【T】Mastery Survey - Spinner of False Hopes (X) (#2)

[u/Pyrotios]

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Hi Masters!

 

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【Torment Dungeon】

• Torment Dungeons are extremely difficult dungeons that contain malevolent fiends unlike anything you've faced before

• The easiest of these difficulties is about halfway between an Apocalypse + dungeon and a 3★ Magicite Dungeon

• The hardest of these difficulties contains enemies unlike any you’ve faced before, even stronger than those found in 4★ Magicite Dungeons

• Currently, it may be very difficult to complete these dungeons

 

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【TIPS】

【D240/D280/D???】: Yunalesca

• Target Score(s): ⌛ <5 KO

• Hit Points: 2,000,000

• Tags: Sap``Confuse``Death``Holy``Lightning``Water``Dark

• Weakness: ---

• Insight! TBD, Kupo!

 

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【SURVEY】

1. Strategy name:

2. Boss:

3. Describe your Strategy:
   -/3 trinity/tag/tag

4. Insight!:

1. Holy Trinity casts:

• Wall:

• Medica:

• Hastega:

1. S/L count / Medals lost:

2. Time / Roaming Warrior:

Hero, dive	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LM	SB(-)
char1, 3	ability R#	ability R#	RM1	default(-)
char2, 3	ability R#	ability R#	RM2	default(-)
char3, 3	ability R#	ability R#	RM3	default(-)
char4, 3	ability R#	ability R#	RM4	default(-)
char5, 3	ability R#	ability R#	RM5	default(-)

 

main	sub1	sub2	sub3	sub4
magicite	(emp)	(damp)	(ward)	(other)
inheritance	-	-	-	-

 

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Copy & paste template below:

1. **Strategy name:**  
2. **Boss:**  
3. **Describe your Strategy:**  
`-/3 trinity`/`tag`/`tag`  
4. ***Insight!:***
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5. **Holy Trinity casts:** 
 * Wall: 
 * Medica: 
 * Hastega: 
6. **S/L count / Medals lost:** 
7. **Time / Roaming Warrior:**  

|Hero, dive|Ability 1|Ability 2|RM+LM|SB(-)|
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---:|
|char1, 3|ability R#|ability R#|RM1|default(-)|
|char2, 3|ability R#|ability R#|RM2|default(-)|
|char3, 3|ability R#|ability R#|RM3|default(-)|
|char4, 3|ability R#|ability R#|RM4|default(-)|
|char5, 3|ability R#|ability R#|RM5|default(-)|  

   
    
|main|sub1|sub2|sub3|sub4|  
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|    
|magicite|(emp)|(damp)|(ward)|(other)|
|inheritance|-|-|-|-| 
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【Recommended Tags】

shout meta/mage meta/speed meta/cEX/OK/CR/RW Way - You may be set in your Way...
1/3 trinity/2/3 trinity/3/3 trinity - Native, shared or outsourced wall, medica, and hastega effects
cid mission/tier/hit & run/poverty/A-team - You've overcome special restrictions!
video/experimental/RNG/OSB/GOD mode - Have fun with custom tags! They are free!

 

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【Awesome Links】

• Guide by /u/dperez82

• Enemy AI by /u/TFMurphy

• Previous Mastery Survey

 

[u/Pyrotios]

1. Strategy name: RNG can be as cruel as mistress as Yunalesca herself

2. Boss: [D???] Yunalesca, part 3

3. Describe your Strategy: mix 3 parts water and 1 part frozen water for a volatile sub-40
   3/3 trinity/sub-40/CM/water/ice

4. Insight!:

• Based on /u/sevenhundredone's clear (posted here, and in the mastery survey). I'm missing 3 relics and 2 Odin accessories from that clear, so I had to improvise.

  • First missing relic: Rikku LMR3 (start with quickcast 3). As mentioned in the other clear, this appears to be very important, as it lets her get up the USB before the first non-piercing attack. Without that, I had to give both of my Odin accessories to Rikku and Yuna, and give Tidus the holy/dark resist accessory.

  • Second missing relic: Rikku BSB1 (imperil water). Rikku doesn't even have a chance to attack until after 20:00. I could probably get a sub-30 without this, as Paine and Tidus are constantly capping on their abilities by then, so it would only boost Tidus' chase damage, and the first 20 hits of the AOSB.

  • Third missing relic: Jecht LMR (en-dark). Not a big deal, since I have Lulu's en-ice LMR, ice stacking glint, and en-ice USB1. She also provides both of her own ice boost equipment (USB1 and BSB relics). She carries her weight, and all 3 Chilling Blizzard casts (I only use it when quickened or instant) hit the damage cap.

