DFFOO [GL][Garnet IW] Chaos is too strong with off-turn dmg (Beatrix, Ace, Garnet, Garland friend)
8Just trying to do something different form my old JP run when the account was really new and had not much options. Really don't want to use Lann & Reynn at all so this time it is just off-turn dmg everywhere.
Beatrix:
This boss has really high DEF, so Beatrix's ignore defence counter/follow-up is really good here, especially when she also dispels the extra DEF buff and the others. Even without Garnet, Beatrix has thunder-based attacks, so she is good for the orb no matter what.
Technically if I was withholding Ace's HP+ until later or not using a full off-turn dmg team, Beatrix can align all of her EX into HP+ just before the HP thresholds to completely nullify all of the sandstorm percentile HP dmg. However, pre-C90 Beatrix does not start with EX (and no instant turn rate + healing HP+) so she is kind of too slow to catch up with the dmg output.
Though realistically blocking the dmg is only a bonus, since Garnet can heal with her EX afterwards anyway.
Ace:
Simply really good with 3 target fights with mostly splash dmg and individual trap activation. The defence down from the LD trap helps Garnet and himself tremendously.
The difficulty of using Ace with a threshold buffing enemy and Faris CA while subbing out Beatrix though is that you have to preoccupy two trap debuff slots before they try to buff. Otherwise you either get stuck with one trap debuff only and have to wait for it to set off, or you cannot manually trigger it and put another closed trap card. So there is a bit of spamming during his BT phase. Ensuring this is also rather hard because once the traps are active, the duration goes down really fast, especially if the bosses have triggered it with a time gap.
I almost always try to start his BT phase with 6 turns of BT+ buff left, so the extra trap trigger from BT gets to fire inside the BT phase and not disappears into the void.
Garnet:
Synergy character, so she is naturally good here.
Faris CA provides the Water/Thunder resist down on a framed debuff already, so there is no concern with her generic imperils getting overwritten. You can replace her with friend unit instead of Beatrix if you find the debuff management / buff blocking too much to handle, but her extra off-turn dmg and aura is very nice to have alongside Garland.
As the fight goes on, her BRV dmg may drop but with Ace trap battery, Ark's off-turn dmg refund and Beatrix's counter + HP dmg up, she should cap HP dmg dumps just fine.
Garland:
Since all debuffs are occupied, the extra DEF down and SPD down from his overhead is really good in this situation. Not to mention that his BT+3 at 5 stack stacks really well with Ace's BT. Since he is not the fastest character in the world, he stayed long enough for dropping more than half of the bosses' HP. Despite being a 3 target fight, these Antlion has quite a bit of HP.
His delay definitely helps with maintaining 5 stacks of his BT buff. Once the bosses hit the 40%/20% thresholds and use sandstorm on your party, they would delay themselves further behind your turns. By then just throw everything at them, actively trigger every Ace trap when it becomes passive.
Hope LDCA:
Since Garnet, Ace and Beatrix's Rose petals are all magic attacks, the magic imperil and BRV dmg up is really good for them. the extra buff also helps if there are not enough buffs for Beatrix's EX to become the +version. Though Garland + the other two is really destructive so Beatrix did not return for long before the boss died.
I tried to Zidane Vivi Garnet before, but since my Zidane is not BT+3 he kinda lost steam after bosses reached 30%. The turn deletion for debuff retention was great.
A slightly intricate 3-target boss that requires dispel, debuff management and stat boosts. It is a rather tanky boss so it took 18 mins to take down without the twins.
After the easy boss rush, it is going to be interesting to witness how GL Divine Shiva suffering would look like.