At minimum Tifa builds (and Aerith). Also, other than not having access to the Disorder skill that Cloud can get with the Rune Blade (fills ATB when the full skill connects), Tifa might be better to build with this "Lightning God" like build, since Tifa is known for having the best/fastest ATB building in both Remake and Rebirth. All the ATB filling (on either Cloud or Tifa) would mean that you spam out those electric discharges on each ATB filled. But yes, would like to see more special builds like this that make use of the linked materia in ways that people don't normally think of. You can get Enemy Skill and the Plasma Discharge skill for it right away in the Grasslands. You can get an Elemental Materia as soon as you step into Junon's area as well. So other than the HP Absorb, you can do this simple combo really early in the game.
Please test plasma surge with Mug. Mug gives you like 60% atb back if you hit 2 enemies close by you get a full bar. So you can have infinite plasma procs. It works even crazier with haste. It makes a literal unkillable character
Thanks for this, bro. I appreciate the video, but he was talking and clicking his screen so fast, it seemed like he was late for a meeting or something.
Great video, thank you! Small recommendation for build videos. Putting up a graphic at the end that shows all the materia in the specific slots would make it easier to screen shot when looking to build out on my own character. Thank you again!
Disorder also does a double flip maneuver while aerial that also helps with the ATB charge. Timed combat, dodges, Firebolt Blade, and Disorder while aerial makes Cloud look kinda cool as well.
I was looking at hp absorption and enemy skill literally 30 mins ago but I didn't think it would trigger the hp absorption with it being a multiple skill materia, great video thanks for the tip
this was available in Remake too i remember using HP Absorbtion with an Ice DoT Enemy Skill Materia Ability all the time there to regenerate HP constantly on hard mode and at zero MP cost
I came into this video thinking "oh here we go again another video on Cloud with enemy skill" but you actually made the best video out of like the 4 I have seen on it.
Here's another thing about Plasma Discharge, any character can equip Mug (so not just Cloud + Disorder) which refills ATB when it is a successful hit, meaning you could spam Mug to get large amounts of Plasma Discharge procs off at once, truly an insane combination. Plus, you could add HP/MP Absorption + Lightning Materia to heal yourself from it all the while. You could actually have 2 HP Absorb Materia with Mug + Enemy Skill for double healing.
The moment I saw the fire/ice and wind/lightnig materia, i was like .... 2 elemental attack materias linked to those 2 combo materia ... must be nice lol
It’s a lot faster and more efficient to farm at the gongaga shipping port at the bottom of the map. Just make a lap and fight the four mobs. Fast travel to another map and back. Repeat until you get tired of the gains. This is way better than the colosseum because the entire party gains exp/ap and not just the ones fighting. Maxed out most of my materia and got everyone to level 70 extremely fast.
game is filled with otter ff references. the bird flying on top of barret, is another reference to XIII. and there's a poster of Zell in tifa's room in the flashback. there's of course Gilgamesh, with his theme from FFV. FFX had a massive lore bending reference in remake. im just surprised they didnt put a judge from XII/Tactics Advance in it.
This build can go on anyone not just Cloud btw. I actually recommend Tifa instead since she is a ridiculous ATB generator to begin with. Plus you can dump ATB on her Chi increases which are very fast executions.
Thank you for being conscious enough not to spoil over chapter 9 even though I'm past it it's good that you didn't say anything for the other people I am on chapter 11 or 12 I'll probably do a lot of post game and then maybe replay or go back to World of Warcraft
Not only did I like this build and had some fun with it I learned a few different ways to use materia combos. I made a cloud build that i based on raw damage output high crit damage and ability crit chance. I used the crystal sword with dark side, pime mode's berserk effect and sonic boom for bravery and faith to give cloud a huge boost to damage
Great. Except your missing Haste which really makes this pop. Honestly this build is better on Red 13 since he gets a party wide haste ability and vengeance makes atb charge almost immediately from such fast attacks
Enemy skill is prob the best materia in the game currently. I put it on cloud first thing since even sonic boom stays relevant the throughout the game thanks to zero mp cost buffs.
This has to be one of the best AAA games I’ve played in years. The game was a work of art and a masterpiece. Such fun combat, amazing characters, story and world building. Definitely the best AAA single player game I’ve played in a very long time. I put in 105 hours so far and plan on doing a new gameplus.
If you're fine with all the forced mini games, extensive linear sections like the first, and dragging out sections that were 5 minute stops or unimportant characters originally. Like in the first, who cared about Jesse's little pizza quest? Just like in this, why do I have to spend over an hour playing stupid games in Costa del Sol before I can even leave the area? The open world only lasts the first two maps, then you're on rails until I'm assuming you're en route to Cosmo Canyon.
