұрын
Re: not saving MP for boss battles. Benches do NOT restore MP in hard mode, do be careful to conserve your MP. I recently had my hard mode playthrough of chapter 9 totally ruined because i got stuck on Hell House which requires lots of spell-casting to beat, and I couldn't go fight in random battles to regenerate MP as at that point you are locked in the coliseum with only a bench. Do be aware to conserve your MP for bosses in hard mode despite what the guide says. Otherwise thanks very much for this guide! I learned a lot about some of the materia that I didn't know and it will definitely help the rest of my playthrough :D
@gavinerickson9392
4 жыл бұрын
Now I don't feel bad for using those elixirs and turbo ethers.
@ryu-ken
4 жыл бұрын
Been hoarding them all game....gonna start using them now
@gavinerickson9392
4 жыл бұрын
@@haisex3 Uh, yeah, exactly why I said I don't feel bad.
@theexitiabilis3654
4 жыл бұрын
You can use them in VR missions still though if you haven't completed them
@NinjaGuyDan_
4 жыл бұрын
@@ryu-ken I was hoarding them also lol glad to know I won't need them in Hard mode
@skizzik121
4 жыл бұрын
"Pray heals over FREE FOUSAND damage!" Lol
@TJHooper123
4 жыл бұрын
You can't regain MP from benches. I suggest maxing out MP up and equipping at least one per character. Two would be best. For that reason, you're going to want as many materia slots as possible for every character.
@WinFortunata
4 жыл бұрын
Regarding saving MPs for bosses, I thought that would be recommended since benches don't recover MPs on hard mode?
@xISparkzy
4 жыл бұрын
It is i highly recommend saving as much mp as possible i also use magic up on aerith or tifa depending whos in the party for healing since cure heals nearly all my hp at around 6500hp
@monchokamikaze8560
4 жыл бұрын
If are out of mp find 📦 save the game and then load repeat until max mp again.
@oley49
4 жыл бұрын
@@monchokamikaze8560 just to be clear, what does that symbol mean? that for a bench or can you just save anywhere and reload till ur max mp? Im still on chapter 14 in my 1st play through collecitn everything getting ready for the real grind
@monchokamikaze8560
4 жыл бұрын
john oley just save front of the boxes and then load keep doing until max mp
@monchokamikaze8560
4 жыл бұрын
This method is for hard mode
@marketeagle4508
4 жыл бұрын
Just use Barret's lifesaver + steel skin ability on him and you're set. Also, put auto cure, HP up and steadfast block on him. You won't worry about him that much because he tanks the damage and will heal himself. If the auto cure does not trigger, just heal him with another character 👍. Also put big bertha on him and get the trade off upgrade and he won't have MP issues. As for the sections without him... well, the materias in this vid are super essential.
@haisex3
4 жыл бұрын
Is barrett your main support character,
@hansvader3791
4 жыл бұрын
Primalliquid will you do a video about the Götterdämmerung? THAT was an actual godsend and carried me through hard mode.
@ChadB90
4 жыл бұрын
Barrier with magnify is decent but better with healing imo, I found revival earrings were lifesavers(literally) in boss battles if you don't mind sacrificing your accessory slot.
@AscendantStoic
4 жыл бұрын
Chakra is also another way of healing and getting rid of Poison without using Mana. Also Magnify + Stop can make entire groups of enemies frozen in their tracks and open for a ton of damage for a while (with very few exceptions)
@cocoplops4982
4 жыл бұрын
ohhhh tell me more
@sublimazed
4 жыл бұрын
also for your magic user any mastered element + MP absorb is very good for hard mode and for bosses I use healing + magnify or barrier + magnify
@kindraschell6852
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry but there is some inaccurate info in this video.... In hard mode you can restart from your last battle. You do not have to go back to the very beginning of the chapter. It counts the same. You can also heal outside of battle, but it costs mp...
