Best materia

[Zidane77]

Wow that's absolutely awesome, then i wouldn't need luck for critical.
Where do you get the Genji Gloves, it's fine if you don't remember

I stopped using Feather Cap for the same reason.
I need a Ribbon too, then i wouldn't use 2 materias for protection.
So how much damage do you do only with attacks?
I assume you're mainly going for magic damage.

[Kyreaan]

Spoiler: The Genji Gloves are located deep in the Great Cavern of Wonders, where I found the best stuff so far. During those missions, I also found a store card where they sell the Genji Helmet. I haven't found if there are other Genji equipment, but I'm hoping for it. Keep at that list of missions and build Zack up. Search entire areas for all chests. The last mission is a surprise.

I wanted a good balance between attack and magic. My normal swing at high level monsters is a few thousand, but my Firaga Blade swings around 42,000-49,000 and has a wide swing. Dispel Blade is less than Firaga Blade's damage, but still higher than normal attacks.

Costly Punch, as you probably saw already, doesn't care about your set up. It varies, but hits hard. Oh, there's also a neat little combo I mentioned to someone else. It doesn't work on all enemies, but using Graviga with Dualcast is pretty fun.
'I slice your HP in half, and then I do it again!'

I didn't even think about it, but my Zack turned out to be the best Red Mage ever.