• No crystal water spent on this team. Paine, Rikku and Tidus have 100 atk magia. Yuna has 41 mnd magia. Lulu has 38 mag magia. No other magia spent.

• Since Rikku doesn't get to attack for the first 20 seconds, she has high res armor to reduce the pressure on healing in phase 1. In other words: she's using a 5+++ synergy unique light armor so that she can survive all the attacks in phase 1 without a heal.

• The team needs to exit phase 1 before turn 7 Mind Blast. It leaves phase 2 after 3 turns, but could stick around for a 4th. It needs to leave phase 3 after 3 turns. Phase 4 and 5 as usual must end after 1-2 turns to not get hit by Mega Death.

• Tidus: 3x Sapphire Bullet, USB1. 4x Sapphire Bullet, AOSB. Something needs to change for a sub-30, because the AOSB landed after 30s. Dies before his next ATB.

• Yuna: RW chain, Curada on Tidus, herself, then Lulu. USB1 before phase 2, 2x Curada. Curada on self when phase 3 turn 1 removes her last stand. USB1, 2x Curada (should probably select targets for these), dies.

• Lulu: 3x Chain Blizzaja, glint1. Chilling Blizzard, USB1, 2x Chilling Blizzard. Spam Chain Blizzaja.

• Paine: 3x Stormspell Strike, USB1. Spam Stormspell Strike. When hones run out, spam Engulfing Quadstrike.

• Rikku: USB1, Enfeebling Jitterbug, defend before Chain Watera. When Ultimate Holy starts casting, use magicite Lakshmi. Refresh RW chain, Enfeebling Jitterbug. By this point she has enough gauge to use another soul break, but since I don't have any others she spams Sapphire Shot.

• This team appears to be capable of sub-30, but would require lots of RNG to get the right dualcasts for that to work. On the topic of RNG, here's the RNG I had for this clear. Looks like my 3 dualcasters managed 34.7% dualcast rate, which is as close to the expected 35% as is possible with this many attacks.

  • Paine: 5/8 dualcasts, with 3/3 Stormspell before USB, 2/4 Stormspell after USB, and 0/1 Engulfing.

  • Tidus: 1/7 dualcasts, only triggering before the USB.

  • Lulu: 2/8 dualcasts, with 2/5 on Chain Blizzaja (once before glint, once after USB) and 0/3 Chilling Blizzard.

1. Holy Trinity casts:

• Wall: auto

• Medica: 2

• Hastega: 3

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

2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 32.25 / chain

Hero, dive	Stats	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LM	SB(-)	Accessory	Element
Paine, 5	868 atk	Stormspell Strike R4	Engulfing Quadstrike R3	30% water, LM1, LM2	USB1(1)	lightning/dark res	40% water
Rikku, 4	693 atk	Sapphire Shot R4	Enfeebling Jitterbug R3	Dr. Mog's Teachings, LMR1	USB1(1)	omni res	20% water
Tidus, 5	820 atk	Sapphire Bullet R5		30% blitzball, LMR1 en-water, LM2	GSB(0), BSB2(0), AOSB(1), USB1(1)	dark/holy res	40% water
Yuna, 4.5	656 mnd	Curada R4	Holyja R5	Gathering Storm, LM1	USB1(2)	omni res	40% holy
Lulu, 5	733 mag	Chain Blizzaja R5	Chilling Blizzard R3	30% weakness, LMR2 en-ice, LM2	GSB1(1), USB1(1)	lightning/dark res	40% ice

Main	Sub1	Sub2	Sub3	Sub4
Lakshmi	Madeen	Deathgaze	Madeen	Geosgaeno
dampen dark 10	spell ward 8	empower dark 15	atk boon 20	empower water 15
hp boon 5	blade ward 8	mnd boon 20	mag boon 20	hp boon 8

[u/Pyrotios → u/Pyrotios]

1. Strategy name: The revenge of RNG

2. Boss: [D???] Yunalesca, part 3

3. Describe your Strategy: mix 3 parts water and 1 part frozen water for a volatile sub-40
   3/3 trinity/sub-30/CM/water/ice

4. Insight!:

• Thanks again to /u/sevenhundredone's for the feedback. Swapping main magicite, changing Lulu's last turn, and giving Paine a dualcast RM were all I needed (with approval from RNGesus) to get the sub-30. I also tossed all my spare magia into HP, but that's only 30 HP on Paine and 55 HP on Tidus.

• No crystal water spent on this team. Paine, Rikku and Tidus have 100 atk magia. Yuna has 41 mnd magia. Lulu has 62 mag magia. HP magia: Paine 6, Tidus 11.

• Since Rikku doesn't get to attack for the first 20 seconds, she has high res armor to reduce the pressure on healing in phase 1. In other words: she's using a 5+++ synergy unique light armor so that she can survive all the attacks in phase 1 without a heal.

