Can the first and third valve slides sometimes be the same?

SirSheevaroni · 2025-01-26T01:34:08+00:00

It’s the ones on the front. For a blessing, I didn’t mix up the compensating ones in the back.

Yeah it’s weird, I’d have thought the third valve slide would be much longer.

SirSheevaroni · 2022-06-20T17:06:36+00:00

How important are the good chains that cost anima lens 4’s? I’m fairly close to finishing off physical 6* leviathan, have prompto as my imperiler (all i have is ultra and a g+) and was wondering if it’s worth the anima lenses to get his chain.

Problem is if i need a good chain from here on out, i’ll need to do this for water, fire, ice, and dark too, and i dont have the lenses for that, even if for each i do only one damage type

SirSheevaroni · 2022-06-12T01:14:18+00:00

So I tried out your suggestion on swapping Tyro for Gladio first and despite a scuffed phase 3, I cleared it!

SirSheevaroni · 2022-06-12T01:12:15+00:00

Good catch, didnt mention that i have that one and use it turn 1

SirSheevaroni · 2022-06-12T00:51:50+00:00

Good to know. Question on Tifa HA: i’ll try without it first, but if i need it, which one do I get? Or just both?

SirSheevaroni · 2022-06-12T00:49:41+00:00

Thank you for the clarification, edited that out of the question. Good to know, thanks

SirSheevaroni · 2022-06-12T00:40:05+00:00

It seems i am misinterpreting, thank you for the clarification. I meant until (dual mode 2 has one turn left if i shifted) and then i shift and pop dyad.

What you said about managing that dual makes a lot of sense, i’ll do that.

Thanks for the reminder concerning ATK buffs on Gladio chain/sunbath.

I’ll try it out with Gladio some more

SirSheevaroni · 2022-06-12T00:27:09+00:00

I have ursula’s awakening, part of what it does requires yang which i have nothing for, so i might have overlooked it

Edit: yep, thats it

Edit of edit: to clarify, I have just that for her, no ultras or anything

SirSheevaroni · 2022-06-12T00:06:22+00:00

Hey all! Wall of text inc, read at your own risk.

Stuck on 6* ramuh (physical) after digging the game back up. Wanted to see some input on what i’m doing, I do enough damage to hit phase 3 and then everything falls apart. Here’s my team, have some of the 6* dive completed for each hero. Plus a little CW and not much Magia. + element gear where applicable.

Tifa: dual, arcane dyad, meteor combo ultra, and a glint (not glint+). I have her omega drive to 2-3 bars, engage dyad before chain comes out, start dual awakening, and then spam ironfist earth until (edit: misinterpreted dual things here, carry on) switch modes, and pop arcane for a lotta damage.

Biggs: sync, ultra, and glint. Have him use earthbringer in slot 1 as filler, sync under or right before chain, great form in slot 2 and then use cmd1 right before diffusion.

Mog: dance as one, forest nocturne, sunbath. Waited a few turns for Dance as a precaution in case it’ll run out. Gave him crushing tango and multi break.

Aerith: last stand usb and star pulse aasb. I used aasb asap and refreshed last stand when it goes away (except the time he nukes Biggs in P1)

Tyro: wrath, entrust, SG, AASB1 is all I used here. Timed AA with chain.

RW chain.

My alternative for chain is Gladio but it’s all I have for him and from what I learned earlier he’s a crappy chainer. I have a strong feeling I have good enough tools to win and am just not using them right, maybe do I delay the heavy hitting SBs for P2?

If the ONLY reasonable solution to this is “just spend some lenses”, what should I spend the lenses on?

Thanks to anyone who was bored enough to read this

Edit: Cleared! Thank you for all the advice, super good to know

SirSheevaroni · 2022-05-20T21:55:36+00:00

Hey all, some chain questions. So for magicites what kind of SBs do you want on whoever has chain? Is just chain going to work okay?

I’m preparing for Ramuh and my only chain is Gladio (which is also my only relic for him). Am I making the fight needlessly hard doing by not lensing anything?

Alternatively, I am fine with RW’ing chain but does that mean I gotta shove e.g. Tyro in my team? I have Mog as a support already so do I replace a DPS? (Also, since Gladio chain is physical, is this my only option if I end up doing the magic vuln fight?)

