Team Actions: i.imgur.com/2jlgfQF.png UPDATE: Another run got me a 223 counter when he did all 5 AoE's: i.imgur.com/4eMsFoT.png Also, my Rikku gearing may still not be the absolute best. Needs more math and testing to see the exact ratio of counter vs counter chance.
Thank you for the very explanation of the coûterait mechanics Sinzar ! A real videogame teacher :) Btw, i don't have looming wrath so i put seifer coat but i have two counter materia with proof of talent. Is it really bad to not put her tmr ?
@@juanhito2636 the tmr adds +50x (doubled due to def ignore) so an extra 100x mod per every single counter, and the +500 flat atk from her trust passive. is it worth? id think tmr is better, but that needs math to answer for sure
I am a simple man. I see a clear with Ashe, I cry. All kidding aside, was able to get a bit creative and slot in Yoshi as a substitute. Thanks for this template and all the work you do.
For those that don't have Looming Wrath, you can stack the Counter Materia (you can't with Proof of Talent) not the same but better than nothing. If you don't have the Evade fist from Vaan, just use Wylk's fist > skip the evade, not important. Still managed to get under top 1k with this setup.
Yoshikiri can sub for Ashe - (Same equips) Plus he has stop resist (hikikomori) and 400% atk buff 200% machina killer with B-A Start Materia T1 - Brave Shift - Hikikomori, Chakra Purge, Frozen LCD T2 - Nethicite (from materia or sword of kings) T3 - B-A Start -> Rikku (also...unsure if it counts on the turn casted as it is a counter turn... \_('_')/) All I got
@@MrSquallboy Have yoshi use BA Start + Champion's Mentality on turn 3 on rikku (Has to be dual cast, as Champ's isn't part of his TCast selection). The 90% magic mit pretty much deletes the damage from the Ice Magic attack.
Thank god this fight is so short, because it's an absolute chore to gamble for a high number of counters again and again and again. The best I've been able to get so far was 19x or so.
Happy to see these Rikku setups. Sadly (or not sadly) I'm stepping away from this game as of last week. Just not enjoying it anymore and it's sinking too much time for little tangible reward. Still will probably pop in on the channel and see what's up, still hoping to see a FFT NV before the game shuts down.
Think it shuts down soon? I've thought about stopping myself or at least not spending on the monthly things. Does seem like a job more than fun a lot of the time now that if you don't have half the units EX3 its hard to be competitive. Makes spending around 30 a month on it feel like they don't earn it given how much they've bombed units lately.
Going to try a few more times, hit 29 Billion but lost some damage points with Yohsi because I don't have Ashe Edit: Went right up to the end trying to improve. Got rank 729. Hit 29 billion with a 205 chain but got nothing as good after.
Any way to do this strategy with a EX1 Ashe? Stupid me stopped running her in the frag dungeon when she got to 50/100, because "I'll get her off-banner soon anyways..."
I skip mirage on Rivera T2 by gearing the whole party on their T2 form with 100% evasion, and Nethicite on Ashe because the damage is pretty low. Instead, I use Barblizzara + Barthundaga on Rivera (Carbuncle + dual cast) and Shellga + Protecga + Veil on Ashe. That's more damage mitigation on Rikku.
Not sure if this can be done with a EX1 Rikku, might have to just settle with just clearing the fight until i can get her up to EX2-3 in the frag dungeon.
Can be done, issue is filling her lb. Mine is ex1 so I swapped out two materia for increase lb fill and lb rate so i always fill on T2. Just finished 30th run and hit 208ish combo for 28b....rank 439 for now
@@raigheb9306 Crazy, didnt know that. Figured there had to be a penalty like you only get 5 back or something so you couldnt just swap around who you wanted 130. Though they do seem rare. Well cool - thanks for the info.
Thanks a lot Sinz! This one really helpfull since there's no VC Rain used here. Doing almost the same setup (my Rikku ATK 8905) , got 188 chains and 28.5B damage. Wondering what's the maximum chain / counter possible for Rikku here. Anyone know?
