Quick Hit is pretty much the most stable way for him to generate meter but it'll be murder on the orbs... or I can jury rig Powerchain but only 6 uses isn't much to last the distance.
If I use Edge instead of Minfillia as my Guts provider, I can swap in Y'shtola instead of Aerith as the second healer, and have a wrathable BSB. But that means I won't have a good stable source for Guts or I'll just have to entrust him to cover the shortfalls. Anyhow, I'll see what happens. I'm not going to be too hung up on trying to kill that fight since it's only for bragging rights
FYI, for the multiplayer raid on the FFXI boss, since he goes immune to phys and magic at different health intervals, the sooper sekrit way to win, is to go ninja skills. Particularly magic. It is "magic", but doesn't count against his magic immunity, and it obviously works when he's immune physical.
Edge opening with Eblan Doppleganger and building up BSB has been invaluable. I'm never NOT contributing.
I'm the only Y'shtola on the team, packing full SBs (Medica II, Aetherial Pulse, Asylum, Wall).
There's a Tyro with Wall and Tyro BSB, who also happens to be the only character in the party with Breakdowns for the boss objectives.
So why in the world would you use Sentinel Grimoire when I'm going to do Stoneskin... And then why would you put up Sentinel Grimoire a second time 1/3rd of the way into the fight?! I knew it was looking bad when I didn't see anyone with Full Break in there.
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Anyone willing to schedule time tomorrow (or even today) to knock out the 160 & 200 XI Multiplayer? I have spent the last fucking hour failing to join Raid parties because they're all full.
I'm going to schedule the FF6 MP that opens tomorrow evening either Sunday or Monday.
The FFXI will be around after Orbfest, so that's getting put off until after Orbfest.
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Good grief, the lag was almost as painful as the pummeling he was dishing out. Got the 200 done but I can't seem to get in a 160 group that doesn't drop connection. Maybe it'll be better later?
First time I went with Minfilia/Y'shtola, but the group composition didn't work out. Vaan/Y'shtola worked much better, especially with Ark Blast clicking off fast enough to take advantage of the times when he switches to magic immune.
Hmm. I was rethinking my pulling plans. I was initially planning 1-2 on banner 2 for all the mage stuff, but I'm not sure there's anything there I'd ever actually use. Same for Beatrix1 where I was thinking a pull or two. My 9 RS is pretty strong and I've got every key piece covered for CMs. If I really needed any of the mage stuff for elementals specifically in general, my top mage team is versatile and powerful enough to be able to RW it. Almost all my setups outside of 13 are physical, and I tend to focus on mitigation more than sheer damage anyway, so it's not great working a random mage in, even if they could exploit an elemental, especially without OK's BSB, which I'm extra hesitant to chase now that I'm up to three dupes on that banner and no real desire for either the Onion medica or Desch's stuff.
If I had to draw for realm/CMs, then 1 and 5 are where I should focus since thanks to the last week, I don't have any major holes that can't be filled with an RW. 1 is dumb and can be ignored. I've got a lot of 5 SBs, but only Exdeath's Grand Cross is of any form of useful utility, and even that's weal or woe. Gogo1's not awful for 5 stuff, but it's water-focused, and smack between the far stronger USelphie and the spectacular UCloud. I also have to save at least a couple draws for Celes BSB2 banner right after that for fanboy reasons, but that's all a very long way out. I'm pretty sure power creep has made me able to take down the 5 Torment CM at this point (raised Atk cap and stacking imperils will up the damage Choco Romp and Faris's Imperil Wind juuust a bit). No other CM that I've looked at seems unmanageable.
Instead of focusing on CMs, if I want to get myself ready for the elemental-focused future, I could target Shantotto's LSB, but I have essentially no lightning SBs to take advantage of it other than a couple imperils on less than ideal characters. I'm absolutely set to crush anything in the wind, holy, or dark spheres, and have at least both an en and imperil as well for fire and ice (not as strong or as many though). Ramza's crit damage boost would be useful too for the full throttles, but it's on banners that are otherwise awful for me. Otherwise, not really much interests besides like... maybe the Type-0 or XV banners since they have some nifty toys.
Bleeeeeegh. Overthinking and overplanning. Too much time and effort on my hands, clearly.
I'm the only Y'shtola on the team, packing full SBs (Medica II, Aetherial Pulse, Asylum, Wall).
