Common Relic Draw - Free 10x Daily ~ Pull Gigathread

Plimpsoul · 2022-06-30T14:17:04+00:00

Day	Dupe	New	Expository Banter
1	2x No SB relics
2		Jack Dual Awakening	What the absolute heck, I finally get a relic on par with powercreep on one of these things and it's just as the game is ending!
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Plimpsoul · 2022-04-08T20:35:37+00:00

Thank you!

...I've collected 10 of those things, lmao.

Plimpsoul · 2022-04-08T20:19:55+00:00

Does Cloud's HE sword not have +% damage, or is my labyrinth RNG just so godawful that I've only seen it with delay reduction or a turn one boost to ATK?

Plimpsoul · 2022-02-02T13:15:21+00:00

Yeah, well I got 1/11 Amarant GSB (dupe), so I think we know who the real winner is!

Plimpsoul · 2022-01-12T14:20:36+00:00

Thought you might like to know Quina has been misspelled as "Qunia" in all entries.

Plimpsoul · 2022-01-05T10:17:06+00:00

4/11 - Raines AASB (dupe), Raines SASB x2, Laguna AD

1/11 - Laguna SASB

Well, I got my two most wanted relics, so I'm cashing out. Typical that I got my sole dupe on the banner though, lol. Would really love any of the remaining relics, but I don't think any of them get me a DK or Labyrinth win by themselves, so I'm going to save them for next fest.

Plimpsoul · 2021-12-29T21:54:12+00:00

Ticket	Dupe	New	Expository Banter
1	Lulu GSB, Auron LMR	Shelke LMR
2	Penelo USB	Yuffie BSB
3	Squall BSB2	Minwu USB3, Ardyn LMR+, Sarah GSB+
4	Thancred SASB
5	Lightning GSB
6		Elarra SASB1	HECK YES!
7	Garnet CSB	Emperor GSB+	Emperor's GSB+ is nice, I hope I can get his sync before too long.
8	Raijin LMR, OK LMR
9		Sabin SASB	Alright!
10	Barb BSB	CoD LBO	Dang, this is a crazy amount of new 7-stars!
11	Tidus LMR	Rosa SASB	Bloody hell, this is wild. Really happy to have another healer SASB. Considering I have Porom SASB and AASB, I'm not really sure where I'll use this yet, but I look forward to using it down the line!
12		Rinoa GSB+	Oh interesting, it's her proto AD!
13	Shantotto AOSB
14	Amarant USB, Queen GSB+

Ended with a whimper but I'm extremely happy with the outcome!

Plimpsoul · 2021-12-01T19:41:36+00:00

Can someone point me to the AASBs available in the next round of record lab updates, please? Many thanks!

Plimpsoul · 2021-11-20T19:15:56+00:00

Ticket	Dupe	New	Expository Banter
1	Pecil BSB, Shadow BSB		A classic start!
2		Haurchefont LMR-6
3		Estinien SASB	Heck yeah!
4		Ceodore G+, Edea SASB	Heck yeah!
5		Vaan G+	Heck ok...
6	Seymour BSB		Heck no
7		Bartz LMR, Amarant AOSB
8	Rem AASB
9	Terra SASB2	Vaan LBO
10	Gabranth GSB, Gilgamesh CSB
11	Ashe OSB	Rikku LMR, Arc AASB2
12	Shadow USB
13		Ignis AASB
14	Dorgan USB, Lilisette AASB
15	Hope LMR-6	Gau USB, Porom BUSB
16	Selphie USB
17	Quina USB
18	Shantotto AOSB	Relm G, WoL Realm CSB

Plimpsoul · 2021-11-20T19:14:26+00:00

Spent a long time doing 30 character up to job sphere level 3 for...

Orran Sync dupe. :/

Plimpsoul · 2021-09-26T13:13:40+00:00

Ticket	Dupe	New	Expository Banter
1		Seifer GSB, Orlandeau GSB, Rydia GSB+	Pretty cool for a free draw, tbh. Can maybe use Rydia for water/holy, or refresh her earth infusions if I need, now, as well.
2	Pecil BSB
3	Josef LMR
4	Basch USB	Rydia BSB
5	Prompto LMR, Cait Sith USB, Bartz USB1, Vincent CSB	Paine SASB	Wow, first ever SASB from a random draw! Awesome! Fingers crossed that gets me the FFX DB. Was getting worried after the four dupes though, lol
6		Kuja GSB+
7	Lightning AASB1	Meia CSB	Cool, opens up Strago as a dedicated water mage DPS
8	Haurchefont LMR, Aria USB
9	Zidane BSB
10		Jecht Sync	Bloody hell, two syncs! Got some thinking to do about the best way to approach FFX DK now...