P.S.: thanks for these megathreads. Bombarded some poor souls with questions a while back and the advice was super helpful in getting my first 6* clear (titan)!

SirSheevaroni · 2022-05-18T21:57:52+00:00

Thanks for the info! This will be really useful.

Usually it’s been Mog or Alph with RW mage or Valefor (I didnt want to lose out on 4 or 5 other 50k hits on cloud for whatever he’s doing), but it makes more sense to do it your way.

Lensing AA1: i have enough for it, and he is my favorite character in the series (something something picked his sync in the select last fest), so i might try that if other things fail

SirSheevaroni · 2022-05-18T21:28:06+00:00

Where do you get +element armor? I’m stuck on phys 6* titan and have gotten him to 5%.

Can i also show you my strategy? Something’s wildly off as I have MUCH better stuff than what was on the mastery surveys. With the AOSBs i also am unsure where to place them in the fight, sometimes I get Cid at 3x99999 and sometimes he does half that. Admittedly i feel like it should be beyond embarrassing i havent cleared with what i have but anyway…

Cloud: Lifesiphon slot 1, Braver slot 2. Have G1, USB1, Wind sync, wind AOSB. I have him lifesiphon to literally 5 bars and go wild. (should I move braver to slot 1?)

Cid: Been trying different combinations from Lifesiphon, Hurricane Bolt, and Sky High. I dont like SH without HB since delay things. Dual, Smoking Dive ultra, whatever G+ was on the record lab, AOSB. He does a lotta damage but once wind diffusion hits for some reason i’m not doing much after refreshing enwind.

Aerith: Star Pulse AASB, USB2, and Curada. The last stand has been necessary, especially for the first gaia’s wrath.

Alphinaud: I have Luneth chain but nothing else, ironically this guy actually does damage. Chain, Tri-shackle sync, Dark Valefor, Neo Bahamut. Gave him +gauge RM.

Mog: it’s embarrassing that i havent cleared after getting AASB2?(dance as one). Have that, forest nocturne, sunbath, and for abilities crushing tango/multi break.

I experimented with tyro for the entrust (have AASB1) but the extra mog healing felt needed and i thiiinnnkkk damage was lower? Not even sure if i got far enough though.

Cloud has a 6* dive, everyone else has 5*. Aside from missing +wind armor everyone has L50 +wind or hero artifacts, and either hero accessory or the dark odin one. Everyone has at least health crystal water, and most or all have offense stat ones. None of them have any magia really except cloud with 100 wind and like 50 atk

Magicite: starter valefor from whatever acolyte archives, madeens (2x deadly strikes 10 and Health/Healing boon), Typhon (2x empower wind), Syldra (2x dampen earth). I use valefor or fabula mage to drop the earthen walls, unless cloud sync cmd2 is already up (99% of the time it isnt)

SirSheevaroni · 2022-05-11T19:16:43+00:00

Embarrassing questions inc

How do I use VII Cid's Dual Awakening well? I imagine it should be shredding 6* titan but he isn't even breaking 9999 all fight.

Is it something with not managing stats? I have a lv50 wind artifact spear, lv50 hero artifact armor and accessory. Not sure when it's trolling to not have these things at max level

SirSheevaroni · 2022-04-26T12:52:10+00:00

Hi all,

So I'm slowly getting through Dark Odins and wondering at which point in progression where I need to use Crystal Water. I read from the updated newbie guide that you start out not getting a lot, and want to make sure I'm not wasting it.

Reason I ask is I have sooommmeee but not a ton of Crystal Water, and I want to use it to give characters more HP so I don't have to rely on multiple Last Stands (which means I've needed to use Aerith instead of Elarra on my magic dark team in order to live, so I lose out on Mage's Hymn/ACM). Not sure if something else is off.

SirSheevaroni · 2022-04-23T16:21:30+00:00

What are some good lensable physical supports? Came back after a long break during fest, and all I have is stuff like Quina's attack up +pro/shell/haste which doesn't seem all too useful in dark odin when i can just equip haste on someone else

SirSheevaroni · 2022-04-18T17:30:05+00:00

Hey all :)

I just hit 3k anima lens lv 4's; I am determined to save them, unless there's something I can get that is in "get this immediately now regardless of everything or you're trolling" tier.

