FFRK - A Lone Wolf's Lament (FFVII) Event & Boss Strats

[Aerin]

Event ETA: 2/27
Bonus Battles ETA: 3/3
Event Ends: 3/10

Event Info

Basic information below is copy/pasted from above link. Any extra information gathered once the event goes live will be posted here in the OP in the form of quotes.

==== Notable Rewards ====

Fire Blossom

• 4* Samurai Ability
• All Enemies
• Fire damage
• 1.6x Multiplier

Dunno what else at this point cause the time line compared to what JP had is all kinds of fucked up now. They got a 6* Black Orb and Empty MC2, but we have no Abyss dungeon and no Hall of Rites.


==== Characters Required ====

Cloud - Required for all bosses in Boss Rush, ++, and +++



==== Bonus Battles ====

“Mother” +

• Yazoo (~70000 HP each) Target Score: No KO, Cloud no KO
  
  • Weak/Absorb/Resist/Null - None
  • Vulnerabilities: Poison / Slow / Silence
• Loz (~85000 HP) Target Score: No KO, Cloud no KO
  
  • Weak/Absorb/Resist/Null - None
  • Vulnerabilities: Poison / Slow
• Kadaj (~70000 HP) Target Score: No KO, Cloud no KO
  
  • Weak/Absorb/Resist/Null - None
  • Vulnerabilities: Poison / Slow
  
  
  Shadow Creepers accompany Yazoo, feel free to ignore. Loz's attack can hurt, bring some mitigation (both physical and magical). Same for Kadaj, but nothing serious.
  

Recommended abilities: Full Break, defensive/offensive Breakdowns
Recommended RW: SG/SS2, Lunatic High


Reunion ++

Yazoo: ~143000 HP
Loz: ~165000 HP
Kadaj: ~80000 HP

• Defeat Kadaj’s Gang without being KO’d.
• Win without Cloud being KO’d.
• Afflict one of the three targets with Slow.
  
  Focus fire on one of them. Kadaj doesn't actually join the fight until one of the others is taken down to about 1/2 HP. The fight ends when one of them is killed.
  

Weak/Absorb/Resist/Null: None

Vulnerabilities: Slow / Poison

Recommended abilities: Shellga, Protectga, Full Break, defensive Breakdowns
Recommended RW: SG/SS2, Lunatic High, Boon


Fate of the Enemy +++

Boss: Sephiroth (~215000 HP)

• Defeat Sephiroth without being KO’d.
• Afflict Sephiroth with Slow.
• Win without Cloud being KO’d.
  
  At 50% HP he gains the Hell's Gate ability which does massive physical damage to all targets. Beyond that, nothing special. Bring/use mitigation as usual.
  

Weak/Absorb/Resist/Null: None

Vulnerabilities: Slow


Recommended abilities: Tempo Flurry/Slowga, defensive Breakdowns, Lifesiphon (Wrath Strike)
Recommended RW: SG/SS2, Fenrir Drive


Divine 【Ultimate】

Boss: Bahamut SIN (~231000 HP)

• Weak/Absorb/Resist/Null - None
• Vulnerabilities: None

Add: Sphere (~37000 HP)

• Weak/Absorb/Resist/Null - None
• Vulnerabilities: None

Add: Shadow Creeper (~35700 HP each)

• Weak: Fire
• Absorb/Resist/Null - None
• Vulnerabilities: None

• Defeat Bahamut SIN before it uses Gigaflare twice.
• Defeat Bahamut SIN before it uses Petaflare twice.
• Defeat eight Shadow Creepers.
  
  
  • Grab a beer, put on your most relaxing clothes, wear a cup, this could be a tough one.
  • At certain HP percentages Bahamut SIN will enter his "charging" phase. During this time he is not targetable, instead a Sphere appears (Gigaflare/Petaflare) that is able to be damaged. If you kill it before it goes off you'll do 9999 damage to Bahamut SIN and any Creepers that are up, and the party won't take damage. If Gigalfare/Petaflare goes off the damage will not be reduced by how much you damaged the Sphere.
    
