Regular attacks aren’t enough to beat most of your enemies in Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core Reunion. This can be due to a lot of things, from resistance to physical attacks or deadly melee attacks. That’s what Materia is for, and the best ones can’t be found in random chests and mission rewards. You need to craft them. That said, below are the best Materia Fusion Recipes in Crisis Core Reunion.
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The best Materia in Crisis Core & their Fusion Recipes
| Materia | Recipe | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Hell Firaga | Firaga + Poison Dark Fire + DWM Materia | Shoots three fireballs + inflicts Poison, Silence, Stop, and Death (low chance) |
| Hell Blizzaga | Blizzaga + Poison Dark Blizzard + DWM Materia | Drops a block of ice that deals heavy damage + inflicts Poison, Silence, Stop, and Death (low chance) |
| Hell Thundaga | Blizzaga + Poison Dark Thunder + DWM Materia | Shoots a powerful lightning bolt forward + inflicts Poison, Silence, Stop, and Death (low chance) |
| Graviga | Gravity + Dash | Slow to land, but deals damage equal to 50% of the target's HP when it's hit *Best used with a Materia or accessory with a Stop effect |
| Quake | Darkness + Libra Gravity + DWM Materia | Deals damage to all enemies on the ground |
| Energy | Mastered Flare + Libra | A low-MP cost Materia that deals damage to a single target multiple times in a row |
| Status Ward | Stop + HP Up | Blocks all status effects that can be inflicted by any Materia you have equipped |
| Gil Toss | Steal + DWM Materia *Also a mission reward for M4-4-4: Wutai in the Slums | Deals heavy damage at the cost of Gil |
| Costly Punch | Goblin Punch + DWM Materia *Also a reward for completing 55% of your side quests | Ignores enemy defense and deals a powerful blow at the expense of HP |
| Ultima | Energy + Libra Tri-Thundaga + DWM Materia | Deals non-elemental magic damage to all enemies |
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Other great Materia in Crisis Core that can’t be fused
| Materia | How to get | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Lucky Stars | Bought in Junon Souveniers for 10,000 Gil | Increases the change of Cissnei appearing in your DMW, triggering "Lucky Stars" Lucky Stars: Increases the chances of the right combinations appearing on your DMW |
| Moogle Power | Bought in Junon Souveniers for 10,000 Gil | Increases the chance of Moogles appearing on your DMW, triggering "Moogle Power" Moogle Power: Levels up all equipped Materia and casts Regen |
| Dualcast | In a treasure chest in 9-4-1 Bought from Online Shop Shade for 30,000 Gil | At double the MP cost, casts all equipped Magic Materia twice It's best equipped with AoE Materia like Quake |
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