Best materia

[Kyreaan]

I'm used to using Ethers, and I liked having my Libra doubling my MP pool. It's like having Bubble for magic points. Quake is only 58MP. Gold Hairpin just took away a slot where I can use much better accessories. Feather Cap was useless for me because my pools boosting up to double through DMW was almost maxing out HP and MP anyway.

As far as status, I know what you mean. The set up I came up with gave me a fast character. The set up also maxed my magic and spirit. I wanted to take a lot of magic punishment.
Plus I ended up getting the Ribbon and Super Ribbon accessories where I could replace Protect Ring, which gives Auto Wall.

Genji Gloves do the same thing as Brutal, except you always have Critical status. The ability given is called Break Damage Limit+.