Board 8 > Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Topic #49: Coeurls, Bears and Whips, oh my!

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Monthly reward or raid.

Relegating it to a none-lapis bundle would be a good way to piss off people even more.
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I could see them replacing the end of month 10+1 or 5* ticket with an end of month UoC stub.
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Fiyun posted...

Relegating it to a none-lapis bundle would be a good way to piss off people even more

...and yet people would still pay for it anyway.
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Fiyun posted...

Monthly reward or raid.

Relegating it to a none-lapis bundle would be a good way to piss off people even more.

1 UoC Stub
5 King Metal Minituars (level 1)
10 NRG Restore pots

50% OFF
$45.99
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Now don't be that pessmistic.
There'd at least be a 4* ticket.
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If we add in a 4* ticket, it's 75% off, AMAZING DEAL!
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best value
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Got rainbow #3 from the daily draw today, first Reberta.

Meh.
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The Mana Sword posted...

Got rainbow #3 from the daily draw today, first Reberta.

Meh.

Use those spear mogs... O:

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When she first got enhanced this was an issue as the ability was banned in arena. JP got an update at a later date that made it so as long as the original ability isn't banned, no upgrades well change the effect. I'm not upgrading my stop detach yet until we see if Gumi did this update already or not since my Akyaka really only sits on my arena team.

http://reddit.com/r/FFBraveExvius/comments/9bjjkm/enhancement_analysis_of_awakened_warriors_batch_19/e53g01a

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@Fiyun Thank you for the use of your GLSakura. I cleared the battle pretty easily, but of course I missed the mission to kill the stupid moose with magic. I dunno if two tickets are worth 50 stamina and having to do that battle again, even if it wasn't that bad.

It's disturbing how powercreeped even the Moon is at this point. I knocked off almost 40% of its health with 2x Grim Siphon and a Quick Rebel Intention, although I was boosted with the Quick MAG boost skill.
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I did have a 100% Crimson Blood moogle sitting around for over a year, so that is nice I guess.

Now if only I could use this Fryevias Needle moogle Ive had forever.
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I only need 150,000 currency for the UoC stub? Good thing I have a Kupipi. Easy.
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4th rainbow off this 5% daily.

Got my 3rd Gladiolus... -_-
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So you've been taking my Rainbows...
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Where are people getting all this rainbow luck? XD

I still think it was a decent choice overall, but I can't deny I'm feeling the salt when I've gotten nothing but blues and golds. I'm hoping the 10+1 luck will be a bit better for me.
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I've been just blaiming it on Karma that I voted for the Lapis option that I'm not getting Rainbows. The only solace I've had is people keep complaining about the Rainbows they are getting lol.
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I've always been super lucky in this game for some reason.
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It is kind of a shame that it's gotten to that point. Even when I pull a rainbow, the thrill is fleeting because most times I don't really need the unit; it's just nice to have. It's why I poured everything into FFVIII, and will put a small chunk of resources into the upcoming banner to chase Shantotto, instead of hoarding for the next big meta unit. If I'm going to get a rainbow, I'd rather it be for a character I like, because at no point are the best units strictly required. They make things easier for sure, and I won't deny that I use some of them like CG Fina. But I have no desire to chase after Hyoh, Akstar when he rolls around, or many of the CG Veritas units, so I'll put my resources into banner units I enjoy, even if I don't get them.
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Anything I should know about the bird and deer trials? Those have easier ratings than Wicked Moon, so are they pretty straight forward?
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The moose is really easy; if you can take the Moon, that trial will be cake. It's pretty much a DPS check, kill it by turn 8 or you die. Some things to keep in mind:

-It's thresholds are based on what you used to damage it past the threshold. If you used Magic (note magic-type abilities don't count), it will use an AoE magic attack. If you used anything else, it'll use an AoE physical attack. It also normally attacks with an AoE physical attack in addition, so if you don't trust your team to take one or the other, magic-based abilities are probably best.

-It's SPR is lower than its DEF, so magic is better than physical for your damage.

-It's vulnerable to ATK/MAG breaks, so that can greatly reduce the damage you take.