@nagaifan001
Жыл бұрын
I usually link two green materia of the same element (two ice for example), one to Magnify and one to MP absorption, always to Aerith or Barret when she isn't available. A single cast obliterates everything and gives back the MP used for the spell, if there was a group of enemies.
@cmike123
4 жыл бұрын
I like HP absorb + the lifesteal aura Enemy skill. Especially with high Magic stat.
@gangrelx
4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy to open Time with Magnify on party. Very useful in some fights!
@tWs-ELEMENOHPEEE
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info. Glad I have ten of all your recommended Materia maxed out!
@sergiojohnson33
4 жыл бұрын
Just replayed the story again, on normal. To level up my materia. I ended up finding a third prayer materia in the Don's stash. So Incase anyone was wondering. You could get a third prayer
@itslikeajungle
4 жыл бұрын
You can get MP back from mako shards in crates and using Aerith for attack spells, then draining back from easy mobs.
@darksidehavok
4 жыл бұрын
Max elemental equipped to armor with whatever element the enemy is attacking with make all the difference. 1 hit kill attacks become instant healing. Equip it with lighting for the Reno and Rude fights
@tommylee2288
4 жыл бұрын
Here is best Hard mode tip of the day Atb assist materia + Chakra on all Char is required. Make sure starting char has two ATB bar and secondary char with 1 ATB bar. Two Chakara in a row fills atb for team > Two Chakaras on second char fills atb for team > Two Chakaras fills atb for team .You can endlessly cycle if you are board but end with Prayer to tip off the HP for all party members and fight on.
@craigsparton
4 жыл бұрын
Hard mode hasn't been that bad honestly. The key is to learn how combat works in normal mode before attempting it. Blocking and staggers are far more important in hard mode. I just beat Hellhouse and I'm proud to say I only died twice. My playstyle is to favor ability usage over magic which definitely helps. Only use magic on boss enemies to exploit their weakness, or gimmicky enemies like the the monodrives that are invincible until you hit them with magic. Prayer and Chakra are essential for healing without MP. One tip for using Prayer: When you see the battle is almost over and there is little chance of dying, save up two ATB charges and cast Prayer just before the battle ends. This gives you a completely free party heal for about 1500 at max level and saves wasting MP on after battle cures.
@AzureKyle
4 жыл бұрын
Another thing you can use Magnify for is link it to Barrier and you'll get Manawall on all three characters. Or, on Normal, you can pair it with Cure and get Regen on the whole party. Also, elemental at level 2 or 3 is great on armor when you know what element damage your opponent will use because level 2 makes you immune to it, while level 3 lets you absorb it. I used it paired with lightning materia for the solo Shinra hard mode VR battles to deal with the Moth enemies, since their strongest attacks, which can potentially one-shot even at level 50, will instead either do nothing, or heal you.
@askask1157
4 жыл бұрын
This helps in the long run. I’m taking my time and doing quests in chapter 3.
@Raining345
4 жыл бұрын
Totally
@askask1157
4 жыл бұрын
@Mahadeo S. I get I baited myself on that but ease up on the trolling please. Some people really enjoy the game. I also have a friend from the U.K. from the MMO FFXI that goes by the name Totallyfuber. It was in my head.
@Raining345
4 жыл бұрын
@@askask1157 im just teasing. I usually have the same habit with the word "literally".
@Raining345
4 жыл бұрын
Nope. Im taking it slow myself. I heard there was an interesting twist on the ending from my friends who have beaten it. I cant wait to see it! I'm only now on Chapter 14. I may beat it out by this weekend.
@askask1157
4 жыл бұрын
There is an interesting twist. I saw it already. Not sure what the requirements are to get it.
@the_bandicoot4801
4 жыл бұрын
I know this is a materia list but if you want your hard mode playthrough to be an absolute cake walk, just get the gotterdamurang. I know its the toughest challenge but honestly after enough tries you'll get it and its insane how op it is. It made my hard run easier than my initial playthrough.
