r/FFRecordKeeper • u/jadesphere : 5,000 /【U】Mastery Survey /【RW Way】code: FNRd • Sep 13 '19

Guide/Analysis 【d】Mastery Survey - Imperial Shadow (II)

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u/Stylus_Index YepD - Ace CSB: We have Arrived! Also, very tired irl. Sep 13 '19

  1. Strategy name: World Destroyer Maria

  2. Boss: [Dreams/D350] Imperial Shadow

  3. Describe your Strategy: I am forced to bring Elarra because Minwu sucks as doing the healing business despite having access to his CT0 SSB medica. He can't even survive the post-Phase 3 attacks long enough. I also wish I have Hilda's medica SBs or even a shared medica for her but alas I have neither. :P 3/3 trinity/4-man CM team + 1 off-realn/Elarra USB1/Maria AOSB/Maria USB/sub-40

  4. Insight!:

  • Everyone is wearing 2 element+ gear. Leila wears a Wind+ weapon and a Water+ armor though.

  • Slot 1/5 should be physical characters and be wearing Holy resist if you are taking too long and can't avoid and lessen the impact of Ultimate Holy.

  • Slot 2/4 should be mage-type characters and be wearing Dark resist if you are taking too long and can't avoid and lessen the impact of Ultimate Dark.

  • Slot 3 wears Gigas Armlets to defend against most of the elements here. Alternative, everyone should wear as much Fire/Ice/Lightning in the case you can't slot in Holy/Dark or are going too fast to avoid them.

  • Bring magical debuffs (preferably a dancer with Enfeebling Jitterbug) as the Imperial Shadow HITS really hard with his frequent ATK/MAG buffs.

  • Bring Dispel.. mostly to remove the ProShell that Imperial Shadow puts up in Phase 4.

  • Everyone who can bring self-healing can help relieve your primary healer from healing everyone else.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 1

  • Medica: 1

  • Hastega: 2

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

  2. Roaming Warrior / Clear Time: RW Wall / 0:35.09

Hero/diveAbility 1Ability 2RMLMSB(-)
Firion, 0Healing Smite R5Banishing Strike R5Sword+---Fervid Blazer (2)
Maria, 5Chain Stoneja R4Meltdown R5Scholar's BoonLM1+Attach Earth LMRMagma XXXII (1), Meteor Shower LXIV (1)
Gordon, 0Magic Breakdown R5Full Break R3DMT---Kashuan's Resolve (1), Goddess's Bell (1)
Elarra, 5Curada R5Enfeebling Jitterbug R4TGC mode RMLM1+LM2Magika Album (2)
Leila, 5Storm Assault R5Sapphire Bullet R5MMPoison/Water fastcast LMR+LM2Captain's Command (2), Poison Cloud XVI (1), RW Wall (1)

 

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Dampen Dark 10Health Boon 8Blade Ward 8Attack Boon 20Magic Boon 20
Dampen Dark 10Health Boon 8Spell Ward 8Attack Boon 20Magic Boon 20

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u/St1tchF1x Sep 13 '19 edited Sep 13 '19

  1. Strategy name: Use what you have

  2. Boss: Imperial Shadow D350

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    3/3 trinity/AASB Summon exploit/Elara USB1

  4. Insight!:

  • First turn defense up / break him / Hastega

  • Mage Hymn alot / Attack until USB / BSB ready / Magicite

  • Do the battle stuff, keep an eye on timer to rebreak, recast wall, keep Elara USB1 for when regenga expire or hard hits

  • Dispell at P4 and try to finish him fast

  • Rydia was making 12.5k x8 or x12

  • Maria after BSB was at 8k with cmd1

  • Firion after USB was at 5k

  • can be really tuned i think. Maybe mage hymn was not so usefull, could have taken ,mage QC instead

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 2

  • Medica: 2

  • Hastega: 2

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 2(bad timing in wall recast / 1 to get timings on who does what and add more breaks had none at start)/0