There's a Tyro with Wall and Tyro BSB, who also happens to be the only character in the party with Breakdowns for the boss objectives.
So why in the world would you use Sentinel Grimoire when I'm going to do Stoneskin... And then why would you put up Sentinel Grimoire a second time 1/3rd of the way into the fight?! I knew it was looking bad when I didn't see anyone with Full Break in there.
Perhaps they assumed you would be better off saving your meter for Asylum. Especially if Protect/Shell were covered elsewhere.
FYI I got a reply from FFRK support about the Bahamut issue. Basic acknowledgement of the problem and also notification that the real Bahamut was sent already, but also something kind of interesting. They encouraged me to hold on to the bugged one, as there may yet be something done with it. Presumably they might change it over to also being the actual Bahamut, which would mean you could shatter it for 5 major summon, 3 major non-elemental and 3 major dark orbs, or they might do something else with it. So don't get rid of it if you can spare the ability space for a day or two.
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"Duo'd" the 160 and 200 MP fights with @Frosteey and a couple pubs
Highlight of the fight?
Tyro's Arbiter's Apocrypha did 40 fucking thousand damage on the 160
That same fight had a player who I am not sure if they were a net positive on the fight given how many counters they triggered for wrong phase damage, SBs burned for 0 damage, and so on. But they did have the Haste and a Steal Power.
Of course this person had full synergy with just 2/8/10 realms available, but if you don't want to go the turtle/porcupine strat, this is another way to go about it.
I'm the only Y'shtola on the team, packing full SBs (Medica II, Aetherial Pulse, Asylum, Wall).
There's a Tyro with Wall and Tyro BSB, who also happens to be the only character in the party with Breakdowns for the boss objectives.
So why in the world would you use Sentinel Grimoire when I'm going to do Stoneskin... And then why would you put up Sentinel Grimoire a second time 1/3rd of the way into the fight?! I knew it was looking bad when I didn't see anyone with Full Break in there.
Perhaps they assumed you would be better off saving your meter for Asylum. Especially if Protect/Shell were covered elsewhere.
That's the other thing.
Tyro's BSB entry buffs ProShellga and gives party Magic Blink 1. It has commands for ATK/MAG and DEF/RES Breaks. That makes having Tyro's BSB a solid choice for this encounter because it saves on abilities and protects against a phase change AoE attack.
So of course he brought Protega (why?) and Curaga on his Tyro. :rotate:
I wish there was a chat option when raiding so you can educate some of the players on their character BSB effects. If you're bringing them, know what they do!
The thing with random groups is you don't know what you're going to get, and you don't know what they're going to do. For instance, my Y'shtola has everything, and the first thing I do when I get in is look at who is there and what soul breaks they have. If it's Tyro or another Y'shtola and they have wall, then I'm fairly confident they're going to use it, so I'll just use Aetherial Pulse. Other times there's no Tyro and their Y'shtola just has burst, so it's wall duty for me.
If I were that Tyro player, and assuming good faith that they are not an idiot, my line of thinking would be this: "I'm bringing wall and burst. That Y'shtola has her burst, so I'll handle using wall so she can use her bars for healing. And I'll pack Protect just in case because I'm not going to be able to use my burst for it."
How you actually articulate this in a system that lacks communication is... a challenge.
Personally speaking, in cases where there's possible overlap and I don't know what'll happen, I usually just wait until they move and see what they cast. Otherwise it's super easy to predict how things will go down when people only bring the one soul break they intend to use (and I realize I'm a hypocrite and not helping by bringing my Y'shtola with all her breaks ).
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The thing with random groups is you don't know what you're going to get, and you don't know what they're going to do. For instance, my Y'shtola has everything, and the first thing I do when I get in is look at who is there and what soul breaks they have. If it's Tyro or another Y'shtola and they have wall, then I'm fairly confident they're going to use it, so I'll just use Aetherial Pulse. Other times there's no Tyro and their Y'shtola just has burst, so it's wall duty for me.
If I were that Tyro player, and assuming good faith that they are not an idiot, my line of thinking would be this: "I'm bringing wall and burst. That Y'shtola has her burst, so I'll handle using wall so she can use her bars for healing. And I'll pack Protect just in case because I'm not going to be able to use my burst for it."
How you actually articulate this in a system that lacks communication is... a challenge.
