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[GL] STMR Rankings
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Happy New Year everyone!
With our first year in the GL release of 7★ era closing, I wanted to share something with the community to give back. This was inspired by u/XenaRen 's [JP] STMR Ranking which has been very helpful for me playing in JP. Though his list is also applicable to GL, there are a lot of GLEX changes and new units/STMRs that need to be accounted for. My goal is that after checking the list, readers get an idea of the worth of the STMR and FAQ's are addressed such as:
- Is it worth going for the STMR?
- Will this STMR serve me long to justify going for it?
- Am I better off keeping (2) 7★ units?
Disclaimer: STMRs are considered whale territory and with good reason at that. However, by playing for a good while, managing resources, off-banner summons, step-ups, mixer prisms, & UoCs (inc. GLEX variety), it is possible for even F2Ps to get them. Also, recently JP released a feature where we can trade STMR tickets to get a 100% Super Trust Moogle (STM).
As always, everything is open for discussion and please feel free to let me know if there are things I missed or you might want to add. I intended this to be a guide of sorts and not as gospel so take it with a grain of salt.
Side-note: STMRs being in the same tier does not necessarily mean they are equal ie. STMR A & B is at S tier but A maybe closer to S tier while B maybe closer to A tier. Also, being in B tier doesn't mean the STMR is thrash, they will always be strict upgrades to TMRs. Even those in B might be S for your specific unit or lineup. Considering of adding a proper C tier to emphasize the difference to B tier later on. The list is also in no particular order.
Update(s): as of 1/11/2019
- Added STMR names for easier browsing, also for mobile
- Added Cloud, Sephiroth, Tifa, and Vincent's STMRs
- A. Fryevia's STMR re-ranked to S tier
- Felix STMR promoted to S due to its flexibility even for MAG/Hybrid units
- Circe's STMR promoted to A due to mages which prefer LB over higher MP pool
- GL Sakura's STMR promoted to A due to scarcity of MAG TDH and also used by mag-focused Hybrids
- Lilith's STMR promoted to A due to being a solid tank materia and easy to proc with Maces as also solid HP-sticks due to IW
S Tier
These will give the most improvement in your team and they will almost be always equipped in your units. Definitely worth pulling/fusing 4 of.
| Unit | Type | Effect | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arngrim | Greatsword Bahamut Tear | [Two-Handed] ATK 165, Lightning-element (Accuracy 50%, Variance: x1.0 to x1.6, LB Dam. 30%) | 2H variance, good for non-imbue TDH units, especially if LB is part of their rotation and/or they can capitalize the Lightning-element.cough, Hyoh |
| Dracu Lasswell | Accessory Gothic Amulet | ATK 50 (Equipment ATK 50%, Accuracy 25% when single wielding TDH, Phys./Mag. dodge 15/10%) | BiS for a long time for any Phys. TDH unit. Even units with high innate TDH could use 1 of these (no 300% innate TDH unit yet). The additional dodge passives may allow a 100% dodge TDH unit (ie D. Lasswell himself) |
| Felix | Light armor Toy Soldier's Uniform | ATK 45, DEF 10, MAG 45, SPR 10 (ATK/MAG 10%, Fire/Earth Resist 30%) | Highest offensive stat Light armor currently. With added passive % increase to reach that 400% cap and couple elemental resist to boot. Also, flexible due to combined ATK & MAG flat stats |
| Luneth | Clothes Luneth's Clothes | ATK 45, DEF 1, SPR 1 (Fire/Water/Wind/Earth Resist 30%) | Highest ATK clothes - which a lot of phys TDH unit capitalize. The elemental resists more than made up for its 1 DEF/SPR and is more desirable for "Elemental Tetris" trials later on. |
| Wilhelm | Heavy armor Imperial Armor | DEF 110, SPR 110 (HP 20%) | Best tank armor on any unit that can wear Heavy armor. Future trials will dish out both phys & mag type attacks and your tank may only cover 1 type. Thus, will appreciate having high both defensive stats. |
| Rem | Accessory Betrothal Ring (FF TYPE-0) | MAG 40, SPR 40 (MAG/SPR 40%, Auto-Regen:60 1.2x) | High flat stats with high increase stat percentage passive? Both MAG & SPR at that? All in a single accessory. The regen is just icing on the cake. |
| Queen | Accessory Lucid Lenses | ATK 55 (100% chance to ignore fatal damage above 1% HP, max.1) | Current highest flat ATK accessory for those TDH units. Though there will be 60 ATK accessories later on, its the 100% chance to escape death as long as above 1% is what makes this top item and may spell victory or defeat. Especially for units who abuse stacking moves |
S Tier
These also provide significant upgrade on your line up. Enough to make you seriously consider pulling a fourth one to complete them. Always worth fusing 4 of.
