this guide is simply perfect. i tried a good 10+ times to kill this guy using my own setup and an evocation just to spend the pt and actually try the burst phase, but with no luck.. then i still used the evocation but following all your strategy (the main difference being faithra and bravera i guess) and he dropped at the first try
I noticed Vanille/Hope doing 99999 damage too, which means would help to equip them with Genji Glove. you could skip Sprint Shoes [as you're buffing with haste anyway] or Aurora Scarf [as for such a fight full bar at start doesn't make much difference].
i just beat the game but i've been using this strategy except applying shrouds to CP grind with the growth egg and slightly different accessories (since the shrouds do bravery, faith, and haste for me). once i max out the crystarium i'll try this without the shrouds but so far i've already gotten 4 ingots and a trap in about 40 minutes even without the catalog. flawless!
@AllBaseAreBelongToMe I meant towards the oretoise. I reviewed what Curse does, and you're right about that... but your characters aren't the ones that are cursed.
@AllBaseAreBelongToMe You got a point. Am not as powered up as you so only Highwind is able to break limit, but even at my levels Sprint Shoes and Scarf make short work of those legs. Only thing is am unable to kill it before it gets up, but getting better.
@Operative34 Do you have both the connoisseur and collector's catalog equipped? If so, take one off. They cancel each other out. The way the game works is it looks to see if there is a rare drop, and if there isn't then it will be a normal drop. The connoisseur catalog raises the odds of a rare drop, while the collector's reduces the odds of a rare drop (therefore giving a higher chance of a regular drop). So if they're both equipped, there's no use. Hope that helps.
@TheAmassama With catalogs and assuming it's a 5 star rating....the common drop (platinum ingots) has a 37.5% chance of dropping and the rare drop (trapezohedron) has a 6% chance of dropping...now of course, this isn't to say you can't get multiple traps in a row like I did earlier today (2 straight, haven't gotten any since), but those are the odds.
@TheAmassama Adamantoise have a 25% drop rate for platinum ingots and a piss poor 1% rate for traps. Also, having a mixed connoiseur/collector catalog will only increase the odds for the ingots.
@TheAmassama Hmmm...maybe it has to do with equipment. I had Fang (leader), Vanille, and Lightning all with a maxed out tier 2 weapon (Glaive, Malboro Wand, Ultima Weapon), 2 Power gloves and a Genji Glove on Fang, 2 Power Gloves and a Genji Glove on Light, 2 Wierding Glyphs and the catalogs on Vanille. All 3 got a maxed out Gaian Ring...I was able to bring turtles down with a method just slightly different from this in under 4 minutes not too long into post game :S But your Fang def. needs str
I only have one character that have 6 ATB Guages (Lightning) an I was wondering if having 6 will make moves likes Army of One/Highwind do more than five will.
Sorry to bother you, but would this work on the Long Gui as well? I don't get many drops of Ingots but I have all the traps from upgrading and dismantling. I can kill Adamantoise in maybe 2 minutes and 30 seconds no problem. But like I said, not much luck with drops despite having a Collectors Catalouge equipped and killing them over and over again. I'm trying to Platinum this game.
When you use libra on the Adam. does it always say that he doesn't drop nothing after you defeat it? I've beaten it a couple of times bit it hasn't dropped anything and I was thinking that maybe its a glitch in my game or something..or just really bad luck. I'm using the collector catalog as well and nothing.
the only reason i use the spam death method is because anything else and that adamantoise will rip me to shreds, best chars only got 8k hp so go figure, his stomp does 7.5k, only reason the method above works is because your maxed stats. if you have omega/traps in general why are you farming this?
That's cool that you don't use TP, but why not? If you are resetting the adamantoise, you kill more than enough baddies to generate 3 tp. Its not like you can get more than 5. I tried saving and resetting, and running back to the door to reset the adamantoise was just as fast.
Can you tell me the stats of your characters at this point? My Hope/Vanille have around 2000MAG, but my Lightning has 2000STR and doesn't hit 99,999s. :\
You say wait for the ravagers (Vanille and Hope) to stagger the legs, but each time it hits the 300% mark it won't stagger, no matter how many attacks they throw at it, and it won't stagger unless my attack (Fang) is the final one. Basically, I'm the only one who can stagger, and they just keep resetting the bar to 300% with every attack. Am I doing something wrong?