HI, I use your idea but is a fire team. I have made 180 something hits, but my team took a lot of damage. I don't know why at the end of turn 3, he use none element aoe attack to my team. I can't do anything but getting hit. can you please tell me why and how to avoid it? I couldn't find any answer on the internet, since no one mention it.
@@agent_NJ I just did my best run with Wylks fist and no evasion materia and had a perfect damage recieved score. I guess its possible to lose a bit of score but the score from damage gained is greater than the potential for damage recieved
@@agent_NJ well its mainly for the dodge chance but since we want her to actually take hit for the counter its ok to take some element damage so she can counter alot
Is the wave cannon what’s being nethacited because I’m still getting hit with it T3 even though I use it. Or do I have to stay above 80%? Sometimes a photon attack happens T2 that the party can’t avoid as well. I usually just vajra directly to trigger attacks but maybe driving it down to 30% is making it too angry. Also something else I wondered, can her attacks crit? Idk if they’re technically “normal”.
You're right about the boss's health triggering the attack, once it goes past 70% it uses the cannon thing. On T3 the boss is usually around 73-76% HP for me and I'm fine. And I think only Rikku's Cripple is able to crit, in the description it says "150% critical multiplier." Her shifted neutral attack is just normal dmg with that huge mod boost attached.
Hi Sinzar. I've noticed you can add a mirage skill on the kill turn with Rivera but you decided not to do it. Do you think that could hurt your counters?
You could try fire by swapping in Vaan, Tsukiko, Reberta and/or Louise. As long as you're still buffing Rikku with st amps, mach killer and getting 400% buffs you should be able to do a lot. Plus Vaan's Oil is a 160% imperil. Wind was tricky for me, I used Chizuru for buffs but only had access to Faris's field, so I didn't do a lot. I read some comments here that said they found success with Yoshikiri instead of Ashe.
@@PK_Ave Ended up with Lefthia, YfR Vaan,Rikku,Summoner Luna,Yoshikiri and Riviera. Everything clicks perfectly regarding buffs and amps and fields and break. Now it is just some painstakingly rng runs. Have not gotten good rng , longest chain is ca 130 hits.
@@jonidschultz thanks! Is Ashe tanking at all, or just providing mitigation and machine killers? Could I sub NV Locke for Wylk? I have him crowned to do 90% break and I think he has a throwing weapon imperil.
@@jasoncrosby5455 Not tanking at all, no. Just Mits and Machine Killer and I think T2 doing Sword of Kings/Nethicite. Yeah Locke would work, you'd want Wakka's Upgraded TMR for her Weapon then I think.
if you dont own rikku (or vaan for stmr) do you think its worth doing the step up this week to get her? (im pretty sure i banked all her shards from shop during her banner just never got her)
I think it's possible to use any other 90% breaker. Rikku has her own fist imperil although only 25% compared to walk's 35%. So you can still do this but lower damage.
Not with EX0 since she only gets access to that 250% machine killer at EX1. Do you have Yoshikiri? He gets a 200% version in brave shift, and you can then use B-A Start on turn 3. In his base form, give him Sword of Kings so he can Nethecite on turn 2 (I started him in shift form). Gear him similarly to Ashe (180% ice res, 100% provoke/evasion) and you should be able to do decent damage that way. Kaito and Ilmatalle also have some strong machine killer buffs, maybe consider those two as well. All Ashe is really doing is providing Nethecite, tanking hits, and giving Rikku that ST killer.
@@PK_Ave Right but if i replace ashe with yoshi, I wont have someone to cover the magic hits, or am I disregarding something or over thinking the situation. Seems I have every piece of the puzzle, just only an ex0 ashe, I do have yoshi and kaito and ilmatalle but i dont know how i can replace the need for the magic cover from ashe
@@saadbsultan You only need to cover single target magic. Between the provoke, evasion, ice and death resist, Yoshi shouldn't be taking any damage. On t3 Rikku will start covering all the hits, and Yoshi also gives racial mit to help out with that. So all you really is someone to resist the incoming dmg and make sure it all goes to them for the first 2 turns.