| Unit | Type | Effect | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Fryevia | Sword Daybreak | [Two-Handed] ATK 160, MAG 120 (MP 20%, Accuracy 50%, Variance: x1.05 to x1.55) | 2H for added variance, Elementless for flexibility since GL has many hybrid/TDH imbue units that can maximize this. Moreso once GL gets the "STMR triggers Trust Ability" patch |
| KH Cloud | Greatsword Buster Sword (KH) | [Two-Handed] ATK 180 (Accuracy 50%, Variance: x1.0 to x1.6) | Carbon-copy of OG Cloud's STMR |
| Cloud | Greatsword Ultima Weapon | [Two-Handed] ATK 180 (Accuracy 50%, Variance: x1.0 to x1.6) | The original Buster Sword. Literally the same as KH Cloud's right now only relatively easier to get due to non-limited |
| Nal | Spear Vajrayana | [Two-Handed] ATK 175, Lightning-Element (Accuracy 50, Variance: x1 to x1.5) | High ATK, damage variance, with innate Lightning-element to abuse. If only there are many TDH units that can capitalize this weapon type, would've been S . I suppose CG Cid using external lightning imperil anyone? |
| Ramza | Light shield Escutcheon (FFT) | DEF 60, SPR 60 (HP 15%, All-Element Resist 20%) | Being Light shield gives this more units who can use it. Also, the added HP and elemental coverage makes this shine better later on. |
| Mercenary Ramza | Heavy shield Reverie Shield (FFT) | DEF 92, SPR 84 (DEF/SPR 20%) | Best Heavy shield currently in terms of pure defensive stats. Units with scale off DEF/SPR will also want this. |
| Lucius | Hat Glorious Headpiece | ATK 52 (LB 3/turn, ATK 30% if with Fist) | Decent upgrade from Prishe's Hairpin. With flat LB per turn to assist LB-centric rotations. More so if the unit happens to be a Fist-user. Fei, from future Xenogears collab comes to mind |
| Kryla | Hat Kryla's Veil | DEF 35, SPR 84 (Fire/Ice/Light/Dark Resist 20%) | Highest SPR hat currently and will see more use when future trials hit GL due to its elemental resists. Be sure to farm those Magic Sanctuary before fusing, you need all of them |
| Eileen | Hat Scanning Goggles | ATK 52 (Plant/Stone/Bug/Machine-Killer 50%) | Same ATK as Lucius' but with killers to common types instead. Better if enemy is applicable type. |
| Seaside Nichol | Clothes Summer Trunks | DEF 24, MAG 70, SPR 24 (HP/MP 20%, LB Fill-rate 50%, Water Resist 50%) | Real solid stats, offense and bulk, for a mage with water-resist as cherry on top. If this were a robe - preferred by most mages... |
| CG Sakura | Robe Sakura's Robe | DEF 14, MAG 77, SPR 42 (LB 1/turn, Lightning-resist 50%) | High MAG robe. Lightning resist and flat LB per turn as bonus only made it better. Oh, and its not restricted to Female btw. |
| Yuna | Robe Yuna's Clothes | DEF 32, MAG 44, SPR 78 (EVO MAG 20%, Fire/Ice/Lightning/Water Resist 20%) | High SPR robe with EVO MAG and elemental resist. Best if used by a summoner but still great if by others. Also, not restricted.no 7★ male summoner yet though |
| Dark Fina | Robe Amiculum Nigra | [Female-only] DEF 30, MAG 72, SPR 72 (MP 30%, MP-Refresh 5%, Sleep/Paralyze-immunity) | Though restricted to females, its high stats both MAG & SPR, MP support - which future mages want due to MP-hungry Q/V-cast, and immunity to 2oo4 debilitating status ailment more than made up for it. |
| Fryevia | Accessory Florid Hairpin | ATK 25, MAG 25 (Equipment ATK/MAG 50, Accuracy 25% when single wielding TDH) | Currently the only accessory with TDH for both ATK & MAG. If flat stats were higher, would be S . Useful not only for Hybrid units but also more for TDH mages due to scarcity of MAG TDH sources currently. |
| Awakened Rain | Accessory Knight's Medal | ATK 30, DEF 30, MAG 30, SPR 30 (All-Elemental Resist 30%) | Though the flat stats are relatively lower, the full-elemental resist made up for it. Its also versatile in who will use it (not limited to a DD or a support). You may be tired of seeing this but, Elemental Tetris, remember? |