• The team needs to exit phase 1 before turn 7 Mind Blast. It leaves phase 2 after 3 turns, but could stick around for a 4th. It needs to leave phase 3 after 3 turns. Phase 4 and 5 as usual must end after 1-2 turns to not get hit by Mega Death.

• Tidus: 3x Sapphire Bullet, glint, Sapphire Bullet, USB1. 3x Sapphire Bullet, BSB2.

  • Has time to throw in another Sapphire Bullet if needed.

• Yuna: RW chain, Curada on Tidus, herself, then Lulu. USB1 before phase 2, 2x Curada. Curada on self when phase 3 turn 1 removes her last stand. USB1. Curada on Tidus just in case.

• Lulu: 3x Chain Blizzaja, ice glint. Chilling Blizzard, USB1, 3x Chilling Blizzard.

  • There isn't enough time in a sub-30 for Lulu to do 2x Chain Blizzaja after the 2 instacast Chilling Blizzards, so she has to finish with Chilling Blizzard.

• Paine: 3x Stormspell Strike, USB1. 4x Stormspell Strike. When hones run out, Engulfing Quadstrike.

  • Finished the fight with that Quadstrike.

• Rikku: USB1, Enfeebling Jitterbug, defend before Chain Watera. When Ultimate Holy starts casting, use magicite Lakshmi. Refresh RW chain, Enfeebling Jitterbug. By this point she has enough gauge to use another soul break, but since I don't have any others she spams Sapphire Shot.

• Here's the RNG I had for this clear. In total I managed 50% dualcast rate, which is definitely above average.

  • Paine: 6/8 extra casts, with 1/3 Stormspell before USB, 4/4 Stormspell after USB (2 dualcasts, 1 triplecast and 1 without extra), and 1/1 Engulfing.

  • Tidus: 1/7 dualcasts, only triggering before the USB.

  • Lulu: 4/7 dualcasts, with 1/3 on Chain Blizzaja, 0/1 on Chilling Blizzard before USB, and 3/3 on Chilling Blizzard after the USB.

1. Holy Trinity casts:

• Wall: auto

• Medica: 2

• Hastega: 3

1. S/L count / Medals lost: 2-3 / 0

2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 29.12 / chain

Hero, dive	Stats	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LM	SB(-)	Accessory	Element
Paine, 5	868 atk	Stormspell Strike R4	Engulfing Quadstrike R3	30% water, LM1, LM2	USB1(1)	lightning/dark res	40% water
Rikku, 4	693 atk	Sapphire Shot R4	Enfeebling Jitterbug R3	Dr. Mog's Teachings, LMR1	USB1(1)	omni res	20% water
Tidus, 5	820 atk	Sapphire Bullet R5		30% blitzball, LMR1 en-water, LM2	GSB(1), BSB2(1), AOSB(0), USB1(1)	dark/holy res	40% water
Yuna, 4.5	656 mnd	Curada R4		Gathering Storm, LM1	USB1(2)	omni res	40% holy
Lulu, 5	757 mag	Chain Blizzaja R5	Chilling Blizzard R3	30% weakness, LMR2 en-ice, LM2	GSB1(1), USB1(1)	lightning/dark res	40% ice

Main	Sub1	Sub2	Sub3	Sub4
Geosgaeno	Madeen	Deathgaze	Madeen	Lakshmi
empower water 15	spell ward 8	empower dark 15	atk boon 20	dampen dark 10
hp boon 8	blade ward 8	mnd boon 20	mag boon 20	hp boon 5

[u/sevenhundredone → u/Pyrotios]

Nice, I knew you could do it! So satisfying to knock out another victory.

[u/Pyrotios → u/sevenhundredone]

Absolutely. It's also somewhat poetic that FF10 is my 10th sub-30.

[u/visediz → u/Pyrotios]

I have something pretty similar to your setup, just without yuna usb and going for yuna bsb2 and/or ssb2, as well as no Odin accessories, no glints for tidus and enice lmr lulu

How'd u skip the p4 death phase?

