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[Clear Tranquil]

Can't beat the XII ultimate+ Team has gone through several evolutions in the attempt, first Raines was switched out because holy/dark were a hindrance for this fight, switched Yshtola back in, then Rafa was switched out because of general squishiness even though her Burst was still kind of neat, sorted Shantotto out and slotted her in.

Terra L80, Dispel/Curaga, OSB/Burst/Super, Mako Might
Vanille L99, Esuna/Shellga, USSB/Burst/Super, Dr Mog's Teachings, has Major Silence resist accessory
Yshtola L99, Protectga/Wrath Burst/Wall/Aetherial Pulse/Medica II, Ace Striker
Shantotto L80, Blizzaga, Thundaga, Chain/Burst, Attunement II
Onion Knight L99, Power Break/Magic Break, OSB/Burst/Blowback, Battleforged
Roaming Warrior - Wall

General gist is to try to get Vanille's Astra off right away to protect the team from status, somebody summons RW to Wall, Ysh and Vanille on Shellga and Protectga duties, Ysh then wraths so she can do her thing, Onion uses breaks, time is spent building soul gauge, healing, etc, Onion uses his Burst once available, then Terra lets off a Super, while Shantotto is on Blizzaga and Thundaga duties, Onion is on swift spell duties, Terra is to do an OSB after Shantotto's Thundaga, she also has to Dispel once the boss enters Enrage/Short Fuse stage. Things usually go pear shaped before I can really get Shantotto's Burst going for the end of the fight~

I haven't really tried much since getting Shantotto to L80 since I drained my battery trying to beat the fight ;P So hopefully I'll be able to beat it eventually.

[Cmdr_King]

*looks up that fight again*  Uggghh, that fight sucked.  I honestly just said to hell with the elemental gimmick and went physical, ( I also was doing the CM... but you can do nonsense like that when you have Vaan Burst and one of Fran's dual-breaks).  Mitigation is paramount there mostly because she starts spamming the shit outta her basic damage move towards the end of the fight, and I'm not sure enough high end anti-Silence exists to outfit a mage team properly for this.  If you've got anyone with a stacking magic debuff, I'd say run physical, although I don't know what your XII synergy situation is.

[Clear Tranquil]

Thanks Unfortunately FFXII is one of my weakest realms synergy wise, I have like a Unique for Fran/whip kick, a unique and two supers for Balthier and Larsa's Cloud Staff medica/haste, five relics basically. For now I've dove Onion to get and master Viking for Support 5, breakdowns might help a bit more than breaks?

Edit; Whelp, did it. I consider that equipping Terra with her Blood Sword over Stardust Rod (which she is learning her Burst from) might be a better idea here, so I go to sort that out only to realize the Stardust Rod was only L1/20 anyway >_> I give her the Blood Sword L25 snag Reyn's Belt off Raines, also give Yshtola her upgraded Thyrus instead of the 1/20 Omnirod she had, and head back in again. Apparently this made all the difference I think especially for Terra, and with OK's buffs she was hitting 88'000~ with her OSB~~~ All went well with timing for Astra, Transcendent Dream, etc this time too, Blowback even got to be useful too~

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

So, for the first time in more or less forever, a FFX event's ultimates actually scared me in spite of my absolutely gargantuan realm synergy. My first attempt against Isaru's Aeons on Apocalypse+ running Wakka/Faris/Lulu/OK/Y'shtola went awry when Ixion turned up. Holy -shit- AoE damage + dispel is rude, and when he's not doing that, he's spamming ST damage + dispel. I had to bust out the Tyros for this fight, so the winning setup looked more or less like this:

Tyro: Wrath+Powerchain, Ace Striker
Y'shtola: Curaja+Wrath, Dr. Mog's Teachings
OK: Ultra Cure+Shellga, Mako Might
Papalymo: Waterja+Chain Blizzaga, Battleforged
Faris: Full Break+Magic Breakdown, Knight's Charge

RW was Raine's Metamorphose.

