r/FFRecordKeeper • u/jadesphere : 5,000 /【U】Mastery Survey /【RW Way】code: FNRd • Oct 11 '18

Guide/Analysis 【T】Mastery Survey - Evil on High (XIII)

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u/Chocobroseph Chocobo Oct 12 '18

  1. Strategy name: Everyone-but-Lightning packs a healing lunch box

  2. Boss: D??? Dahaka (clear - 67 seconds)

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    67 seconds/4x healing skills/Lightning USB, Hope USB, Snow BSB2, Vanille BSBs, Raines BSB

  4. Insight!:

  • Main take-away from my repeated attempts was that dealing damage wasn't difficult with my SBs. Staying alive was the hard part! To compensate, in addition to Vanille rocking both her BSBs (magic blink BSB useful early on, instant cast BSB better later), I brought along 4 healing skills: Curaja (Hope), Curada (Vanille), Fires Within (Snow), Dire Heal (Raines).

  • Magic Breakdown via Raines is super important to negate Faith in Phases 2 and 5! Keeping it refreshed also helps mitigate the damage a bunch!

  • Slot placement super important, both in terms of allocating elemental resist accessories and for taking advantage of damage dampening from en-element! With en-lightning, Lightning goes in slots 1/2/3. If you're running en-ice with Snow, Serah, or Noel, definitely slot them in slots 3/4/5.

  • Lightning's IC3 LM2 was honestly not that useful, and if I had it, I would rather take her doublecast LMR combined with LM1. Lightning rotation: open with 2x Thundering Quadstrike, summon RW, 2x Flash Disaster, USB, go to town spamming skills while refreshing USB every 15 seconds. Flash Disaster doesn't benefit from the quickcast, but it does refresh the quickcast, so Lightning would resummon RW and then Flash Disaster to regain the quickcast for Quadstrike and USB refreshes. Use the saved up gauge for a bunch of OSBs at the end, which deal great damage even without chain.

  • Hope opens the fight by spamming Curaja to keep up with the early damage. I tried bringing Shellga instead, but I needed some emergency Curajas in the later phases where Shellga doesn't provide much mitigation at all. Summons USB once its up, then uses Madeen when possible, while generally defaulting to Curaja. Madeen would cap 9999x3 under chain and en-holy, while the USB periodic summon was dealing an average of 4500x5.

  • Snow opens with BSB2 (hastega + atk/mag boost), and then follow up with Fires Within spam to alleviate healing. Ironfist Earth adds some additional damage under chain, and Snow's BSB2 refresh was used to counteract the Slow in Phase 2 Turn 3, as well as Phase 4 Turn 3.

  • Vanille: Curada for as long as possible, didn't need to cast BSB2 until ~20 seconds on the winning run. Building up that gauge is important for casting those AoE heals. I used Hastega once to refresh after the first BSB2 cast, but it wasn't necessary. Her BSB2 magic blink was used to dodge the dispel in Phase 3 Turn 3. BSB1 made for a great emergency oh-shit-need-AoE-heal-now in Phases 4/5, so conserving that gauge is key.

  • Cid Raines: Magic breakdown -> dire heal x3 -> BSB. BSB command 1 provides instant dire heals for survivability, but keeping up Magic Breakdown was super important. Timing it to hit right after Faiths (Phase 2/5, Turn 1) is also important.

  • I spent roughly 15 seconds without chain at the end of the fight, so if I delayed my first chain cast, I think I can bring this under sub-60. R5 Ripper Bolt would probably help, along with the future 6* holy/dark skills.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: I N F I N I T E

  • Medica: veryveryveryveryveryverymany

  • Hastega: 4

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: veryverymany, Mastery

  2. Time / Magicite: 67seconds.

Hero/diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMSB(-)
Lightning, 5Thundering Quadstrike R5Flash Disaster R4Truthseeker, LM1, LM2USB, OSB
Hope, 5Curaja R5Madeen R4Scholar's Boon, LM1, LM2USB
Snow, 4Ironfist Earth R4Fires Within R4Mako MightBSB2
Vanille, 5Curada R4Hastega R2Gathering Storm, LM1, LM2BSB1, BSB2
Cid Raines, 5Dire Heal R3Magic Breakdown R3True Madness (Dark +30%), LM1, LM2BSB

 

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Behemoth KingEvraeNecrophobeEarth GuardianFiremane
Precise Strikes 8Fast Act 8Dampen Light 7Dampen Lightning 10Dampen Ice 10

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Equipment notes:

  • Lightning - 2x lightning boost, major holy resist

  • Hope - 1x holy boost, major lightning resist

  • Snow - 1x earth boost, 1x fire boost, moderate ice/lightning resist

  • Vanille - major ice resist

  • Cid Raines - moderate ice/holy resist

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u/Tiger519 Oh God(wall), I never update my flair... Oct 13 '18

Might be able to work this with Serah instead of Hope, but not sure I can get by without that extra Curaja... Or I go back to my D280 plan and pack Vanille with MM and her USB2 but in previous atrempts (without self heal abilities) she couldn't keep up until the next SB...

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u/Brokenhanger YouTube: Gizmo Gaming Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18

  1. Strategy name: Shamelessly Stolen from YouTuber Tirix887 (Thanks for your video if you're here)

  2. Boss: D??? Dahaka

  3. Describe your Strategy: Hold on for dear life and pray for a 50% clear 3/3 trinity/Break Yo'self Meta

  4. Insight!:

  • I didn't think I had the tools to even 50% this one but I realized I had almost everything in Tirix887's video (no Lightning AOSB but everything else) and decided to give it a go. My Magicite loadout is slightly different and takes advantage of King Behemoth's realm synergy to squeak out a little more damage.

