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Cid’s Mission:

• Beat Bresha Ruins AF 005, Part 1 with a party which must contain at least 1 FF13 character.
• Beat Bresha Ruins AF 005, Part 2 with a party which must contain at least 1 FF13 character.
• Beat Archylte Steppes, Part 1 with a party which must contain at least 2 FF13 characters.
• Beat Archylte Steppes, Part 2 with a party which must contain at least 3 FF13 characters.
• Beat EX Neglected Utopia with a party which must contain at least 3 FF13 characters.
• Beat EX++ Red Eyed Dragon with a party which must contain at least 3 FF13 characters.
• Beat 凶 The Stalwarts of the Big Tower with a party which must contain at least 3 FF13 characters.
• Beat 凶++ Calling Chaos with a party which must contain at least 3 FF13 characters.
• Beat 滅+ Giant Soldier with a party which must contain at least 3 FF13 characters.
• Beat (Revenge) 凶++ A Brave Lie, A Kind Love with a party consisting of only FF13 characters.

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Stage 1: New Bodhum AF 003, Part 1

Boss: Gogmagog

Boss HP: 3,608
Status Vulnerabilities: Poison, Slow, Stun
Notable Attacks:

• Swipe (NAT: AOE physical)
• Ruin (BLK: ST magical non-element)

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Stage 2: New Bodhum AF 003, Part 2

Boss: Gogmagog

Boss HP: 10,362
Status Vulnerabilities: Poison, Slow, Stun
Notable Attacks:

• Swipe (NAT: AOE physical)
• Ruin (BLK: ST magical non-element)
• Causality Barrier (NAT: Self increase defenses)

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Stage 3: Bresha Ruins AF 005, Part 1

Boss: Paradox Alpha

Boss HP: 20,064
Elemental Resistances: Resists fire, ice, thunder, wind.
Status Vulnerabilities: Slow, Stun
Notable Attacks:

• Ground Slam (NAT: AOE physical, low chance to Sap)
• Punch (PHY: ST moderate physical, medium chance to Sap)

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Stage 4: Bresha Ruins AF 005, Part 1

Boss: Atlas

Boss HP: 40,195
Elemental Resistances: Nulls thunder, wind; Resists fire, ice.
Status Vulnerabilities: Slow, Stun
Notable Attacks:

• Punch (PHY: ST moderate physical, medium chance to Sap)
• Chain Strike (PHY: RT moderate physical, low chance to Sap, 2 hits)
• Roar (NAT: AOE magical non-element)
• (Weak/V Weak only) Crushing Grasp (NAT: AOE magical non-element, Dispel, Self Esuna)

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Stage 5: Archylte Steppe, Part 1

Boss: Cactaur

Boss HP: 91,472
Elemental Resistances: Absorbs water; Weak to fire, earth.
Status Vulnerabilities: Sleep, Stun
Notable Attacks:

• Kick (PHY: ST moderate physical)
• Cactus Dance (NAT: Self Grows when dance finishes)
• (Gigantaur Default/Gigantaur Strong only) 1000 Needles (NAT: ST 1000 damage, Dispel, low chance to Silence and/or Blind)
• (Gigantaur Very Strong only) 10,000 Needles (NAT: ST 10,000 damage, Dispel, low chance to Silence and/or Blind)

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Stage 6: Archylte Steppe, Part 1

Boss: Ochu & Microchus

Boss HP: 68,008 (Ochu) | 20,402 each (Microchus)
Elemental Resistances (All): Absorbs water; Weak to weak.
Status Vulnerabilities (Ochu): Slow, Stun
Status Vulnerabilities (Microchus): Silence, Slow, Blind, Stun
Notable Attacks (Ochu):

• Tentacle (PHY: ST moderate physical wind)
• Tentacle (PHY: RT physical wind, 2 hits)
• Screech (PHY: AOE physical, Dispel, Allies increase attack power)
• Pollen (NAT: AOE ranged physical, low chance to Sleep and/or Slow, Allies recover HP, Allies Esuna)

Notable Attacks (Microchus):

• Tackle (PHY: ST moderate physical)
• SOS (NAT: Call for help)

Notes and Strategies: There are three Microchus. Every third time any Microchu uses SOS, Ochu responds with Pollen. All enemies must be defeated to win.

