FF:BE - Need One More Thread for STMR

[Malithar]

Its fan fiesta ticket day.

It largely depends on who you currently have. All of those units are capable, but if for example you already have a strong buffer, then going for Zarg would be a bit of a waste.

Zarga - Solid buffer. He's not as easy to use as some others and he does lack some things, but for now, he's a great source of stat, elemental resist, and damage resistance buffs. Four specific things to point out: 1) He can be made into a provoke evade tank pretty easily. 2) His LB applying -50% general DT can allow you to bypass needing a tank. 3) If you don't need his full rotation in a given fight, you can slot in additional abilities pretty easily (Rikku's Pouch for Eccentric and Pod for -physical DT for example). 4) He's the only unit in the game that can take advantage of the unique attack boost of Berserk. He can Berserk your damage dealer right as they go in for an attack for a unique boost of +150% attack.

Barbie - Competent Tornado chainer. Being able to close chains with Raging Winds is nice and strong for now. Her CDs are all pretty good. I'd say she suffers for two reasons though: 1) Her rotation is kinda shit. Her CDs don't line up well and you'd like to have multiple of them on at the same time, though you're losing duration by doing so. 2) Elle from Xenogears will trounce the magic DPS meta here shortly. Nothing will compete with her for quite a few months. Think Orlandeau and Hyoh at their launch, they set the new bar. She'll be the new benchmark for months on end and shy of GLEX buffs or units, she won't be touched.

Kryla - One of our most competent breakers for now. Others (Loren and 2B mostly, but others are solid too) can do the task. However, they run into issues if the boss self dispels or you need to dispel buffs off of them. Kryla is one of the only breakers that can handle that task really well right now. Beyond that, she has decent imperils baked in and a strong source of fixed damage. Fixed damage generally isn't very useful, but it can serve a niche purpose.

Olive - Olive has largely fallen behind. It's not so much that she's bad, she's just not exceptionally good. She'll get the task done if you need a finisher, bonus points if you're needing a thunder finisher or it's a machine. Beyond that, I wouldn't consider her. Finishers are some of the hardest units to slot into a team. She can be useful for boosting your OTKO ability with Immolation Shot.

Grim lord - No experience with her and I haven't really looked into her. Maybe someone else can weigh in. If I had to guess from looking at her, she's competent and capable, but nothing amazing.

Without knowing what you have, I'd say Kryla > Zarg > Barb > Grim Lord > Olive for priority. Having a strong reliable breaker is pretty key to getting through some of the harder trials.

[Dimmauk]

It largely depends on who you currently have. All of those units are capable, but if for example you already have a strong buffer, then going for Zarg would be a bit of a waste.

Zarga - Solid buffer. He's not as easy to use as some others and he does lack some things, but for now, he's a great source of stat, elemental resist, and damage resistance buffs. Four specific things to point out: 1) He can be made into a provoke evade tank pretty easily. 2) His LB applying -50% general DT can allow you to bypass needing a tank. 3) If you don't need his full rotation in a given fight, you can slot in additional abilities pretty easily (Rikku's Pouch for Eccentric and Pod for -physical DT for example). 4) He's the only unit in the game that can take advantage of the unique attack boost of Berserk. He can Berserk your damage dealer right as they go in for an attack for a unique boost of +150% attack.

Barbie - Competent Tornado chainer. Being able to close chains with Raging Winds is nice and strong for now. Her CDs are all pretty good. I'd say she suffers for two reasons though: 1) Her rotation is kinda shit. Her CDs don't line up well and you'd like to have multiple of them on at the same time, though you're losing duration by doing so. 2) Elle from Xenogears will trounce the magic DPS meta here shortly. Nothing will compete with her for quite a few months. Think Orlandeau and Hyoh at their launch, they set the new bar. She'll be the new benchmark for months on end and shy of GLEX buffs or units, she won't be touched.

Kryla - One of our most competent breakers for now. Others (Loren and 2B mostly, but others are solid too) can do the task. However, they run into issues if the boss self dispels or you need to dispel buffs off of them. Kryla is one of the only breakers that can handle that task really well right now. Beyond that, she has decent imperils baked in and a strong source of fixed damage. Fixed damage generally isn't very useful, but it can serve a niche purpose.

Olive - Olive has largely fallen behind. It's not so much that she's bad, she's just not exceptionally good. She'll get the task done if you need a finisher, bonus points if you're needing a thunder finisher or it's a machine. Beyond that, I wouldn't consider her. Finishers are some of the hardest units to slot into a team. She can be useful for boosting your OTKO ability with Immolation Shot.

Grim lord - No experience with her and I haven't really looked into her. Maybe someone else can weigh in. If I had to guess from looking at her, she's competent and capable, but nothing amazing.

Without knowing what you have, I'd say Kryla > Zarg > Barb > Grim Lord > Olive for priority. Having a strong reliable breaker is pretty key to getting through some of the harder trials.

Thanks, I'm thinking Zarga. I have a Loren already and plenty of tanks, and DDs of both types. I'm really lacking healers.

