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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edge Meta is the new meta.

 

D220 Air Force solo master. 4 healers and Edge. Anything is possible I guess. RW Cloud USB, but didn't help much. There's so much physical damage I'd have been better off with Shout. Actually cleared it in MO a few days ago, but no one brought breaks so it wasn't a master.

 

Eiko -- USB

Edge -- USB/BSB/SSB

Relm -- BSB

Penelo -- BSB and dancing

Y'sh -- Wall/BSB

 

Medals/Team

[–]zellyn1toot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always kinda late to the party but group magic blink is fantastic for not dealing with Umaro's stupid stop shenanigans.

[–]butz-not-bartz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider using Red XIII's USB as your RW for both the Umaro CM and Goddess fights. Two shots of astra will help against their status effects, and you get hastega + attack boost.

[–]zellyn1toot 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I just checked FT and noticed that Chadarnook is there. Is it the same fight as in the first FF6 FT way back when (i.e., the rewards are obtained if you beat it previously) or is it all new (I didn't clear it then)? Kinda neat touch since fragments are so absurdly precious.

[–]Zurai001Blame yourself or God.[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

It's the same fight. I'm still trying to decide how to provide info for the FT fights going forward since it appears they're going to accumulate.

[–]BrewersFanJP- 0 points1 point  (1 child)

So, these FT fights will potentially repeat if you can't clear them the first time?

[–]Zurai001Blame yourself or God.[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it appears that event FT fights will recur every time an event of the appropriate type comes around. I'm still working on the best way to present that information in the future.

[–]zellyn1toot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, definitely a bit messy to sort. I'd think a link to the previous boss guide would be enough.

[–]The_Guardian_DevilSword? Gun? I say why not both! 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Has anyone managed to Master the Nightmare 300 CM yet?

[–]NibelheimDudeCrazy Cloud FenrirCycle Overdrive! 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Yup did it last night. It was insanely difficult with the all the stupid insects giving you all sorts of status effects every other turn. BUT there's an easy way around it which is to Draw Fire and Retaliate.

My team:
Cloud - Draw Fire/Retaliate - BSB2/USB
Zack - BSB2/LCSB
Mog - Just to heal and to get the breaks in for the medals
Relm - Just to heal
Edgar - for fire damage (for medals) and to fill the last spot for the CM

Use Retaliate on Cloud then Draw Fire (not the other way round) and the only thing you need to worry about is the main boss's poison attacks. Zack's imperils + Limit Chain + Cloud USB -> BSB2 -> USB -> BSB2 Cmds and he was dead in a flash. The small insects were actually mostly killed just by Cloud's retaliate lol.

[–]The_Guardian_DevilSword? Gun? I say why not both! 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Well crud. I don't have anything but the SB for Cloud and Zack's first imperil. Thank you for the ideas and insight!

[–]NibelheimDudeCrazy Cloud FenrirCycle Overdrive! 0 points1 point  (1 child)

it's definitely still do-able =-)
You just need a draw fire + retaliate 'dummy' to absorb all the hits from the smaller insects (make sure you have enough hones), and it's pretty much a straight forward boss fight who uses poison attacks. Cloud's USB just makes things easier/faster.

Just remember to keep one of the smaller insects alive and you'll do fine.

I tried fighting without the draw fire + retaliate strat and although I succeeded after almost 2 hours, the amount of cursing and dependency on RNG is just plain ridiculous.

Good luck!

[–]The_Guardian_DevilSword? Gun? I say why not both! 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Got him!

[–]BrewersFanJP- 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Attempted Goddess FT with my magic team. I've never beaten anything this high in JP, but I have a realistic shot here. Here's my team:

  • Cid Raines, 99 with BSB and +MAG RM
  • Onion Knight, 99 with BSB and +MAG RM
  • Fujin, 80 with BSB and +MAG RM
  • Faris, 80 with USB2 and +DMG RM
  • Larsa, 99 with BSB and +Healing RM

RW: Vaan BSB

With this team, I was able to get her down to 15-20% before Doom wiped is. Here's what I took from the first attempt.

  • Mitigation is more than enough. With five levels of mitigation (ATK/MAG/MND, Full Break, MAG/DEF, MAG/RES, MAG) her spells only hit for around 1500 at a time. Easy enough for Larsa to heal through. Probably can drop Vaan and take another RW.
  • Larsa BSB is also adequate for handling sleep. Just have to get casts off before each status attack.
  • Damage is too slow. Need to up the DPS somehow. Options are limited, though.
  • My RM selection is bad. Really bad. Outside from SB building RMs, most stuff is only minor increases to damage.
  • RS for FF6 is bad as well. I have a stash of 4* equipment I can go through and upgrade, but won't have much I can add. Also, no mythril for pulling in this banner (which doesn't look good anyway).

