FFRK - Showdown Event - The Five Dooms Event & Strategies

[Akiyama]

I did this with my regular P. Cecil/Agrias/Ramza/Yuna squad and inserted Terra cause Chain Blizzaga/Trance Flood fun. Wrecked him.

I guess I could've probably upgraded the Snowstrike spellblade (?) and used Bartz + his BSB too, but I didn't even think about it tbh. Still full mastery.

Totally forgot I had Faris and her BSB too. Knight one is next. That's gonna be hella fun.

Without going to reddit, which of the 6* are upgradable anyway with making copies/breaking down?

[arus2001]

At the moment, I could upgrade the Monk, Samurai, and Spellblade ability with various shatters and prior event collections. Broke down the Thief and Ninja ones because I can't ever see myself using them.

[kuronosan]

I kept one of each, but I'm wondering the same. People seem crazy about the thief one but it's a small boost yea?

Debating on making northern cross or upgrading Snowspell.

[Ratatapa]

Upgraded Snowspell
Will keep 1 x Thief
Will dismantle Ninja, Dragoon, knight Machinist

[kuronosan]

No regrets.

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[Kirin]

Will dismantle Dragoon

J'accuse!

[Ratatapa]

J'accuse!

Don't worry getting used of people being against me

[Moridam]

mug bloodlust is only 20%, so 10% on anything that matters. not a bad effect by any means, but for me it's not worth upgrading since i could just run auron for a 50/25 atk/def break.

[Corwen]

I personally plan to keep a copy of mug bloodlust for the occasional CM where my synergy is poor (such as FF2 in about 2 weeks), so I can get soft capped attack with a non-RS weapon with help from the extra 20% boost. It's also a ~5% physical damage mitigation and physical damage dealt, while not game changing, it can certainly help. Definitely not worth an upgrade imo though, since 2 uses lasts 40 seconds which covers most or all of the fight.

I'm also on the fence about northern cross vs snowspell strike, but I do plan on keeping a copy of snowspell strike in any case, in case i ever pull Celes's SSB which would basically give her unlimited snowspells in fights where runic shines, and there should be enough crystals available after the next FF7 event to make an r2 northern cross without having to break both copies of snowspell. Personally I'm leaning towards northern cross for the sheer amount of celerity users, and could help in bursting down weak phases having a hard hitting skill that has a decent chance of triggering stun which could potentially be a lifesaver.

[kuronosan]

I can attest to unlimited Snow strikes wrecking the ever loving fuck out of this last boss.

I'll probably keep Stitch, but breakdown Mug.

[hyoton]

The thief one is good even with a very small base effect. Debuffs get better the more you stack them in general; furthermore because of the absurdly low enemy atk cap, debuffs actually won't do much till you get enemy atk below it, at which point their effectiveness skyrockets. And if we encounter a mob that uses an atk/def buff it'll overwrite. And it gives the thief a small stacking buff in any event (although since it takes a slot you probably need to have a good soul break to pair with it..)

A copy of Stitch should be kept for fuujin. Blm and nin! Too bad the yuffster is stuck at R3 BLM. Otherwise it's a really weird skill.

I took snowshoe strike for celes (indomitable) and squall (mystic ice). Northern cross is probably better though.

[Yuri-G]

Don't you have Faris' BSSB? Just stack that on top of MBD and Shellga. Also bring Protectga too, he has an AoE physical move as well that does a decent chunk of damage if not mitigated. Protectga should be enough for that though.

I do, I was just asking if that level of damage is normal for him even with mitigation. Which apparently it is o.O


problem with Faris BSB is that you need SB gauge to use it, and I don't have any RMs for that - yet. I have one Lifesiphon but that don't help with poor Faris. so my goals at the moment are to work on SB-enhancing RMs and abilities. when you're depending on a BSB for mitigation, you kinda need Mako Might or something along those lines which is funny because Cloud's MC2 comes back literally the day after this event ends LOL


I'll probably try and tackle these guys again this weekend; it will take some planning and probably a few S/L's and that's more effort than I like to put in while at work. Work time is auto-battle time.

[Sumy]

Anyone know why we get 80 MNK motes but only 40 of the rest?

[Rooney]

MNK4LYFE!

But honestly, they did 80 motes per phase, and mnk didn't have to share a phase with another ability set.

[Kirin]

Anyone know why we get 80 MNK motes but only 40 of the rest?

That bugged me too.

I figure its mainly because the other classes have strong 5* abilities already (SC, TR, Tornado Strike, Sky Grinder, etc), but Monks really needed the upgrade.

[Corwen]

I assume they gave monk and knight 80 because there are more monk and knight 5* users than the others.

[Classikmage]

Who's the next boss? Tiamat or Atomos?

[kuronosan]

Atomos.

[Yuri-G]

YUSSSSSSSSSS





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Ramza: Lifesiphon -> Shout -> More Lifesiphon, Double Cut -> Reapply Shout
Faris: Armor Breakdown -> BSB -> BSB commands -> reapply Armor Breakdown as needed -> BSB
Jecht: Lifesiphon -> SSB -> Double Cut
Bartz: Blizzaga/Waterga Blade -> BSB -> first BSB command -> BSB again when burst mode ended
Selphie: Shellga -> Curaja as needed -> Reapply Shellga as needed.
RW: Wall.


Bartz BSB, Faris BSB, Selphie SSB, Wall RW were MVPs. I would not have won without any of them.
- Broke down 2x MWO to hone Curaja and Lifesiphon. Got 3 back, so that's a win! :D
- Dr. Mog's on Faris is just unfair.
- MBD + Faris BSB + Shellga + Wall = Southern Cross hits for ~500ish dmg on average. lol
- Bartz BSB commands pretty much destroyed this. He carried most of the damage, although Faris hitting water weakness was no slouch.
- Jecht just boosted crit and then like... kinda smacked the dragon a few times. Sad :/
- Dreamstage saved my hide at one point when Curaja just wasn't keeping up
- Mug Bloodlust for Faris. One more layer of mitigation; she is officially my Mitigation Queen.


We'll see about the other Dooms - this one was by far the easiest due to elemental weaknesses. But I'll definitely give them a shot!

[Akiyama]

Grats!!! Happy for ya!