| Zargabaath | Materia Judge's Oath | HP 30%, DEF 30%, SPR 30% (All-Elemental Resist 20%) | Complete tank stats and full-elemental coverage. Besides, no use having 2x 7★ Zargs, right? |
| Gladiolus | Materia Shield of the Chosen King | HP 50%, DEF 30% (Increase DEF by 100% when HP drops below 80%) | Real solid physical bulk. The DEF crisis buff that can be easily proc'ed is just bonus. Will make completing the HP-parameter mission easier later on. |
| Basch | Materia Unquestionable Loyalty | HP 50%, SPR 30% (30% chance to counter magic attacks with self 50 MP-refill) | Magical version of Gladio's and deserves such tier as well. MP-counter instead of a crisis buff |
| Sora | Materia Heart's Light | ATK 70%, Equipment ATK 20% when DW | Unconditional high ATK passives and a bonus TDW. Will get buffed to its JP counterpart (see KH Cloud's notes) |
| Christine | Materia Winter Child | MAG 50%, Equip MAG 30% when DW, Ice Resist 30% | Unique materia being a source of unrestricted equipment MAG and passive MAG stat increase. TDW also being a lot easier for mages. Ice resist is always welcome |
A Tier
These are top-tier items but rarely worth pulling a 4th to complete. Also, fuse at your discretion.
| Unit | Type | Effect | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenneth | Bow Soothsayer Bow | [Two-Handed] ATK 160, SPR 30 (Accuracy 70%, Variance: x1.25 to x1.75) | Though, there are few innate Bow TDH unitscough, Ang, the higher than GS variance (x1.5 ave.) may make you consider using Equip Bow on a materia slot. Now I regret selling those Artemios' before |
| Nyx | Dagger Nyx's Dagger | ATK 158, DEF 50, Fire-element (HP 20%, All-Element Resist 20%) | Innate Fire-element as GLEX upgrade. Also BiS for tanks (HP Elem. resists) that utilizes daggers |
| Kurasame | Sword Iceblade Himuro | ATK 130, MAG 162, Ice-element | Good Hybrid stats with more favor for MAG. Higher rating than in JP since we have Fryevia and even Reberta who can make use of it |
| Orlandu | Greatsword Thunder God's Sword | ATK 174, Light-element | High ATK GS and innate light element. DW units makes the most use of this. Will probably drop a tier if we get the 2H ATK-parameter GS (assuming the same) |
| CG Citra | Staff Badrosa | ATK 12, MAG 110, SPR 150 (EVO MAG 30%) | High MAG and SPR for any support. Though summoners will make the most use of it since EVO sources are scarce. |
| Ayaka | Staff Serapia's Staff | ATK 12, SPR 166 (HP/MP 15%) | Highest SPR staff currently with a sprinkle of HP & MP for added bulk and mp pool. Also, nice for those SPR-scaling damage dealers that we have |
| Dragonlord | Rod Dragonlord's Sceptre | ATK 28, MAG 159 (MP 40%) | High MAG rod but what makes this good is the high MP passive. You want to stack as much MP without compromising MAG due to future mages Q/V-casts |
| Circe | Rod Sibyl Crescent | ATK 24, MAG 164 (MP 20%, LB 2/turn) | Mag stat stick with MP increase as well but with flat LB per turn which LB-mages prefer |
| Vincent | Gun Death Penalty (FFVII) | [Two-Handed] ATK 175 (Accuracy 70%, Variance: x1.3 to x1.7) | Strong elementless 2H gun. Would be S if we have many gun-users (see Regina) but may also be niche for self-imbuing TDH units, or those with elements in their skills (ie. Citan) |
| CG Sieghart | Heavy shield Attractive Shield | DEF 85 (HP 30%, Earth Resist 80%) | Great for tanking physical attacks, more so if its also earth element |
| Elfim | Robe Elephim's Dress | DEF 25, MAG 30, SPR 75 (HP 20%, LB Fill-rate 50%, Songs' MP cost-20%) | High SPR robe with HP and fill-rate. The MP reduction to songs is almost negligible |
