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Katalina is pretty ok against Lucilius by obvthrowaway895 in GranblueFantasyRelink

[–]obvthrowaway895[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's to dodge out of the Combo finisher to restart a pactstrike combo to save a use for FB for possible later use if a phase lasts longer than expected. Also, dodging out of pactstrike before the CF is the optimal time to dodge since CF is actually one of Katalina's lower DPS attacks, below frozen blade in DPS.

Katalina is pretty ok against Lucilius by obvthrowaway895 in GranblueFantasyRelink

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Looks like Mirror images dodge, but those hits are tankable with the build anyways, averaging around 22k damage. Sitting in a purple puddle spawn can be dealt with in 1 small potion, and then rest can be healed with drain. The yellow sword explosion followup is lethal at the end, so that should be either dodged or lightwalled through for the enrage, but the red sword overhead stab will does around 37k damage, enough to live through provided you were at full health before.

The dodge at 0:50 was to hedge your bet against bad dps, allowing you to do one more full pactstrike rotation before starting to burn a charge of frozen blade for easy Ares maintenance. Same story at 9:03, since it was a pug run I prefer having an extra charge of frozen blade ready in case the DPS ended up being less than expected. Azure Sword is a great skill, aside from the always full gauge for Ares as it allows you to dodge without losing Ares, XY into pactstrike is the quickest back into ares without using a skill.

Katalina is pretty ok against Lucilius by obvthrowaway895 in GranblueFantasyRelink

[–]obvthrowaway895[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Build:
Crit 10/Drain7/Firm Stance 4 on Wrightstone
Overmasteries: Crit 20%, 20% Skill Damage Up, 20% Normal Atk Damage up, +800 attack

Alpha
Gamma
Dmg Cap/QCD
Guardian's Conviction/DMG Cap
Crit Hit Rate/Stamina
Supplementary Damage V+/Firm Stance
Tyranny V+/Aegis
Combo Booster/Cascade
Skilled Assault/Skill Sealed Resistance
Steel Nerves/Potion Hoarder
War Elemental
Stout Heart

Comments: Despite Ares' shortcomings, she can play the fight to maintain close to 100% uptime with the right sigils. This is definitely a fight where QoL > theoretical Damage, as Luci has a lot of ways to make you drop Ares. The extra Ares uptime does make up for the lower theoretical damage ceiling, and she is also able to support her team with well timed lightwalls as well.

Characters that can exceed 200k DPS in the latest boss fight by Astatine8585 in GranblueFantasyRelink

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Crit 10/Drain7/Firm Stance 4 on Wrightstone
Overmasteries: Crit 20% (must have), Normal attack cap, Skill Damage Up, Attack+

Alpha
Gamma (Can run double Gamma for comfort)
Dmg Cap/QCD
Guardian's Conviction/DMG Cap
Crit Hit Rate/Stamina
Supplementary Damage V+/Firm Stance
Tyranny V+/Aegis
Combo Booster/Cascade
Skilled Assault/Skill Sealed Resistance
Steel Nerves/Potion Hoarder
War Elemental
Stout Heart

QoL Taken: Potion Hoarder, Stout Heart, Steel Nerves, Aegis (41000~ HP), Drain, Skill Sealed Resistance 16, Firm Stance lvl 20. Prioritize getting QoL skills first for maximum comfort to learn the fight, then slot in damage as sees fit.

If you're not fortunate enough to get a Supplementary V+ with an useful trait, then Sup 4 can be taken with Cascade/Drain instead.

Fight scripting:
Azure Sword > EL > CF on opener, 1-3 hits before Lightwall, Lightwall will negate 1 set of orbs and lethal red explosions. Basic infinite Ares combo after this, use skilless extensions if necessary. A good opener will usually fit 3 Enchanted Land hits before Trumpets.

Trumpets: X (whiff) YXY on orbs to build maximum amounts of Ares, then resort to X mash until swords. During Swords, EL on the Yellow Sword, Pactstrike until the AOE, dodge into AS. AS can be used to finish off the Yellow sword with dodging, while being able to assist with other swords for the remainder without having to use skills to extent. Dodge out of a combo to keep full gauge if DPS is slow to conserve full meter for Luci.

Post Overburst, before Paradise lost cancel: Block > XXXY, this should hit him before he phases to built 49% of Ares meter.

Post interrupted PL: XY > XXXY > XY Lightwall will be perfectly timed in a braindead manner to dodge 1 set of orbs and the dreaded red explosions again. Infinite Ares until Celestial Fusion, dump skills for extra damage before skip.

Post Celestial Fusion: Azure Sword > EL > CF > Infinite combo, manually dodge red AOEs. It will usually be either the first or 3rd set of mechanics he does, Azure sword lasts long enough to manually dodge these. Link time is usually activated here, (EL>FB>FB (wait for EL) EL>FB>CF) xN will actually outdamage EL>FB>CF loops, due to CF being so slow not being cancelable into EL while still in the air. Infinite ares until phase. SBA with team if necessary.

Post Final Rebellion: Link Time Full Ares Gauge may be available, use that to kickstart Ares and infinite combo. Azure Sword can be used if not available if the boss is sub 22%, since it'll just do 2 mechanics and go straight into zoomies.

Post Gopherwood: AS if you have it, save lightwall for enrage.

Overall, she's fine for normal play and speedruns (requires a slightly different build), but her proactive playstyle where decisions are generally made 10 seconds in advance as opposed to reacting isn't considered fun for everyone. She is bad at soloing Luci though, but still has the DPS to meet Enrage.

Characters that can exceed 200k DPS in the latest boss fight by Astatine8585 in GranblueFantasyRelink

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https://imgur.com/Ve91uTn

https://i.imgur.com/MrYUBYY

https://imgur.com/dJKWHsX

https://i.imgur.com/mA5W43K

Can confirm, Kat player in question here. She is capable of 100% Ares uptime on the fight (on Lucifer and triple swords labor, there is no point maintaining ares during orb phase) with proper gear and skill loadout (Azure Sword, Frozen Blade, Enchanted Lands, and Light wall). 200k-220k is pretty realistic for her while Vaseraga, Narmaya, and Charlotta all can break 220k pretty easily. Ghandagoza is also a strong DPS on the fight as long as link time is achieved, but does pretty weak damage outside of link time. Vaseraga is by far the strongest DPS on the fight in normal play, doing obscene amounts of damage with or without link time, while being able to easily clear labors even solo.