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[Shanlei91]

Anyone else chain well with Orlandeau other than Orlandeau? I read Chiz does but there isn't even a holy katana.

 

[robertsan21]

Anyone else chain well with Orlandeau other than Orlandeau? I read Chiz does but there isn't even a holy katana.

I can chain pretty well with Yun.

 

[bonkeng]

Anyone else chain well with Orlandeau other than Orlandeau? I read Chiz does but there isn't even a holy katana.

Yun and Orlandu chains well together.

 

[AdawgDaFAB]

Anyone else chain well with Orlandeau other than Orlandeau? I read Chiz does but there isn't even a holy katana.

Lightning Stab seems like a move that could work well in chain building. I'm not sure how easy that would be with others though.

 

[Rixa]

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Surprised no one here or on Reddit has really mentioned this seemingly obvious connection yet:

-- Garnet 6* should be the herald of the White Magic meta. Not surprising, as to put this in FFXI terms, she is a WHM/SUM (versus Rydia who would be a SUM/BLM). White magic is her dominant ability, not summoning, so she would be an ideal candidate for such a white magic meta shift.

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[tuffymon]

Yun and Orlandu chains well together.

This amazes me every time I see it... how uhh much dmg do you recall doing? Ballpark~

 

[Syntsui]

Yun and Orlandu chains well together.

How the helll is this elemental chaining if Yun can use any holy wepon? Are the two Orlandus elemental chaining while the Yuns are normal chaining but somehow all hits are being counted and the chain is not being broken?

 

[DrROBschiz]

well first we need offensive white magic that have modifiers that are worth a damn

also splitting the roles of healers seem situational but its nice to have the option to put SPR scaling to more use

maybe modify its effects on other spells as well?

 

[Shouta]

Garnet isn't going to be better than Ayaka. The only thing Garnet will be bringing in might be some offensive ability in Holy and that new Summoning ability that allows her to use any of the teams Espers.

How the helll is this elemental chaining if Yun can use any holy wepon? Are the two Orlandus elemental chaining while the Yuns are normal chaining but somehow all hits are being counted and the chain is not being broken?

Orlandu probably has a fire weapon in his off-hand?

Chain doesn't break if you mix regular chain and element chain though, as I recall anyway.

 

[robertsan21]

Quick question about Switch Control.

How many times can I press the screen before its not registering my taps?
will it let me know when I cant press anymore?

 

[eggydoo]

Lightning Stab seems like a move that could work well in chain building. I'm not sure how easy that would be with others though.

I run lightning stab with thundaga on auracite ELT and one shot all bosses using repeat. Sometimes wroth has a sliver though, so I just switch it up to make sure.

 

[Valentus]

well first we need offensive white magic that have modifiers that are worth a damn

also splitting the roles of healers seem situational but its nice to have the option to put SPR scaling to more use

maybe modify its effects on other spells as well?

Y'shtola 6 Star
FFBEDB Unit Calculator
Right Hand: Budding Maple Wand +12ATK+30MAG+68SPR+10%HP/MP
Left Hand: Stellar Shield +10MP+28DEF+15MAG
Head: Black Cowl +28ATK+25DEF+25SPR+100%Sleep
Body: Scion Conjurer’s Dalmatica +38DEF+45SPR+10%HP/MP
Accessory 1: Magistral Crest +30%MAG+30%SPR
Accessory 2: Magistral Crest +30%MAG+30%SPR
Ability 1: Shard of Genius +20%SPR w/Staff +20%DEF w/Robe
Ability 2: Shard of Genius +20%SPR w/Staff +20%DEF w/Robe
Ability 3: Shard of Genius +20%SPR w/Staff +20%DEF w/Robe
Ability 4: HP +30% +30% HP
Esper: Carbuncle HP:3350 MP:5780 ATK:1940 DEF:3270 MAG:4450 SPR:6330
Stat Buff: Divine Seal +100% SPR
Total Stats: HP: 5161 MP: 397 ATK: 200 DEF: 340 MAG: 325 SPR: 757

I dont know you, but i really really want to see a holy casted with 757 SPR xD

 

[jnWake]

Garnet isn't going to be better than Ayaka. The only thing Garnet will be bringing in might be some offensive ability in Holy and that new Summoning ability that allows her to use any of the teams Espers.

Is any Esper really good in JP? They don't seem very good in GL.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

Wait Shard of Genius stacks? If so why the hell do ATK materia's of the same style not stack? Get some consistency Gumi..you asshats.

 

[Shouta]

Is any Esper really good in JP? They don't seem very good in GL.

Their damage got upgraded significantly in JP.

 

[AdawgDaFAB]

I run lightning stab with thundaga on auracite ELT and one shot all bosses using repeat. Sometimes wroth has a sliver though, so I just switch it up to make sure.