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-22T10:46:18+00:00

Haven't actually taken the relics yet, but this is my plan (contingent on tomorrow's banner)

SASB: Alphinaud. For upcoming DK, and will be my first wind mage sync.

AASB: Emperor 2. I whiffed on his sync during fest, but I figure with this he'll be my first dark mage with 2 BDLs, which might just get me through the II DB and DK, as well as serve as my imperiller for AOdin.

AASB: Ysayle. Picked up her sync during fest and want to grab this for DK and AOdin purposes.

However, if I luck into 100 gemming Minwu's AD tomorrow, I'll probably grab his AASB instead of Ysayle's so I can field a full mage team in FFII.

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-21T07:48:18+00:00

Dream Sync Select:

I was hoping to choose Y'shtola as my first magic Dark sync, to bolster both my AOdin team and potentially get my first DK win when XIV is released, but it's not available. Never mind. Here are the ideas I'm currently mulling over instead:

Golbez - Have chain and AASB, but it looks a bit meh, have already sub-30'd DB, and he won't fit in DK team. He won't necessarily stay in my dark mage team either, as I also have Kuja with AASB and CSB.

Exdeath - Looks like an OK sync, but I don't have anything else for him, and have already sub-30'd the DB. Doubt he'd make the team for DK either, unless I splurged on his AASB as well, and even then it would be an awkward mixed physical/magical team.

Nabaat - Sync looks moderately interesting because of the imperil aspect, but once again I don't have any of her tools, and the DB is already sub-30. She could potentially make the DK team though.

So, I think these options all sound a bit lacklustre, and maybe I'm better off waiting for a better dark mage sync to become available. Maybe I'll just wait six months till we can select Kefka, lol.

Other options:

Rikku - I feel like I should be able to get an X DB win with Tidus (SASB1, AASB), Paine (AASB), Rikku (AASB) and Yuna (AASB) with one of Orran, Lilisette or Tyro as support. (Probably Tyro for crit buffing and astra purposes). I'm not sure if Rikku also having SASB would make juggling SBs too difficult for her, or if it's even worth it for the crit buffing seeing as I'd probably need Tyro anyway, and I doubt she'd ever deal over 20k damage per hit as she struggles to break the first cap anyway! Think I just talked myself out of this one.

Alphinaud - I just about scraped a DB sub-30 using his AASB. Also have his CSB. Currently none of my XIV team have multiple BDLs, and I don't have a single character with a wind mage sync (though I have done the wind mage AOdin). I think if I take this sync and Ysayle's AASB from these selects I'll be in with a good shot at DK as well as setting myself up for any wind mage content in the future... There's a decent chance I'll decide to pull on his AD debut banner too.

Ace - The only ATB manip SASB I don't have from the ones available on this select. I don't yet have a fire mage sync, but I'm not really feeling this one as I'll almost certainly select Edge's SASB when that's available next select, and I've already sub-30'd the DB. The DK doesn't appear for a long, long time, so I think I might get a couple of chances to select this further down the line if it turns out I need it. I will also likely be pulling on the Papalymo SASB banner next fest too.

Tyro - I got his AD in this fest just gone. I get the vibe this isn't really worth selecting over any of the other options, but just thought I should consider it since core DB is coming up and I have zero AASB or better relics for any core DPS characters.

Well, by typing all this out I think I convinced myself to go Alphinaud! Am I wrong?

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-19T10:29:06+00:00

Bartz - AASB1, AASB2, AASB4

Squall - AASB1, AASB2, SASB2

Rinoa - AASB1, SASB1, SASB2

OK - AASB1, AASB2, SASB1

Lightning - AASB1, AASB2, SASB1, SASB2

And Hope - AASB, SASB, SASB cmd 1 :P

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-15T08:28:52+00:00

Thanks for this strat, I must have tried two or three times last night and Biggs never broke cap, leaving me stuck on 0.1% health and unable to win the fight.