@@daveyjones8969 Yes I liked all of that. I love the game. It was a fucking work of art. It was a masterpiece to me. One of the most memorable and beautiful games ever after Final Fantasy seven remake. I am just so glad I loved the game. I can’t imagine being one of those people that hated it. Thank God, I’m not.
@@The_Primary_Axiom I'm glad you liked it. I'm enjoying it, but not as much as I could. Also, I'm not surprised you like the "Remake" too, but I wasted money on it. It was free on PSN less than a year after release, and the most I got was a bit of nostalgia. To me, it was running through corridors on a totally linear story. *There being no explanation as to why you're gear, levels, etc are all back to zero either...they shouldn't have been split up.
@@daveyjones8969 I never played the originals growing up. I’m glad I didn’t because I got to enjoy remake and rebirth more. The very small group of people I’ve met that didn’t like remake/rebirth are always comparing it to the original. I tried to play the original after remake and I didn’t last 10 minutes. It just felt so dated and bad. I’m sure playing it back then it would’ve felt amazing but today it was awful. I also don’t like turn based games in general. But yeah i absolutely loved remake and rebirth. Especially today when western AAA games are so awful. It felt good seeing some beautiful and well written characters, beautiful worlds, great lore and imagination. Unique gameplay and combat. You don’t get that from Western AAA games anymore. Especially female characters in western AAA games today. They are so unappealing. Stories are so badly written. There is never any sorrow, passion or beauty in them. So when I get these things in a game that comes out of the east, I go out my way to support it. You did not waste your money. You should be happy you are supporting a good studio who doesn’t make bad games like here. I also loved Final Fantasy 16. Do you know what game I felt bad about buying? Spider-Man 2. God that was so sanitized and woke. So I returned it after I finished it and got my money back. I hope in the third installment of Final Fantasy seven, they go easier on the mini games and give us more gameplay and story.
@@The_Primary_Axiom Well, not growing up with the original would definitely make the difference. It's fair to compare it to the original though, if they insist on calling it a "remake", that's why I keep putting it in quotes. Obviously, you can't compare the combat systems because of the limitations back then, but there was a lot more open world exploration, secret stuff you could miss, stuff you could get early, and there was a much wider range of weapons. Some had bonus AP as a built in aspect of them, which was nice. I still replay the original from time to time, and the big story beats still actually get to me, so there have been improvements there. You're right about it not being a waste of money either, because even now, I can see it will hit my dollar per entertainment-hour ratio lol. If I get at least 1 hour of entertainment per dollar spent, it's a decent trade, but I'll probably get to the 50 cent point by the endgame. I'm probably at less than a cent per hour with Elden Ring tbh... Anyway, glad to hear you're sick of the woke shit too, and women that are modeled after the project lead, etc while the voice actresses are usually beautiful lol. The point of games, movies, etc is escapism, and having real world crap shoved in our faces destroys that. The rainbows are the worst...
In the original ff7 '97 and remake, certain blue materia pairings didn't work. Hopefully, the devs do not patch these incredible combos. The games damage output is extremely ridiculous in terms of low output from team and high output from enemies. Even HP is dangerously low in the mid level 20s.
@@wilkaiba I just hope enemy skill is actually realized properly in the next game. Real tired of it having like 4-8 moves with only two of them actually getting used and I *hated* how they were learned in Rebirth with zero effort on the player's part. In OG FF7 you had to hunt the abilities down, confusing and manipulating random enemies to get the really good stuff. Getting all the enemy skills on as many copies of enemy skill as possible was one of the most fun scavenger hunts in any game.
@@davidjones8043 I guess you're a fan of having everything spelled out for you and everything having the same general method of acquisition. I don't know man, seems kinda boring.
This is sweet! honestly I have been trying to find a good hp absorb build with cloud to replace my old one from remake (deadly dodge + hp absorb - rip) so this looks great! wouldlove to see more builds for other characters too
So I have elemental and f&I in the weapons slot, elemental, l&w in armour as well so I can absorb those elements and to make swapping more convenient, and enemy skill with HP absorb, but also ATB boost paired with first strike, and Darkside, this build is my fav & it's absolute clutch!
Thanks for the vid. Can’t wait to try this build. Got a ways to go. Side note plasma discharge is actually obtained in the Grasslands section of the game.
@@quickpawmaudthat’s pretty debatable. So far in the game the accessories available can’t be called that much better than having additional material slot open. Maybe later there will be stronger accessories, but the materia effect ones definitely have their place.
Enemy materia in this game is pretty much the ultimate materia you want equipped on whichever character you're going to be using the most at the moment. So much more useful than part 1, if only because of Sonic Boom and Plasma Discharge. But mind blast is great too.