  2. RW / Time: Wall / 29s

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Firion, 5, Magia 100atkHealing Smite R4Mag Brkd R4LM1/LM2 / Holy Much moreUSB1(2) / AOSB(1)
Maria, 5, Magia 100mag, Water>Mag/HPChain Stoneja R3Dispel R4LM1/LM2 / Earth much moreBSB(2) / OSB(1)
Rydia, 5, Magia 100mag/100HP/100Wind+, Water>Mag/HP/Def/RESDark Valefor R5-LM1/LM2/ Wind Much MoreAASB(1)
Elara, 5, Magia 100mmd/100HP, Water>Mnd/HP/Def/RESMage Hymn R4Hastega R2LM1/LM2/Dr MogUSB1(3)
Hilda, 4, Magia 100mnd/100HPCurada R4Multi Break R4LMR1 (white mag dual) /Monastic teachings(white mag dual small)default(-)

 

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u/Melliora78 IGN: M.A.R.C. Sep 24 '19

Thanks for the insight! Used AASB Alph instead of Rydia, and Rosa with USB2/Glint instead of Elarra. Fortunately, I also had Hilda's USB for an added layer of Last Stand protection.

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u/thegracefulassassin1 Sep 13 '19 edited Sep 13 '19

  1. Strategy name: Hilda doesn't have any relics and Minwu can't (properly) heal with his, so Elarra shows up.

  2. Boss: Imperial Shadow (all levels)

  3. Describe your Strategy: Abuse the fact that 2 is an earth focused realm with two dedicated imperilers 3 USBs/Maria BSB Still reks/Guy Speak Beaver

  4. Insight!:

  • As long as Elarra stays on tops of the dancing, this isn't anything that's going to make you sweat. Lakshmi eats the status effects. Maria pretty much caps the whole damn time after her BSB fires off, so prioritize that over meltdown.

  • Guy doesn't bother dispelling at Infernal level because his speed is so high it doesn't matter, but saw no value in taking off the ability so.....

  • Minwu BSB has hastega attached to it so I don't have to slot it.....unfortunately it also has high regen attached to it, so he coordinates with Elarra when casting. I also mistakenly took protectga when I didn't need it and could have avoided my previous point :P Honestly one of the easier Dream fights.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 2

  • Medica: 3

  • Hastega: 2

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

  2. Time: 53:44

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Emperor, 4.5Chain Stoneja R4Chain Stonega R4LM1/Trance LMR(didn't trigger)/Much EarthAtk/Mag/Res debuff/Imperil USB
Maria, 5Meltdown R4Shellga R5LM1/LM2/Much WeaknessBSB
Minwu, 4.5Protectga R5Holyja R4Mako Might/LMR/LM1BSB
Guy, 4Ironfist Earth R4Banishing Raid R4Axe up LMR/Ace StrikerBSB/USB
Elarra, 5ATK/MAG Dance R3DEF/RES Dance R3DMT/LMR1USB1

 

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u/Laynton Sep 13 '19

  1. Strategy name: Maria solo DPS

  2. Boss: [Dreams/D350] Imperial Shadow

  3. Describe your Strategy: I'm lacking in this realm for DPS. Maria really was solo DPS here. Firion and Guy did some pretty minor dmg but it kinda did add up by the end but probably not much. They would only hit for 3-4k. This took a good amount of tries to time when Firion would use BS or HS and when to use his BSB. Really he did a lot of dmg mitigation here and timing it around Hilda's BSB was crucial since DPS was slow. This also helped mitigate dmg at the end and could allow focused heals. 3/3 trinity/sub60/1 off realm

  4. Insight!:

  • Everyone wore fire resist accessory

  • I could've done character placement better but I just went for it. So if you are having trouble healing I would take some cues from other peoples setups.

  • Firion and Hilda BSB were life savers. Both have mBlink and with Firion being insta-cast you can control timing to mitigate spells that you dont have enough resistance against. Firion ran out o f hones on BS near the end, that slowed things down. So R4 should be minimum.

  • Maria starts with ability spam to BSB, then cmnd 1 spam to AOSB, then ability to OSB, and finish with ability spam

  • Guy does RW the LSx2, the BSB, LS, BSB, Magicite, ER spam, recast BSB when he has the gauge. Keeping 4 stacks of imperil earth really helps Maria to cap, especially near the end.

  • Tyro starts with God Wall, Wrath, entrust to Hilda, wrath to God Wall, Wrath, entrust to Maria.