@anacreon212
4 жыл бұрын
the other thing that doesn't seem to be mentioned about hard mode is there is no way to fully heal mp. benches and rest stops only restore hp not mp. Mp is only recovered when you clear a chapter. Which makes prayer and chakra even more valuable.
@ForTehNguyen
4 жыл бұрын
spam soul drain ability for aerith too. You can get MP from breaking boxes too, so save them until you need them
@Skaless
4 жыл бұрын
I’m at chap 17 hard and don’t use magnify unless I have Aerith in the team because arcane ward and magnify is bananas. But my current play style is first strike on everyone. Starshowerx2, triple slashx2 and maximum fury right at the start. Luck plus x2 on cloud and then go ham, keep triple slashing, keep starshowering and keep Barrett chilling doing prayer and thrown in spells where needed for stagger
@mohamadhafiymalek3327
4 жыл бұрын
What does luck do though if u dont mind me asking?
@Skaless
4 жыл бұрын
Mohamad Hafiy Malek increases crit chance
@sgwcyingko
4 жыл бұрын
@@mohamadhafiymalek3327 Crit chance and steal chance.
@andrewshaffer4076
4 жыл бұрын
Dont you only get 2 first strike materia?
@Skaless
4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Shaffer yea good shout, I was getting all excited
@shamsiel3775
4 жыл бұрын
Elemental weapon isn't good enough for a top tier? I mean it's free weakness exploit on bosses without the need of casting spells. It's a good switch (magnify to elementalist) when you reach the boss room and need the mp
@takaharamaragara1392
4 жыл бұрын
its better used in the armor slot against some boss to absorb elemental damage, on weapon it doesnt make much difference unless they can only be stagger by that element
@shamsiel3775
4 жыл бұрын
@@takaharamaragara1392 never even thought to use it on armor ahaha sounds good
@Mystravian
4 жыл бұрын
It does damage and resist/immunity, regardless of what slot it is in.
@takaharamaragara1392
4 жыл бұрын
@@Mystravian no it doesn't it only does one or the other depending if its on your weapon or armor
@guamae
4 жыл бұрын
Rise brings someone back at 50%, and is better bang-for-your-MP than Arise in my opinion, so maxing Revival isn't too necessary. Also surprised you didn't mention Magnify with Barrier or Healing, which Always hits your whole party. But the biggest thing I'm surprised at your passing over is HP Up... up to doubling each character's HP is Amazing!
@vintagesquish
4 жыл бұрын
Rest Stops DON'T recover MP in Hard Mode. Conserve your MP; throw Magnify on a connection with either Barrier or Cure (or Haste if you really want it there; but every MP spent needs to give you something out of it; and survival is hella important)
@infidel1993
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly prayer materia is the only one of these I agree with for hard mode, at least for 98% of the fights in game. To each his or her own, but I found what worked best for me was prayer, first strike, elemental (combined with magic obviously), ATB stagger, and steadfast block as the top five. If you have a party of 3 then whoever doesn’t get first strike ( usually either Barrett or Aerith) is your support magic caster and normally rolls with time+magnify.
@DSR115
4 жыл бұрын
I don't believe you reset a full chapter after every defeat on hard as I lost a heap of times in certain "boss" encounters and always got the chance to continue the fight without any penalties. Also it's good to take advantage or a character who is about to drop out of your party for story wise so you can drain their MP on heals and whatnot as when they come back, they will be back on full MP.
@AscendantStoic
4 жыл бұрын
You only lose story progress in a hard mode chapter if you leave the chapter and go play another chapter out of order, if you return to that chapter later you will have to play it from start.
@Frozbroz
4 жыл бұрын
DSR-115 if you choose restart from checkpoint it can put you hours back but if you choose retry battle it puts you right before the fight
@gryu325
4 жыл бұрын
Pray + 2HP up + 1or2MP up + heal with magnify on healer + revive + (element coupled with either fire/ice/light/wind (put this on armor depending on fights)) + first strike will get you through most of the fights without much problem if you know what you are doing. Binding + warding is very nice but not all the time. The ideal set up is to preserve MP as much as you can till the end boss fights otherwise you might have to start all over.