Late game stuff: craft the accessory that starts the character at max limit level. Equip it to cloud. Equip limit siphon materia to cloud. Cloud, Aerith, anyone else. Heal with aerith when necessary, limit siphon from both other characters and spam limit break by cloud.
Mug is a really good skill for dumping atb too, since it gives a pretty big chunk of atb back to cloud. This build works on just about everyone though. I want to see a build on cloudd punishment build.
I noticed they also put Crisis Core materia in this game which is pretty cool one of them that I have is called jump it's a lot slower but it's really cool
I mean use elemental - fire ice Enemy skill - hp absorb Dark side And then use another character on the party like yuffie with the double with synergy comet your welcome
I wish there were two enemy skill materias like in the original so I could use this and the exploding Yuffie build simultaneously to melt everything in the game
There's so much wrong and misleading here. For one, you say it'll hit fire AND ice. It actually alternates between fire, OR ice. You can see it alternating between the two when you play, even in this footage. The damage gained from this is actually so pitiful and miniscule that you're better off slapping it on your armour - even (and especially) at rank 3. HP Absorb might restore a grand total of 1k HP throughout an entire boss fight if you're solely using it with Plasma Discharge. The best use of this materia pairing with Enemy Skill is actually with the Self Destruct ability - but that takes a lot more setup and items than a guide of this length can encompass. Even then, it's a nearly useless materia when prayer/chakra/magnify-healing exist as options. This combo is not "Broken", it's actually incredibly standard and probably the first thing many people thought to do - myself included. It's certainly far from "the best". This combo will definitely not suffice to clear you through the challenging hard mode content.
Would have been nice to note the locations of where n when these materia are available (HP Absorbtion) As it seems only available near endgame of 1st playthrough. Spent ligit a cpl hours scouring the net and in-game trying to do CS to earn it. Great video, maybe add a bit more info for future reference.
Should pair this with Steal and use Mug to teleport slash enemies and nearly replenish its cost on hit. You recharge so fast you hit the internal cooldown timer on the Plasma blasts. Use a synergy that grants 3 ATB bars and infinitely spam Mug explosions this way.
Is there some update to the sleek saber? because mine doesn't have the linked material (lvl 4 weapon). Should I need to level up more or there's another sleek saber with the linked materia?
as you collect folios and unlock weapon levels and more of the orbs in the folio menu your weapons gain more slots and sometimes get linked slots, this effects the early game weapons more so than the late game ones
Just curious, in remake it was possible to have HP Absorb + Enemy Skill linked along with Subversion + Warding linked plus the weapon skill reprieve to use self destruct without dying (and gain a full limit bar while doing it), is that still a viable combo in rebirth?
didnt know hp absorb worked with enemy skill, that could be nice for sure. especially on hard mode where you dont wanna waste MP- I know chakra exist, but enemy skill materia has a 5% bonus to everything as well.
I've noticed different content creators saying the letter H differently. People seem to pronounce it "haytch"...is this this how it was taught in school or is this a gamer way of saying it or maybe a regional/cultural thing? Just curious. 😂 I'm excited to try this combo out. Thanks for sharing.
I pair this build with aerith arcane ward with synergy materia + elemental materia =link= fire (etc.). And aerith is busting out elemntal magic for free after i use abilities like triple slash
@@codybrady6940 Ok maybe its like character level dependant because i'm like at weapon level 4, Cloud level 28 and still not weapon materia link. I'll just be a patient little boi and wait lol. Thanks for the reply.
@NotForAnimals I'm pretty sure it's entirely wpn. level dependent, but the levels for new and linked slots just vary from weapon to weapon. I was thinking of the sleek saber specifically when I said 3ish. But again, I could be wrong 😂 no problem tho!
Cloud is so strong in this game. Actually everybody is strong with the right setups but Remake Cloud is kinda meh compared to Tifa so i’m glad Rebirth made him take center stage
Is there a trick to having HP Absorb trigger automatically with ATB gain and Plasma Discharge? I only get health back when I manually use Plasma Discharge
I imagine the DLC will be cid but It'd be sweet if they made the DLC a remake of Dirge. I think that'd make a lot of sense. Thought what would have made sense and clearly what they didn't do would have been to have done DLC for the first game a remake of Crisis Core (which they did put out as a seperate game) then do Dirge as DLC for the second game and then make DLC of the 3rd game be a game version of Advent children.@@BoBurnham69
@@Beray02 Dirge takes place after the FF7 story. So I don't think canonically it'll make a lot of sense. Would love to see it though because I never played the original Dirge.
@@BigAussieCheeses It's a reward from one of Chadley's simulation trials. It's the one that requires you to assess 16 different enemies from the grasslands area.