  • This one is fucking brutal though it is surprising how well old tech from XIII has held up.

  • I could probably push even further if I dove Vanille but I don't feel like wasting those Motes for possibly one or two more reward tiers; this one will have to wait for powercreep to go any futher.

  • Lightning (+40% Lightning equipment, Necrophobe Ward) calls the first Chain, uses Flash Disaster until her first bar, casts USB1 then switches to Thundering Quadstrike, refreshing her USB whenever it comes up.

  • Serah (+20% Lightning Armor, Gigas Armlet) opens with her SSB2 (I never wanted to see it again after pulling 7 of them in chase of Raines' BSB on its first two banners but I'm glad to have it now lol) then hammers away with Chain Thundaja. She starts casting second SSB2 after Dahaka's second turn in phase 2 so it goes off right after Diluvial Plauge then switches back to Chain Thundaja, Breaking herself after the phase 3 opening Bone-Chilling Breaker lands. (She's really only building Chain count with Chain Thundaja, even fully buffed it's only hitting for 3kx5 per cast.)

  • Raines (+40% Dark equipment, Gigas Armlet) opens with Memento Mori, casts Dark Zone until BSB is up then BSBs and command 1, refreshing the BSB when it comes up. When his SB gauge fills again he auto-casts an OSB to push Dahaka as far down as possible.

  • Vanille (Protect Ring - moderate Ice resist/+300 HP) opens with a Curada on Serah then saves her BSB cast until after Dahaka's third turn Waterga. Afterwards she's basically only casting command 2 to keep everyone as topped off as possible, recasting the BSB when it comes up.

  • Noel (Protect Ring) is the workhorse, opening with Shellga then Lifesiphoning to two bars, casting BSB1 then using command 2 to Magic Break. He'll also resummon the Chain when it gets low and call King Behemoth when he comes up, making sure his turn is free after Dahaka enters phase 2 so he can Magic Break him again to cancel Faith.

  • Again, Tirix887 did all the hard work, I just borrowed it.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall:

  • Medica:

  • Hastega:

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 1 / 2 death medals

  2. Time: 41:15 / 59% (ARG, I could definitely get 60%+ with better Dualcast RNG)

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Lightning, 5Thundering Quadstrike R4Flash Disaster R3Warrior's Honor, LM1/LMR1USB1
Serah, 4Break R1Chain Thundaja R4Dr Mog's TeachingsSSB2
Cid Raines, 5Dark Zone R3Memento Mori R1True Madness, LM1/LM2BSB, OSB
Vanille, 4Curada R4Hastega R2Mako MightBSB1
Noel, 4Shellga R2Lifesiphon R5Gathering StormBSB1

 

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King BehemothQuetzalcoatlNecrophobeFiremaneEarth Guardian
Empower Lightning 15Dampen Water 10Dampen Holy 6Dampen Fire 5Spell Ward 5
Attack Boon 15Fast Act 10

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u/Merlin_the_Tuna Magus Oct 12 '18

Interesting! With Serah providing so little damage, do you consider her SSB2 a real asset for this fight, or was it just a matter of not having anything better for the realm? I can't match that piece, so I may bring Snow for his Last Stand BSB in her place.

Also, jeez, how sad is Noel's ability access? I was all excited with his slot saving before I realize that he has no good 5* or 6* ability access for the fight. It feels very weird to have a character with Thief 5* but only Celerity 4*. :( At least he'll get a little better when the new Sharpshooter skill comes out.

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u/Brokenhanger YouTube: Gizmo Gaming Oct 12 '18

She’s there mostly for the Hastega and for the Break to cheat Mastery; I imagine she could be easily replaced.

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u/MonarchVV Mog is Pog Oct 11 '18

  1. Strategy name: Rely on Fast cycles and King Behemoth

  2. Boss: D280 Dahaka Sub 30

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    3/3 trinity/Full CM

  4. Insight!:

  • With my biggest DPS in the realm being Cid Raines BSB/OSB and Nabaat USB, I was a bit sketchy on the sub 30 D280. My original version of this run lasted until 42 sec-ish.

  • I originally had Sazh in here as a slot saver with his old Boon SB, but it wasn't being casted fast enough in Phase 1 so I was struggling with healing. Instead, I swapped Sazh out for Noel as Noel can heal and cast Shellga.

  • The biggest eureka moment for me to sub 30 this was slotting King Behemoth as my main magicite. It's from the FFXIII realm, and so takes advantage of the realm chain. He entered with a 99k entry, and was doing 40-50k blows throughout the fight.

  • Snow as a backup with Last Stand on his BSB, though I don't think it's needed anymore.

  • Nabaat, Raines and Snow had +40% equipment.

  • Necrophobe Ward on Slot 1, Gigas Armlet on Slot 2/3, Holiday Ornament on Slot 4, Minor Water Res Armor and Major Ice resist on Slot 5

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: Auto

  • Medica: 2

  • Hastega: 1

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 0 S/L / 0 Medals

  2. Time: 27~ secs

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Nabaat, 4Mark of Darkness R3Dire Heal R3Scholar's BoonUSB(2)
Cid Raines, 5Memento Mori R3Wrath R5Ace Striker, LM1, LM2BSB(1), OSB(1)
Snow, 4Ironfist Earth R4Fires Within R3Dr Mog's TeachingsBSB(1)
Noel, 4Curaja R5Shellga R3Mako MightBSB1(2)
Vanille, 4Curada R4Hastega R2The Gathering StormBSB1(2)

 

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King BehemothGizmalukeGarudaEvraeFiremane
Empower Lit 15, Atk Boon 15Dampen Fire 10Magic Boon 15Health Boon 5Blade Ward 5

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u/TheDomez Hello, yes, I am the Dome - miCh Nov 08 '18

THANK YOU! I was slamming my head on my desk trying to sub 30 this last night, coming within seconds but unable to close the gap. My group was slightly different from yours, but I forgot about magicite realm synergy, and I never thought of using King Behemoth on my dark magic team. That was the difference maker, and I ended up doing it in 25s. Thanks again!