So yeah, the idea was mostly having Loserface spam Wrath and run Powerchain for quickastings of Keeper's Tome when necessary - particularly against Ixion. In the end, that was instrumental for victory, since Magic Blink really does help against -everything relevant- Ixion does. Papalymo, in spite of being reduced to Chain Blizzaga against Ifrit, was still my top offense against him, and I really don't have to say how useful he was against Ixion even sans weakness. His burst is just egregiously good.

(Reasoning for bringing him instead of Maria: I have a 5*+ Red Armlet and a 5*+++ High Summoner Staff - i.e. stacking fire boosts. It did pay off on the Aeon I needed to down fast the most, so no real regrets there).

Raid Yunalesca actually wasn't that bad! Phase 2 Ultimate Megadeath is a pain in the ass, but I brought Loserface with Wrath+Ultra Cure and Y'shtola with Wrath+Curaise for this. The party's Ramza still fell to back-to-back Megadeath casts, but Curaise => Ultra Cure to the rescue. I'm pretty proud of how things turned out, Tyro and Y'shtola were the only healers in the party and they ended up being crucial for victory. Lots of well-timed heals and Keeper's Tomes, and I could even help out with the debuff stacking via Keeper's Tome commands.

[Shale]

I'm thinking MP Yunalesca might be my first chance to take Rosa's SSB out for a spin. Just Wrath the hell out of the first phase and then Divine Heals from hell(biter) to breakfast.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

That seriously helps, though I also recommend bringing a form of revival (Arise and Curaise both valid). I ended up using both in my run, which was honestly pretty excellent regardless. I tend to luck out into seriously capable pugs on MO.

[Scar]

Get hyped ladies and gents.

It's Kain week.

Prepare to see my cry!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Get hyped ladies and gents.

It's Kain week.

Prepare to see my cry!

Preemptively: sorry, Scar.

[Clear Tranquil]

Just a heads up I will be changing my Vanille Transcendent Dream RW to Yuna with Song of Spira unless there is any objections~

I can keep it as Vanille if people want, I think it is the same people using her all the time anyway, although I think Song of Spira might help them too?

[Shale]

My JP account is now U++ capable, as long as the U++ is a joke like the current iteration of Xande (or is it his clone?) – no physical offense, no piercing moves, no status, no phase/form shenanigans, and weak to holy. I had more problems with the ultimate Gaap/Hectonachir fight, mainly because I don't have the resources yet to keep buffs/debuffs going through a four-wave fight, no matter how fast I chew through the fodder. (Also because I forgot Vincent's burst isn't dark-elemental. Whoops.)

[Scar]

Apocalypse down!!!!

I am all that is man!

[Grefter]

A miserable pile of secrets?

[Scar]

Got Kain's burst!!!!

*dances*

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Finally, mang. Congrats.

Also, I looked at the banner and decided Edward's SSB would be really good for my mage parties - I've got no Support-based stackable MAG buffs and that would make my magical party compositions -so- much more flexible along with improving DPS -a lot- - not to mention I have multiple offense-based healer BSBs (Minwu's and Vanille are considerable examples. Rosa, Ovelia and Aerith also have damage-based entries, so it also serves them well enough). The rest of the banner only has two dupes and some fairly swank options too. So, okay. One pull.

Got 3/11, comprised of Rosa's Elven Bow (trash, used it as a Rosetta Stone as soon as I mastered the SB, since I already have her Burst), Cid's Thor Hammer (I guess it's good for FF4 CMs, given Kain's Burst) and Edward's Soul Harp. Yeah, mission accomplished. Just broke his third cap and went for mastery.

[Scar]

Indeed.

Took 3 tries.

Got yang and Ceodore's burst.

Yang super dupe, Ceodore armor and rosa bow too.

I'm happy. I have enough for one more pull, but I'll save for that 8 banner...

