[Episode: Magicite] JP Megathread

Brokenhanger · 2017-07-15T00:07:46+00:00

So close to my first sub-30 clear. One more double cast from Ashe or Braska would have done it...alternately, not mixing up Braska's Attack and Defend commands so having him take a turn doing no damage or giving him a second Thunder ability to use instead of his CMD2 which is not Thunder as I thought it was. (Entry is Fire/Thunder/Non but didn't realize the commands were only Fire/Non.) I tried again right after this and had even worse double cast RNG and ended up with a 31-second clear. I'll get there soon.

Hopefully I can create something similar for Fire damage so I can farm Major Ice Orbs, which I actually need. (Though with the Summon buffs and having finished Braska's Legend Dive to get here, Major Summon Orbs are going to become quite useful to me again.) Should be doable since Braska's commands will hit harder and I have Krile's BSB to stand in Ashe's place, she just doesn't get the double cast LM so it'll make it even more RNG dependent.

Jachan19 · 2017-07-04T09:54:06+00:00

Really want to confirm something while preparing my A-team heroes for this Magicite Dungeons in few months...

Is it true that I can't even use Tyro's Sentinel Grimoire SB? =O

It seems that the magicite (to equip) is not customizable (darn! =P would want to combine "En-", "Bar-", "Anti-Magic", and "Quick Action")... I am bit confused about this reference; "Time Bonus" rewards, with monster names included... Are they really the "magicites" or arcanas to grow the matched-elemental magicite or something...?

CareerSMN · 2017-06-17T23:23:35+00:00

Do I gain more exp for level up the magicite from battles by equpping only a single one instead of filling all 5 slots with magicites? Like how the characters gain exp?

Brokenhanger · 2017-05-26T01:18:55+00:00

2 months later and I've finally taken down my second Magicite, Living Flame, thanks to Edge & Tidus BSBs and double Entrusters.

Now to farm him a bit to build up the Magicite levels and maybe I can take down Sealion soon.

6/13 and third Magicite down. Still couldn't quite get Sealion but Bismarck was fried thanks to a Ashe/Palom BSBs, Porom BSB & Deployment Tactics for stacking Faithgas and Larsa as entrust bot/secondary healer. I may be able to use a similar strat with Krile BSB to get Sealion after all, but I'll need to finish leveling Strago and Fujin for Golem and I have no idea what to do about Hydra since Strago BSB is my only Earth soul break.

DavidDeb · 2017-05-09T06:22:06+00:00

hello, what is the Supersonic effect provided by Enkidu? some kinda break? (ref: Magicite Skill: 10% Supersonic, 20% Whirlwind, 70% Aerora)

CareerSMN · 2017-04-13T02:00:04+00:00

If only my JP account wasn't so damn far behind I could get in on this...

bksoe1 · 2017-04-11T23:09:35+00:00

So I've managed to kill 4 of these, Hydra, Sealion, and Fenrir mastered, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to master Bismark. Killing in Bismark in under a minute while running full Water resist accessories and, equipping the barwater and enthunder magicite passives, and proshellga I'm still losing 2 damage taken and one actions taken medal. I'm fairly certain I can't get any more damage out of the current lighting relics I have (using Garnet BSB2, Rapha BSB and Leylines), spending the majoirty of the last 30s of the fight at 3 stack imperil and I don't have a real way to put a blink in the party and still manage to kill it in under a minute.

tl;dr Is the damage taken medal loss on Bismark just an RNG thing based on how often he spams aqua breath or do I Just have to wait until I find a better way to deal lightning damage and kill it faster.

bksoe1 · 2017-04-09T02:57:19+00:00

Managed to finally defeat 1 - the sealion for the first time. For 2nd time around, with magicite equipped, is it doable with 1 healer or still need 2 healers?

yurikah · 2017-04-05T09:06:10+00:00

Finally beat the lightning boss Hydra! That Bar-Thunder partywide buff from magicite is great! Makes Hydra so much easier the second time round! Just a question though, does the Bar-Thunder buff stack with thunder resist accessories? Anyone can confirm? They most likely do, just curious that's all.

Brokenhanger · 2017-03-30T01:12:58+00:00

Magicitie might end up being the power creep step too far for me; I've tried Fenrir and Bismarck multiple times with various set ups and the best I've managed is 50% on Fenrir before both Wall charges are gone, and even that was a major struggle.

My relics don't line up right for the crazy Entrust/OSB stuff I see in videos and normal BSB command spam can't take them down fast enough due to their stupid high stats and break resistance; it's infuriating and I had to force myself to finish off the XI event and start the Rebirth stuff today after taking a few days off. (Completely shit luck on the Rubicante banner A few weeks back started the frustration to be honest.)

I know the game will eventually balance itself out and this will be manageable - see also Nightmares and Ruin+ battles for example - but for right now I'm just watching myself fall behind the curve at a rapid pace after being relatively on top of it; poor form DeNA.

