DFFOO JP - The Entire FFIX Party Is Here! Maxed Amarant Showcase!
8We've finally hit a point where not only is it possible to play as every FFIX party member in the game, but it's also possible to have them all appear in one battle! Since Zidane summons Garnet for his BT, and Garnet summons Eiko in her BT, you can slot either of them into the party to cover four characters, then you can include Steiner's LDCA to include Vivi. Pretty easy to fill out the rest from there.
As for Amarant himself, he's a very strong damage dealer with the ability to Force Charge, heal the party, and counter, as well as forced break on his LD. He can also get two free ability uses from his LD which can be great for getting lots of Force Charge mileage out of him.
His damage is tuned like a single target character, but his Elan buff stacks allow him to attack AoE with the same amount of HP hits, or benefit from increased HP Damage/HP Damage Limit if there is only one enemy. He has a follow-up after his own attacks that not only gets increased HP hits from his BT effect, but also enables it as a counter.
This isn't actually the best showcase of him, IMO he actually would work best in an off-turn comp by using an off-turn FR to build up the HP Damage Bonus quickly while getting his counters in, as then you can take advantage of his very strong on-turn damage between all of the counters. His own FR is on-turn oriented and also provides no party buffs so it feels dated. I used it here for the sake of showing it off but would otherwise recommend using another character's Force Time.
And once again, apologies for the reduction in video quality, still can't get the game going on PC at the moment.
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