Since you've got MS Nichol, I'd use him, Basch for a cover tank, and then just bring a ton of DPS units. Use MS Nichol to give yourself HP regen, boost your stats, and reduce incoming damage. Basch should cover and use his breaks, unless you want to bring someone who has better breaks than him. The rest can be used to bring him down as quickly as possible. His first turn he gives you a crazy MP regen buff and doesn't attack, so your first turn is basically free for setup.

For reference, since he was part of the Trio, I used just GLSakura for chaining and BSSakura for finishing, and he went down in four turns. This was without any buffs too.

The bird is tougher. Much tougher. I'm not sure what to do about that one, because it opens with a pre-emptive volley that absolutely thrashes you. When it first came out the only chance was to hope that someone like Mystea's innate AoE cover proc'ed and that your key units survived, unless you could gear for a crazy amount of Ice Resist. I'm not sure what the options are now.
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It's a passive single target cover.

Basically you need to by-pass the rng these days.

Either by giving them enough elemental resistance, or bring two passive taunters/magic tanks. Have one be immune to recover the party and two attackers, then fry the bird.
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Guh, curse my masochism and my need for tickets. I did a second run of the Trio, and while I still won, the Moon was a lot tougher than it was last time thanks to RNG. It killed Basch twice on two different thresholds because of course it wanted to be a jerk, and it Snorted out Ramza once. Took over 20 turns for the Moon. I also didn't realize that Echidna would still hit crazy hard if I let it survive even a single turn, and that almost ended the run too. But I got my tickets, so I never have to touch that trial again.

That said, it was definitely a fun one. I actually like the Moon trial despite the RNG, and it's fun to have a trial like the moose that's just a damage race instead of being full of crazy, wonky mechanics.
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Keep in mind you don't need to finish the current story update to challenge Alexander.
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I think we can safely say that the days of decent bundles are officially over. More garbage this week.
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At least my prediction about the 1k stub was in a bundle was off. ~_~
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8 tickets

Wanted Livid got Shadow Lord.

I'm vaguely ok with this I suppose?
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voltch posted...

8 tickets

Wanted Livid got Shadow Lord.

I'm vaguely ok with this I suppose?

Mhmmmmmym.... Kind of. He is one of the bastards that are semi-broken by default since you need his 7* to make good use of him.

At minimum you got 60% for sword users with helmets.

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Amusing.

Use lightning moves on Machenko on 4 different turns.

Do nothing after turn 9.

????

Profit.
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Went in to that fight kinda lazily thinking it would be an easy OHKO, and then got status effects to death turn 2.

Whoops.
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Well I blew all my tickets on the banner. I dunno why, I just get so tired of hoarding when I know it's not really helping the odds of getting something I want by all that much. But on the last ticket I got myself a Livid Shantotto. Guess I'll just keep doing dailies in the hope of a dupe. Pretty happy though, I got what I wanted.
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I just did the Battlegrounds map where I had to fight Lasswell, Wilhelm, and Charlotte. How far am I from finishing S2/3-3? I was thinking I'd spend all day working on it to try and get that 50% Moogle.
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You've got a long, long ways to go. You're not even finished with Season 1 yet, and still have a ton of content in that one as it is.
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Did enough story missions for another 10+1, got my third Dark Veritas.

I just want Viktors 7*, dammit.
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I'm being really silly, defending Livid Shantotto on the board. I get that she's not a great unit, but holy crap the arguments people are making are awful.

"She can't chain!"
"Her AoE abilities are locked? Awful!"
"She can't one shot everything under the sun."

Apparently magic finishers with stacking damage never existed before. Can you imagine if someone like BSSakura got blowback like this?
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Horith posted...

You've got a long, long ways to go. You're not even finished with Season 1 yet, and still have a ton of content in that one as it is.

Yeah I have.

I'm most definitely in Season 2. I've got Leviathan about 4-5 maps back.
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My exact location is:

Paladia > Gungan > Battlegrounds > Ice Knight
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Oh, I was thinking about mid Season 1 during the tournament. My bad.