@franknfoot7200
4 жыл бұрын
Your the best. These help my normal play through as well. And now I’m more mentally prepared for what’s to come after!
@Primalliquid92
4 жыл бұрын
i have another set of materia for normal/easy mode as they are slightly different, if you're still on your first playthrough i suggest taking a look at my playlist for the video "top 5 best materia" as that one is dedicated to normal/easy
@franknfoot7200
4 жыл бұрын
Primalliquid thanks Prima! Yea slow playing lol I’ve been working a lot (very grateful to be honest) and just happy this game is real 🥰
@markrowan3568
4 жыл бұрын
Idk if my hard mode is broken or not cause when I died, I just went back to before the battle.
@willx6394
Жыл бұрын
The next section of this game will have to be crazy. How they gonna do the world map? How they gonna do ultima weapon? Gold saucer..ect
@BrandonSmith-vd9qc
4 жыл бұрын
You're a great tutorial maker honestly
@russianbot5302
4 жыл бұрын
I only needed the prayer materia for the eligos dude because of his reflect. Make shards are abundant enough to let you use the mythril sword, magnify and curaga for full health. MP up materia are really damn good.
@SaveTheContent
4 жыл бұрын
Good thing I got half of these materia maxed out before I finished it. I knew I was going to need these for hard mode
@cmike123
4 жыл бұрын
Magnify + Manawall or Resist is sweet too.
@wisemoon40
4 жыл бұрын
While your picks are very good, I’m surprised you didn’t mention Chakra as well. You can get two in the game, maxed out they give you a lot of HP, especially in Hard mode where enemies deal more damage, and Chakra only needs one ATB slot, so it’s faster than Pray.
@lofty1069
3 жыл бұрын
Hp Up, MP Up, Heal, Revival and Block is a must for every members. No chakra :( most Mp character can use Magnify heal then swap to average MP. Elemental Materia can be utilize but requires swapping.
@finalfan91
4 жыл бұрын
imo, HP and MP up, chakra/Prayer, magnify healing, equip revive, hp/mp absorption materia, manawall really comes in handy for the combat simulator final fight but I got away with not using it very much overall. I would recommend atb and stagger materia because you want to keep all your fights short and sweet because you'll conserve your mp/hp better this way and you want to be faster than your opponents so someone in the party should have haste for the boss fights (especially when the boss's hp is close to running they typically surprise you with attacks that can wipeout your team).
@finalfan91
4 жыл бұрын
Also hard mode really requires you to look at what you need in a fight, now that you played the game on normal mode you should expect certain boss fights to have the same weaknesses so you're gonna be switching out materia a lot. Especially when the characters ran solo I would get rid of revive and temporarily plug in a materia that would boost their stats or atb.
@finalfan91
4 жыл бұрын
Refocus is also a good materia to have on. I recommend it for the designated healer.
@mpuchar5003
4 жыл бұрын
If you're going for pride and joy, I'd recommend equipping magnify with manawall at the start of every round. Unless you're an absolute pro at stunlocking, it helps bigtime
@fatranga
Жыл бұрын
Tifa with atb assist first strike just allows you to stun lock anything
@Zaxamaphone
4 жыл бұрын
Wow HP Absorb + Deadly Dodge. Can't believe I never thought of that, thanks!
@markalterado88
4 жыл бұрын
MP absorb in boss fights is the most important Materia
@lorenzoflores5406
4 жыл бұрын
Where to get
@markalterado88
4 жыл бұрын
Lorenzo Flores MP consumption battle intel
@lorenzoflores5406
4 жыл бұрын
oh thank you
@icessoup
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah HP absorb is nice with Deadly Dodge against mobs, not so much bosses. Better to use Chakra,Pray and Restore there. Having a few ATB charging materias and/or haste is quite important as well. Elemental is pretty essential as well, especially when mastered you completely absorb lets say Lightning which is pretty huge.
