I could lend my Lenna with her amazing Burst if needed and I'm on.
I could lend my Lenna with her amazing Burst if needed and I'm on.
I200 Barthandelus is a dick. Every group I go with do decent until low HP when he unleashes a pair of super ruingas.
That fight really comes down to how the dispel at 50% is managed. It is an ultimate dispel, which also clears wall and any other stat buffs in addition to the usual buffs that dispel removes. If wall and shellga arent reapplied promptly your run is over, which is tough without coordination in PUGs. MBD also needs to be reapplied after mystic aura to cancel the mag buff he gains from it.
Yeah, every run I went on, I went with Y'Shtola - Curaga/Protectga/Mako because some other mage had Shellga... first turn Protectga, second turn Asylum, and then just Medica spam unless I need to rebuff.
Unfortunately, I've yet to encounter a healer who reapplies Shell. Guessing I should just take that over....
So many terribads... I basically keep winding up at a point in the fight post Dispel where everyone is near death, and I can either Asylum, which is needed because Ruinga went off, or Stoneskin II, because every Tyro player in the world is a derp who doesn't reapply Wall. I, of course, choose Asylum, because I cling to a shred of hope the Tyro player will wake up and use Wall, but it never happens.
Barth 200 was a dick but what done is done!
Took many runs to beat even i160, and I think we only won because I spammed the "Support Please" stamp relentlessly after Dispel. Friggin' Tyros.
I actually had nothing but good experiences with Greg and Aiaiaiatarar... this fight though kept coming down to one turn where I could use either Asylum, Stoneskin II, or Shellga... but really need to use all three because no one else will.
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200 took me 4 tries with PUG, but ultimately wasn't that difficult. 2 of those runs ended because he dispelled and then attacked twice with AoE before a single action could be taken
Easiest MP boss so far imo but having Vanille's BSB and Indonesian Blade feels like cheating :D Long live Celes and her broken SSB.
The SSB is so good. I'm ecstatic I chased it.
Finally got a group that could down i200 Barthandelus. Ding 4* White Magic on Celes!
not sure about the main boss himself BECAUSE I NEVER GET TO IT DUE TO DISCONNECTS FROM PARTY LEADERS but dispel does work on the two little bits to get rid of their veil/aura effects. at least, it dispels the shell/protect/haste they gain, not sure about the other stuff. i imagine it would work to dispel the main boss as well, or at least get rid of its horrible 100000% haste it seems to gain. at least if i ever make it that far ~_~ seriously, the few times i made it were without dispel and each time he would get off like 6 hits before buffs could even go up.
Honestly, part of the multiplayer frustration, aside from connectivity issues, is the fact the battle speed is set stupid high. Compounding that with lag is what can make it seem like bosses get so many attacks off at once.
Done some tweaks my wifi here, and in having to reset my phone thanks to some earlier tech issue, I'm hoping my disconnect issue gets resolved or minimized. Just waiting on various things to update now.
Woo, mastered 200. Can confirm dispel works on his 50 percent rawr mode. Removes the annoying haste and nuke boost. Oddly enough he doesn't seem to put it back up after that , or didn't for me. Cut the damage done by a massive amount, buying us just enough time to rebuff and rawr right back. 5 star who OK wooo
Yeah, just had a run wipe at that point, in part because people rebuffed too early. Basically waiting 5s would've had me taking him under 50%. Oh well. Will hop on Discord later when more folks are likely to be around. Lightningfall did around 30k, probably more if I had an ATK buff up on the later casts. Didn't have a dispel of our own, though, so might've been iffy even if they did buff right.
Went 1/1 on both while dualboxing, and had a friend + 1 pug
Setup (D200):
(Main) Onion Knight - Arise r2 (unused) / Meltdown r2 / BSB
Y'shtola - Curada r1 / Wrath r5 / Wall & BSB
(Alt) Minfilia - Lifesiphon r4 / Banishing Strike r4 / SSB & BSB
Vanille - Curaja r4 / Shellga r2 / BSB
(Friend) Vaan - Lifesiphon / Mug Bloodlust / BSB
Eiko - Curaja / Shellga / BSB
(Random) Butz - Full Charge / Thundaga Strike / SSB
Vanille - Curaja / Shellga / BSB
Ended up being a very safe setup, applied buffs at start of fight, again at start of phase 2, and managed to get perfect timing on refreshing all of the buffs right after the dispel hit. I still ended up having 2 full bars on my Vanille and a bar on Y'sh. Guts never activated on anyone, and the raise didnt end up being needed.
This has happened to me a few times now and it's really annoying. Once he did dispel and got 3 AoE's off in a row with 0 delay between them. Every now and then one of my fighters seems to get locked for a turn where they just wait for everyone else to have a turn before registering what attack I chose. Ugh.