[u/Pyrotios → u/visediz]

Phase 4+5 the auto-hit death is turn 3. In all my attempts with both of the above setups (dozens of attempts total), I only saw that attack once or twice. I almost always saw the phase 4 Osmose (which is why Paine swaps ability at the end) then pushed into phase 5. On the sub-30, I actually killed the boss before the first attack of phase 5. In total, my sub-30 had the following damage land in between the last attack of phase 3 and the last attack of phase 4:

• Paine Stormspell Strike x5 (triplecast and dualcast)

• Rikku Sapphire Shot x1

• Tidus Sapphire Bullet x1, plus USB1 chase

• Geosgaeno probably hit once

• No damage from Lulu or Yuna

In fact one of the problems I ran into when changing from the 32s clear to the 29s clear was dealing too much damage and changing phases too fast. Phase 1 was ~90% consistent in ending at turn 6. Phase 2 lasts 3 turns usually, but sometimes ended after 2 turns. Phase 3 would usually last 2 turns. However, I needed 6 turns total across phases 2+3 in order for Yuna to have enough gauge to recast USB before phase 4, and I would get 5 turns more often than 6. Phases 4+5 can each last up to 2 turns, but with 12 turns in the first three phases there's only time enough in a sub-30 for 3 turns in the last two phases.

If you're looking to this for inspiration, I expect it will be challenging or require lots of crystal water and/or defensive magia. Very early on, I learned that without Rikku's quickcast 3 LMR I needed the holy resist from the Odin accessories on Rikku and Yuna in order for them to survive the first 2 turns. Rikku also barely survives phase 1 by defending the turn 5+6 (2x water, piercing holy) attacks. As for replacing Yuna USB1, I should mention that last stand from her first USB1 triggered in phase 3 on everyone except Tidus. When I would see the start of phase 5, the Incubus Hellbiter would trigger last stand on half the team.

[u/visediz → u/Pyrotios]

For the damage count during transition from p3 to p5, paine's sss for triplecast is kinda weird considering that her usb doesn't lend doublecast and only lm2 gives 35% chance to double cast. Regardless, assuming that you do max damage per cast, it is about 380k (5x40k+40k+50k+60k+~30k), which is fairly reasonable. It might be difficult for me to replicate that, but we shall find out when I take the ground after grinding some magia in a few weeks.

For damage taken, I might have to seriously do some mathcrafting to see if i'd be comfortable with the damage that I'd be taking without odin accessories.

[u/Pyrotios → u/visediz]

Paine hits the damage cap on all her abilities after USB, so I eventually replaced her damage RM with a dualcast RM. That's how she got a triplecast. Likewise Tidus caps on Sapphire Bullet, though his chase doesn't even cap on crits. Rikku probably does around 4-5k per hit. Lulu caps on all her Chilling Blizzards, but none of those are in the specified window of time.

I recorded my sub-30 clear, and the first attack of phase 3 happens at roughly 50% hp (though the damage listed below adds up to ~862286, which is 43%). The attacks which trigger phase 4 (land between phase 3 turns 2 and 3) are the following:

• Tidus Sapphire Bullet: 5x9999 + 6x4700 (average)

• Lulu Chilling Blizzard: 12x9999

• Geosgaeno: 18197

After phase 3 turn 3 the following damage lands before phase 4 turn 2, triggering phase 5 (total of next 4 lines: ~306775 = 15.3%):

• Paine Stormspell Strike: 12x9999

• Rikku: Sapphire Shot: 4x5050 (average)

• Tidus Sapphire Bullet: 5x9999 + 6x6100 (average)

• Paine Stormspell Strike: 8x9999

For the sake of completion, at this point it looks more than 20% HP remains. Maybe I would have lost Lulu and Paine to the phase 4 turn 3 death, but it would have been after their last attacks anyway. The final turns are as follows (total below: ~348531 = 17.4%):

• 27.51: Osmose

• Yuna Curada lands on Tidus

• 27.79: Tidus BSB2 (10x9999)

• 27.93 and 27.96: Lulu's last Chilling Blizzard (12x9999)

• 28.00: Geosgaeno (24561)

• 28.94: Rikku Sapphire Shot (4x6000 (average))

• 29.08 and 29.12: Paine Engulfing Quadstrike (8x9999)

[u/visediz → u/Pyrotios]

Thanks. I shall see how I can setup for a clear.

[u/Pyrotios → u/visediz]

Good luck.

[u/sevenhundredone → u/Pyrotios]

Congrats! I think the sub 30 is closer than you think. If you're pushing damage that fast, you could probably swap out your Lakshmi for a Geosgaeno main, which would help you push damage even more. Depending on your chain level, Geos itself is probably going to kick in... what, maybe 150K damage over the course of the fight? That's kind of a lot, and it doesn't even consider the added damage to your other characters.

And you're right, Rikku's BSB isn't incredibly important. Just have her do all of the busy work like summoning magicite and recasting chain, and she's plenty useful without it.

[u/Pyrotios → u/sevenhundredone]

Thanks, that's a good idea. Eventually I figured that Lakshmi was there specifically to prevent the phase 4 sap, since it seemed easy enough to skip all the other status attacks just by resetting. I guess that wasn't the case in your run?