| Freya | Hat Empress Garland | DEF 40, MAG 50, SPR 50 (HP 30%, Silence/Petrify-Immunity) | Any squishy mage/healer will appreciate the added bulk on top of high offensive/healing stats. The status immunity also help and may allow to forgo a Ribbon/Discernment when combined with the unit's innate status resists |
| Malphasie | Accessory Ravenheart | ATK/MAG 40, DEF/SPR 10 (MP 10%, ATK/MAG 20%, Phys & Mag Demon/Bird-killer 25%, enable Dual Cast | Nice accessory for hybrids. Good flat stats and good passives. If only the passives were higher, it would be the Rem accessory hybrid version |
| Kunshira | Accessory Magic Control Ring | ATK 50, MAG 50 (Fire/Lightning/Water/Wind/Light Resist 15%) | Great for Hybrids looking for high flat equip stats. With added elemental-resist, otherwise B tier |
| Barbariccia | Accessory Barbariccia's Bangles | MAG 50 (HP/MP 20%, Wind Resist 50%, enable Wind of Chaos - increase mod to Aero/Aerora, Aeroga/Tornado, AeroI/AerogaV/Aeroja/RagingWinds by 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, respectively) | Good flat MAG stat with added HP & MP. Wind resistance is good if it matters and adds mods to common Wind spells. Wind-element stacking magic users get the most out of it. Comparable to Freya(VP)'s TMR, otherwise |
| Squall | Materia A Lion's Heart | LB Dam. 55%, LB 3/turn | Perfect for LB centered damage dealers. Additional LB modifier and flat LB fill per turn. Though there is Kyanos (4★ TMR) in the future. Will drop a couple tier once he's released |
| Reberta | Materia Dragoon's Wisdom | Jump Damage x1.50 (HP/MP/DEF 20%, ATK 50% if with Spear) | Solid source of offense and defensive stats for a spear-wielder. Also, jump damage boost which jumpers and future CG Cid is sure to love. See jump mechanics/cap to appreciate |
| A2 | Materia Gentle Traitor | Machine Phys/Mag killer 50% (ATK 80% if with Greatsword) | GS users still being META and will see a lot of use. Especially against a Machine enemy |
| Viktor | Materia Marchenko's Secrets | Sleep/Paralyze/Confusion/Petrify-immunity, DEF 80% if with Heavy armor | Immunity to all debilitating ailments is always welcome.While the high DEF passive is almost unconditional as most tanks can wear Heavy armor anyway |
| Shantotto II | Materia Witch's Cackle | Auto-Refresh 5%, MAG 80% if with Rod | Almost unconditional since most mages use rods and the additional MP/turn is always welcome for mages. |
| Beatrix | Materia Loyal General | Equip ATK 50%, Accuracy 25% when single wielding TDH, Equip ATK 10% when DW, ATK 50% if with Greatsword | Useful for both TDH and TDW unit as long as they equip a GS |
| Onion Knight | Materia Onion Knight's Mission | ATK 80% if with Sword, Phys. Undead-killer 50% | High ATK passive and GL has greater number of sword users. The undead-killer is just the bonus |
| CG Fina | Materia Pure Lotus | Auto-Refresh 12%, Auto-100%ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR Buff, Auto-Regen (2900 1.2x), LB 2.5/turn | Great HP & MP passive recovery with nice flat LB fill, albeit 2.5 being weird. Though the full-buff is easily overwritten by strong ones, this ensures equipped unit is always buffed even after dispelled, revived, or for those preemptive attacks. Also, Arena Cancer materia |
| Aranea | Materia Skylancer | Equip ATK 100%, Accuracy 25% when single wielding TDH, ATK 30% if with Spear | A buffed version of Buster Style for Spear-users. Even if not equipped with spear, this is still good for those without Cloud. Later on, CG Cid will maximize its use |
| Ellesperis | Materia Vampyrism | Demon/Human Phys-killer 25%, ATK 40% if with Katana, ATK 40% if with Clothes | Though the killers seem low, its a rather common enemy type. Both the ATK passives are also easy to proc as Clothes are also a nice source of equipment ATK. Will shine even more later on when GL hit the Katana-META with Akstar |