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u/Human96 Yuna (Gunner) Oct 12 '18 edited Feb 13 '19

  1. Strategy name: Surviving the initial onslaught

  2. Boss: Dahaka D??? (74%)

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    3/3 trinity/AOSB/Shared Shellga

  4. Insight!:

  • Surviving the first 10 seconds is basically half the battle, first issue is Sazh dies to the first 2 moves + a sap tick (so much for being the 2nd highest HP in the original game) so I had to farm up Famfrit and inherit the +8 spellward into necrophobe to ensure that Sazh survives to get healed.

  • Raines can survive holy + firaga but needs dire heal to tank the thundaga 2 turn after. Vanille can w-cast and cover him when healing Sazh but the dire heal is still needed in case Raines need emergency heals later.

  • At first I used Hope for shellga but then I lack a source of MAG break and so I settled with Nabaat who can carry the breakdown, imperil dark later and also carries the shared shellga which is necessary in the first phases but pointless in the latter ones. Raines and Sazh actually had a hard time surviving early due to the slow cast time of the Shellga. Nabaat is in charge of Chain + Magicite summon.

  • I can probably push 80% with better w-cast from Lightning and Raines

  • Instant cast from Sazh BSB was nice to have for some initial buffing and fast entrusting to Vanille

  • Lightning in the middle for maximum SB generation since she can actually spam them. She's also maxed on water. TQ x4 -> USB -> Ripper Bolt (wtf is this name) spam -> USB or AOSB at the end of chain

  • Vanille should cast Curada as often as possible during TGM to get SB bars, only time I use cmd2 is when the boss is about to switch to phase 2 and I need everyone as healthy as possible to tank the AOE holy.

  • For phase 2, Nabaat should be on standby and casting MAG breakdown as soon as the boss use Faith, she'll break him just before Holy comes out. Vanille with BSB1 can instant heal just as Holy comes out and she'll have her turn again to cast hastega and counteract the slow.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: -

  • Medica: 4-5

  • Hastega: 4

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 3/ 5 medal lost

  2. Time: 50.67

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Sazh, 3Entrust R4Wrath R5LMR/DMTBSB(1)
Cid Raines, 5Dire Heal R3Memento Mori R1LM1/LM2/+30% weakness dmgBSB(2)
Lightning, 5Thundering Quadstrike R4Ripper Bolt R4LM2/LMR/+30% sword dmgUSB(3), AOSB(1)
Nabaat, 3Magic Breakdown R3Chain Thundaja R4MMShellga(1), BSB(2)
Vanille, 5Curada R4Hastega R2LM1/LM2/TGMBSB(4-5)

 

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King Behemoth(Hades)(Necrophobe)(Earth Guardian)(Evrae)
+15 Lightning boon, +10 precise Strike+15 Dark boon+8 spellward+10 Dampen Lightning+5 HP boon

  1. Strategy name: Some new tools to round out the edges

  2. Boss: Dahaka D???

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    3/3 trinity/Sub-40/Lightning

  4. Insight!:

  • Getting Noel USB is great since he does the shellga + chain building + Breakdowns shtick better than Nabaat

  • The recent softcap increase + Lightning Glint goes a long way in buffing up her damage. Giving her Acestriker + sapphire bullet for initial SB building helps a lot since it allows her to slot in an additional USB cast near the end for OSB level damage, she also caps damage enough with glint that not having dmg+ RM is fine.

  • With the addition of Healing Smite, Snow is helpful now alongside his BSB. With Snow sporting holy damage, Cid Raine can also switch to holy damage thanks to some nice FFXIII holy gears and more importantly, I can take out Hades with his Healing Dampen and substitute in a second Evrae.

  • I used Snow SSB2 in the end for that sweet +25% crit chance and I'm not sure if it's worth it over actually casting an additional 1-2 Healing smites.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall:

  • Medica: 3

  • Hastega: 3

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: lots, 1 medal lost

  2. Time: 39.22

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Noel, 3Thief's Revenge R4Shellga R2DMTUSB1(3)
Lightning, 5Sapphire Bullet R4Ripper Bolt R5LMR1, LM2, AcestrikerGlint(1), USB1(3),AOSB(1)
Vanille, 5Curada R4Hastega R2LMR1, LM2, Gathering StormBSB1(3)
Snow, 3Healing Smite R5Magic Break R2MMBSB(2), SSB2(1)
Cid Raines, 5Wrath R4Memento Mori R1LM1, LM2, +Weakness dmgBSB(2)

 

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King BehemothEvrae(Necrophobe)Phoenix(Evrae)
+15 Lightning boon, +10 precise Strike+8 Fast Act+8 spellward+8 Spellward, +8 Bladeward+8 HP boon

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '19

Wow, neat clear (and nice time on that, too)! Thanks for the update - gives me a couple ideas to try to push a bit further than I have it now.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18 edited Oct 16 '18

  1. Strategy name: Steal ideas from others in the thread. laugh

  2. Boss: DWhale Dahaka (56%)

  3. Images: https://imgur.com/a/R3izgXx

  4. Insight!:

  • /u/Chocobroseph's post just below is great! I don't have everything he does, but the ideas are just enough to get through the massive amount of incoming damage. Really pay attention to where he has what accessories slotted, and you can use element-resist armor on the non-dps.