@@BigAussieCheeses the simulation for discharge has you need to assess enough enemies and face a region's classified intel battle (which requires you do enough of the region's lifesprings to unlock it) but you also need to be dumping AP into the enemy skill materia as the later enemy skill trials need the materia ranked up
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At minimum Tifa builds (and Aerith).
Also, other than not having access to the Disorder skill that Cloud can get with the Rune Blade (fills ATB when the full skill connects), Tifa might be better to build with this "Lightning God" like build, since Tifa is known for having the best/fastest ATB building in both Remake and Rebirth. All the ATB filling (on either Cloud or Tifa) would mean that you spam out those electric discharges on each ATB filled.
But yes, would like to see more special builds like this that make use of the linked materia in ways that people don't normally think of.
You can get Enemy Skill and the Plasma Discharge skill for it right away in the Grasslands.
You can get an Elemental Materia as soon as you step into Junon's area as well.
So other than the HP Absorb, you can do this simple combo really early in the game.
Please test plasma surge with Mug. Mug gives you like 60% atb back if you hit 2 enemies close by you get a full bar. So you can have infinite plasma procs. It works even crazier with haste. It makes a literal unkillable character
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Materia Setup for people who want it quickly since its not in one screen:
Elemental Materia =Link= Spell Materia
HP Absorption =Link= Enemy Skill
Thanks for this, bro. I appreciate the video, but he was talking and clicking his screen so fast, it seemed like he was late for a meeting or something.
@@rokellc🤣🤣🤣
The first link is fire/ice…… what’s in the second link?
You the MVP here
didn’t even watch the video after seeing this comment loool
Great video, thank you! Small recommendation for build videos. Putting up a graphic at the end that shows all the materia in the specific slots would make it easier to screen shot when looking to build out on my own character. Thank you again!
Disorder also does a double flip maneuver while aerial that also helps with the ATB charge. Timed combat, dodges, Firebolt Blade, and Disorder while aerial makes Cloud look kinda cool as well.
Holy shit nice catch, I've been doing that without noticing low-key 😂👌🏾💯
The Disorder upward attack also combos nicely into Braver, which does more damage from the air. I always have these two on shortcut.
@a.z.pantera5577 you dropping gems rn bc I'm 80 hours of playtime my first playthrough on chapter 9 rn and that's definitely one of my setups 👌🏾🔥
I love how you can fly with Firebolt Blade
I was looking at hp absorption and enemy skill literally 30 mins ago but I didn't think it would trigger the hp absorption with it being a multiple skill materia, great video thanks for the tip
this was available in Remake too i remember using HP Absorbtion with an Ice DoT Enemy Skill Materia Ability all the time there to regenerate HP constantly on hard mode and at zero MP cost
I came into this video thinking "oh here we go again another video on Cloud with enemy skill" but you actually made the best video out of like the 4 I have seen on it.
Here's another thing about Plasma Discharge, any character can equip Mug (so not just Cloud + Disorder) which refills ATB when it is a successful hit, meaning you could spam Mug to get large amounts of Plasma Discharge procs off at once, truly an insane combination. Plus, you could add HP/MP Absorption + Lightning Materia to heal yourself from it all the while.
You could actually have 2 HP Absorb Materia with Mug + Enemy Skill for double healing.
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Mug... what's that?
@@reddj002 an attack that steals items / steal that deals attack damage
@@ukevo thanks✊️
HP absorb works with enemy skill materia already
i can't believe you managed to confuse us with 8 minutes guide that requires 2 minutes to explain
Thank you! I’m like WTF
When is the time stamp?
Why i cant stand some fucking youtubers
Yo there's so much info.. my brain hurts by how in depth this is
Important time stamp needed please lol
The moment I saw the fire/ice and wind/lightnig materia, i was like .... 2 elemental attack materias linked to those 2 combo materia ... must be nice lol
Thanks for the build! Currently leveling up right now in the Coliseum!
It’s a lot faster and more efficient to farm at the gongaga shipping port at the bottom of the map. Just make a lap and fight the four mobs. Fast travel to another map and back. Repeat until you get tired of the gains. This is way better than the colosseum because the entire party gains exp/ap and not just the ones fighting. Maxed out most of my materia and got everyone to level 70 extremely fast.
I like the mission is called blinded by light it's Lightning's theme from FFXIII 👍.
I even heard a bit of the soundtrack somewhere in the game
game is filled with otter ff references. the bird flying on top of barret, is another reference to XIII. and there's a poster of Zell in tifa's room in the flashback. there's of course Gilgamesh, with his theme from FFV. FFX had a massive lore bending reference in remake. im just surprised they didnt put a judge from XII/Tactics Advance in it.
@@marcosdheleno the scene with Aerith and the staff with the the livestream floaties all around while cloud is transfixed… lovely FFX reference!