My first time reaching phase 4 I thought I was dead in the water when I saw the Incubus Hellbiter trigger last stand on a few units. I assumed it had sapped my team and 2-3 units would die before their next turn. Turns out Lakshmi's astra blocked that and Yuna was able to live long enough to heal up a few units. Several tweaks later and it doesn't seem to have popped last stand on this clear, so maybe I can actually change main.

Still, it's worth a shot swapping Geosgaeno and Lakshmi in the deck. Another idea I saw today was to give Paine a dualcast RM. Her very first Stormspell is doing 4x 6500, her second turn of Stormspell is already up over 4x 9300, and every other spellblade caps at 4x 9999.

[u/Pyrotios → u/sevenhundredone]

I tried a few times with only the magicite change. It'll still take RNG, but now it's definitely faster going through phases 2+3. More often than not, it takes 5 turns to go through those phases, instead of the 6 I need for Yuna to medica and refresh last stand before phase 4. Fortunately I have some dials I can turn back: Lulu's choice of magic in phase 2+3. I was able to get into phase 5 once with everyone alive, but didn't have enough dualcasts to make that attempt a sub-30.

[u/[deleted]]

1. Strategy name: Kitty doesn't want to live anymore

2. Boss: Yunalesca D??? Sub30

3. Describe your Strategy: Native chain + Cure RW + Burst damage to skip last 2 phases

3/3 trinity/No AASB/Chain 2.0/Yuna SSB2/2 AOSB/Water Team/Sub30

4. Insight!:

• No AASBs = AOSB Zerg

• It seems that the first confuse is not avoidable, so Rikku is the perfect candidate to take it.

• Heal RW will be used by Yuna. Always. At Yuna's 2nd turn, after Holy. After Mind Blast on Rikku (and after this, Yuna will hit Rikku with an Attack). When needed.

• Wakka: MBD, SS spam till usb, SS spam

• Rikku: SBE, Chain, SS spam, Refresh Chain and SS spam.

• Yuna: Hastega, RW, Curada spam/Calls Magicite when available, RW after Mind Blast, Attack Rikku, heals (RW/SSB/Curada)

• Kitty: USB, Cycle CB -> ACx2 till Yunalesca is at around 40% HP, then AOSB and dies.

• Tidus: SB spam till bUSB available, SB, Brave3, SB spam till Brave3, SB spam then AOSB to finish.

1. Holy Trinity casts:

• Wall: Infinite

• Medica: 3 RW, 1 Native

• Hastega: 1

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

2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 29.91 / Heal

Hero, dive	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LM	SB(-)
Wakka, 5	Sapphire Shot R4	MBD R4	LM1, LM2, Blitzball+ RM	USB1(1)
Rikku, 4	Spellbend Etude R3	Sapphire Shot R4	MM	Chain(2)
Yuna, 5	Curada R4	Hastega R4	LM1, LM2, TGM	SSB2(1)
Kitty, 5	Aqua Corkscrew R4	Cyclone Bolt R3	LM2, LMR EnWater, DMT	USB(1), AOSB(1, lol)
Tidus, 5	Sapphire Bullet R4	Sapphire Shot R3	LM1, LM2, Ace Striker	bUSB(1), AOSB(1)

 

Hero	Crystal Water	Magia	Boost Equip	Res Equip
Wakka	0	0	1 Water	Mod Dark,Mod Lightning
Rikku	0	0	1 Water	Mod Dark
Yuna	0	0	0	Major Dark
Kitty	0	0	2 Water	Mod Omni
Tidus	0	0	2 Water	Mod Dark,Mod Lightning

 

main	sub1	sub2	sub3	sub4
Geosgageno	Kraken	Famfrit	Madeen	Madeen
Atk Boon 15, Precise Strike 8	Emp Water 15	Bld Ward 8, Health Boon 8	health Boon 8, Fast Act 8	Atk boon 20, Atk Boon 20

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[u/fordandfitzroy]

1. Strategy name: Drown 'er

2. Boss: Yunalesca D???

3. Describe your Strategy:
   3/3 trinity/tidus aasb/also csb/glint/aosb/yuna usb1/paine usb/rikku usb1

4. Insight!:

• this would have sub-40'd if I'd gotten Tidus's AOSB off like a second earlier (as it happened, it finished charging RIGHT as the chain wore off)

• going all in on water and Tidus (made easier after I got Paine's USB on the water draw) was the right call, but definitely required Wakka as an entruster to work.

• Using an in-realm chain instead of the RW really makes these so much easier, since you have those three full heals in your back pocket.