Yeah, you'll still need refreshes, but you can probably manage to get there in time. You're almost done with Gungan, and you just have to finish the entirety of the next continent to finish what you need to.
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What's the trick with Victor?

He's blocking my Physical/Mag stuff.

edit - took me 14 turns to realise lightning kept activating the shield. Killed him 3 turns later.

Apparently Ayaka/CG Nichol are good at keep sustainability going.
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Don't use lightning attacks, like at all. Not only does he put up the shield, but he retaliates pretty heavily when he's hit by them. Just stick with something you can imperil yourself.

I only tried the trial once, and I ran into that issue. I hear he hits kinda hard after the threshold too, but it should still be manageable with good tanks and elemental mitigation.
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I have no idea if he hits hard.

Olive kept blasting away and and activating the shield. Once I figured out the lightning thing, I just used deactivated shield for one turn, got Olive's LB up next turn and she basically one shot whatever HP he had remaining.
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Horith posted...

I'm being really silly, defending Livid Shantotto on the board. I get that she's not a great unit, but holy crap the arguments people are making are awful.

"She can't chain!"
"Her AoE abilities are locked? Awful!"
"She can't one shot everything under the sun."

Apparently magic finishers with stacking damage never existed before. Can you imagine if someone like BSSakura got blowback like this?

The thing that makes me think she isnt sustainable is the fact that all of her good magic skills are 110 MP a piece and that you get triple cast so she uses 330 MP a turn if you use all of them for nukes.

Kind of makes it annoying when you triple cast and one of them will have to be osmose to get some MP back but that only works once per monster.
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Not only did I not get a Rainbow on the free dailies, I just used my 30% and three 10% 5* tickets for 4 non Raibows too lol. Was hoping for a good bonus unit when I start working on the event.

Hopefully something good is on the horizon lol.
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Lucavi000 posted...

The thing that makes me think she isnt sustainable is the fact that all of her good magic skills are 110 MP a piece and that you get triple cast so she uses 330 MP a turn if you use all of them for nukes.

Kind of makes it annoying when you triple cast and one of them will have to be osmose to get some MP back but that only works once per monster.

Nah, you wouldn't use her 110 MP skills. Her setup needs to be any of the three ways she has to get to her -aga V spells, and stack those up. They stack quickly, only needing three casts before they hit max, and as she has several ways of getting to them, she doesn't need to spend a lot of time with setup skills. Her CD also gives her a crapton of MP regen for the a few turns, although I really don't get why it's a 12-turn CD. That seems way too high to me, personally.

I think they way I'd use her (if I had her 7*)
Turn 1: Elemental Seal
Turn 2: Triple Cast whatever spell is needed to get to max stacks
Turn 3: Triple Cast again or Play Rough if it's up
Turn 4: Mana Spring or Play Rough
Turn 5: Continue Triple Casting

She has a good chunk of MP regen built into her, and those spells will only sap 240 MP a turn instead of 330, while doing more damage. Unfortunately she's more of a 2-3 turn nuke unlike Dragonlord's 1-turn nuke, but she has a lot more elements to play with. I think even with the higher costs she'd be easier to maintain than Dragonlord in the short term, although I'd rather have someone like Zarg or a stronger MP battery than Fina to keep up with her.
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So, from Reddit

-King Edgar has the highest breaks in the game now at 84%

-Sabin does mucho damage. Favorable comparisons to Akstar have been floated.

-something about more powerful LBs if you get them down past 20% HP at any point of a fight?
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I'm not sure I'm going to make it through 3-3. These islands are huge and burning me out lol.
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Where are you at this point?
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Crystalis Underground Skylight Desert
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Skylight Desert? If so, that means you have pretty much all of Crystalis to get through in the next few hours.
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Im actually glad theres all this story I need to grind up more lapis for this step up.
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Horith posted...

Skylight Desert? If so, that means you have pretty much all of Crystalis to get through in the next few hours.

Yeah.
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Well. We can remove that stub is a daily.

Still scratching my head over that 5+1...
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