Final Fantasy VII Remake - Battle Intel Guide

Battle Intel missions will be unlocked when you unlock your first side quest. Chadley in the guy to talk with (he is also the one who gives a side quest). You need to fulfill different requirements to finish his intels and that will usually reward you with unique/rare materia, or even summon materias. Many things are connected here, you will need to do side quests for unique monster entries etc.

Do not forget, when you unlock some materia by completing his reports, you can buy additional pieces from him.

Final Fantasy VII Remake - Quests Guide

Report 01

Monster Bio Pt.1

Unlocked by talking to Chadley.
You will get Assess materia from him. Equip it on your weapon and use in battle as Ability to scan enemies. Simply scan 2 types of enemies.
Reward: Auto-Cure Materia

Report 02

Magic Elements Pt.2

Unlocked after completing Report 01.
When you Assess an enemy (or by checking enemy info of assessed enemies), you can see vulnerabilities of certain enemy. Attack with at least one of those to finish this one.
Reward: Wind Materia

Report 03

The Stagger Effect Pt. 1

Unlocked after completing Report 01.
When you stagger an enemy, use different abilities on them. New weapons mean new abilities, so combine with other character to collect 10 and use them as explained. You can also use magic and everything you have at your disposal.
Reward: First Strike Materia

Report 04

The Stagger Effect Pt. 2

Unlocked after completing Report 01.
You need to stagger 15 different enemy types. The best way is to assess them and read what will stagger them. Use that strategy and do that on 15 enemy types.
Reward: ATB Boost Materia

Report 05

Combat Simulation: Shiva

Unlock by completing 3 battle intels and talking to Chadley.
Finish 3 reports and talk to Chadley in Sector 5 Slums Area. This will unlock VR Missions. Finish VR mission and defeat Shiva.
Reward: Reward: Shiva Materia

Report 06

Monster Bio Pt. 2

Unlock by completing 3 battle intels and talking with Chadley.
Asses 10 enemy types. Like the one above, this requires to assess 10 enemy types.
Reward: Steadfast Block Materia

Report 07

Magic Elements Pt. 2

Unlock by completing 3 battle intels and talking with Chadley.
You need to exploit weaknesses of 15 enemy types. Simply asses the enemy and attack with magic/attack that is its weakness.
Reward: Steal Materia

Report 08

The Manipulation Technique

Unlock by completing 3 battle intels and talking with Chadley.
Defeat 2 or more enemes with a single attack. Tripple slash ability works wonders on some weak enemies.
Reward: Provoke Materia

Report 09

Monster Variants Pt. 1

Unlock by completing 3 battle intels and talking with Chadley.
Defeat 3 monster of 3 unique varieteties. If you completed first 6 side quest, you will have 2 (Wrath Hound and Doomrat). You can see which are unique by target icon in your Enemy Intel menu.
Reward: Synergy Materia

Report 10

Combat Simulation: Fat Chocobo

Unlocked by completing first 9 of his reports (check above). That will unlock this VR mission, so go and play it.
Defeat this summon to get him.
Reward: Fat Chocobo Materia

Report 11

Monster Bio Pt. 3

Unlocked by...
Assess 20 enemy types. Easy enough.
Reward: Item Master Materia

Report 12

The Stagger Effect Pt. 3

Unlocked by...
Increase stagger damage bonus to 200%. I did this with Tifa in Colisseum, but the best place is Fat Chocobo VR Mission. You need to find some strong enemy and stagger him. After that, use Tifa's special attack (triangle button). Use Overcharge few times to change this attack (to strenghten it) and unleash couple of times on staggered enemy. The more you overcharge it, the more it fills the stagger. Special attack without overcharge charges by 5%.
Reward: Parry Materia

Report 13

Refocus Analysis

Unlocked by..
Trigger Refocus 2 times. To use Refocus in battle, you need to have Limit break opportunity and instead of your limit break, use this one. Of course, you only need to have this materia (Refocus comes with Aerith in Chapter 8) equipped on that character.
Reward: ATB Assist Materia

Report 14

The Stagger Effect Pt. 14

Unlocked by
Stagger 40 enemy types. Well, self-explanatory. Make sure to stagger them as you go!
Reward: ATB Stagger Materia

Report 15

Combat Simulation: Leviathan

Unlocked in Chapter 14 before going into the Sewers for story. You also need to complete certain number of battle intels (I had 1-14 and nr. 16 done at this point, but 1-14 are required to get this one).
Beat Leviathan to get it. Just spam Thunder magic when he is focusing, that will interrupt his special attack.
Reward: Leviathan Materia

Report 16

Monster Bio Pt. 4

Unlocked by...
Asses 30 enemy types. Easy one.
Reward: Enemy Skill Materia

Report 17

Weapon Abilities

Aquire all 16 weapon abilities. So, you need 4 weapons per character. Final Fantasy VII Remake - All Weapons and Skills Locations Guide
Reward: Skill Master Materia

Report 18

MP Consumption

Unlocked by...
Master all 12 types of magic materia. Those are: Healing, Cleansing, Revival, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Wind, Poison, Barrier, Binding, Subversion and Time Materia. FF7 Remake - Materia Guide
Reward: MP Absorption Materia

Report 19

Monster Variants Pt. 2

Unlocked by...
Defeat monsters of 10 unique varieties.
This is easy if you aim to finish all side quests, you will get more than 10 of them. Final Fantasy VII Remake - Quests Guide
Reward: HP Absorption Materia

Report 20

Combat Simulation: Bahamut

Unlocked by completing all other Battle Intel missions. That will unlock this VR mission.
Defeat Bahamut.
Reward: Bahamut Materia