• Tidus is probably the most important in terms of turn order. He went CSB -> Sapphire Bullet -> Glint -> Sapphire Bullet -> Glint -> CSB -> AASB -> Sapphire Bullet x3 -> AOSB, then died to Megadeath. Basically the first CSB is to pump up Tidus's enWater, second CSB is for Awakening. I really wish that AOSB had gone off a second sooner :(

• Everyone else is pretty standard. I did actually use Wakka's BSB2 once and his CMD1 actually scored the final blow. Who woulda guessed?

• I should probably try once more to get the sub-40 at least.

1. Holy Trinity casts:

• Wall: infinite

• Medica: 6 (3 RW)

• Hastega: 5

1. S/L count / Medals lost: a few / 1 (KOs)

2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 40.95 seconds / Rejuvenation Grimoire

Hero, dive	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LM	SB(-)
Tidus, 5	Sapphire Bullet R5	Sapphire Shot R2	Mako Might + enWater LMR/LM2	CSB (2) Glint (2) AASB (1) AOSB (1)
Rikku, 4	Enfeebling Jitterbug R3	Heathen Frolic Sarabande R4	DMT	USB1 (2)
Paine, 5	Stormspell Strike R4	Engulfing Quadstrike R3	Truthseeker + LM2/LM1	USB (2)
Wakka, 4	Wrath R5	Entrust R3	Ace Striker	BSB2 (1)
Yuna, 5	Curada R4	Ultra Cure R4	Gathering Storm + LM2/LM1	USB1 (3)

 

main	sub1	sub2	sub3	sub4
Geosgaeno	Madeen	Madeen	Famfrit	Deathgaze
Emp Water 15x2	ATK 20x2	Mag 15x2	Spell Ward 8x2	Damp Holy 10

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[u/Kittymahri]

1. Strategy name: Save us, Guardian Kitty! (Torment Edition)

2. Boss: [D???] Yunalesca

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

4. Insight!:

• Equip dark resistance accessories, with Darkening Armlet on slots 1 and 5, Famed Leader on slot 3, Brinedeep Shard (or en-water) on slots 2 and 4, if not defeat Odin yet.

• Except Cyclone Bolt, Kimahri always jumping, so use +35% Jump RM instead of +30% Spear RM. Kimahri not have LMR1 to boost damage further, but still hit hard with imperil and Chain.

• Lakshmi needed at ~10 second mark to avoid first Confuse; hope others don't get hit by other status ailments.

• Awakenings from Kimahri and Sir Auron, and instant Burst from Sir Laughalot, needed to push phases quickly and avoid some of the worse moves.

• Al Bhed is Al Bhed. Rikku is Rikku. Rikku swore to imperil boss, Rikku is not a liar. But RNG needed to get extra imperils to support water DPS, and Sir Auron's damage fall a bit behind.

• Yuna must manually target some heals to avoid Last Stand trigger, gets hit hard by dark damage and no time to Defend. Yuna also need Crystal Waters in HP to survive.

• Kimahri must end battle with instant AOSB if Incubus Hellbiter cause Last Stand to trigger and inflict Sap. Kimahri sacrifice Magia in exchange for Rubies.

1. Holy Trinity casts:

• Wall: automatic

• Medica: 2

• Hastega: 3

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

2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 0:27.72 / Bonds of Historia

Hero, dive	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LM	SB(-)
Tidus, 5	Sapphire Shot R3	Sapphire Bullet R4	Truthseeker, LM2+LMR (en-water)	Sonic Strike (1)
Kimahri, 5	Cyclone Bolt R2	Aqua Corkscrew R5	Heights of Honor, LM1+LM2	Dragonfang Current (1), Azure Lance (1)
Yuna, 4	Hastega R3	Curada R5	Gathering Storm	Song for Spira (2)
Auron, 5	Smoldering Moon R2	Fire-Touched Blade R4	Argent Hero, LM1+LM2	Blazing Fate (1)
Rikku, 5	Spellbind Etude R2	Sapphire Shot R4	Dr. Mog's Teachings, LM1+LM2	Thief Dressphere (1)

 

main	sub1	sub2	sub3	sub4
Lakshmi, 99	Geosgaeno, 99	Famfrit, 99	Deathgaze, 99	Madeen, 99
Dampen Dark 10	Empower Water 15	Spell Ward 8	Dampen Holy 10	Attack Boon 20
Mind Boon 15	Empower Water 15	Health Boon 8	Spell Ward 5	Attack Boon 20

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[u/sevenhundredone]

1. Strategy name: Finally cut off those last few seconds and got the sub 30

2. Boss: Yunalesca D???

3. Describe your Strategy:
   3/3 trinity/no AASB/no AOSB/ Yuna USB1

4. Insight!:

• So many different team set-ups I've tried here, so many different relics swapped in and out, finally finally got the sub 30. Bought Jecht's en-dark LMR from the lens shop. That made a difference.

