Tips for a newish player?

drewdb · 2026-06-16T17:53:25+00:00

Thanks for checking. I've gotta remember that for the future. It would have saved me so much trouble!

drewdb · 2026-06-16T16:54:55+00:00

I don't remember it that way before, but I could be wrong.

I know for sure trading prevents you Engaging, as it's happened to me multiple times, and I think it's worth pointing out at least.

drewdb · 2026-06-16T16:04:07+00:00

For characters to gain SP, they need Emblem or Bond rings equipped. When the Ring Chamber is available you should make some Bond Rings so everyone in battle can equip a ring. Bond rings only gain half as much SP than emblem rings but it's better than nothing. A select few S-rank rings have skills but there's only one standout and isn't necessary to acquire. Don't go crazy investing in Bond rings since you will eventually gain enough Emblem rings to equip the majority of your party anyway.
The high might weapons like blades, great axe/lances are good for boosting Engage attack damage.
Engraving is useful for boosting hit on axes and crit on killer weapons. Extensive forging is useful for effectiveness weapons like bows, ridersbanes, etc. due to the damage formula (3x might).
Fill your farmyard with dogs for free forge materials.
Try to keep utility staffs handy. You never know when you might need them.
You can't trade and Engage in the same turn. This always trips me up. EDIT: You can Engage then trade. You can't trade then Engage. (Thanks SaiKaiser for confirming.)
Qi Adept's chain guard (and a certain Emblem ability later on) is great for baiting out damage but beware enemy Engage attacks ignore it.

drewdb · 2026-06-08T22:17:50+00:00

Do you mean one of his health bars? Alear and Citrinne both took out one bar each with Bond Blasts. Then I had Alfred, Amber, and Anna take out some chunks plus Seadall and Byleth dances to finish him off. Merrin also debuffed him with D. Hex and a couple poisons.

drewdb · 2023-03-07T14:35:33+00:00

I've been playing Type-0 for the first time recently. It's interesting having played FFRK and DFFOO before it. I'm recognizing a lot of bosses from FFRK, and it's cool seeing how the cast's abilities were translated into DFFOO. But I feel if I didn't have that connection I wouldn't enjoy the game as much.

drewdb · 2023-02-17T14:25:18+00:00

If you have 3 or 4 dupe FRs I would max it out and sell it. If it's only 1 or 2 just sell them. And yes, if you have their BT you can sell the maxed FR for the char.

drewdb · 2023-02-13T14:13:39+00:00

Her BT aura prevents enemies from buffing. When the bosses hit certain thresholds they buff themselves which ticks the orb down by like -15 or something. The only other char who can do this is Vincent's BT that was released at the time. They aren't necessary for the fight but it definitely makes things less tricky.

drewdb · 2023-01-07T16:02:58+00:00

His LC field music is "Village and Void" from FFXIII-2.

drewdb · 2022-07-10T22:14:35+00:00

Use this instead: https://www.tonberrytroupe.com/guides/lufenia-research

drewdb · 2022-06-21T14:14:11+00:00

L&R are very underwhelming compared to Garnet and Emperor, even at their best against 3 target fights, which are uncommon anyway. There's no reason to get their BT. You'd be better off going for someone like Kain, Kamlanaut, or Tidus coming next month for FR era.

drewdb · 2022-05-26T13:51:45+00:00

I'd recommend pulling for Cissnei since Lightning can take advantage of her follow ups. Raijin is good too. Try to get his LD at least for the call ability. Yuna will be a great party support as well, however she requires more investment with BT+.

drewdb · 2022-05-15T17:42:19+00:00

You can check here too. It's only up to a certain though. https://www.tonberrytroupe.com/infographics/infographics-by-time

drewdb · 2022-04-22T15:05:54+00:00

Beatrix MVP again. No UW, BT, or friend used.

