Quote Originally Posted by Elexia View Post
Highest failure rate, so yeah you get a higher turnout for less materia used, but you have higher success on a high level armor with tier II and even III materia...I'm sure he knew that though and just purposefully ignoring it..especially since that wasn't even a serious meld.
Yep, melding is all luck - and like MM just clarified it happened to be a last ditch effort to make a pair of pants.