I've seen plasma discharge - HP absorb combo in like 3 different vídeos and no one mentions using haste. It really speeds up the rate of discharges.
This build can go on anyone not just Cloud btw. I actually recommend Tifa instead since she is a ridiculous ATB generator to begin with. Plus you can dump ATB on her Chi increases which are very fast executions.
Red is also a great choice because his speed is also excellent and has tons of 2 atb cost commands he’d love to activate more of.
@@Mawnster73Stardust Ray is so gooood
I guess we can only get 1 enemy skill material in the game?
Yuffie builds atb better than anyone once you get her doppelgänger ability
Also if you don’t want to use a slot for assess, the assess materia earrings are super helpful.
I first saw this setup with yuffie, mug + enemy skill plasma + some other stuff + hp absorption, and it just constantly goes crazy lol
Thank you for being conscious enough not to spoil over chapter 9 even though I'm past it it's good that you didn't say anything for the other people I am on chapter 11 or 12 I'll probably do a lot of post game and then maybe replay or go back to World of Warcraft
If your weapon has 2 sets of Linked Materia, give Cloud the Wind & Lightning Materia to REALLY cook.
Not only did I like this build and had some fun with it I learned a few different ways to use materia combos. I made a cloud build that i based on raw damage output high crit damage and ability crit chance. I used the crystal sword with dark side, pime mode's berserk effect and sonic boom for bravery and faith to give cloud a huge boost to damage
Honestly i saw these materia in-game and was going to test this build out... But good to know it is tested and works
This build got me tru Hard Mode! GOD BLESS YOU
You should show every materia in its place at the end of the video
I love when i go to check out a build and see its what i was already doing. Dont have hp absorb yet tho and that is totally awesome info. Ty
So basically you were bragging about having Elemental paired with a Magic materia, the most straightforward pairing in the game?
Great. Except your missing Haste which really makes this pop. Honestly this build is better on Red 13 since he gets a party wide haste ability and vengeance makes atb charge almost immediately from such fast attacks
Enemy skill is prob the best materia in the game currently. I put it on cloud first thing since even sonic boom stays relevant the throughout the game thanks to zero mp cost buffs.
If you add synergy+magic (like comet) to a teammate, they will also do a ton of damage to enemies every time you atb
This has to be one of the best AAA games I’ve played in years. The game was a work of art and a masterpiece. Such fun combat, amazing characters, story and world building. Definitely the best AAA single player game I’ve played in a very long time. I put in 105 hours so far and plan on doing a new gameplus.
If you're fine with all the forced mini games, extensive linear sections like the first, and dragging out sections that were 5 minute stops or unimportant characters originally.
Like in the first, who cared about Jesse's little pizza quest? Just like in this, why do I have to spend over an hour playing stupid games in Costa del Sol before I can even leave the area?
The open world only lasts the first two maps, then you're on rails until I'm assuming you're en route to Cosmo Canyon.
@@daveyjones8969 Yes I liked all of that. I love the game. It was a fucking work of art. It was a masterpiece to me. One of the most memorable and beautiful games ever after Final Fantasy seven remake. I am just so glad I loved the game. I can’t imagine being one of those people that hated it. Thank God, I’m not.
@@The_Primary_Axiom I'm glad you liked it. I'm enjoying it, but not as much as I could. Also, I'm not surprised you like the "Remake" too, but I wasted money on it. It was free on PSN less than a year after release, and the most I got was a bit of nostalgia.
To me, it was running through corridors on a totally linear story.
*There being no explanation as to why you're gear, levels, etc are all back to zero either...they shouldn't have been split up.
@@daveyjones8969 I never played the originals growing up. I’m glad I didn’t because I got to enjoy remake and rebirth more. The very small group of people I’ve met that didn’t like remake/rebirth are always comparing it to the original. I tried to play the original after remake and I didn’t last 10 minutes. It just felt so dated and bad. I’m sure playing it back then it would’ve felt amazing but today it was awful. I also don’t like turn based games in general. But yeah i absolutely loved remake and rebirth. Especially today when western AAA games are so awful. It felt good seeing some beautiful and well written characters, beautiful worlds, great lore and imagination. Unique gameplay and combat. You don’t get that from Western AAA games anymore. Especially female characters in western AAA games today. They are so unappealing. Stories are so badly written. There is never any sorrow, passion or beauty in them. So when I get these things in a game that comes out of the east, I go out my way to support it. You did not waste your money. You should be happy you are supporting a good studio who doesn’t make bad games like here. I also loved Final Fantasy 16. Do you know what game I felt bad about buying? Spider-Man 2. God that was so sanitized and woke. So I returned it after I finished it and got my money back. I hope in the third installment of Final Fantasy seven, they go easier on the mini games and give us more gameplay and story.