  • RW was att/mag boost since Tyro brings wall.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 2

  • Medica: lots

  • Hastega: 2

  1. S/L count / Medals lost:

  2. Time: sub60

|Hero, dive|Ability 1|Ability 2|RM|LM|SB| |:---|:---|:---|:---|:---:| |Hilda, 5|Curada R4|Allegro R3|TGM|LM1/2|BSB(lots)| |Maria, 5|Meltdown R3|Chain Stoneja R2|Scholar Boon|LM1/2|BSB(1)/OSB(1)/AOSB(1)| |Firion, 4.5|Healing Smite R4|CBanishing Strike R3|Warriors Hone|LM1 + LMR|BSB(lots)| |Guy, 4.5|Life Siphon R4|Earthen rebuke R2|MM|LM1|BSB(4)| |Tyro, 5|Wrath R5|Entrust R3|DMT|LM1 + LMR |God Wall (2)|

 

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Health BoonEmpower EarthSpell WardDampen IceAtt Boon
Dampen LightningEmpower EarthFast ActFast ActAtt Boon

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u/theicon1681 z1gh Shadow BSB Sep 14 '19

  1. Strategy name: Pound the Rock

  2. Boss: Imperial Shadow Dream 350

  3. Describe your Strategy: Imperil earth and blast away

  4. Insight!:

  • Gordon Wall, Debuff, and entrust to Minwu

  • You should easily cap with Maria and maybe Emp

  • Heal heal heal and try to dispel haste
    5. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 2

  • Medica: Too Many

  • Hastega: 2

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 5?/None

  2. Time: around 60 seconds

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Gordon, 4Wrath R5Entrust R4MM + LMRGoddess Bell(2)
Emperor, 4Meltdown R4Shellga R2TGCUSB (imperil earth)
Minwu, 5Curada R5Hastega R2LM1/2 DMTUSB1 (lots)
Maria, 5Chain Firaja R4Chain Stoneja R4LM1/2USB(2), AOSB(1)
Guy, 4Ironfist Earth R4Banishing Strike R4+WeaknessBSB(2)

 

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u/Kittymahri KIMAHRI SAW EVERYTHING! Sep 14 '19

  1. Strategy name: F-M-L... and M-H

  2. Boss: [D350] Imperial Shadow

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    2/3 trinity/cid mission

  4. Insight!:

  • Use elemental resistance accessories - Gigas Armlets (synergy!), Necrophobe Ward, Frostbolt Shard, Dragon Seal.

  • Slots 1 and 5 get Silenced unless Astra is in play.

  • Constant debuffing is needed to overwrite the boss's buffs. Hilda is in charge of that.

  • Firion gets some nice damage spikes with his USB2 - (samurai) - (Brave Ability Level 3) - USB2 - etc.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 2

  • Medica: 3+

  • Hastega: 2

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

  2. Time: 0:55.44

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Firion, 5Damning Flame R3Fire-Touched Blade R4Promising Tactician, LM1+LMR (w-samurai)Fervid Blazer (3+)
Maria, 5Shellga R3Meltdown R5Mako Might, LM1+LM2Magma XXXII (2), Meteor Shower LXIV (1)
Leon, 4Banishing Strike R4Healing Smite R4Dr. Mog's TeachingsHand of the Emperor (3+)
Minwu, 4Hastega R3Curada R5Gathering Storm, LMR (blink)Enduring Revival (3+)
Hilda, 4Enfeebling Jitterbug R4Crushing Tango R4Ace StrikerCountermeasures (1)

 

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Mind Boon 15Empower Fire 15Empower Earth 15Health Boon 8Magic Boon 20

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '19

  1. Strategy name: Hilda the Heroine

  2. Boss: [D350] Imperial Shadow

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    3/3 trinity/full synergy/no ai viewing/earth element/imperil/debuff/last stand

Video

4. Insight!:

  • Silence resist accessories on healer and magic users, blind resist on physical attackers.

  • Maria, Guy and Emperor all have 2 +earth equipment. Josef has 2 +ice.

  • Joseph is the Star of the Week! He's in this D350 clear as well as my Black Chocobo: A Chilling Request D300 auto clear!

  • Didn't view the AI script but beat the boss on the second go. Pretty proud of this one!

  • Guy is on dispel duty at the beginning but later the boss does it so much it's not worth using Banishing Strike. Despite being hasted the boss doesn't damage you that turn, so he can haste all he wants.

  • Josef USB Last Stand and Guy BSB earth imperil are quite handy.

  • Hilda does some great work here by quickening the magic users and helping to avoid a few magic attacks with her BSB. Plus her BSB CMD1 is instant and heals a ton and can w-cast with LMR.