    • 80% HP: Bahamut SIN charges Gigaflare (heavy damage to all)
    • 60% HP: Bahamut SIN charges Gigaflare (heavy damage to all)
    • 40% HP: Bahamut SIN charges Petaflare (massive damage to all)
    • 20% HP: Bahamut SIN charges Petaflare (massive damage to all)
  • 2 Shadow Creepers appear at a time, when you kill a set, they will reappear after some time has passed
  • Technically there are 3 types of Shadow Creepers, nothing to really watch out for. One is able to do heavy dark damage to all targets.
  • Technically you only need to kill 6 Shadow Creepers and have a last pair of them up when you kill Bahamut SIN, since those will be counted as killed as well.
  
  

Recommended abilities: AoE (preferably Fire-type), Full Break, defensive Breakdowns, Protectga, Shellga
Recommended RW: SG/SS2, Boon, AoE heals (Hymn of the Faith)

[Ratatapa]

According to http://ffrk.kongbakpao.com/calendar-of-events/

Bonus won't be till March 3rd, gonna see tonight when event is released

[Aerin]

Hmm, this one has event quests doesn't it?

[Alkar]

Hmm, this one has event quests doesn't it?

I don't think so but even if it did those are gone now and the Event Cid missions will take a while to show up.

[Alkar]

Memory Crystal Lode gone as expected
Both this and Hero's Soul have been replaced by 5 Greater Growth Eggs.
Hopefully the MC2 Lode is Tifa's MC2.

[Kirin]

I love the music chosen for this event.

[kuronosan]

Wondering if I should egg Tifa to 65, Red to 75, or save them. I only have Somersault for Tiffs and Red is pretty much just a support with a tail. I was hoping for some better weaknesses but I'll start planning out my Ultimate setup.

And here it is:

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a335dad0e1.jpg

[Ratatapa]

I know it's far but currently planned setup

+

Spoiler: show

++

Spoiler: show

+++

Spoiler: show

Ultimate

Spoiler: show

[kuronosan]

I switched out Reno for Rinoa. I feel better.

[Robertfb]

I love the music chosen for this event.

Wait till +++ against Seph, if it's like his bssb fight in jp, music will be his OWA AC remix and he'll drop a building on you as an interrupt, like he did to cloud in the movie lol.

[Alkar]

MC2 lode in the bonus battles will be replaced by 2 major Growth Eggs (<_< ) and the Black Crystal by 3 Major Black Orbs.

[kuronosan]

Nope.

[Kirin]

They really need to have planned this implementation of Hall of Rites/etc better. So right now were going to be down a MC2 in Tifa, are already down 2-3 regular MC's, and will also be down at least 1 material Crystal before all is said and done.

But yay! We voted for a summon we were probably going to get anyways and a music remix vote!

[kuronosan]

Thank you for playing!

[Melena]

Well just waiting on stamina for Bahamut Sin ultimate, but so far the first 3 fights were a joke. But then again my FF7 synergy is through the roof.

Rinoa with 434 Magic and 203 Res
Lenna with 279 Res and 345 Mnd
Cloud with 507 Atk and 265 Res
Seph with 473 Atk and 231 Res
Sazh with 266 Atk and 222 Res

I really need to get Terra's second soul break while I wait, I think the potential for double cast will outweigh Witch's Succession here.

[Kirin]

You get bonus dialogue bringing Tifa to the boss rush.

[kuronosan]

That bonus battle lineup was support lame. Even Seph was weak, but then again I have tons of FF7/10 synergy.

I have Rinoa to thank with multiple double casts going off.

[arus2001]

My VII mage synergy is weak, so I'm debating taking Tifa instead of Rydia with Firaja/Ifrit. Was only nuking Seph for about 6100 with WS RM. Tifa would pretty much be Life Siphon/Blazing Arrow duty if I did. Otherwise, Cloud with TF/Blade Blitz, Seph with Launch/new ability, Tyro with MB/FB, and Lenna with Curaja/Prot.

[Kirin]

So for Ultimate I was thinking something like this:

Tyro: Full Break(Magic BD)/Stumble Step
Summoner(Blm+Summoner?): Ifrit R4/Valefor R4 (Ifrit/Blizzaja)
Yshtola: Protectga/Curaja R5
Cloud(Zack?): Fira Strike/Tempo Flurry (Fira Strike/Dismissal)
Black Mage: Firaja/Meteor

RW: Either Fenrir Drive or Boon

Is honing Fire Blossom worth it just for this fight?

[kuronosan]

I switched out Rinoa for Yuffie. I don't expect Rinoa to carry this fight and the hounds worry me.