@@The_Primary_Axiom Well, not growing up with the original would definitely make the difference. It's fair to compare it to the original though, if they insist on calling it a "remake", that's why I keep putting it in quotes.
Obviously, you can't compare the combat systems because of the limitations back then, but there was a lot more open world exploration, secret stuff you could miss, stuff you could get early, and there was a much wider range of weapons. Some had bonus AP as a built in aspect of them, which was nice.
I still replay the original from time to time, and the big story beats still actually get to me, so there have been improvements there.
You're right about it not being a waste of money either, because even now, I can see it will hit my dollar per entertainment-hour ratio lol. If I get at least 1 hour of entertainment per dollar spent, it's a decent trade, but I'll probably get to the 50 cent point by the endgame. I'm probably at less than a cent per hour with Elden Ring tbh...
Anyway, glad to hear you're sick of the woke shit too, and women that are modeled after the project lead, etc while the voice actresses are usually beautiful lol.
The point of games, movies, etc is escapism, and having real world crap shoved in our faces destroys that. The rainbows are the worst...
Absolutely insane setup! Never thought about using Enemy Skill let alone combining it. 100% more guides 🤘
In the original ff7 '97 and remake, certain blue materia pairings didn't work. Hopefully, the devs do not patch these incredible combos. The games damage output is extremely ridiculous in terms of low output from team and high output from enemies. Even HP is dangerously low in the mid level 20s.
@@wilkaiba I just hope enemy skill is actually realized properly in the next game. Real tired of it having like 4-8 moves with only two of them actually getting used and I *hated* how they were learned in Rebirth with zero effort on the player's part. In OG FF7 you had to hunt the abilities down, confusing and manipulating random enemies to get the really good stuff. Getting all the enemy skills on as many copies of enemy skill as possible was one of the most fun scavenger hunts in any game.
@@deedoubsnobody wants all that dude. Go play OG 7 then
@@davidjones8043 I guess you're a fan of having everything spelled out for you and everything having the same general method of acquisition. I don't know man, seems kinda boring.
the Hermes shoes accessory to start combat with haste would be a great addition to this build
But then for bosses you'd have to worry about keeping haste up.
@@chriskoloski32 yea you're right ...I normally use the enhanced karmic cowl for the 50 vit and spirit
you can use darkside materia on this build too becouse you get back the health that you loose when using abilities
This is sweet! honestly I have been trying to find a good hp absorb build with cloud to replace my old one from remake (deadly dodge + hp absorb - rip) so this looks great! wouldlove to see more builds for other characters too
So I have elemental and f&I in the weapons slot, elemental, l&w in armour as well so I can absorb those elements and to make swapping more convenient, and enemy skill with HP absorb, but also ATB boost paired with first strike, and Darkside, this build is my fav & it's absolute clutch!
Thanks for the vid. Can’t wait to try this build. Got a ways to go.
Side note plasma discharge is actually obtained in the Grasslands section of the game.
You can get an accessory with assess on it so you can use that instead of the materia
From where?
I think an accessory slot is more valuable than a materia slot though.
@@zleo7054you have to win the queens blood tournament on the boat
Queens Blood in Chapter 5@@zleo7054
@@quickpawmaudthat’s pretty debatable. So far in the game the accessories available can’t be called that much better than having additional material slot open. Maybe later there will be stronger accessories, but the materia effect ones definitely have their place.
Nice build and well described. I'll definitely try this out for hard mode, thanks.
Cloud is a beast in this game
Enemy materia in this game is pretty much the ultimate materia you want equipped on whichever character you're going to be using the most at the moment. So much more useful than part 1, if only because of Sonic Boom and Plasma Discharge. But mind blast is great too.
Late game stuff: craft the accessory that starts the character at max limit level. Equip it to cloud. Equip limit siphon materia to cloud. Cloud, Aerith, anyone else. Heal with aerith when necessary, limit siphon from both other characters and spam limit break by cloud.
Can’t wait to try this , pre ordered the game still waiting for it to arrive just hoping square Enix don’t nerf this in the meantime
Mug is a really good skill for dumping atb too, since it gives a pretty big chunk of atb back to cloud. This build works on just about everyone though. I want to see a build on cloudd punishment build.
Nice setup, and it's lightweight enough to incorporate into many other builds out there.
Thank u so much for this. Wow the difference it makes.