Personally speaking, in cases where there's possible overlap and I don't know what'll happen, I usually just wait until they move and see what they cast. Otherwise it's super easy to predict how things will go down when people only bring the one soul break they intend to use (and I realize I'm a hypocrite and not helping by bringing my Y'shtola with all her breaks ).
This is where stickers like 'I'll heal!' or 'I'll support!' are handy in the loadout screen.
Or "Hold on!" to change your loadout so you can bring at least a full breakdown. That Tyro in that particular example was the only person capable of debuff support. Everyone else was bringing bogstandard dps or double lifesiphons.
The only Tyro with debuff (on BSB commands) could at least have been situationally aware that there was an Y'sh (and there was one other healer, though not a catlady), and immediately pop Keeper's Tome to get the defenses up and break the boss.
Or I could have done what I usually do, and wait an extra 5 seconds after her command prompt pops up to see if another Tyro/Y'sh is going to wall before me so I can lay down another option.
People are already clearing Nemesis X 255 difficulty.
Another strategy, foregoing the Reflect Damage route, and going for Wrath -> Entrust -> OSB spam:
Of course this person had full synergy with just 2/8/10 realms available, but if you don't want to go the turtle/porcupine strat, this is another way to go about it.
Well, crap. Pity that all my power is locked in XIII and XIV realms so obliteration using OSBs is out.
People are already clearing Nemesis X 255 difficulty.
Another strategy, foregoing the Reflect Damage route, and going for Wrath -> Entrust -> OSB spam:
Of course this person had full synergy with just 2/8/10 realms available, but if you don't want to go the turtle/porcupine strat, this is another way to go about it.
Well, crap. Pity that all my power is locked in XIII and XIV realms so obliteration using OSBs is out.
If you've got enough copies of wrath/entrust, you don't really need that many OSBs
Well, if it's mostly NAT, I could try some of that OSB strategy if I bring Arc with his instant Medica + Blink, since NAT attacks get soaked by either type of Blink.
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I don't think that's true. NAT is still coded to do physical or magical damage.
Ok so, after this round of pulling, I'm stopping until cloud usb. I've actually got Mage relics now. I'm not super familiar with the Mage meta because I've never done it, would this be viable?
Like, I guess I should go with one of the dps bsb's? I currently have three stacking boosts in the other four so not sure if krile would be useful enough with no bsb of her own.
Also, how are people dealing with sb gain? My initial reaction is to give OK and Raines sb gauge RM and yuna/y'shtola the sb gauge gain plus RM. then put a damage RM on the dps slot?
People are already clearing Nemesis X 255 difficulty.
Another strategy, foregoing the Reflect Damage route, and going for Wrath -> Entrust -> OSB spam:
Of course this person had full synergy with just 2/8/10 realms available, but if you don't want to go the turtle/porcupine strat, this is another way to go about it.
Well, crap. Pity that all my power is locked in XIII and XIV realms so obliteration using OSBs is out.
If you've got enough copies of wrath/entrust, you don't really need that many OSBs
The problem isn't so much as having the OSBs available, it's being able to construct a team that is capable of supporting the OSB carrier with the necessary buffs and debuffs to survive and dish out the damage. It also seems that magic OSBs are far better for this tactic due to the constant power break effect Nemesis is spamming
People are already clearing Nemesis X 255 difficulty.
Another strategy, foregoing the Reflect Damage route, and going for Wrath -> Entrust -> OSB spam:
Of course this person had full synergy with just 2/8/10 realms available, but if you don't want to go the turtle/porcupine strat, this is another way to go about it.
Well, crap. Pity that all my power is locked in XIII and XIV realms so obliteration using OSBs is out.
If you've got enough copies of wrath/entrust, you don't really need that many OSBs
The problem isn't so much as having the OSBs available, it's being able to construct a team that is capable of supporting the OSB carrier with the necessary buffs and debuffs to survive and dish out the damage. It also seems that magic OSBs are far better for this tactic due to the constant power break effect Nemesis is spamming
Ok so, after this round of pulling, I'm stopping until cloud usb. I've actually got Mage relics now. I'm not super familiar with the Mage meta because I've never done it, would this be viable?
Like, I guess I should go with one of the dps bsb's? I currently have three stacking boosts in the other four so not sure if krile would be useful enough with no bsb of her own.
Also, how are people dealing with sb gain? My initial reaction is to give OK and Raines sb gauge RM and yuna/y'shtola the sb gauge gain plus RM. then put a damage RM on the dps slot?
This is a super great foundation for a Mage team.