Taming Pole has Stagger lock which is a big rip on his part... should have something like Kain's Lance(Dragoon Lance) which makes Fang even more busted
How does your Sahz have 27k hp, I finished the game, maxed the Crystarium and he has 10800, the rest are the same as yours, I also read that Sahz has the second most HP. wtf did I do lol?
@AllBaseAreBelongToMe Hey Im mazed out with CP however I dont have sprint shoes or Kains Lance, but for some reason im dead in two stomps and I seem to take a lot more damage that anyone else ive seen on a vid like this. You did a great job on this best technique ive found :) I can manage to farm Adamantortoises now and then but these Adamantoises seem to do more damage lol. Hope you can help thx? :)
I don't get how i got my 3 trapezohedrons(almost XD)at my first five kills without using connosieurs catalog,now i killed like 40 of them and haven't got any other XD and the srop chance are of only 1% o.O
this guide is simply perfect. i tried a good 10+ times to kill this guy using my own setup and an evocation just to spend the pt and actually try the burst phase, but with no luck.. then i still used the evocation but following all your strategy (the main difference being faithra and bravera i guess) and he dropped at the first try
I noticed Vanille/Hope doing 99999 damage too, which means would help to equip them with Genji Glove. you could skip Sprint Shoes [as you're buffing with haste anyway] or Aurora Scarf [as for such a fight full bar at start doesn't make much difference].
i just beat the game but i've been using this strategy except applying shrouds to CP grind with the growth egg and slightly different accessories (since the shrouds do bravery, faith, and haste for me). once i max out the crystarium i'll try this without the shrouds but so far i've already gotten 4 ingots and a trap in about 40 minutes even without the catalog. flawless!
Finally a legit video for doing this. Thank youu!
For those curious: the Trapezohedrons have a drop rate of 1%.
Awesome vid and strategy!
@Jk4lyphe I'd recommend going for Spring Shoes [dismantle fully upgraded Tetra Tiara or upgrade Hermes Sandles]. It gives you haste at start of fight.
I think that once it's down, Curse would help as a debuff because it lowers its chain resistance, calling for faster chaining for RAVs or SABs.
@AllBaseAreBelongToMe I meant towards the oretoise. I reviewed what Curse does, and you're right about that... but your characters aren't the ones that are cursed.
nice vid, i'll definitely be trying this
Dude that was perfect thanks! What i dont get is how you staggered the left leg the same time you executed highwind?
@AllBaseAreBelongToMe You got a point. Am not as powered up as you so only Highwind is able to break limit, but even at my levels Sprint Shoes and Scarf make short work of those legs. Only thing is am unable to kill it before it gets up, but getting better.
Thank you! This method is very useful. ^^"
@Operative34 Do you have both the connoisseur and collector's catalog equipped? If so, take one off. They cancel each other out. The way the game works is it looks to see if there is a rare drop, and if there isn't then it will be a normal drop. The connoisseur catalog raises the odds of a rare drop, while the collector's reduces the odds of a rare drop (therefore giving a higher chance of a regular drop). So if they're both equipped, there's no use. Hope that helps.
@TheAmassama
its 25% drop for Platinum Ingot
and 1% drop for Trap.
but im not sure what they are with the catalogs, but those are the plain drop rates
@TheAmassama According to the PiggyBackInteractive official guide, Platinum Ingot is 25% and Trap is 1%.
@TheAmassama
With catalogs and assuming it's a 5 star rating....the common drop (platinum ingots) has a 37.5% chance of dropping and the rare drop (trapezohedron) has a 6% chance of dropping...now of course, this isn't to say you can't get multiple traps in a row like I did earlier today (2 straight, haven't gotten any since), but those are the odds.
@kkiller42 You may have a "paper tiger" or "silk tiger" weapon equiped for him, that would reduce his max HP.
This works great - thanks so much! Already got my first trapazehedron :)
@TheAmassama Adamantoise have a 25% drop rate for platinum ingots and a piss poor 1% rate for traps.
Also, having a mixed connoiseur/collector catalog will only increase the odds for the ingots.
Good method. Only thing is how do you get more Hermes Sandals? I only have one.
@fredgl15 Awesome, apparently I've had the battle speed set on slow this entire time...
@brich862004 he's using haste
@TheAmassama
Hmmm...maybe it has to do with equipment.
