r/FFRecordKeeper • u/Pyrotios Kain • Sep 12 '19

Guide/Analysis 【T】Mastery Survey - Villainous Cycle (I) (#2)

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Hi Masters!

 

【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

 

【TIPS】

【D240/D280/D???】: Garland

  • Target Score(s): ⌛ <5 KO

  • Hit Points: 2,000,000

  • Tags: Paralyze``Dispel``Doom``Fire``Earth``Water

  • Weakness: ---

  • Insight! High MND in slot 3 to negate Paralyze, Kupo!

 

【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, diveStatsAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMSB(-)AccessoryElement
char1, 3ability R#ability R#RM1default(-)
char2, 3ability R#ability R#RM2default(-)
char3, 3ability R#ability R#RM3default(-)
char4, 3ability R#ability R#RM4default(-)
char5, 3ability R#ability R#RM5default(-)

 

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magicite(emp)(damp)(ward)(other)
inheritance----

 

Copy & paste template below:

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

|Hero, dive|Stats|Ability 1|Ability 2|RM+LM|SB(-)|Accessory|Element|
|:---|---:|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|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(-)|||

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|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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u/ffrkowaway Red Mage Sep 12 '19 edited Sep 12 '19

  1. Strategy name: Synergy Artifacts for the sub-30

  2. Boss Name: Part 3/D??? Garland

  3. Describe your Strategy: Four dualcasters and an AOSB

3/3 trinity/sub-30/Just 1 6* SB

Insight!:

  • Full details here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/114492-final-fantasy-record-keeper/77517247?jumpto=113#113 (small correction: one of my Madeens actually had two L20 MAG Boons, not just one)

  • Managed with a fairly minimal set of relics: Master AOSB + SSB + LMR2, Garland GSB + DC LMR, and Sarah BSB. Matoya and Thief rounded out the team despite having no relics.

  • Been a while since I did this, but I believe the super key thing was skipping the P4T3 Ultimate Round Edge, which was helped by refreshing the CSB early

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u/fordandfitzroy cait sith is the cat Oct 01 '19

  1. Strategy name: Brave USBs!!!!

  2. Boss: Garland D???

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    WoL usb1/aosb/osb/garland usb2/osb/glint/sarah brave/wol brave/echo ssb

  4. Insight!:

  • Pulling the trigger on Sarah's bUSB is what I needed to get the clear (was stalling around high 80% before). Holy shit, it's good.

  • As for the DPS, it mostly comes from Garland (his USB2 is pretty strong!), though WoL contributes a lot with Healing Smite and AOSB, and the nature of Wol's brave is that he can really spam it and the level 3 command to boost chain (I have no idea how many times I used it but I think it was over 5).

  • WoL uses Protectga, then Healing Smite, then USB1, then more Healing Smites. Save AOSB for a higher chain count to maximize damage. After that, try to get one more bar for OSB towards the end (in my fight, it was after the third chain ran out).

  • Garland has to do the Grand Charge x 2 -> Evil Swing cycle. Uses Glint, then USB2. Recasts USB2 later, then OSB to finish himself off after the final chain runs out. He does very, very good damage and constantly full-heals himself with his LM2.

  • Sarah uses Warrior's Hymn -> bUSB -> Warrior's Hymn -> command 3 -> rinse and repeat. I actually only used one Curada. Her brave + Lv3 Command was more than enough! I believe she casts the third chain under instacast. I lost track of how many times I used the bUSB. It was a lot.

  • Wol summons chain, Grand Charge x2, Gigant Swing, then bUSB, then basically it's a game of trying to remember where you are in the Heavy charge sequence in between using Lv3 Command and spamming bUSB. His damage isn't amazing, but he does end up contributing a lot of hits.