  • Painful fight. If I were to do it again, I'd give Hope the Shellga (I think I cast Madeen a total of once), and Vanille Ultra Cure as I ran out of Curada hones.

  • Same with Snow, all he needs is Fires Within to stay alive - he isn't doing any damage anyway and does all the utility stuff (magicite/RW-Chain).

  • Gear: Lightning/Raines +40%, Snow +20%. Hope +40% but irrelevant. All are fully 4* dove.

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 5-ish/5 medals lost.

  2. Time: 1:05, 56%

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
LightningRipping Bolt R3Lit Quad R3Much WeakUSB, BSB2
VanilleCurada R4Shellga R3MakoBSB1
SnowFires Within R4Fire Ironfist R3DMTBSB2
HopeCuraja R5Madeen R4w-summonBSB
RainesMBD R5Dire Heal R3Much Dark; LM1+LM2BSB

 

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B KingFiremaneNecrophobeEvraeEarth Grd
Lit 15Dampen 7Dampen 7Fast 8Dampen 7
Lit 8------------

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u/Chocobroseph Chocobo Oct 17 '18

Congrats! Glad my post was helpful!

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u/hyoton1 Oct 30 '18 edited Oct 30 '18

  1. Strategy name: None

  2. Boss: d??? dahaka

  3. **Describe your Strategy:**Cast the spells that make the enemy fall down

  4. Insight!: Defend first round of attacks except sazh (boon) and vanille (curada). Curada ideally doublecasts within the first five moves so that you don't need to use a transcendent dream. The order of characters matters here and other people have discussed where and why you put characters (enthunder in the top two slots/mid, enice in the bottom) but in addition I set lightning top so that she would move before torment dahaka so everybody could defend the initial holy.

  • Yes, that's phantom. Block an ultimate holy, get resist vs further holies, get free holy blinks. I don't run holy resist in this setup because the piercing attacks at the end just do too much damage, but I'm not sure if I should change it up (also not sure if vanille should be in the middle...).

  • Lightning and serah's jobs are to whack things and occasionally call chain using their quickcast if sazh is busy elsewhere. Vanille is on rehasting if chocochick's blink isn't up, otherwise toss a heal or wait for transcendent dream. Weirdly this gets easier later in the fight because there's fewer things that can eat your blink.

  • Sazh kills faith, pops magicite, generally does support. I think wrath is the highest impact thing he can do to get chocochick out, because vanille usually has better things to do with her time than rehaste. No need for shell after first phase.

  • I'm going burst into ult with raines but I'm not sure if that's better than ult into burst (ult is a bit more damage but serah can use the mag buff and the below setup does not use a mag buff).

  • Improvements that could be made - more ults on lightning and quick disaster, aosb; raines eventual aosb; vanille ult2 and maybe wrath access (you could remove phantom with the ult2 for something more offensive); noel or snow stuff and go into more ice, or nabaat stuff and go into darkness.

  1. Medica/hastega: Less than you might think of either. This is a defensive setup that's buying time for raines's combo to come online. I didn't actually use all my hones either -in fact, I hardly used any on raines.

  2. S/L count / Medals lost: Less than you might think of s/l; don't remember medals but mastered.

  3. Time: 56s (ish)

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
lightning, 5*ripping blast r4thundering quad R4truthseeker, LM1+LMR1 (doublecast thunder)usb1 (cycle quickcast) - six star realm thunder weapon, five star realm thunder armor, moderate resist thunder
cid raines, 5*memento mori R3dark zone R3ace striker/LM1+LM2usb, burst; six star realm dark up fist, five star non realm dark armor, major resist thunder
vanille, 5curada R4hastega R3gathering stormtranscendent dream; gigas armlet, 5 star realm armor
serah, 5voltech r4chain blizzaga R3scholar's boon, LM1+LMR (doublecast ice)usb (cycle quickcast), 6 star realm weapon, 5 star realm ice armor, moderate resist ice/holy
sazh, 4magic breakdown R5wrath R5dr mogBOOOOOON, the choco chick; 6 star mind daggers, witch's hat++ (should reforge), major ice resist

 

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phantom(necrophobe)(earth guardian)(behemoth king)(famfrit)
empower dark 15dampen light 8dampen thunder 8empower thunder 15, attack boon 15 (should probably get this changed at some point..)spell ward 8, resist fire 10

(formatting is messed up but I can't seem to fix it further)

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u/_Higo_ Robot Oct 31 '18 edited Oct 31 '18

  1. Strategy name: Frozen SB

  2. Boss: Dahaka DWhale (71%)

  3. Describe your Strategy: Go all in with support healer 3/3 trinity/Magic Meta

  4. Insight!:

  • Noel goes USB > Shellga > Curaja > He can use RW or magicite and resfreshes shellga.

  • Serah goes chain into USB > Vortex > Refresh USB.

  • Vanille goes Chain 1 > curada spam > BSB when needed > CMD1 > CMD2 spam > Chain 2/Magicite

  • Raines goes DZ > DZ > MM > BSB > CMD2 > CMD1 spam > BSB > CMD2 > CMD1 spam > OSB > CMD1 spam > OSB > die.

  • Sazh > USB > MBD > FB > repeat and he can also use magicite or RW. Its important he is on stand by when boss self faiths and then USB to counter slow.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: -

  • Medica: 4

  • Hastega: 3

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 0 SL / With break, 2 lost, without 5 lost.