Or the festival events coming up.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

That FF8 banner is pretty good. Squall's second burst is so nuts it's still a top contender for physical damage and the whereabouts are nice too - Irvine's Burst is an excellent debuffing package and his pentabreak SSB's also solid. Selphie's USB is good, her Burst is quite interesting for mage parties (though you might want to make her an offensive unit if running that) and Raijin's Aura is great. Quistis' second SSB sucks and Edea/Zell SSBs are rather vanilla nowadays, but the latter at least are decently widespread FF8 synergy. I'm dropping a couple pulls there for sure.

[Shale]

I've already got the Zell and Irvine SSBs, but the top prizes are so good that I'm dropping a couple of 11-pulls there anyway. Especially since they're about to throw 75 mythril at us.

[Grefter]

Indeed.

Took 3 tries..

3 tries, 2 years, 2 accounts.

[Reiska]

My FF4 banner haul was Rosa's stupid bow and Edward's stupid harp, so yay I got the cool SSB for the character eternally gimped by collabs in global.

Quite handily in "f*** this game" mode right now. :V

[Clear Tranquil]

Congrats Scar.

FFVIII banner plans of saving for thwarted by hey look random pop up Lucky Draws. Did the Summoners,  3/11, Farna Dress, Asche's Burst, and Hope OSB, no dupes!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Yeah, DeNA is fucking evil, but hey, Lucky Draws.

Anyhow, ended up doing three pulls. First, Combat Lucky Draw. 2/11, Hewley Buster (uh i guess my physical FF7 synergy problems weren't solved ENOUGH) and Fang's Banescissors, which is actually kinda hot for my FF13 haul. First Summoner draw went 3/11: Cardinal (...), Elder Staff (I guess...) and a Hamelin dupe. I thought for a couple minutes and thought I could do another pull. Which went 2/11, with Reynn's Bablizz doll Burst and... Yuna's Conductor. Holy fuck yes. I'm not even sure I'm pulling on FF8 banner anymore, since one of the big reasons I was pulling there was getting a better Last Stand source than Minfilia's SSB and another one was getting a proper healer USB, which Yuna's DEFINITELY qualifies as. I'mma breaking her third level cap tomorrow as soon as I get that spare Lode.

Reynn's BSB is fine, too, since I lacked an Ice en-element burst and hers is decent enough. Lulu and Reynn should serve me pretty well against Magicite Fenrir, if nothing else.

[Shale]

Combat lucky draw was the cure for my physical DPS woes. Cloud BSB2, Firion BSB, and DK Cecil BSB. (two out of three ain't bad!)

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Cloud BSB2 alone fixes every problem you ever had. You might want to hoard harder for his USB banner now, though. <_<

[Magic Fanatic]

[20:02] <MagicFanatic> ...Wizard Rod (dupe), Tiny Bee (...), and dupe Blood Sword (...).
[20:07] <MagicFanatic> Combat LD gives me...  Firion BSB, Jecht OSB, and Bartz OSB.

The Combat draws were all new for me, so I got 4/22 new.  Had Jecht's BSB already, so that's another En-Element -> OSB combo I can use, and Bartz seems like he'll be useful for Magicite Dungeons now thanks to this.  I don't really have a good answer for Holy still outside of Hope BSB1, but Firion's BSB helps a lot.  So...  Net positive, I guess?

[Meeplelard]

Combat gave me Leo's SSB.  Not something I can be particularly fond of since I already have a better IMperil Holy in Beatrix's BSB.

Summoner gave me Ashe's BSB (Dupe) and Lann's OSB. 

...which pisses me off.  ON a Mage heavy banner, I get the one physical thing (well, one of three) because Lann had to have SUmmon 5 and be on the banner and god Lann, you're such a blech character.  I guess it's a 6* Fist, but even then, it's not THAT good of a stat stick since it gets Synergy practically never.