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Go ahead. I should totally update mine, but I can't seem to do it from my phone. I've been rocking OK pUSB for a while now.
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List of B8 RW.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GTAEcEAjw57qTwXc71egRGDWQq_L1TrdNJdarRbYyJk/edit#gid=585371231

Enlir's spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16K1Zryyxrh7vdKVF1f7eRrUAOC5wuzvC3q2gFLch6LQ/edit#gid=938172420

MisterP's pdf:
http://happypluto.com/~misterp/r/ffrk.pdf

Less than two weeks until the debut of Torment 2.0, starting with FFT. I'm scared, yet excited.
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If he can already sub-30 Tiamat, I don't see the point in picking Squall's BSB. It's a good relic, but Lopen doesn't need it.
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I need that Aerith USB, but this banner is such a trap imo. Non-elemental Noctis is not relevant, and Cloud will not be relevant until they give him a 6* wind ability. The 5* Spellblade is a start, but its power is ridiculously inferior to Snowspell Strike. Not to mention you'll also need his LMR to doublecast it.
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Ramza USB
Cid IV SSB
Ursula BSB
Cyan LMR
Setzer SSB (dupe)
Aphmau SSB
Lightning Glint (dupe)
Alphinaud LMR

Ramza USB is pretty nice, but missing his LMR, I'd rather use one of the support-gods whose LMR I have (Tyro or Onion)

Alphinaud LMR is noteworthy, because he's now complete. Not that I care much.
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I managed to kill both super weapons. They're just ridiculous, especially Emmy.

Diamond:
I went full holy mage on this one: Raines with BSB & OSB, and Rem with USB & OSB as dps.
Shelke entrustbot, Tyro with his brand new Godwall + LMR was on support duty, and Yuna with USB and doublecast LMR healed with Curada spam.
Since her USB isn't instant, I had to give her TGC RM and Shelke entrusted her on turn 1, so I could recover from the HP 1 opening.

Emerald:
Emmy was a similar build, except I ran Ashe (USB) and Lightning (USB, OSB, Glint) as dps. The tricky part was finding the right balance between entrusting Yuna for survival and Lightning for OSB spam dps. I killed the eyes the first 2 times, but rushed down Emmy as the third set of eyes spawned.
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I 100-gemmed a Tyro LMR

Then I figured: "This isn't going to help me much without Godwall. Eh, might as well throw 50 mythril here"

3/11: 2 Beatrix BSB, 1 Godwall

Tyro is back to being a monster.
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LD: Seph USB, Selphie LMR, Prishe BSB
Not bad. I like Seph, though his USB does seem kinda underwhelming. Maybe I'm missing something.

RoP recap
Rem LMR (dupe)
Minfilia LMR
Hope SSB (dupe)
Reks LMR
Shantotto LMR
Jecht OSB (dupe)
Kuja USB
Edea BSB (dupe)
Tifa BSB (dupe)
Mog SSB
Lenna BSB
Golbez SSB
Arc SSB (dupe)
Maria USB
Garland BSB

I was kinda frustrated at first, but Maria USB alone was worth the 75 mythril. Kuja USB and Shantotto LMR might also see some use eventually.
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Today I went through all 15 of my keystones.

Even with good teams, that can basically handle the 4*s without S/Ls (I think I had 3 failures all day), that's just tedious as hell.

I might not feel like doing a magicite each day, but it's better than doing so many at once.
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I got Maria's USB

I'm so happy, I can barely put it into words. Her BSB has served me so well over the years, and now I have the ridiculously strong upgrade.

I'm skipping the OSB draw.
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Got a Rosetta Stone (i.e. my 4th Arc robe) on the III draw.
The first LD was, again, an 1/11: Gaff BSB.
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Whiskey_Nick posted...

Golbez SSB

Got the same relic
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I have TGC USB, but I also have Decil AOSB, so his OSB wouldn't be worthwhile either.