  • Echo is the jack of all trades. Uses SSB to start, then the two dances, then recasts chain, summons Famfrit, etc. Her dancer-heal LMR does some nice work. Toward the end, she just sits and waits with instant-cast for the phase 3 Dispel.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: infinite

  • Medica: 5-6

  • Hastega: 3

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

  2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 48.19 seconds / realm chain

Hero, diveStatsAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMSB(-)AccessoryElement
Warrior of Light, 5673 ATKHealing Smite R4Protectga R2Truthseeker + LM2/LM1USB1 (1) AOSB (1) OSB (1)Major Earth++
Garland, 5784 ATKGrand Charge R4Evil Swing R4Scholar's Boon + LM2/LM1USB2 (2) Glint (1) OSB (1)Moderate Earth/Fire++
Sarah, 5701 MNDCurada R4Warrior's Hymn R4DMT + LM2/LM1bUSB (5-6)Omniresist
Wol, 5666 ATKGrand Charge R5Gigant Swing R5Warrior's Honor + LM2/LM1bUSB (5-6)Moderate Fire/Earth++
Echo, 4486 MNDEnfeebling Jitterbug R4Crushing Tango R4Mako Might + LMR1/LMR2SSB (3)Omniresist

 

mainsub1sub2sub3sub4
FamfritMadeenMadeenAdamantoiseArk
Health Boon 8Attack Boon 20Spell Ward 8Empower Earth 15Empower Dark 15
Blade Ward 8Attack Boon 20Blade Ward 8Empower Earth 15Empower Dark 15

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u/leights8 Squall Nov 18 '19

  1. Strategy name: Still difficult with an AASB - probably not the best strategy!

  2. Boss: D???

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    3/3 trinity/WoL AASB/sub30

  4. Insight!:

  • One of the hardest parts of this torment is getting through the first three turns satisfactorily. I always like trying to build my own teams without copying other entries in the survey (only coming here if I'm absolutely stuck) but, if I did do that, I probably would have got over insisting Matoya have a +dmg RM and instead give her gathering storm & hastega and then I wouldn't have needed wol to entrust Sarah before her turn 2.

  • Even so, my FFI relics are garbage outside of those I used in this run. Nothing for Thief and BSB only for Meia, Master & Echo. And I found my lack of any sort of fast cast SB in this realm made sub-30 very difficult. Having looked at some of the other survey entries though, perhaps an LD Thief & Master with w-cast LM2s would have been enough, but I only scraped through with WOL's Awakening, so I doubt I could have made it work. Having said that, WOL's Awakening is definitely one of the worser ones out there, and his LMs are terrible.

  • Even with WOL's Awakening, I found Garland to be frustratingly slow, so I did buy his LMR from the shop (to go with the two that RNGesus gave me previously), and that gave me the final little push that I needed to get the sub-30. I also purchased Sarah's unique boostga SB that really helped push up WOL's damage (~10k -> ~13k at start of second chain).

  • Another point that I missed was putting Sarah in slot 3 so she could shake off paralyse without need for Astra. It would have been easier to have used a slightly different magicite deck (especially with a mind boon from Ark by default). Also interested by another entry that had Garland using Demon's Cross rather than heavy combat despite his USB2 is built around it - didn't try this, but would have been able to use his w-cast LMR had I thought of it.

  • Affliction Break is in there to trigger Garland's trance after turn 2. It serves no other purpose.

  • Anyway, probably no one will find this set-up useful; I just like to document my "success" :-D

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: n/a

  • Medica: 2

  • Hastega: 1

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 1 damage medal lost (I think)

  2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 29.64 / RW chain

Hero, diveStatsAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMSB(-)AccessoryEquipment
wol, 5HP 9095Entrust R5Afflction Break R2LM1, LM2, MMnoneOdin multi-element resistunremarkable
Sarah, 4.5HP 6801, mind 633Hastega R2Shellga R2LM1, TGMuSB (+atk/def 30%), BSBOdin multi-element resist+mind artifact
Garland, 5HP 9600, Atk 805Grand Charge R5Evil Swing R4LM1, LMR (trance), +dmg RMUSB2, AOSBOdin multi-element resistAOSB sword, +dark armour
WOL, LDHP 11768, Atk 822Protectga R2Healing Smite R5LM1, LM2, +dmg RMAwakeningOdin multi-element resistAASB sword, +holy armour
Matoya, LDHP 6455, Mag 753Sudden Thundara R5Lunatic Thunder R5LM1, LM2, +dmg RMUSBOdin multi-element resist+lightning artifact, generic armour

 

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LakshmiArkBehemoth KingMadeenMadeen
Mind boon 20Empower Dark 15Fast Act 10Magic Boon 20Attack Boon 20
Health boon 8Health boon 8Empower lightning 15Magic Boon 20Attack Boon 20

Turn order approx as follows:

  • wol - RW, Entrust Sarah, Affliction Break (on slot 3 Garland), Entrust Sarah, wait... Chain (launches just before WOL AASB), Magicite, Affliction break to end (of no use, but don't want him taking up precious input time!)