[Cyn]

I honestly have had Zarga at 7* since the day his awakening came out but have never used him because MS Nichol still seems better at 6*. Zarga's STMR is quite possibly the best overall tanking materia in the game though. It's also worth noting that even though you won't be able to STMR her unless she comes back next Christmas, Kryla's regular TMR is very worth having 2 of for A Rain. Barb is still a solid chainer but needs another Tornado frame partner, and Olive's only real draw at this point is that she's the only unit that can apply a 70% DEF break, a 100% lightning imperil and a finisher on the first turn. Can't speak much for GL Sakura, never liked her much because like BS Sakura, I always forget that she has no actual magic spells until I'm trying to finish a boss with one lol.

[Malithar]

Have fun rerunning Steel Castle to BiS your GSD, guns, maces, and throwing weapons (not so much) again. Steel Castle now has the boosted rare abilities. IE, tac 5 or 10% onto it's rare, 40% attack for axes, 20% attack/HP for GSD, 150% high tide for daggers, etc.

[DFJS]

Had a floor 7 on Tonitrus with 1% att x2 and a 3% spr. Seems my luck hasn't changed from last time.

[Patriarch]

Ever since rolling a 45% attk Sparky I haven't rolled shit

Might shoot for another high tide dagger

[dasva]

Have fun rerunning Steel Castle to BiS your GSD, guns, maces, and throwing weapons (not so much) again. Steel Castle now has the boosted rare abilities. IE, tac 5 or 10% onto it's rare, 40% attack for axes, 20% attack/HP for GSD, 150% high tide for daggers, etc.

why most those examples ones not being boosted though lol?

40% hp on maces woot. Time to do midnight star a ton

[Bladen Ansgar]

How do people feel about CG Fina UoC? Rena is the only 5 star base healer I had pulled besides Rem (if you can call her a full healer). I don't have a dupe of Rena but she has been fine so far. Today, after 3 different attempts to chase her I pulled CG Fina on the daily. Healer is the only job I don't currently have covered by a 7 star but I am not 100% on using UoC on her despite my past failings to get her.

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[Azat]

Fina 7* is basicly queen of reraises, but it just makes it easier what she's already capable of.

My general stance on uoc is save for good stmr or key 7* unlocks. You should still be fine in short term running 6* healers unless there is a fight you really need 7* base stats to survive.

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[Alkar]

Folka is coming in 2 weeks, maybe you could pull on her step-up and hope for 2 copies.

[Nitsuki]

Folka is coming in 2 weeks, maybe you could pull on her step-up and hope for 2 copies.

Keep in mind we skipped Tifa/Vincent and Randi 7*

[Cyn]

All Fina really gains going from 6* to 7* is an AoE reraise on cooldown, which she could already do with her LB, and another cooldown to full revive and heal group while reraising herself. Neither of which are bad things, but they only condense how many turns it takes to do the things she already could. Her TMR ability and passives gained are pretty bad honestly.

That being said, her 6* form is still an amazing healer with pretty solid utility.

[Alkar]

Keep in mind we skipped Tifa/Vincent and Randi 7*

Tifa/Vincent is next week and there's no way we're skipping a story event so Folka is next. Randi is from a collab so it's unfortunate but we've just had way too many limited banners, he can wait. We're also gonna get Yuraisha soon but she's not tied to any story event so they can drop her whenever.

[dasva]

Yeah they shuffle a lot of stuff around but story and holiday events stay on track since they are a pretty set schedule. We can count on Folka though now it feels like who knows when we gunna get SoM

[Malithar]

why most those examples ones not being boosted though lol?

To give examples of what other weapons get boosted to so people don't have to look them up.

All Fina really gains going from 6* to 7* is an AoE reraise on cooldown (...) and another cooldown to full revive and heal group while reraising herself.

Not disagreeing with what she gets, but I think 7* stats go largely under appreciated. For example, counting pots and innate passives, she gets an extra 1,500+ HP, 120 MP, and 193 SPR. The hefty boosts to base stats helps your % boosts from gear and materia a lot as well.

That said, I agree, she's pretty serviceable at 6*. I'd definitely hold off on UoCing until Folka comes around and you see if you have any luck there.

[Alkar]

We also have the last Fan Festa unit coming eventually and she's another healer. And maybe paid Katy as well XD

[dasva]

It's not, but there's a 300% cap. I've got 2x High Tide daggers now so supports that rely on their LB are already hitting the cap with other gear/inates. While it's nice for some damage dealers or tanks, the best LBs are usually part of a rotation due to buffs/debuffs/triple cast unlock, not something that needs to be spammed.

Darn missed this from the other day since on vacation but nope no cap

[Karbuncle]

So I'm going through the story now. Season 2 during the tournament and the Kingdom Hearts theme is playing in certain spots instead of the normal BGM thats suppose to be there. I mean, the places its playing really fit it well but its 100% a glitch cause it doesn't "stop" when its suppose too and played over battle music lol.

IDK Where to report this though so eh.

[Alkar]

Elfreeda#2 from the 10+1, yay!

[DFJS]

Snagged my first Loren from 10+1, a day or so after cg lid#2.