| Sephiroth | Materia Twisted Hero | ATK 80%, DEF/MAG/SPR 20% if with katana | Real solid offense boost with some defensive passives as well. Also, will see much use once we go to Katana era (see Ellesperis') |
| Rinoa | Materia Winged Heart | All-Ailment-immunity, Fire/Ice/Lightning/Wind Resist 60%, Auto-cast Charm Resist 50% | A ribbon on steroids with high resist on 4oo8 elements. Damage dealers also appreciate it being a materia as they need the accessory slot for their flat stat needs. 50% charm resist is niche and RNG can screw you. However, it will be better once GL fixed it to stack ie. with a units innate charm-resist |
| Grim Lord Sakura | Materia Grim Brilliance | HP/MP 20%, Equipment MAG/SPR 50% when single wielding TDH | Same as Demon Rain's although this will see more use due to the scarcity of MAG TDH sources. No SPR-scaling TDH units currently but otherwise BiS for Grim Lord Sakura herself |
| Lilith | Materia Malefic Heart | HP 30%, Fire/Dark Resist 50%, DEF/SPR 30% if with Mace | See fusion of Rasler's and Crow's TMR with good fire/dark resistance. Easy to proc for tanks since most of them can use mace, or even healers like CG Fina. Though I doubt you'd rather fuse the other Lilith instead of having (2) of her in you-know-where |
B Tier
Nice-to-have items, sometimes niche but nothing game-changing. Not worth pulling specifically to complete. Less pressure in fusing now or later
| Unit | Type | Effect | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machina | Sword Excalibur (FF TYPE-0) | ATK 163 (allow DW) | Stat stick with added DW. Though most DW units do have their innate DW |
| Estark | Sword Hell Sabre | ATK 176 (enable Shocking Slash - AoE Dark Phys 2.8x 50% Dark-imperil for 3 turns, Onion Slice frames) | High ATK sword and gives a Dark-element chaining move. It has low mod for current standards but niche if you lack chaining partners in 10-mans. |
| Lightning | Sword Omega Weapon (FFXIII) | ATK 176 | Stat stick. Maximized by DW units |
| Shadowlord | Sword Sagasinger | ATK 160 (HP/MP 20%) | Lower ATK than other STMR swords but with added HP & MP instead |
| Lorraine | Greatsword Chrome Sphene | ATK 170, DEF 20, SPR 20 | High ATK greatsword with some defensive stats |
| CG Hyou | Greatsword Ultima Weapon (FFBE) | ATK 180 | Highest ATK GS but one-handed. Consider keeping (2) Hyohs instead |
| Aloha Lasswell | Katana Beach Umbrella | ATK 170, DEF 40 | 2nd highest ATK katana with some DEF stat. Also, 1H |
| CG Lasswell | Katana Zantetsuken (FFBE) | ATK 174 (LB fill rate 50%, Increase esper's bonus stats 10% | Current highest ATK katana with a LB-rate bonus to keep LB rotations going |
| Duke | Spear Virtue Drake | ATK 173 (Phys/Mag Dragon-killer 75%) | Beefed up version of Reberta's TMR |
| Summer M. Fina | Whip Summer Whip | ATK 93, MAG 163 (change to inflict all ailments 80%, enable Rainbow Whip - AoE hybrid 9x all-element type) | High MAG whip and good for "inflict X-element" missions due to its added skill. Will shine for Scorn of Gilgamesh Trial |
| Ace | Projectile Black Trump | ATK 62, MAG 169 | High MAG throwing weapon though very few mages prefer this weapon type |
| Tiana | Projectile Flask of Uncertainty | ATK 60, MAG 170 (MAG 30%) | Slight upgrade to Ace's STMR and with added MAG passive increase. BiS for herself but would be higher if there were more MAG units using throwing weapons |
| Gilgamesh | Helm Genji Helm (FFV) | ATK 45, DEF 15, SPR 2 (Dark Resist 30%, Paralyze/Confuse/Petrify-immunity) | Its ATK is a bit higher than AD Kain's TMR as both Helm type. Though, the immunity to 3 disabling status and some Dark resist is nice. |
| Adam Jensen | Clothes Jensen's Trenchcoat | ATK 35, DEF/SPR 20 (ATK 50% if with Gun) | If used by a Gun-wielder, better than Luneth's. Otherwise good offensive Clothes-type armor. |