I'm personally hoping for Beatrix USB or possibly Marche USB.
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Got Lenna's BSB (the one with reraise)
I already have her other BSB and her USB, so this is of questionable value.
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Got Mog SSB on the VI draw. I feel my Mog will be busy with his BSB, so this probably won't see much use, but at least it's a new relic for a character I like.
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Another RoP, another dupe. That's 5/9 dupes now.
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Edea BSB dupe.
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Got Kuja USB

Not quite what I hoped for when I saw the 6* (Vivi or Beatrix USB would have me super excited), but still very good. My best RoP draw so far.
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I think the next event banner that has my attention is the Sephiroth banner. That should be soon-ish, I think.

Today's draws:
FFX: Disco!!! But it's a dupe Jecht OSB

FFIV: 100 gem Disco!!! Decil AOSB. Nice!
3/11 Both Decil LMRs and Edward BSB
1/11 Decil BBSB

I still really want that Decil USB, but at this point I have too many dupes,
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Normally I'd care, but there's just so much filler. Russia vs Saudi Arabia?
No thanks.

I'll care more when we're past the group stage.
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XII - Reks LMR
500 gems - dupe Curilla SSB, dupe Jecht OSB, Edgar OSB

Not sure which BSB I'll pick from the selection.
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A dupe Hope SSB

I'm starting to get slightly annoyed by these RoPs. Not a single worthwhile relic yet.

On the flip side, I 100-gemmed Sarah LMR on the WoL banner, and she's actually a character I use sometimes. She's my healer in 2 4* magicite teams.
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Minfilia LMR

This would be better if I actually had any of her buffing SBs.
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I started RoP with a dupe Rem LMR.
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There's also Crit Damage buffs, like Zack CSB which might allow Burning Rush to pull ahead.

As for the Samurai abilities, if the Retaliate is actually useful (not gonna happen, nowadays), those could actually be pretty good.

Realistically though, you might as well shatter Burning Rush and the 4 Samurai abilities. Gaia Rush can stay, because somehow the other Earth monk ability didn't get the hit-count buff.
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I figured there were enough grand prizes, and I had enough mythril, to try my luck on the Healer LD.

1/11 Sarah SSB

Man, fuck this shit.
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Kaxon posted...

*counts*

19 USBs out of 69 total 5 and 6* items... only 4 of the USBs are dupes...

Ah, what the hell, it's only 25 mythril.

This was pretty much my reasoning, except I only have 2 of them.

1/11 Alphinaud SSB dupe. Summerfest is off to an awful start.
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3/11

Serah SSB (dupe)
Rapha SSB
Hope LMR

That Hope LMR is pretty neat, actually. I have an almost complete Hope from all those DU LDs (SSB, 2 BSBs, and OSB; only missing his USB). Maybe I should start using him.
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Got nothing worthwhile from the 9 archive draws: Locke SSB was my only new SSB+ relic, and I got two copies of it for good measure. Now starts the torment of picking my free relics.
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You could give OK Ultra Cure or Curada as a backup healer. Might keep people safe from Dark Flare.
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I feel that a dived Marche and Orlandeau should be good enough, though I'd understand if you don't want to dive TGC without his USB.

You're taking Unicorn as your magicite, right?

Also, his first 4 turns in phase 2 and 3 are
AoE Interrupt Strike
Regular Strike
Dark Flare
Black Cauldron

Shouldn't be hard to dodge the fixed Black Cauldrons with Rosa USB. He can use Black Cauldron outside of these fixed ones, but
a) you could get lucky and not see any
b) with some luck you could still dodge them Rosa USB
c) Unicorn can save you once
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What kind of Holy relics do you have?

If you have TGC OSB and something like Beatrix BSB along with OK pUSB (or maybe Shout 2.0), it should be doable. That's what I had for my first clear.
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1/11 Yuffie Glint

I understand that's a good SB, but having nothing else for her, I don't think this alone will make her worth using.
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If it was 50 mythril, I would skip, but at half-price, I have to pull. Only have Cloud BSB and Zack USB as dupes here, so there are quite a few upgrades to my FFVII game here.
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You want 4 copies of your magicites, if you want to get them to lvl 99, for the superior passive abilities (and better stats). So I think you should keep fighting ones you've already beaten.

Mom Bomb (free Imperil fire), Wendigo (free Imperil ice), and Enkidu (instant Medica+Esuna) are all magicites that you will be using for a long time, so getting them to lvl 99 will not be a waste.

