Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: Best Character Builds and Weapon Abilities | Push Square

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What are the best character builds in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth? In this Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth guide, we're going to cover all of the game's playable characters, explaining their key roles during combat, along with recommendations on Materia, weapon abilities, and weapon skills.

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To start things off, let's take a look at some of the game's best overall Materia. These Materia can benefit any and all playable party members, and we'd recommend equipping them regardless of that character's current role. This is especially true if you've got spare Materia slots and don't quite know what to use them for.

The Prayer Materia lets you use an ability called Pray, which restores HP to all active party members — and since it's an ability and not a spell, it doesn't cost any MP. Needless to say, Pray can get you out of some very difficult situations, where single-target healing simply isn't enough to keep up with the damage that your party is taking. At its max level, Prayer restores a substantial amount of HP.

However, there are a couple of downsides. Firstly, Prayer Materia isn't widely available until much later in the game — so for quite some time, you'll simply need to assign it to someone who can use it well (like Aerith). Secondly, Pray takes two ATB bars, meaning that it's a bit of a commitment.

But ultimately, if you're keen to save on MP (and healing items), Prayer Materia is a must. To make the best use of Pray, it's often a good idea to keep someone's ATB bars filled, and just keep them there as your healer for when the time comes — you won't regret it.

Another welcome way to heal your HP without having to expend MP, Chakra Materia bestows the Chakra ability, which restores a chunk of that character's HP based on the amount that's missing. In other words, it heals more HP the lower your current HP is (and it heals poison as an added bonus!).

Chakra will never be as effective as Pray or