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Seems like it's time I look up those Orran strats. After getting his AASB on the FFT 25-mythril banner 2 weeks ago, RoP now also gave me Sync. Awesome!

I might be good for III Bahamut.

- OK is stacked with AASB, Sync and Dyad
- CoD with her AASB and the BDL HA should be very nice
- I hope those two can do enough work that a mediocre Arc with AASB1 is sufficient as tertiary dps.
- Aria sucks as a healer, but with some help from Mog she might be able to keep us alive.

I also have AASBs for Luneth and Ingus, but I think I'd rather not go for a mixed party.
I realized I have Arc's FB-counter realm CSB, so I could even try without Mog. Maybe drop Aria for a competent healer in that case.

2/3 Enna Kros Glint and Dr. Mog Sync
That's a good start. Might use Dr. Mog for Biodin with that prismatic damage.

Ticket on ice.

I get another fucking dupe of Rinoa's AASB. That thing's now 7/15 just from tickets, while I'm still fishing for that second cap break for any ice mage.

Mog could equip a Jump ability to dodge it. That is, if you don't need 2 other abilities on him.

I don't think ther's a way to spawn an air bubble before the 5 second doom screws you.

The usual strategy was putting Kain in slot 1 and having him use a Jump ability to dodge the attack. You could also equip Kimahri's RM (turn attack into Jump) on whoever is in that slot.

Alternatively, Raise is always an option.

I wasn't sure whether I should pull, since I had quite a few dupes, but I went for it:

3/11
Orran AASB, Gafgarion AASB, Agrias Sync (dupe)

That went pretty well.

Ifrit's defenses are fairly low compared to other 6*s, but his damage output and the micromanagement are straight hell.

Finally got some actual FFRK time in today, as I was fairly busy the past few days.

I used my "free" Dreambreaker Overdrive on Sin, whom I was able to sub-30 with that boost. It still took me 28 seconds to get that win, so I absolutely couldn't have done the sub-30 without the free OD.

I also beat physical Ice-weak Odin. I won on my first attempt, but it was ugly and hella slow (58 seconds). I'll clear the physical fight a second time to get the Wind Seal on my magic Odin, because I don't feel ready for a magic clear.

The Bio banners are pretty good imo. I plan on doing 3 11-pulls on those for the Quistis wardrobe. That should hopefully get me enough tech to handle Biodin.

I used both tickets on the ice banner. Got a dupe of Rinoa's AASB (now 5/15) with one ticket and a new Serah AASB with the other one.

Slower than I would have liked, but it's fine for now. Not sure what I did wrong, but Rem couldn't come remotely close to breaking 20k in phase 3. I could have relied on OSBs, but I killed Bahamut before Mega Flare, so there was no need.

Rem is obviously a goddess, but Queen with her 7-hit HA, the self crit-fix on her AASB, and the quick-cast and buff from Trance and USB was nuts too.

T-0 Bahamut shouldn't be too difficult. My Rem is stacked and the rest of the party (Deuce, Queen and probably Cater) should be good enough.

That banner is getting an update in a few months. I had my day 2300 a few weeks ago and I'm saving the ticket until the refresh.

I'll probably still end up with garbage, but at least there's a small chance for a decent relic then.

Tyro, Elarra and 3 dps should be able to get you a win. If your dps is super stacked, you could also do Tyro, healer, support or imperiler, and 2 dps.

Tyro can use Wrath and Entrust to your healer, so you should have enough healing.

Today is the last day to get those 8 tickets from the magicite campaign.

Or, if you're done with that, you might want to get your 10 weekly magicites done while they are 10 stamina.

Hell yeah! My ticket on the FFXV banner finally gave me that sweet Gladio Sync.

Man, that Labyrinth banner 2 looks terrific. All the stuff I'd like from this banner (Meia and Gogo's relics), no Trey, no dupe Tidus Dyad, and then a Tidus Sync2 and Meia's chain as a bonus.

Definitely skipping the current banner now.

With Mog providing additional healing, Selphie with her AASB was fine against Bahamut without the HA. You probably need her dance-heal LMR and some of her lenseable USBs though.

Bahamut VIII done without too much trouble.

I tried to use Rinoa's Earth Sync and her Ice AASB to break the 20k rage, but she couldn't get close to 20k, and beating phase 1 without a cap break was not happening reliably either.

So I used Rinoa's Ice AASB to get through phase 1, rushed phase 2 with Rinoa Sync, Quistis AASB and Fujin AASB, then relied on OSB spam to break King's Rage (had to buy Quistis Doomtrain with Lvl 2 lenses) in phase 3. Then it was just a matter of cleaning up the remaining HP.

I used all 8 tickets on XV, and got mostly garbage.
A single 7*, which was a dupe of Ignis Sync. No AASB at all.

Best new relic was Gladio AOSB, which will be great if I ever get his damn Sync.

I thought Shiva was pretty easy, even on release, but now, with Terra Sync+AASB and especially Papa Sync+AASB, it felt almost unfair. What a slaughter.