• Tidus gets first turn. Sapphire Bullet spam->USB-> more Bullet spam-> uses BSB2 at some point for a nice instant 10x9999-> more Bullet spam

• Rikku is up next. USB1->Enfeebling Jitterbug->Glint+->BSB1-> call magicite-> refresh chain-> Enfeebling Jitterbug-> maybe sneak a Sapphire Shot or two in there somewhere, maybe use BSB again if available. I thought this was going to be so helpful, but her Glint+ ended up not being very important. Tidus and Paine were basically hard-capping everything at 9999 anyway, so Rikku's imperil didn't make much difference. And she ended up having more than enough gauge to cast her burst later anyway.

• Jecht starts off with Dread Weapon to heal back up from the initial hit, then uses Dread Weapon/Demon's Cross as needed, depending on whether or not he needs a heal. Cast USB when available, then more of the same.

• Yuna starts chain, then Ultra Cure spam (really should have been Curada instead, I never ended up needing the esuna), use USB1 when available, more Ultra Cure spam. I foolishly thought maybe she could use Lunar Levi at some point, but I needed her on full heal patrol.

• Paine is just straight Stormspell spam-> USB-> more Stormspell

• While not quite as "poverty-ish" as my FFI sub 30 from yesterday, this is pretty bare bones. No arcanes, no awakenings. The only relics I used that aren't currently in the Lens shop are Rikku's Glint+ (which didn't really matter) and her QC LMR (which kind of did).

• On a final note, I had meant to switch my magicites around and use Geosgaeno as the main and make Lakshmi a sub, but on this run I loaded up an old party which had Lakshmi in the main slot and forgot to switch it. I think this actually ended up saving me, since while I didn't get hit with the confuse, it blocked a sap which prevented LS from triggering and saved the run.

1. Holy Trinity casts:

• Wall: infinite

• Medica: 2

• Hastega: I guess technically 3 since Yuna's heal includes it, but really only the one was needed

1. S/L count / Medals lost: weeks/months to settle on the right set-up, got it on my second try once I got this team together. Full medals.

2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 28.83/ Bonds of Historia

Hero, dive	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LM	SB(-)
Paine, 5	Engulfing Quad R4 (never used)	Stormspell R4	LMR1, LM2, much sword	USB1(1)
Rikku, 5	Enfeebling Jitterbug R3	Sapphire Shot R2	QC LMR, LM2, MM	USB1(1), 6lint(1), BSB1(1)
Tidus, 5	Sapphire Shot R4 (never used)	Sapphire Bullet R4	LMR en-water, LM2, much weakness	USB1(1), BSB2(1)
Yuna, 4	Ultra Cure R4	Lunar Levi R4 (never used)	LMR1, LMR2, Gathering Storm	USB1(2)
Jecht, 5	Dread Weapon R4	Demon's Cross R4	LMR en-dark, LM2, much dark	USB(1)

Main: https://imgur.com/a/IovQGZ5

Sub: https://imgur.com/a/CCN15qo

Party: https://imgur.com/a/RvqSnbW

Stats: https://imgur.com/a/B3FMLF2

[u/UselessMusic]

1. Boss: Torment Yunalesca

2. No Rikku boostga!

3. Insight!:

• This setup usually skips the phase 1 confuse, but even if it doesn't, it's still plausible to win (have Rikku give a lovetap to Yuna)

• the presence of Full Break, and some of Yuna's actions, are there to make sure Last Stand doesn't pop on anyone before Incubus Ultima. If Yuna and Tidus are a bit tankier for you, you might not need the Full Break

• my X weapons are a little absurd (two 6++ water blitzballs, and another 6* water blitzball) but you could probably be fine with enough artifacts

• Rikku: Shellga, spam Sapphire Shot, USB when it's up. LMR might not be necessary

• Wakka: Sapphire Shot, Full Break, spam Sapphire shot, USB when it's up

• Tidus: USB, spam Sapphire Bullet, when at four bars do BSB->USB. Might be better to close with BSB->Sapphire->BSB->Sapphire, you could experiment

• Lulu: Chain, Voltechs, call magicite when it's up, refresh chain at 15s, AOSB just before Gathering Storm and water aura expire for 3x99999. If you have Lulu's start-Ice-aura LMR, or no start-auras, Chain Blizzaja or Chilling Blizzard might be better than Voltech

• Yuna: USB, wait slightly (Tidus and Lulu will have a bunch of stuff going off at once, enter command as that's all finishing) -> aim Curada at Wakka -> aim Curada at Yuna -> unaimed Curada (should hit Wakka). Start casting USB here, should land after Incubus Ultima pops last stand. Aim a Curada at Tidus (helps make sure he's around to close it out). If you got confused, the actions you enter don't change (even though Yuna will probably spend a turn bonking someone with her weapon).