I equip the Aureate Pinion in the Accessory slot, +10 speed, faster ATB charge
You can also equip an accessory called "Assess Materia Earrings" to gain assess ability and free up the slot to another Materia
Wasting accessory slots is a terrible idea
I noticed they also put Crisis Core materia in this game which is pretty cool one of them that I have is called jump it's a lot slower but it's really cool
I mean use elemental - fire ice
Enemy skill - hp absorb
Dark side
And then use another character on the party like yuffie with the double with synergy comet your welcome
I wish there were two enemy skill materias like in the original so I could use this and the exploding Yuffie build simultaneously to melt everything in the game
dam, thumbs up for the idea of linking hp absorbtion with enemy skills!
How are u able to get the link material for the sleek saber?
you can must level up your weapon and then it automaticly changes the materia slots
Until it’s leveled high enough use another sword. The elemental damage is way more than you’d get with the extra stats
There's so much wrong and misleading here.
For one, you say it'll hit fire AND ice. It actually alternates between fire, OR ice. You can see it alternating between the two when you play, even in this footage. The damage gained from this is actually so pitiful and miniscule that you're better off slapping it on your armour - even (and especially) at rank 3.
HP Absorb might restore a grand total of 1k HP throughout an entire boss fight if you're solely using it with Plasma Discharge. The best use of this materia pairing with Enemy Skill is actually with the Self Destruct ability - but that takes a lot more setup and items than a guide of this length can encompass. Even then, it's a nearly useless materia when prayer/chakra/magnify-healing exist as options.
This combo is not "Broken", it's actually incredibly standard and probably the first thing many people thought to do - myself included. It's certainly far from "the best". This combo will definitely not suffice to clear you through the challenging hard mode content.
Would have been nice to note the locations of where n when these materia are available (HP Absorbtion) As it seems only available near endgame of 1st playthrough. Spent ligit a cpl hours scouring the net and in-game trying to do CS to earn it.
Great video, maybe add a bit more info for future reference.
Should pair this with Steal and use Mug to teleport slash enemies and nearly replenish its cost on hit. You recharge so fast you hit the internal cooldown timer on the Plasma blasts. Use a synergy that grants 3 ATB bars and infinitely spam Mug explosions this way.
Is there any example video about this strategy and how it works ?
I find it's more useful to link this to MP absorb, then throw on regen, with barrier or haste, something like that. You'll maintain health and mp.
I stopped using the Assess Materia once I got the earrings. Been using the Assess earrings instead
I’m guessing as the Sleek Saber levels up it gains a paired materia slot?
I hope so. I'm early in the game and my saber doesn't have the slots he has.
I can't wait till I get elemental materia and hp absorb . And I might switch it to cloud. Since Red has been using enemy skill materia
this set up can be used on just about anyone, works really well with barret
Ok kwel I guess I missed how you get the Plasma Ability?
In the grasslands, it becomes unlockable via Chadley’s combat simulator after doing the 16 assess scans for the area
Is there some update to the sleek saber? because mine doesn't have the linked material (lvl 4 weapon). Should I need to level up more or there's another sleek saber with the linked materia?
Yeah mine doesn't either...
Very helpful! Thanks!
You're welcome!
Finally got this and it's fun.
How do you get the material slots on the sleek saber to be linked? Mine aren’t linked
as you collect folios and unlock weapon levels and more of the orbs in the folio menu your weapons gain more slots and sometimes get linked slots, this effects the early game weapons more so than the late game ones
For those wondering, the Sleek Saber gains a materia link at Weapon Level 5. Cheers!
I got excited and thought there'd be something I could use for brutal and legendary challeges..😢😢
Day7 with no platinum trophy
So how’s this handle the end game brutal and legendary challenges?
It doesn’t lol
I pretty much did this exact build on my own, but just wanted to see if I missed anything. 😅
How is your sleek sabers materia slots linked?!
Also my question. Mine is not.
Great video... I'm gonna have to try this out.
i've used this build for basically my whole playthrough, but just on tifa
why is your sleek saber his linked materia slots? mine has 4 but all separate
Same Here. 4 Slots but not linked in the weapon
Yes more builds bro you’re the man 🤘🏾🤘🏾
1:22 ...why? It makes perfect sense. That's why I did it immediately and long before I watched this video.
Just curious, in remake it was possible to have HP Absorb + Enemy Skill linked along with Subversion + Warding linked plus the weapon skill reprieve to use self destruct without dying (and gain a full limit bar while doing it), is that still a viable combo in rebirth?
I’m very curious about this as well
I exploded Cloud yesterday, and yes it is.
Honestly I believe they should do a 8 remake
didnt know hp absorb worked with enemy skill, that could be nice for sure. especially on hard mode where you dont wanna waste MP- I know chakra exist, but enemy skill materia has a 5% bonus to everything as well.
This was pretty cool, but I can't unhear you say equippeded
I've noticed different content creators saying the letter H differently.