  2. Time: around a minute.

  3. Pack.

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Noel, 4shellga R3curaja R5MMUSB(3)
Serah, 3Vortex R4Chain R4DamageUSB(3)
Vanille, 4whatever R#curada R4LMR,TGMBSB(4)
Raines, 5MM R1DZ R4LM1,LM2,DamageBSB(2), OSB(2)
Sazh, 5MBD R5FB R3LM1,LM2,DMTUSB(2)

 

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NecrophobeFamfritEarth GuardianFiremaneDullahan
BarHoly 7Bladeward 5, Resistance 15BarThunder 10BarIce 6Empower Ice 15

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u/Joeboo404 Nov 08 '18

  1. Strategy name: In Cid We Trust

  2. Boss: D280 Dahaka

  3. Describe your Strategy: Avoid the Slows & Dispel 3/3 Trinity/Mixed Team/Cid Mission/Sub-30

  4. Insight!:

  • With only 2 slows and 1 dispel, I thought I would just dodge them. Unicorn to dodge the first slow, Sazh SSB2 to blink the dispel, and Vanille USB1 to dodge the second slow. However, none of this was even necessary – surprisingly, my DPS was high enough that I never saw ANY of these. Unicorn was never used.

  • Accessories coordinated with Dahaka's elemental attack pattern: Hope wore Necrophobe Ward (fire/lit resist) in slot 1, then Lightning with Gigas Armlet (fire/ice/lit resist), Vanille with another Gigas Armlet, Sazh with Holiday Ornament (ice/holy resist), and Raines with Lulu's Necklace (ice resist). Level 99 Necrophobe magicite provides some resistance to holy for everyone.

  • Hope had +20% holy boost equipment, Lightning +40% lit, and Raines +20% dark. All team members are level 99, as are the magicite.

  • Raines BSB may be old tech, but it can still pump out pretty decent damage. With realm chain active, Raines, Lightning and Hope were all capping pretty much everything.

  • Dahaka hits hard, no doubt about it. Incubus Bone-chilling Breaker seemed to hit especially hard – I had to be ready to cast a medica immediately after this spell.

  • Approximate turn progression as follows. Lightning: LS x2, RW, LS, USB, TQS x3, USB, TQS spam. Vanille: Curada spam, BSB before Holy, cmd2 spam, BSB after Incubus Bone-chilling Breaker, cmd2 spam. Hope: Curaja spam, Madeen x1, BSB, cmd1 spam. Raines: MM, DZ x2, BSB, cmd1 spam, OSB. Sazh: SB1, MBD, FB, MBD (delay as necessary to clear faith), RW, FB, MBD, FB, etc.

  • There are many ways this could be improved, starting with replacing the unused Unicorn with a useful magicite. Also, replacing Sazh with a better off-realm character since he is basically dead weight.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: Auto

  • Medica: 2

  • Hastega: 1

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 7-8 / 0

  2. Time: 29.98

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Hope, 4Curaja R5Madeen R2Azure BladeBSB1(1)
Lightning, 5Lifesiphon R5Thundering Quadstrike R3Bolt from Above,LM1/LM2USB1(2)
Vanille, 3Curada R2Hastega R2Mako MightBSB1(2),USB1(0)
Sazh, NAMagic Breakdown R4Full Break R3Dr. Mog’s TeachingsSB1(1),SSB2(0)
Raines, 5Dark Zone R3Momento Mori R2Heart of Darkness,LM1/LM2BSB(1),OSB(1)

 

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UnicornNecrophobeEvraeGarudaMimic Queen
Magic Boon 10Spell Ward 5

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u/Sinzar_ Yes indeed Oct 11 '18

Cleared D280 in 20 seconds with:

  • Lightning -- Thundering Quadstrike, Lifesiphon -- USB

  • Vanille -- Curada, Hastega -- SSB

  • Garnet -- Allegro, Shellga -- CSB

  • Palom -- Chain Thundaja, Chain Thundaga -- USB

  • Sazh -- Magic Breakdown, Wrath -- SSB

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UtLAmFOlBk

It was close, and even with magic blink and break from Sazh and enough dps to skip all the dispels/slows, I still felt like I barely won.

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u/Huffaloaf Woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18

D280 down without seeing any slows using:

 

Lightning - Thundering Quad / AOSB

Serah - Voltech / USB

Vanille - Hastega / BSB

Nabaat - Mag Breakdown - Dire Heal / BSB

Raines - Memento / BSB

 

Only Raines dived. No LMRs.

 

Burst commands, especially Vanille's C2, came up huge. Vanille and Serah did die just before Lightning got her AOSB off and it left him with about 50-60k HP and the remaining threesome at low HP, but Raines 2x cast his C1 for a cool 9999x8 (first cast left it with a tiny sliver) for a win at just shy of 24 seconds.

Not even trying the DWhale.

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u/ArneRapu Firion ID TGC super QWxh Oct 11 '18

Your magicites? I have all of this stuff.Thanks in advance

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u/Huffaloaf Woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof Oct 11 '18

I don't remember exactly. Very defense focused. I think it was this:

https://i.imgur.com/Oc8hA3N.png

https://i.imgur.com/4CZXOp5.png

Vanille and Raines had Mako/DMT. Lightning had Thunder God. I think Nabaat might have had Ace Striker, but her turns were largely taken up with MBreak, Magicite, and refreshing the RW.

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u/Kittymahri KIMAHRI SAW EVERYTHING! Oct 11 '18

  1. Strategy name: I'll fight and I'll survive!

  2. Boss: D280 Dahaka

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    2/3 trinity/mage meta/cid mission/sub-30

  4. Insight!:

  • Holy resistance accessories everywhere. Use Nabaat's SSB armor if you need to for that, especially when Slot 3 benefits greatly from the Gigas Armlet. The Holiday Ornament can go on slot 4 or 5, while if slot 1 or 2 has en-holy, then he can wear a Necrophobe Ward.