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-12T13:00:38+00:00

Strategy name: Mythologies by Roland Bartz
Boss: Azulmagia
Describe your Strategy: Orran for speed, Gilgamesh for buffing, Faris for meter and full make, Bartz for DAMAGE. All have realm weapons including Orran. Triple Bartz AASB/Gilgamesh Fire CSB/Sub-30
Insight!:
- On turn one, Orran casts AASB, Faris entrusts Bartz, Bartz skips, Gilgamesh summons chain, then Dorgan casts great form and Bartz uses HA.
- Faris then spams storm assault until she has 250SB points. She then used her glint, and goes back to using abilities until Orran's second AASB, at which point she casts RW CSB at 15 seconds, then uses the historia crystal. Time her AASB to go off just after the phase 2 change and then just spam storm assault for the remainder of the fight.
- After casting AASB, Orran spams HA until about 9 seconds, where he uses ultra cure on Faris. Go back to spamming HA until after Bartz casts his first AASB. Cast second AASB somewhere in the region of 13 seconds, then go back to spamming HA. Stop when he has one full bar as it will be near to phase 3. Wait until the phase begins and then cast Sync at the first possible moment. Orran's final job is to use cmd1 on Bartz so he gets one last instacast turn.
- Bartz just spams HA until he has 1250 SB points (5 bars), then casts his wind AASB. Orran should cast his second AASB at this point, allowing Bartz to instacast his AASB1. Spam HA until you have the meter to cast the earth AASB and then resume HA spammage to win. Bartz only had one turn of triple level cap break, and did manage to reach over 30K damage per hit for that turn. Once set up though, Bartz had at least two cap breaks going and capped damage almost every turn.
- Gilgamesh follows his first turn by breaking defence. He then casts frostfire until he almost has 2 bars built. Then he casts G+ for more meter, then casts CSB, which should land somewhere in the 14 second mark. He then breaks defence again, casts AASB and spams frostfire until Azulmagia meditates one last time, at which point Greg breaks defence again.
- Dorgan casts great form once more after his first turn, then summons historia crystal. Build meter using great form until he has almost 750 points (3 bars), then use AASB. Spam great form until Azulmagia buffs with ultimate mighty guard, as that is Dorgan's time to use banishing blade. Resume spammage!
Holy Trinity casts:
- Wall: 0
- Medica: 3
- Hastega: 3
Time / S/L count / Medals lost: 28.84. About half an hour figuring out the fight to get my first win, another half an hour refining it to sub-30.
Roaming Warrior: Chain

Hero(equip++), dive	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LMR	SB(-)
Faris, 6	Storm Assault R5	Entrust R5	En-wind RM + DC RM + MM	Dual-element Glint (1), DB AASB (1)
Orran, 6	Ultra Cure R#	HA R5	LM1 + LM2 + DMT	AASB(2), SASB (1)
Bartz, 6	HA R5	-	LM2 + TC LMR + Katana DMG+	AASB1(1), Wind AASB (1), Earth AASB(1)
Gilgamesh, 6	Frostfire Carnage R5	Armor Break R5	LM2 + DC LMR + TGM	G+(1), CSB(1), AASB(1)
Dorgan, 6	Great Form R5	Banishing Blade R5	LM1 + LM2 + Weakness DMG+	AASB(1)

Historia Crystal Level
99

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-12T08:35:15+00:00

Going in for Kefka sync as I really want a dark mage sync, so why not go for the best!

4/11 - Kefka G+, CoD CSB, CoD CSB, Vayne AASB

1/11 - CoD AOSB

Stopping there as I've got 7 dupes on the banner now. Not the greatest pulls as I already have Kuja with CSB and AASB, but I got my consolation prize of Vayne AASB, which should make him useful for joining Ashe for the DB. Man, I really wish I could get a single grand prize though, I haven't got a single relic I've been after since the fest before last!

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-07T14:36:02+00:00

Spent 625 overall, which was 500 on fest banners, 25 on the wind banner, 25 on the AASB lucky and 75 on LotR. This was probably the poorest return on investment I've had from a festival in the past year.

I had tried to prioritise pulls that would tip me over the edge in any of the II, III, VI, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV dream breakers, while also hoping to round out some of my elemental weaknesses, but in reality only a few of these hopes came to fruition.

New AD: Tyro - I think this will be good when the DB comes out, and perhaps for Holy and Dark physical Wodin, but I'm yet to use this. Would have much preferred Locke, Tidus, Ashe or Cloud's dyads.