Sinzar with your strat we were able to hit a little over 35bil 223 counters. What is the max counters I see some videos saying its possible to hit 60bil?
I was thinking: what about to use Laguna instead of wylk? Rikku can also equip guns, laguna have 145 water debuff but 89 def debuff...Can the score increase?
with the bosses def being 2.5mil the 90% break is a big deal. Plus better fist options and also the 50% accuracy down on Wylk helps save damage against. You would also need an EX3 if you want to follow a similar type of fast clear
@@scallaghan61 Technically how much defense the boss has doesn't matter to how much Def breaks matter. With how the formula works, as I understand it, a 90% break is always a 1000% increase in damage, be it a 2.5 mil Def or a 10 Def enemy. Looking at the stats page on the wiki, 89% break is 909.09% damage increase. 90% looks to be very slightly over a 10% increase in damage from 89%. So, if changing builds and adding a 145% water imperil increases damage by 10%, than it should roughly equal out damage wise. I don't think it would, unfortunately. With how high the imperils get (namely innate 20% weakness and Leviathan's 50% field), I think a 120% imperil to 145% is only around 8.6% assuming I'm using the calculator right. Flood has better than that, so the increase should be even less.
Best suggestion for not having that chain cap card for Rikku? I swapped Proof of Talent but highest chain is 107 so far. Also my Nicole is EX1 w/50 shards. Is he available through any purchase/ticket right now to bridge that gap for the higher water damage? Thinking I might need to go Reberta and Tsukiko for fire instead :(
Nichol's Field is enemy side only water imperil. Faris is enemy and ally water damage up. They stack because of that since it doesn't matter to your damage erasing the bosses damage boost.
@@feinne7652 I just figured out the issue. Nichol's field has to be awakened. Otherwise it affects both enemy and ally, which is why I was so confused.
My first attempt the boss barely did any attacks and zero aoe. I got a chain of 13 and barely killed him. Clearly the dice broke. Edit: Second run got me 223 hits for 34b. That'll do pig. That'll do.
@Sinzar I just wasn't expecting such a wild swing. Since I looked at the discord, I know the max is probably significantly higher. I was at 66 when I first posted but with enough people variance rolling even with the cheaters getting pulled ill be lucky to stay in the top 500 unless I roll higher myself. Thanks so much for all your hard work for the community.
You're one of the lucky ones. I've tried again and again and again....... I can't get higher than 202 hits. There's always something that NEVER procs. One bomb, one flame grenade. I have an optimum build but, as ever, luck is against me. The work Sinzar does is really appreciated, but I'm starting to feel like Windfoxie pulling for Squall.
crossing the 80% threshold won't add an extra hit, because the attack it uses when under 80% is a Fixed Type attack. Fixed type doesn't trigger counters.
As a relatively new player (2 yrs), there's no way to get Looming Wrath/Seifer's Disciplined Coat/etc for the 50% Counters, are there alternatives/substitutes?
mathematically speaking, an 80% chance to cover is effectively so close to a 100% chance in a group of 6 once you figure out the odds of failure that it might as well be 100%. It has a 20% to fail. But it has to fail 5 times (once for each unit in the party, not counting the covering unit) for it to fail completely. 0.2^5 = 0.00032. That's such minuscule chance of total failure you would almost never see it happen.
ill probably do a non-rikku clear next weekend (after the next free pulls on thursday, and maybe new unit next week). that said, be warned, its going to be a LOT worse than a rikku score
I did it with ex1 rikku. You have to use her limit fill on t1. Biggest problem is not having Tidust card. Filling wylk is also annoying but Rivera has 250% fill rate buff so thank god for that.
@@janrf503 use yoshikiri lb fill on t2 since on t1 you will use the lb fill of nichol dont forget to get the IA skill of yoshi for the killer buff and 400% stat buff
I was lucky enough to get Vanharma and Tide Kaito from the NV Special Step Up from a single pull! Woo hoo Okay so, can someone explain to me what the point of getting so many Certificates from the Fighting Back Memories missions is if we cant even use them? or am i missing something?