OK w/Mako Might for turn 1 Hastega
Raines w/Wrath to get a quick BSB going
Yuna w/DMT to get her BSB online, and then she can go summon mode and either strict damage or damage + heals, as needed.
Y'shtola w/ Wrath into her BSB for main heals
Of the other options, Maria does the most damage in a vacuum. You don't need Sheepsong since you already have Hastega covered, and should already be at the buff cap (~2.5) regardless.
You are RWing Wall in this set up, I take it? The only other thing is you might want to run OK as a Support. Something like:
Maria Chain-aga/Meltdown (BSB)
Raines Mental or Power Breakdown/Wrath (BSB)
OK Full Break/Magic Breakdown (BSB/OSB)
Yuna Curaja/Protectga
Y'shtola Wrath/Shellga
Though there's lots of room for flexibility. If you drop Yuna for Quistis, Y'shtola picks up Curaja and shift Protectga to Maria or Quistis. Maria, Quistis, and Raines can all self boost themselves 30% MAG, so you won't miss Yuna's buff. Or run Y'shtola with two Breakdowns, shift Shellga to Maria or Onion Knight, and have Onion Knight weave Full Break in between BSB command 2. Or forgo Full Break and have Onion Knight Wrath into BSB -> OSB combo for maximum overstrike damage.
I don't think that's true. NAT is still coded to do physical or magical damage.
Yeah as far as I'm aware the nat status is there to make it not hit runic.
If you watch the video posted upthread, you'll see some of the AoE physical attacks getting soaked by Blink. They're some of the weaker attacks, but it's still some saved damage. One would hope some of the magical attacks will be likewise soaked by M.Blink.
I've been thinking this morning about my potential Nemesis team and I think I'm going to go with this;
This gives me spammable Last Stand + Party Powerchain (with bonus Hi Regen), a 56% MAG-boosted OSB caster, hopefully 3 layers of MAG breaks, a Cura-level entry Medica BSB with Magic Blink and a stacking MND/RES buff for one healer, and Wall + a lesser Medica for a second healer. The weak point for this party is Hastega is not native, so I'll only get two applications of it. I have to hope I don't get Slow applied too often, though I think I have 5 Moderate Slow Resistance accessories now so that might be a thing.
Without pulling Faris' USB, I think this would be a lot harder. I'd be able to drop more continuous OSBs but I'd be taking more damage. The Fran in that video had her Hyper Break BSB with Power and Mental Breakdown commands, and a Full Breakdown BSB. I might have a Hyper Break USB and Full Breakdown BSB with Power and Magic Breakdown commands, if I'm lucky. Raijin might want to bring Mental Break instead of that 2nd Lifesiphon; we'll see.
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Not bad. My mage team is looking better and better.
Hello me and my exact situation and free pull.
If you get a Squall OSB and a Pecil BSB on your free pull, we need to vow to use our powers for good.
Or EEEVIL
You've got to be kidding me. That's it?!
It's a weakness, to be sure. Not having support or combat 4 is a big downside in a lot of fights.
If I use Edge instead of Minfillia as my Guts provider, I can swap in Y'shtola instead of Aerith as the second healer, and have a wrathable BSB. But that means I won't have a good stable source for Guts or I'll just have to entrust him to cover the shortfalls. Anyhow, I'll see what happens. I'm not going to be too hung up on trying to kill that fight since it's only for bragging rights
Edge opening with Eblan Doppleganger and building up BSB has been invaluable. I'm never NOT contributing.
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I'm the only Y'shtola on the team, packing full SBs (Medica II, Aetherial Pulse, Asylum, Wall).
There's a Tyro with Wall and Tyro BSB, who also happens to be the only character in the party with Breakdowns for the boss objectives.
So why in the world would you use Sentinel Grimoire when I'm going to do Stoneskin... And then why would you put up Sentinel Grimoire a second time 1/3rd of the way into the fight?! I knew it was looking bad when I didn't see anyone with Full Break in there.
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I'm going to schedule the FF6 MP that opens tomorrow evening either Sunday or Monday.
The FFXI will be around after Orbfest, so that's getting put off until after Orbfest.
50 myth: Seph OSB, Edge SSB
50 myth: Maria BSB
That'll do
Too many dupes to consider more pulls
Good grief, the lag was almost as painful as the pummeling he was dishing out. Got the 200 done but I can't seem to get in a 160 group that doesn't drop connection. Maybe it'll be better later?