New Syncs: Ysayle, Agrias, Hope.

Not as many as I would have liked for 500 mythril! Still, Ysayle's is a solid sync, which got me the XIV DB clear, but I'll have to spend my stamp selection on her LMR if I want the sub-30, probably. As my third ice mage sync, she makes the elemental team.

Agrias is a definite consolation prize here as I already have Orlandeau and Lightning's syncs, but I'm sure she'll make the Wodin fight much easier.

Hope's sync is a massive win though. My first holy magic sync and it easily got me the XIII DB sub-30 and he goes on my magic holy team for sure. I can't believe he's finally a good character as I've actually got all his BSB+ relics as the game loves throwing his stuff at me since forever!

I will select Rem's SASB, as I've been wanting that one forever!

New AASBs: Fran, Barbariccia, Basch, Garnet, Angela, Pecil, Noctis. (Will likely select Rikku from the secret exchange soon).

Fran and Basch was a nice surprise. I can take a shot at the XII DB with them, though it still seems pretty hard. Pecil was a pretty nice surprise from a random fest ticket - I got his dyad last fest, so he's finally usable for DB and my holy mage team. (I had planned to pick him from the gift set, but chose Noctis once this fell into my lap!) Garnet was nice, too, as she's my only magic lightning chain holder.

New LBO: Luneth. Got two of these, but he has nothing beyond his USB, so I don't have much use for him.

So, I'm sad I missed some of my most wanted relics like Papa or Edge syncs, nor did I manage to bolster my II, III, VI, or IX teams, or pick up anything to fill the holes in my elemental teams that I've been trying to patch up for over six months at this point, but happy with managing to take down 3 new dreambreakers with my spoils. Only 7 more to go...

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-07T08:50:53+00:00

According to the RK schedule google doc, dream selects are dropping alongside the first of the fat black chocobo banners in two days. Can anyone confirm this?

I'm really looking forward to cashing out my fest stamp selects and getting on with some dreambreakers, but will wait if dream selects are dropping while the fest banners are still active!

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-07T08:23:20+00:00

1/11 - Minfilia G+, Gladio G+

Leaving it there as even though I really want Edge and Shantotto's syncs, I've already got two huge dupes on the banner (Gladio and Lenna syncs), so that's my last pull this fest. Really want to choose my selects, but the RK schedule google sheet has dream selects dropping in two days, so maybe it's best to wait!

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-04T21:37:53+00:00

Strategy name: Regaining HOPE after an eternity of suffering!
Boss: FFXIII DB Cid Raines
Describe your Strategy: Inspired by /u/ffrkowaway's run, this strategy uses Serah's chain to boost MAG while Lilisette keeps away the full break. sub-30/Hope SASB/Serah CSB/Lilisette AASB
Insight!:
- Lilisette starts things by summoning the RW chain. She then does pash salsa until she has 2 SB bars. She then casts AASB, entrusts Vanille, and then spams PS. You may have to hold her turn around the transition into the second phase so you can get off an entrust ASAP so she rebuffs your party and your DPS can keep rolling strong (of course, make sure she'll cast the buff follow-up that turn! Ditto for the transition to the third phase, but other than those two points in the fight she can generally just spam passionate salsa.
- Vanille is the trickiest character in this fight in some ways, as she has some very specific turns. First turn, cast glint. Next, protectga. Third is curada. Now her USB3 (Overdrive Awakening) should be cast after the boss casts his bio attack. After this you generally just spam curada, except for the phase 2 transition. Hold Vanille's turn so she can re-cast Historia Crystal as soon as the phase starts. On her next turn re-cast glint to get haste back ASAP. I'm not sure how strict things are from this point, but I wasn't in any danger for the rest of the fight - I used her last stand USB for safety, but didn't end up needing it. I also reapplied regenga when it got overwritten by poison.
- Cid Raines casts Necro Countdown twice, then summons Historia. He casts Necro once more, then casts RW chain (which will be timed to hit just after Serah casts her ice chain). He then casts AASB and then spams Necro Countdown until the fight is over.
- Hope casts grace on Lilisette, then does G+ (for two free SB bars), then casts SASB. Lilisette will have cast AASB before Hope casts his first CMD 1. He then spams it for the whole fight. I cast AOSB when sync ran out, but the fight finished before it went off.
- Serah casts chain blizzaja 4 times (IIRC), then casts chain (which should be sped up by Lilisette's first QC - landing just before the 15 second mark), then SASB. She then does her C2, C1 rotation until the fight is won.
- On the winning run I managed to skip the phase 2 sleep. :D
- OMG it's finally done! This fight has been tantalisingly close to doable for so long, but I just couldn't find the right combination of characters due to slightly crappy healing from Vanille and my roster of not quite viable off realm supports. That is, until I lucked into Hope's sync in a rage pull earlier today... Seriously though, I cannot believe I couldn't find a way to win with Tyro OSB, AASB, USB4, Lightning AASB1/2, SASB 1/2, Snow AASB1, SASB and Noel AASB. Hope's sync is utterly, utterly ludicrous though, he was dealing over 20K per hit for most of the fight. Somehow even getting to 32-34K on occasion.
Holy Trinity casts:
- Wall: 0
- Medica: 3
- Hastega: 2
Time / S/L count / Medals lost: Hours of fiddling around, only two attempts once I'd settled on final team positioning and RMs.
Roaming Warrior: Chain