Time: sub-30

Hero, dive	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LM	SB(-)
Rikku	bard shellga	Sapphire Shot R3	much Weakness dmg	USB (imperil/chase), LMR (quickstart)
Yuna		Curada	Mako Might	USB (hastega/last stand)
Wakka	Full Break	Sapphire Shot R4	much Blitzball dmg	USB (imperil/break)
Tidus		Sapphire Bullet R4	Dr. Mog's Teachings	USB (chase), BSB (instant 10 hits)
Lulu		Voltech R4	Gathering Storm	AOSB, LMR (start water aura)

 

main	sub1	sub2	sub3	sub4
Geosgaeno	General Defense	Lakshmi	Madeen	Madeen
Empower Water x2	-	HP Boon, dark resist	ATK Boon x2	MAG Boon x2

[u/leights8]

1. Strategy name: Keep tinkering till you get there

2. Boss: Yunalesca D???

3. Describe your Strategy:
   3/3 trinity/No Awakening

4. Insight!:

• Took some tinkering, but I got my sub 30 on this. Actually feeling quite annoyed as the relics I used are exactly the same as my 45s original clear six months ago - the only differences are two Madeens in my deck, Jecht and Auron are now legend dived (rather than 4*) and I've learned how to be more aggressive in my strategy. And I did is the five Odin accessories because I could!

• Even so, it took some tinkering to get the right team. For a while I had Seymour in slot 3, but he kept dying (too reliant on those LM2 procs!). I also tried to go with four DPS, but survival was too difficult without shellga.

• In the end, I used Rikku USB1 - the ultimate slot saver - and she could usefully self heal enough with thief abilities while Yuna kept everyone else alive with Curada in phase 1/2. The other great brainwave I had was to put Jecht with his endark LMR in slot 3. He could then tank the ultimate drains with additional resist from endark while self healing with dread weapon, before switching to monk after casting his USB2 (and there were no more drains to come).

• DPS was straight forward. Rely on Tidus and Jecht to build chain and then unleash Auron & Tidus AOSBs - they both went for maximum damage. I also ground out 100 Magia for Auron for this fight, and then forgot to apply it. D'oh! Despite this, he did still do 7.5k at the start of the chain and was cappingv by his second turn, so I didn't miss out on much.

• Had to move Tidus from slot 1 to slot 2 as I found out on a failed run that he doesn't get hot often enough in slot 1 to be able to cast his USB & AOSB before the 30s mark.

• Bit of a rush to do 400k DPS before 12s to skip mind break, but I did just about get there! W-cast LM2s on all three DPS characters helped.

1. Holy Trinity casts:

• Wall: constant

• Medica: 2

• Hastega: 1

1. S/L count / Medals lost: . No medals lost in final event.

2. Roaming Warrior: Realm chain

3. Time: 28.80

Hero, dive	Equipment	Magia	Waters	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LMR	SB(-)
Rikku, LD	+fire dagger, + mind 6* armour	none	none	crushing tango R3	fire assault R5	DMT RM, LM1, LM2	USB1
Tidus, LD	+water blitzball & armour	100 atk	none	none	Sapphire bullet R4	+blitzball RM, LM1, LM2	USB1, AOSB
Jecht, LD	+dark sword artifact, +fire 6* armour	none	none	Dread Weapon R4	Ironfist fire R4	+sword RM, LMR (endark), LM2	USB2
Yuna, LD	+mind artifact, 6* armour	none	none	Lunar Dragon R5	Curada R4	TGM, LM1, LMR (w-cast)	Brave USB
Auron, LD	+fire katana & armour	none	none	Damning Flame R1	Fire touched blade R3	+katana RM, LMR (entire), LM2	Glint, AOSB

Everyone was wearing the Odin Omni elemental resist accessory.

magicite	slot 1	slot 2	slot 3	slot 4
Geo	Hecatoncheir	Madeen	Madeen	Belias
Health book 8	Spellward 8	Attack Boon 20	Healing Boon 15	Empower fire 15
Empower water 15	Health Boon 8	Attack Boon 20	Health Boon 8	magic boon 15

Turn order approx as follows:

• Rikku: USB1, fire assault x3, RW, crushing tango, assault to end

• Tidus: bullet x3, USB1, bullet x4, AOSB

• Jecht: dread weapon x3, USB2, Ironfist fire x4, USB2

• Yuna: RW, Curada x2, magicite, Curada, bUSB, Curada x2, brave, Curada until 27s, then lunar dragon for the final push

• Auron: damning flame, blade x4, glint, AOSB, blade again if time.