Summon Materia (it's red, no da!)

SUMMON MATERIA

This is probably the coolest and most useful materia around. You get to summon stuff! Yet this is typical of all Final Fantasys: you need to have the area where you summon mytical creatures from nowhere who look awesome. FF7 was the first Final Fantasy to acutally utilize 3D/CG summon sequences of the creatures that you summon, and some, I have to admit, look pretty awesome.

Although this is away from the subject of summons, my absolute favorites from this series are: Neo Bahamut, Bahamut Zero, Tupon (Typoon), Odin, and the Knights of the Round ^^. The number of times you can summon depends on the level of your materia (like if Leviathan was at level 2, then you can cast it twice, etc.)

The major drawback for summon materia is that it takes HP away from your character who equips it and they cost a lot of MP. The way to counteract this, though is to equip some HP and MP plusses. All the summons are really cool, but it'll take hell for you to get the Master Summon Huge Materia *facefault*

Hah, if you have the time to, then go on ahead and try to master all the Summon Materia....

NAME OF MATERIA	MP COST....	HOW MUCH AP YOU NEED...	DESCRIPTION
Choco/Mog	14 MP; ask the chocobos in the Chocobo Ranch to do a lil' dance for you	* - none * * - 2000 AP * * * - 14000 AP * * * * - 25000 AP Master - 35000 AP	There are two types of this summon. The most common one is called "Deathblow" and basically a Chocobo, with a mog riding on its back, rams into all enemies. The chocobo picks up the dizzy mog from the ground before disappearing. It sometimes causes stop. The second type is called "Fat Chocobo" where this really, REALLY fat chocobo comes falling from the sky and pancakes your enemies ^^.
Shiva	32 MP; Priscilla gives this to you as thanks for saving her	* - none * * - 4000 AP * * * - 15000 AP * * * * - 30000 AP Master - 50000 AP	Diamond Dust ~ The goddess of ice comes floating down from the sky. She gathers energy in her hand and then blasts your enemies with her ice power. It's a tad bit stronger than Choco/Mog.
Ifrit	34 MP; you get this after your first fight against JENOVA	* - none * * - 5000 AP * * * - 20000 AP * * * * - 35000 AP Master - 60000 AP	Hellfire ~ The god of fire comes out of nowhere and summons up his power to strike through his enemies in a ball of flame. A tad bit stronger than Shiva (darn! ^^)
Ramuh	40 MP; Get this before you go Chocobo racing in the jockey area (it's on the side by the blue windows)	* - none * * - 10000 AP * * * - 25000 AP * * * * - 50000 AP Master - 70000 AP	Judgement Bolt ~ The old man strikes lightning bolts at your enemies after judging them for a sec ^^. I personally liked the birds in the later FF series even though they were pretty ugly looking ^^.
Titan	46 MP; if you take the Gongaga course, then go to the village's melted reactor...and Ms. Kya-ha-ha calls it weak...	* - none * * - 15000 AP * * * - 30000 AP * * * * - 60000 AP Master - 80000 AP	Earth's Anger ~ The guy in the loin cloth comes down and lifts up the earth underneath your enemies to flip them over ^^;;
Odin	80 MP; you find him in the Shinra Mansion	* - none * * - 16000 AP * * * - 32000 AP * * * * - 65000 AP Master - 80000 AP	Steel Bladed Sword ~ Odin comes riding with his nifty looking horse from the moonlight and slices at all enemies, instantly killing them most of the time. Me like this one when I dun wanna fight ^^. Gungnir ~ The alternate version for Bosses or enemies that are immune to Odin's Instant death. He comes on his horse in the rain, carrying a spear before hurling it up into the heavens only for it to crash down upon your enemy for heavy damage.
Leviathan	78 MP; if you take the sidequest in Wutai to fight in the Pagoda, then this is your prize for poor Yuffie ^^;;	* - none * * - 18000 AP * * * - 38000 AP * * * * - 70000 AP Master - 100000 AP	Tidal Wave ~ Leviathan comes in the middle of an ocean (?!) and faces your enemy with its amber like eyes to screech and call forth the sea behind it to crash upon your enemies.
Bahamut	100 MP; you get this after fighting the damn Red Dragon ^^	* - none * * - 20000 AP * * * - 50000 AP * * * * - 80000 AP Master - 120000 AP	Mega Flare ~ Your first powerful non-elemental summon! It's a bit weaker than Leviathan, but good against bosses who are protected from the elements coughDemon's Gatecough The ultimate dragon of all time comes down from the sky and fires a large beam down at its enemies.
Kujata	110 MP; catch this in the Sleeping Forest of the Ancients	* - none * * - 22000 AP * * * - 60000 AP * * * * - 90000 AP Master - 140000 AP	Tri-Disaster ~ I never really used him that much. All I remember was that he was this big...warthog who called upon the three major elements: ice, fire, and lightning.
Alexander	120 MP; get this at Ice Gate Glacier before you pass out!	* - none * * - 25000 AP * * * - 65000 AP * * * * - 100000 AP Master - 150000 AP	Holy Judgement ~ The um...knight/robot thingy comes to... judge your life! Bwuahahahahah.....Beware of its holy power!
Phoenix	180 MP; win the Fort Condor Huge Materia battle!	* - none * * - 28000 AP * * * - 70000 AP * * * * - 120000 AP Master - 180000 AP	Phoenix Flames ~ As I take from the quote in Legend of the Five Rings: The Phoenix by Isawa Tadaka: "'In fire from ashes we are born; in fire to ashes we return'" (54). Phoenix revives any dead party members while at the same time injure your enemy with fire damage.
Neo Bahamut	140 MP; find this in the Whirlwind Maze	* - none * * - 30000 AP * * * - 80000 AP * * * * - 140000 AP Master - 200000 AP	Giga Flare ~ As Bahamut's second form, he takes the color of blood and takes the skies, sending your enemies up to face him before blasting them back down again with its beam for heavy damage. ^^
Bahamut ZERO	180 MP; did you save North Corel? then get this at Cosmo Canyon	* - none * * - 35000 AP * * * - 120000 AP * * * * - 150000 AP Master - 250000 AP	Tera Flare ~ The third and final form of Bahamut, it flies in space around the earth before homing in and sending its nuclear blast down to your enemies. It's always constant in attacking (6000 - 8000 HP) damage. My absolute fav ^^.
Hades	150 MP; find in the Downed Shinra Plane	* - none * * - 35000 AP * * * - 120000 AP * * * * - 150000 AP Master - 250000 AP	Black Cauldron ~ I've used this only once in my lifetime of playing FF7. Sure, the god of the underworld casts a various amount of status spells on your enemies, who cares?
Tupon/Typoon	160 MP; it's in the Ancient Forest ^^	* - none * * - 35000 AP * * * - 120000 AP * * * * - 150000 AP Master - 250000 AP	Disintegration ~ Typoon is on weird summon ^^, but I like it. It has one body, but two heads on the opposite sides. The first side flips the world upside down. The second side turns around and calls upon a tornado and sends the enemy crashing back down to normal ground again. Your last set of elemental summons ^^.
Knights of the Round	250 MP; get a Cheese Chocobo (aka Sea Chocobo) and then travel all the way to the corner of the map to Round Island	* - none * * - 50000 AP * * * - 200000 AP * * * * - 300000 AP Master - 600000 AP	Ultimate End ~ Ultimate End is quite right. The thirteen Knights of the Round Table come up, sending your enemies to oblivion, ending with Excalibur. Barely anything can survive this spell, except, perhaps Emerald and Ruby ^^. Hey, the chocobo breeding is worth it, I tell you!