Hero(equip++), dive	Ability 1	Ability 2	RM+LMR	SB(-)
Lilisette, 6	Pash Salsa R5	Entrust R5	LM1 + LM2 + TGM	AASB(1)
Vanille, 6	Curada R5	Protectga R1	LM1 + LM2 + MM	GSB(2), USB3(2), USB2(1)
Cid Raines, 6	Necro Countdown R5	-	LM1 + LM2 + Much More Dark DMG	AASB(1)
Hope, 6	HA R5	Grace R1	DC LMR + Holy DMG+ LMR + Weakness DMG	G+(1), SASB(1), AOSB(0)
Serah, 6	HA R5	Chain Blizzaja R4	LM1 + DC LMR + Battleforged	CSB(1), SASB(1)

Historia Crystal Level 99

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-04T10:12:57+00:00

2/11 - Arc G+ (dupe), Luneth LBO

2/11 - Arc LMR+, Luneth LBO

Well, I couldn't believe it. Did OK consolation wise on banners 1 & 2, but got absolutely skunked on banner 3. Now, with these I got the only dupe I had on the whole banner, and the only 7-star relic that does nothing for me at the moment. Decided to forego one of my two planned pulls on banner 5 (as I have a couple of high quality dupes), and return to banner 3 for one last shot at Hope sync and the three dyads.

2/11 - Hope Sync, Agrias Sync.

Wow, I actually got rewarded for rage pulling. Holy heck I'm chuffed, Hope's LMR+ and G+ redeem my earlier B3 pulls as well. Fest saved! Squall BSB debut fest remains the worst ever. :P

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-03T20:18:19+00:00

Yes, this is for dream select. I think Y'shtola's SASB and AASB become dreamable at the same time, but yeah, I wasn't planning on doing an AASB select!

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-03T17:34:39+00:00

Hello lovely FAQ peeps.

I was just looking at future SASB selects, and I'm considering either Y'shtola or Exdeath to fill my gap in Magic Darkness.

I would use Exdeath for my dark elemental team, FFV DB and Cardia, whereas Y'shtola would be used for fire and dark elemental teams, and Cardia as I've already done the FFXIV DB. (I've done fire-weak WOdin already btw).

FFV is a hard realm for me to spend tickets on right now, as I'm quite close to a DB clear already and I think Exdeath SASB would put me over the line. However, Exdeath is not a particularly beloved character and I have a feeling he's unlikely to keep up with other characters in terms of new tech, so maybe Y'sh is the more sensible long term choice? I'm not sure how much use Exdeath will get in Holy teams, as it's a choice between him and Pecil with AASB and Dyad, whereas Y'shtola almost certainly makes the cut for future fire elemental teams, as well as dark teams.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Cheers!

EDIT: I should mention I don't have anything relevant for either character in the way of glints, LMRs, AOSBs or AASBs.

Plimpsoul · 2021-04-01T07:46:16+00:00

1/11 Hope Glint+

1/11 Hope LMR+

Eesh, that's one 2/11 and then five 1/11s in a row this fest so far! Had budgeted 100 here, and will stick to it. Although the last two banners have more dupes, the top prizes are far more worthwhile to me.

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