I do something similar. On turn 1, I set 3 of my bonus units to do Deprotect, Deshell, Imperil (Esper abilities) then have friend Cid use Lightning Stab and my Noctis use Lightning Flask. I OHKO everything except the Red Chocobos. When I come across those waves, I just swap Cid to Cleansing Strike and that wipes them all out.

Wait Shard of Genius stacks? If so why the hell do ATK materia's of the same style not stack? Get some consistency Gumi..you asshats.

I've heard that Poach stacks, too. Why does that stack but normal ___ Killer materias don't?

 

[AdawgDaFAB]

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[jasminlovesyoux]

I really hate that we have to depend on testing and reading forums to find this stuff out. Should be listed in game.

 

[DrROBschiz]

I do something similar. On turn 1, I set 3 of my bonus units to do Deprotect, Deshell, Imperil (Esper abilities) then have friend Cid use Lightning Stab and my Noctis use Lightning Flask. I OHKO everything except the Red Chocobos. When I come across those waves, I just swap Cid to Cleansing Strike and that wipes them all out.

I've heard that Poach stacks, too. Why does that stack but normal ___ Killer materias don't?

Poach stacks?

That would be the first materia of its kind that does so

 

[Kouriozan]

I wonder if it's worth it to have 2 Ashe.
Inspired by this video of the latest trial : https://youtu.be/j2nlUi5ZPUA, her magic attack + heal seems really good, you can also see enhanced Liquid Metal Slime in it.

 

[The Silver]

Their damage got upgraded significantly in JP.

so yes? they're worth using over another skill good?

 

[Rixa]

Managed to grab some chaining pic from Ace doing lb Jackpot Shot.

Its not my best chain damage (over 1.5m) but its really hard to get good chain & take screen shot same time with phone .

 

[Shouta]

so yes? they're worth using over another skill good?

Depends on situation. Summons do an easy 6 digits of damage now so it's no small number. I've seen 400,000-500,000 with Bahamut before? I need to use it again to check.

 

[DrROBschiz]

Depends on situation. Summons do an easy 6 digits of damage now so it's no small number. I've seen 400,000-500,000 with Bahamut before? I need to use it again to check.

So now we need to combine a 6 star summoner with max damage bonuses to see what the upper limit of their potential is

Rydia and Garnet have LBs that basically fill the gauge instantly

Garnet being our prime candidate I suppose

 

[Kumquat]

So, I have a lineup question to ask.

My current lineup I am running is

Ex Death
Chizuru
Refia
Firion,
Cecil

I just recently pulled Cloud of Darkness. I'm debating if CoD should replace Firion or someone else in my lineup. Any opinions?

 

[Muku]

So, I have a lineup question to ask.

My current lineup I am running is

Ex Death
Chizuru
Refia
Firion,
Cecil

I just recently pulled Cloud of Darkness. I'm debating if CoD should replace Firion or someone else in my lineup. Any opinions?

Depends. What for? You don't always have to run a tank/healer if you're doing more mundane stuff. As others have said before ... it's best to level a lot of things and keep them around for when time comes. There's no base group much with this game.

And to be honest, I was happy once I got enough damager dealers to replace Refia and Cecil in my group to run around and do things.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

http://imgur.com/sS1XjMG

My new record for DMG against ELT Ifrit. Orlandu chaining with Olive is just too good.

 

[Kumquat]

I guess part of it is I don't really get what CoD does. I know it's a good character but I don't know how it fits in.

 

[cw_sasuke]

not on your list, but Rain is actually pretty useful since you can seal 4 element at once with just a single attack, so that leaves a lot of flexibility for other unit to do.

my opinion : Rain, Lightning, Ling, Refia (with Ramuh) and friend Noctis

past hp 50%, you need to seal Gilgamesh with lightning hybrid or magic attack, so Lightning Elemental Blitz is useless and using Lightning just for Thundaga would probably makes the fight longer than it needs to be, that's why Refia with Ramuh in case friend Noctis needs to do other things thn Thunder Flask.

Good luck.

Thanks man,
sadly i havent leveled my Rain yet and i just missed the chance to do so since i used all Gigantuar on Ling and Firion. Maybe i will wait with Gilga trial until i can level my Rain and 6* him. So i will farm the current event a bit more and set back my Trial attempt for now xD

 

[Lyrian]

So now we need to combine a 6 star summoner with max damage bonuses to see what the upper limit of their potential is

Rydia and Garnet have LBs that basically fill the gauge instantly

Garnet being our prime candidate I suppose

Very interested to see how Garnet's 6* is handled.

Her 5* form is already fairly broken in terms of filling the LB bar, as she benefits from both High Tide and a second haste benefit from leveling up her LB. At 6*, the only thing more I can think they can do is to make the LB bar a guaranteed fill on use.