Team Actions: i.imgur.com/2jlgfQF.png
UPDATE: Another run got me a 223 counter when he did all 5 AoE's: i.imgur.com/4eMsFoT.png
Also, my Rikku gearing may still not be the absolute best. Needs more math and testing to see the exact ratio of counter vs counter chance.
32b dear lord
Thank you for the very explanation of the coûterait mechanics Sinzar ! A real videogame teacher :)
Btw, i don't have looming wrath so i put seifer coat but i have two counter materia with proof of talent.
Is it really bad to not put her tmr ?
@@juanhito2636 the tmr adds +50x (doubled due to def ignore) so an extra 100x mod per every single counter, and the +500 flat atk from her trust passive. is it worth? id think tmr is better, but that needs math to answer for sure
@@Sinzar ok thank you. But with only proof of talent, it will be worthless, isn't it ?
Would seifer coat add more counters?
I am a simple man. I see a clear with Ashe, I cry. All kidding aside, was able to get a bit creative and slot in Yoshi as a substitute. Thanks for this template and all the work you do.
I don’t have Ashe as well, care to share your team?
@@jasony816 same as Sinzar but use 3* Yoshi instead of Ashe. He takes care of stop immunity, killers, and has a big magic reduction for Rikku
Yoshi is really good if you don't have EX-2 Rikku, too. Frozen LCD and Finishing Combo gives extra LB gain so she's in good shape for a Turn 2 LB.
For those that don't have Looming Wrath, you can stack the Counter Materia (you can't with Proof of Talent) not the same but better than nothing. If you don't have the Evade fist from Vaan, just use Wylk's fist > skip the evade, not important. Still managed to get under top 1k with this setup.
Thank you!
Thnx, worked like a charm even without looming wrath, first time I am happy playing DV 😊😁
Yoshikiri can sub for Ashe - (Same equips) Plus he has stop resist (hikikomori) and 400% atk buff 200% machina killer with B-A Start Materia
T1 - Brave Shift - Hikikomori, Chakra Purge, Frozen LCD
T2 - Nethicite (from materia or sword of kings)
T3 - B-A Start -> Rikku (also...unsure if it counts on the turn casted as it is a counter turn... \_('_')/)
All I got
Which 1 is better for this fight ash or yoshi?
Ilmatalle can also replace Ashe
I don't have Ashe, so I've been running Yoshi. Problem is damage taken ends up getting me 0 points.
@@MrSquallboy whole team can run evasion if you have the gear
And yoshi can smoke screen Rikku for dmg mit
@@MrSquallboy Have yoshi use BA Start + Champion's Mentality on turn 3 on rikku (Has to be dual cast, as Champ's isn't part of his TCast selection). The 90% magic mit pretty much deletes the damage from the Ice Magic attack.
153 combo, Happy to have cleared with this party.
This DV probably one of the most competitive ngl, all of a sudden everyone has Rikku 😂
The most sweatiest DV ever lol
You are right 😂
Counter explanation: "The numbers don't lie. And at Sacrifice they spell disaster for you."
Thank god this fight is so short, because it's an absolute chore to gamble for a high number of counters again and again and again. The best I've been able to get so far was 19x or so.
Happy to see these Rikku setups. Sadly (or not sadly) I'm stepping away from this game as of last week. Just not enjoying it anymore and it's sinking too much time for little tangible reward. Still will probably pop in on the channel and see what's up, still hoping to see a FFT NV before the game shuts down.
Think it shuts down soon? I've thought about stopping myself or at least not spending on the monthly things. Does seem like a job more than fun a lot of the time now that if you don't have half the units EX3 its hard to be competitive. Makes spending around 30 a month on it feel like they don't earn it given how much they've bombed units lately.
Hoping for a clear without Rikku
Since my wylk is at ex1 i used locke instead cause he's the only good 90% break i can afford and throw imperil so i used wakka's stmr instead of fist
Going to try a few more times, hit 29 Billion but lost some damage points with Yohsi because I don't have Ashe
Edit: Went right up to the end trying to improve. Got rank 729. Hit 29 billion with a 205 chain but got nothing as good after.