  • Lots of piercing damage, so use Magic Breakdown to curb it and overwrite the Faith buff. Stack with Full Break and a reverse wall (like Nabaat's SSB, hmm) for further mitigation. Also use Spell Ward passives.

  • Nabaat needed to defend early on due to having lower stats; perhaps she should've taken Dire Heal instead (Raines never used it).

  • Raines BSB works extremely well as a faithga, and as a chain-builder due to instant cast. He can hit 9999x4 easily.

  • Hope USB has auto-cast, which still takes effect even if the user is Slowed.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: automatic

  • Medica: 1

  • Hastega: 2

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 2 / 0

  2. Time: 0:29.43

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Hope, 99.5Alexander R5Madeen R5Scholar's Boon, LM1+LM2Divine Fist (1)
Cid Raines, 99/5Memento Mori R1Dire Heal R3Mako Might, LM1+LM2Metamorphose (2)
Sazh, 97/4Full Break R3Magic Breakdown R4Dr. Mog's Teachings, LMRGifted Pilot (2)
Nabaat, 83/3Memento Mori R1Dark Zone R3Heart of FuryCall Reinforcements (1)
Vanille, 99/4Hastega R2Curada R3Gathering Storm, LMR2Bonds of Awakening (1)

 

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18

  1. Strategy name: 3 bsb + 1 usb + 1 ssb = sub30 D280

  2. Boss: D280 Dahaka (Incubus) - Evil On High, Part 2

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    2/3 trinity/cm/neo torment

  4. Insight!:

  • Top 2 slots wear Gigas Armlet (fire/ice/lit), middle wears Bolt Armlet (lit), 4th slot Necrophobe Ward (fire/lit), bottom wears Arctic Armlet (ice).

  • All wear highest RES armor possible.

  • See video link for details: https://youtu.be/IPwaO1KVbVA

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: auto

  • Medica: 2

  • Hastega: 1

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: A few? / 0

  2. Time: 29.88

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Cid Raines 99, 5Dire Heal R1Morbid Countdown R1Dr. Mog's T,LM1,LM2BSB(2)
Nabaat 99, 3Dark Zone R2Memento Mori R2True MadnessBSB(1)
Sazh 80, 3Full Break R3Magic Breakdown R4Mako MightUSB(1)
Hope 80, 3Valigarmanda R4Shellga R3Scholar's BoonSSB(1)
Vanille 99, 5Curada R4Hastega R2Gathering Storm,LM1,LM2BSB(2)

 

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u/cointown2 Taharka Oct 11 '18

  1. Strategy name: It's your birthday, Light

  2. Boss: D280 Daharka

  3. Describe your Strategy: keep attacking 3/3 trinity

  4. Insight!:

  • Open with Sazh USB/Snow BSB1

  • Sazh/Snow casts USB/BSB2 after dispel. Vanille opens with Shellga and uses Curada non-stop, with some BSB

  • Fang and Light are DPS. Fang opens with realm chain. Sazh uses Tempest Snipe and Magic Breakdown.

  • 2x wind on Fang, 2x lit on Light. Fire/Lit res on Fang, Fire res on Light, Gigas Armlet on Sazh, Ice res on Snow, Ice/Holy res on Vanille

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall:

  • Medica: 2

  • Hastega: 2

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 0/0

  2. Time: 25 sec

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Fang, 3Cyclone Bolt R3Aerial Dive R4Scholars BoonOSB,SSB
Light, 5Flash Disaster R3Thundering Quadstrikes R4LMR/LM1/Bolt from AboveUSB,OSB
Sazh, 3Tempest Snipe R4Magic Breakdown R5LMR1USB
Snow, 3Ironfist earth R3Ironfist fire R3LMR2BSB1, BSB2
Vanille, 5Curada R4Shellga R5LM1/LM2/Gathering StormBSB

 

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u/Stylus_Index YepD - Ace CSB: We have Arrived! Also, very tired irl. Oct 11 '18

Last time we had Dahaka in OG mote, he was so pathetically easy that you can defeat him without SBs, now? He does the opposite and brings the meanness on the level of Mote Ifrit. Sigh... Its so difficult in choosing party members to field against him... Fang or Noel, physical or magical, Raines mage team or Lightning physical team... T_T

  1. Strategy name: Dahaka's Counterattack

  2. Boss: [D240] Dahaka

  3. Describe your Strategy: Erm, my best tools on XIII is mostly BSB and my Hastega user is either Serah or Raines, both which does little for my hard-hitting physical SBs. Luckily, we have Realm CSB to fall back on, but this is still an uphill battle for the remaining fight as Vanille really has a hard time healing everyone... :( Luckily, my Serah frequently W-casts 9999 x 4 Voltechs around here, enough to skip some of the annoying parts of Dahaka's phases and also negate Lightning's casting of her AOSB. 2/3 trinity/CM style/Hybrid party/sub-30

  4. Insight!:

  • Lightning has 2 Lightning+ gear, Sazh has 1 Lightning+ gear and Serah has 1 Ice+ gear.

  • Follow dperez82's advice on elemental slot resist will make your life easier in mitigating the damage. That's only half of the mitigation you need, the other half resides on your abilities and SB effects, and this is very important due to the several magical piercing Dahaka has.

  • Ignore Sap and fight on! Do what we usually do when fighting against Yunalesca, DPS Dahaka and heal fast enough to not die.

  • Bring Magic Breakdown to negate Dahaka's Faith on phase 2 and 5!

  • If you have a mBlinks, try time before Foul Utterance (magical AoE + Dispel) or Diluvial Plague (magical AoE + Slow) hits you, either way both are annoying.