| Forren | Light armor Rider's Armor | ATK 40, DEF 14, SPR 18 (Wind Resist 80%) | High ATK Light armor. Would be a tier higher if Light armor is commonly used |
| Olive | Accessory Olive's Journal | ATK 40, Phys Machine-killer (ATK 50% if with Gun) | Great item if mastery is applicable. Otherwise TMR level with Machine killer |
| Beryl | Dagger Fallen Angle | ATK 10, MAG 142, SPR 142 (Light/Dark Resist 40%, Equip MAG 50% when single wielding TDH - Beryl only | If only the MAG TDH is also applicable to others, would be a couple of tiers higher. Still good dagger for mages and almost all of them can equip daggers naturally. The high resist, albeit only light and dark, certainly helps when it matters |
| Ignis | Dagger Zwill Crossblade (FFXV) | ATK 145, MAG 145 (MP 20%) | For mages to take advantage of its high MAG and MP bonus. Also, if we get a GLEX hybrid Dagger-user |
| Roy | Harp Two-Headed Dragon's Harp | [Two-Handed] ATK 20, MAG 70, SPR 156 (HP 30%, MP 20%, SPR 30%, Accuracy 70%, Variance: x1.3 to x1.7) | Nice weapon for bards, if you still prefer using them. Especially on Roy himself |
| Prompto | Gun Executioner (FFXV) | ATK 161, SPR 66 (enables DW) | High ATK 1H gun with good SPR. As if designed for DW units in mind, also grants DW |
| Prishe | Fist Godhands (FFXI) | ATK 171 (enables Shijin Spiral - ST 3x, ignore 50% DEF Phys, imperil Fire/Water/Wind/Earth by 50% for 3 turns, inflict Disease (100%) | Great 1H Fist. The added skill may be useful if you needed to apply an external imperil and the disease is always good as long as enemy is not immune to it |
| Tifa | Fist Premium Heart (FFVII) | ATK 170 (enables Premium Heart - gain 3LB/turn) | Another high ATK 1H elementless fist with flat LB fill. Comparable to Aigaion's Fist but still a strict upgrade regardless |
| Dark Veritas | Heavy armor Darklord's Armor | ATK 34, DEF 34, SPR 24 (Dark Resist 80%) | Good ATK on a Heavy armor with high dark resist which is great if it matters. Would be a tier higher if there are a lot of damage dealers who prefer Heavy armor or ATK was higher |
| Fire Veritas | Heavy armor Flamelord's Armor | ATK 38, DEF 28 (Fire Resist 80%) | Same as Darklord's with SPR sacrificed to increase its ATK by 4. Also, Fire resist being more common to see more use out of it |
| Light Veritas | Heavy armor Lightlord's Armor | ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR 30 (Light Resist 80%) | Good all around stats but nothing game changing. Like all veritas STMR, high resist is great if it applies |
| Trance Terra | Accessory Three Stars (FFVI) | DEF 3, SPR 3 (MP 33%, MP Cost-50%) | OK accessory if you're really hurting keeping up your MP pool. Would be a tier higher if they increased the flat stats but hey, they needed to keep using (3) |
| Noctis | Materia Hexatheon's Revelation | HP/MP/ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR 20%, Fire/Ice/Lightning/Water/Wind/Earth Resist 20%, LB 2/turn) | Its GLEX upgrade made it from a slight TMR upgrade to a proper STMR. Though 20% stat increase is low, coupled with a 20% elemental resist (for future trials) and the flat LB per turn makes it good. |
| Lulu | Materia Booster Cactuar | MAG 60%, SPR 20% (Water Resist 50%) | Unconditional MAG source with some SPR and Water resist which is nice if applicable |
| Emperor | Materia Corrupt Emperor | HP 10%, MAG 60% (Fire Resist 50%) | See Lulu's but with HP instead of SPR |
| Knight Delita | Materia Dark Aspirations | HP/ATK/DEF 30%, Phys Human-killer 50% | Nice phys bulk on top of ATK passive. The killer is there for common enemy type. Arena anyone? |
| Dark Knight Cecil | Materia Dark Sword Arts | ATK 30%, Equipment ATK 100%, Accuracy 25% when single wielding DH | High Doublehand passive even if for 1H only. Useful for any DH unit, sometimes we even build TDH units DH due to lack of 2H elemental weapons |