Not having Wylk is a pain. Thinking of subbing him for Kaktiria for her 35% fist imperil and 89% def break. That'll cost some damage..
Cool i'll give this updated one a try. Sucks the amounts of RNG involved lol. Variance, counters, boss attack selections, etc
I wish we had another chance at Looming Wrath for its 50% counter. I missed that one for B.Rikku.
I don't have it, still I got 27 bil, can't believe I crossed 11 bl 😆
Wish I had Rikku :( . was throwing tickets at the banner for her tmr but only got Yuna and Paine.
Thanks for this new video, great work as always 👍
Edit. Just managed a 200+ chain 32bil roll, what's the ceiling for the chain?
Great Video, Like Always sinz.
The Bane of lacking Ashe still hunts me.
Can u do a clear without her ? :D
Yoshikiri - see comments above
Replacement for looming wrath?😅
Any way to do this strategy with a EX1 Ashe?
Stupid me stopped running her in the frag dungeon when she got to 50/100, because "I'll get her off-banner soon anyways..."
Ashe can be EX1, no problem. She gets her LB fill ability at EX1.
I skip mirage on Rivera T2 by gearing the whole party on their T2 form with 100% evasion, and Nethicite on Ashe because the damage is pretty low.
Instead, I use Barblizzara + Barthundaga on Rivera (Carbuncle + dual cast) and Shellga + Protecga + Veil on Ashe.
That's more damage mitigation on Rikku.
Not sure if this can be done with a EX1 Rikku, might have to just settle with just clearing the fight until i can get her up to EX2-3 in the frag dungeon.
Can be done, issue is filling her lb. Mine is ex1 so I swapped out two materia for increase lb fill and lb rate so i always fill on T2. Just finished 30th run and hit 208ish combo for 28b....rank 439 for now
....oh, and i used yoshi instead of ashe so it helps build up rikku's lb with Ex3 lcd skill
I have ashe but she is at ex-0 who can I replace her with?
Highest I got was 180s at a 27bil don't know if I should waste more time trying to get higher while board at work lol
man that boss really "likes" me, he barely attacks in turn 3, so Rikku barely breaks 100 chains on most tries despite max counter gear
Any clears without rikku?
Im 4 shards away of Ex-3 Rikku and I might even lvl 130 her for this (I have tons of eraser cactuars so its ok). May the RNG be with me.
I dont even know where can i get more of eraser cactuar
How do eraser cactuars work anyways? Never used one. Do you just get all 10 you used on a unit back?
@@Kainteeka Exaxctly that.
@@raigheb9306 Crazy, didnt know that. Figured there had to be a penalty like you only get 5 back or something so you couldnt just swap around who you wanted 130. Though they do seem rare. Well cool - thanks for the info.
Thanks a lot Sinz! This one really helpfull since there's no VC Rain used here. Doing almost the same setup (my Rikku ATK 8905) , got 188 chains and 28.5B damage. Wondering what's the maximum chain / counter possible for Rikku here. Anyone know?
HI, I use your idea but is a fire team. I have made 180 something hits, but my team took a lot of damage. I don't know why at the end of turn 3, he use none element aoe attack to my team. I can't do anything but getting hit. can you please tell me why and how to avoid it? I couldn't find any answer on the internet, since no one mention it.
Works just fine without evasion with the mitigations on Rikku. Pretty much how Ive been doing it
So if I’m missing Van’s STMR, I would be good without it? Won’t ruin the run?
@@agent_NJ I just did my best run with Wylks fist and no evasion materia and had a perfect damage recieved score. I guess its possible to lose a bit of score but the score from damage gained is greater than the potential for damage recieved
@@agent_NJ well its mainly for the dodge chance but since we want her to actually take hit for the counter its ok to take some element damage so she can counter alot
@@scallaghan61 do u know what the max chain possibel to get is?
any replacements for Ashe? as usual a unit short 😂
Krile, Ilmatelle, or Yoshikiri works.