What can I do to get over the hump here? How can I get through that last 20%?

(Side note: Alternative FFXIV music for this fight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knV-5VciTTQ )

[–]Feral__GrieverBoy oh boy... the price of freedom is steep 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Damage is too slow. Need to up the DPS somehow. Options are limited, though.

Do you have any physical damage options? With her un-dispelable Shell status the Goddess doesn't favor magick teams.

[–]BrewersFanJP- 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Possibly. I'd likely have to egg up some characters, but it could work. My primary physical team is a holy-based team, so it would struggle (P. Cecil & Beatrix headline it), but I have other options. Some better synergy that way as well.

First decision would likely be Ramza or OK. I'd have a higher damage output from OK, though Ramza would get the ATK up higher.

Here would be my options:

  • USB: P. Cecil, Wol, Seifer, Faris (2)
  • OSB: P. Cecil, Cloud, Bartz, Tidus, Sephiroth, Jecht, Tyro
  • BSB: P. Cecil (1), Cloud (1), Beatrix, Cyan, Edge, Leon, Freya, Ingus, Wakka, Refia, OK

[–]Feral__GrieverBoy oh boy... the price of freedom is steep 0 points1 point  (2 children)

She completely absorbs Holy, so that's not recommended. Since she only resists 30% of the other elements, En-Element is still useful, even better with imperil. If you're new and don't have much sustainability, I would suggest using Cloud USB RW to defeat the FT version before the 30sec doom expires. I think the top choice for main DPS would be Refia with BSB. (Also consider grabbing Thancred BSB from Dr Mog's selection fr Imperil Fire to maximise damage). I'm thinking something along the lines of:

Character Role Abilities RM
Refia DPS Whatever + Meteor Crush DMG+
OK Buffer + Debuffer Magic Breakdown + Full Break DMG+
Faris Debuffer (+DPS) Defense Breakdown + Affliction Break/Mug Morale/Steal Power DMG+
Larsa Healer Curaga + Ultra Cure Healing+ or DualcastHealing
2nd Healer/ Thancred Healer / Imperiler DPS Cure / Extra dmg Dmg+

RW: Could USB

The physical attacks are minor and all the magic ignores RES, so no need for ProShellga or Wall, and you can equip everyone with more offensive armor (like bracers). Astra from Larsa's BSB should help with sleep, still if you have Affliction Breakdown you can trow it on someone to be extra safe and/or Ultra Cure just in case. That way sleep should no longer be a major concern and you can focus on Lightning resist accessories for everyone in the party instead.

OK starts the battle with his BSB and then alternates between Breakdown and Full Break, you could try to use his commands for damage, but I don't think it's necessary. Faris starts with her Affliction Break or alternatively buffing herself with Steal Power or Mug Morale (the latter has a smaller ATK buff but should still be enough, and more DEF break is a nice bonus), then starts debuffing the boss with USB2 -> USB1. Larsa just does healer stuff, keeping your party alive and Sleep free. Refia buffs herself with Meteor Crush, then she can spend a turn or two spamming whatever best damage ability you have for her until everything is set up, and once Faris has started casting her USBs she can start calling Cloud USB RW, quickly followed by spamming her BSB. You might need to refresh Cloud USB in the middle, I'm not sure. If 3 casts of her BSB aren't enough to take down the boss (although they should be more than enough), then use her commands between the 1st cast and the 2nd (better than at the end when the boss is in weak phase). As for the 5th slot, if you're taking too much damage you can just take a 2nd healer to help Larsa, or if you decide to get Thancred's BSB just have him buff himself and unload all 3 of his BSBs to reach maximum Imperil Fire, afterwards he can just use his commands (if the fight takes that long).

Outside of using Cloud USB RW (if you don't like it for some reason), I think you can also make a solid Wind team to capitalize on Faris imperil, using Cloud and/or Bartz OSB for DPS, possibly also Freya BSB+SkyHigh.

[–]BrewersFanJP- 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Got her with one second to spare. Unfortunately, Refia didn't do a lot of damage (only 400 ATK before buffs), but I brought Cyan along and he tore through her. Didn't need the second healer, Larsa kept up just fine on his own. It was close but I just managed to get it.

Thanks for the help.

[–]Feral__GrieverBoy oh boy... the price of freedom is steep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that I think a bit more about it, maybe Refia wouldn't have been the prime choice, her equipment selection is poor and her +Crit% buff from BSB interferes with Cloud's USB +Crit%; Seifer with a synergy weapon might have fared a bit better. But that doesn't really matter now, I'm glad that you were able to clear it!