First time I went with Minfilia/Y'shtola, but the group composition didn't work out. Vaan/Y'shtola worked much better, especially with Ark Blast clicking off fast enough to take advantage of the times when he switches to magic immune.
If I had to draw for realm/CMs, then 1 and 5 are where I should focus since thanks to the last week, I don't have any major holes that can't be filled with an RW. 1 is dumb and can be ignored. I've got a lot of 5 SBs, but only Exdeath's Grand Cross is of any form of useful utility, and even that's weal or woe. Gogo1's not awful for 5 stuff, but it's water-focused, and smack between the far stronger USelphie and the spectacular UCloud. I also have to save at least a couple draws for Celes BSB2 banner right after that for fanboy reasons, but that's all a very long way out. I'm pretty sure power creep has made me able to take down the 5 Torment CM at this point (raised Atk cap and stacking imperils will up the damage Choco Romp and Faris's Imperil Wind juuust a bit). No other CM that I've looked at seems unmanageable.
Instead of focusing on CMs, if I want to get myself ready for the elemental-focused future, I could target Shantotto's LSB, but I have essentially no lightning SBs to take advantage of it other than a couple imperils on less than ideal characters. I'm absolutely set to crush anything in the wind, holy, or dark spheres, and have at least both an en and imperil as well for fire and ice (not as strong or as many though). Ramza's crit damage boost would be useful too for the full throttles, but it's on banners that are otherwise awful for me. Otherwise, not really much interests besides like... maybe the Type-0 or XV banners since they have some nifty toys.
Bleeeeeegh. Overthinking and overplanning. Too much time and effort on my hands, clearly.
Hey so............
After posting that, I pulled on 2nd Anniversary Draw Phase 1 and the Player's Choice Banner (again).
2nd Anniversary Phase 1, I got Chirijiraden, Sephiroth's Overstrike Katana. So that was cool, my first Overstrike!
Player's Choice 2nd draw, I got Gladius (Lightning Overstrike Sword), Wizer Rod (Aeris BSB Rod), and... another Platinum Sword. I got 3 Platinum Swords in 2 days.
Tiny Bees bypasses the mechanics on the Shadowlord MP fight.
That's my pick for the multiplayer then. Operation: Buff Yuna.
Highlight of the fight?
Tyro's Arbiter's Apocrypha did 40 fucking thousand damage on the 160
That same fight had a player who I am not sure if they were a net positive on the fight given how many counters they triggered for wrong phase damage, SBs burned for 0 damage, and so on. But they did have the Haste and a Steal Power.
And it is was all three of them!
Another strategy, foregoing the Reflect Damage route, and going for Wrath -> Entrust -> OSB spam:
Of course this person had full synergy with just 2/8/10 realms available, but if you don't want to go the turtle/porcupine strat, this is another way to go about it.
That's the other thing.
Tyro's BSB entry buffs ProShellga and gives party Magic Blink 1. It has commands for ATK/MAG and DEF/RES Breaks. That makes having Tyro's BSB a solid choice for this encounter because it saves on abilities and protects against a phase change AoE attack.
So of course he brought Protega (why?) and Curaga on his Tyro. :rotate:
I wish there was a chat option when raiding so you can educate some of the players on their character BSB effects. If you're bringing them, know what they do!
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If I were that Tyro player, and assuming good faith that they are not an idiot, my line of thinking would be this: "I'm bringing wall and burst. That Y'shtola has her burst, so I'll handle using wall so she can use her bars for healing. And I'll pack Protect just in case because I'm not going to be able to use my burst for it."
How you actually articulate this in a system that lacks communication is... a challenge.
Personally speaking, in cases where there's possible overlap and I don't know what'll happen, I usually just wait until they move and see what they cast. Otherwise it's super easy to predict how things will go down when people only bring the one soul break they intend to use (and I realize I'm a hypocrite and not helping by bringing my Y'shtola with all her breaks
This is where stickers like 'I'll heal!' or 'I'll support!' are handy in the loadout screen.
The only Tyro with debuff (on BSB commands) could at least have been situationally aware that there was an Y'sh (and there was one other healer, though not a catlady), and immediately pop Keeper's Tome to get the defenses up and break the boss.
Or I could have done what I usually do, and wait an extra 5 seconds after her command prompt pops up to see if another Tyro/Y'sh is going to wall before me so I can lay down another option.