Is the wave cannon what’s being nethacited because I’m still getting hit with it T3 even though I use it. Or do I have to stay above 80%? Sometimes a photon attack happens T2 that the party can’t avoid as well. I usually just vajra directly to trigger attacks but maybe driving it down to 30% is making it too angry. Also something else I wondered, can her attacks crit? Idk if they’re technically “normal”.
You're right about the boss's health triggering the attack, once it goes past 70% it uses the cannon thing. On T3 the boss is usually around 73-76% HP for me and I'm fine. And I think only Rikku's Cripple is able to crit, in the description it says "150% critical multiplier." Her shifted neutral attack is just normal dmg with that huge mod boost attached.
Hi Sinzar. I've noticed you can add a mirage skill on the kill turn with Rivera but you decided not to do it. Do you think that could hurt your counters?
So no way to get high score if don't have Riku? Nice job gummi! I give up this time! No point to try.
unfortunately it does appear that every top rank will involve a rikku clear this month. non-rikku teams are just so far behind
Anybody figured out a different element to use?
You could try fire by swapping in Vaan, Tsukiko, Reberta and/or Louise. As long as you're still buffing Rikku with st amps, mach killer and getting 400% buffs you should be able to do a lot. Plus Vaan's Oil is a 160% imperil. Wind was tricky for me, I used Chizuru for buffs but only had access to Faris's field, so I didn't do a lot. I read some comments here that said they found success with Yoshikiri instead of Ashe.
@@PK_Ave Ended up with Lefthia, YfR Vaan,Rikku,Summoner Luna,Yoshikiri and Riviera. Everything clicks perfectly regarding buffs and amps and fields and break. Now it is just some painstakingly rng runs. Have not gotten good rng , longest chain is ca 130 hits.
@@janrf503 Damn, well gl to you on your runs. Nice that you got a good team setup now
my ashe is only ex1, what should I do since I don't have her LB on turn 1?
go full evade on rikku (after acc down) and dont provoke ice on her
Can you change rikku with rizer?
Any replacement for Nichol and Wylk?
hi sinz, you know why rikku counters stop in 48 hits and start again to counter?
Any thoughts of best weapon for Rikku if we don’t have Vaan STMR??
Barely see 3 times AOE,this kind a boss really annoying
can we use asura counter?
what is the theoretical max you can dmg that can be done with this counter method?
Great video and explanation, as always! I don't have Ashe or Wilke, any substitutes for them?
Krile, Ilmatelle, or Yoshikiri works for Ashe. For Wylk you want best break, 90% ideal, but also a weapon imperil. So that's trickier.
@@jonidschultz thanks! Is Ashe tanking at all, or just providing mitigation and machine killers? Could I sub NV Locke for Wylk? I have him crowned to do 90% break and I think he has a throwing weapon imperil.
@@jasoncrosby5455 Not tanking at all, no. Just Mits and Machine Killer and I think T2 doing Sword of Kings/Nethicite. Yeah Locke would work, you'd want Wakka's Upgraded TMR for her Weapon then I think.
@@jonidschultz Couldn't Rikku just use shockstorm to imperil first 25% on turn 3?
@@jayw1970 That should work.
if you dont own rikku (or vaan for stmr) do you think its worth doing the step up this week to get her? (im pretty sure i banked all her shards from shop during her banner just never got her)
Reberta has a skill to increase the modifier of some skills... Can it be used to increase Rikkus modifier?
yes it does work on her counter, but its probably not worth the entire party slot. who would be sitting out for her?
Chizuru's base LB does that better, but I ran the math, it's not worth swapping out anyone in this composition.
any replacement for looming wrath?
Tomb Raider, but that's a 4+ yr old limited tmr
Quite tough without ex2 wylk since mine is at 1*/3*
I think it's possible to use any other 90% breaker. Rikku has her own fist imperil although only 25% compared to walk's 35%. So you can still do this but lower damage.