@bencuzzy84
2 жыл бұрын
Refocus is bloody good. Gives you 3 ATB bars. Makes first two bars very short to fill.
@ezramann5173
4 жыл бұрын
I recently beat hard mode and i found only 2 of the materia u list agreeable magnify for healing and arise, have hp and mp materia stacked. First strike is awesome for getting thru the level but on bosses i take it off cuz it dont matter in a long fight and repllace it with steadfast sometimes u cant get a hit going to build atb so blocking helps build it. The rest of my materia i use it basically watever i need to level up. The weapons is most important, use weapons that give 10 - 50% mp bulidup during combat is key to hardmode
@20skr20
4 жыл бұрын
Magnify and elemental Materia it’s like where do I put it hp ups mp ups prayer mp absorb hp absorb magic up . Basically from what I’m gathering is you have to actually have a dedicated black mage and a white mage and random reds
@BigKrisco
4 жыл бұрын
That’s EXACTLY how I set mine up Aerith - White Mage Barret - Red Mage Cloud - Red Mage
@dangriffiths1372
4 жыл бұрын
Your guides are amazing. Thank you. I already feel better equipped for hard mode.
@criley1337
4 жыл бұрын
Misleading, you need all Materia. Don’t attempt hard mode unless you’re ready for this. The point of hard mode is to challenge you in ALL areas. Every Materia will come in handy and are required at different times. Keeping the same load out for more than 1 chapter won’t work. You’ll be consistently switching up your load outs depending on the chapter and enemy
@who_hurt_youproductions8826
4 жыл бұрын
Hp up, mp up, haste/stop for stopping the staggering bar, barrier, cure, revival, atb boost for barret, skill master For Cloud equip the götterdämmerung Tifa equip the transference module youll be fine
@bradleywalker4522
4 жыл бұрын
I beat this on hard and barely used barrier. Heal, Revival, and Hp Up are good to have on everyone with Magnify on Heal. If you use weapons with the Tradeoff ability mp is less of an issue and it's more effective with better atb conservation than Prayer.
@Shiningforceking
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for not saying any spoilers. Haven't finished the game yrt
@shiroekuro6796
4 жыл бұрын
i found mp/hp/magic up to be very worthwhile in hard mode, especially for curing as mp wasnt so much of an issue, also you can get mp back (in small amounts) with crates.
@christaggart5687
4 жыл бұрын
You can have three prayer Materia. You can get the third by doing chapter 14 and getting it in Don Coreneos stash
@Kaeldo
4 жыл бұрын
Also if you know the boss and his weakness take one charakter and use MP-absorb with the element. You won´t lose as much Mp if you fire off the high ranks.
@cmike123
4 жыл бұрын
You found an MP absorb? The only thing with that (that I have seen) was Aerith's ability.
@NeroMystyra
4 жыл бұрын
cmike123 Chadley gives you an MP Absorb materia when you finish mastering the 12 different types of magic materia. If you have multiples, you only need to master 1 of them. Out of all of them Revive will take the longest to master because it needs 5000 AP 1. Fire 2. Ice 3. Lightning 4. Wind 5: Poison 6. Cleansing 7. Revive 8. Barrier 9. Binding 10. Time 11. Subversion 12. Healing
@cmike123
4 жыл бұрын
@@NeroMystyra yep. Thank You. I just have Revive left to master. I'm in hard mode now with AP up, so shouldnt be too long now.