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Well, crap. Pity that all my power is locked in XIII and XIV realms so obliteration using OSBs is out.
If you've got enough copies of wrath/entrust, you don't really need that many OSBs
Looks like mostly NAT, though the 180 and 255 AI are not available, and have a few more attacks which might be BLK type instead of NAT type.
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OK: bsb, osb.
Raines: bsb
Yuna: bsb2
Y'shtola: bsb
Then I've got a slot free for
Quistis: bsb
Maria: bsb
Krile: sheepsong
Emperors: bsb
Like, I guess I should go with one of the dps bsb's? I currently have three stacking boosts in the other four so not sure if krile would be useful enough with no bsb of her own.
Also, how are people dealing with sb gain? My initial reaction is to give OK and Raines sb gauge RM and yuna/y'shtola the sb gauge gain plus RM. then put a damage RM on the dps slot?
Yeah as far as I'm aware the nat status is there to make it not hit runic.
The problem isn't so much as having the OSBs available, it's being able to construct a team that is capable of supporting the OSB carrier with the necessary buffs and debuffs to survive and dish out the damage. It also seems that magic OSBs are far better for this tactic due to the constant power break effect Nemesis is spamming
Huh, wonder if I could do this with onion knight
This is a super great foundation for a Mage team.
OK w/Mako Might for turn 1 Hastega
Raines w/Wrath to get a quick BSB going
Yuna w/DMT to get her BSB online, and then she can go summon mode and either strict damage or damage + heals, as needed.
Y'shtola w/ Wrath into her BSB for main heals
Of the other options, Maria does the most damage in a vacuum. You don't need Sheepsong since you already have Hastega covered, and should already be at the buff cap (~2.5) regardless.
You are RWing Wall in this set up, I take it? The only other thing is you might want to run OK as a Support. Something like:
Maria Chain-aga/Meltdown (BSB)
Raines Mental or Power Breakdown/Wrath (BSB)
OK Full Break/Magic Breakdown (BSB/OSB)
Yuna Curaja/Protectga
Y'shtola Wrath/Shellga
Though there's lots of room for flexibility. If you drop Yuna for Quistis, Y'shtola picks up Curaja and shift Protectga to Maria or Quistis. Maria, Quistis, and Raines can all self boost themselves 30% MAG, so you won't miss Yuna's buff. Or run Y'shtola with two Breakdowns, shift Shellga to Maria or Onion Knight, and have Onion Knight weave Full Break in between BSB command 2. Or forgo Full Break and have Onion Knight Wrath into BSB -> OSB combo for maximum overstrike damage.
If you watch the video posted upthread, you'll see some of the AoE physical attacks getting soaked by Blink. They're some of the weaker attacks, but it's still some saved damage. One would hope some of the magical attacks will be likewise soaked by M.Blink.
I've been thinking this morning about my potential Nemesis team and I think I'm going to go with this;
Raijin - Lifesiphon, Lifesiphon (?) - SSB - Ace Striker
Terra - Faith, Wrath - OSB - +25% Black Damage
Faris - ??? - ??? - ??? (either Wrath + Entrust + Battleforged + BSB, or Full Break + Magic Breakdown + Battleforged + USB)
Sarah - Curaja, Protectga - BSB - Dr. Mog's Teachings
Y'shtola - Curaja, Shellga - Wall, SB Medica - Mako Might
RW: Serah's Endless Blessings (Party Hastega + 30% MAG/MND)
This gives me spammable Last Stand + Party Powerchain (with bonus Hi Regen), a 56% MAG-boosted OSB caster, hopefully 3 layers of MAG breaks, a Cura-level entry Medica BSB with Magic Blink and a stacking MND/RES buff for one healer, and Wall + a lesser Medica for a second healer. The weak point for this party is Hastega is not native, so I'll only get two applications of it. I have to hope I don't get Slow applied too often, though I think I have 5 Moderate Slow Resistance accessories now so that might be a thing.
Without pulling Faris' USB, I think this would be a lot harder. I'd be able to drop more continuous OSBs but I'd be taking more damage. The Fran in that video had her Hyper Break BSB with Power and Mental Breakdown commands, and a Full Breakdown BSB. I might have a Hyper Break USB and Full Breakdown BSB with Power and Magic Breakdown commands, if I'm lucky. Raijin might want to bring Mental Break instead of that 2nd Lifesiphon; we'll see.
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