Cover

Type Physical
Attack% 90%
Target Self
Used by Turks:Rude, Turks:Rude, Turks:Rude
Compare Cover to other Monster Abilities
Monsters: Which use Cover – 3 shown
Limited monsters never appear in random encounters; bosses are involved in important plot fights; special bosses and the final bosses are specifically called out as well; super bosses represent the greatest challenge in the game; Battle Square monsters only appear in the Battle Square; chocobos only appear in certain areas when using a Chocobo Lure and can be caught
Name		 Level HP MP Attack
The base physical damage dealt by this monster's abilities; physical damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (P)
Base P		 Magic atk
The base magic damage dealt by this monster's abilities; magic damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (M)
Base M
The estimated average amount of damage this ability will deal to a target with 128 Defense or Magic def when used by this monster (3/4 of base damage); actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's actual Defense or Magic def and other factors, but this is a good measure of the relative danger of this ability; a dagger (†) indicates that the ability deals set damage or otherwise ignores Defense and Magic def; numbers in italics are based on factors that will change during combat and should be considered very rough estimates; healing, MP restoration, HP drain, and MP drain or damage are indicated by text color
Typical Damage		 Defense
This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a physical attack
Phys. Vuln.		 Magic def
This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a magic attack
Magic Vuln.		 Defense%
Note that party members get a +50 bonus to Dexterity during combat which monsters do not
Dexterity		 Luck Elemental Vulnerability Status Immunity EXP AP Gil
The rate of Steal success per item by a character of equal level to the monster; these rates will change based on the level difference between the Stealing character and the monster; hover over a percentage to see the base rate (which is based on being 10 levels higher than the monster); this rate is multiplied by 80%±2% per level difference; only one item can be stolen, so an increase in level may in some cases decrease the effective Steal rate of items later in the list
Steal
A monster will never drop an item if an item was Stolen from it during the battle; only monsters present in the final battle of a multi-battle sequence may drop items
Win		 Morph
Turks:Rude 23 2,000 135 40 68 35 348 - 100 80% 200 60% 1% 65 0 Invalid: Gravity Defend: Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 720 70 2,000 gil - X-Potion -
Turks:Rude 42 9,000 240 60 294 30 432 - 60 88% 160 68% 5% 78 9 Invalid: Gravity Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 3,400 80 3,000 gil Ziedrich (11.2%) Hi-Potion (14.1%) -
Turks:Rude 51 28,000 250 110 985 83 804 - 130 74% 190 62% 0 70 20 Absorb: Fire
Invalid: Gravity		 Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 5,500 600 5,000 gil Ziedrich (41.2%) Elixir -
Shoulder Attack Kick

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Cover Materia

Type Independent
Description Protects allies when attacked
Vitality +1
Price 1,000 gil Master Value 70,000 gil
Level Ability AP
★ Cover +020% -
★★ Cover +040% 2,000
★★★ Cover +060% 10,000
★★★★ Cover +080% 25,000
★★★★★ Cover +100% 40,000
Maximum Bonus Cover +255%
Shops Wall Market Materia Shop
Found in Midgar Sector 5
The Cover Materia will make the equipped Character sometimes take physical hits in place of other Characters. This combines well with the Counter Attack Materia, and is also useful for filling the user's limit gauge. However, by the same token, other Characters will have a harder time doing these things. At level 5, the Character with the Cover Materia will take every attack that can be covered.

Multiple Cover Materia provide a maximum bonus of 255%, but be careful—if increased past this point, it will roll back to 0%.

Cover

Cover

Type Character
Description Receives attack in place of a party member
Item Knight's Code
If a single-target physical attack would kill an ally of a Character with the Cover Ability, that Character will step in and take the hit instead, and take only half damage. However, you can only Cover adjacent allies, so optimally you'd want to give Cover to your middle Character (the second listed on the menu).