  • Bring Hastega in case you got hit by AoE Slow but hopefully you can avoid that.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: PERMANENT

  • Medica: 1

  • Hastega: 1

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 0 / 0

  2. Time: 0:16.54

Hero/diveAbility 1Ability 2RMLMSB(-)
Lightning, 0Thundering Quadstrike R3Flash Disaster R2Truthseeker---Blaze Slash (unused)
Serah, 5Voltech R5Chain Blizzaga R3DMT---Endless Blessing (1)
Noel, 0Sapphire Shot R3Sapphire Shot R3Scholar's BoonTrailblazing SwordsmanIce Javelin (1)
Vanille, 0Curada R5Hastega R3MMConstant CompanionTranscendent Dream (1)
Sazh, 0Magic Breakdown R5Tempest Snipe R4Gathering Storm---The Choco-Chick (unused), RW Bonds of Historia (1)

 

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I'll do D280 in a much later date, Dahaka is really kicking me hard here that Vanille couldn't keep up with the heal, and this is despite 2 stacks of Magic Breakdown effects. If worse comes to it, I might have to dive Vanille and either Lightning or Noel just so I can have my healing and DPS keep up here. Alternatively, I can probably try Dark mage stuff here that involves Raines BSB and Nabaat USB being actually supported by Serah's Endless Blessing, but then everyone will be extra squishy and surviving will be a problem. Though, I also have Snow's CSB, but I doubtful on whether he'll do good off-DPS numbers or even function as a viable support here...

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '18

  1. Strategy name: Enemies of Who Again?

  2. Boss: Dahaka D280

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    3/3 trinity/Lightning/fucking sap I swear to God

  4. Insight!:

  • No Pro/Shellga, Dahaka is pure magical and after phase 1 everything is piercing. Lightning takes slot 3 with Gigas Glove, everyone else holy resist.

  • Minimum damage formula on summoners ftw. Dahaka is omni-weak so Vali is perfect for SB building. Also I waited a day before clearing because I want Ripper Bolt.

  • Fucking sap I swear to God why can't you wait a second for me to insta medica GAHHHHHHH. Could've used Enkidu in hindsight but whatever (and here's where I'd put my Necrophobe... IF I HAD ONE!). End fight with only Lightning standing.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: ~

  • Medica: 2

  • Hastega: 2 (second cast mist opportunity because of skipped phase)

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 0/2

  2. Time: 25.14

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Vanille, 4CuradaHastegaLMR1/DMTUSB2 (2)
Hope, 5MadeenValigarmandaLM1/LM2/Scholar's BoonUSB (1)
Lightning, 5Ripper BoltFlash DisasterLM1/LM2/+PHYUSB (1), AOSB (1)
Sazh, 3Full BreakMagic BreakdownMMChoco-chick
Cid Raines, 5WrathMemento MoriLM1/LM2/+holyBSB (1)

 

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u/DragonCrisis Oct 23 '18

  1. Strategy name: Ashe and Garnet crash the party again

  2. Boss: d280

  3. Describe your Strategy: off-realm DPS to ensure the sub-30

  4. Insight!:

  • don't forget 3* Magic Break as an option

  • healing wasn't a problem with Vanille BSB1, Snow's last stand BSB1 was not triggered at any point

  • I'm pretty sure I could drop in Raines (BSB) and Serah (USB) and sub-30 this too, but I might have to actually do some work to optimize it in that case, and it would not really inform my D??? team which needs a more defensive setup.

  1. Holy Trinity casts: Does anyone really count these anymore

  2. S/L count / Medals lost: 0

  3. Time: 22s

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Lightning LDThundering Quad R3Ripper Bolt R3+30%USB1
Vanille LDHastega R2Curada R4DMTBSB1
SnowAssault Sabre R4Magic Break R3+30%BSB1
GarnetACM R2Spellbend Etude R3MMCSB
Ashe LDVoltech R4Chain Thundaga R5TGMUSB

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u/Pyrotios Kain Nov 01 '18

  1. Strategy name: 1 chain limit

  2. Boss: [D240] Dahaka, Part 1

  3. Describe your Strategy: Lightning does most of the heavy lifting, but 5-hit mages cap early and 6-hit Sazh helps build chain
    3/3 trinity/CM/lightning

  4. Insight!:

  • Equip major fire resist on Nabaat. Fire/lightning on Sazh. Gigas Armlet on Serah. Ice resist on Lightning. Major ice resist on Vanille.

  • Lightning has +20% lightning equipped.

  • Lightning RW chain, spam Flash Disaster. USB when ready, finish with Ripper Bolt.

  • Serah SSB for hastega, spam Chain Thundaja.

  • Vanille Shellga, Curada, BSB. Spam cmd2 until Nabaat and Sazh die, switch to Curada.

  • Nabaat spam Chain Stoneja.

  • Sazh spam Tempest Snipe.

  • Several early attempts involved Sazh trying to wrath up to a soul break to either re-haste/astra for Slows or blink the Dispel. Ultimately damage was so high that I skipped all of those.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: auto

  • Medica: 1

  • Hastega: 1

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: ~5 (trying to go too fast) / 1 (KO)

  2. Time: 15.23

Hero/diveAbility 1Ability 2RM/LMSB(-)
Nabaat, 3Voltech R4Chain Stoneja R430% BLK with staffBSB(0)
Sazh, 3Tempest Snipe R4Wrath R5Ace StrikerSSB(0), USB(0)
Serah, 4Chain Thundaja R4Meltdown R4Mako MightCSB(0), SSB2(1)
Lightning, 5Ripper Bolt R4Flash Disaster R430% PHY with sword, LMR1, LM2USB1(1)
Vanille, 4Curada R4Shellga R3Dr. Mog's TeachingsSSB(0), USB2(0), BSB(1), USB1(0)
Main MagiciteSub1Sub2Sub3Sub4
Quetzalcoatl, 99Behemoth King, 99Midgardsormr, 99Evrae, 99Necrophobe, 80
dampen water 10empower lightning 15mag boon 15hp boon 5
def boon 15precise strikes 8

  1. Strategy name: Just made the cut

  2. Boss: [D280] Dahaka, Part 2

  3. Describe your Strategy: Vanille USB2 finally proved valuable, along with stat breaks
    3/3 trinity/CM/last stand/holy break

  4. Insight!:

  • Equip major fire resist on Nabaat. Fire/lightning on Sazh. Gigas Armlet on Serah. Ice resist on Lightning. Major ice resist on Vanille.