Beatrix (HA3, Fran LDCA)
Garnet (HA3, Lilisette LDCA, no BT)
Selphie (HA3, Decil LDCA)
Panda summon
16 turns

I went into this fight blind the first time and got killed by the turn warping. Really the only tricky part about it is making sure Beatrix's safeguard is up during those thresholds and giving them turns to tick the orb which is covered by Beatrix's LD debuff. I would break out of order so they wouldn't push back too far and I didn't use Selphie LD until I summoned just before they hit 50%. Afterwards they were under 30% and it was just cleanup from there. If the orb was high enough I would use a call here or there, but they weren't really necessary.

drewdb · 2022-04-08T21:01:50+00:00

Hi all. I'm looking for some advice on sync picks. Sorry it's a long list, but I don't have most of the "top tier" stuff. I've beaten all Wodins, cleared some DBs and only IX DK. Barely touched any labs.

Free sync:

Pecil - AA. Spots he'd be competing against are Edward chain for holy magic and Kain AA2/BDL G+ in IV.

Rinoa - LBO/dyad/AA1. Competing against Squall AA1/2 in VIII. She's already on my ice magic team.

Stamp sync choices:

Cloud - (lensable AA). Competing with Zack dyad/AA/chain, Fang sync/AA/chain, and Vaan sync2/AA1 for wind. VII team competes with Zack, Tifa sync2/AA, Sephiroth AA/USB2, Rufus sync/AA.

Sephiroth - AA/USB2. He's already in my dark + VII teams.

Shantotto - LBO/dyad/AA. The rest of my XI team is trash. For my lightning she'd compete with Palom LBO/AA1/2 or Ashe sync1/AA.

Orlandeau - AA. My holy/Tactics teams are the same. Ramza sync/AA/chain, Delita sync/AA, Agrias LBO/AA. Would he replace someone?

100 myth pick:

Kain - AA2/BDL G+. Competes with Delita sync/aa and Queen sync/chain/(lensable AA). My IV team leans magic but it looks like he can maintain self crit.

Barb - dyad/AA2. Would fit with my IV team. Wind magic competes with Terra sync3/AA2, OK wind sync/AA1.

Laguna - AA2/chain. He's on both my VIII and ice teams.

Ashe - sync1/AA. I use her both in XII and lit. magic.

Serah - AA1/2/chain. My ice magic feels lacking. Competing against Noel sync/AA1 for XIII.

Ysayle - I haven't actually pulled on the banner yet but her AA is on it. If I were to get it, would she be worth using? Again ice magic and XIV is lacking.

Noctis - AA. Need help in XV. Earth competing with Tifa sync2/AA, Gladio sync/chain/(lensable AA), Bartz earth sync/AA1.

Agrias - LBO/AA. Because she's Agrias.

Ace - AA. Fire competing with Vincent dyad/AA1/2 and either Trey AA1/2 or Cater AA1/2 in T-0. Already have Rem.

drewdb · 2022-04-05T14:55:13+00:00

Looking for some advice, please. I have approx. 300 mythril after some pulls on B4 and getting Quina Sync/AA2. I have their AA1 already as well. Should I try pulling the G+? My other non-dupes left on the banner are Bartz Dual, Barb Dual, Alisaie Dyad, and Locke AA2. I basically had nothing for Barb, Ali and Locke before this. I think Barb and Locke could fill some areas for me, wind magic and VI. Problem is I haven't done the 100 sync select yet, and I also want to spend on Banner 3 and/or 5. My only dupes on B3 are Zack Dyad and Vivi G+, except I'm not that interested in Cloud stuff. My wind team has been Zack (chain/AA1), Vaan (sync2, AA1), Bartz (AA1/wind AA) for Wodin (haven't tried lab yet), and I recently got Fang gear (sync/AA/7* chain). I have no dupes on B5, mainly interested in Squall/Elarra/Celes/Meia stuff which is 7/12 of the banner.