In terms of her summoning potential, she already has EVO MAG +30%, and for whatever reason, abilities don't duplicate innately on units so she needs a new modifier (or just give it the a different name I suppose).

The question really is whether Garnet shifts more heavily towards being a White Mage or a Summoner with her 6* (or stays a middling hybrid). Intuition tells me based on the known patch notes, that it's probably towards being a White Mage. I don't think the devs want to break the mold with a unit that's been out for an FFBE-eternity and is only a gold unit as well.

 

[Xion86]

I made this, so I'll put it here.

PROTIP: If you're Dual Weilding different weapons with Orlandeau put Excalibur in the LEFT hand. That way it will be used for the second swing of Divine Ruination, allowing it to benefit more from the light debuff and give you a bit more damage.

PROTIP: Marie is one of the best supports in the game, but has no healing spells innately. However, if you equip her with a Healing Staff or the Carbuncle Esper she can get Cura! With her innate Dual-Cast she is a useful backup healer.

PROTIP: Chaining is a great way to blow up some bosses super hard. For two Orlandeaus, the key is to input the Divine Ruinations nearly simultaneously. They will not chain if you Cue + Toggle Auto or by using Repeat. You must manually enter them nearly simultaneously. If you do it just right they will chain to 28. Issue an Olive True Shot right before and you can one-shot even ELT Ifrit! (with the right preparation)

PROTIP: Done with the Ifrit Raid after getting your Trust Moogle? Don't stop farming it! Not only do you aid the rest of the community, but you'll also earn tons and tons of Ifrit Raid coins from clearing PRO and ELT. They sell for 50 gil each! That's 90k gil per run of ELT! I've made 8 Million gil in the last week!

PROTIP: Don't buy the 1% Moogles from the King Mog event! Each one costs 10k Red Stones. Running Elit it would take you over 100 NRG on average to have that many Red Stones. However, if you run Earth Sthrine you can get 0.2% TMR on 5 party members in an average of 20 runs, which is only 20 NRG! That means these moogles cost FIVE TIMES the NRG for the same amount of TMR! Not worth.

PROTIP: What's better for an accessory? +30 ATK or +15% ATK? The break even point is if the unit has 200 base attack. Above 200 base attack take the +15% ATK. No unit in the game has 200 base attack yet (as far as I'm aware), not even Olive or Orlandeau with full Attack pots. Additionally, Doublehand takes into account equipment ATK, making the flat ATK even better for Olive!

Great tips here bumping this post for those who missed it.

Really happy Lasswell is getting his 6 star form, really liked the character when I started the game and preferred him over Rain. He looks quite cool too.

 

[DrROBschiz]

Very interested to see how Garnet's 6* is handled.

Her 5* form is already fairly broken in terms of filling the LB bar, as she benefits from both High Tide and a second haste benefit from leveling up her LB. At 6*, the only thing more I can think they can do is to make the LB bar a guaranteed fill on use.

In terms of her summoning potential, she already has EVO MAG +30%, and for whatever reason, abilities don't duplicate innately on units so she needs a new modifier (or just give it the a different name I suppose).

The question really is whether Garnet shifts more heavily towards being a White Mage or a Summoner with her 6* (or stays a middling hybrid). Intuition tells me based on the known patch notes, that it's probably towards being a White Mage. I don't think the devs want to break the mold with a unit that's been out for an FFBE-eternity and is only a gold unit as well.

well i suppose we need to see Eiko next then

she might be the star of the show and we should test rydia anyways

 

[Muku]

I guess part of it is I don't really get what CoD does. I know it's a good character but I don't know how it fits in.

Damage. Support.

Only thing is she's a bit tricky to gear up weapon wise as she's really limited. But, you can get the chakram from this event and give it to her. She can also use maces. (Thorned Mace from plant trial is damn awesome.)

 

[crazyivan19]

But the potential is obvious. Slapping a ton of SPR on a healer can now not only make them great healers, but also now monster mages. That's the short-range outlook. Long-term, this opens up a boatload of potential options for new offensive options based off of SPR on existing or likely new units to leverage this.

Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Shouta]

I now have the 4 FF9 chars getting a 6-star tomorrow at max. Now to just wait for the update.

Thank goodness for 100,000+ Titan coins and that gatcha tossing out Metal Cactuar Families like crazy.

 

[forgrim]

Thanks man,
sadly i havent leveled my Rain yet and i just missed the chance to do so since i used all Gigantuar on Ling and Firion. Maybe i will wait with Gilga trial until i can level my Rain and 6* him. So i will farm the current event a bit more and set back my Trial attempt for now xD

I remember i used bartz cecil refia ling and noctis friend with excalibur and chiji. Bartz was attacking with golem and wind dagger, and cecil provoked, ling mana batteried and refia healed.

Noctis switched to thunder flasking after 50%. Worked out pretty well.