People seem to pronounce it "haytch"...is this this how it was taught in school or is this a gamer way of saying it or maybe a regional/cultural thing? Just curious. 😂
I'm excited to try this combo out. Thanks for sharing.
@@Hevel-ki6exth yeah, it was more for my own curiosity.
Bro I thought it was just me. Maybe it’s a Europe thing, I hear it a lot. Not how I’ve ever heard it pronounced in USA
@@gboccia yeah, maybe European. I was also wondering if maybe a Canadian thing
I just got the hp absorb materia and that was the first thing I tried then found your video lol it’s so broken I love it thanks for the guides
where is hp abosrb?
@Segur666
I was know too😂
@@Segur666HP Absorb is from Chadley once you get to Costa Del Sol.
Has anyone tested if HP absorb + Enemy Skill for using self Destruct. I'm assuming it would keep you alive?
Does elemental actually work on that? The tooltip says it would only effect the left materia.
It works with the dual ones. If you look at clouds sword you will see it go from fire to ice.
I pair this build with aerith arcane ward with synergy materia + elemental materia =link= fire (etc.). And aerith is busting out elemntal magic for free after i use abilities like triple slash
How did your sleek saber come with a pair mine doesn’t wth
Gotta level it up
@@codybrady6940At which level do you get the linked materia ?
@NotForAnimals I can't remember tbh. It's currently level 5 and I've had the linked slots for a while.. Maybe lvl 3 or so?
@@codybrady6940 Ok maybe its like character level dependant because i'm like at weapon level 4, Cloud level 28 and still not weapon materia link. I'll just be a patient little boi and wait lol. Thanks for the reply.
@NotForAnimals I'm pretty sure it's entirely wpn. level dependent, but the levels for new and linked slots just vary from weapon to weapon. I was thinking of the sleek saber specifically when I said 3ish. But again, I could be wrong 😂 no problem tho!
Question how come my sword " Sleek saber " the first materia cant fusion them together?
You weapon level ain't high enough
how to level it? you just have to use it right?@@whocaresreallywho2464
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How do you level it??
@@zekrom9586 just play the game, get into fights and it slowly levels up
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Ah, I see. I was trying to figure this out for the longest time and Google doesn’t not help
Definitely using this on hard mode. Hopefully it won't get patched.
why would it get patched? thats exactly how that should work
What about to use shorcuts for common attacks?
I don't have plasma discharge with the rune blade. Only with the Umbral Blade
Is this an end game build, or a hard mode build? Cause the armor you've got on cloud is significantly weaker than anything I have, I'm at the end.
Cool build, does adding skill master or speed plus materia help?
Cloud is so strong in this game. Actually everybody is strong with the right setups but Remake Cloud is kinda meh compared to Tifa so i’m glad Rebirth made him take center stage
Am I doing smth wrong? i equipped the materia, yes, in linked slots...but my sword doesnt seem to do the elemental dmg i equipped :(
Is there a trick to having HP Absorb trigger automatically with ATB gain and Plasma Discharge? I only get health back when I manually use Plasma Discharge
Can you write with materia did you exactly used to each item?
Yup, big mistake he made I think of not adding a list lol.
Respect for working this out just finished the story was unbelievable can't wait for the next hope they have a dlc for Vincent or vid
*Cid
I imagine the DLC will be cid but It'd be sweet if they made the DLC a remake of Dirge. I think that'd make a lot of sense. Thought what would have made sense and clearly what they didn't do would have been to have done DLC for the first game a remake of Crisis Core (which they did put out as a seperate game) then do Dirge as DLC for the second game and then make DLC of the 3rd game be a game version of Advent children.@@BoBurnham69
@@Beray02 Dirge takes place after the FF7 story. So I don't think canonically it'll make a lot of sense. Would love to see it though because I never played the original Dirge.
I have the sleeker sword but the first 2 slots are not linkable. How do you get this?
Would be nice if you specified where to get these from. Like what do you mean “all the Junon” stuff
Damn, good guide
Damn, good comment
Thank you, and don’t forget to haste. Even faster ATB hehehe
I paired elemental materia with fire and ice on the sleek saber but it doesnt link? Please help
How do you get sleek Saber to have linked materia slots?
How does he get the linked material on sleek sabre?
That’s what I’m wondering!
Plasma is from grasslands report
I love plasma . Its such a sick power up
How do you get it?
@@BigAussieCheeses It's a reward from one of Chadley's simulation trials. It's the one that requires you to assess 16 different enemies from the grasslands area.
@@BigAussieCheeses the simulation for discharge has you need to assess enough enemies and face a region's classified intel battle (which requires you do enough of the region's lifesprings to unlock it) but you also need to be dumping AP into the enemy skill materia as the later enemy skill trials need the materia ranked up
Plasma discharge link with hp obsorb materia is op! 😊