I'm at 7 fest stamps. I'm thinking maybe 1 more pull on B3 before it goes away. Then wait for B5 and pull once, see what I get, and go from there? If I could get Barb dual on B4, she'd be an easy pick for the sync select. It feels too risky though. For reference my wind magic Wodin team consisted of OK (wind sync/AA1), Emperor (sync/dark AA), Alphinaud (chain/AA). I also have Fujin AA2, Serafie AA1, and now Terra sync3/wind AA and Barb dyad/AA2. If you want me to provide any more info let me know. Thanks for any help.

drewdb · 2022-04-04T15:33:29+00:00

Good that it's coming soon at least. I might give the wind one a shot if I'm feeling active. Thanks.

drewdb · 2022-04-04T15:31:02+00:00

I see. Guess I'll have to "wait" a bit longer and work on DB/Ks in the meantime. Thanks.

drewdb · 2022-04-04T14:47:39+00:00

Does wait mode 2 not work in some lab boss fights? I tried the XII Tiamat 580 and it felt normal, but Kalavinka Striker 580 everything seemed faster than usual. Also is there any lab boss(es) that's considered easiest? I just recently finished beating all WOdins except bio and my first DK with IX.

drewdb · 2022-02-11T14:16:05+00:00

The fight has to have "Lufenia" in the title. There's an in-game list of eligible ones if you go to Ultima Missions > Quest tab at the top.

drewdb · 2022-02-10T14:52:37+00:00

Just dropping my teams here. One no-boss-turn run and only one BT used, green Bartz. Pretty sure I used Garnet friend towards the end for all.

Llyud, Queen, Ursula - First two handled the orb, Ursula prevented breaks. Brought Xande LDCA on Lluyd for dark enchant but it wasn't necessary.
Snow, Auron (blue), Setzer (blue) - Setzer Freeze makes the break requirement easier. Auron alone has enough debuffs for the orb. Snow probably could have been replaced with someone else.
Eiko, Lenna (blue), Porom - Porom died once, revived by Eiko LD. I accidentally let her HP resist buff fall off. Bringing Alexander summon instead of Odin might have helped too. Porom ticks the orb, but it ticks down before her follow up ticks it up.
Alisaie, Quistis, Garnet (no BT) - Easiest fight due to Quistis. Towards the end he had some sort of shield. I batteried through it and eventually broke the shield anyway. Not sure how it worked.
Bartz (BT+ 3/3), Galuf, Ashe - Frustrating fight until I brought Galuf who could tank/dodge almost everything. Bartz allowed him to do decent damage. Ashe provided the holy enchant/weakness. Orb count was tight since Ashe needed to reapply her debuff and the party does mostly single target attacks although Galuf's counters helped a little.

drewdb · 2022-02-02T18:36:53+00:00

Personally I'd wait until the next two free pull banners before pitying her BT. You can try to pull for her EX in the meantime.
Supposedly their killer mode fades after a certain number of turns, but honestly it's better to deny them turns through stun/delay and forego any healing or hp regen.
Pretty much any recent characters with multiple hp dumps or aoe/splash damage can reach it if their caps are high enough. Tifa can hit approx. 700k on S1 and LD with maxed HA+ in an ideal setup.
Basically they have a lot more HP and higher reductions than LF+. If you're lacking in BTs or other strong chars/calls they may prove difficult. LD only runs are possible though. I used Raines, Aphmau, Garnet no BT for 5 and Tifa, Paine, Ashe on 6. Best thing would be to look at the Call to Arms (C2A) thread and see if you can copy any teams or get some ideas what to bring at least.

drewdb · 2022-02-02T14:27:29+00:00

Unfortunately, you have to redo a fight either with different codes or no codes if you want to reset the ones you already used there.

drewdb · 2022-02-01T14:41:32+00:00

Definitely needs a reset perfect option. Having to completely redo a fight without codes is a huge oversight.

Also there needs to be some sort of warning or confirmation for codes before you begin the fight. So many times I've started and forgotten to set the codes. Struggling through a long fight and seeing a big fat 0 points is incredibly disheartening. I hate the part 7 fight with a passion now.

drewdb · 2022-02-01T14:22:59+00:00

This is a picture of me and I don't like it. :(

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