Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius (Smartphones)

[Cream Soda]

DC is Dual Cast. If I remember CS, weren't you the one who was swimming in Ludmille's?

I think farm up two Excaliburs. it's the strongest weapon you'll get without pulling a 5* base unit afaik. Great Swords are used by pretty much everyone too, so you can't really go wrong.

Yeah, I have a completed dual cast, and I have enough Ludmilles to do another (11 in total; combined the first 5, and now I have 6 left). Should I be fine w/ 2 or should i split the remaining 6 and combine 3 and 3 (take longer obv but have 3 copies all together)

[arus2001]

3 is probably the safer bet.

[Malithar]

3* Arc
4* Refia x2
3* Zidane
3* Luna
4* Agrias

Overall, sounding like Arc and Zidane are my winners here.

Two Refias (though idk when you'd need a second, sure doesn't hurt) are great. Barrage from Luna is the best TM damage skill we'll get for a long while, if not ever. JP has pretty much erred on TMs only giving equipment, immunities/buffs, and stat boosting effects. Granted, Barrage's days of use are numbered with chains and high damage single hits starting to come into play. Agrias isn't a bad support/DPS character that doesn't require TM support to be decent with a 3x 3.0 Barrage that confuses, Cura, Full Break, and a 6* form that leaves a lot to be desired, but gives her amazing chaining ability with Holy Explosion.

I'm assuming I can chain CoD Barrage w/ CoD Barrage (though mine is just 80); should make for a decent combo for dps?

Eh, not so much. Barrage's attacks have too much space inbetween them to chain together beyond a single chain giving a 10% boost on the second hit. Plus with CoDs equipment options, you're unlikely to get elemental chains. Quick hitting elemental chains are where it's at (even with someone like 2x Edgar and Chainsaw) because each elemental chain gains 30% damage compared to the 10% of a normal chain. Caps out at 10 elemental chains for +300% damage, so time it for a large hit to land at the end.

Agree with Arus, 3 DC is the safer bet. Damage casters, supports/healers, or hybrids/tanks can all benefit.

[Cream Soda]

What's the gameplan for Elite in this event?

I can't survive the first 2 turns.

He likes to target Lenna for some reason. s/l 20 million times and he always hits her w/ the first attack, then even defending she can't survive meteor and I'm left without a healer

[Karbuncle]

What's the gameplan for Elite in this event?

I can't survive the first 2 turns.

He likes to target Lenna for some reason. s/l 20 million times and he always hits her w/ the first attack, then even defending she can't survive meteor and I'm left without a healer

My team was... >

Garland
P.Cecil
Lenna
Rydia
Kefka
MyCarryFriend(636 Atk lightning with Diabolos (Man Eater, works on him))

Lightning essentially carried me DPS wise, but Focus/Cheer is what kept me alive long enough for her to carry me. If you dont have access to Focus idk what to suggest other than Shell...

[Cream Soda]

That's the thing, I do have focus. Still getting trucked.

[Karbuncle]

Well shit snacks, IDK... Here's my Lenna's important stats as a comparison...

HP:2409
DEF:166
SPI:258

Equipment being:
Golden Staff(Rune staff before this)
Mystery Veil (DEF:7 SPI:16)
White Robe (DEF:34 SPI:20)
Angel Ring (DEF+3 SPI+3)
Barrier Ring (SPI+8)

Materia:
HP+10%
MP+20%
DEF+10%
DEF+10%

Never had her go down IDK, maybe just dumb luckl

[arus2001]

Strats I've read say to buff first round, defend second. Tank with Provoke helps mitigate the random STs.

[theshun]

His big moves unlock at 25%, so get him to 26% and then buff and finish. 012,181,376 is a pretty gnarly player (642 Lightning) who accepts invites for a few hours then trashes his list.

[arus2001]

My reward for dropping $10.

[Bladen Ansgar]

Makes me feel better about mine. Pulled 3 barrage girl (5 already), a second Arc and Refia and the rest crap.

[Coren]

CS I still have a couple of spots open if you send an invite.

2shotted Xande with my OP >700 lightning friend. I think CoD does as much damage with those human killers. I didn't kill a single other thing; just used Kefka to escape from every fight. I dropped a ton of damage on a yellow dragon with lightning and CoD, but then escaped because I'm a pussy and couldn't remember which dragon was which (didn't want to get 1-shotted because he "got mad").

[Cream Soda]

What's your fren code?

[Ayn]

Game trolled me so hard.

First ticket pull was a blue crystal. Then turned gold. Then turned rainbow!

........Cloud of Darkness. Right after I had just awakened my other one to 6*.

2 Ingus, 1x Refia, rest crap. I swear I get like every healer there is.

[Bladen Ansgar]

Was unaware they could upgrade 2x. Can that only occur on characters that are base 3 star? Or could I for instance pull a blue Luneth that upgrades 2x? Also, what is a better friend toon for me to set right now, 100 CoD with about 335 attack or my Kefka (80) with 330 magic waiting for me to unlock Kolts and buy him an earring accessory? I'm a few story dungeons from Kolts. All my espers are rank 1 right now so no stacking man eater yet, working on them and story this weekend.

[arus2001]

I'd say Kefka is generally more useful around those values, honestly.

[Malithar]

Was unaware they could upgrade 2x. Can that only occur on characters that are base 3 star? Or could I for instance pull a blue Luneth that upgrades 2x? Also, what is a better friend toon for me to set right now, 100 CoD with about 335 attack or my Kefka (80) with 330 magic waiting for me to unlock Kolts and buy him an earring accessory? I'm a few story dungeons from Kolts. All my espers are rank 1 right now so no stacking man eater yet, working on them and story this weekend.

The crystal color dictates it's star count and they can only be pulled within a certain rarity. IE Cecil can be pulled as blue (3*), yellow (4*), or rainbow (5*). Luneth can only be pulled as a rainbow (5*). Refia can only be pulled as yellow or rainbow, etc. It's not possible for a crystal to upgrade to 6*. The only other thing to note is characters who receive upgrades down the road like how Kain and Rydia received 5* upgrades, can't be pulled as a 5*, only 3* and 4*. From random guessing on Reddit, the upgrading appears to just be a visual effect to give you those exciting moments of getting something better than you thought, and only happens on the first visible pull of an 11 pull. Sometimes that first crystal will upgrade (but not always) while the other 10 crystals show up as whatever they're coming out as.

For friend unit, I'd vote CoD for human killer stacking on Xande. Make sure to give them Diabolos for +175% damage to humans. Usually best to pick your friend unit for whatever is best in a given event and Kefka/mage strats aren't quite the in thing this time around. Kefka or any other strong mage with thunder nukes will be a stand out for the FFXIII event coming up. It plays out similarly to the FFT event and stacking blizzard nuke changes, but with thunder instead.

[Alkar]

Arc from daily, yay! Can stop pulling now.

[Jamison]

Upgraded CoD last night and was only able to get her up to level 55 or so. Alcohol may have been involved, whoops. Looks like it's Miranda Coast for me all day today.

I'm super close to clearing Elite on the new event -- now that I just crafted barstonra and once I finish with CoD it should be easy.

[DFJS]

Hate having to farm pro awakening dungeon for brilliant rays for Refia. Only good thing about pro so far is the freebie holy and sacred crystals.