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HP Absorb is one of the few Materia that you can almost never go wrong with leveling a ton of. It can be paired with the most common attacks you use on every character in your party or paired with a Master Materia so that all spells or abilities when used heal you.
It's possible to pair HP Absorb and MP Absorb together too. If you want Knights of the Round to absorb both HP and MP you'll need two copies of Knights of the Round and a copy of each HP and MP Absorb. In two separate paired Materia slots stick Knights of the Round with both Materia and it'll both heal you and restore MP! This can be done with many other Materia combinations too and this is how you get the most powerful Materia combinations of all.
Where to get HP Absorb Materia:
Wutai: You find this during the Wutai Side Quest with Yuffie
Northern Crater: Found during the first parts of the Northern Crater dungeon
Useful HP Absorb Materia Combinations:
Master Command Materia + HP Absorb: Pairing an HP absorb Materia with a Master Command Materia makes it so even your basic melee attacks heal you
Master Command Materia + HP Absorb + Mega All: The Mega All will make your attacks hit all targets; the HP Absorb will get you health for each hit
Master Magic Materia + HP Absorb: All Magic spells you cast will also heal you
Deathblow + HP Absorb: Any time you use Deathblow you'll heal yourself!
(Deathblow + Added Cut) + (Deathblow + Steal as well): Your Deathblow will strike with an additional melee attack plus have a chance to steal from the target. You can add another Deathblow + HP Absorb combo to this if you want.
(Counter + Deathblow) + (Deathblow + HP Absorb) + (Deathblow + MP Absorb) + (Deathblow + Added Cut) + Cover Materia: This will make it so each time you counter with Deathblow and that Deathblow will restore HP, MP and also deal a follow up regular melee attack.
(<Attack Materia> + HP Absorb) + (<Attack Materia> + MP Absorb): Pair whatever Materia you use to commonly attack with to both HP Absorb and MP Absorb to regen both when attacking
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