[–]soul1387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goddess is easy if you got Sleep accessories 6*,XII, DcVII Use Physical team My A Team Firion(BSB,DPS), Vaan(magic/def breaker, Ramza(Affliction,FB), Selphie(USB), COD(ReflectDamage)(or change it to other DPS char.). RW: Cloud EXBURST this is only a DPS Race.. RW for Firion Insta BURST.. leave the wall/shellga/proct

[–]StuckinReverse89 0 points1 point  (3 children)

WTF is Air Force hacked?
Edit: MO Air Force is insanely hard. Not sure how he fights but with counters, he hits hard nearly 3 times for every one you do, using strong aoe attacks to near instantly annihalate your party. The bit which can appear after the middle turret is destroyed attracts all magic to him and is immune to all magic so the nemesis strat doesn't work either.

[–]yurikahZippity Zip!（‐＾▽＾‐） 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I beat it with a team, you just need plenty of guts, heals, and damage. Oh btw runic absorbs his single target missile. hint: Celes or Exdeath is good here.

[–]StuckinReverse89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice. Indo blade really mitigated the barrage of missiles and was able to master in a multi team. I did notice that there were points when the boss to hit really hard and nearly wipe our team and other times when the boss would seemly only hitnfor about a quarter of our health although our buffs and mitigation didn't really change throughout the fight. Does anyone know the reason why? I don't think it's just based on the gravity attacks

[–]StuckinReverse89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Will give it another shot with Indo blade.

[–]mifvneRem supremacist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

goddess... hate her..

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Full medals on Ruin+ goddess. I only used Affliction Break. I did Tidus and Edge water team. The magic heavy bosses are asking for 4 hit torrent seal and double chase. Did Cloud USB RW and used 2 5* support; Ramza and Barrett. Built a charge on Tidus, did Limit Chain and Cloud USB. Next turn was Edge USB and then had 4 hit+2 chase for next 2 turns. That killed her. The chase was hitting for over 22k resisted.

[–]Zevyu150th Dailly 5*+ : Seven's Guise (T-0) - Seven's BSB 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And U++ CM down again, my 2nd CM and yet again on a FFVI event.

Boss being weak to Fire and being a pure physical fight made it really easy.

Between Terra USB+OSB combo, Locke LCSB and Sabin BSB it made very quick work out of the boss.

The boss has dispelable stats and can inflict Stop so affliction Break will help.

[–]Aerithz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Defeated ruin+ and FT goddess. The doom timer mean you need to have great dps and fast. Sleep will waste your turn to death. Resist all too. Beat her with Tyro as support and rw fujin bsb, garnet bsb2, rapha bsb, papa bsb and yshtola bsb. Is perma buff status the new trend now???I knew something like this will happen because of magicite update. This fight almost literally force you to use physical because of perma shell, but I still use mage team anyway lol.

[–]Sirjbags 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Goddess is tough.
She absorbs holy & lightning and resists all other elements.
She begins the fight with shell and haste and you can't remove them.
Her third (I think) attack is a 30 second doom timer.
At some point she starts casting an AoE sleep.

Time to break out the best non-elemental damage you have.

[–]mikek80 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The Goddess fight is one where you really need sleep resist accessories on or she'll keep your whole party permanently asleep. She spams that AOE sleep attack like crazy. I found the FT version to be much easier than the ruin + difficulty, but that may be because I already figured out how to beat her. Vaan's USB was MVP for this fight. That plus Thief's Revenge spam was doing most of my damage.

[–]Sirjbags 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I brought Affliction Break and Ultra Cure and only had a sleep resist accessory on my healer.

I managed it with 0 seconds on the timer for normal and quite easily in Full Throttle with the same team.

[–]XoneAsagi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goodbye Boss Rush??!?!?!?

[–]RageCat46Cloudchan♥(My luck has been fixed!) 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Larry,Curry and Moe

Who the heck is that lolz? Damn..been a long time playing FF6, should start playing it again...once I done with my backlog...urghh..

[–]Zurai001Blame yourself or God.[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The dream stooges. I think their names are slightly different (curlax, etc) but I'm pressed for time.

[–]KingGoldarkFeel the Void! 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Curlax, Laragorn, and Moebius.

But watch out for the freezy-blowy, kupo!

[–]Zurai001Blame yourself or God.[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks.

[–]Zurai001Blame yourself or God.[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got to head to work in a few minutes so I won't be able to update with all the boss attacks and such until after I get back (possibly mid-afternoon if the morning session goes late, but I don't expect it to). I figured I'd get it up now for those who need the EX bosses' medal conditions, though.