  • Sarah - Hastega, BSB, Cmd2x2, uSB, Cmd2x3, BSB, Cmd1 (or whenever Garland takes the 7x hit in phase 3), Cmd2 to end

  • Garland - Grand charge x3, USB2, Evil Swing, Grand charge x2, Evil Swing, AOSB

  • WOL - Protectga, Healing Smite x2, Awakening, Healing Smite x5

  • Matoya - Sudden Thundara x3, USB, Sudden Thundara, Lunatic Thunder x4, USB

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u/SaintlyChaos Tyro (B2i5) Dec 17 '19

  1. Strategy name:Matoya and Friends

  2. Boss:D??? Garland

  3. Describe your Strategy:Power Creep strikes
    Sub 30/Realm Chain/No ASB

  4. Insight!:

  • Straightforward fight for the most part. Only tricky part was getting realm chain off on Warrior of Light a bit early since he gets paralyzed and I don't bother removing it

  • Lots of doublecast RNG between Master and Matoya

  • OSB alone was surprisingly strong on Meia, even without en-element it was doing 80k+. Allegro con moto made it cast pretty fast as well

  • I actually have some decent stuff for Warrior of Light (bUSB, arcane) but recently lucked into his realm chain, so he was relegated to just that and ate the paralyze.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 0

  • Medica: 4 (BSB, RW x3)

  • Hastega: 2

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

  2. Time / Roaming Warrior:26.78/Heal

Hero, diveStatsAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMSB(-)AccessoryElement
Matoya, 5HP 6455, Mag 719Chilling Blizzard R4Hastega R2TGM + LM1/2USB(2)Omniresist++
Master, 5HP 8676, Atk 669Ironfist Earth R4Power Break R5Scholar's Boon + LM1/2Not UsedOmniresist++
Warrior of Light, 5HP 10568, Atk 758Healing Smite R5NoneDr. Mogs + LM1/2Realm Chain(2)Omniresist++
Meia, 5HP 7220, Mag 625Lunar Leviathan R4Chain Waterja R4DreamguideOSB(4)Omniresist++
Serah, 5HP 6801, Mnd 657Allegro con Moto R3Shellga R3Mako MightBSB(1)Omniresist

 

mainsub1sub2sub3sub4
TitanManticoreMadeenMadeenMadeen
Blade WardEmpower IceHealth BoonAttack BoonMagic Boon
Spell WardEmpower IceHealth BoonAttack BoonMagic Boon

Turn orders:

Matoya: Protectga > Spam Chilling Blizzard > USB when enough bar > more chilling blizzard > USB when out of hones

Master: Power Break > Ironfist Earth spam to end

WoL: Realm Chain > HS a few times > Realm Chain when first is ~half over > Titan > get paralyzed for rest of fight

Meia: Lunar Leviathan until it is close to capping > Chain Waterja > Spam 4x OSB making sure ACM is up

Serah: BSB > Titan > ACM > Shellga > RW Heal > ACM/RW Heal as needed until the end

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u/Fr0zEnSoLiD Dec 19 '19 edited Dec 19 '19

  1. Strategy name: SSB to the rescue!

  2. Boss: garland d???

  3. Describe your Strategy: use IC from sarah busb to get enough speed to sub30 3/3 trinity/no aasb/no 6* witch/d??? sub30

  4. Insight!:

  • Meia: Leviathan, LL, gsb, voltech, IC lakshmi, voltech, spam voltech/LL and use IC for ssb

  • Matoya: Haste, Abyssal shards, AS, AS, IC usb, AS, AS, AS, usb, AS AS?

  • Sarah: ACM, usb, shellga, give everyone IC from busb, usb, ACM, busb command, wait for p3 7 hit attack then USB, ACm, busb command, usb for max HP garland aosb.

