Counter is a Support Materia in Final Fantasy VII. When linked with a variety of Command Materia, it has a chance to counter an attack with the use of the highlighted command in the linked Materia. Multiple Counter Materia can be equipped, up to eight counters per being hit.
Counter can be linked with Steal, Sense, Throw, Morph, Deathblow, Manipulate, Mime, and Master Command.
Obtained[]
Counter is found in the Northern Cave. The only way to obtain multiple Counter Materia is to master one. This requires 100000 AP, meaning it is best to equip on weapons and armor with Double or Triple AP.
Though a "Counter" prize is advertised in the Chocobo Square, this is actually the Independent Materia, Counter Attack.
Stats[]
| Level | AP required | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 30% chance of countering attacks with linked Materia. |
| 2 | 20000 | 40% chance of countering attacks with linked Materia. |
| 3 | 40000 | 60% chance of countering attacks with linked Materia. |
| 4 | 60000 | 80% chance of countering attacks with linked Materia. |
| 5 | 100000 | 100% chance of countering attacks with linked Materia. |
Use[]
Counter can be linked with a variety of Command Materia to respond to attacks once with the highlighted ability of the linked Materia. When paired with level 2 Throw or level 2 Steal, it will use Coin and Mug, respectively. In the case of Steal, if the character also equips a level 1 Steal Materia so that they know Steal and Mug at the same time, the character will counter twice when attacked, first with Steal, then with Mug—while only needing a single Counter Materia. Additionally, connected to Morph, Counter can be used in the Battle Square (typically with Yuffie utilizing Conformer for the damage advantage with Morph) to allow the W-Item duplication bug to obtain numerous Mind Sources from 8 eye. Beyond this, there are few use cases for it when compared to Magic Counter and Counter Attack.
When linked to Master Command, one of the commands is picked at random. Coin, however, is never used as a counter from a Master Command linkup. This could be detrimental if the random command ends up being Throw and the character throws something valuable.
Multiple Counter Materia can be equipped, up to eight counters per being hit.