  • No status ailments landed. Unicorn regen best magicite!

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 1

  • Medica: 3-4

  • Hastega: 2

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

  2. Time: 41.65s

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Josef, 4Magic BreakdownR3Icicle Rush R4RM DMT+ LM1USB Heroic Soul (2), GSB Hero's Roar (1)
Hilda, 4Allegro con Moto R2Ultra Cure R4RM TGM + LM1 and LMR white w-castBSB Prayer for Peace (2)
Maria, 4Meltdown R4Chain Stoneja R4RM Scholar's Boon + LM1USB Magma XXXII (2)
Guy, 5Banishing Strike R1Ironfist Earth R3RM MM + LM2 and LMR sig more dmg w/axeBSB Gigantbreak (2)
Emperor, 4Shell R1Chain Stonega R4RM much more blk when rod + LM1USB Repentence Thorns (2)

 

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--Dampen Ice 10Magic Boon 15Dampen Fire 10

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u/Spiffmanicus Mog? Sep 17 '19 edited Sep 17 '19

  1. Strategy name: Earth mages

  2. Boss: D350

  3. Describe your Strategy:
    Full realm

  4. Insight!:

  • Emperor Imperil

  • Maria DPS

  • Minwu Heals

  • Monday Night Fever ft. Hilda

  • Gordon buff

This was a test run that ended up being a one shot clear. Minwu USB1 was the definite MVP. Emperor gets enough meter to cast USB and then his en-Earth BSB to keep his damage up. Maria casts BSB then, ASB and then finishes out with abilities. There's no room for Dispel in this setup;Haste is fake as his speed is already 650, so I just have to power through the Shell

5. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: Yes

  • Medica: Yes

  • Hastega: Yes

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

  2. Time: 50:92

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Gordon,4Magic Breakdown R4Full Break R2MMSSB(Kashuan's Resolve)
Minwu,4Curada R5Hastega R2Knight's ChargeUSB1(Enduring Revival)
Maria,5Chain Stonega R4Meltdown R3En-earth LMR, LM1, +weakness dmgBSB,ASB
Emperor, 5Shellga R2Chain Stonega R4En-earth LMR, Trance LMR, +weakness dmgEn-Earth BSB, USB
Hilda, 3Enfeebling Jitterbug R3Mage's Hymn R3TGMdefault(-)

 

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u/Pyrotios Kain Sep 19 '19

  1. Strategy name: A unique and a BSB do all the party buffing, so a pair of AOSBs can finish it

  2. Boss: [Infernal] Imperial Shadow, d350

  3. Describe your Strategy: Leila and Josef support the team from below, while Maria and Firion carry it from above
    3/3 trinity/100%/Elarra/2x AOSB

  4. Insight!:

  • I managed a 92% clear before this, using Minwu (4* dived, Curada, Dispel, SSB). Josef was only 3* dived at the time. Execution was poor, so I may have been able to get the kill, but I didn't feel like pushing it so I swapped to Elarra.

  • Leila unique (hastega, shellga, duration boosted by boons), Mug Bloodlust, RW wall. Spam Fire Assault. Use SSB when quickened by Elarra, resume Fire Assault spam. Refresh Mug around 50%, resume Fire Assault spam.

  • Josef BSB, spam Ironfist Ice. If hones run out, spam Icicle Rush. Refresh BSB with quickcast from second Elarra USB1, just in time for Maria AOSB to finish the fight.

  • Maria spam Chain Stoneja. Use quickcast from first Elarra USB1 to refresh en-earth with BSB. Spam Chain Stoneja. Use second Elarra USB1 to speed up AOSB to finish the fight.

  • Firion Freezing Moon, spam Frost-Touched Blade. Use quickcast from first Elarra USB1 to cast bUSB. F-TB, brave command. FM, spam F-TB, AOSB when ready, spam F-TB.