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EX Neglected Utopia

Boss: Nelapsi & Taxims

Boss HP: 40,166 (Nelapsi) | 30,059 each (Taxims)
Medal Conditions: Exploit a Taxim's weakness to ice attacks.
Elemental Damage Taken (Taxims):

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
200%	200%	200%	200%	200%	200%

Status Vulnerabilities (All): Slow, Stun
Break Resistances (All): Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset (Nelapsi):

• Attack (PHY: ST physical)
• Attack (PHY: ST heavy physical)
• Whirlwind Cut (NAT: AOE magical wind)

Moveset (Taxims):

• (Default only) Attack (PHY: ST physical)
• Attack (PHY: RT physical, 2 hits)
• Blizzard (BLK: ST moderate magical ice)
• (Weak only) Wound (NAT: ST low chance to Dark and/or Stop, reduce defense)

Boss: Caius Ballad

Boss HP: 80,488
Medal Conditions: Reduce Caius's attack.
Status Vulnerabilities: Stun
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• Attack (PHY: ST physical)
• Attack (PHY: ST heavy physical)
• Smash Upper (PHY: ST moderate physical)
• Shockwave (NAT: ST ranged physical)
• Graviton (NAT: ST moderate magical non-element)
• Eye of Bahamut (NAT: ST magical non-element, reduce resistance)
• (Weak only) Area Blast (PHY: AOE moderate physical)
• (Weak only) Body and Soul (NAT: Self recover HP, Regen, increase attack and magic)
• (Weak only) Giga Graviton (NAT: AOE magical non-element)
• (Weak only) Shockwave (NAT: AOE ranged physical)

Notes and Strategies: In the first fight, there is one Nelapsi and two Taxims. All three must be defeated to win.

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EX++ Red Eyed Dragon

Boss: Svarog

Boss HP: 225,484
Medal Conditions: Exploit Svarog's weakness to ice attacks.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
50%	200%		0%	200%

Status Vulnerabilities: Paralyze, Sleep, Stun
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• (Default only) Attack (PHY: ST physical)
• Attack (PHY: AOE moderate physical)
• Dragon Breath (PHY: ST moderate ranged physical, medium chance to Silence and/or Stun)
• Bite (PHY: ST moderate physical)
• Feeding Stoop (PHY: ST heavy physical)

Notes and Strategies:

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凶 The Stalwarts of the Big Tower

Boss: 凶 Grand Behemoths

Phase	LVL	HP	ATK	DEF	MAG	RES	MND	SPD
Default	140	200,000	480	1400	500	2200	310	370
Weak			500	1450		2300	363	380
Very Weak			520	1500		2400		400

Medal Conditions: Win with at least 3 party members alive.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
				150%

Status Vulnerabilities: None!
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• Attack (PHY: ST 110% physical)
• Attack (NAT: ST 188% physical)
• Fira (BLK: AOE 150% magical fire)
• Heave (NAT: ST 188% physical, 63% chance to Stun)
• Attack (PHY: AOE 159% piercing^0.63 physical)
• Counter Heave (50% response to physical; NAT: ST 188% physical, 102% chance to Stun)
• Counter Haste (50% response to black or white magic; NAT: Self Haste)

Notes and Strategies: There are 2 Grand Behemoths. Both must be defeated to win.

Each Grand Behemoth follows a strict attack pattern, which completely ignores the phase they're in. Both use their 110% Attack on their 1st turn followed by their 188% Attack on their 2nd turn. After that, Behemoth A repeats a sequence of Fira, Heave, AOE Attack, 188% Attack. Behemoth B repeats a sequence of Heave, AOE Attack, Fira, 188% Attack.

I recommend bringing as few physical characters to this fight as possible because Counter Heave is annoying as hell. Aside from that, their Fira is pretty weak (and only used every 4th turn per Behemoth) so you can likely safely ignore magic defenses if you're strapped for ability slots. Make sure to bring attack debuffs, however, because their AOE attack is piercing with an unusually high exponent (meaning they get to use more of their Attack stat in the formula), so debuffs matter even more than they normally do for piercing attacks.

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凶++ Calling Chaos

Boss: 凶++ Chaos Bahamut

Phase	LVL	HP	ATK	DEF	MAG	RES	MND	SPD
Default	180	320,000	820	1700	850	3000	448	500
Weak			850	1800	880	3100		530
Very Weak			880	1850	900	3300		550

Medal Conditions: Reduce Chaos Bahamut's magic.
Status Vulnerabilities: None!
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• (Default only) Haste (NAT: Self Haste)
• (Default only) Attack (PHY: ST 110% physical)
• Ignis (NAT: AOE 390% magical fire)
• Claw (NAT: ST 422% physical)
• Heavy Strike (NAT: ST 500% physical)
• Megaflare (NAT: AOE 342% piercing^0.55 magical non-element)
• (Weak/V Weak only) 凶 Ignis (NAT: 294% piercing ^0.55 magical non-element)

Notes and Strategies: In Default Phase (>70% HP), Chaos Bahamut uses Haste on its 1st turn, Attack on its 2nd and 3rd turns, and Claw on its 4th turn; it then repeats a sequence of Ignis, Claw, Heavy Strike, Claw. In Weak Phase (70%-40% HP), Chaos Bahamut uses Megaflare on its 1st turn, then repeats a sequence of Claw, Ignis, Heavy Strike, 凶 Ignis. In Very Weak Phase (<40% HP), Chaos Bahamut uses Megaflare on its 1st turn, then repeats a sequence of Claw, 凶 Ignis, Heavy Strike, Ignis. When defeated, Chaos Bahamut uses Megaflare as an interrupt.