I'll try, but I'm not quite sure I have enough fire power.

Mage team could be Rinoa Ice AASB for phase 1.
Phase 2+3 would be Rinoa Earth Sync, Fujin AASB, Quistis AASB. All 3 have AOSBs as potential finishers and OSBs to help break King's rage if necessary. That team easily dispatched Cerberus, but it might be lacking for Bahamut.

Alternatively, there's potential for a physical team with the BDL HAs for Ward and Raijin, with help from Kiros. They shouldn't need AASBs for phase 1, and all 3 have their AASB for phase 2+3

There's also the issue of Selphie being a bit lacking, but with Mog as backup, she should still be ok.

Yeah, today was the last day. I finished with 3 rainbows, but nothing that's actually useful.

I got a lot of 6*s during the campaign, but not much that's actually all that useful: mostly USBs, Glints and a couple AOSBs.

Hey, I'll be tackling Ice Odin (whenever he drops) with Firion, Noel and Snow as dps. And that's the version I actually feel good about.

Jeez, that fucker gave me way more trouble than I was expecting. Kinda sucks to miss 40 seconds by 0.28, but this was painful enough to get the win in the first place.

- Lightning Sync got me through phase 1.
- After lots of different versions, this winning run had Snow with TGM and he'd save his USB2 until the Slow. When I cast it earlier, I sometimes managed to get out of phase 1 before Slow, but then my Critga always ran out when I was in phase 3, and I could no longer break rage mode.
- Sazh cast his BSB and SSB for some buffing, imperiled Ice for Noel (and Snow), and entrusted excess SB gauge to Elarra.
- Phase 2, Lightning dropped USB1+AASB, Snow dropped his AASB1 and Noel combo'd AASB2+AASB1. I got out of phase 2 before Megaflare on this run.
- With Elarra USB2 for Crit damage and Snow AASB2 for weakness damage and FB counter, Noel was able to barely break 20k in phase 3.
- After Kings rage was broken, Lightning LBO took another 500k, and Bahamut was finished off shortly after.

Used my ticket on XV and got Ignis Realm chain. Not awful, but I'm not sure how useful this will actually be.

Generally not a big fan of realm chains, since the RW chain just feels more useful than the healer RW.

I hate to skip a 25 mythril banner, but that banner has so many dupes. I'm only missing 4 relics.

With the new Hero Equips, I figure most people here will be doing some manual runs. So here's a minor Labyrinth PSA, which may not be universally known:

The final floor seems to always have a treasure room. So if you get the boss painting early, and you haven't seem a treasure on the final floor yet, make sure to keep going.

Yeah, record markers can be saved for later seasons.

I'd suggest manually casting Hastega and using Mog's Glint+.
Depending on your party, Mog, Yshtola, Alphinaud and Minfilia all have White 5* for Hastega.

Magic Dark weak Odin has also been defeated. Yeah, that probably was a bit easier than the physical version.

I knew going in that I'd be running Emperor (Sync+AASB1), CoD (Chain+CSB), Cait Sith and Deuce, but I wasn't sure who should be my last dps.
After looking at my choices, I settled on Exdeath, who had a AASB and an imperil USB. Not great, but better than my other options. Luckily I got it done without needing to get his HA.

That wasn't too bad. The anti-heal slot 2+4 Odins are definitely my favorites, as Deuce with her AASB just laughs at those.

Cloud and Seph opened with their Syncs. Kiros used his USB once for the speed tricks, then his AASB to help with damage. I actually have Seifer AASB, but I didn't use it in this run, opting for his Dark RS BSB instead. Between Seifer spamming Touched by Darkness, Darkness Swing linked to Cloud's cmd 2, and Odin magicite's attacks, I kept him at a pretty high imperil level through the fight.

After the FFVII Syncs ran out, around 35%, Seph switched to AASB+USB2, while Cloud switched to wind AASB+USB1 (what's endark?). They quickly ripped through phase 2 with their combined damage output.

I'll try to tackle the magic-weak version later today, or maybe tomorrow.

Don't care about Sandworm, but I'm hype for Bartz Hero Equipment.

Got my VI Bahamut down to 39 seconds for a few extra tails and Anima lens +, thanks to the bonus nodes from the first completion.

Her Sync doesn't seem bad. She's not top-tier by any means, but you are likely to use her in realm content at least, and this should make her useable. It's mostly her lensable relics that are underwhelming.

FFVI Bahamut has been defeated after spending several hours on him: 42.63 sec. The Mog & Cait Sith combo works pretty well.

FFVI Bahamut has entirely too much HP, so there's no way I can sub-30 him, but I might be able to get sub-40 with the bonus RB nodes.

I couldn't end phase 2 before the Megaflare, but a well timed Cait Sith USB allowed me to survive it. The second chain ran out when Bahamut was around 10%, so the final 10% was a bit of a slog, but I got it.

Dark weak Odin could be kinda difficult. I'm kinda lacking in double-bdl characters: only Sephiroth for physical and emperor for magic.