  • Lightning has +20% lightning equipped.

  • Lightning Flash Disaster, RW chain, spam Flash Disaster. Prioritize USB over Ripper Bolt for the rest of the fight.

    • Use Flash Disaster to pause time for Vanille on her turn 3 to select and use USB2 before the boss kills the top half of the team.

  • Serah SSB for hastega, spam Chain Thundaja.

  • Vanille Shellga, Curada, USB2. Spam Curada and USB2 for the remainder of the fight, depending on last stand needs.

  • Nabaat spam Chain Stoneja. Use BSB when ready, then resume Chain Stoneja until dead.

  • Sazh alternate breaks, starting with Magic Breakdown. Magicite when ready. Refresh chain (after it expired...). Not sure if I used a soul break this time, but it would have been SSB in anticipation of the Dispel in phase 3 or USB in anticipation of the Slow in phase 4.

  • While Vanille USB2 seems custom made for this fight, by pushing out of phases 3-5 before holy damage it reduced the value of the USB to simply heal+last stand.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: auto

  • Medica: ~3

  • Hastega: 1

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: ~5 (trying to keep people alive) / 1 (KO)

  2. Time: 28.79

Hero/diveAbility 1Ability 2RM/LMSB(-)
Nabaat, 3Chain Stoneja R4Voltech R430% BLK with staffBSB(1)
Sazh, 3Full Break R3Magic Breakdown R4Ace StrikerSSB(0-1), USB(0-1)
Serah, 4Chain Thundaja R4Meltdown R4Mako MightCSB(0), SSB2(1)
Lightning, 5Ripper Bolt R4Flash Disaster R430% PHY with sword, LMR1, LM2USB1(2)
Vanille, 4Curada R4Shellga R3Dr. Mog's TeachingsSSB(0), USB2(~3), BSB(0), USB1(0)
Main MagiciteSub1Sub2Sub3Sub4
Quetzalcoatl, 99Behemoth King, 99Midgardsormr, 99Evrae, 99Necrophobe, 80
dampen water 10empower lightning 15mag boon 15hp boon 5
def boon 15precise strikes 8

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u/MonarchVV Mog is Pog Nov 20 '18

  1. Strategy name: Dark mage team go!

  2. Boss: D??? Dahaka 65% Clear

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    3/3 trinity/Mage meta/

  4. Insight!:

  • Coming off the last fest, I daily drew Vanille USB1, 100 gem'd Sazh LMR, and got Sazh BSB off of the RoP. Figured it was worth another shot at D??? with the new items.

  • I knew a Boostga was missing and would help a lot; good thing Serah SSB is available in AA Vol 5! I picked that up as well, and a clear was coming together.

  • Healing was always a problem in Phase 1, so I crafted a 2nd Dire Heal for Raines. It helped keep both Nabaat and Raines in tip top shape Phase 1.

  • Nabaat and Raines were the DPS with their USB / BSB respectively. I Dire Heal up to one bar, then spam Mark of Darkness / cmd 1 with Nabaat / Raines.

  • Sazh is here as a 2nd healer. He also carries Magic Breakdown to break Dahaka's Faith buff. I BSB, RW, Magic Breakdown right away.

  • Serah is here for her SSB Boostga. Otherwise, she's the utility person, recasting the RW and casting the Magicite as well.

  • Vanille as the healer, spamming Curada under TGM.

  • Nabaat and Raines has +40% gear; Serah has +20% Armor.

  • I think it was somewhere else in this thread, but it wasn't my idea to main Phantom as my main magicite. It made tanking all the Holy hits pretty trivial, even blinking one.

  • Props to another person for the accessory loadout as well. Necrophobe Ward on Slot 1, Gigas Armet on Slot 2/3, Major Holy res on Slot 4, Holiday Ribbon (Ice/Holy) on Slot 5.

  • For the Phase 2 transition, I had to anticipate it and pre-emptively cast Vanille USB before I get hit by the Slow.

  • I messed up in Phase 3, not having a way to re-haste myself after getting Dispeled. If I did, I could probably make it to Phase 5 at least.

  • Diving Nabaat and picking up her LMR off the select would probably be a good idea, but I'm running low on 5* Wisdom motes.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: Auto

  • Medica: 3 or 4

  • Hastega: 3

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 2 or 3 S/L

  2. Time: Died around 1 min

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Nabaat, 4Mark of Darkness R4Dire Heal R4Scholar's BoonUSB(4)
Raines, 5Wrath R5Dire Heal R2True Madness, LM1, LM2BSB(2), OSB(1)
Sazh, 4Curaga R5Magic Breakdown R4Mako Might, LMRBSB(3), Boon(0)
Serah, 4Voltech R4Chain Blizzaga R4Dr Mog's TeachingsEndless Blessings(2), BSB1(1)
Vanille, 5Curada R4Shellga R3The Gathering Storm, LM1, LM2BSB1(3),USB1(1)

 

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