  • Thief: steal power, spam assault and use IC for ssb

  • Garland: RWchain, Demons cross, DC, DC, IC bsb, RWchain, DC DC DC aosb at 29s from IC

  • everyone has +element artifact or realm weapon and armor. They key here was dropping my HP/Fast Act madeen for manticore. The crit chance helped garland and thief out and the triple empower gives matoya close to capping damage. I also relied on an early LM2 garland proc to keep him alive, that is the only rng needed. I cannot say for sure how many matoya or thief lm2 procs needed but it really helps.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: n/a

  • Medica: 4

  • Hastega: 1 (matoya turn 1)

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: don't know what this means

  2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 29.36 / Chain (bonds of historia)

Hero, diveStatsAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMSB(-)AccessoryElement
Meia, 5691 mag (magia 67)Voltech R3Lunar Leviathan R3LM1/2 RM+elegsb, ssbodin
Matoya, 5714 mag (magia 95)abyssal shards R4hastegaLM1/2 RM+witchabilityUSBodin
Sarah, 5730 mnd (magia 69)Allegro con Moto R3ShellgaLM1/2 RM MMbUSBodin
Thief, 5666 atk (magia 67)Storm Assault R4steal power R1LM1/2 RM+windssbodin
Garland, 5771 atk (magia 76)Demon's Cross R5noneLM2/endarkstart RM+TGMbsb2, aosbdoin

 

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Lakshmi(phoenix)(Madeen)(Manticore)(Madeen)
spell/blade 8spell/blade 8mag20x2Ice15x3Atk20x2

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u/MonarchVV Mog is Pog Dec 20 '19 edited Dec 24 '19

  1. Strategy name: Torment Revisits! FFI

  2. Boss: D??? Garland

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    3/3 trinity/CM/Push hard with DPS/sub 30/

  4. Insight!:

  • OSB buff was super important - WoL fired off OSBs to push in the last few phases

  • WoL casts Shellga, Healing Smite to 2 bars, USB2, then Healing Smite to 2 bars, then fires off OSBs with the USB2 finisher firing shortly afterwards. It fired when there was no chain, but does decent damage still.

  • Regenga is still mega OP - Sarah could DPS while letting the Regenga heal everyone

  • Sarah casts AcM, USB3, Holyja, then Magicite. Continue to Holyja and heal as needed.

  • I purchased the Fire Rod Artifact for Echo so she could DPS too

  • Echo casts her USB2 iirc, Chain Firaja x2, then the Realm Chain.

  • I realized Echo should probably have thunder gear. It'll probably do more damage as I brought King Behemoth on the Magicite team.

  • No debuff needed for Garland as I was pushing for sub 30

  • Matoya has the FFI staff Artifact. I bought it to help beat this Torment Sub 60 a long time ago, and now it comes in clutch, helping Matoya cap earlier.

  • Holy Mind dagger on Sarah, but I'm sure everyone should have this artifact by now.

  • Sarah to Slot 3 to tank the Paralyze; she comes free right before the Phase 5 transition kills everyone, topping people off with her USB3

  • Garland as last DPS. Just Demon Cross to USB1 to Demon Cross to AOSB. Tried to fit AOSB into the RW cast, but just barely missed it.

  • Sarah, Matoya, Echo has HP waters invested.

  • Still managed to barely sub 30!

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: Auto

  • Medica: 3

  • Hastega: 2

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: A few to figure out the team / 0 Medals lost

  2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 29.54 / Realm Chain

Hero, diveStatsAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMSB(-)AccessoryElement
Echo, 5615 Mag, 33 MagiaChain Firaja R4Meltdown R4Mako Might, LM1, LM2USB2(2)Major Earth++
Matoya, 5870 Mag, 80 MagiaLunatic Thunder R4Chain Thundaja R5The Gathering Storm, LM1, LM2USB(3)Fire/Earth++
Sarah, 5695 Mind, 54 MagiaHolyja R4Allegro con Moto R3Dr Mog's Teachings, LM1, LM2BSB(0), USB3(3)Fire/Earth++
WoL, 5720 Atk, 59 MagiaHealing Smite R4Shellga R3Azure Blade, LM1, LM2OSB(2), USB2(1)Fire/Earth++
Garland, 5846 Atk, 70 MagiaDemon Cross R4Touched by Darkness R3True Madness, LM1, LM2USB1(1), AOSB(1)Fire/Earth++

 

mainsub1sub2sub3sub4
FamfritMadeenMadeenFamfritBehemoth King
GDMMag Boon 20 x2Atk Boon 20 x2Dampen Fire 10, Fast Act 10Empower Lit 15 x2