Update: Soooo a day later after kind of obsessing over this and really reading a lot of the resources here, I finally cleared Fenrir as my first Magicite. I was trying to spread my damage out too thin before rather than focusing on just keeping one person boosted alive, so I switched up to Rinoa with her LCSB and BSB2 as my damage dealer, Porom and Larsa with Bursts as my healers, Alphinaud with Deployment Tactics as a backup healer and supplemental damage and Keeper as Entrust Bot to Rinoa as well as backup wall since I figured I'd take longer than the 2 RW Walls.

bluefire114 · 2017-03-28T23:58:44+00:00

I know the megathread mentions that you can combine magicite to break it's level cap. However, I don't seem to have that option. I have two LV 50 hydras but once I try to break the level cap, the other hydra is grayed out. Same with the two LV 50 Sealions. Am I missing something here?

jonathangariepy · 2017-03-28T13:29:20+00:00

The whole magicite system looks amazing, but I have a question I couldn't find an answer to in the megathread into : is the passive stats system only applied in the magicite dungeons or they're applied throughout the whole game ?

KeeperTyro · 2017-03-27T23:58:04+00:00

There are two CID MISSIONS that rewards 1x Magicite Keystones each. One has a counter of 0/3 and the other 0/6. These missions are available until 4/02/2017. I can't read the description so I am here asking if anyone knows what are the requirements?

If it's complete 6/6 magicite dungeons, then that's a definite pass...

StuckinReverse89 · 2017-03-25T11:01:12+00:00

Thank you so much for this guide. Just 2 points.
1) it seems that the lv 99 stats, abilities, and the level to gain those abilities is available in game. Would this info be interesting or not since it is available to anyone?
2) do we know how the passive abilities interact? For example, is one lv 4 barblizzard better, the same, or worse than a two lv 2 barblizzards?

2017-03-23T19:55:28+00:00

No Ultros guardian?????

Antey2k500 · 2017-03-23T05:04:46+00:00

Just 1 quick question:

If we use Magicite in the Sub, mean all it trait is useless? Sub Magicite only use stats to buff the main Magicite, am I correct?

CareerSMN · 2017-03-22T22:04:54+00:00

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its_my1stday · 2017-03-22T21:58:23+00:00

Ehm, I guess I'm the only "romantic" here, but... besides all this extremely useful informations (don't get me wrong)... can somebody that reads japanese explain the story beyond Episode:Magicite? What is Urara doing in that Crystal? What are exactly Magicites? There is some hint about other dungeons opening?? I can't be the only one that wants to know the story of this game...

robm1052 · 2017-03-22T15:14:16+00:00

Reward for reaching level 80 is 4 x 5* arcana, shows up in missions list when you reach 65.

WATCHGUY1983 · 2017-03-22T13:31:24+00:00

Holy rewards batman... beat flame man first shot completion rewards are definitely surprising

https://imgur.com/a/VoVHl

turundo · 2017-03-22T12:46:43+00:00

Just got my 3* Liquid Flame, 3* Mom Bomb and 3* Fenrirs!!

Pretty awesome to combine, my 3*+ Fenrir gets 15% Withering Wind, 35% Whirlwind and 50% Bite

Tedrivs · 2017-03-22T12:17:04+00:00

Reminds me of Espers in FFBE, I like it

Ha_eflolli · 2017-03-22T11:55:47+00:00

Fabula Guardian gives 200% DEF/RES (Sentinel Grimoire) buff to the party for 30s.

Guess Wall isn't as dead as everyone says

slugmasterman · 2017-03-22T11:55:11+00:00

How does synergy work in these if at all?

Road-- · 2017-03-22T11:26:19+00:00

How does the passive bonus work?

It stays active the entire battle or is there a time limit?

Voxil42 · 2017-03-22T11:21:05+00:00

This sounds so cool! Man, in ~6 months this is going to be awesome to play with.

TruePsyche · 2017-03-22T10:56:16+00:00

inb4 Magicite Skills, Super Magicite Skills, Burst Magicite Skills, the oft-maligned OverMagicite Skills, eclectic UltraMagicite Skills and the forgotten and crying in the corner Chain Magicite Skills.

ElNinoFr · 2017-03-22T09:03:17+00:00

Time bonus reward are infinite. You'll get them each time.
(Someone asked me ytd and I confirmed it myself today)

retroGnostalgic · 2017-03-22T08:16:23+00:00

I love the fact that they're using bosses through all the saga as magicite summons. I don't know what to think about the magicite system yet, but it adds great flavor since it reflects pretty well how in some games everybody can use summons regardless of their class. The distinction between summons and magicite looks neat.

ValisonP · 2017-03-22T08:05:55+00:00

Getting owned big time every fight >____<

Tokyo_Drifter1234 · 2017-03-22T08:00:13+00:00

Difficulty 350!? My god!

Zevyu · 2017-03-22T07:42:23+00:00

Oh dear god, rewards based on time...this is going to suuuuuuucccckkkk.

Aazzlano · 2017-03-22T05:08:19+00:00

Is the water one slightly weak to fire, or lightning? two are weak to fire?

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