It might still be good enough, but it won't be an auto-win.

Used my ticket on XV. Got a dupe Prompto LMR and Cor's USB. So many relics in that pool that would actually help me, but I keep getting the garbage.

No

Another one down. Hilda with only her lensable tech sucks as a healer. Luckily Mog could pick up some of the slack, and I used Minwu USB1 (had to lens it) in phase 2 for some much needed extra healing.

Phase 1 was pretty slow, as I only used Maria USB and Minwu USB2 here.

Dps in phases 2 and 3 was Maria (AASB), Emperor (AASB1+Sync, spamming Cmd 1) and Minwu (Sync). Ended phase 2 just before the Megaflare and phase 3 didn't last very long either.

Another one down. Absolutely not a perfect run, though:
I couldn't avoid the Soul Break debuff on Mog, which meant I didn't have the gauge to counter Full Break right away at the start of phase 3. Might have been a sub-30 if I wasn't stalled so much in early phase 3. Luckily Beatrix could still easily destroy King's rage, even after the Full Break.

Yeah, Deathgaze barely does any damage. He used to be super-bulky with his constant savage modes and the Doom becomes a real problem if you aren't going fast enough.

Good luck on the tickets today. First ticket was a miss (Strago OSB dupe, eh it's Water+ armor), but second ticket was much better:
3 discos and a mogball; 2 dupe chains, but also Paine's AASB, which is a nice boost to my FFX and Water teams.
The mogball was dupe Bestrix Sync, which isn't super useful, but since I love Beatrix and she's a mainstay in my FFIX and Holy teams, the improved damage and cast time are a nice, if fairly insignificant, bonus. (I noticed the typo, but she deserves it)

4 unexpected tickets, that was a pleasant surprise.
1) Ashe LMR dupe
2) TGC LMR dupe, Reks AASB
3) Wakka CSB dupe
4) Seven Glint+ dupe

Apparently Reks has 2 AASBS and this was his AASB1, the one that isn't a Fullbreak counter. Why does a character like Reks, with his 5 minute screen time, get 2 AASBs and a Sync?

Congrats on the Titan kill and the 5 mythril refund. Glad you made it just in time.

Fuck yeah! Mog AASB2 already showing it was worth the 100 mythril. Bahamut XIV is down, sub-30'd even. My second Bahamut period, first sub-30.



Alph - Glint+, AASB - HA, Hastega
Ysayle - AASB, USB - Chilling Blizzard, Dark Shiva
Yshtola - BUSB - Holyja, Memento of Prayer (don't remember if I used it on the winning run)
Papa - AASB, Sync - HA
Mog - Glint+, AASB22, AASB1 - HA, Passion Salsa

Alphinaud opened with Hastega, Glint+, Chain, then HA spam.
Ysayle used her AASB in phase 1, then her USB in phase 2.
Yshtola got through phase 1 with a single BUSB, mostly spamming Holyja as much as possible.
Papa built gauge in phase 1, as he needed to unleash the AASB+Sync combo in phase 2 to beat the Mega Flare and also to have the double cap-break I needed in phase 3.

After King's rage was broken I figured the fight was won, but the sub-30 still came as a surprise.

My reward, other than a huge sense of accomplishment, was Barret's Realm Chain from the fest banner and a dupe Noczis Glint from the XV banner.

Got Auron's Sync with my fest tickets today. Nothing amazing, but it beats my previous 5 tickets.

I haven't done the Bahamut mission yet for that 4th ticket.

Got Sabin's AASB from my first ticket and 2 garbage BSBs from the second one. I always liked Sabin, and I'd love to add him to my fire team, but we're at a point where just having his AASB sadly doesn't make him relevant.

Her HA is a Holy/Ice spellblade

4 second ninja'd

Free LBO was Tifa, which is just perfect, since she is one of my strongest characters already. Timing is also perfect, with Kalavinka Striker being the current endgame boss.
One of the 6*s was Edward's Awakening, which never actually sounded all that good to me, but some like it.

I did the 100 mythril for Mog AASB2 draw. We'll see if that thing is as good as they say.
I also got Firion's Sync from the draw, as well as Paine Glint+ and Lightning Glint+. Firion is now double BDL. He still sucks, of course, but I might need him for ice whenever we get that Odin.

Have you beaten Dark Odin? He's not exactly a push-over, but he's easier than 6* magicites. I believe nowadays you get a copy of each 6* magicite for doing so.

Their entry would take out 2 of the 3 walls for you.

17/18 Dreambreakers done, 11 of them sub-30; only Shadowsmith left.

That defense buff is super annoying, and he has to follow it with an AOE 9999 attack, so it was pretty tough to get the timing right to allow Elarra to counter the buff, but still keep the party alive through the massive damage.

I initially tried to use Lili's entrusts on Lion, so she could get her Sync and AASB running faster, but the entrusts needed to go to Elarra so she could keep everyone alive in phase 1, but still have 500 SB points left to counter the phase 2 Slowga with her AASB.