@@jayw1970 i used locke instead for the 90% break and throw imperil
Great guide. Can this be done with a ex 1 faris?
Farris is only here to proc her Leviathan field, so, yes. You do have to crown her though.
She mainly for the field and some dmg chip in
possible without Ashe ?
do with esther instaid of Ashe
Is there a way to do this strat with an EX 0 Ashe?
Not with EX0 since she only gets access to that 250% machine killer at EX1. Do you have Yoshikiri? He gets a 200% version in brave shift, and you can then use B-A Start on turn 3. In his base form, give him Sword of Kings so he can Nethecite on turn 2 (I started him in shift form). Gear him similarly to Ashe (180% ice res, 100% provoke/evasion) and you should be able to do decent damage that way. Kaito and Ilmatalle also have some strong machine killer buffs, maybe consider those two as well. All Ashe is really doing is providing Nethecite, tanking hits, and giving Rikku that ST killer.
@@PK_Ave Right but if i replace ashe with yoshi, I wont have someone to cover the magic hits, or am I disregarding something or over thinking the situation.
Seems I have every piece of the puzzle, just only an ex0 ashe, I do have yoshi and kaito and ilmatalle but i dont know how i can replace the need for the magic cover from ashe
@@saadbsultan You only need to cover single target magic. Between the provoke, evasion, ice and death resist, Yoshi shouldn't be taking any damage. On t3 Rikku will start covering all the hits, and Yoshi also gives racial mit to help out with that. So all you really is someone to resist the incoming dmg and make sure it all goes to them for the first 2 turns.
Sinzar with your strat we were able to hit a little over 35bil 223 counters. What is the max counters I see some videos saying its possible to hit 60bil?
I can't get over 202 counters (only twice). Exact same set-up and exact same method. I've tried so many times.
Anyone have an idea for replacement of Ashe?
Yoshikiri
Ilmatalle
How do you set up Passive provoke aside from regular provoke?
99% of the time, it's going to be with the Dancers Diadem from Clash gear. 100% passive provoke is baked into the Hat.
I was thinking: what about to use Laguna instead of wylk? Rikku can also equip guns, laguna have 145 water debuff but 89 def debuff...Can the score increase?
with the bosses def being 2.5mil the 90% break is a big deal. Plus better fist options and also the 50% accuracy down on Wylk helps save damage against. You would also need an EX3 if you want to follow a similar type of fast clear
10% damage loss for break, about 5% damage increase for extra imperil. So no, net loss.
@@scallaghan61 Technically how much defense the boss has doesn't matter to how much Def breaks matter. With how the formula works, as I understand it, a 90% break is always a 1000% increase in damage, be it a 2.5 mil Def or a 10 Def enemy.
Looking at the stats page on the wiki, 89% break is 909.09% damage increase. 90% looks to be very slightly over a 10% increase in damage from 89%. So, if changing builds and adding a 145% water imperil increases damage by 10%, than it should roughly equal out damage wise.
I don't think it would, unfortunately. With how high the imperils get (namely innate 20% weakness and Leviathan's 50% field), I think a 120% imperil to 145% is only around 8.6% assuming I'm using the calculator right. Flood has better than that, so the increase should be even less.
Best suggestion for not having that chain cap card for Rikku? I swapped Proof of Talent but highest chain is 107 so far. Also my Nicole is EX1 w/50 shards. Is he available through any purchase/ticket right now to bridge that gap for the higher water damage? Thinking I might need to go Reberta and Tsukiko for fire instead :(
Last day to try and get shard from the 48 mil download
@@ryancavanaugh8991 what is that?
Play $50 to get 50 shard or 26k lap for 100 shard and 1 more nichol
@@draken12685 pay
I just have one stmr wylk
So what's the purpose of using two field effects? Doesn't the second one overwrite the first?
Nichol's Field is enemy side only water imperil. Faris is enemy and ally water damage up. They stack because of that since it doesn't matter to your damage erasing the bosses damage boost.
@@feinne7652 I just figured out the issue. Nichol's field has to be awakened. Otherwise it affects both enemy and ally, which is why I was so confused.
