Crystal Glove (Final Fantasy VII)

The Crystal Glove is a weapon for Tifa in Final Fantasy VII. It can be purchased at Mideel. Crystal Glove is a powerful, well-rounded weapon, which provides six linked Materia slots and strong stats all around. As with all of Tifa's gloves, it cannot be thrown, and like most, provides Tifa an improved critical hit rate.
==Obtained==
Crystal Glove can be purchased at Mideel for 16,000 gil.
==Mechanics==
As the Crystal Glove has a base Attack stat bonus of 75, the base damage for physical attacks when the Crystal Glove is equipped is in the following formula:
:\text{Base Damage} = \text{(75 + Strength)} + \frac{\text{(75 + Strength)} + \text{Level}}{32} \times \frac{\text{(75 + Strength)} \times \text{Level}}{32}
where "Level" is Tifa's current level and "Strength" is her Strength stat. The Crystal Glove also has an Attack% (Accuracy) of 115%, grants a +16 bonus to Tifa's Magic stat, and provides Tifa an improved critical hit rate of +2%.
==Use==
The Crystal Glove can be acquired upon reaching Mideel. Though other weapons for Tifa excel in specific areas, Crystal Glove is the best well-rounded weapon for her at this point in the game with six linked Materia slots and good stats. Due to Tifa's high Stregnth and her multi-hit Limit, she is best using the weapon to build towards physical damage, though it can also be built towards magical damage.
All of Crystal Glove's Materia slots are linked, meaning that they can benefit from Support Materia. Because Tifa makes better use of physical damage, the slots are nonetheless best reserved for Independent Materia, such as Counter Attack, or Command Materia, even though Command Materia have few Support Materia links. It can nonetheless be a good idea to give Tifa at least one Magic and Summon Materia to keep her useful in situations where physical damage does not work. An efficient way to do this is to give her curative Magic Materia (such as Restore), or to simply give her attack Magic Materia that can be paired with Elemental or Added Effect, thus complementing her physical damage.
Crystal Glove is the strongest well-rounded weapon for Tifa until she obtains God's Hand, as the rest of Tifa's weapons each have unique properties that makes them excel in certain situations but limits her utility. Though the Work Glove has a higher critical hit rate than Crystal Glove, it has no Materia slots. The Kaiser Knuckle grants Tifa eight Materia slots, which is otherwise only available with her ultimate weapon, the Premium Heart, but has weaker stats overall. The Powersoul and Master Fist are weaker in most cases, but can excel when Tifa is in critical condition or afflicted with negative status effects. Though Motor Drive and Platinum Fist have lower stats overall, they grant equipped Materia with double AP growth, making them useful for level grinding.
Category:Weapons in Final Fantasy VII