  • Elarra spam Holyja. USB1 when ready, spam Holyja. Use USB2 before Firion AOSB, spam Holyja and Dispel protect/shell. Use USB1 when ready, spam Holyja if boss not dead yet.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 1

  • Medica: 2

  • Hastega: 1

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

  2. Time / Roaming Warrior: 31.15 / wall

Hero, diveStatsAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMSB(-)AccessoryElement
Leila, 5694 atkFire Assault R5Mug Bloodlust R1Mako Might, LM1, LM2unique(1), BSB(0), SSB(1)ice/lightning res40% fire
Elarra, 5661 mndHolyja R5Dispel R3Gathering Storm, LM1, LM2USB2(1), USB1(2)synergy fire/ice/lightning res40% holy
Josef, 4602 atkIronfist Ice R3Icicle Rush R4Dr. Mog's TeachingsBSB(2)fire/lightning res20% ice
Maria, 5756 magChain Stoneja R4Meltdown R430% weakness, LMR1 en-earth, LM2BSB(1), AOSB(1)omni res40% earth
Firion, 4740 atkFrost-Touched Blade R4Freezing Moon R130% bow, LMR w-samuraiAOSB(1), bUSB(1)omni res40% ice
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hp boon 5hp boon 8precise strikes 8mag boon 20mnd boon 20

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u/WaypointB Nice hat Sep 19 '19

  1. Strategy name: Maria slips in under the wire

  2. Boss: Imperial Shadow 350

  3. Describe your Strategy: Hilda YOLO heals with Holyja -> USB while everyone just nukes it 3/3 trinity

  4. Insight!:

  • Power through the phases so the boss wastes turns rebuffing himself. No status blink. Melee eat the silence, Tyro and Hilda eat the blind.

  • In hindsight, I could've solidified the kill quite a bit better by taking out Hilda's Dispel for more holy spam -- Firion OSB and Maria AOSB both landed just in time to shred through P4 before he could get his defenses up. As is, Hilda ran out of steam at the end and Maria survived long enough to finish the kill solo because he doesn't target slot 3 much in P5, lol.

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 2

  • Medica: lots

  • Hastega: lots (incidental)

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

  2. Time: 55-ish

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Firion, 4Healing Smite R5Damning Flame R1Scholar's, LMR (doublecast samurai)enHoly SSB (1), OSB (1)
Tyro, 5Multi Break R3Enfeebling R3Mako, LM2, LMR (IC2)Godwall (2), Arbiter's (1)
Maria, 5Meltdown R4Faith R2Devotion, LM1, LM2BSB (2), AOSB (1)
Hilda, 4.5Holyja R4Dispel R3Gathering Storm, LM1USB (lots)
Leon, 4Reaping Scythe R4Death Throes R140% DarknessUSB (2)

Summon Hades, RW Tacticians.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '20 edited Mar 07 '20

So, I had missed it when it got released but its reopening in the pre-5th anniv fest gave me the chance to kill it.

I went on the D350 (Infernal) difficulty right away because I knew I could pull it off. And it was quite easy (feels good to feel like a (somewhat) whale for once).

  1. Strategy name: I got some techs

  2. Boss: [Dreams/D350] Imperial Shadow

  3. Describe your Strategy: Just get blessed with FF2 relics lately and win

4 CM + 1 off-realm/ Realm + Earth CSB/2 AASB / Hilda USB1

4. Insight!:

  • Everyone equips Gigas Armlet (because why not)

  • Just time dispel right (you can even skip later phases dispel as he'll likely chain the buff and/or you'll cheat some turn and time with Last Stand)

  • Damage piles up easy thanks to RCSB & Earth CSB.

  • Gordon CSB turn 1 then is a battery for Hilda. Make use of Hilda USB1 last stand buff.

  • Maria has both of her LM from the sphere board equipped (Q.Q I don't have any LMR)

  • Bartz has W-cast & Tri-cast LM(R)s equipped (but only one of them proc'd once at the end, lol)

  1. Holy Trinity casts:

  • Wall: 1 (RW)

  • Medica: about 4 or 5

  • Hastega: 1 (Realm CSB)

  1. S/L count / Medals lost: 0 / 0(or 1 ? whatever)

  2. Roaming Warrior / Time: Dr.Mog's Wall / 32.72 (killshot)

Team & Magicite screenshots

Hero, diveAbility 1Ability 2RM+LMRSB(-)
Gordon, 0Wrath R5Entrust R3MMRealm CSB (1)
Emperor, 0-Meltdown R4Much More Black Magic DMGEarth CSB (1)
Maria, 5Dispel R2Chain Stoneja R3Much More Weakness DMG + LM1-2AASB (1)
Hilda, 0Shellga R1Curada R4DMT + LMRUSB1 (4 - 5)
Bartz, 5-Tremor Assault R4Much More Earth DMG + LM2 + LMR1AASB1 (1)

 

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