The Enemy Skill Materia in Final Fantasy VII Remake offers players a versatile utility by allowing party members to learn techniques directly from monster encounters. Equipping this blue command materia allows characters to expand their tactical arsenal without consuming precious Magic Points. Understanding how to acquire the materia and where to find each enemy ability is crucial for players looking to master combat and unlock rare achievements.
How to Unlock the Enemy Skill Materia
Acquiring the Enemy Skill Materia requires progressing through the main story until Chapter 14, where you can locate the Shinra researcher Chadley in the Sector 5 Slums. To make the materia available for purchase, players must complete Battle Intel Report 16 by using the Assess ability on 30 different enemy types. Once this requirement is fulfilled, Chadley sells the materia at a discounted price, enabling your party to start absorbing enemy techniques.
Learning Spirit Siphon and Algid Aura
Spirit Siphon is an essential survival tool that drains health from surrounding enemies to heal the caster for two ATB charges. Players can learn this skill during Chapter 14 by facing Phantoms in the Missing Children side quest or within the Shinra Combat Simulator during Chapter 17. Make sure the character equipped with the materia gets struck by the Phantom's Essence Drain move to permanently learn it.
Algid Aura surrounds the user with an icy barrier that damages nearby targets for the cost of one ATB charge. This ability is obtained from Cerulean Drakes, which are found during Chapter 15 along the main story climb in Distillation Tower 2. Allowing the creature to strike your character with its Icy Aura ability will register the skill instantly.
Acquiring Self-Destruct and Bad Breath
Self-Destruct deals massive area-of-effect damage to nearby foes, though it incapacitates the user upon activation. You can learn this ability from Smoggers in Chapter 14 or from Bomb enemies in Chadley's Combat Simulator. Simply equip the materia and withstand the enemy's explosion attack to add it to your roster.
Bad Breath is the final and most challenging enemy skill to unlock in the game. It inflicts severe status ailments such as Poison, Silence, and Sleep on groups of foes. To acquire it, players must reach Chapter 17 on Hard Mode and challenge Malboro in the Shinra Combat Simulator's Three-Person Team vs. Monsters of Legend challenge. Surviving the iconic Bad Breath attack completes the set and rewards players with the Master of Mimicry trophy.
