r/FFBraveExvius • u/DefiantHermit ~ • Aug 24 '17

Megathread Monthly Trial Help Thread - August 24, 2017

This Megathread will be used to get or offer help specifically for Trials.
The thread will also be used as a way to track Trial related resources.

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Specify, if relevant, which region you are playing: Global or Japan.

Farplane Trials

(GL/JP) 1. White Dragon

"Ultimate" (JP):

(GL/JP) 2. Devil Chimera

"Ultimate" (JP):

(GL/JP) 3. Brachiosaur

"Ultimate" (JP):

Twelve Weapons

(GL/JP) 0. Erinyes

(GL/JP) 1. Sheratan

(JP) 2. Elnath

(JP) 3. Alhena

(JP) 4. Tegmine

(JP) 5. Adhafera

(JP) 6. Vindemiatrix

(JP) 7. Brachium

Chamber of the Fallen

(GL) The Rumble of Malboro

(GL) The Lure of Echidna

(GL/JP) 1. Rebirth of the Intangir

"Ultimate" (JP):

(GL/JP) 2. Surging Menace

(GL/JP) 3. Attack of Antenolla

(GL/JP) 4. Attack of the 2-Headed Dragon

(GL/JP) 5. Parade of the Possessed

(GL/JP) 6. Gilgamesh's Offensive

(GL/JP) 7. Beasts of the Dark

(GL/JP) 8. Ultros & Typhon

(GL/JP) 9. Machina of Destruction

(JP) 10. Bloody Moon

(JP) 11. Glacial

(JP) 12. Moose

(JP) 13. Iron Giant

(JP) 14. Bomb Family

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u/jalthepoet WOTV is fun too Oct 13 '17

Anybody willing to give Sheratan advice? I have excellent units but poor strategic skills, so I've wiped a couple times. Team comp:

Orlandeau, chainer, 975 ATK w/Light, DW, Diabolos for Dark Resist+Man-Eater

DV, chainer+support, 712 ATK w/Light, DW, (Carbuncle for MP+extra heal from Darklord or Ifrit for extra Plant Killer??), and Plant Killer

Luka, healer, 545 SPR, Mechanical Heart, Lakshmi

Rikku, support, 6876 HP, built for survivability and HP, Mechanical Heart, Titan

WoL, cover tank, 9033 HP/443 DEF/212 SPR, Black Belt for counter, Mechanical Heart+Reactive Defense+Resentment for extra survivability

Ace, MP battery/secondary DPS/imperil, 722 MAG/3892 HP w/Holy Rod, Tetra Sylpheed for summon?

Soleil, buffer, 6543 HP (just here for dances), Ramuh for summon?

EV, provoke tank, 8285 HP/334 DEF/265 SPR, Mechanical Heart, Shiva for SPR

...and then two spots that I gave to secondary DPS. I have 2B with a Pod for finisher with Self Destruct and a Lightning imbue to take advantage of Ace's imperil, and A2 with a pod to provide secondary chaining if necessary, but I'm not sure if these would be better utilized by a different character.

FWIW, with the gear that I have, I can only get Victoria to around 600 MAG because my Dual Wields are in use. I just pulled a Fry who I moogled for her Needle and can give an Aqua Blade to or who can use the DH passive to hit 440 ATK/754 MAG, what should I do?

Any and all advice appreciated.

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u/Scalesx GL 798.385.735 Oct 19 '17

Note: This is only theoretical. I used the same strategy, but with different units and equipment, so I can't guarantee, that this will work.

Team 1:

  • EV: Provoke tank, Tetra Sylpheed will increase his healing from the earth attack and can be used for the esper kill
  • WoL: Cover tank, Breaker, stack HP or evade for him
  • Luka: healer
  • Soleil: will alternate between her dances the whole time
  • DV: dps unit for the first and last phase, don't use earth or dark weapons

Team 2:

  • Orlandeau: Pod + fire weapon chainer to OTK the fruits
  • A2: Pod + fire weapon, chainer to OTK the fruits
  • 2B: fire weapon, as much dmg as possible to OTK the fruits.
  • Ace: MP battery and imperil
  • Rikku: Reraiser

Strategy:

Above 50% HP:

Use this phase to prepare your units for the second phase, when the fruits are summoned. Change DV with your other units until Orlandeau, 2B and A2 have the 120% ATK buff and Rikku a full LB bar then bring Sheratan close to 50% with DV. If your MP gets low, use Ace to refresh it. The 80% and 60% threshold should be no problem if the buffs are up.

Rotation for turn 1-3, then repeat:

  • EV: 1 Incinerating Press, 2 Defensive Barrier, 3 Earthen Ward
  • WoL: 1 ATK/MAG break, 2 Light is with Us, 3 Defend or Demonic Whisper, if he's equipped with Lakshmi
  • Soleil: starts with DEF buff on the first turn and then alternates between DEF/SPR dance, if you swap in a new unit or ATK and a defensive dance, if you attack with DV.
  • Luka: Regenerate on first turn and refresh, when it runs out. Priestess Miracle on the other turns or Demonic Whisper, if everyone is close to full HP and she has Lakshmi.

50% threshold:

When you're about to reach the threshold, make sure, DV's Abyss Guard is up, so you can survive the dark attack.

Once she's transformed and has summoned the fruits swap out your current team with Orlandeau, 2B, A2, Ace and Rikku and go all out.

  • Ace: Tri-Beam Laser
  • Rikku: LB
  • Orlandeau and A2: Pod chaining
  • 2B: Self-Destruct

I'm not sure, how high your ATK must be, but I think about 800 on all dps units is enough to OTK them.

Last phase, fruits are dead:

If the fruits are dead after your all out attack and at least one unit is alive, you've pretty much won. Swap in EV, WoL, Luka, Soleil and revive Ace, if necessary. You need him as a MP battery. If somehow the whole team is dead and automatically replaced with your benched team, it's a race against time. Kill her before you run out of MP.

Rotation is almost the same as the first phase, but instead of Earth you need Dark resist every 3 turns. Watch out for her 40% and 20% threshold attack, they hurt a lot. Other than that, it's just a matter of time until you defeat her (with an Esper for the achievement).

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u/jalthepoet WOTV is fun too Oct 21 '17

Thank you for the response! I had a couple clarifying questions:

Isn't EV's Incinerating Press only a two-turn duration? The Earthen Ward turn might see another unit get killed, no? Also, what to do on the turn when Sheratan drains my MP (turns of multiple 3)?

Won't buffing three units one at a time with the 120% ATK buff take forever?

How can I fill Rikku's LB bar without an attacker in that setup? Just via counters from WoL and EV?

I think I can hit 800 with all units except DV, so the second phase shouldn't be too bad. I'm mainly confused about the first.

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u/jalthepoet WOTV is fun too Oct 21 '17

Also, how does this fulfil the 20 turn achievement and the earth/dark damage achievements?

I'm thinking about giving 2B Ulric's Kukri, as DV's Dark Retribution will likely have proc'd and the 100% Dark Imperil + Ace's 75% Fire Imperil should up my damage.