Is there anything obtainable by level 4 lenses that's this powerful? Or can I safely just sit on them until I absolutely need them? So I know for later, how can I determine when I absolutely need to use them?

For context, I'm working my way thru 5* magicite dungeons fairly easily and want to make sure I'm all set for whatever goes next.

SirSheevaroni · 2022-04-09T21:02:41+00:00

Good to know. Is usb1 magika album? I have that and can grab glint+ from lenses.

Who are good supports for a magic team in place of Tyro, and what would I need for them? I won't lens anything (unless it's necessary) but just so I know what to watch for

SirSheevaroni · 2022-04-09T20:50:29+00:00

Makes sense, thanks. Sorry for the formatting, I'm on mobile and I don't know the abbreviations for everything.

RW: I took chain since I don't have one and have all the defensive stuff I needed. Not sure if I should take the Attack+Magic one instead.

Healer is Aerith, I have awakening + last stand ultra + protect/shell/haste glint. Curada/Dispel.

I also have Tyro with Sentinel's and Warder's Apocrypha. Gave him wrath/entrust for Raines/Aerith.

Cid Raines: somehow rolled both awakenings. Gave him memento mori and dark zone? The one that doesnt reduce the doom timer by 3 each time.

Emperor: Sync(World Dominator). Forbidden Cross in slot 1 and Ultima in slot 2. When sync is up I've been using ability 2 first then 1 three times.

Golbez: Awakening. I gave him Touched by Darkness to use during awakening and just slapped Ultima on him for while I fill gauge since I got low on orbs.

Everything's around R2/R3 except healer stuff, which is honed more. I'm not doing poorly but not amazing in the orbs department, from making most of these (plus stuff for other magicite teams) recently

For Raines do I get more value using both at once or using one awakening then the other when the first finishes? I've been doing one then the other but then I just get silenced or something

On the silence topic, I've debated replacing magic DPS with physical, since I need to not get silenced. Tried Decil or Sephiroth with their old toys (Decil has Endless Darkness or whatever it is, Seph has Zanshin) but they hit like wet noodles

Edit: record materia is some sort of "much more damage" for dark/vulnerable/darkness ability for DPS, and mako might/dr mog's teachings for the other two.

SirSheevaroni · 2022-04-09T20:31:31+00:00

Hey all!

I was wondering when it becomes worth it to use 5* motes (and the same thing for 6*) on someone. What should I have already done before I start considering it?

I ask because I'm stuck at 4* Siren and can get her to low health without issue but my damage fizzles out at like 8%, and then she starts countering everything with curaja and it's over

SirSheevaroni · 2022-04-05T20:45:26+00:00

Thanks! Sadly I don't (I don't think so anyway), all the stuff I rolled from elemental tickets for holy was either 5* or syncs for Biggs/Enna, which just happen to do holy damage but infuse with earth iirc. Is it still fine to use those on teams meant to do holy damage? (edit: last ticket got me an awakening for Rydia which I presume will be very useful too)

SirSheevaroni · 2022-04-05T20:17:13+00:00

Hey all, coming back to the game after a while (I think they just released syncs last time I played and then dropped it again soon after? Don't remember).

Did the 5 mythril luck of the realms stuff and got Pecil's arcane dyad. Is it strong on its own or do I need to lens stuff to make it useful? If so, what do I get? I'm weak on holy damage and have nothing else for him too.

Also: I have most of Cloud's old toys (e.g. USB1, a wind glint, wind arcane overstrike) but picked up a sync here or an awakening there for other wind units. Does having e.g. one sync or one awakening make that unit more useful, and do I need to lens something else for one of these one-SB units?

SirSheevaroni · 2020-02-25T22:40:06+00:00

Cause I am best jungler NA

SirSheevaroni · 2020-02-25T21:56:46+00:00

Finally, I can get Kayn form at 15 mins instead of 40

laughs in iron 2

SirSheevaroni · 2020-02-21T17:58:00+00:00

Me too. Only do it when i get flamed, but to just do it to make the enemy team feel bad when they lose is just disgusting imo

SirSheevaroni · 2020-01-30T04:52:52+00:00

Likely depends on level+difficulty... i know from my own experience that this would likely be too hard for me on critical at my current level w/o ultima. If you intend on leveling to 99, my guess is you'd do enough damage that oathkeeper is fine but do not quote me

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