| Demon Rain | Materia Demon's Gambit | HP 30%, Equipment ATK/DEF 50%, Accuracy 25% when single wielding TDH | The bulk and DEF TDH is nice on top of the more common ATK. However, most likely be used by counter tanks like Demon Rain himself or DEF-scaling units like Viktor |
| 2B | Materia Executioner | Phys/Mag Human-killer 50%, ATK 40% if with Sword/Katana/Spear | Human killer is always nice being a common enemy type. More for DW units who can easily proc full ATK passive as its for common weapons |
| White Knight Noel | Materia Noel's Legacy | HP 10%, MAG 40%, SPR 20%, MAG 20% if with Rod, SPR 40% if with Light/Heavy shield | Almost unconditional 60% MAG as most mages use rods. The SPR passive may be good for supports who can equip Light shields. Definitely BiS for White Knight Noel himself. If only we can dual wield shields.. |
| Marie | Materia Original Arrival | All-Element Resist 30%, SPR 50% if with Staff | Supports can easily proc the staff passive while having unconditional elemental resist coverage |
| Elfried | Materia Truth Seeker | HP/DEF/SPR 30%, Equipment ATK 50%, Accuracy 25% when single wielding TDH | She kept her role as a source of TDH even in STMR. This time with added bulk which is always appreciated for future trials but who am I kidding, you'd always want the highest ATK stat you can manage anyway |
| Balthier | Materia Zodiac Shot | Phys Machine-killer 50%, ATK 80% if with Gun | Due to gun not being commonly used. Expected to raise a tier once we get someone like Regina. Machine killer is always welcome |
| Tidus | Materia Dream of the Fayth | LB fill rate 150%, Increase esper's bonus stats 50% | 150% fill-rate is a huge boon to any unit using their LB especially for LB-dependent units like Zarg/HT Lid and may be A/S- for them |
| Eiko | Materia Essence of Summoning | HP/MP/SPR 15%, EVO MAG 30% | Unconditional stat increase, albeit small, is always nice. Though its summoners who will want this for the EVO MAG |
| Runera | Materia Force Mysterion | Dark Resist 30%, Phys/Mag Demon-killer 100% | Dark resist is welcome but you'd only use it for the high Demon-killer, a common enemy type |
| Delita | Materia The Subservient | ATK 80%, Inflict 2000 damage to self at start of turn | Unrestricted 80% ATK passive is always nice, if you can manage the self-inflicted damage. If the damage were at the end of turn, would rank higher. Still good for e-peen and for ATK-parameter missions |
| Marquis de leon | Materia The King of Beasts | Phys/Mag Beast/Bird-killer 50% | Congratulations on pulling another (2) of him in the raid pool. Nice if applicable, more so if enemy procs both type |
C Tier
This is a special tier. Free STMRs or if in the future, some of them become near TMR-level, might move or add to this tier
| Unit | Type | Effect | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Popstar Katy | Materia Popstar's Pendulum | HP/MP/MAG 10%, EVO MAG 20% - Popstar Katy only | What did we expect from a free STMR? If only the EVO MAG wasn't restricted to Katy, would've been at least serviceable |
And there goes the list. I plan to keep this updated as future STMRs are released (already have a criteria score sheet) depending on the sub's reaction to it. Its also my first time writing with so many reddit formatting, which to be honest is what took a lot of time. As mentioned earlier, please feel free to comment if you want to add or there's something I missed.
I'll try my best to keep updating the list and as early as I can. There were numerous discussions in this thread and it may help provide you with additional insight, too.
May your pulls this 2019 yield rainbows.
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