whats you best materia set-up?

[astrognats]

so far one of the most amazing materia set-ups i have ever seen will kill emerald weapon in 2 - 3 moves and will kill him off in the quickest time possible 1 min 18 seconds(there might be a quicker way but i doubt it).

Have barrert with his missing score and any other armour with max links, in each link place 1 mime and 1 command counter making a total of 8 mimes and 8 command counters (all mastered).

Set his limit break to Ungarmax . Enter battle, toss him a couple of Hero Drinks to push up his damage, and hit Emerald with Ungarmax. Wait for Emerald to attack Barret, and he will counter with 8 Ungarmaxes, enough to kill Emerald outright. Ungarmax is used is because it will do the most separate hits over the shortest span of time.

any others?

[-N-]

Wow, that is amazing... could you do that with Cid's Venus Gospel and Highwind? I believe both deliver 30 attacks.

The only problem with your setup is that you miss out on the 50000 AP Emerald has to offer! 50000! Aye!

I was thinking small scale nifty materia combos, like...

Added Effect - Hades: for weapons
HP Absorb - Knights: only decent way to use HP absorb
Final Attack - Phoenix: for obvious reasons
Steal as well - Steal: two chances to steal for the price of one

I've never really relied on materia combos to get me through the game, and all the good ones require a ridiculous amount of mastered materia, which I don't have the time or patience to do.

[DJZen]

I just like using Added Effect - Transform, it always amazes me how many of my enemies get turned into little frogs!

[Pinky]

My favourtie, equip Yuffie with her Conformer and power her up. Then equip her with as many counter attack materias as you can and a mastered Cover materia. Most I ever managed was 15 counters and 1 cover

Just imagine, 15x9999 = 149985 damage, every time anyone gets attacked. Just have a few exlixers/megalixers handy and you'll have no problems