I had Fang (leader), Vanille, and Lightning all with a maxed out tier 2 weapon (Glaive, Malboro Wand, Ultima Weapon), 2 Power gloves and a Genji Glove on Fang, 2 Power Gloves and a Genji Glove on Light, 2 Wierding Glyphs and the catalogs on Vanille. All 3 got a maxed out Gaian Ring...I was able to bring turtles down with a method just slightly different from this in under 4 minutes not too long into post game :S But your Fang def. needs str
@kkiller42 did you equip him with the weapon having the "pv sacrifice" ability? (i'm playing the Italian version so i don't know its English name)
I only have one character that have 6 ATB Guages (Lightning) an I was wondering if having 6 will make moves likes Army of One/Highwind do more than five will.
@AuretaAurie They don't, you can have both equipped to increase both common and rare drops... Just don't have more then 1 of each...
What is in the right chest on the glass after defeating the adamantoise? Couldnt beat it, so couldnt get the chest.
Sorry to bother you, but would this work on the Long Gui as well? I don't get many drops of Ingots but I have all the traps from upgrading and dismantling. I can kill Adamantoise in maybe 2 minutes and 30 seconds no problem. But like I said, not much luck with drops despite having a Collectors Catalouge equipped and killing them over and over again. I'm trying to Platinum this game.
When you use libra on the Adam. does it always say that he doesn't drop nothing after you defeat it? I've beaten it a couple of times bit it hasn't dropped anything and I was thinking that maybe its a glitch in my game or something..or just really bad luck. I'm using the collector catalog as well and nothing.
How do i get more than one pair of sprint shoes?
How are you getting the ATB gauge to charge so fast???
@AllBaseAreBelongToMe
thanx for info :)
Just wondering, but where exactly is the Siltstone Ring, and Earth Charm. All I've got is the one clay ring you get from a chest, and that's it >_>
@n3obuddha Thank you
Is there any other way to get Trapz's ive heard there was an adamantortise is there i know there is adamantoise though
the only reason i use the spam death method is because anything else and that adamantoise will rip me to shreds, best chars only got 8k hp so go figure, his stomp does 7.5k, only reason the method above works is because your maxed stats. if you have omega/traps in general why are you farming this?
Is there a reason why you use Sab/Rav/Rav instead of Rav/Rav/Rav to stagger?
That's cool that you don't use TP, but why not? If you are resetting the adamantoise, you kill more than enough baddies to generate 3 tp. Its not like you can get more than 5. I tried saving and resetting, and running back to the door to reset the adamantoise was just as fast.
i killed him at chapter 12 today with only 800 mag/healer staff
using Van + death trick
not hard at all.
only luck and time consuming.
Can you tell me the stats of your characters at this point? My Hope/Vanille have around 2000MAG, but my Lightning has 2000STR and doesn't hit 99,999s. :\
At your stats you shouldn't need to have a medic
@TheAmassama 25% chance he drops platinum ingot and 1% chance of dropping a trapazohedran
do you have to beat the game to kill him??
Thanks so much!
nice! death is a bitch and I hate controlling vanille, so thank you.
You say wait for the ravagers (Vanille and Hope) to stagger the legs, but each time it hits the 300% mark it won't stagger, no matter how many attacks they throw at it, and it won't stagger unless my attack (Fang) is the final one. Basically, I'm the only one who can stagger, and they just keep resetting the bar to 300% with every attack. Am I doing something wrong?
Taming Pole has Stagger lock which is a big rip on his part... should have something like Kain's Lance(Dragoon Lance) which makes Fang even more busted
This shit only works with maxed characters and tier 3
theres one thing i don't understand, I'm maxed, i have better stats thet what you say in the description, and the stomp hits me a lot more
he has damage resistance rings like earth resistance rings or physical resist rings.
DUDE why do u have 6 attack bars (atb) 0:46 ??? O.O
How does your Sahz have 27k hp, I finished the game, maxed the Crystarium and he has 10800, the rest are the same as yours, I also read that Sahz has the second most HP. wtf did I do lol?
@AllBaseAreBelongToMe Hey Im mazed out with CP however I dont have sprint shoes or Kains Lance, but for some reason im dead in two stomps and I seem to take a lot more damage that anyone else ive seen on a vid like this. You did a great job on this best technique ive found :) I can manage to farm Adamantortoises now and then but these Adamantoises seem to do more damage lol. Hope you can help thx? :)
25% chance of getting platinums
I don't get how i got my 3 trapezohedrons(almost XD)at my first five kills without using connosieurs catalog,now i killed like 40 of them and haven't got any other XD and the srop chance are of only 1% o.O