@julianprofas
4 жыл бұрын
Must have materia: revival, hp up, chakra, steadfast block. Best materia: mp-absorption, elemental, atb stagger
@EtherealRune
3 жыл бұрын
Strongly disagree with using Magnify paired with any form of attack-materia to get through Hard-mode. Since you only regenerate MP through limited means you better use them for when they are needed (Regen, Barrier, Revive etc) and maybe occasionally for specific fights where a elemental-strike gives you a good stagger-chance. You can clear trash-mob fights with just a proper set-up. Many people prefer using HardEdge on Cloud for effective "TripleSlash" clearing, and yes that certainly works. Depending on who else you have in the party there are other options for your DPS-characters as well of course (Even Aerith). Point is; there is no need to use MP for clearing trash-fights. Just let your ATB-points do the job. There are some boss-fights that just take a long time; for those cases you might want to switch to the "Magic"-weapons for each character that help with generating MP faster (or provide more), you might deal less auto-attack-damage but at least you don't run out of MP in critical moments. It's a safe option to get through tough fights. Good luck.
@Primalliquid92
3 жыл бұрын
look at the date of the video and then compare that to when the game released, of course things are going to change with time
@EtherealRune
3 жыл бұрын
@@Primalliquid92 I figured that out on my first time playing HardMode, which was 3 days after release. Not sure if "time" is a relevant factor here.
@Primalliquid92
3 жыл бұрын
@@EtherealRune because when it came out we were all using Pray for healing and MP for faster mob clearing (faster things die = less chance of you taking damage)
@MugenYomi
4 жыл бұрын
Just to confirm, prayer is a command and thus shell status doesn't reduce the amount healed
@marcosdheleno
4 жыл бұрын
i still dont know if prayer and chakra are afected by those "50% extra healing" effects you can get in some weapons/accessories.
@dumahssbeech9114
4 жыл бұрын
@@marcosdheleno equip them and test
@marcosdheleno
4 жыл бұрын
@@dumahssbeech9114 it works, i just wasnt sure because of the wording. but not only does it works, but in the case of barret you can heal almost to full from a single cast.
@fanimegames
4 жыл бұрын
Huh? There's manual save though.
@TheCrimsonKodiak
4 жыл бұрын
That and, like others have said, the retry battle option from the Game Over screen.
@codezero4329
4 жыл бұрын
To recharge MP just break boxes then save then reload game box are back but mobs are not bc they are on a timer.
@onewinged07
4 жыл бұрын
Just grinding to max a bunch of materia and prepping for hard mode
@Sixdery
4 жыл бұрын
Nice most of it ! agree, but for me i would include element materia for armor immune or absorb. you'll be much neede it later in hard mode.
@Rastadon60
4 жыл бұрын
Off topic but two words. HELL HOUSE!
@Synthetic-Rabbit
4 жыл бұрын
I've been able to restart from last battle when I loose on hard mode... is that normal?
@shaan3512
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, that was a mistake this person made. However, much of the other information in the video is quite useful to know.
@Leonardo-uh3vs
4 жыл бұрын
I can't understand why they kicked off the mastering materia system. It could require insane grinding, as it did in original FF7, spam clone materia and be sold for pornographic amounts of gil. That system was so interesting. I liked the remake but in many aspects it made me feel like playing an incomplete game. The few number of different materias and the few possibilities of farming helped a lot with this sensation.
@Leonardo-uh3vs
4 жыл бұрын
I think specially support materia was underworked. They could have added MP Turbo, and something working similar to Quadra Magic (it could be something like "cast twice" or "added cast" working like added cut from the original).
@rkfakes
4 жыл бұрын
i actively use maginfy in combination with cure3 on the group, while barrier is my second choice. i didnt use prayer at all except for eligor. i also do not use hp absorbtion, since it has to be linked and i could use 2 other materias instead. i do agree on revival, but i also suggest to simply buy a ton of soul-earrings for all characters. sometimes its easier to save the heal on a character and push for the stagger and just let a character die, since he/she will be revived automatically. its also a good option to "survive" a harder boss attack without having the hassle to prepare with buffs and anything. i do recommend having bio3 tho, its a huge help in almost all boss battles. it interrupts certain abilities and deals constant damage to barriers.