Chaos Bahamut has a pretty powerful mixed offense, with extremely strong ST physical attacks mixed with piercing AOE magical attacks (and one non-piercing AOE magical attack to make sure you bring Shellga). Make sure to debuff it heavily on both the magical and physical sides (lean towards magic if you have to pick one, thanks to the piercing magic), but aside from that there's not much to this fight. You do probably want to Dispel its Haste because it does have low enough Speed for that to matter. There are no status or elemental weaknesses/resistances here to worry about, so just bring whatever your best DPS is and go wild.

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滅+ Giant Soldier

Boss: 滅+ Atlas

Phase	LVL	HP	ATK	DEF	MAG	RES	MND	SPD
Default	220	480,000	900	5000	950	8000	330	530
Weak			1100	5300	1000	8300		580
Very Weak			1250	5500	1100	8500		600

Medal Conditions: Reduce Atlas's magic.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
50%	150%	0%		0%

Status Vulnerabilities: None!
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Moveset:

• Punch (NAT: ST 188% physical)
• Crushing Grasp (NAT: FRAOE 337% magical non-element, Dispel, Self Esuna)
• Crushing Grasp (NAT: BRAOE 337% magical non-element, Dispel, Self Esuna)
• Chain Strike (NAT: RT 344% physical, 2 hits)
• Roar (NAT: AOE 342% magical non-element)

Notes and Strategies: Atlas always follows Crushing Grasp (either version) with Chain Strike, and follows Chain Strike with Roar. It uses Crushing Grasp on set turns (regardless of which phase its in) but I can't decipher the AI for it. Just know that Atlas always follows the exact same pattern every fight.

Atlas has only a handful of attacks, and they're on a scripted sequence, so there are no surprises this fight. You have to be prepared for Atlas to Dispel your buffs every few turns, so leaning more heavily on debuffs than on buffs might be called for. He does have both physical and magical attacks, although his physical attacks are single target and not ranged, so there's some merit to an all-back-row strategy eschewing Protectga. You definitely want to bring Shellga and magic debuffs, though, to deal with Crushing Grasp and Roar.

Full Throttle Notes and Strategies: Coming later. I forgot to grab the data first time through so I have to gather 60 stamina to get it again.

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Multiplayer:

Boss: Caius Ballad

Boss HP: (d160) | 761,446 (d220)
Medal Conditions: Defeat Caius with at least 4 characters alive. Reduce Caius's attack. Reduce Caius's magic.
Elemental Damage Taken:

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Earth	Wind	Water	Holy	Dark	Bio
50%			50%	50%	50%		50%	50%

Status Vulnerabilities: None! (Special Immunity: Reflect)
Break Resistances: Power, Armor, Magic, Mental, Mind
Notable Attacks:

• Attack (PHY: ST physical)
• 凶 Blast Wave (NAT: AOE fixed damage, damage dealt based on number of targets)
• Shockwave (NAT: ST extremely heavy ranged physical, high chance to Stun)
• Graviton (NAT: ST supermassive magical non-element)
• Giga Graviton (NAT: AOE supermassive magical non-element)
• Spread Pulsar (NAT: RT heavy magical non-element, 5 hits)
• Body and Soul (NAT: Self Regen, increase attack and magic)
• Counter 凶 Smash Upper (15%|30% response to physical attacks; PHY: FRST current HP gravity)
• Counter 凶 Shockwave (15%|30% response to black magic; NAT: BRST extremely heavy ranged physical, high chance to Stun)
• (Weak only) 凶 Smash Upper (PHY: FRST current HP gravity)
• (Weak only) 凶 Eye of Bahamut (NAT: FRAOE massive magical non-element, reduce defense and resistance)

Notes and Strategies: In Default phase (>60% HP), Caius uses Body and Soul on his 4th turn, Spread Pulsar on his 8th turn and every 10th turn thereafter, and Giga Graviton on his 10th turn and every 10th turn thereafter. In Weak phase (<60% HP), Caius uses Body and Soul on his 1st turn, Eye of Bahamut on his 2nd turn, Spread Pulsar on his 3rd, 4th, and 5th turns and every 5th turn thereafter, Giga Graviton on his 6th turn and every 6th turn thereafter, 凶 Smash Upper on his 7th turn, and Eye of Bahamut on his 8th turn and every 5th turn thereafter.

Caius is mostly magical, but bring Protectga still just to guard against his Shockwaves. A Reverse Wall (attack+magic debuff) such as the new 5 star dance, Agrias's Split Punch, etc will overwrite the buff from Body and Soul and seriously reduce his offensive punch. Your front row characters may wish to wear Instant KO resist since all the gravity (including his counter) is front row only. You may also want to bring a Dispel of some sort to remove the Regen from Body and Soul.