Prayer Materia (VII Remake)

Prayer materia is a in Final Fantasy VII Remake and "Episode INTERmission". Its ability, Pray, heals the entire party's HP, but costs 2 ATB charges. It is an alternative to ; though less ATB-efficient, it is more MP-efficient.
==Obtained==
Aerith has a prayer materia initially equipped when she joins. 
Later, another prayer materia is found during "Corneo's Secret Stash", located in the Sector 5 Slums stash, Steel Mountain. This materia can be obtained multiple times by replaying the chapter in Chapter Select.
In "Episode INTERmission", Prayer is found in the Sector 7 Slums storage depot during the time Yuffie and Sonon are pursuing Zhijie in "Wutai's Finest".
==Stats==
Level	AP required	Effect
1 	- 	Slight HP restoration
2 	300 	Modest HP restoration
3 	600 	Moderate HP restoration
4 	600 	Great HP restoration
5 	900 	Significant HP restoration
==Use==
Pray heals the entire party for a decent amount, but costs two ATB charges to use. Using Pray is thus a sacrifice and can take a while to build up, but the payoff is worthwhile in many situations. Throughout most of the game it is inferior to healing materia paired with , which can heal the party at a greater amount for only a single ATB charge.
As prayer materia improves, it can match healing materia in terms of its curative effect. Though Pray remains the less ATB-efficient ability, it can be useful in hard mode when MP is scarce. The prayer materia is a good choice to pair with an to level it up quickly. Pray's power is boosted with healing carcanet, whereas magnified cure spells are not.
Compared to , prayer does not cure and is less ATB-efficient, but is more effective at restoring health. Unlike Chakra, however, Pray's healing is affected by the stat, making it especially powerful when equipped on someone like Aerith.
==Behind the scenes==
Prayer materia was the fifth-most popular materia among survey respondents, at 10%.
==References==
Category:Command materia in Final Fantasy VII Remake
Category:Abilities in Final Fantasy VII Remake