 

[Kumquat]

Damage. Support.

Only thing is she's a bit tricky to gear up weapon wise as she's really limited. But, you can get the chakram from this event and give it to her. She can also use maces. (Thorned Mace from plant trial is damn awesome.)

So between CoD and Firion who do you think gives the most bang for the buck?

 

[Kouriozan]

I now have the 4 FF9 chars getting a 6-star tomorrow at max. Now to just wait for the update.

Thank goodness for 100,000+ Titan coins and that gatcha tossing out Metal Cactuar Families like crazy.

You'll have to give us some impressions about their new abilities!

 

[Malakhov]

I'll try again since it went unanswered last night. How many pouches did you guys get from the mog king event? Are they worth it? I heard it's better than a +30% attack if the unit doesn't have that killer already.

 

[Kouriozan]

See what Setzer can do to the super hard Robot trial (with everyone dual wield and loads of Machine Killer) :

(video)

Here's the ability he use here :

Double Dice

Randomly Use: 
ダブルダイス (20%) AoE 11 Damage Attack, 
ダブルダイス (20%) AoE 111 Damage Attack, 
ダブルダイス (20%) AoE 5555 Damage Attack, 
ダブルダイス (20%) AoE 55555 Damage Attack, 
ダブルダイス (20%) AoE 77777 Damage Attack

Spoiler

I should probably stop getting excited for future units x)

I'll try again since it went unanswered last night. How many pouches did you guys get from the mog king event? Are they worth it? I heard it's better than a +30% attack if the unit doesn't have that killer already.

It's better if your units has something like 810+ ATK, looking for that reddit post right now.

There : https://www.reddit.com/r/FFBraveExvius/comments/61lgf1/poach_buying_guide/

10% or 20 atk poach is always better but sort of trivially if attack is less than 500 -> 500 poach gives 6% more damage

20% or 40 atk poach is better if the total attack is at least 550

30% or 60 atk poach is better if the total attack is at least 810

 

[Malakhov]

So between CoD and Firion who do you think gives the most bang for the buck?

Both are great and situational. CoD is a great support unit with comeback and elemental resists. Firion can be a great DPS when his killers can be used on a kind of boss. Leveling both is a good idea.

 

[Malakhov]

See what Setzer can do to the super hard Robot trial (with everyone dual wield and loads of Machine Killer) :

(video)

Here's the ability he use here :

Double Dice

Randomly Use: 
ダブルダイス (20%) AoE 11 Damage Attack, 
ダブルダイス (20%) AoE 111 Damage Attack, 
ダブルダイス (20%) AoE 5555 Damage Attack, 
ダブルダイス (20%) AoE 55555 Damage Attack, 
ダブルダイス (20%) AoE 77777 Damage Attack

Spoiler

I should probably stop getting excited for future units x)

It's better if your units has something like 810+ ATK, looking for that reddit post right now.

There : https://www.reddit.com/r/FFBraveExvius/comments/61lgf1/poach_buying_guide/

Best of all, Setzer is a 4*.

OK so it would be useful, did you get some Kourio? How many did you aim for if you did?

 

[Hippopuncher12]

I'll try again since it went unanswered last night. How many pouches did you guys get from the mog king event? Are they worth it? I heard it's better than a +30% attack if the unit doesn't have that killer already.

I bought 10 of them because why not.

 

[robertsan21]

I have friend spots open
700 Orlandu and he will only get better as I get more TMs

511 959 177

 

[Prototype]

Well.. need more cactuars now. Between the dunes and the 100 from king mog I took Minfillia, Yoshi, Chizuru to 100 and Agrias to 80.
So many more characters to level tho...
Also pulled another Leon from daily and finally got a Kain too. So I now have all the 3* bases I wanted.

Crazy to think where I am now vs ~2 months ago.

 

[Malakhov]

I bought 10 of them because why not.

Yeah I guess with the even currency being so generous lol

 

[Kouriozan]

Best of all, Setzer is a 4*.

OK so it would be useful, did you get some Kourio? How many did you aim for if you did?

Not yet, will probably get 2~4 of them just in case they become top tier materia for a future event.

 

[Xion86]

Just about to go to sleep and noticed I had one Arena orb so thought I'd quickly use it up. Was going to quickly use it on the Colloseum, but thought I might just get a quick 1 or 2 round win in the Arena...I came up against pink whale and his band of Nocti for the first time...

I miraculously got the first 5 rounds in a row and was able to take out all Noctis apart from one who had a stupidly high Evade stat as I couldn't touch him with anything. Just had to keep alive until round 10 after that and won, phew. Was not expecting that at all...

 

[Malakhov]

Not yet, will probably get 2~4 of them just in case they become top tier materia for a future event.

Just got 4. I am milking this event, the currency is so good.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Yea I am getting 4-8 poach depending . 4 to start for sure.