@aim-for-greatn3z947
4 жыл бұрын
To be honest I expected the game to be harder, the most difficult experience so far been the house and the hard lv in the simulator, that damn thornberry
@coreywilson9297
2 жыл бұрын
Well I'm glad it isn't
@directcontent4447
4 жыл бұрын
You were right on the health but you don’t have to restart the chapter from the beginning if you die
@brandonkeen6115
4 жыл бұрын
So I'd like to add some tweaks to your vid here. Elemental materia should be on that list. I know you said top 5, but without the elemental you're screwed lol. Second mp does not regenerate from resting at benches or inns in hard mode. You have one Mana pool per character, per chapter. So a high mana pool or you're gonna have to figure out how to farm shinra boxes for mako shards to get mp back. I played hard mode all the way to chapter 9 and could not finish the Corneo cup. The hellhouse slaughtered me and I'm not sure how to fight that boss without refilling mp. 😭😭
@C4talysT_
4 жыл бұрын
I beat hell house on my first try, in hard mode, equip mythril saber and mythril rod and ONLY use the first tier of spells, spam aerith's mp drain ability if it gets that bad
@Bdakkon
4 жыл бұрын
Weapons with "Trade Off" are very useful for regaining mana if your low but there are also weapons that increase MP regen. There are tricks to maintaining mana even without those effects but for most trash fights you should never really have to spend mana (beyond the lowest level spells to break shields or cause staggers on enemies that otherwise would be a pain). I'm currently about the start chapter 15 in hard mode. Its been rough a couple of times but as long as you budget your mana you should always have enough for the major boss fights. Also when you start a new chapter your mana refills so your safe to dump it on final boss fights as long as its the last fight. The Hellhouse was easier since I knew his gimmick the second time but on hard mode the damn thing spits up 3 Tonberry's every so often. (those things can instantly kill you not to mention freeze you, it made that fight a nightmare)
@isaacclark3583
4 жыл бұрын
Gotta spam Aeriths soul drain ability. But I feel u dude haha
@DemonjustinofPhoenix
4 жыл бұрын
While everyone encourages Soul Drain, I feel it's important to remind that Arcane Ward is also incredibly helpful. You cast 2 spells back to back with only 1 MP cost, which ends up helping massively. Beyond that, you can stack a spell with MP Absorb so that when the Hell House changes it's weakness, you can double cast an -aga, and not only will you destroy a chunk of it's HP, but you'll also refund a lot of your MP spent, especially if you have Magic Materia boosting your damage further.
@WhiteRaito
4 жыл бұрын
Use mp absorb and bioga against thr house. It works wonder
@HellFire178
Жыл бұрын
Magneify matera is amazing. it really does the job.. P.s it works with healthing matera too
@pittsburghbrew
4 жыл бұрын
U could put the revival earrings or whatever they are called on the person who has your revive materia just Incase they die.
@Pikapoolvince
4 жыл бұрын
"Extremely extremely HAWWDDD"
@seraphxiao3957
4 жыл бұрын
Vary vary haaaawwwd!
@daeroc
4 жыл бұрын
Heeche pee
@JGrantUK
4 жыл бұрын
First Strike & triple Slash made all fights outside of boss fights into a joke, tbf!
@Emperiam
4 жыл бұрын
thats my strategy too! No MP cost
@theoh1938
4 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see you do a 100% Playthrough of hardmode, or something similar. That's gonna be a nice run
@Primalliquid92
4 жыл бұрын
hard mode will be part of my normal lets play series, so once i finish uploading my first run it will then go into hard mode
@sublimazed
4 жыл бұрын
the hp absorb w deadly dodge both mastered does NOT heal for anywhere near 2000 per hit and im using hardedge 130+ attack. its more like 300 per enemy
@BlackGeine
4 жыл бұрын
I've played Crisis Core on hard mode and I expected this game to be that hard though wasn't even close.
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