FFRK - Dissidia Part 1: Against the Darkness Event & Strategies

[Robertfb]

"It is all an endless dream. Yet still... the fantasy must come to an end..." - Cosmos

Event Start Date: August 19
Event Bonus Battle: August 22
Event End Date: Right as Orbfest Leaves (August 26)

All Information is taken from a mixture of Reddit/Spreadsheets/Kongpakbao Site.

Most, if not all info for the event (Commentary/Ultimate Abilities was directly copy/pasted from it, so all credit to the site for that especially!) comes from this site: http://ffrk.kongbakpao.com/event-909/

Notable Rewards
First Global Collaboration Ever!



New Characters Acquired
None

Old Characters Acquired
Bartz
Shantotto
Luneth
Firion
Y'shtola


Memory Crystals
Shantotto MC1/MC2
Bartz MC1
1x MC2 Lode


New Record Materia
Shantotto MC1: Black Magic DMG +10% when equipping a Staff.
Shantotto MC2: Black Magic DMG +20% when equipping a Staff.

Record Sphere

Shantotto: RDM: MAG1/RES1/MAG1/HP60/MAG2 BLM: MAG1/HP40/RES1/MAG2/BLM DMG. +3% BRD: DEF1/MAG1/RES1/HP55/MAG2 Sage: RES3/MAG3/RES6/MAG6/Enable Darkness 4* Magus: MAG3/HP100/RES3/MAG6/BLM DMG +6% Time Mage: RES2/MAG2/HP120/RES5/Silence Imm. (minor)

Characters Needed for Battles
None

Cid Missions
Defeat Ultimate Dungeon "Braska's Final Aeon (Ultimate)" with a party including "Tidus".
Defeat Ultimate+ Dungeon "Warrior and Magician (Ultimate+)" with a party including "P. Cecil" and "Warrior of Light".

Relics

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Ragnarok: BSB, Bartz, 6 hit (1.33 per hit) Single Target Non-Elemental PHY and Self Haste + Burst Mode [Attack: 4 hit (0.63 per hit) Single Target Wind/Water PHY Defend: 4 hit (0.63 per hit) Single Target Fire/Earth PHY]
Jupiter's Staff: SSB, Shantotto, 8 hit (2.19 per hit) Random Target Non-Elemental MAG and Self Quick Magic for 5 turns
Braveheart: SSB, Warrior of Light, 8 hit (0.75 per hit) All Target Non-Elemental PHY and All Allies Blink
Cloud's Guise: SB, Cloud, 7 hit (0.73 per hit) Single Target Wind PHY and Self En-Wind for 25 seconds
Seeker's Shield: SB, Tidus, All Allies Hastega & 1 ability use restore
Healer's Robe: SB, Y'shtola, All Allies Cura (h50) & Esuna
Evoker's Horn: Shared SB, 1 hit (4.70) Single Target Non-Elemental MAG and RES -30% for 15 seconds
Thief's Bracer: Shared SB 1 hit (3.00) All Target Non-Elemental PHY and Slow (40%)

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Lust Dagger: SSB, Luneth, 8 hit (0.97 per hit) Ranged Single Target Wind PHY and All Allies +50% DEF for 25 seconds
Masamune: SSB, Firion, 5 hit (1.57 per hit) Ranged Single Target Non-Elemental PHY and Blind Status (100%)
Omnirod: SSB, Y'shtola, All Allies Protectga & Shellga & High Regen
Helm of Light: SB, Warrior of Light, 4 hit (1.30 per hit) Single Target Holy PHY and Self RES +100% for 25 seconds
Kogarasumaru: SB, Vaan, 3 hit (1.70 per hit) Ranged Single Target Non-Elemental PHY and Blind Status (21%) & Silence Status (21%)
Exploda: SB, Zidane, 4 hit (1.28 per hit) Single Target Non-Elemental PHY and Enemy ATK-50% for 25 seconds and Self ATK+35% for 25 seconds
Evoker's Horn: Shared SB, 1 hit (4.70) Single Target Non-Elemental MAG and RES -30% for 15 seconds
Thief's Bracer: Shared SB 1 hit (3.00) All Target Non-Elemental PHY and Slow (40%)

[Robertfb]

Bonus Battles

Note: Since this is a Collab, it only has Ultimate and Ultimate+ for Bonus Battles

Braska's Final Aeon (Ultimate)
Braska's Final Aeon
HP: ~260000
Target Score:

• Reduce BFA's ATK.
• Reduce BFA's DEF.
• Exploit BFA's weakness to holy attacks.

Weak: Holy
Absorbs: None
Vulnerabilities: Stun Abilities

Abilities

► Normal

Attack: Deal physical damage to one target.
Jecht Beam: Deal heavy non-elemental magic damage to one target.
Cleave: Deal moderate physical damage and Slow all targets.
Jecht Finger: Deal special physical damage two times to one target (ignores DEF).

► Weak

Attack: Deal physical damage to one target.
Jecht Beam: Deal heavy non-elemental magic damage to one target.
Jecht Bomber: Deal special physical damage to all targets (ignores DEF)
Ultimate Jecht Shot: Deal special ranged physical damage to all targets (ignores DEF)

Commentary

• In the Normal phase, when BFA decides to use Jecht Finger, he will not act on the current turn. Instead, a message will show up saying that his “OVERDRIVE gauge is filled(?)”. BFA will then use Jecht Finger on the next turn as an interrupt.
• The same goes for Ultimate Jecht Shot in BFA’s Weak phase.

