Spoiler alert: as Reddit aptly points out - with the addition of Scott you can have a full FFII party of dead guys! This is a game that probably had the most deaths until X, so that makes sense. Thanks DeNa!
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"If you excuse me, I... just need to rest...for a little while..." - Scott
"My name is Gordon. I was once a prince of Kashaun." - Gordon
The alliance between his kingdom and Fynn, along with his feelings for Princess Hilda, lead him to defend Fynn Castle during the Empire's Siege.
Unfortunately, he dies shortly after the attack, though not before telling Firion about Borghen's treason. He gives the party the Map Ring just prior to his death.
He asks Firion to also tell Hilda his feelings for her, though he reconsiders, not wanting her to grieve, leading to Hilda never learning the truth about his feelings towards her.
Event Start Date: October 19
Event Bonus Battle: September 22
Event End Date: OCtober 29
This should return us to the regular Thurs/Sun/Thurs event schedule.
All information is taken from a mixture of Reddit/Spreadsheets/Kongpakbao Site and my own obviously expert analysis.
Most info for the event comes from this site: https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKee...27&sh=e2725122
Though the information provided is used as a guideline and not always taken directly from the thread. When necessary, additional thoughts on Cid Missions and battle strategies are added.
Notable Rewards:
Egil's Torch (Translation? Father's Torch?) - 5* Accessory. Moderate fire resist and Atk+15.
Freeze Sword - Spellblade. Deal 2 physical ice attacks to one target.
Basically, they took the blowey out of freezyblowey. Global will likely change the name to Flurry Twinstrike.
Crimson Cross - Darkness. Deal 4 physical dark attacks in exchange for 20%* of your max HP.
* Some sources say 25. Some say 20. It does damage to you.
New Characters Acquired:
Scott - Black Magic 3, White Magic 4, Spellblade 5, Combat 4, Knight 4
Dress Spheres Acquired:
Wild Rose
Old Characters Acquired:
Gordon
Minwu
New Memory Crystals:
Scott MC1/MC2
Old Memory Crystals
Gordon MC1/MC2
Minwu MC1/MC2
New Record Materia:
Scott RM1: Deal slightly more damage with Spellblade abilities.
Scott RM2: Moderate chance to turn Attack into Fire Strike.
Scott RM3: Grants reraise at the start of battle. When revided, moderate defense boost.
New Legend Materia
Leon's LM1 - Small Dark damage up.
Leon's LM2 - Up to large Atk up based on number of dark damage abilities used.
Minwu's LM1 - Small White Magic healing up.
Minwu's LM2 - High chance to remove inflicted Poison/Silence/Blind/Confuse statuses when casting cure spells.
Gordon's LM1 - Small Support damage up.
Gordon's LM2 - Medium chance to minor Imperil fire enemies when using Support abilities.
Emperor's LM1 - Small Black Magic damage up.
Emperor's LM2- Medium chance to counter Black Magic attacks with minor Imperil Earth.
New Record Sphere
Scott - Spellblade Damage +9%
Characters Needed for Battles
Complete 'Arrogant Saint' with a party of Scott, Minwu, Josef, and Ricard only.
Cid Missions
Complete Ultimate++ fight with a party of FF2 heroes.
Relics
Ricard gets a BSB!
I kind of view banner 2 as stronger than banner 1, honestly. Though since everyone seems to have spent whatever mythril they had left on the FF7 rebirth draw you may not have any to pull here anyways.
This banner is a little out of order since XV shifted, so it does revert back to the 2 LM format.
Banner 1:
Gordon leads off banner 1 with a decent enough USB, but it could have used some instantcast in there. Atk/Mag/Mnd breakdown on entry with party haste and high regen is a strong mitigation suite, but still a little under Hyper Mighty G. His burst and phys blink/atk/mag buff SSB return as well.
Minwu joins in on the healing USB's with a potent instantcast Curaga, HP Stock, and Stoneskin - which can effectively buy you a free 5K HP in addition to what you were healed for. Unfortunately, his BSB isn't on either banner.
Scott gets in on the medica action with a SSB 40% medica that adds some fire/non entry damage. His BSB is a little bit off from the standard Spellblade BSB formula though - for better and worse. Entry is 8 hits of fire/non with en-fire. Cmd1 is a 3 hit fire/non spellblade attack with Spellblade damage boosted by 15% for the next 3 uses, and his Cmd2 is an Atk/Def bargain with AoE damage.
Guy throws down with his imperil earth SSB and Josef adds his hauntingly poetic snowball medica.
Banner 2:
Just can't decide what to do with Emperor Mateus, can we DeNA?
His Ultra is an imperil earth Atk/Mag/Res breakdown with an AoE wind/earth entry. Yay for a rare element imperil, but his BSB (which also appears here) is a bit more functional for a wind mage due to self healing and en-element. His Radiant Shield SSB comes back as well.
Leon - one of the early BSB's is kinda late to the USB party. But the wait is worth it for Dark Knight fans. 8 hits dark/non damage comes with en-dark, a Darkness school boost of 30%, and 6k HP stock. Sadly, his BSB does not return and this is his only non LM offering this banner.
Everyone favorite spy Josef adds his BSB to the list. Ice monks are rare (Snow being the only other one) and Josef's BSB is a bit of a mixed bag. Party Atk/Mag boost with en-ice on entry is good but a little dated. His commands are good, especially if you take advantage of his triggers. Cmd2 offers 4 hits of ice/non damage and Unbound Fury status while Cmd1 deals 3 hits (6 hits if Unbound Fury is active). Unbound Fury is the same buff that Master and Yang have, granting shortcharge but also Def/Res -40%. His party hastega SSB comes back here as well.
Finally, Firion's instant magic blink BSB and Minwu's instant medica show up here.
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Legend Materias:
Banner 1 - Gordon: Status debuff duration +30%.
Banner 1 - Minwu: 25% chance to add physical blink when using a healing ability.
Banner 2 - Emperor: Trance Status: Short Charge all abilities.
Banner 2 - Leon: 30% chance to doublecast Darkness abilities..
Relic Discussion
https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKee...ci&sh=68c8cb44
http://ffrk.kongbakpao.com/event-131/