My first attempt the boss barely did any attacks and zero aoe. I got a chain of 13 and barely killed him. Clearly the dice broke.
Edit: Second run got me 223 hits for 34b. That'll do pig. That'll do.
we love dat rng
@Sinzar I just wasn't expecting such a wild swing. Since I looked at the discord, I know the max is probably significantly higher. I was at 66 when I first posted but with enough people variance rolling even with the cheaters getting pulled ill be lucky to stay in the top 500 unless I roll higher myself. Thanks so much for all your hard work for the community.
You're one of the lucky ones. I've tried again and again and again....... I can't get higher than 202 hits. There's always something that NEVER procs. One bomb, one flame grenade. I have an optimum build but, as ever, luck is against me. The work Sinzar does is really appreciated, but I'm starting to feel like Windfoxie pulling for Squall.
@Sinzar do u know what the max chain is with rikku, including the extra hit from Crossing 80% threshold
crossing the 80% threshold won't add an extra hit, because the attack it uses when under 80% is a Fixed Type attack. Fixed type doesn't trigger counters.
@@Surfdruid seems it does thoe..
i was hit only by the extra attack and it triggered a Counter..
so yup it triggers counters
As a relatively new player (2 yrs), there's no way to get Looming Wrath/Seifer's Disciplined Coat/etc for the 50% Counters, are there alternatives/substitutes?
Counter tmr and 4* chloe tmr
@@gilang26060 thanks Gilang, unfortunately that doesn't seem to give me enough counters, purely relying on Counter (30%) and Proof of Talent (25%)
@@patricklee9832 its a rng festa so yeah
@@patricklee9832 you wanna need the snow orbs
@@patricklee9832 2 maximum
Question is it better to use Vigilant Orchestra CD (80% chance to cover) over using Watchful Ensemble (100% chance to cover)?
Vigilant is better
mathematically speaking, an 80% chance to cover is effectively so close to a 100% chance in a group of 6 once you figure out the odds of failure that it might as well be 100%.
It has a 20% to fail. But it has to fail 5 times (once for each unit in the party, not counting the covering unit) for it to fail completely. 0.2^5 = 0.00032. That's such minuscule chance of total failure you would almost never see it happen.
Whats the boss cap?
Technically, his cap is set at some unreachable number like 99 billion. He isn't shareable though, so every point of damage matters for rank.
Does ex levels matter on rikku (mines only ex1)
higher ex = more damage, otherwise ex1 is fine. you will have to change the actions up to get her lb filled by t2 though
Hi Sinzar. Would rikku do a lot more damage if she were level 130?
yes
I swear they changed the ai over night. Yesterday was hitting multiple attempts where chains are 150+, today can't break 100.
Hey sinzar are you gonna do 1 without rikku? A lot of people don’t have her.
ill probably do a non-rikku clear next weekend (after the next free pulls on thursday, and maybe new unit next week). that said, be warned, its going to be a LOT worse than a rikku score
Is this doable with ex1 rikku
yes, though you would have to fill her lb by t2 somehow (gear, or using her magnus on t1 for insta fill)
I did it with ex1 rikku. You have to use her limit fill on t1. Biggest problem is not having Tidust card. Filling wylk is also annoying but Rivera has 250% fill rate buff so thank god for that.
Yes especially if you pair with yoshikiri instead of ashe
@@frostkie8002 How would this play out?
@@janrf503 use yoshikiri lb fill on t2 since on t1 you will use the lb fill of nichol dont forget to get the IA skill of yoshi for the killer buff and 400% stat buff
I was lucky enough to get Vanharma and Tide Kaito from the NV Special Step Up from a single pull! Woo hoo
Okay so, can someone explain to me what the point of getting so many Certificates from the Fighting Back Memories missions is if we cant even use them? or am i missing something?
My rikkus only ex 1 so i had to remove faris to put in sylvie to fill her lb. Only doing about 12 billion. But better than nothin lol
isnt kanya weapon enough for chain cap? i dont have tidus card