When you get a magicite, its level caps at 50. You need 3 additional copies to raise their max level to 65, 80, 99 (similar to memory crystals for characters)
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2/11
Rem OSB and LMR.
I already had another LMR for her. Really makes me wish I had her USB now. She sounds like she could dish out some sick damage with that. Besides, I've always loved the Holy spell, and I find the idea of an offensive white mage interesting.

I'll probably give the banner another try, after I'm back to 50 mythril.
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Unfortunately, no. It's arguably the worst USB in the entire game, massively outclassed by even several SSBs.
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I did the lucky, because my IV and T-0 are terrible.

I got 3/11:
Papa en-Ice SSB
Cecil BSB2
Yshtola LMR

At least it's no dupes.
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Don't really like the Earth banner. I feel it's basically Dorgann USB, Ingus Chain, and a bunch of mediocre relics.
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Hades sub-30 is done. That's all of them.
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I did a draw on the Holy banner, and I'm happy:

Ramza BSB
Ramza BSB
Pecil USB
TGC USB !!!

Got one of the two relics I really wanted here. I still want Beatrix USB, but I won't risk another draw here.
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Holy banner dropping tomorrow (or today, depending on your timezone)

TGC and Baetrix USBs make this one super tempting.
But then, there's also Basch USB and Pecil USB, which aren't so hot. I'll have to think about this.

Other relics are BSBs and LMRs for these 4 characters. Ramza Shout+ and LMR as the final 2 relics.
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Safety bump.
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Final magicite (Hades) done. I had to dive TGCid for it, but it's not a big deal. Maybe I didn't have to 5* dive him, but it's not like TGC with OSB is a terrible character.

40 seconds, but Black Crystals are meh, so it's not a big deal.
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I have done some inheriting, but I'm far from done. It's definitely nice getting that extra passive, and the bonus stats don't hurt either.

I have
- an Isgebind with inherited Crit dmg+8 for general physical power
- a Gizamaluke with extra Dampen Fire+10
- a Krysta with Dampen Wind+10
- a Tiamat with Empower Wind+15
- an Evrea with Health Boon 5
- a Wendigo with Empower Ice+15
- a Shell Dragon with Empower Earth+15

Eventual targets are getting Dampen 15 for each element and Empower 15 on each Imperil magicite.
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2/11
Serah SSB - a decent Faithga, though I'm not lacking in that department. CM or CT use only, if I'm being realistic.
Dupe Zell USB - it's a dupe, but there are worse things to dupe than 6* Fire+ glove.

Not a good draw, but far from my worst, tbh.
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Congrats. I have honestly no idea how I'm going to handle Hades yet. I'll spend this whole week improving my holy magicite deck, before I even attempt this again. I tried him once on release, and the status hell murdered me.
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I did 1 draw here and got Lightning Glint and Kain BSB.

There was a time when I wanted Kain BSB, but that was a year ago. As for the Glint, I have a hard time imagining a scenario where I'll want to use this instead of her USB.
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I threw 50 mythril at banner 1, to get some of the discos (except Aphmau, which I have). No discos, but 4 rainbows
- OK cape x2 (this would be amazing if it wasn't a dupe)
- Mog BSB
- Iris BSB

Not what I really wanted, but that's still 2 relics I could see myself using occasionally, so I'm not mad. Mog's a cool character, at least, and while I already have Larsa for Astra, the bubble on Iris BSB is actually worth more HP than his stronger entry.

My 33-pulls (I did both) gave me, if I remember all of it:
Rydia USB, Zidane USB, Aranea BSB, Penelo SSB, Garnet Dagger BSB, Meliadoul BSB, Zeid SSB and Desch BSB (my only dupe in the set)

Those 6*s please me very much. The rest isn't so great, but whatever. I need IV relics, and Rydia is my favorite character in that game. Zidane USB is sweet wind tech, where I'm currently lacking a bit. Gives me an excuse to finally hone that 5* Wind Thief ability.
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I got two new, but useless relics
- Fran LMR (chance to stun when equipped with a bow)
- Machina BSB

Unless I somehow get Luneth OSB in the 33-draw, I'm picking the III set. I don't care for Luneth, but I need that 6* Wind+ for my Bartz.
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