Other than Protectga + Power Breakdown, make use of as much holy attacks as you can. Grab a Pecil BSB as RW and watch his HP melt!

Recommended abilities: Protectga, Power Breakdown, Saint Cross, Banishing Strike, Diaga
Recommended RW: Scream, Paladin Force

Total medals = 18, meaning you can only afford to lose 3 medals to get Mastery.

Warrior and Magician (U+)
Garland & Golbez
HP: ~160000 each
Target Score:

• Reduce Garland's ATK.
• Reduce Golbez's MAG.
• Exploit Golbez's weakness to holy attacks.

Weak: Fire or Lightning or Water (Depending on his respective form) (Golbez), Holy (Both)
Absorbs: None
Resists: None
Null: None
Vulnerabilities: Stun Abilities

Abilities

► Garland (Normal)

Attack: Deal physical damage to one target.
Round Edge: Deal moderate physical damage to all targets.
Death Claw: Deal heavy physical damage to one target.

► Garland (Weak)

Round Edge: Deal moderate physical damage to all targets.
Death Claw: Deal heavy physical damage to one target.
Flame: Deal random magic fire damage 4 times to one target.
Earthquake: Deal very heavy magic earth damage to all targets.
Tsunami: Deal magic water damage to all targets.

► Garland (Very Weak)

Flame: Deal random magic fire damage 4 times to one target.
Earthquake: Deal very heavy magic earth damage to all targets.
Tsunami: Deal magic water damage to all targets.
Tornado: Deal damage to all targets, proportional to their HP.
Soul of Chaos: Deal random heavy physical damage 7 times to one target. (ignores Retaliate)

► Golbez (Fire-weak)

Attack: Deal physical damage to one target.
Firaga: Deal heavy magic fire damage to one target.
Flame: Deal special magic fire damage to one target.
Bio: Deal moderate magic poison damage to one target.
Flame (Counter): Deal special magic fire damage to one target. (trigger: ice attacks)

► Golbez (Lightning-weak)

Attack: Deal physical damage to one target.
Thundaga: Deal heavy magic lightning damage to one target.
Lightning: Deal special magic lightning damage to all targets.
Bio: Deal moderate magic poison damage to one target.

► Golbez (Ice-weak)

Attack: Deal physical damage to one target.
Snowstorm: Deal heavy magic ice damage to one target.
Binding Cold: Paralyze all targets.
Dispel: Dispel a white magic buff from one target.
Snowstorm (Counter): Deal heavy magic ice damage to one target. (trigger: lightning attacks)

Commentary

Other than Protectga & Shellga to reduce damage taken, take a Pecil RW and watch their HP melt.

Do take note though, both Golbez’s and Garland’s magic hurt a lot.

If you had to kill one of them first, I would recommend Golbez as his magic hurt the most (though you can actually Reflect some of his magic back). While Garland does have magic attacks, he mostly does physical attacks so you should be fine with things like Protectga, Draw Fire, Power Breakdown, etc.

Recommended abilities: Protectga, Shellga, Banishing Strike, Saint Cross, Break Fever, Draw Fire, Magic Lure
Recommended RW: Scream, Paladin Force

Total medals = 18, meaning you can only afford to lose 3 medals to get Mastery.

[hyoton]

Shantotto, shantotto, shantotto!!

[Deathbringer]

For all those that has P.Cecil's BSB, enjoy the auto-pilot

[Akiyama]

I have it. Are you saying things are weak to holy and Cecil will destroy them?

So they are!

[theshun]

I will have him a RW (I do already).

[Alkar]

All bosses in the Cosmos event are weak to Holy, yeah.

[Kaslo]

We have this, but not a thread for Rains of Ruin?

Note: That's a joke because it was created so long ago its almost on another page

[Robertfb]

We have this, but not a thread for Rains of Ruin?

Note: That's a joke because it was created so long ago its almost on another page

Yeah I know lol, this is why I was against creating tons of threads all at once for future events, cause they'll get pushed off and people will wonder where they are, I only did it this time since we'll have alot of stuff coming at once.

[kuronosan]

Can't wait for this..

[Moridam]

we don't have dates for this or orbfest yet, right?

[Ratatapa]

Mid August is all we know

[Alkar]

we don't have dates for this or orbfest yet, right?

Considering the Dissidia collab comes in 2 parts I'd say we'll have one start before Orbfest and another probably during it.

[Robertfb]

Updated OP to include mined dates.

[kuronosan]

Not sure whether to pull on this or not.

[Robertfb]

Remember in less then 3 weeks we get Banners of nothing but BSB/SSBs with SSBs being increased from 1% to 2% drop rate.

[Moridam]

i want to pull just for a shot at that delicious HQ staff nostalgia since it's unlikely we'll get another shot at it in the foreseeable future, but it's tough to justify. that and bartz' are the only real prizes here for me. already have cloud/tidus BSB, WoL will almost never see use, and y'shtola's medica doesn't particularly excite me.

[Bumbles]

P. Cecil BSB RW - Q7Ve (posted in both threads just in case)

[Alkar]

My Pecil is ready! Take it if you need it: ePuN

[Deathbringer]

Jumping on the P.Cecil RW train: 9Lei