MRD Materia

[Miyaka_Vigiles]

So I hit lvl50 for a while and I am planning on putting materia on my gear.

Whats the recommended DPS/tanking materia for MRD?

Also can I attach diffrent materia lvl to the same item? (aka STR II then STR III then STR II)

[Lienn]

Actually it's recommended you attaching the same materia. You have a better success rate when you attach the same materia. Like attaching a second STR materia in a weap with already one STR materia is higher than attaching an enmity materia to a weapon with already one str materia.

I won't suggest specific materias to specific slots since i don't really am 100% sure of whiich materia goes to which slot.

[Shorty]

Depending on whether you make your own materia or buying them...

I don't buy materia often so I only go for those I am lucky enough to make:

Raw stat ones are really common: Str, Vit, Dex, hp, mp etc...
and these ones are cheapest to use if you're going for multi-materia items.

I'm lucky enough to get an Ifrit axe, otherwise, pop in str materias
Body: crit attack for DD, lots of choices for tanking (vit and hp most common, def and eva rarer)
head: anything u want or can get ur hands on for DD, mag eva for tanking (you can also try mp for a larger pool)
hands: str or att power for DD (str is ALOT cheaper); hp, str, or parry for tanking (parry is rarer and you can get some really nice +hp ones nowadays)
belt: +hp or mp for DD, +hp or enmity for tanking (enmity materia is rare)
legs: swordsmans cry (str/dex) for DD, +hp or ironman will (str/vit) for tanking
feet: +hp for both DD and tanking or you can try +eva for tanking

Really depends on how rich you are or how lucky you are at converting gear to materia.

Good luck!

[tymora]

You have a better success rate when you attach the same materia.

No difference actually.

[Lienn]

No difference actually.

There is. It's small the difference, but there is a difference. I tried this myself when i read this at that materia topic.

An example would be these generic combos: A III + A IV >> A IV + A IV >> A IV + B IV

[Miyaka_Vigiles]

There is. It's small the difference, but there is a difference. I tried this myself when i read this at that materia topic.

An example would be these generic combos: A III + A IV >> A IV + A IV >> A IV + B IV

Whats the success % rate on the second melding?

[Lienn]

Whats the success % rate on the second melding?

Depends of the materia...IV ones i was getting 17~22% success rate

[Molly_Millions]

Depends on the role you play as MRD, OP. MRD is a viable tank and a viable DD. For tanking, I'd use touch of rage on my axe plus something else. For DD, You could go all strength or maybe STR + Sagacious Might, or something similar. I recommend melding the Demilune Buhj for it's Crit Rate +12.

Unsurprisingly, axes make the best materia to put on axes.