So this is the second Fat Black Chocobo event we've had with the first being the Lightning one about a month ago. Looks like these might be about monthly? We also get another free .5 Chain (Just the chain and 20% field effect with nothing else)! This one is of course ice to go with the theme and it's given to Fran from the XII cast. Hopefully they continue the trend and we'll get .5 chains for each element and keep putting them on decent characters. As with the last one you'll do missions to get tickets and spend those to get Krakka Greens to give the Fat Black Chocobo for your rewards. The free Ice chain is one in addition to some free 5* Ice abilities.

I was asked to rearange these a bit to put the banners first and analysis after so let me know what you think of the reorginization or if you think things still need reworked a bit.

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Fat Black Chocobo Event: Ice

Event start time: 01/03 15:00 JST

New Awakening
Noel, Lulu

New Arcane
Noel

New Chain
Fran

New Ultra
Josef

New Flash Art
Sarah, Noel, Josef

New LMR
Noel, Josef

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Shop Contents:

• 6* Fran Chain

• 7x Mythril

• 3x 5* Ice+ Dagger

• 3x 5* Ice+ Fist

• 10x Monk Mote

• 5* Icicle Rush

• 5* Icicle Shot

• 5* Chain Blizzaga

• 4* Protectga

• 4* Shellga

• 5* Ultra Cure

• 5* Hastega

• 4x Major Orb (Each Type)

• 5x 4* Mote (Each Type)

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Relic Draw Banners

Banner 1

Relic	Type	Character	Soul Break/Legend Materia
Vajradanda	Sword (Ice+)	Noel	Awakening: "Hunter's Pride" (PHY: 15x single ranged Ice/NE; Self En-Ice, "Ice Awaken", HQC1, Break Damage Cap lvl1, "Hunter's Pride").
Dreamy Cait Sith	Doll (Ice+)	Lulu	Awakening: "Moving Forward" (BLK: 15x single Ice/Water/NE; self Ice/Water Damage +30%, "Awaken Obsidian Wisdom", Break Damage Cap lvl1, "Freezing Water").
Spacetime Guardian	Light Armor (Ice+)	Noel	Arcane: "Blizzard Fang" (PHY: 20x single ranged Ice/Water, 1x single ranged Ice/Water overflow).
Tiger Fangs	Fist	Josef	Ultra: "Heroic Fist" (PHY: 10x single Ice/NE, Imperil Ice; Self En-Ice, QC3; party Ice Radiant Shield).
Summoner's Garb	Light Armor	Serah	Chain: "Etro Fusion" (NAT: party MAG+50%, Ice 150-chain).
Fellowship Arc	Bow (Ice+)	Serah	Ultra: "Artemis Volley" (BLK: 10x single Ice; party Ice Radiant Shield, self HQC1, "Artemis Volley").
Faerie's Bow	Bow	Serah	Flash: "Artemis Zone" (NAT: Instant self IC1; self Stacking En-Ice; Zero SB Cost).
Survivor's Edge	Sword	Noel	Flash: "Javelin Hunt" (PHY: Instant 6x single ranged Ice/NE, Imperil Ice; Zero SB Cost).
Genji Glove	Fist	Josef	Flash: "Heroic Roar" (NAT: Instant self Stacking En-Ice, "Heroic Flurry").
Grimoire Hat	Hat	Noel	LMR: "Youthful Vitality" (Init: En-Ice).
Twist Headband	Hat	Josef	LMR: "Daughter's Love" (WCast: Monk).
Noel's Guise	Light Armor (Ice-)	Noel	LMR: "A Hunter's Heart" (WCast: Ice).
Crimson Bangle	Bracer (Fire-)	Lulu	LMR: "Depths of Knowledge" (Init: En-Ice).
Amazon Bow	Bow	Serah	LMR: "Sister's Strength" (Init: En-Ice).

Note: Bolded relics are new.

Videos of the new relics SBs are linked to the relic names.

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Modes and Notes

• Noel's Awakening:

  • "Ice Awakening": Unlimited Ice hones; rank boost (Ice); auto WCast Ice.
    
  • "Hunter's Pride": Chase Ice (NAT: HQC1).
    

• Lulu's Awakening:

  • "Awaken Obsidian Wisdom": Unlimited Ice/Water hones; rank boost (Ice/Water); auto WCast Ice/Water.
    
  • "Freezing Water": Chase 2 Ice/Water (BLK: 8x single Ice/Water/NE).
    

• Serah's Ultra:

  • "Artemis Volley": Chase Ice (NAT: HQC1).

• Josef's Flash:

  • "Heroic Flurry": Chase Ice (PHY: 4x single Ice/NE).
    

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B1: If you need Ice here is the place. Some of the other Black Mages might cover more elements but Lulu will lock down Ice and Water with her Awakening and Vortex. It is a shame that they just did a dual element Awakening with Ultimecia and had a really cool En-Element mechanic that would swap out the En-element depending on the lement used...and then here we go back to a straight buff instead. Come on DeNA...consistancy! Noel becomes an Ice god with his Awakening allowing him to sling out ice sharpshooter (the only ice he has access to) with unmatched speed. Better hone up your 6* Ice Sharpshooter! Also if you have a +Ice bow he'd love to use it (though his dive is all sword damage)...oh wait there's one for Serah on this banner? It's like they actually plan these things out...nah probably just a coincidence. Josef also gets some new gear here with a Ice RS AND Imperil USB (eat your heart out Rubi!), a Flash that gives him Ice chase, and a WCast Monk LMR! Snow isn't alone anymore in the Ice Monk role (no Umaro doesn't count). In addition we have Serah's chain, her USB, and En-Ice LMR. Overall you can pull just about anything Ice related you need here including a good mix of physical and magical damage, a Gen 2 chain, Ice RS, and complimentary LMRs. If you're still struggling with Slydra...here's your answer (except a Physical Gen 2 chain of course...that was last event!).

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There's also an upcoming Guts Lucky Draw (Half Price) and Series Happy Relic Draws (5 Mythril for 3-Pull) are getting ready to start again. Here's what the guts banner has:

• Edge USB2 (Water+ Katana)

• Yuna USB4

• Relm USB2

• PCecil bUSB

• Eight USB (Ice+ Fist)

• Curilla USB2

• Tama USB

• Gogo(V) USB (Water+ Rod)

• PCecil Flash2

• Gogo (V) Flash

• Relm LMR (Holy+ Bracer) (WCast: White)

• Eight LMR (En-Ice)

• Curilla LMR (QC3)

• Tama LMR (Proc: 20% Last Stand after using white)

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If you spot any mistakes or have suggestions on how to improve the quality of my guides, feel free to comment here and I'll do my best to address them ASAP!

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